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Subject: [Leica] Kodak, now Alfredo
From: eduardoalbesi at ciudad.com.ar (Eduardo Albesi)
Date: Fri Apr 2 13:28:59 2004
References: <336A0D99.40A91D46.000035C7@aol.com> <6.0.1.1.2.20040401092058.01e23140@pop.runbox.com> <p06100401bc926cc248da@[10.0.1.4]> <406CE8C5.2D198162@pacbell.net> <p06100400bc92ff113ee7@[10.0.1.4]> <003401c418da$f9251270$7d38030a@sroffice> <6.0.1.1.2.20040402133730.01e51a28@pop.runbox.com>

Hi to all from Argentina:
Just out of curiosity, does anyone recall or know Alfredo's last name?
Thanks

Ed Albesi
Buenos Aires
Argentina.

El 02/04/2004, a las 16:42, Jeffery Smith escribi?:

> Sonny is the only one who seems to have kept (twice removed) ties to 
> him. Just to show you my mindset, when I first walked past Alfredo's 
> in 1974, I thought "Doesn't this guy have anything new or modern?" 
> Hey, I was only 24 and had a Pentax Spotmatic.
>
> Jeffery
>
> At 11:50 AM 4/2/2004, you wrote:
>> Wow, what nice news to hear that Alfredo is back in the United 
>> States. In
>> the late 1970s American Bar Assoc meetings took me to New Orleans 
>> several
>> times, staying often at the old Roosevelt - now Fairmont - Hotel. 
>> Almost out
>> the back door was Alfredo's shop (actually about two blocks away) 
>> that I
>> stumbled onto. What pulled me in the first time I walked past the 
>> window was
>> the array of variegated painted Leicas, mostly M2's and M3's but I 
>> seem to
>> recall one or two screw-mount Leicas. It was a joy to schmooz with 
>> him about
>> cameras, Leicas and vintage sports cars, mostly Ferraris as I recall. 
>> Does
>> anyone know how to get in touch with him?
>>
>> Seth
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Allen Graves" <ahgraves@prodigy.net>
>> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org>
>> Sent: Friday, April 02, 2004 6:30 AM
>> Subject: Re: [Leica] Kodak, now Alfredo
>>
>>
>> > No, just one of the most eccentric camera dealers you would ever 
>> meet.
>> >
>> >
>> > >Al
>> > >
>> > >Is this the guy who makes that terrific Fettuccini?
>> > >
>> > >Jerry
>> > >
>> > >Allen Graves wrote:
>> > >
>> > >>  Unless he has changed a lot over the last 25 years. I don't 
>> think I'd
>> > >>  have the nerve to ask him.
>> > >>
>> > >>  >Exotic car mechanic? Does he wear pasties?
>> > >>  >
>> > >>  >At 09:03 AM 4/1/2004, you wrote:
>> > >>  >>Alfredo moved back to New Orleans from Argentina several 
>> years ago.
>> > >>  >>Last time I talked to him he was working part time for as an 
>> exotic
>> > >>  >>car mechanic in Kenner.
>> > >>  >>
>> > >>  >>As far as the antique Leicas, the Afrika Korps one was I 
>> believe
>> > >>  >>authentic, as well as several other war-time Leicas.
>> > >>  >>
>> > >>  >>BTW, I don't think swastikas were commonly on even military
>> > >>  >>cameras.  Some privately owned cameras were so engraved.)
>> > >>  >>
>> > >>  >>I may be mistaken, but I don't think Alfredo was replicating
>> > >>  >>wartime cameras. He had an extensive collection of Leica that 
>> he
>> > >>  >>kept in a case in the middle of the store.
>> > >>  >>
>> > >>  >>Sonny
>> > >>  >>
>> > >>  >>In a message dated 4/1/2004 9:36:10 AM Eastern Standard Time,
>> > >>  >>jls@runbox.com writes:
>> > >>  >>
>> > >>  >>>  >>It went out of business years ago, the store was boarded 
>> up
>> > >>and moldy,
>> > >>  >>>  >>and it is now a multistory parking lot. I shot this just 
>> after
>> they
>> > >>  >>>  >>demolished it. I think Sonny told me that the owner moved
>> > >>  >>>  back down to
>> > >>  >>>  >>Argentina.
>> > >>  >>>  >>
>> > >>  >>>  >>Jeffery
>> > >>  >>>  >>
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