Fair price for this OM2?

[cmedin]

Looking to sell one of my 35mm cameras. Have an OM2 that was CLA'd by John @ Camtech about a year ago. In excellent shape, just missing the motor drive cover (damn part is $16 so I've used a piece of tape instead). No clue what a fair asking price is though -- any suggestions? Prices can be all over the place and not sure how much a CLA really adds to the value. 🙂

 

[Chris101]

That $16 part will add more than that to the price of the camera. I saw one at John's site about a year ago for $200. I have seen them locally for less than a hundred. How pretty is yours?

 

[Trius]

Bay prices have plumetted recently. I figure with John's work it is worth about $125-$150 if it is pretty, but e prepared for the market to disagree.

 

[cmedin]

I wanted to stick an ad on here before ebay since I know a lot of guys around these parts enjoy them. Guess I should suck it up and get the MD cap first eh? And yeah, it's relatively pretty 🙂 Had the prism replaced when John serviced it too, so it's great to shoot with. Unfortunately I just don't have time and if I do shoot film it tends to be larger formats... thanks!

 

[Peter_Jones]

I got my OM2n for £20 - but i am a cheapskate 😀 (I tried to get it for a tenner)

Prices seem to be under £80 (approx $110?) now from shops in the UK if that helps, but a recent CLA should add to that.

 

[Keith]

I paid around $55.00 USD for my very clean and fully functional OM-2 with the basic 50mm lens just over a year ago from an eBay seller. I guess realistically the CLA may make it worth $100.00 or so if you produce the receipt for a buyer.

For such a good camera they don't seem to command particularly high prices.

 

[BillBingham2]

cmedin,

I know your pain. I had an Nikon FTn Apollo CLAed for way too much ($175) and was not able to sell it here or on Evil bay for close to $200. The market has been very soft on great cameras for over a year and the fire sale seems to have started perhaps six months ago.

The only advice I have is to find a 35/2.8 for her and give it away for Birthday/Graduation to a nice/nephew/wife.

I'd pick up a cover or a winder that works to throw on.

B2 (;->

 

[cysasam]

Wow, looks like local prices here (Singapore) are crazy high then. People are still selling OM2's for around US$200-400.