1956 Leica MP # 241 for sale on ebay

[E__WOK]

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=330803718399&ssPageName=ADME:B:SS:US:1123

Chrome Leica MP # 241 with original Leicavit and 50/2 Summicron # 1474595

 

[onesixeight]

Wow...that's a beautiful camera! Thanks for sharing

 

[jvk]

wow 11k, that's steep 😀

 

[Mike Riches]

it will go higher

 

[Pablito]

Wow...that's a beautiful camera! Thanks for sharing

A matter of taste. I prefer the cleaner lines of the M2 over this (or the M3)

O course this thing is very unlikely to ever see a roll of fllm.

 

[Retrotech68]

O course this thing is very unlikely to ever see a roll of fllm.

That's exactly what I thought when I opened the link...

 

[dufffader]

That's my dream camera there.
The last time I saw one was at a camera shop in Ginza, Tokyo selling for what looked like 2,500,000 Yen. That would be somewhere around 25k$ at that time. Next sighting was just the original MP case at a shop here in Seoul, I don't remember how much the shop keeper wanted buy it was somewhere in the $1000 range. Everything about the MP is expensive. Good thing viewing the pictures on the auction site is free.

 

[Geordiepete]

I don't like the M2-style external frame counter compared to the M3 single reading beneath glass.

 

[CameraQuest]

$31,600 and Climbing!

$31,600 and Climbing!

It will be interesting to see how high it goes!

Stephen

 

[Kent]

Incredible!

I am pretty sure that this amazing camera will not be used for shooting but will live a sad life in a cabinet!

 

[Mike Riches]

I wonder if the new owner will buy a camera quest rewind crank ?

Maybe the head bartender will let us know

 

[raid]

$40,000+ ..... shipping cost=$8.

 

[ChrisP]

Noticed that too. I could probably afford to pay between $50k and $60k for the camera but the shipping on this thing is ridiculous so I'll pass.

$40,000+ ..... shipping cost=$8.

 

[E__WOK]

Noticed that too. I could probably afford to pay between $50k and $60k for the camera but the shipping on this thing is ridiculous so I'll pass.

Don't forget about import/duty taxes.


The sales tax for that is more than the cost of a new MP if I were to submit a winning bid.

 

[LeicaTom]

Wow that case is pretty rare!

I don't know I'd have this one taken apart and verified by Jim Lager before I'd put a cent down on it, it has to be verified, while the chrome ones could so easily be of one of those Midland-Canada MP fakes that were made in the 1980's and then passed around the Leica community, the number #241 just seems to be a number I remember seeing before?

These cameras are while not easy to fake, have been faked, due to a bunch of non-stamped original MP tops and Leicavit M bottoms falling into the hands of a very suspicious greedy ex-Leica repairman........etc. etc.

Tom

P.S. If it's a real one, it should bring close to $90,000 to $100,000 easy.

 

[_goodtimez]

My future MP

My future MP

If I'm the winner I will come pick it up in person 😀

 

[kokoshawnuff]

It's crazy it's at such a high price and they didn't even open up the bottom to show the matching numbers, perhaps they don't have anyone in the store they trust enough to unscrew anything.

 

[_goodtimez]

It's crazy it's at such a high price and they didn't even open up the bottom to show the matching numbers, perhaps they don't have anyone in the store they trust enough to unscrew anything.

They are stating that they match

 

[Lawrence Sheperd]

s**h and h**k are duking it out....should be very interesting to see where the final bid lands.

 

[E__WOK]

Wow that case is pretty rare!

I don't know I'd have this one taken apart and verified by Jim Lager before I'd put a cent down on it, it has to be verified, while the chrome ones could so easily be of one of those Midland-Canada MP fakes that were made in the 1980's and then passed around the Leica community, the number #241 just seems to be a number I remember seeing before?

These cameras are while not easy to fake, have been faked, due to a bunch of non-stamped original MP tops and Leicavit M bottoms falling into the hands of a very suspicious greedy ex-Leica repairman........etc. etc.

Tom

P.S. If it's a real one, it should bring close to $90,000 to $100,000 easy.

Calumet is a respected business, plus they have a money back guarantee.

I wonder how much they got it for.