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A CASE FOR THE BENZ Mercedes-Benz enthusiasts have long found editor/publisher John R. Olson’s SL Marketletter (2020 S. Girard, Minneapolis, MN 55405, 612/377-0155; $67 per year) to be an excellent resource for charting SL values and price trends, gathering technical information, and locating just about anything M-B within its extensive classifieds. Now Olson shares more of his knowledge and insight with the newly published Collecting the MercedesBenz SL, a 128-page softcover book featuring a wealth of Mercedes-Benz data along with 40 black-and-white photos and charts. The author offers four distinct sections in his book. The first examines these motorcars as investments, explaining the basics of collectibility and comparing the performance of collecting Mercedes-Benz cars with the acquisition of stocks, bonds, and fine art. Following this, Olson offers a complete overview of SL…