$100,000 for that Leica? NOT Enough!

[CameraQuest]

Leica M3 prototype does not make reserve at $100,090.

http://cgi.ebay.com/LEICA-LEITZ-M3-...5|66:2|65:12|39:1|240:1309|301:1|293:1|294:50

Stephen

 

[Goldorak]

What do you think, Stephen. Is 100,000$ enough or not for the camera?

 

[CameraQuest]

What do you think, Stephen. Is 100,000$ enough or not for the camera?

Its probably a once in a lifetime opportunity for the deep pocketed Leica collector. I think its worth more.

Stephen

 

[John Lawrence]

It would be interesting to know to whom it was sent for testing originally. I know from reading back issues of Leica Fotografie that some of their contributors were sent these prototypes to try out.

 

[ath]

What is that punch-thingy on the back door supposed to do? Marking selected frames?

 

[rpsawin]

Leica M3 prototype does not make reserve at $100,090.

http://cgi.ebay.com/LEICA-LEITZ-M3-...5|66:2|65:12|39:1|240:1309|301:1|293:1|294:50

Stephen

Chrome or Black?...lol

 

[ClaremontPhoto]

It looks a bit old to me.

And I'm not sure what sort of memory card it takes.

 

[SolaresLarrave]

Hey, they have a 7-day warranty and you get your money back! 🙂

 

[bob338]

i'm surprised no one has said 'yeah, but it's a tool and should be out taking pictures, not sitting on some rich guy's shelf' yet.

bob

 

[nikon_sam]

I going to keep watching this one...hopefully they'll relist it with a lower "Reserve"...
I'm looking for a nice "street shooter"... 😉

 

[Al Kaplan]

I'm wondering what it would look like with brass showing on the edges, scuffed up base plate, worn strap lugs, maybe some missing vulcanite...you know, like a REAL fifty-odd year old camera. Some things about Leitz never change...wrong way rewind knob then, wrong way shutter speed dial now.

 

[David Murphy]

I saw this too -- pretty insane if you ask me. I'm just amazed at how deep pocketed some of the camera collectors are and how they appear when something really rare happens along.

 

[colyn]

What is that punch-thingy on the back door supposed to do? Marking selected frames?

That keeps the film from dropping down when using other than a Leica film cassette.

 

[dovevadar]

I wondered which part of the world sits the 001....

 

[Lilserenity]

Bob, allow me....


Yeah, but it's a tool and should be out taking pictures, not sitting on some rich guy's shelf.




🙂

I don't mind people collecting things etc., but I always picture what James May did last year ago or so when he went to an auction for train-set stuff (I have no knowledge of such things) and won this box of mint stuff that had never been out of its box. He ripped it open and started playing with all of it much to the dropped jaws of collectors all around him all in the name of playing with it, which is what it was made for.

I'm with James, but I'd never take it from someone who collects. Some people by watches, some people stamps, others postcards, me I just collect old tat worth nothing (and I'm not sure what that old tat is, I just know I always seem to have a lot of nothing.)

Still I wonder what the seller would make of me turning up to buy it and chucking it in a bag full of pots and pans and a cheese grater 😉 Before whacking it on the counter to make sure it had been properly put together.

Hehe. Well I'm about $95,000 short so there's no chance of that happening. Ever.

Thank god for that you say 🙂

 

[Lani Kai]

Did someone say something about the economy being bad?

 

[jmilkins]

Imagine the bag dilemma that thing would pose...

Anyhoo, I'm not bidding until I've read Irwin's review. 😉

 

[Lukino]

Did someone say something about the economy being bad?

Well, previous owner is selling it...

 

[Rogrund]

What is that punch-thingy on the back door supposed to do? Marking selected frames?

Exactly. You could mark a specific frame and identify it quickly in the darkroom.

 

[Keith]

I guess the real world value of these sorts of collectables is dictated by what the potential on going price might be if and when you decide to resell it!