If you put it on eBay and are completely straightforward about it
(i.e., don't call it a "cleaning mark"), not giving up the least
suggestion that it will make any discernable difference in image
capture, which it won't, I imagine that because of the rarity and
intrinsic value of the lens you won't take any beating at all. Set
your reserve $50 lower than you had intended perhaps, but be prepared
to be pleasantly surprised.
Joel W.
On 9/25/06, GeeBee <graham@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> I have one of the above and intend selling it (to get out of debt not into
> digital) so I gave it a detailed inspection to accurately describe its
> condition. Horror of horrors there is a scratch on the front element. I
> cannot believe that I would miss something like that when I bought it and I
> know I have done nothing to cause it since owning it. The only explanation
> that I can think of is that the local repair shop must have done it when
> they remedied the loss of click stops on the aperture ring a short time
> after I got it.
>
> The scratch can be seen at about the 4 o'clock position on the shot below
> and my question is can anyone hazard a guess at what kind of beating I am
> going to take on its value? I am primed for wisecracks as well as sensible
> advice :-)
>
> http://www.geebeephoto.com/2006/Temp_03.htm
>
> --Graham
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