Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/06/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi, Thank you for your information. Just wonder how many black paint SL and black chrome were made. I understand the black Standard are extremely rare. Regards, David At 12:24 AM 6/15/98 -0700, you wrote: >inyoung@jps.net wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> I was talking today to a man who had a black enamel Leicaflex SL. He said >> it was very rare. I tried to find more about it in vain. In several books >> that I have only black chrome version is mentioned, not the black enamel >> version. Does anyone have any information on this? How rare is this? > >I have recently been shopping for black SL's, and have come to the >conclusion that black paint SL's may not be tremendously rare, although >certainly not as common as black chrome SL's. I've just bought a black >paint SL MOT, which Sartorius says is very rare; but another can be seen >for sale at http://www.intermarket.it/ilcontatto/germania.htm, and the >price is not outrageous when one considers that an expensive SL/SL2 >motor is included. The LUG's own Bill Rosauer advertises a black enamel >SL at a good price in the latest LHSA catalog, and J. Uhl Foto Hobby in >Frankfurt advertise one for quite a bit more in their March/April flier. > >Maybe they really are really rare, and the collectors don't care. 1,200 >Olympic SL's were made. No one seems to get very excited about them. >3,010 black paint M3's were made. They fetch such high prices that >fakes are made. I guess collectors just aren't much interested in Leica >reflex equipment. > >-Patrick > >