Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/01/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>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