Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/08/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]As Schwalberg's editor up until 1986 (the year I "went on") I didn't read the story in the March 87 issue. Bob did tell me that he had relieved himself of the Leicas much before that time. Maybe he didn't count his favorite M3? As far as his enormous collection of Leicas of 1967... I know what happened to them. hem. He had a good friend in England (Bob told me this), a collector of Leicas. Bob agreed to sell him much of his collection at the price Bob had paid for them plus the fix-up cost, with the understanding that if this party was to sell items later on Bob would be offered them at the same price. Done with a Handshake. Nothing on paper. His friend dies. End of situation. Ed On Sat, 5 Aug 2000, Duane Birkey wrote: > According to the article Bob still had an M-3 #1071082 with 50 Elmar f/3.5 > and 50 Summicron f/2..... > > He said as Raimo quoted that he sold most of his Leica collection in 1967. > > The article was called Practical Classics.... He lists the 6 vintage 35mm > cameras he most enjoys using. And they are pictured in the following > order... Retina IIc, Contax IIa, Exakta VX-IIa, Pentax S1a, Canon IV-S2 and > Leica M-3. > > In the text they noted: "The Leica M-3, which was made from 1954 to 1967, > is the uncrowned king of 35mm cameras and the goal of nearly every > collector. But we almost excluded the M-3 because of the fact that really > clean bodies in reasonably decent condition are priced at $500 and beyond." > > Being a photographer/user/collecter... this is one issue of Pop Photography > that is in my bookcase as opposed to my office. As the owner of several of > these cameras and really wanting the others.... I do have to agree that he > had pretty good taste. > > Duane Birkey > > Duane's Photographs of Ecuador > http://duane_birkey.tripod.com > > >