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Hi,
I'm still processing the shock.
I found the insanely large collection of an old photographer and hobby-astronomer, his astronomy club is selling it at insanely low prices
but it's still just too much for me to even buy a fraction of it. It's an entire house full of heaps off great glass, Russian and German
medium format lenses (Pentacon-Six) by the dozens.
Zeiss logos everywhere, heaps of good(not the cheap stuff!) glass for M42, Pentax, Minolta SR, Canon FD, Rollei QBM...
And they have just started unearthing all those treasures!
I just missed a Zeiss 75mm f/1.5 (M42, 40€ !!!), a Zeiss 180mm f2.8 (Pentaxcon-Six) and a Minolta MD 50mm f/1.2 (20€ !!!)
This is what I managed to scoop up with the 130€ (~$175) I had on me (I didn't dare to try and haggle but it would probably have worked):
- Zenitar 16mm f/2.8 Fisheye in K-Mount
- Tokina 17mm f/3.5 in K-Mount
- Soligor 17mm f/4 in Minolta SR-Mount
- Kiron 24mm f/2 in K-Mount
- Helios 40-2 85mm f/1.5 with M42 screw-mount
All in perfect condition in their original lens cases.
I'll never be able to buy all those treasures for myself, so what should I do with this (almost) secret chest of treasures?
At the prices those poor astronomers are asking they are really getting ripped off, so what should I do?
A) Share my secret in some of the local (=german/european) camera forums and send the plunderers on their way.
B) Point the Astronomers towards better places to sell and sources for realistic prices.
(B*) Help them sort and sell the treasures for a share of the profits.)
C) Pick the best deals and sell them at huge profits.
I need advice on what's the right thing to do. I need your moral guidance, my fellow pentaxians.
regards
Jan