Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/09/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Flip Does this also apply to the .85 M6 TTL, chrome? Jerry Frank Filippone wrote: > Yo Buzz...... I am the number "collector". It is the rarest ( or close to > the rarest) Leica M standard model ( not special edition) by quantity > produced. > > The numbers were collected for the purposes of studying how Leica > establishes the serial numbers within a model, and to see where and how they > ship the various production runs. It was very successful as a study, > considering we were able to collect over 300 numbers or 10% by specific > number and first sale location. > > The question of "is it worth more" is a matter of conjecture. Yes, a lot of > them were squirreled away, unused. That is the perogative of the buyer. > However it is market acceptance and PERCEPTION of value that will establish > the price. In this partocular case, it was not a collectors' dream camera > ( buy for x, sell for 1000 times x). Will it be? We do not know. > > Frank Filippone > red735i@earthlink.net > > -- > 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