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Leica Book Price a Mistake?


graeme_hutton

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Barnes & Noble is the same: one used at $500. They have it "out of stock" but it must in fact be out of print. That's nice because I have a copy here that I've hardly opened. Plus I have a copy of the original (1st) edition which is perfect. That book could be worth $1000+ if this version is suddenly worth $400 - $500. Suddenly that 24/1.4 is more-or-less paid for... :D

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Guest darkstar2004

Wow.

 

I paid $40 American for my copy.

 

My philosophy of "Never sell off or trade away anything that says Leica on it" seems to be ringing true... :D

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Do you know what insanity is? I have three of these, two bubble-wrapped, paid nothing for one and about 20 euros each for the other two.

 

I'll be giving the two new ones as gifts to some SLR people pretty soon as a result of this.

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I bought a copy a few years ago at a camera show. I bought this one and a copy of Helmut Newtons book with all the issues of his magazine.

 

I thought the HN book was going to be worth some money and the Leica book was going to be on my bookshelf. A used copy of HN was worth about the $6 I paid for it and the Leica book was worth a lot more than the $6.

 

Maybe I should have bought the Leica SLR book as well.

 

Chad

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The first one had a (deserved) reputation for spitting all it's pages out, In the dark days when there was no Forum, and very little printed material specific to Leica, it was held up as the Bible for M-enthusiasts and users alike. It's tendency to self-destruct made it rarer, and made mint copies all the more desirable.

 

I know - I had a loose leaf one.

 

Regards,

 

Bill

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