Re: Rollei Rarity

[Jack Hamilton <jackham >]

Barone,Paul wrote:
> 
> Here's another item that troubles me:
> 
> The "Black Baby" 4x4 Rollei has become quite a collectors' item, supposedly
> due to its limited production. The literature I have read says that "only"
> about 20,000 were made. I have seen this model advertised as "Rare" and
> priced  at or above $1000 USD.
> 
> My Rolleiflex T (Type 2) only had a production run of 9,000 - but no one is
> calling *it* rare. How unfortunate for me!
> 
> Any thoughts?
> 
> Paul
> 
> baronep  
> "I'd walk a kilometre for a Rollei"

PAUL:

Just wait ten or fifteen years. Have patience, you may be holding on to 
a gold mine!

Cordially,
Jack Hamilton
Milwaukee, Wisconsin USA

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