Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/03/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]
Noel Charchuk wrote:
> David you will be interested to know that I saw just such a situation
> at a
> dealer here in Calgary, who had two M4 if I remember correctly, with
> consecutive serial #'s. I believe they were asking $3000 a piece, as a
> set. I know they have been sold, but I don't know what they went for. It
> was interesting to see these in the display case, but not $6000 worth of
> interesting.
Interesting. I can see why an out of production pair with consecutive
serial numbers would command a premium price.
I was just wondering if I turned up at a large Leica dealer wearing an
optimistic expression and waving a bunch of 50s, could I order a pair of
bodies from the factory without such a cost penalty?
David Morton | Please don't tell my mother I'm a journalist,
dmorton@journalist.co.uk | She thinks I have a respectable job playing
(+44) 171 272 8908 | the piano in a brothel.