Hi Tim,
My price is very fair if you concider that I can fetch more for them if I sell them as single items (past auction prices have proven this), this unit is worth more because its a ready to start set of seven, all the lenses you need to make a full movie. Prices have changed dramaticly in a very short period because of the boom in vintage cinematography. for example: if you want to buy a decent 150mm kinetal in todays market you are expect to pay a minimium between the $1500 and $2000, this also counts for the 100, 75, 50 and 37,5mm if you can find them, and many of these dont even come close to the condition of the lenses im offering.
You used the terms 'practically the same', that is not really close to 'the same'.
Prices for these lenses on the open trade market typically range condition, serial number, mm, age, etc. and frequently involve sketchy seller and uncertain condition.
The set i'm offering is scarce and excist out of the finest and rarer calibres of the kinetal series and all are cosmetically in very decent condition, Cooke introduced these series in 1959 and the set I'm offering excist out of the 'early' Kinetal lenses and all dating 1959-60, BBC must be one of the first ones ho ordered these series. Background history and usage of such vintage lenses is also always difficult to research, but not with these. This is a authentic BBC film unit dating begin 1960s and was professionally well looked after.