Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/02/15

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Subject: Re: should I keep the Leica?
From: photo@mich.com (C. Fitzgerald)
Date: Sat, 15 Feb 1997 09:07:40 -0500
 
This was a tongue-in-cheek suggestion, wasn't it? --Colleen

>It was once suggested to E. Leitz GMbH that they produce special
>Leica cameras for collectors. Since the boxes with Leicas inside would
>be worth much more SEALED than if opened, the Leicas would just be
>shells without any working parts inside. To prove the cameras were
>in the box, it was proposed that an x-ray photo of the interior be
>handed to the purchaser. This would be a profit center. The question
>is: Have they begun to produce this camera? And if not, do you think
>they will in the furture? Ed Meyers