[Konvas] Advice on Rare 14mm/1.5 Lens - Repair or Return?

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I'm no expert (others in here are), but that price seems a bit high to me  
for a Russian lens that needs such a major overhaul.  Then again lens  prices 
have shot up so much lately the market is hard to predict.
 
In comparison my widest PL mount non-fisheye is an 18mm f1.3  
Panavision-rehoused Leitz.  I only paid about $3800 for it and it is in  absolutely pristine 
like-brand-new mint condition... plus it was part of a  matched primes set we 
bought.  Had we bought it individually it would have  probably been even less, 
since single lenses are typically less than those in a  full matched set.
 
Ergo... I don't think the price was just ungodly highway-robbery high...  but 
I do think a comparable lens could be had for a perhaps a fair bit  less.
 
I have not seen that particular lens before... it's hard to tell from the  
picture exactly, but the face element sure does look surprisingly small to me  
for such a wide/fast lens.  The face of my 18mm by comparison is  gigantic.
 
T2
 
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