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Reasonable price for heavily used Pentax A 4/200mm Macro ED?
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PostPosted: Fri Jul 20, 2018 8:52 am    Post subject: Reasonable price for heavily used Pentax A 4/200mm Macro ED? Reply with quote
Obviously the prices for a near mint Pentax A 4/200mm Macro ED are going through the roof. I have, however, not found any reliable information on prices for a heavily used sample with lots of wear-and-tear, and bare metal shining through. I was offered such a sample ... the lenses themselves are fine, but the focusing is not as precise as i would expect from a near mint lens.

Any thoughts? Or any general experience relating the prices of rare "near mint" vs "ugly" lenses?

Thanks Wink

Stephan


PostPosted: Fri Jul 20, 2018 10:49 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Well the lens is somewhat rare in any form so price will be high-ish.
Pentax forums state average selling price of US$1,614.11 but this could be old information - and I found only two sold on ebay for around US$2500
Heavily used has to be cheaper than that.
How much is it worth to you and what would be a selling price for a comparative lens in a different brand?
How much is the buyer asking? Are you prepared to pay it or can you buy a better lens for that same price?
Just my 2c worth
Tom


PostPosted: Fri Jul 20, 2018 3:41 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
oldhand wrote:
Well the lens is somewhat rare in any form so price will be high-ish.
Pentax forums state average selling price of US$1,614.11 but this could be old information - and I found only two sold on ebay for around US$2500
Heavily used has to be cheaper than that.
How much is it worth to you and what would be a selling price for a comparative lens in a different brand?
How much is the buyer asking? Are you prepared to pay it or can you buy a better lens for that same price?
Just my 2c worth
Tom


Well, it's no so much about me ... i probably will not buy the lens. I had, however, bought from the same person a very nice Pentax LX for CHF 100 / EUR 85 (local auction with several bidders), which is very little.
Later the seller contacted me again and said he had found some more lenses, among them a Pentax 3.5/28mm Shift, the Pentax 11/1000mm Reflex and the Pentax 4/200mm Macro ED. He had planned to put the latter on auction as well, locally, with a starting price of CHF 100.--. I had to convince him that this was not a good idea: He might have ended up with as little as CHF 200.-- or 300.--. I could, however, not provide a reasonable price when he was asking me about that.

Since modern 3.5/180mm LD / APO Macro lenses (Sigma, Tamron) can be bought easily for CHF 500.--, i assume that the USD 2500 paid for pristine Pentax 4/200mm Macro ED lenses are collectors prices. And i assume that a heavily worn sample would get much less attention - but i may be wrong, of course ...

Stephan
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