Nikon S3M on the 'bay

[NIKON KIU]

These do NOT come around often, the rumor is that there may be 200 of them built back in early 1960s

http://www.ebay.com/itm/221961454457

This outfit comes with a motor, a micro and collar!

I don't know this seller but I know....

Where/when will you find another set like this?

NEVER!!

Kiu

 

[B-9]

Half frame even! Wowza, way out of my league!

 

[maddoc]

A half-frame Nikon S! Didn`t know something like this exists.

 

[photomoof]

And a micro with the collar!!

And so far no one is bidding, will it go for peanuts, or will bidding start at the end?

Shame about the battery case, the gray ones are so rare.

 

[Corran]

Damn, I want that Micro.

 

[photomoof]

Damn, I want that Micro.

Yeah, easy to find a micro, but the collar, almost impossible.

 

[splitimageview]

sheesh...and all I want is a shade for my 135/4 Nikkor LTM. 🙂

 

[B-9]

I wonder if the gent even knows the extent of $$$$$ he has sitting there...

 

[jonmanjiro]

This rig has been sitting on the shelf at Lemonsha in Ginza, Tokyo for a while. No Micro-Nikkor with collar included, but you do get the 500 frame motor driven back! All for a mere USD$63,000!

http://cameranonaniwa.jp/shop/g/g2111011909041/

 

[photomoof]

One of those "mysterious" 250 backs. There was rumored to one real one in Garden City.

 

[bobkonos]

17 bids and $3600 with 4.75 days to go. He obviously does not know how much $ he is sitting on or he'd set a Buy-It-Now. He calls the collar a sun shade, he buried the description of the Micro-Nikkor in mid listing. Such innocence is rare these days-he will get a wonderful surprise once this auction ends.

 

[jonmanjiro]

One of those "mysterious" 250 backs. There was rumored to one real one in Garden City.

Are you saying its a fake, Fred? I don't know much about those 250 backs, so I'm curious to know what your take is.

 

[NIKON KIU]

Nothing fake about it if it works, lets call it a replica!
You and I know about replicas, right? Remember those mini-finders?

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Assumption:
What's interesting about this outfit is the ring flash and the Micro-Nikkor, it seems the original owner was using the outfit to take images of documents in a hurry, the speed of this outfit and extra exposures would be a bonus in cases like that.

This was my father’s camera. He was in military intelligence and used this camera for professional and personal interest. I used for a while in the 1980s. It is time for me to move on this part of my family’s history....

This makes sense, Dad was military intelligence.

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There is more information posted on the listing now, the serial number of the motor is listed as 94885

Kiu

 

[photomoof]

Are you saying its a fake, Fred? I don't know much about those 250 backs, so I'm curious to know what your take is.

In the 80's an important collector/dealer with contacts in Garden City, told me he had a 250, but at the time was not showing it around. I assumed at the time the provenance was unclear. What has happened to it I do not know, could be the one in Japan you photographed?

Many Nikons were sourced from inside Nikon, where the provenance was unclear, so it was nothing new.

At any rate I was told it was a prototype, which rang true, because a number of Nikon F prototypes appeared from that same source.

Japanese S motor drives, there are so many fakes, who knows? I would not venture a guess without talking to others in Japan.

 

[Corran]

He obviously does not know how much $ he is sitting on or he'd set a Buy-It-Now.

He's lucky he didn't put a BIN, because likely he would've put something way lower than it's bid at already, if he's ignorant of the camera kit.

 

[mynikonf2]

S3m

S3m

From the most recent Nikon Historical Society publication NHS-129 dated 9/30/2015 "Recently Seen in Tokyo" :
S3M chrome, body only no motor $36,000;
50/3.5 micro w/collar, in box $4,800

and then from NHS-126 dated 12/31/2014
"The Auction Scene" :
S3M w/S72 motor (does not list the color of camera)
realized price $51,000 !!!

Prices seem to be all over the place on these but here we have
a black paint S3M... w/S72 black paint motor!! It will be interesting to see how this pans out.

 

[photomoof]

From the most recent Nikon Historical Society publication NHS-129 dated 9/30/2015 "Recently Seen in Tokyo" :
S3M chrome, body only no motor $36,000;
50/3.5 micro w/collar, in box $4,800

and then from NHS-126 dated 12/31/2014
"The Auction Scene" :
S3M w/S72 motor (does not list the color of camera)
realized price $51,000 !!!

Prices seem to be all over the place on these but here we have
a black paint S3M... w/S72 black paint motor!! It will be interesting to see how this pans out.

Yes, I am getting a lot of email about this, it has not even started yet. Still has not moved at all.

My guess is he will remove it. Clean it up and sell it at auction, it is worth at least 50k

 

[Corran]

50/3.5 micro w/collar, in box $4,800

That's crazy though. Yes, the collar is rare. Without the collar, I've seen a couple of Micros in great shape sell for under $1500. One needing some work went for like $900 I think it was. I bid on it but didn't want to go that much. I don't remember many with the collars but a search on eBay brings up an LTM one w/ collar that sold for under $2k, which is arguably rarer than the S-mount I think.

Well who knows. I guess at Westlicht or something, anything is possible. I have an extremely rare and historically interesting lens here that I found in a pawn shop...less than 200 made, very few examples extant. Westlicht had one in about the same shape sell for $8k a few years ago. Mine didn't sell on eBay for a BIN of $4k. I'm sending it to Westlicht soon.

$50k for the S3M kit? Crazy if true.

 

[NIKON KIU]

Micro Nikkor

Micro Nikkor

Damn, I want that Micro.

A micro just sold on ebay for $1100, it was a nice example, only got one bid.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Rare-Mint-N...mm-f-3-5-50-F3-5-for-Nikon-S-RF-/111836383806

Hope it was your bid!

Micros do about $1000-$1500 in the real world, some sellers do ask out of this world prices.
It's the darn collar that's hard to find, that can be worth more than the lens if it's in nice shape.

I doubt the seller in Indiana would stop the auction, looks like someone needs some cash for holidays, now if one of you people sent him a generous offer...that's a different story.

Those 2 battery packs are probably worth a grand each.

Kiu

 

[Corran]

Yeah I saw that auction. No, I didn't buy it. I'm the kinda guy who waits till he finds a crazy deal, maybe a package with that lens in it but poorly advertised (kind of like the S3M auction! Way too rich for me though). All of my rare stuff was purchased as such. One day - Keeping my eyes open. Speaking of, a really nice black 8.5cm f/2 sold this evening for really, really cheap.