James24
Well-known
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/332035554228?
Not the tidiest example, but certainly an interesting listing. I wonder where the bidding will go.
Not the tidiest example, but certainly an interesting listing. I wonder where the bidding will go.
NIKON KIU
Did you say Nippon Kogaku
Should fetch at least $5K even though someone drilled a hole in it to have flash synch and is missing a bunch of covering, partially NAKED!
The 3.5 lens that comes with 609149 is really rare in collapsible Nikon mount, estimates are under 100 units, I believe may be 25 are in existence today. The 3.5 is much more plentiful is screw-mount than in Nikon mount.
That's the second raelly rare item that pops out of UK during the last 2 months, the first was this one:
http://nikonhistoricalsociety.yuku.com/topic/2658/906-M-in-Scotland-UK-SOLD#.WDHKgVQrKUk
NHS member snapped up the 906 camera.
Kiu
MikeL
Go Fish
I might get it, strip the chrome, paint it black, and put green leatherette on it. That'd be cool!
Dralowid
Michael
Tra La! Bargain time!
http://www.westlicht-auction.com/in...ail&utm_term=0_e1a5b303fa-070be9f538-45995893
http://www.westlicht-auction.com/in...ail&utm_term=0_e1a5b303fa-070be9f538-45995893
nikonhswebmaster
reluctant moderator
Or just put it in a wood chipper, it would be yours.
BillBingham2
Registered User
NIKON KIU
Did you say Nippon Kogaku
nikonhswebmaster
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Livesteamer
Well-known
Please, No wood chipper. A painful thought.
It would damage the blades on the wood chipper.
Joe
It would damage the blades on the wood chipper.
Joe
NIKON KIU
Did you say Nippon Kogaku
That's what I was thinking, it'll definitely ruin the chipper.
Well for what it's worth, I am leading the bids with a little under a day to go.
$2200 and going....
Kiu
Well for what it's worth, I am leading the bids with a little under a day to go.
$2200 and going....
Kiu
James24
Well-known
It made GB£3825. Yours Kiu?
That's somewhere around 1% of the price of the WestLicht example. A bargain!
That's somewhere around 1% of the price of the WestLicht example. A bargain!
Bille
Well-known
What? Thanks, you can keep it.
enasniearth
Well-known
Nikon 1
Nikon 1
There's a big differance between the westlicht camera and the ebay one .
The camera in the westlicht auction is perhaps the 3rd actually sold , the numbers 6091-60921 were test cameras made to think out the idea of a nikon camera .
Since nikons were not assembled in numeral order , so perhaps within the first ones sold at least , these cameras had quite a few differances from cameras even 100 units later .
For $4800 us the nikon one on ebay was a good buy ,
For a camera so rare it's best not to change anything , replacing the curtains or fitting new leather would only detract from collector interest and value .
Crazy you say?
There are many more common 609 cameras that could be finished in imperial red lacquer with eel skin cover if you so desire .
Nikon 1
There's a big differance between the westlicht camera and the ebay one .
The camera in the westlicht auction is perhaps the 3rd actually sold , the numbers 6091-60921 were test cameras made to think out the idea of a nikon camera .
Since nikons were not assembled in numeral order , so perhaps within the first ones sold at least , these cameras had quite a few differances from cameras even 100 units later .
For $4800 us the nikon one on ebay was a good buy ,
For a camera so rare it's best not to change anything , replacing the curtains or fitting new leather would only detract from collector interest and value .
Crazy you say?
There are many more common 609 cameras that could be finished in imperial red lacquer with eel skin cover if you so desire .
