Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/01/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi, There's a M3 at eBay, Here's seller's description; "This is an unusual Leica M3 single stroke #968xxx... unusual in the 'M3' designation at the top of the camera has an oversize '3'...so that the height of the numeral 3 is the same as that of the character 'M'. ..... The actually SN is 968377 and marked Wetzlar! That confuses me a lot, because I also checked out Ghester's "Identifying Leica Cameras", SN 968351-968500 being M3, third type, Canada. Anyone can give me an answer about m'3' and discrepancy in SN? Thanks. Besides, in the page 148, Ghester mentioned that; "Not only Leica cameras and lenses are out on auction but so are spare parts as the cover of this Christie's catalog illustrates. However, some collectors fear that the selling of these spare parts can facilitate the work of Leica counterfeiters who recently have been more and more active." If it is true, how can I tell?? Yueming Hsin