Maxxum 70-210 pre production beer can

[Desmalta]

Hello all

 

Please let me know if I've listed this in the wrong forum. I purchased two of these pre-production Maxxum 70-210 lenses many, many years ago on eBay. They were obviously designed for trade shows to show off the inner workings of the lens. The main difference from this lens and the common ones is the clear ring that shows the electronics and working gears on the lens. Has anyone ever seen one of these lenses? Does anyone have any idea what they're worth?

 

Thanks so much

 

Jim

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The "exxon lawsuit" crossed-x maxxum logo 

brings a minor premium vs the later version 

on same lens.  

  

I would research on the current extra market

value of the crossed-x and then figger to add 

about 2x to 4x the current premium. [Not 2x 

4x of the total value, just of the added value 

of the crossed-x logo.]

  

IOW, if a plain-logo beer can is $100 and the 

crossed-x beer can is bringing $140, IOW 40

extra $$s, then I'd estimate your trade show

beer can would bring and extra $125 [+/-] on 

top of the hypothetical $100 base price.   

  

So, thaz my estimate as to proportion of extra 

market value .... but I haven't checked out the 

current market value of the basic beer can.