Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/12/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Stolen Leica camera tension! My father's M2R was stolen from his unlocked Camry a year before he died five years ago. I was frustrated inasmuch as I loved that camera and he guaranteed it would pass to me when he died. Well, since his death I have searched eBay for M2Rs periodically and never saw a matching serial number. However, yesterday I found that someone was selling one but they only posted the first three digits of the serial number and the image of the front and top of the camera was too small to reveal it. I suddenly developed apprehension upon determining that the seller is based 5-10 miles from my parents' home, across the San Francisco Bay, and I sent the seller a request for the actual serial number at 2:00 p.m. yesteday since the three numbers they gave matched my father's. With the sales invoice from 6/10/1971 ($263.75) and the police report about the theft on my home office desk, I checked several times yesterday for a response but none came. The seller finally responded this morning and my apprehension dissipated. Here is the difference between the serial numbers: Stolen: 1249081 Seller's: 1248981 Weird, huh? Meanwhile, the search continues! Terry