Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/01/12

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Subject: Re: [Leica] M4P chrome w/M6 windows/view finder
From: Mark Newport <newport_m@utpb.edu>
Date: Mon, 12 Jan 98 11:33:13 -0800

>Spencer Clark wrote:
>
>>I would appreciate comments and thoughts on the following. Have recently
>>been looking @ an M4P, chrome No. 1643697, that has the M6 windows. The
>M4P
>>is in mint condition, in the box, with books.
>>I am told that this is an especially valuable M4P because it is chrome &
>>because it has the M6 windows.
>>Any insight into the facts regarding this particular camera would be
>>sincerely appreciated.
>
>Lucien wrote:
>
>According to Ghester Sartorius (Carta d'Identita delle Leica, I don't have
>the English name of the book here) outside
>of the 2500 Chrome "1913-1983" M4-P, there are only 500 M4-P chrome.
>Of which, I guess only a few ?? are with the M6 windows.
>The problem is that mine is not in the number list that Mr. Sartorius (or
>Leitz)
>assign to Chrome M4-P's, but to black M4-P's.
>But that M4-P is really rare anyway and prices I have seen are around
>1900$.
snip

I have a chrome M4-P w/ M6 windows whose serial # (164369X)is very very
close to the camera that Spencer mentions above.  Could this be a # range
that contains others?  Lucien is your camera close the above serial # ?


Mark