Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/01/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Jun Nakajima wrote: > > $B$=$N4V$K$3$N%a!<%k$G$b(J($BE>Aw$G$9(J)ML$B$h$j!"(JMP$B4X78!#(J > $BJ8Cf$N(Jjim$B$OC/$@$+!"$*$o$+$j$G$9$M(J(^_^) > > Leikon35 wrote: > > > > About 6 years ago, a well known West Coast millionaire & Leica > > collector, asked me to find him a Mint Leica MP & that he would > > pay $10,000 for it. I laughed and said "Jim, there are no Mint MPs, > > practically all 350 of them went to professionals that put them to > > heavy use." About a year later at the same Pasadena Convention > > Center Camera Show, Jim showed up and handed me a Mint black > > MP that he had recently purchased. I examined it very carefully > > & concurred with him that it indeed had all the attributes of being > > authentic. When I returned home & looked up the s/n of that black > > MP - I found that it had been manufactured in chrome, not black. > > > > Even today I am still puzzled by that anomaly. > > > > Marvin > > ====================================================== > > In a message dated 98-01-21 06:19:41 EST, you write: > > << Of course they were all Russian copies, but someone > > obviously has started producing top plates for these Zorkys and FEDs. These > > cameras were fakes, and they made me laugh, but what do we say about all > > these "mint" black M-bodies, that sooner or later will turn up at different > > auctions? I will stubbornly refuse to sell my M4 to these people. I will go > > on using >> > > -- > Jun Nakajima > Magicalights Studio Corporation. > http://www.magicalights.co.jp/ > SiliconGraphics O2 / NeXT_Rhapsody This post is my simple mistake to operate for my terminal. Very sorry and make apologize to give inconvenienced to All LUG users. Regards,jun - -- Jun Nakajima Magicalights Studio Corporation. http://www.magicalights.co.jp/ SiliconGraphics O2 / NeXT_Rhapsody