Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/10/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Lucien - many thanks for your reply; you've answered the question, leaving no doubt ... because... >In Lager Volume I, Cameras >on page 157 there is a grey finished M2 Nr 1005756 (picture in color) >and on page 201 the Nr 1005766.(B&W) >In Nakamura Leica Collection there is the Nr 1005759 (color). And the camera on offer has one of the above serial numbers! Moral of the story - to Leica fakers - check all known rarities before assigning the serial number! >Only the cover, base plate, hot shoe and vulcanite are grey. >All the levers, knobs, dials and lugs are chrome. The faker got that part right - its chrome levers and dials make it instantly recognisable as "something else" >According to Lager: >20 M2's (1005751-1005770) factory designated "Luftwaffe-grau" >(air force grey) were prepared in 1960 for an agency of the >United states government. This "graphite" M2 was a darker "grau" than Luftwaffe-grau >I think this grey M2 may be a fake. Hmmm - it's *still* tempting, given its quality - the dealer wants 9000 zloties for it - $2,700 at today's exchange rate (a mere $2,375 six weeks ago before the dollar's fall). Any opinions - very-near mint M2, Luftwaffe fake, $2,700 - haggle the dealer down, by threatening to expose him as a fraud - or just give his stand a wide berth in future?