Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/07/26

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Subject: [Leica] Odd IIIc on Ebay
From: s.dimitrov at charter.net (Slobodan Dimitrov)
Date: Thu Jul 26 08:33:02 2007
References: <01cd01c7cf3d$bdf89c90$0202a8c0@MacPhisto> <9b678e0707252051q3522dd29n944735c2d3e7f926@mail.gmail.com> <936170892d9dfa2feee823ca871a8087@comcast.net>

This is just the kind of post production 'bastards' that Sartorius,  
in Identifying Leica Cameras, talks about on page 152.

Slobodan Dimitrov






On Jul 25, 2007, at 9:26 PM, Bob Shaw wrote:

> I'm surely not an M expert, but something doesn't seem right.  The  
> engraving on the back near the viewfinder is very poorly executed  
> and the top engraving seems out of proportion to the space it  
> occupies.
>
> My German isn't nearly good enough to understand the significance  
> of the engraving on the back.
>
> What do you suppose the real story is on this item?
>
>
> bob
>
>
> On Jul 25, 2007, at 20:51, Don Dory wrote:
>
> I didn't check the serial number but it is now a IIIf probably a black
> dial.  Nice shiny new paint with nary a mark.  So, take a beat up  
> IIIf, take
> the chrome off, laquer it up and try for 2500.  Nice work if you  
> can get it.
>
> On 7/25/07, Christopher Williams <leicachris@worldnet.att.net> wrote:
>>
>> Odd Frankenstein like IIIc :
>>
>>
>> http://cgi.ebay.com/539-LEICA-111C-BLACK-PAINT-WITH-LEITZ- 
>> EINGENTUM- 
>> ENGRAVE_W0QQitemZ280135668238QQihZ018QQcategoryZ30030QQrdZ1QQcmdZView 
>> Item
>>
>> Chris
>>
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> -- 
> Don
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