Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/03/31

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Subject: [Leica] Vintage Leitz hardcase...
From: marcsmall at comcast.net (Marc James Small)
Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2009 22:27:48 -0400
References: <43d2b9bb0903311841m6c40c8fo3cc6eb5c299bc4c7@mail.gmail.com>

At 09:41 PM 3/31/2009, Jan Decher wrote:
 >Marc:
 >This is a Leica outfit case not a "NRCase", rectangular, hard, olive drab
 >leather with lid opening away from the body (as any decent camera case lid
 >should).
 >The store keeper said "that's what collectors pay for these things..."

Thanks for the clarification, Jan.  I follow 
Leitz collectible pricing a bit, and I've never 
heard of such an item bringing such a price.  And 
the color bothers me, as Leitz outfit cases were 
also cow-leather brown.  Dan Brown would probably 
be the fellow to ask, or Randy Hooper.

Marc


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