Interesting Price on Zephyrs (1 Viewer)

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OPTIC_NUT

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• Apr 9, 2015

• #1

There are some ads for sale at ebay,
and I noticed a pair of B&L Zephyr Lights in 1954 were $170:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1954-Bausch...141?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item27fc781ea5

$170(1954) would be $1484 in today's money, using the govt. CPI calculator.

Pretty amazing.

It is a premium performance model, but it also seems the
real cost for the same field performance has been reduced since then.

 

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brentwood

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• Apr 13, 2015

• #2

I paid $29.95 for the 9x35 version a few years ago from a pawn shop in Wyoming! Good to know!

 

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OPTIC_NUT

Well-known member

• Apr 19, 2015

• #3

I got some Swift 8.5x44 Audubons for $30 in a pawn shop once.
They don't check value much. Most of what they have is beat up entry level, though.
Worth a peak now and then. Wake up early for the yard sales!

 

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ChadHahn

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• Apr 24, 2015

• #4

I've found lots of great binoculars at pawn shops for not much money. Like Optic_Nut said, lots of crap, but sometimes something nice gets in. I found a pair of Zephyrs for $20.

Chad

 

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OPTIC_NUT

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• May 4, 2015

• #5

Zephyrs are the "bees knees" of the Japanese hi-precision flat-field binocular.
They kicked off all the "featherweight" and "featherlight" variants.
They have a pretty decent classic value now.

I have been able to accumulate a number of featherweights
and precision-focuser variants (which aren't 'feathers' with that option),
and just recently I was able to get a Bushnell 7x35 "Featherlight",
which is a reprise of the Zephyr.