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About 20 years ago I found on a bulletin board in a shopping center a sheet of paper advertising the following:
"Divorce Sale!
Husband went to Europe on business five years ago, decided to never come back. Divorce "in absentia" just finalized, and I finally get to sell off all his stuff. "
(list of stuff follows, mostly sort of like this: )
"Suits, size 42 short, 42 waist, 5 years out of style, mostly polyester. $10 each or best offer."
And so on, until…
"Old fashioned boxy-type camera that takes wide rolls of film. Weighs a ton, too big to carry in a purse, needs lots of fiddling before use. Hardly used because it’s too damn much trouble. Actually named ‘Hasselblad’ on the front, probably because it’s a bad hassle to use, for sure. Comes with six extra lenses, some bigger than the camera.. $15 dollars OBO for the lot."
It was gone before I called. Some "nice guy" liked it so much he gave her $50, because "he said she had it under priced."
No kidding. The camera body would have been worth about $2,500. Hasselblad lenses would have cost anywhere from $2500 to $10,000 each. And with six you would have had to have had some of the really expensive ones in the mix...
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