i stopped by a yard sale yesterday Saturday. And saw that there was a vintage Nikkor 1.4 lens on the table. He wanted 50.00. Was that a good deal. I was thinking of useing it on my FE.
In decent shape, it could be. With fungus, oily blades, scratches and a tight focusing ring, perhaps not. I got mine, an old AI, which is beaten to heck on the outside but perfectly working in all ways and no scratches or fungus, for $10. But that was VERY lucky.
Do you mean by vintage pre-ai? If it is pre-ai, it will slow you down if you shoot your FE on A. If it was actually Ai or AIs then I would say that's a fair price for a clean example.