Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/07/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Why are Leica collectors any more of a snob than other collectors? My wife collects Hummel figurines but I don't consider her a snob. What's practical about any collection? If I was Bill Gates, I'd collect Leicas. Bud - ----- Original Message ----- From: <Summicron1@aol.com> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Tuesday, July 04, 2000 8:16 AM Subject: [Leica] Re: bricks > i couldn't agree more with the truth behind the humor of these posts -- a > leica M4 still sealed in its original box may be a good investment for the > small group of well heeled snobs willing to pay for such things, but as a > practical matter it might as well be a brick. It is totally useless and, > after sitting unused for 30 years, probably inoperable anyway, which makes it > worse than a brick. > > charlie trentelman > ogden