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

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Subject: Re: [Leica] M6 0.85 classic question
From: Jerry Lehrer <jerryleh@pacbell.net>
Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2003 19:05:40 -0700
References: <000501c38492$960f42a0$121afea9@Hausner>

Buzz

Sick!

Jerry

Buzz Hausner wrote:

> 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
>
> -----Original Message-----
> 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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