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www.johanniels.com schreef:First of all, if it is too good to be true, it probably isn't true to begin with. Take that as a guideline and the majority of 'rare Leicas' is out the door, simply because they can be had for USD 100-200 Buy It Now price at eBay or Craigslist. It gets more difficult after that.

Second, Leica never produced a brass camera. Their cameras were either Black Paint or Chrome, and a very small number with specific serial number range was delivered in Military Gray to the German Navy and Army. So forget about all those gold looking cameras, they are polished brass FEDs and Zorkis.

Third, Leica never produced any gold cameras, apart from the three rare Luxus Leicas, of which two are unaccounted for. If you do come across an actual gold Leica, it's been replated by some strange fellow from Poland, who also gold-plates Canons, Ricohs, Contaxes and whatever. Prices are through the roof, and the original camera most of the time is worth a few hundred dollars tops, while the super-thin gold plating them has diminished that value, not added any value to it.

Fourth, Leica never produced a camera with a 'Kriegsberichter' inscription, with an eagle-and-swastika lens cap, with a submarine engraved on the top plate, no Olympia 1936 camera, or any other nice creative invention.

Fifth, if it is covered in something funky like wood veneer, it's a fake. The majority of Leicas was covered in vulcanite, it resembles leather by structure but actually is a hard baked sort of rubber that is applied to the body shell while hot. Some cameras later were re-covered in leather or leather-look coverings. There's even companies that supply these replacement covers, I like Hugo Studio for their service and ever expanding catalog of nice camera coverings.

Last, to even tell the FEDs from the Zorkis: look at the camera on the top of the page. Can you see the smooth black 'collar' around the lens mount, and the smooth black rims that divide the vulcanite gripping and the metal bottom and top plates? Only Zorkis had that!

asjemenou schreef: De prijs loopt nog steeds op.

LDO schreef:Deze moet wel haast uit het wonderwater van Lourdes gehengeld zijn.
Een Ridderkruis dat na ruim 70 jaar onderwater er zo uit weet te komen...
Dat is...
een wonder...

Of er was een teleurgestelde verzamelaar die zijn als origineel gekochte namaak kruis een maand terug zo de plomp in heeft gekeild...
Waarna een magneetvisser op het verkeerde been gezet werd.

Het blijft speculeren.

Ik hoop maar dat het hoogste bod een geintje is...

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