Note that Neither of these auctions offered a case and the buyer had to pay a 23% premium in addition to the winning bid! My price of $250 is extremely low considering these auction prices plus the fact that you and I have never seen one of these in this condition, if you have ever seen one in any condition at all, and you likely won't see one this nice ever again. It was made in the war years, 17 years or older than mine. One of these sold for 300 Euros (about $400, only in 'Good' condition at best with a /lot/ of brassing and paint wear) and another for 800 Euros (about $1070!), which was in Very Good condition but still had some noticeable brassing and wear. NOTE what I just found as I was writing this description: I found only two 7x50 Marsept binoculars sold at auction on a professional auction site! That's all, for who knows how many years. It's not absolutely perfect, but it is darn close - it's in really great condition. I've never seen one like this example, ever. Usually the body is missing cover pieces, eyeguards are missing, pieces are cracked or missing, corrosion is common, lenses are very dirty or scratched, collimation is way off, case is usually missing or is in terrible condition, etc. These come up for sale sometimes but they are almost always in /terrible/ condition (search for images of 'Marsept 7x50' to see the usual awful examples you're likely to find!). Mine was /very/ gently used and I think it looks and works great for a binocular that is over half a century old. The Leitz Marsept binoculars I've seen on another site during the last eight years or so look terrible, like they were used in WWII, and some of them probably were, from the looks of them. MY BINOCULAR LOOKS A LOT BETTER, BUT I HAD TO USE IMAGES OF THIS OTHER MARSEPT EXAMPLE SINCE I CAN'T POST MY NORMAL DIGITAL CAMERA IMAGES HERE ON A-MART NOTE: please send a PM to me so I can send up to 28 images of this binocular to you by email. ***Rare Leitz Wetzlar 7x50 'Marsept' binocular in Excellent condition***
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