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Subject: [Leica] Fwd: Own Jackie Kennedy's Leicaflex
From: hlritter at twc.com (Howard L Ritter Jr)
Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2016 13:30:13 -0400
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Oops! Didn?t look beyond the ?2.8?. There probably never was an Elmarit-R 
50, was there?

Face approximately Leica-dot red?

?howard

> On Jul 22, 2016, at 1:11 PM, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> 
> wrote:
> 
> Howard, from the photo, the Elmarit is a 28mm.
> 
> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
> 
> On 7/22/2016 12:07 PM, Howard L Ritter Jr wrote:
>> I stand corrected. I don?t know why both general searches and a search of 
>> the seller?s offerings didn?t turn it up for me.
>> 
>> And the f/2.8 lens is an Elmarit-R.
>> 
>> Thanks, Sonny!
>> 
>> ?howard
>> 
>> 
>>> On Jul 22, 2016, at 11:03 AM, Sonny Carter <sonc.hegr at gmail.com> 
>>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> it is there
>>> 
>>> http://www.ebay.com/itm/Jacqueline-Kennedy-Personally-Owned-and-Used-Leicaflex-Camera-1960s-/391467562949?hash=item5b2548f7c5:g:Ql0AAOSwR5dXSGZU&afsrc=1&rmvSB=true
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Fri, Jul 22, 2016 at 10:01 AM, Howard L Ritter Jr <hlritter at 
>>> twc.com>
>>> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Out of curiosity, I just did a search on eBay. I used multiple search
>>>> terms as well as searching the alleged seller?s current offerings. I 
>>>> found
>>>> no evidence of any current or recent eBay listing for any camera 
>>>> associated
>>>> with Jackie Kennedy.
>>>> 
>>>> Curiouser and curiouser.
>>>> 
>>>> ?howard
>>>> 
>>>>> Begin forwarded message:
>>>>> 
>>>>> From: Howard L Ritter Jr <hlritter at twc.com>
>>>>> Subject: Re: [Leica] Own Jackie Kennedy's Leicaflex
>>>>> Date: July 22, 2016 at 10:50:16 AM EDT
>>>>> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
>>>>> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
>>>>> 
>>>>> This is REALLY a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity?to own a Leicaflex SL
>>>> with ?Summicron-R 50mm f/2.8? lens! Stated thus several times, so not a
>>>> typo.
>>>>> Also available separately is a more conventional Summicron-R 50mm f/2
>>>> lens.
>>>>> Puzzling.
>>>>> 
>>>>> ?howard
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>>> On Jul 22, 2016, at 10:22 AM, Greg Rubenstein <gcr910 at gmail.com> 
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Any bidders here?
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>> http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2016/07/22/jackie-kennedys-personal-photo-gear-up-for-sale-on-ebay.html
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>>> 
>>> 
>>> -- 
>>> Regards,
>>> 
>>> Sonny
>>> http://sonc.com/look/
>>> Natchitoches, Louisiana
>>> 1714
>>> Oldest Permanent Settlement in the Louisiana Purchase
>>> 
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