#5555 Grey R3A.. why the ruckus?

[f/stopblues]

I was visiting the CQ site and saw he has a grey Bessa R3A, #5555 for sale for $1000. What makes it special? Just that it's a cool serial number? What about #4444? Did that sell for $1000?

Curious minds want to know! Maybe I'm really missing something 😕

 

[Gerold]

wow - I've got R2A # 2255 - must be a treasure for that ! I'm considering offers from anything north USD 2222 😀

 

[foon]

wow - I've got R2A # 2255 - must be a treasure for that ! I'm considering offers from anything north USD 2222 😀

hey I don't have that much
how about $22.55? I will pay the shipping too...(I'm so nice 🙂 )

 

[pvdhaar]

I was visiting the CQ site and saw he has a grey Bessa R3A, #5555 for sale for $1000. What makes it special? Just that it's a cool serial number? What about #4444? Did that sell for $1000?

Curious minds want to know! Maybe I'm really missing something 😕

You're really missing something, the Bessa R3A with serial number #5555 takes much better pictures than the ones marked #5554 or #5556 🙄

It's like the rates cities charge over here for marrying on specific dates. Like May 5th this year or April 4th last year (etc..)..

There are people who believe certain numbers give more luck than others, and there are people who're smart enough to make money out of it..

 

[sf]

serial numbers?

serial numbers?

My M3 had a cool serial number, I guess. . . number "1". Cool because it was the first one - but it took aweful pictures, so I get rid of it, and got one with a longer serial number - I like big numbers more than small ones. And it takes better photos too.


Ha ha. Kidding. Obviously. I'm laughing, but maybe that's just the fatigue.

 

[rover]

I noticed #5555 yesterday too.

A Bessa Collector Edition, like the Prince Edward Farted in Church Special Edition Leica MP which is selling for $12,500 with a scratch and sniff patch on the sand paper body covering.

 

[former member]

Collectors like cool serial numbers. And if it gets the seller more money, so what. Buy 5556.

I like my early SN'd Nikon F2's, but I paid all of $75 for the second and $200 for the first. The first 1600 or so had all metal advance levers, no stainless steel inserts on the lugs, and a few other oddites that set them apart from the almost 1M cameras that followed.

 

[cp_ste.croix]

the Prince Edward Farted in Church Special Edition Leica MP which is selling for $12,500 with a scratch and sniff patch on the sand paper body covering.

ok, i actually laughed out loud for that...