Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/01/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 07:05 PM 1/6/03 -0800, you wrote: >Date: Mon, 6 Jan 2003 15:33:22 -0500 >From: "Austin Franklin" <darkroom@ix.netcom.com> >Subject: RE: [Leica] Leica Sears >Gary, > > Maybe you don't know this, but I recall seeing an old sears > > catalog in which > > they actually sold Leica M3 cameras! >Naw. I won't believe it until I see a certified original, original Sears >catalog ;-) >Austin Hi Austin, I have an original Sears Canada camera equipment catalogue from 1958 where they sell Leica M3's in two versions with different 50mm lenses for about C$250 - 300 each, depending on the lens, as well as Tower and Nikon rangefinders. Given that a new North American car was about C$3 - 4,000 (I'm guessing here - maybe older timers can help me out on the actual price) these cameras were pretty expensive. Of course this was a long forgotten era when the C$ was about equal to the US$. This catalogue is in my Canadian storage and not readily accessible, but I really do have it and will share a copy with you, with pleasure, when I finally get to it. :-) Cheers Howard (in Hong Kong) - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html