So allow me a few moments to gloat.
I saw a Pentax Spot V advertised for sale locally and picked it up this morning. While I was there we struck up a conversation and asked the seller if he had any more of his grandfather's camera equipment. Apparently he was in the Army and was also a Marine. He described an old camera with some 'bellows-y' looking thing on it. I said I'd like to see it. He ran in and I expected him to come out with a Speed Graphic. He came out with a Linhof Master Tecnika III with a beautiful Xenotar 135 f/3.5. The camera was ROUGH and I immediately looked at the lens. It was dirty but looked like it would clean up OK. I told him the whole package was probably worth about $75 (which was a wild-assed-guess). He asked me if I'd give him $75. I offered him $50 and he agreed. I ran to the ATM, returned and gave him $60. The original price of the Spot V was $100. It is MINT.
All in all I'd say I did pretty good today.
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