[The Mekon (John Briggs)]

There is a great thread on that other astro forum (Cloudy nights) that discusses all manner of classic scopes. How about IIS also has a similar thread?

I will kick off by remarking on a scope that has been listed on that electronic auction site for some months now. It appears to be a 4" Thomas Cook that the seller is expecting $29,999 for!

Question how much do IIS members feel a scope like this is worth?

I will post my idea later, but to give an idea what old scopes fetch, the 8" Thomas & Cook from the Port Elizabeth observatory recently fetched $USD17,000

what does that make a 4" worth?