Delusional Seller

[Mitica100]

Check this seller out on eBay trying to sell what he thinks is a Leica II:

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Should have checked with a qualified camera appraiser first.

 

[Jeff15]

I don't know much about old cameras but would it not have any antique value.....?

 

[compur]

There are lots of these Russian fakes out there and they do often fool the camera-clueless.

I once came upon a guy at a flea market selling a dozen of these things for $250 each and some poor fool was buying them thinking he'd struck the motherload. I told him they were fake but he thought I was trying to get them for myself and went ahead.

 

[cgw]

Given the number of WWII "military" Leicas in circulation, every German soldier and sailor must have been issued one--maybe two?

 

[IanG]

I don't know much about old cameras but would it not have any antique value.....?

Not when it's a Russian fake this bad. Screw thread Leica's don't have a threaded shutter release, that's an immediate giveaway. Some of the better fakes are themselves becoming slightly collectable but are still cheap.

Ian

 

[webestang64]

According to this list the serial number is wrong and Leica only made 15 of them!

Leica Screw Mount Serial #'s Sorted by Number

 

[compur]

I wrote to that eBay seller and told him it was a fake and advised him to Google: "How to Spot a Fake Leica"

So far, no response (not holding my breath).

 

[petrochemist]

Given the number of WWII "military" Leicas in circulation, every German soldier and sailor must have been issued one--maybe two?

I think officers were issued one a week. They wouldn't trust non commissioned ranks with them.

However reading the listing I'm pretty sure the seller isn't delusional, he's just hoping to snap a buyer that is.

 

[cgw]

I think officers were issued one a week. They wouldn't trust non commissioned ranks with them.

Dunno but every photo swap meet I've stumbled into over the past decade has had a few of those swastika-engraved Leica fakes attracting the gullible like flies to a dead cat--apologies to Orwell.

 

[480sparky]

I have a bridge in Brooklyn for sale as well. Jes sayin'.

 

[Mitica100]

I wrote to that eBay seller and told him it was a fake and advised him to Google: "How to Spot a Fake Leica"

So far, no response (not holding my breath).

He won't, that's for sure. Others have contacted him, to no avail. He keeps dreaming...