Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/10/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Marc etal, Mr.Chatterton is a true Leica Camera Dealer and doesnt deal in Leica Specials since a boxed & new Comm. will lose its market value when it is used to take pictures exactly the same as a Comm coin will lose it value when used as specie. Both the Franklin Mint & Leica caters to the Comm collector, of which there are many, when producing these so called "Special Editions". Franklin Mint has produced silver Comms for almost any reason, just has Leica is doing with the Bruckner etc. They do this since there seems to be a market for them and with the exception of the M6 Jubilee, they all are just regular M6s. The M6 "J" is a completely different animal in that its features are desirable both to me and to many others that would pay a nominal premium for them, but as a "Jubilee Special" the price is insipient. The crux of the matter (which is obvious to even a newbie like me) is that this is the "Leica Users Group" and some of us are extremely biased to just that & have no tolerance for the collector or especially the collector of "Specials", which certainly won't be used. Some of us are more biased than others in thinking that the M6 or R8 are the greatest invention since the wheel but I think they ought to put their photos where their mouth is. I would highly suggest that a "web site" of a Luggers photos be required. I have already visited many from the links offered by Steve & others and think you all should visit them. In a message dated 97-10-24 09:32:29 EDT, you write: << Speak to the larger Leica dealers, Tillis and Chatterton and Arnie Duren and Stan Tamarkin. Better yet, read their lists: I don't believe Chatterton will deal in these at all, and certainly the others, when they offer them, have them sitting on their lists for months on end. Marc >>