indeed, $1 is still sufficient valuable consideration for a legal contract out here in the wild west.
$10 can't even buy what they wrongly called "The Poor Man Leica", the Canonet QL17.
A written acknowledgement of receipt - "the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged" - is enough.To be legal, does a dollar or peppercorn actually have to pass from hand to hand?
Pedantry warning on:
Historically, a single peppercorn was used to signify nominal but still valuable consideration - a component that is absolutely necessary to prove the binding nature of an agreement to (ex)change ownership of something of value.
The law distrusts gifts, and enforces bargains!
Warning off - return now to your regularly scheduled programme!
This is why great violins find their way to talented but impecunious young violinists.We are conditioned by the constraints, experiences and circle we move in and my circle etc may bear little relationship to the OP's but given the normal view of Leicas and their desirability, my gut feeling is that the chances of finding such a Leica and then persuading the owner to part with it for $10 has to be so remote as to be virtually non existent unless that person can be convinced by the OP that the OP can somehow offer him a vision of being able to improve the lot of analogue photography that makes the gift, which is what it is, worthwhile.
The problem is that an owner of such a camera has to be able to weigh up and decide the likelihood that the donation will achieve this level of benefit to the film community via a person of whom he/she has no direct or extensive knowledge of. The owner of the camera has to "believe" in a deep spiritual sense in the recipient. How this is achieved remotely between strangers who have never met is certainly way beyond my experience of human interaction.
pentaxuser
Perpetual optimist that I am, I'm patiently waiting for the day the Sydney Harbor Bridge comes up for sale on Ebay.
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(You lot over in America may prefer the Brooklyn Bridge, which is fine by me - it just means fewer bidders for the Sydney steel-beam pile.)
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I don't think you can get a Leica for $10 regardless of condition.
No thanks, but do you want to trade??no, no, no....We have London Bridge!
You wanna buy it?
you have to be told, then you may not understand the answer...
Sure but not by posting an ads. You have to go search. Sure I go hunting every weekend at estate sales (before Covid 19) and with luck you can run into something like that. But putting out a post or an ad asking for a $5 M2? No way. The person who bought that M2 could sell it for many times more.
Do you know of any such instances, Matt and if so do they happen often enough to make this a less rare occurrence than get the ball on the wheel into the green slot at Las Vegas 5 times in a rowThis is why great violins find their way to talented but impecunious young violinists.
But whereas great violins do make a difference, Leicas don't necessarily do the same.
I'll agree to those terms in an instant and sign in blood for a much lesser beast than a Leica. It is called a F5I think it's OK if the OP would ask for a long term loan like the way Hasselblad loan their cameras to Ansel Adams. The camera still belong to the original owner but the OP can use it as much or as long as he wants. He can not sell it.
Hey I am thinking about it! I have a like new F5 that I don't use now. I bought it in 2002 and I don't think I have more than 30 rolls thru it.I'll agree to those terms in an instant and sign in blood for a much lesser beast than a Leica. It is called a F5
pentaxuser
I guess everyone has a job where you have to work to earn a living whether you like it or not. It's not worth while for me to spend time going estate sales just to find bargain and resell them. I can earn more money by simply working more hours at my regular job. However, I do spend a lot of time going to estate sales because I enjoy it just as much as I enjoy taking pictures which I do not show to anyone.When I read of these "scores" on some super cheap thing found at a thrift store or an estate sale, I think about how many hours they spent finding nothing. If someone enjoys looking through all that stuff, great. I'd rather just pay someone what it's worth and spend my time doing other things. Note in that article "most valuable thing I’ve found in years of thrifting". Note YEARS of thrift shopping.
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