Other/Uncategorized Faked IIIF Swedish Army...Did it go too high?

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farlymac

farlymac

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I couldn't help but jump in on this one at the one minute mark, but I figured anyone who put that much work into it should have it on display somewhere..like on my shelf.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Leica-IIIf...USrYleb5J7oWbwTIB7rN8%3D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc

Still, I was reluctant to get in on the action even at the level I did, but I wanted to see how high the auto-bidder had gone, and left enough time for others to have a chance.

PF
 
Chuffed Cheese said:
private top bidder and 100% action with just that seller? Yeah, you did ok cuz that ass was shill bidding it up.
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While I never found the top (and seriously, was hoping I'd get outbid), someone else jumped in at the last moment with a winner. So the one who had the large opening bid did not get it. But the winner had to bid at least $200 in my estimation. Way too much for a modified Zorki or FED.

At least the shipping was free.

PF
 
Hi,


I often wonder why they don't turn out black FEDs or Zorkis, it would save a lot of work and money for us. Better still get Oleg to service them first and sell them "as almost new" and so on...


Regards, David
 
its a good looking fed from afar. But up close its pretty cringey. They didn't do a great job with the white inlay on any of the engraving..
 
About 15 years ago I sold a pair of cufflinks styled like Leica 111 series cameras for $125 to some Japanese bidder. I had expected them to go for $15 to $20 and was shocked that they bid up so high.
 
Greyscale said:
That is kind of like the inlay looks on my Leica II, except it is too white.
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I've not heard much about them, may have even bought from them a couple of years ago. Even though they put the "Leica copy" in their description, it still leads off as a Leica IIIF Swedish Army type. And now they are reselling a camera that sold just a couple of evenings ago? I'm starting to think that last bid came from them, because it should take longer than that for the winning bidder to decline.

PF
 
farlymac said:
I've not heard much about them, may have even bought from them a couple of years ago. Even though they put the "Leica copy" in their description, it still leads off as a Leica IIIF Swedish Army type. And now they are reselling a camera that sold just a couple of evenings ago? I'm starting to think that last bid came from them, because it should take longer than that for the winning bidder to decline.

PF
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They seem to have two eBay accounts, the normal National Camera Exchange account, and this National Camera Exchange Collectibles account. I have bought at least two cameras, possibly three, from their normal account this year, both as BIN, and would happily do so again; but I have seen this kind of sold/relist/resell kind of activity on their auction listings before.
 
The black dull/milky-ish tone(i don't know the correct word for it) looks like that it was painted directed on chrome. I have seen such a FED-2 with similar tone.
 
nukecoke said:
The black dull/milky-ish tone(i don't know the correct word for it) looks like that it was painted directed on chrome. I have seen such a FED-2 with similar tone.
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If still in doubt check shutter speed dial.

I'm surprised what seller like this is pushing over-priced and trashed camera, lens like this.
 
Ko.Fe. said:
If still in doubt check shutter speed dial.

I'm surprised what seller like this is pushing over-priced and trashed camera, lens like this.
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Well, like they said, there is a market for these things. I wouldn't mind having it just for the sake of being to show someone else how it was faked, and because it does look cool from a distance. But I'm certainly not paying $299 for the privilege.

PF
 
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