Brigadoon Astro Supplies Ltd......

[Craney]

On the back of two threads I have been reading recently.  One about a certain type of scope being very popular in the small ads at the moment and the other about a very rare fantastic beastie indeed,  I got to thinking about the gear that you never really see come up for sale second hand.

Either, 

1)  It is one of a kind.

2)  Eye wateringly expensive.

3)  Flawed and universally flagged up as a clanger ....<avoid>

4) or.... Just so good that owners fall in love with them and are not prepared to be separated.

I do scan the adverts more often than is healthy for my bank balance,  so I was wondering, which items should I not be expecting soon,  due to reason 4.

 

I'll start the ball rolling......   Celestron Edge HD  (8").......   once in a Blue Moon event to see one of them.......!!!

[Peter Drew]

One of Don Jobsons.     ?

[Craney]

19 minutes ago, Peter Drew said:

One of Don Jobsons.     ?

Wasn't he in Miami Vice ??

[Peter Drew]

Don Johnson.    ?

[swag72]

An original Thomas Back scope...... not one of those APM copies.

[Stu]

AP Traveller

[Craney]

Ooh... I can feel an evening of internet Google'ing coming on.... 

[Stu]

You could say that Seben scopes have such a bad reputation that eBay is about the only place you can sell them!

[Craney]

2 hours ago, Stu said:

......  Seben scopes have such a bad reputation that

Unless somebody suddenly jumps in to their defence ie.   " first scope when I was five years old and always had a soft spot for it " ........ we will take that as a category 3.

(p.s.    sounds like the only suitable soft spot would be a peat bog in the Welsh Mountains....)

[DaveS]

My Megrez 90 may not be in APM class but it will have to be prized from my cold dead hands.

[Stu]

You could add the Vixen Atlux 150ED to the 'rare beast' list. They do change hands every now and then, but there are only around 6 in the UK I think. I did have the pleasure of owning one for a while, very nice scope.

[JeremyS]

Pentax 105 SDHF and 125 SDP are rare beasts in the UK.

The 105 SDHF was fairly common in Asia: a few friends owned them when I lived in Singapore. I had a Pentax SDHF 75, but these are fairly common here. I only once got to see a 125SDP once: in the old Broadhurst, Clarkson & Fuller shop in Farringdon Road. I love Pentax scopes!

[reezeh]

A shop called Brigadoon? ?

 

It only opens once every hundred years???

[Craney]

Oh yes.......   those once in a lifetime astro-bargains.....  a no-returns policy because the gear is just so good you never want to part from it...

but yes, you need to time your visit wisely, otherwise you'll be waiting a bit at reception..