Quote Originally Posted by Steven Tribe View Post
"you have said it was similar to a cooke SF lens. one small problem is that a cooke SF knuckler lens that is 10 inch f3.5 is worth lens than $1000"

That's not what recent statistics about 10.5" series II sales say, Eddie. You can find a few that went under that figure - but I am sure there was a good reason. The Cooke series IIa F3.5 (which is the comparable lens to Tim's) is much rarer (only one on the list), went for quite a lot over $1,000 and I don't think there are any coated Cooke series IIa's. The F3.5 cost 55% more than the F4.5 Cooke when they on sale here new long, long ago.
uuummm? define quite alot over $1k? 1200? 1500? just saying.

so, what is your theory why the "dallmeyer copy of the cooke" has not sold for the asking price?.....or the lowered price? i gave you my opinion......