Originally posted by nickthetasmaniac From 1998 Until 2005 or 2006 I traded Pentax bodies and lenses on eBay. I often bought a camera or camera lot to get the lenses, replaced the foam and sold the camera and maybe the lenses separately if I didn’t need them. I got most of my (nearly complete) K lens collection that way.
From my old records the clearing price for a clean chrome MX was $229 and black was +$40 If you could find one. KX was $169 +$20 for black. K2 was $229 - $249. LX was $400+ and often you didn’t get a grip, lugs or strap, and only an FA-1 Finder. Clean, working Japan or Hong Kong K1000’s have been $100 - $125 for 20 years, +$60 with a recent CLA.
All but the LX were priced above with a M50/2 and ER case. A wag once posted here that every M50/2 ever made had changed hands on eBay by 2006. At one point I sent 17 M50/2’s to KEH for $10 a piece.