Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/01/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Robert and Ted Don't any of you people realise that the 1936 Olympics were held in BERLIN, not Munich? Jerry Robert Rose wrote: > Ted, > > Dennis Laney's book "Leica Collectors Guide" has an extensive listing > of serial numbers that might help. > > Serial number 10606 should correspond to a 1928 Leica I. > > The 1936 serial numbers range from around 183000 to 217500. > > Maybe the embossed cameras were a special edition with a different > serial number range? > > Hope that helps. > > Bob Rose > > Message: 19 > Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2009 21:16:07 -0800 > From: "Ted Grant" <tedgrant@shaw.ca> > Subject: [Leica] A REAL LEICA OR A COUNTERFIT? > To: "'Leica Users Group'" <lug@leica-users.org> > Message-ID: <79pc8o$1r6qik@pd6mo1no-svcs.prod.shaw.ca> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" > > Hi crew, > > This note with a question from my son Scott this evening: > > > > Scott asked: > >>> I was over at a friends place tonight and he has an old Leica that >>> he had > bought off this old Russian guy a couple of years back, on the top of the > camera it has embossed 1936 Munich Olympic, has the German bird crest and > the serial number 10606. > > > > The question is, do you know anyone in the LUG that may be able to > tell or > trace the serial number and find out if it's the real deal or a knock > off. > The camera is in really good shape. <<<<<, > > > > There you go folks that's the question. > > I looked in a few real old Leica books but couldn't find any serial > number > information. > > > > Anyone out there like to take a shot at answering Scott's question? > > > > Thank you in advance. > > ted > > _______________________________________________ > L