Leica M6 A la carte blue leather question

[Alex Krasotkin]

Guys, I have some questions re Leica M6 TTL A la carte:

1) Do you think that USD 1560 for Leica M6 TTL A la carte with blue leather and blue leather strap is a fair price? Leica dot is black.

2) What is the year of manufacture, if the serial number is 2466xxx?

3) How much is viefinder upgrade for MP finder?

4) How to check if it is fake or not?

kind regards,
Alex

 

[kshapero]

1. little high but if in mint condition then OK.
2. 6/19/1998
3. Last I heard $350
4. Unlikely. Sounds very real to me.

 

[nasdak]

i'm not sure there are "A LA CARTE" M6. I think there are only MP's and M7's ?

 

[jljohn]

i'm not sure there are "A LA CARTE" M6. I think there are only MP's and M7's ?

It is probable that there are "a la carte" M6's that were made when M6's were in production. 😀

 

[250swb]

A la carte in 1998? I don't think so.

Perhaps a custom edition, but then it would probably have some engraving on it to say for what/who the commemoration was about. There was the Leica Historica M6 for instance with blue leather and red dot, and the top plate was covered with script.

I would suspect its a kitchen table job, especially with the black dot.

Steve

 

[Bill58]

I've got an "A la Carte" Konica S2 w/ blue goatskin from Cameraleather.com--the likely source of the covering for the M6. 'Just a hunch.