P3D Ebay prices

["Dr. George A. Themelis" <DrT-3d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I think I will start keeping track of these ebay prices...

I see Sam from Photorama sold a small Realist mounting kit for $122.50.
This kit includes the cutter and sorting box.  Strikes me as too much
money to pay for the cutter (essentially the only useful item in the set).
I have sold one (maybe more) for about $75 in sell-3d.  If I remember 
right, he had this set in the last show in Cleveland.  He asked if I wanted 
it for $100.  I passed.  He said he will post it in Ebay.  Good for him!  

I was also surprised to see that he is asking $20 for shipping, when
the postage will be $3-$4 priority mail.  Oh well...

As I mentioned earlier, this ebay will mean the end of my 3d purchases
locally.  The dealers will never sell anything reasonably priced at a
photo show when they can get much more in Ebay.

>I do notice however that a Realist is listed with the heading "low low
>serial#". It has serial# 5xxx. However it is a late model with a double
>exposure prevention button, and David White lenses. The later models
>started renumbering without the "A" prefix. 

Yes, this is a late model.  At some point Realist started stamping
serial numbers in the side, starting with zero SN.  Some people think 
that you must add 100,000 to these numbers but this is not correct.
Ron Zakowski has all the details and I hope he will eventually put them
in a book.

George Themelis


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