I followed this lens on e-bay and was astounded by the selling price
It was listed as:
F: 7.7 Series III No. 7a lens - it later was listed at a: Goerz Dagor 16 1/2 inch #315097 - a barrel lens with a damaged iris.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Goer...-/401079681926
It sold for $5,642
Surprised they still charged shipping.
WHY? What's so incredible about it?Originally Posted by Robert Opheim
This was probably a a genuine case of an experienced bidder/winner of photographic items making a careless high bid to make sure he won it. Unfortunately for him, a non-experienced bidder took a fancy to it too. The unlucky winner knows he made a mistake, the loser doesn't know he was the real winner. Surely this deal will not through - it must be worth his while to drop out of ebay for a time and start again later.
This size of Dagor is quite common and there many larger sizes that do really cover 20x24".
Well, there's one in a shutter with a working iris currently sitting unsold in this forum's classifieds for $1425...
"I love my Verito lens, but I always have to sharpen everything in Photoshop..."
at least 2 buyers at close to selling price of that auction.
It gets even better...
The Aperture Diaphragm Blades... Appear to be broken on that specific Lens.
I always get a kick out of some of these web auction things. If you want to do something and get away with it, do it big. I ran into an expensive listing for a rare
fossil, an intact Jurassic rhinoceros horn. Well, should have been super-rare, since rhinos weren't even close to existing yet that far back. My own paleo schooling was a bit rusty, but I eventually recognized it as a fairly ordinary piece of Devonian rugosa coral. Then I've run into prints for sale by such-and-such persons for 30 to 40K apiece, which sell for 3 to 4 apiece in the dude's own galleries. Guess if you want to land a big fish you need a big lure.
Relisted for $50.
That's exactly what I paid for mine.
Charley
bids are free, and no one is obligated to pay, now, sellers are no longer obligated to sell...
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