What is your greatest photo gear 'score'?

Pentax 67ii w/unmetered prism
Not working Pentax 67 w/unmetered prism
45/4
90/2.8 LS
165/4 LS
67mm reverse adapter mount for 67
helicoid extension tube
full set of extension tubes

All for $400...

I sold the 67ii for $550, the 165/4 for $250, and the helicoid extension tube for $150...

Then spent $250 servicing the 67 and other 2 lenses.

Walked away with a working 67 kit, plus $300 more than I had before buying the kit.
 
Either my Coolscan 5000 for $300 or my Minolta 58mm 1.2 for $10 or my 35 2.8 Summaron for $200 maybe?

side photography related, a Bolex H-16 Rex 5 for $25. It had a super rare Tobin motor drive attached which seems to sell for at least $800 on it's own.
 
All in one day in 1986, as a 20 year-old at a now-closed second hand shop that bought out estates:

Leica M5, 21 SA, 50 Lux, 90 cron, 135 Elmarit, table tripod, and other extra (hoods,caps, leather cases, boxes, etc.): $800

plus

Rolleiflex 2.8F: $50

All in beautiful condition and perfect operating order. The M5 is still by far my most used camera today.

Matt
 
At a second hand store, a mirror stuck up, 'jammed' OM-4Ti for $35. Took it home, put in two S76 batteries, reset, and it came to life right away. That was a couple of years ago and it still works fine.

Almost forgot, at a photo show a working perfectly Sears KS-500 (Ricoh KR-5) with 50mm f2 lens and good meter batts for $5, really, what more does a person need in a PK mount body.
 
Hassy 500 EL, NC2 and A12 for £220
(okay its not that much of a steal compared to the others but its a big deal for me who always wanted to own a hassy but has always been priced out up until this point.)
 
Never got a deal quite as good as some of your deals described above. But my best deals were, in no particular order:

Nikon FE2 with MD12 motor drive (excellent condition) -- $90
Olympus OM-2n (black) body with Winder 2 -- excellent condition -- $65
Nikon F6 body (USA model in flawless condition with only 4 rolls shot through it) -- $750 (new USA bodies go for $2400). The overwhelming bulk of used F6 bodies are non-USA models that Nikon USA may not service.
 
A black paint Nikon SP with a 2.8cm f3.5 in mint condition in the original leather case for $500. I also got a Rolleiflex 2.8C with Planar lens in exceptional condition for $400. I still have the Rollie.
 
Nikon F Apollo with FTN, in mint condition (under a layer of heavy dust/dirt), with a fully functioning meter. $89.

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Best,
-Tim
 
I was walking home to the Southside of Williamsburg in a time before it was conquered by hipsters, and I diverted my foot out of habit, because the hipsters on the Northside tended to walk their dogs on the Southside and leave the turds as booby traps.

So initially I thought this black object laying on the sidewalk was just another booby trap, but it was a Contax T3 in a leatherette case. Came pretty close to crushing it with my foot.

So a free Contax T3 likely lost by a clueless hipster, highly likely a dog owner.

Oh-well I say.

Cal
 
I found an M3 with a 50/1.5 Summarit about ten years ago in a local junk shop for $25. Talked him down to $20. Sold the lens to have the VF redone, then sold the body to help fund the first M9. I got a weird ICA Stereo camera there the same day for $15. Sold that to a collector last year for almost $600. Sadly, the store has closed.
 
Probably a black MOOLY-C motor for $400. Second would be a grey IIIcK Luftwaffe (repainted black) for $650 (thank you KEH). Third was a Leitz 50/1.5 Xenon lens for free - I put $75 into it to have it cleaned and lubed, then I resold it for $600. Fourth was a SOOZI 9cm f/2 Summicron lens - very rare, with the original hood, caps, M-adapter. $400 for that, and Jim Lager told me it was the best he'd ever seen.
 
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