[Leica] A REAL LEICA OR A COUNTERFEIT?

[al.crouch at earthlink.net (al crouch)]

Jerry:

That $200 in 1946 would almost buy an M8 in 2009.
See: 
http://www.measuringworth.com/uscompare/?redirurl=calculators/uscompare/
for a calculator.

:Al Crouch


> [Original Message]
> From: Jerry Lehrer <glehrer@san.rr.com>
> To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org>
> Date: 1/11/2009 6:10:42 PM
> Subject: Re: [Leica] A REAL LEICA OR A COUNTERFEIT?
>
> Sonny,
>
> I did very well by the 1936 Berlin Olympics.  The father of a close 
> friend bought a Leica IIIa
> with 50mm Elmar there.  He hardly used it, so I bought it from his son, 
> in 1946, for the sum
> of $200. The son was a classmate of mine at the Bronx High School of 
> Science. I was 17 at
> the time. (I wonder what  1946 year $200 would be in 2009 year dollars? 
> =-O )
>
> Much later he sold me a 90mm Thambar NIB.
>
> Jerry
>
>
> Sonny Carter wrote:
> > The nick name is Sonny.  I understand that, but you barged into the
> > room castigating people, without reading all the thread, not even the
> > next few messages.
> >
> > BTW, how did you do at the 1936 Olympics?
> >
> > On Sun, Jan 11, 2009 at 5:34 PM, Jerry Lehrer <glehrer@san.rr.com>
wrote:
> >   
> >> Sunny,
> >>
> >> I really don't spend all my time at the computer looking at  LUG
e-Mail.
> >>
> >> Jerry
> >>
> >>
> >> Sonny Carter wrote:
> >>     
> >>> Late to the table as usual, Jerry.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On Sun, Jan 11, 2009 at 4:03 PM, Jerry Lehrer <glehrer@san.rr.com>
wrote:
> >>>
> >>>       
> >>>> Robert and Ted
> >>>>
> >>>> Don't any of you people realise that the 1936 Olympics were held in
> >>>> BERLIN,
> >>>> not Munich?
> >>>>
> >>>> Jerry
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Robert Rose wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>         
> >>>>> Ted,
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Dennis Laney's book "Leica Collectors Guide" has an extensive
listing of
> >>>>> serial numbers that might help.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Serial number 10606 should correspond to a 1928 Leica I.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> The 1936 serial numbers range from around 183000 to 217500.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Maybe the embossed cameras were a special edition with a different
> >>>>> serial
> >>>>> number range?
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Hope that helps.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Bob Rose
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Message: 19
> >>>>> Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2009 21:16:07 -0800
> >>>>> From: "Ted Grant" <tedgrant@shaw.ca>
> >>>>> Subject: [Leica] A REAL LEICA OR A COUNTERFIT?
> >>>>> To: "'Leica Users Group'" <lug@leica-users.org>
> >>>>> Message-ID: <79pc8o$1r6qik@pd6mo1no-svcs.prod.shaw.ca>
> >>>>> Content-Type: text/plain;    charset="US-ASCII"
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Hi crew,
> >>>>>
> >>>>> This note with a question from my son Scott this evening:
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Scott asked:
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>           
> >>>>>>> I was over at a friends place tonight and he has an old Leica
that he
> >>>>>>> had
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>               
> >>>>> bought off this old Russian guy a couple of years back, on the top
of
> >>>>> the
> >>>>> camera it has embossed 1936 Munich Olympic, has the German bird
crest
> >>>>> and
> >>>>> the serial number 10606.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> The question is, do you know anyone in the LUG that may be able to
tell
> >>>>> or
> >>>>> trace the serial number and find out if it's the real deal or a
knock
> >>>>> off.
> >>>>> The camera is in really good shape. <<<<<,
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> There you go folks that's the question.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> I looked in a few real old Leica books but couldn't find any serial
> >>>>> number
> >>>>> information.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>           
> >>
> >>     
> >
> >
> >
> >   
>
>
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