Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/12/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I have been hanging around the Ebay for a few months looking for a Leica CL. I keep running into Jahre editions that have convinced the seller that they are worth MUCH more than a shooter. I suppose that the only real benefit might be that, if a guy spent more to have that emblem on it, he might have been into it as a status symbol and probably didn't use it as much as a shooter. Jeffery Smith New Orleans, LA > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of John R. > Fulton Jr. > Sent: Sunday, December 16, 2001 10:58 AM > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Subject: Re: [Leica] Jahre Anniversary > > > Hi Jeffrey--- > Don't hold me to the years or prices (that's a great disclaimer, huh?). > Around 1976 I bought a new black chrome M4. I remember it being > $550 to 600. Very soon after I purchased it, the same store (Mark's > Photo in Grand Rapids, Mich.) got two new 50-Jahre M4s. They were > consecutive serial numbers and I believe they were around. $650 each. > I thought about buying them but that was a lot of money and what the > heck I had a new M4. They were a bit more than the M4 but not > significantly so. Fifty to a hundred dollars US, max. > The only difference was the imprint, as I remember. Jahre is year in > German. As in 50-year. > Best, > John Fulton > Fort Worth > > > > > >Is there any significance whatsoever if a Leica body is a Jahre > Anniversary > >body? It seems to cause them to cost far more than other bodies > of the same > >model, but there does not seem to be any difference in their appearance > >(other than a small emblem) or functionality. > > > >While I'm on the topic, what was the Jahre? > > > >Jeffery Smith > >New Orleans, LA > > > > > >-- > >To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html