Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/12/14

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Subject: [Leica] What happened to the Leica link that looked upwhetherablack camera was authentic?
From: Frank.Dernie at btinternet.com (Frank Dernie)
Date: Tue Dec 14 23:31:18 2004
References: <000601c4e247$5b1d51a0$e011fea9@corp.nortel.com>

There are loads of genuine coloured cameras which are not fake and 
which are not in the records. They are good value if you want a black 
one that the most anal of collectors won't touch. Fakes to worry about 
are the Luxus, original MPs and the various half frames.
Frank


On 15 Dec, 2004, at 01:42, Vick Ko wrote:

> Thanks
>
> The auction site is then showing a fake black M2.
>
> regards,
> Vick
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: lug-bounces+vick.ko=sympatico.ca@leica-users.org
> [mailto:lug-bounces+vick.ko=sympatico.ca@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of
> Robert Langjahr
> Sent: Tuesday, December 14, 2004 7:53 PM
> To: Leica Users Group
> Subject: Re: [Leica] What happened to the Leica link that looked
> upwhetherablack camera was authentic?
>
>
> Hi Vick,
>
> According to Chester Sartorius "Identifying Leica Cameras"
> The Ser. No. you gave 1054425 is not within the serial number range of 
> a
> authentic black M2. Black M2 was serial number range 1,053,101 thru
> 1,053,250. Serial number range 1,053,251 thru 1,054,900 regular chrome
> M2.
>
> Bob
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Vick Ko" <vick.ko@sympatico.ca>
> To: "'Leica Users Group'" <lug@leica-users.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, December 14, 2004 4:07 PM
> Subject: RE: [Leica] What happened to the Leica link that looked
> upwhether ablack camera was authentic?
>
>
> Thanks, but it no longer tells me whether it is a black or chrome
> camera.
>
> For example, there is a black M2 on auction now with a serial number
> 1054425. Is this an authentic black M2?
>
> regards,
> Vick
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: lug-bounces+vick.ko=sympatico.ca@leica-users.org
> [mailto:lug-bounces+vick.ko=sympatico.ca@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of
> Didier Ludwig
> Sent: Tuesday, December 14, 2004 6:49 PM
> To: Leica Users Group
> Subject: Re: [Leica] What happened to the Leica link that looked
> upwhether a black camera was authentic?
>
>
> http://www.leica-camera.de/cgi-bin/overview.pl/en/snstatus
>
>> You would enter the serial number of the camera and it would return
>> what type of camera it was (i.e. black M2?) Vick
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