Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/01/31

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Subject: Re: [Leica] FS: Beautiful M4 Black Paint
From: Jerry Lehrer <jerryleh@pacbell.net>
Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2003 11:58:24 -0800
References: <20030131184207.60660.qmail@web10503.mail.yahoo.com>

Pat

To you I say; "bullshit".  If you want to see what a real Millennium M6
looks like, look at Steven Gandy's web site.

Of course you are trying to spoof a Leica newbie like me :-)

Jerry

Patrick Jelliffe wrote:

> Jerry, it's a MILLENIUM M6, with the M2/M3 rewind
> knob, and manually reset frame counter.  They are
> super rare, and this one has many stories to tell.
> Natchwey and Sonny go waaaay back, and Natch lost his
> prized M body to Sonny in a poker game on a riverboat.
> The whole sad story of his gambling and subsequent
> conversion to plastic Canon's is covered in "War
> Photographer II".
>
> Cheers,
>
> P
>
> >
> > Nah!  That's not an M6, it's an M2 like mine, only
> > mine has
> > all the black paint.  I can't believe that it's
> > worth more than
> > my near mint one!  Was it used by some famous
> > photographer
> > to make it increase in value.
> >
> > Or is it a spoof?
> >
> > Jerry
> >
> > "SonC (Sonny Carter)" wrote:
> >
> > >  Pat
> > > >
> > > > Do you mean that if I took a Dremel Tool with
> > wire brushes
> > > > and cloth abrasive wheels to my black M2-R,  it
> > would
> > > > INCREASE in value?  I must be going nuts!
> > > >
> > > > Jerry
> > >
> > > Could be . . .
> > >
> > > look at this!
> > > http://www.sonc.com/allnew.htm
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In reply to: Message from Patrick Jelliffe <pbjbike@yahoo.com> (Re: [Leica] FS: Beautiful M4 Black Paint)