Whoever said that collectors were rational?
And the original price of a camera doesn't necessarily have a direct impact
on today's selling price (as you can see from the Pen W).
Also, since most Pen W's were as you state, an inexpensive camera, they
were typically used and beat up; whereas this camera looks like it was put
in a box, thus the high price.
Skip
At 4/17/00 08:11 AM +0100, you wrote:
Crazy! It was an inexpensive camera when new and it made more financial
sense to buy one instead of the equivalent 24mm lens for the Pen F/FT.
Regards,
Keith Berry
(Birmingham, England)
k.berry@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
www.keithberry.telinco.co.uk
Skip Williams wrote:
>Actually, the Pen W isn't a rangefinder camera, but a viewfinder
>camera. But $711.00 as the final bid seems a bit high. I too am a Pen
>collector, but the Japanese collectors have driven many of the desirable
>models out of sight. They especially like black Pen's, and the Pen W is
>particularly uncommon, especially in this shape.
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Skip Williams
Westfield, NJ
skipwilliams@xxxxxxxxx
http://www.skipwilliams.com
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