Go price a Fender Bandmaster amp right about now. In 1973, the old ones ran $100... I wonder if Rolleis will become "fashionable" for yuppies someday? Probably not; too much thought required. But if they did, the price would rocket. PJ Nebergall On Thu, 27 Oct 2005 22:19:17 -0400 Eric Goldstein <egoldste@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > Jerry Lehrer wrote: > > > Badger, > > > > Right, In 1975 a nice house in La Jolla was $80.000. That house > is > > TWO Million now. > > > > In 1975 I bought a mint 2.8 E2 Rolleiflex for $75. > > > > Jerry > > > You are confusing two different factors. One is inflation, but the > more > important factor at the time was the perception that TLRs were > outmoded > technology and basically worthless. The same was true for tube audio > > equipment at the time. I was given (for free) a Neumann U-47 tube > microphone in the 70s because it was junk and not worth anything. Do > you > have any idea what that microphone is worth now? The escalation is > infinitely greater than that of your nice La Jolla house ;-) > > > Eric Goldstein > --- > Rollei List > > - Post to rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > - Subscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'subscribe' > in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org > > - Unsubscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with > 'unsubscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into > www.freelists.org > > - Online, searchable archives are available at > http://www.freelists.org/archives/rollei_list > > --- Rollei List - Post to rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx - Subscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'subscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org - Unsubscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org - Online, searchable archives are available at http://www.freelists.org/archives/rollei_list