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Subject: [Leica] A REAL LEICA OR A COUNTERFEIT?
From: glehrer at san.rr.com (Jerry Lehrer)
Date: Sun Jan 11 15:34:39 2009
References: <6AF5A1EA-1953-41B2-AF9F-E5C4AACDEF1F@mac.com> <496A6CBF.9080003@san.rr.com> <a3f189160901111509y1adc51d3oc6d5e35b38d7c11a@mail.gmail.com>

Sunny,

I really don't spend all my time at the computer looking at  LUG e-Mail.

Jerry


Sonny Carter wrote:
> Late to the table as usual, Jerry.
>
>
>
> On Sun, Jan 11, 2009 at 4:03 PM, Jerry Lehrer <glehrer@san.rr.com> wrote:
>   
>> Robert and Ted
>>
>> Don't any of you people realise that the 1936 Olympics were held in 
>> BERLIN,
>> not Munich?
>>
>> Jerry
>>
>>
>> Robert Rose wrote:
>>     
>>> Ted,
>>>
>>> Dennis Laney's book "Leica Collectors Guide" has an extensive listing of
>>> serial numbers that might help.
>>>
>>> Serial number 10606 should correspond to a 1928 Leica I.
>>>
>>> The 1936 serial numbers range from around 183000 to 217500.
>>>
>>> Maybe the embossed cameras were a special edition with a different serial
>>> number range?
>>>
>>> Hope that helps.
>>>
>>> Bob Rose
>>>
>>> Message: 19
>>> Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2009 21:16:07 -0800
>>> From: "Ted Grant" <tedgrant@shaw.ca>
>>> Subject: [Leica] A REAL LEICA OR A COUNTERFIT?
>>> To: "'Leica Users Group'" <lug@leica-users.org>
>>> Message-ID: <79pc8o$1r6qik@pd6mo1no-svcs.prod.shaw.ca>
>>> Content-Type: text/plain;    charset="US-ASCII"
>>>
>>> Hi crew,
>>>
>>> This note with a question from my son Scott this evening:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Scott asked:
>>>
>>>       
>>>>> I was over at a friends place tonight and he has an old Leica that he
>>>>> had
>>>>>           
>>> bought off this old Russian guy a couple of years back, on the top of the
>>> camera it has embossed 1936 Munich Olympic, has the German bird crest and
>>> the serial number 10606.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> The question is, do you know anyone in the LUG that may be able to tell 
>>> or
>>> trace the serial number and find out if it's the real deal or a knock 
>>> off.
>>> The camera is in really good shape. <<<<<,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> There you go folks that's the question.
>>>
>>> I looked in a few real old Leica books but couldn't find any serial 
>>> number
>>> information.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Anyone out there like to take a shot at answering Scott's question?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>       


Replies: Reply from sonc.hegr at gmail.com (Sonny Carter) ([Leica] A REAL LEICA OR A COUNTERFEIT?)
In reply to: Message from robert.rose at mac.com (Robert Rose) ([Leica] A REAL LEICA OR A COUNTERFEIT?)
Message from glehrer at san.rr.com (Jerry Lehrer) ([Leica] A REAL LEICA OR A COUNTERFEIT?)
Message from sonc.hegr at gmail.com (Sonny Carter) ([Leica] A REAL LEICA OR A COUNTERFEIT?)