Re: [Leica] fs: oct 24 2003

["Jon" <jon.stanton@comcast.net>]

My apologies Henry for not being more respectful,

Jon
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From: "Henry Ting" <henryting@riteful.com>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Friday, October 24, 2003 22:20
Subject: Re: [Leica] fs: oct 24 2003


> Superstition indeed. 
> However, I take note of it due to financial reasons
> when I want to sell it. I remembered back a few years
> ago, a vintage Leica with a serial number of 18888xx
> was sold for an astronomical amount at Sotherbys
> because 2 Asian gents were desparatly trying to get it
> all any costs.
> 
> --- Jerry Lehrer <jerryleh@pacbell.net> wrote:
> > Jon
> > 
> > He said it was an Asian thing,  Hickock was hardly
> > an Asian.
> > 
> > When I lived in Japan, I found that the word for
> > "death" was the
> > same as the word for "four". (shi)  There are about
> > five other
> > words that translate to "shi".
> > 
> > I never heard of anything bad attributed to 1 (ichi)
> > in Japanese.
> > 
> > The correct term for this is superstition.
> > 
> > Jerry
> > 
> > Jon wrote:
> > 
> > > "Is there a possibility of avoiding any serial #
> > that contains "4", and "1"
> > > ? It's an Asian shaman thing that's taboo for
> > these numbers. The number "8"
> > > is highly regarded, so if its at all possible that
> > the # contains 8s ?"
> > >
> > > Never heard that before... I always thought it was
> > Aces & Eights?
> > >
> > > Legend holds that Wild Bill Hickok was shot to
> > death during a poker game in
> > > Deadwood, South Dakota, and that the hand he held
> > was two pair, black aces
> > > and black eights. On that most people agree
> > >
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