Cooked Leica M4 and 50/2 Summicron - sells for £1488

[Pál_K]

Burnt Leica M4 and lens. Not working. I don’t know why anyone would pay £1488 unless they had too much money and just had to buy something rather than leave the auction with nothing. But I have to wonder why this would even be in an auction.

https://www.flintsauctions.com/auction/lot/36-a-fire-damaged-leica-m4-rangefinder-camera/?lot=6383

 

[keytarjunkie]

Not just £1488 - there's a huge buyer's premium and VAT import/sales tax. After all that, surely you could just buy a M4 with Summicron and burn it yourself.

 

[Pál_K]

But could you burn it as well? This one was in a house fire. If I bought an M4 kit and burnt it outside in a pit, I’m not sure it would be as thoroughly cooked inside and out and at the right temperature.

Thinking about it... The auction site says it’s been grilled, but I don’t see evidence of that. Maybe it was merely baked.

 

[ray*j*gun]

I think Ill trade my mint M2 for a new Porsche.

 

[Freakscene]

And it wasn’t even on the Hindenburg https://www.artphotoacademy.com/hindenburg-leica/ or set alight by Kyle Cassidy http://www.kylecassidy.com/lj/2011/hindenburg-leica.jpg (to be fair Kyle didn’t burn that Leica, it was recovered from a house fire, but still…).
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Marty

 

[Deleted member 65559]

I wonder if the new owner will get it covered by insurance.....

 

[dourbalistar]

But could you burn it as well? This one was in a house fire. If I bought an M4 kit and burnt it outside in a pit, I’m not sure it would be as thoroughly cooked inside and out and at the right temperature.

Thinking about it... The auction site says it’s been grilled, but I don’t see evidence of that. Maybe it was merely baked.

The exact term in the auction was "chargrilled". Must be a special, proprietary process that adds collector value, somewhat like an urushi lacquer finish. The only thing that was burned in the process was the money in the buyer's pocket. 😉

 

[madNbad]

The exact term in the auction was "chargrilled". Must be a special, proprietary process that adds collector value, somewhat like an urushi lacquer finish. The only thing that was burned in the process was the money in the buyer's pocket. 😉

Maybe it was a special on "Diners, Drive ins and Dives".

 

[jsrockit]

I’m sure it’s a museum piece... and obviously purchased for a reason other than stupidity. I’m not offended by it.

 

[jordan.dickinson]

or...just a way to move money from one person to another using an auction as the intermediary?

 

[maigo]

Hard to put a price on this kind of authenticity.


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[Ko.Fe.]

Thanks for the link. I wonder if they have site for NA sales. Sweet, rich buyers. I want to be close to those.

Look at it https://www.flintsauctions.com/auct...=&ef=&et=&ic=False&sd=1&mc=23&pp=50&pn=1&g=-1
Seller paradise. Muttons loaded with cash.