Anybody know about screwmount lenses?

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On a visit to my Grandparents' house I did a bit of digging and found a bunch of lenses that I was wondering the value of. The lenses are optically sound although the barrels could use a little bit of cleaning. I'd really appreciate it if some kind and knowledgeable person would give me some idea as to the value of the lenses (I understand that it's going to be a ball-park figure since you haven't actually seen what I'm talking about). The lenses are: *Leitz Hektor 50mm f/2.5, Silver *Leitz Wetzlar Summaron 35mm f/3.5, Silver *Leitz Wetzlar Hektor 135mm f/4.5, Black *Leitz Wetzlar Elmar 50mm f/3.5, Black (the barrel says DOORX and DOOGS) *All these lenses have both front and back caps, both of which are in good condition, with the felt in the front caps still intact). Leitz Wetzlar Telyt 200mm f/4.5, Black Leitz Visoflex finder Pierre Angenieux 90mm f/2.5 Pierre Angenieux 90mm f/1.8 Carl Zeiss Jena Sonnar 85mm f/2.0 (unfortunately this is missing the rear cap) Thanks a lot for your help!

-- Azeem Bakhtiar (az_bakhtiar@hotmail.com), August 12, 2001

Answers

This catalog here will give you an indication of the value of most of your lenses.

-- Hoyin Lee (leehoyin@hutchcity.com), August 12, 2001.

I would look to ebay for a decent guess on what your lenses are selling for.

-- Josh Root (rootj@att.net), August 13, 2001.

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