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[David Hughes]

Hi,

I just don't believe this but - thinking someone might add to the bidding frenzy - I waited until it was sold.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Early-Vin...meras_SM&hash=item2edd447390&autorefresh=true

Regards, David

 

[tunalegs]

I saw a well done but obvious fake Leica I go for big money on ebay, but this one is just sort of silly.

 

[ray*j*gun]

P T Barnum would be proud!

 

[kbg32]

Ah, the urine etched brass finish!

 

[Filzkoeter]

I don't understand it. I've seen it over and over again in the last couple of months that really ugly cheap fake-Leicas fetch really high prices on eBay, even if stated that it's a fake (and sometimes not even functional).
Sometimes they go for more then nice looking genuine Leicas.

It seems like there must be some collectors collecting the most ugly Leica fakes 🙄

 

[Steven Dooley]

To each their own, but I think the phrase "A fool and his money are soon parted" is applicable here.

 

[Roger Hicks]

Ah, the urine etched brass finish!

Dear Keith,

Well, you've heard of taking the p1ss... (I think that expression is known on the wrong side of the pond too).

Cheers,

R.

 

[Dez]

Maybe there's a contest going on for the most unlikely fake Leica, and bidders were trying to be contenders? The winner will probably be something like a gold-plated, cardboard-lizard-skinned FED 4.

Cheers,
Dez