limited edition M6 TTL

Why in the world would you want to sell it? What a great memento of your contest victory. It should surely be worth more to you than it could ever bring as a commodity on the market. You should either keep it as an ornament, or use it.

I would use it, myself, with great pleasure. What a great prize. You got it free, after all, right? So you shouldn't care what a few scratches will do to its theoretical value.

I use and prefer contax G2 and it takes a wealthy man to be able to keep a potentially multi-thousand dollar ornament around the house. That said, I'm just trying to find out what it's worth so I can make a decision.

The only way to really know its value is to put it up for auction and see what it brings. Set a minimum of $20,000 and see what happens.

PJW

I think Richard needs some idea of value for insurance reasons if he's to keep the thing on display. The insurance premiums alone might make it not worth having as a display piece. I sgree that you should just use it, dings and scratches be damned! It will always be just one of 16, and probably the only one really used. Enjoy it!

The man said he wants to sell his camera; why not take him at his word?

Richard, you might want to contact a dealer who trades heavily in Leica and Leica collectibles. Pick up a back issue of Shutterbug and check out some of the ads. A regular M6TTL/Summilux 50 combo would sell used for $2200-$2500 in minty shape and yours is obviously worth some multiple of that figure.

Richard, Leicas don't follow any logic. Logic would dictate that if a production of 1000 limited-edition Leicas with no more claim to fame than being the bastard child of an MBA in Leica marketing and one of the flamboyant couturiers at Hermes, can bring the suckers running with $8500 on fire in their pockets; then it should follow that your 1 of only 16 Leicas honoring a real accomplishment in photography should fetch several times as much. But yours being an M6TTL some people would find the rangefinder patch flares and the rewind crank is too easy to get bent, or perhaps an orange fell on their head when they were little and now they get a nervous tick whenever they see the color. So you've really got only two choices: either auction it yourself on e-Bay, and I'd put a minimum bid or a reserve (whichever will be cheaper according to eBay's fees) of $1000 more than street price for a stock model. Or, have it auctioned for you by Christie's or Sotheby's or some other auction house that attracts collectors of Leicas.

Could you post the winning photo?

I don't know what to say, Richard. Like you, I use a Contax electronic G camera, but the magic of manual focus...

I'd use it, Richard, or show it around before selling it. It won't be difficult for you to find someone interested on it. If I only had the funds...

Now, how did you find out about the contest? Can you post the winning photo? Thanks!

Hi Richard,

I read about Sheikh Saud Bin Mohammed Al Thani. There was an article about him and his Titanium M7 in the German Edtion LFI 09/2003. He orderd a M7 with 5 lenses completely made from Titanium. Not a Titanium layer. It's pure Titanium. There is not even leather on it. Leica needed a year and 12-16 employes for this project.