FS, Pentax MX & 50mm lens

I have decided to let some of my film cameras go to purchase a new lens, With great regret the first one to go is my nearly mint condition and fully working Pentax MX with a Pentax SMC M 50mm f2 lens which is in superb mint condition but without any end caps.

The only marks on the camera itself is a very tiny tiny bit of paint rub about 1 mm at the rear and a bit of paint rub on the door hinge the rest of the camera is as new condition.

I am looking for offers or someone to give me an idea on what price I should ask, as a quick look on eBay and the prices are all over the place.









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Forgot to add the camera comes with the original body cap and what I think to be original neck strap.

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I must admit and not just because I have it listed to sell, the cosmetic condition of this camera is superb, and that it is fully working as well is a bonus,

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£75 via PayPal gift including postage,Bargin

What kind of condition are the light-traps in? Still good or turning to sticky mush (not at all unusual and an easy fix)? Also any comments on the shutter mechanism? The camera looks great....

Can't help thinking those figures are perhaps a trifle optimistic.

An f/1.7 might fetch £25-30, maybe, on a good day, but the f/2 goes for about a tenner. If it sells.

Typically, MX body auctions reach £40-50 odd. The only on I saw get bid to the amount talked about had just been CLA'd. And came with the receipt and warranty.

There are always a few BINs with much more opportunistic prices, it's true, but do they sell? One dealer in particular always has a few 'Student' MXs at 2-3 times the going rate. I suppose he must get lucky and sell one occasionally or he wasting the listing fees. So you never know!

The light traps are abit sticky yes but used a couple of films in it this week and they are still doing their job,
Everything else about the camera is fully working,meter,self timer,hot shoe,all shutter speeds are correct in my eyes.

The lens is perfect.no caps but perfect in every other way.

You're right about the f2 lens - sold mine for £15 last month.
I was looking for a lightly used black MX and have just found one in Paris complete with winder & new seals for £150.
The black variant does seem to fetch a good deal more than the standard silver version ...
Mine will sit alongside my black MX-1 ...

I have also seen sold this month a Pentax K1000 sell for £90 and a few chrome ME supers go for over £70so what you are trying to say is £75 for a mint cosmetic condition fully working MX is abit of a bargin

Hmm .. maybe so

Replacing the seals might help though, its an easy job, and one that will need doing someday. I look at my collection of old Konica Autoreflex SLR's and see mush ...
MX's that have fetched strong prices have been ones that have had a full service, with new seals and sometimes the hinge replaced with settings verified.
I would have gone for yours had it not been for the fact that the idea of a nice black one sitting alongside the diminutive MX-1 rather appealed to me ...

Like I said I will be selling in the next few weeks some of my film camera but like you a will be firmly keeping a grip on my black MX and my LX for a rainy day