M4-P types

[HuubL]

I recently got a very nice Leica M4-P. It's a chrome version, with recessed finder window (no black plastic frame), two flash connectors and it is not the commemorative 1913-1983 version (or the scripting error 1813-1983). According to its number (1642...) it's from 1984. On the Cameraquest website is the following reference to M4-Ps:
"Of the 23,180 standard production M4-P's,* 22,680 were black chrome and only 500 were chrome, making the plain jane chrome M4-P plainly quite rare."

So, if I'm correct, mine is a relatively late, brass-top, plain Jane camera of which only 500 were made.

Am I right or do I miss something? Would this add to its worth/resale value?
Could anyone please shine some light on this?

 

[michaelwj]

Seems quite rare, but then with only 23k or so, all M4-Ps are relatively rare.
Valuable? Maybe to a few, but that few would be less than 500, so not really. For example, black choke Midland M4s (550 items) command little if any over a standard black chrome M4 (~7k units). Also consider at the moment chrome cameras are somewhat less desirable than black, but times change and who knows what the future holds.

 

[oltimer]

Seems quite rare, but then with only 23k or so, all M4-Ps are relatively rare.
Valuable? Maybe to a few, but that few would be less than 500, so not really. For example, black choke Midland M4s (550 items) command little if any over a standard black chrome M4 (~7k units). Also consider at the moment chrome cameras are somewhat less desirable than black, but times change and who knows what the future holds.

Michael, also I believe from memory; the Midland M4 50th anniversary is half that at only 250 made in black chrome.