A question about a price

Yesterday, in the monthly antique market of my home town, I saw a

leica II (I think it was this model) and the seller wanted 600� for

the camera. The camera was fine by the exterior and I think that

work perfectly, but the seller asked not to shoot with the cameras

that he was selling.

Well do You think that the price was right, expensive or cheap?

what does it matter?

 

if he asked not to shoot with it before paying, that should tell you enough: walk away.

Seems pretty steep to me. I. too, have been looking around for an LTM shooter and it looks like there are plenty of IIIs arond for less than $200. Of course, there is the inevitable CLA, shutter curtain replacement, new beam splitter, etc, that could add as much as another $300. Find an old Elmar 50 and add a new CV 50 and you will have two very different ways of making images all for about .....$1000

Chances are the camera needs work. He might have known it? Why else would he not want you to try? If the price was a brgain, it would be worth a shot. You can find nice shooters for half that. I got a IIIF Red dial Mint- for $495. Smooth, clean and beautiful. And I was ablt to shoot in advance. As a matter of fact I had a return option if it was less than expected. What I foubd is a super precise image maker that may have had a CLA within a few years of my purchase of it. More money not spent. :) I once was into antique golf clubs. I found one in a pawn shop in NYC. The guy quoted an amazingly high price, like $150. He said I was going to fix it and sell it for double. I told him he should keep the club a very long time. One moth later I was cruising through the Adirondack mountains past an antigue shop. Even at 55 I spotted them, hickory golf clubs from the twenties and thirties. To make a long story short, I now own 3 antique golf clubs, two woods ($10 each) and one iron ($5). No bargaining needed.

 

Good luck

<p>I haven't a clue. One way, I see that the price was "600?", the other, that it was "600ý". If ?/ý means €, it's ridiculous; if on the other hand it's ₩, it's definitely OK.</p>

Yes, I'm sorry about the price simbol, I put the euro simbol, don't know what happend. the price was 600 ﾀ (euros).

I was only trying to know if the price was right or not, because I didn'y have the chance to view the camera for a long time. Other thing was my father beging to talk to the seller and telling that I bought one leica IIIc for 50ﾀ euros(of course I had to sent to repair and cleaning-the camera only shooted the lower speed's,but know its oki,only thing is the crome that is old), and the seller began to act arrogant and my father and I turn away and left joking about the "we can not shot and touch the cameras..."!

I have a nice leica, only thing that I want to buy when I have the money is a M3.

In Portugal any thing that's old, the seller's think that it value is high, so I was only trying to know.

Thanks for the replys.

That price might be OK for a Leica II (model D) that's in near mint condition cosmetically and in good condition mechanically. But average condition Leica IIs are selling for significantly less than 600 Euros. I agree with the others who say you should pass on this one.

Leica II is a very common model. A quick look at auction sites like ebay or second-hand shops show that the average price seldom reaches more than 200 euros! In Portugal Leicas are expensive, probably due to the small quantity in circulation.

are you collector or shooter? If shooter walk away.

I'm a shooter and a colector, but I know when to buy or not a camera. It was in a monthly market, so if I wanted to buy the camera now , I couldn't. Next leica I'll buy is a m3, when I have the money to do that. Thanks for Your answers.