Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/12/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Fraud...probably long, long ago...either to avoid identity as a stolen piece or in the chaos of the post war environment in Europe. There is an internal chasis (SN) as well Generally under the top plate Mark > > I was recently offered a 1a converted to a > Standard. The jpegs indicated that the serial > no. in front of the accessory shoe had been > sanded off. I can't see anything else about > the camera that would indicate that it isn't > authentic. > This isn't the first early rangefinderless > Leica that I've seen with the serial no. > effaced. Is there some reason that this would > have been done that is escaping me? > > Curious in Ottawa, > > Mark > > -- > To unsubscribe, see > http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html