Hi Tom,
Were you able to find out the delivery date/batch number of my Leica IIIc/Summitar? (see post on previous page). Is there some special mark on the lens or body that Leitz used that one can find to determine if the lens is original to the body? Thanks in advance for any info 🙂 BTW..have shot a few rolls with this outfit...the results are really great.
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Sadly it pretty well looks like the Leica IIIC K Grey market has dried all but up,
(from evilbay and private estates) I knew the day was coming that fresh cameras no longer enter the sales scene as often anymore due to their original owners passing away and the majority of the surviving cameras already in unsellable collections -
(my last Grey K I bought, the original owner's STILL alive, she's going to be 90 this year!) - and the cameras that are on the market
(with dealers) are in only fair to poor condition at best and are demanding Museum Quality prices now.
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The Westlicht auction house currently has one or two nice original IIIC K's and one or two that aren't so original, but I think this time it's the "wartime" accessories that are the
STARS at their up coming auction............. not so much the cameras.
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I can't wait to see how much that original 1943 MOOLY C K Grey motor will sell for
(one from only 30 or 40 production K motors)......? I'll be sure to post the results here after the auction.
And even though it's not a IIIC K - this camera combo is well worth an extra look
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A 1942 Leica IIIC Normal Bearing Grey Painted camera and original Grey painted MOOLY C motor (like one of 20/25 made *NOTE EVEN RARER THAN THE GREY K MOTOR* ) - this camera/motor combo will bring some interesting money, I can't wait to see
............(I'm also holding on to my IIIC K/MOOLY C rig, which I might offer at the next auction - I guess which will be in Oct or Nov this year?)
Funny, when I saw this camera's serial number it looked very familiar, here's a rare camera worth mentioning while it used to be mine......... about two years ago
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#361324 N-L
(is still) the Oldest Known
SURVIVING Leica IIIC N-L
(July 1940), oddly? the new
owner swapped out
the original vulcanite shell (which also had the original Leitz Lug Rings) it had a small chip that could have been restored? - but, the overall Restoration of the camera, to include new Leitz Shutter Curtains has been done well and it should sell for about the same price or a little better than what I sold it for 2 years ago (with a Red Curtain parts camera) ......($1,500 to $2,000?)
Overall the prices of "wartime" STEPPER Leica IIIC's are on the rise again, as always with the best money going to the finer examples, which are getting harder and harder to find as the years go by doing these........
Here's a nice Luftwaffe IIIC K - though I don't personally like or collect the Nazi era cameras, this one has a nice overall condition and it's unique to see a camera offered with an original embossed Grey military leather case, such cases are hard to find.......
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And quick, here's my
favorite camera of the auction and the rarest of all the IIIC K's, a 1942 Satin Chrome IIIC K with Grey Painted Vulcanite and an era correct Summitar lens.
For more about the auction follow these links:
http://www.westlicht-auction.com/index.php?id=215261&refererid=7132&_ssl=off&lang=3
The auction is on May 28th 2011 ~
I think I might bid on a lens or two, but no cameras this time around.
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Enjoy!
Tom
