Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/07/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]What I have been told is that certainly dealers would provide an X-ray photo of the box... You still cannot see whether it's a chrome or black paint, though. Ken Iisaka <ken at iisaka dot org> http://www.iisaka.org Still lost in Mill Valley in Marin County, California - ----- Original Message ----- From: Martin Howard <howard.390@osu.edu> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Monday, July 03, 2000 10:48 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] re: Don Chatterton's Leicas > Ken Iisaka jotted down the following: > > > Leica bodies and lenses in their original sealed boxes are traded at > > astronomical prices. An unopened M4 black paint goes well into tens of > > thousands of dollars, if you can locate one, for example. > > > > I've always wondered how people know that there actually IS a black paint M4 > inside those boxes. Every now and then, I'm in half a mind to get a mint > box, put half a brick inside, seal it, and stick the thing on eBay. > > M. > > -- > Martin Howard | iCon iDole iRate > Visiting Scholar, CSEL, OSU | iDeal iDull iMage > email: howard.390@osu.edu | iSue iOn iGnorance > www: http://mvhoward.i.am/ +--------------------------------------- > > >