Have been offered a IIIC outfit

[lxmike]

Have been offered the following for £650:

Leica 3C camera, Nr 497855, with a Summitar F2 5cm lense complete with Leica front and rear lense caps.
Leica Elmar lense F3.5 5cm complete with Leica front and rear lense caps.
Leica Summaron lense F3.5 3.5cm wide angle lense, complete with Leica front and rear lense caps.
Leica Elmar telephoto lense F4 9.0cm, complete with Leica front and rear lense caps
Leica frame attachment to ensure correct picture when using various focal length lenses.
Leica ...what looks like a lense hood but has 3.5 to 16 engraved on it.
Leica 5cm lense hood with push buttn detach facility
Leica filters red, green, dark orange and lights orange complete with original leica cases.
Leica type cable release to fit Leica 3C camera.

camera recently serviced and lenses are good/typical examples, does £650 sound about right

 

[Chubberino]

That ebay auction is pretty interesting. Seems like a decent enough deal. Though he has it listed with Best Offer so he seems to be willing to negotiate a bit so I'd haggle him down somewhat.

 

[lxmike]

That ebay auction is pretty interesting. Seems like a decent enough deal. Though he has it listed with Best Offer so he seems to be willing to negotiate a bit so I'd haggle him down somewhat.

yes i have had some communication with him and feel he would be open to an offer, just wondered what the ball park figure would be for such an outfit

 

[Chubberino]

If you want to do a bit of legwork. Check each item versus completed ebay listings. I generally go for a middle ground of completed so look at the highs and lows and settle on the middle of what you find. Add that up and see what the number is if you were to buy each individually. Should be easy from there. If he is saying that it has been CLA'd, find out if each item has had that or just the camera and factor that in too as that stuff adds up. It's interesting he doesn't have that in the listing because if that was the case, I'd think that stuff would've sold instantly.

 

[lxmike]

If you want to do a bit of legwork. Check each item versus completed ebay listings. I generally go for a middle ground of completed so look at the highs and lows and settle on the middle of what you find. Add that up and see what the number is if you were to buy each individually. Should be easy from there. If he is saying that it has been CLA'd, find out if each item has had that or just the camera and factor that in too as that stuff adds up. It's interesting he doesn't have that in the listing because if that was the case, I'd think that stuff would've sold instantly.

yer its a strange situation, l would have thought the above listing would have been snapped up

 

[Mr_Flibble]

To me, $650 sounds pretty fair for freshly serviced camera with extra lenses and goodies

Without seeing the listing, I guess the unknown hood is a VALOO.

 

[Roger Hicks]

Have been offered the following for £650:

Leica 3C camera, Nr 497855, with a Summitar F2 5cm lense complete with Leica front and rear lense caps.
Leica Elmar lense F3.5 5cm complete with Leica front and rear lense caps.
Leica Summaron lense F3.5 3.5cm wide angle lense, complete with Leica front and rear lense caps.
Leica Elmar telephoto lense F4 9.0cm, complete with Leica front and rear lense caps
Leica frame attachment to ensure correct picture when using various focal length lenses.
Leica ...what looks like a lense hood but has 3.5 to 16 engraved on it.
Leica 5cm lense hood with push buttn detach facility
Leica filters red, green, dark orange and lights orange complete with original leica cases.
Leica type cable release to fit Leica 3C camera.

camera recently serviced and lenses are good/typical examples, does £650 sound about right

Sounds fair to me. The lens hood (no "e" in "lens") is probably a VALOO, intended principally (as far as I recall) for use on an enlarger when the Elmar is mounted on it. It appears to be worth a few quid in its own right: http://www.ebay.com/sch/sis.html?_n...e+adjustment+Control+for+Elmar+5cm+50mm+f+3+5

Cheers,

R.

 

[lxmike]

To me, $650 sounds pretty fair for freshly serviced camera with extra lenses and goodies

Without seeing the listing, I guess the unknown hood is a VALOO.

many thanks for your thoughts, l am toying with putting in an offer

 

[lxmike]

Sounds fair to me. The lens hood (no "e" in "lens") is probably a VALOO, intended principally (as far as I recall) for use on an enlarger when the Elmar is mounted on it. It appears to be worth a few quid in its own right: http://www.ebay.com/sch/sis.html?_n...e+adjustment+Control+for+Elmar+5cm+50mm+f+3+5

Cheers,

R.

thanks Roger, I copied via cut and paste from the sellers original listing, I had not spotted his 'lack of grammatical prowess'. 😱😀

 

[scigeek]

Snap his hand off, marra 🙂 .

 

[lxmike]

Snap his hand off, marra 🙂 .

good advice and l nearly hit the button but my funds went into an M2 with 50mm instead, incidentally just spotted that the listing has now been revised with a new BIN of £550

 

[scigeek]

At that price I'd be very tempted myself if I had the cash. Enjoy your new M2 - I'm sure you will!

 

[lxmike]

At that price I'd be very tempted myself if I had the cash. Enjoy your new M2 - I'm sure you will!

many thanks l will let you know how l get on with the M2🙂

 

[Chubberino]

good advice and l nearly hit the button but my funds went into an M2 with 50mm instead, incidentally just spotted that the listing has now been revised with a new BIN of £550

funny enough, that's the original price he listed it for but adjusted it to £650 shortly after listing it.

 

[lxmike]

funny enough, that's the original price he listed it for but adjusted it to £650 shortly after listing it.

l do not know why it as not been snapped up

 

[scigeek]

l do not know why it as not been snapped up

Mike - too good to be true?
At £550 I'd be starting to get a bit suspicious. If the camera has had a CLA it has to be worth £250/£300 on it's own. If the chrome and vulcanite is good it could be worth more. The 5cm Elmar has to be worth £100, even in poor condition - double that in good condition.

I couldn't find the item - can you pm me a link?

 

[Dralowid]

l do not know why it as not been snapped up

Because £650 in one go is a big lump and because quite a lot of the items are good but not that special.

When I see 'outfits' for sale my first reaction is 'oooo look at all that stuff' then I start to question whether I want the individual items. Buying a lump of stuff spoils the fun of searching for the individual things you really want.

 

[David Hughes]

And, of course, if you don't want some of the bits you have to get rid of them and then there's the worries caused when you look at your one and compare it with the new - but untested - ones.

Getting rid of stuff seldom works as you'd want it to and you end up losing money, time and hair. And if you've chosen your outfits carefully you now have several problems you don't want...

OTOH, looking for a genuine rear lens cap for a 1930's Leica can be as much pain and trouble and money as buying it on a lens and throwing the lens in the bin. There's no way of knowing. (Only 1930's lens caps work if you are using a 30's fitted case.)

Regards, David

 

[michaelwj]

Because £650 in one go is a big lump and because quite a lot of the items are good but not that special.

When I see 'outfits' for sale my first reaction is 'oooo look at all that stuff' then I start to question whether I want the individual items. Buying a lump of stuff spoils the fun of searching for the individual things you really want.

And, of course, if you don't want some of the bits you have to get rid of them and then there's the worries caused when you look at your one and compare it with the new - but untested - ones.

Getting rid of stuff seldom works as you'd want it to and you end up losing money, time and hair. And if you've chosen your outfits carefully you now have several problems you don't want...

OTOH, looking for a genuine rear lens cap for a 1930's Leica can be as much pain and trouble and money as buying it on a lens and throwing the lens in the bin. There's no way of knowing. (Only 1930's lens caps work if you are using a 30's fitted case.)

Regards, David

Agreed, you'd have to want it all, or REALLY want one item to make a bulk buy like that attractive.

 

[Dralowid]

It works the other way round too...

The other day I bought a Beaulieu TR8 with two Angenieux, one Kern and one TT+H lens, late Weston meter etc etc. There was also a Leitz FOKOS in the case. I sold the FOKOS covering the cost of the rest of the kit.