[Ronald Oakes]

Why are my eyes watering?

My Eyes are Bleeding !

[monochrome]

Almost never, I would say. gplr63, the owner of this collection, is severely disabled. His pleasure was to collect since he couldn't use. (any more?)
He is the guy with a black cap on the left of this picture taken in 2010.

I suspect only people who collect things themselves will actually understand the impetus to acquire a collection such as this. The pleasure lies in the pursuit of the rare, the exemplary condition, finding something passed by when it was new or made before one was even born, the detailed knowledge gained over years of study. A collector will be known by that which he chose not to acquire rather than that which he did acquire.

Collectors who are able often donate their collections to museums so a life’s work of collecting is curated and preserved - the work is the gift rather than the actual collection. A fine collection broken up often ends up in others’ collections.

[Mistral75]

The auction just ended, at least as far as photographic equipment is concerned. Here below the main bids.

K10D: €180
K20D: €170 (Internet)
K-5: €270
K-5 Limited Silver: €350 (Internet)
K-3 Limited Silver: €430 (Internet)
K-1: €801 (Internet)

K 50mm f/1.2: €240 (Internet)
K 50mm f/1.4: €70

M 50mm f/1.4: €70
M 50mm f/1.7: €40 (Internet)
M 50mm f/2: €50 (Internet)

M★ 300mm f/4: €100

A 50mm f/1.2: €350 (Internet)
A 50mm f/1.7: €50 (Internet)
A 50mm f/2: €30 (Internet)

A★ 85mm f/1.4: €390 (Internet) + €620 (Internet)
A★ 135mm f/1.8: €1,230 (Internet)
A★ 200mm f/2.8: €350
A★ 200mm f/4 Macro: €950
A★ 300mm f/2.8: €1,200
A★ 300mm f/4: €160 (Internet)
A★ 400mm f/2.8: €1,800 (Internet)
A★ 600mm f/5.6: €800
A★ 1,200mm f/8: €2,400

F 1,7x AF Converter: €230 (Internet)

F 50mm f/1.4: €120 (Internet)
F 50mm f/1.7: €60 (Internet)

F★ 300mm f/4.5: €430 (Internet)
F★ 600mm f/4: €2,700

F★ 250-600mm f/5.6: €2,700

FA 35mm f/2: €210 (Internet)
FA 50mm f/1.4: €125 (Internet)
FA 50mm f/1.7: €155 (Internet)

FA★ 24mm f/2: €280 (Internet)
FA★ 85mm f/1.4: €660 (Internet)
FA★ 200mm f/2.8: €360 (Internet)
FA★ 200mm f/4 Macro: €2,500
FA★ 300mm f/2.8: €1,160 (Internet)
FA★ 300mm f/4.5: €380 (Internet)
FA★ 400mm f/5.6: €800 (Internet)
FA★ 600mm f/4: €3,100

FA★ 28-70mm f/2.8: €370 (Internet)
FA★ 80-200mm f/2.8: €800 (Internet)
FA★ 250-600mm f/5.6: €2,700

DA 14mm f/2.8: €200

DA 10-17mm f/3.5-4.5 Fish-Eye: €150
DA 12-24mm f/4: €300
DA 16-45mm f/4: €130
DA 17-70mm f/4: €120
DA L 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6: €30
DA 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6: €40 (Internet)
DA 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 II: €40
DA 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 WR: €60
DA 18-250mm f/3.5-6.3: €230 (Internet)
DA 50-200mm f/4-5.6: €60
DA L 55-300mm f/4-5.8: €150 (Internet)

DA 35mm f/2.8 Macro Limited: €230
DA 40mm f/2.8 Limited: €100
DA 70mm f/2.4 Limited: €240 (Internet)

DA 20-40mm f/2.8-4 Limited: €400 (Internet)

DA★ 55mm f/1.4: €280
DA★ 200mm f/2.8: €400
DA★ 300mm f/4: €300

DA★ 16-50mm f/2.8: €220 (Internet)
DA★ 50-135mm f/2.8: €200 (Internet) + €260 (Internet)

D FA 50mm f/2.8 Macro: €180
D FA 100mm f/2.8 Macro: €210 (Internet)
D FA 100mm f/2.8 Macro WR: €260 (Internet)

D FA 24-70mm f/2.8: €550
D FA 150-450mm f/4.5-5.6: €1,050

Sixteen lenses in Limited pouches: €4,300

Buyer has to pay an additional 14.4% auction fee (18% for Internet auctions) on top of these bids. Items must be picked up locally (alternatively, buyer has to organise their shipping).

[monochrome]

The 600’s went cheap, likely because shipping would be a pain.

[gofour3]

Half of them will be on eBay next week at double the price!

Phil.

[angerdan]

Here below the main bids.

Where did you find the main bids?

Buyer has to pay an additional 14.4% auction fee (18% for Internet auctions) on top of these bids. Items must be picked up locally (alternatively, buyer has to organise their shipping).

Selling: 20.4 % VAT voluntary and 14.4 % tax in court
interencheres.com/materiels-professionnels/appareils-photos-neufs-et-teleobjectifs-cartes-magics-pieces-dor-238864/

[Mistral75]

Where did you find the main bids?

(...)

The 179 bids were here:

appareils photos neufs et téléobjectifs, cartes magics, pièces d'or. | Interencheres LIVE

The link is now dead (the live auction has ended).

(...)

Selling: 20.4 % VAT voluntary and 14.4 % tax in court
interencheres.com/materiels-professionnels/appareils-photos-neufs-et-teleobjectifs-cartes-magics-pieces-dor-238864/

You could trust people when they write something, you now...

'Frais de vente mixtes: judiciaire (14,4 %) et volontaire (pour pièces et lingot d'or) (20,4%).' so 14.4% for everything but the gold coins and the gold bullion.

But... there was an additional 3.6% fee (VAT included) for the Internet bids to remunerate the service provided by https://www.interencheres-live.com/. This was specified in the Live section, hence my sentence:

Buyer has to pay an additional 14.4% auction fee (18% for Internet auctions) on top of these bids. Items must be picked up locally (alternatively, buyer has to organise their shipping).

[angerdan]

18%+€....$+18%...Object
5.074€...$5.734...Sixteen lenses in Limited pouches
3.658€.. $4.134.. FA★ 600mm f/4
3.186€...$3.600.. F★ 250-600mm f/5.6
3.186€...$3.600...F★ 600mm f/4
3.186€...$3.600...FA★ 250-600mm f/5.6
2.950€...$3.334...FA★ 200mm f/4 Macro
2.832€...$3.200...A★ 1,200mm f/8
2.124€...$2.400...A★ 400mm f/2.8
1.451€...$1.640...A★ 135mm f/1.8
1.416€...$1.600...A★ 300mm f/2.8
1.369€...$1.547...FA★ 300mm f/2.8
1.239€...$1.400...D FA 150-450mm f/4.5-5.6
1.121€...$1.267...A★ 200mm f/4 Macro
...945€...$1.068...K-1
...944€...$1.067...A★ 600mm f/5.6
...944€.. $1.067...FA★ 400mm f/5.6
...944€...$1.067.. FA★ 80-200mm f/2.8
...779€......$880.. FA★ 85mm f/1.4
...649€......$733...D FA 24-70mm f/2.8
...507€......$573...F★ 300mm f/4.5
...507€......$573.. K-3 Limited Silver
...472€......$533.. DA 20-40mm f/2.8-4 Limited
...472€......$533...DA★ 200mm f/2.8
...460€..... $520...A★ 85mm f/1.4
...448€..... $507.. FA★ 300mm f/4.5
...437€..... $493.. FA★ 28-70mm f/2.8
...425€..... $480.. FA★ 200mm f/2.8
...413€..... $467...A 50mm f/1.2
...413€......$467.. A★ 200mm f/2.8
...413€......$467...K-5 Limited Silver
...354€..... $400...DA 12-24mm f/4
...354€......$400.. DA★ 300mm f/4

Seems like there are some real bargains