[Leica] 1936 ii/iii a/f/g Olympics seen at flea market.

[clive.sanbrook at virgin.net (Clive Sanbrook)]

Hi

Another way to tel is that on a 'pukka' leica the arm that moves the 
rangefinder always has a wheel - if its triangular or any other odd shape 
it's most likely a fake

HTH

Regards

Sandy Sanbrook


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Didier Ludwig" <rangefinder@screengang.com>
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org>
Sent: Monday, October 09, 2006 8:39 AM
Subject: Re: [Leica] 1936 ii/iii a/f/g Olympics seen at flea market.


> Most likely one of these russian copies, especially when the engravings 
> are colored. actual market value about $100.
> Didier
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>>I just saw what appears to be a store demo of a Leica made for the 36 
>>Olympics. I don't know my ii's from
>>iii's but here's what I did notice. (Sorry if my part names are off.) 
>>First, the body was 'open' so you could
>>see the film advance and take up mechanisms. The lens screwed into a 
>>distance scale which in turn screwed into
>>the body. The focusing arm had a crescent shaped thingy to ride on the 
>>back of the lens' focusing cam instead
>>to the circular piece I'm familiar with. The remainder of the body was 
>>very clean and the black top plate with
>>sn and 36 Olympics engraved and painted in red and white. The dealer 
>>claims that this is a museum piece, but I
>>don't know if I should believe him. Could it be for real? Any way to 
>>establish its worth?
>>-Lew
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