Highest apo price EVER!

On Mon, 22 Nov 2004 19:15:16 +0000 (UTC), "Markus Ludes"
wrote:


Markus

When was this produced?

to be honest, I dont know. But from engraving and cell design, it must
be in the last days of zeiss, since if Zeiss would have continued, it
would have gone into production.



It's got what looks like a feather touch
focuser so it's not even an original Zeiss tube and focuser.

no of course not. I have had the chance to buy on ebay with the lens all
parts to have build a original tube, but it would come out even more
expensive and I self don't like to much the Zeiss styled mechanics, so
we made our own tube

Seems to me that if originality counts for much in terms of collectors
items (and in every other hobby it does) then wouldn't a pristine
100mm APQ with original tube, lens and focuser be worth at least as
much?

yes and no. I have had already offers for the 80 mm with my tube, higher
then like new APQ 100/640 with original tubes.
What setting the price very high here, is the unique APQ 80 and its
serial Nr. 1.
The Nr 2 ( only 2 have been made) have never shown up in the market yet,
so this is the only 1 known in the market, where you can find some
100/640 somewhere

Markus
-Rich

That is rare.
Something turned up at Stellafane one year (1990?).
It was a Zeiss 70mm achromat, around f7. The guy sold
it to a friend for about $100. I looked though it, definition
was of course excellent. I don't remember Zeiss ever having offered
a 70mm scope in any ads. The only small scopes I remember were the
63mm teaching refactors.