Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/07/04

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Subject: Re: [Leica] re: Don Chatterton's Leicas
From: "Ken Iisaka" <ken@iisaka.org>
Date: Tue, 4 Jul 2000 09:03:16 -0700
References: <B586F2F8.56EC%howard.390@osu.edu>

What I have been told is that certainly dealers would provide an X-ray
photo of the box...

You still cannot see whether it's a chrome or black paint, though.

Ken Iisaka  <ken at iisaka dot org> http://www.iisaka.org
Still lost in Mill Valley in Marin County, California
- ----- Original Message -----
From: Martin Howard <howard.390@osu.edu>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Monday, July 03, 2000 10:48 PM
Subject: Re: [Leica] re: Don Chatterton's Leicas


> Ken Iisaka jotted down the following:
>
> > Leica bodies and lenses in their original sealed boxes are traded at
> > astronomical prices.  An unopened M4 black paint goes well into tens
of
> > thousands of dollars, if you can locate one, for example.
> >
>
> I've always wondered how people know that there actually IS a black
paint M4
> inside those boxes.  Every now and then, I'm in half a mind to get a
mint
> box, put half a brick inside, seal it, and stick the thing on eBay.
>
> M.
>
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