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Jody_S
10-Dec-2012, 18:44
A certain Dagor77 is at it again:

Rescued and Restored From a Living Tomb..... (http://www.ebay.com/itm/Rescued-and-Restored-From-a-Living-Tomb-A-19-Goerz-Berlin-Dagor-No-Reserve-/400361018629?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item5d37605505)

No I'm not pimping the auction, and besides this is sure to go for far more than I can afford. Would be nice to own one though.
Ari
10-Dec-2012, 18:57
What a prelude, though.
lenser
10-Dec-2012, 19:03
I'd buy a ticket to see that in movie form.
goamules
10-Dec-2012, 19:13
"...reaching over to a giant Sutton Panoramic Water lens he had converted into a decanter he poured himself a healthy dram."

Bwahahaha....almost spilt my beer.
pierre506
10-Dec-2012, 19:31
A friend of mine recommended the lovely story to me yesterday.

My conclusion is that TYPING such a long story is a very tired work.

:cool:
mdm
10-Dec-2012, 19:37
Nice story but not any good pictures, he must be a crook.
cowanw
10-Dec-2012, 19:45
"I had grabbed the trunk of a jumper and held on for dear life"
I wonder if the girl in the jumper minded.
John Fink Jr.
11-Dec-2012, 09:19
Bedtime reading for bidders who can't sleep because their eyes are too tired from a hard day under the cloth.
charleymeyer
11-Dec-2012, 11:00
OMG, sadly Andrew beat me in finding Angus's tomb, I was near there with three other Old Phart Geologists in September. From Angus's photograph I recognized the canyon cliffs W of Scheelite (CaWO4), also the only town in California I know of that has a street named Vanadium. My gamy knee prevented me from exploring the cliffs. I never knew the intimate story of Angus Chick... Thank You Andrew!
Steven Tribe
11-Dec-2012, 12:20
Still found time for the snide comment directed at Zeiss.


you'll rarely see a Goerz lens with separation while you see most Carl Zeiss lenses with it. lens separation is a sign of badly fitted(rushed) glass

These comments just aren't true.
E. von Hoegh
11-Dec-2012, 12:25
Still found time for the snide comment directed at Zeiss.



These comments just aren't true.

The part about rarely seeing a Goerz lens with separation is, I've yet to see one. Of course, one rarely sees any separated Zeiss lenses except for 110 year old Protars.
Jody_S
11-Dec-2012, 20:53
Well, at least we now know what Dagor77 is spending his money on (Scotch).
joselsgil
11-Dec-2012, 23:15
Well, at least we now know what Dagor77 is spending his money on (Scotch).


What else would a Scott drink, if not Scotch?

I happen to like Andrew's stories. Sometimes I have to send him a message and ask him if he is getting enough sleep, but otherwise I find the stories entertaining.
Alan Gales
12-Dec-2012, 00:05
I really like Andrew and his stories. In fact he is listed as my only favorite ebay seller. I don't want to miss out on any of his famous tales! :cool:

I can't afford his lenses but I have bought several books from him.
Rafal Lukawiecki
12-Dec-2012, 03:34
The only way to improve the listing would be to convert it to rhymed iambic pentameter.
E. von Hoegh
12-Dec-2012, 07:57
Some years ago he sold a 30 inch Dagor. I wish I could find the sales story he wrote for that; I'd also like to find the one about finding the mummified remains under a pile of Deardorff V8s and V11s.
BrianShaw
12-Dec-2012, 10:15
His stories, as well as those of a recent imitator, confuse me. I get frustrated and stop reading.

I wouldn't mind them if I didn't have to struggle so much to find what is being sold and for how much. Often they are entertaining... which, obviously, I need to lighten up my otherwise 'too serious; get-to-the-point" personality. :)
alan-salsman
12-Dec-2012, 16:29
In the specs for the lens on that add he states that the lens was sent to Europe and re polished on the original plates.Implying that some owns and knows how to use them.I wish he would tell us the rest of that story.
Michael Graves
14-Dec-2012, 06:05
No. Lacking pictures doesn't identify a crook. You can tell the crooks because they always use the word "untested" in place of "totally trashed and completely unfixable".
Noah B
14-Dec-2012, 07:59
Well, at least we now know what Dagor77 is spending his money on (Scotch).

haha that is probably true! What an introduction to a lens though, I'd like to share an ad I came across a week ago that competes with that one.

http://http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=130805123718&ssPageName=ADME:X:RTQ:US:1123
William Whitaker
16-Dec-2012, 17:29
$2691.44.
It pays to be a writer.
Lachlan 717
16-Dec-2012, 17:50
What else would a Scott drink, if not Scotch?


A Scot (not a Scott), would drink whisky.