Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/09/26

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Subject: RE: [Leica] M6 0.85 classic question
From: "Buzz Hausner" <buzz.hausner@verizon.net>
Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2003 20:59:20 -0400

Of course, collectors then begin to cavil about each model's
provenance...Midland or Wetzlar...finish, rangefinder "eyes," ridging on
the frame preview lever, et cetera.  It seems that virtually any Leica
can be declared "collectable" by one criterion or another.  One must
assume that the purpose of the endless variation in Leica parts and
production methods was to make every body a collector's body.

	Buzz

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From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
[mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of Frank
Filippone
Sent: Friday, September 26, 2003 8:38 PM
To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
Subject: RE: [Leica] M6 0.85 classic question

The only reason that it would be considered a collector item is the
quantity
produced... 3130 total production.  That compares to something like
30,000
Canon AE1 that were produced PER MONTH.

You can also compare to 220k M3's produced, 83K M2's, 9.4K M1's, 56K
M4's,
35K CL's, etc.

BTW, the rarest was not the M6 0.85 but rather the original MP, which is
in
the order of 450 (?).

Frank Filippone
red735i@earthlink.net

What makes the .85 M6 such a collector item?


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