[Leica] FS: M4 bl. chr. and M5 chr. 2 lug

[Simon Pulman-Jones <spulmanjones@lbs.ac.uk>]

I have decided to sell the two M's which I tend not to use because they are 
too precious, and to use the money to fund CLA's for my old faithful used 
and abused M's and some glass. So, before I put them on Ebay, I have for 
sale:

M4 black chrome Wetzlar #1384XXX, one of only 4,070 made, complete with 
original box, papers, and body cap.  The camera is in very nice condition, 
showing only signs of light use, with no dents or scratches. The top of the 
top plate has just one small (1.5mm) faint mark close to the A of the 
engraved WETZLAR and some very faint shine around the edge behind the 
advance lever.  On the rewind side there is one small (1.5mm) mark, hardly 
visible, above the strap lug, from contact with the strap.  On the advance 
lever side there is some slight silvering in the normal arc from strap 
rubbing above the strap lug. All of the engraving is bright and as new. The 
bottom plate shows some slight bright-marks only on its bottom surface, 
with a faint tripod mount circle and a faint silvering band across the 
  surface close to the bottom plate catch. There is a small area of 
vulcanite (very easily repairable), about 3mm by 1.5mm, missing directly 
above the rewind-side strap lug, otherwise all is perfect. The shutter and 
viewfinder/rangefinder are in perfect working order, and the camera has its 
lens-mount black wax Leica seal intact. I have deliberately listed all of 
the visible marks on the camera but I must emphasise that in general it is 
in extremely nice condition.  Apart from the small bright-marks that I have 
noted the black chrome is in like-new condition, showing none of the ugly 
wear to which early black chrome M's are prone (I have an M5 which is 
half-black, half-zinc!).

The camera has its original box, manual, passport and guarantee card, all 
of which are in almost new condition.
1,500 UK pounds. (Approx. 2,460 US dollars) I will pay international 
shipping.

M5 silver chrome 2 lug #1346XXX, complete with original box, papers and 
body cap.  This camera is also in very nice condition, with no dents or 
scratches. The only signs of use are an area of barely distinguishable 
bright marks between the eye-piece and the flash contacts (which have the 
original M5 dual flash contact cover), a small bright-mark (1mm square) on 
the advance lever side of the camera above where the third strap lug would 
be, and some faint hair-line bright marks on the base plate.  There is a 
very small area of vulcanite (very easily repairable), about 2mm by 1.5mm, 
missing where the bottom plate meets the body underneath the lower strap 
lug. The shutter and viewfinder/rangefinder are in perfect working order, 
and the camera has its lens-mount black wax Leica seal intact. The shutter 
curtains show some discolouring where they have been cleaned after a long 
period of storage early in the camera's life.  As with the M4, I must 
emphasise that the camera is in beautiful condition apart from the slight 
marks that I have detailed.

The camera has its original box, manual and guarantee card, all of which 
are in almost new condition.
1,500 UK pounds. (Approx. 2,460 US dollars) I will pay international 
shipping.

Simon,
London.
spulmanjones@lbs.ac.uk