I would like to know, how much my Leica camera is worth. It is black with a distance measurer, thath can be attached on the top of tha camera. The No.is 10434.

S. Selsing

-- Søren Selsing (selsing@mail.dk), June 02, 2002

Answers

Value is dependant on the condition. Please describe the condition in detail -- bright marks, missing chips in the vulcanite, amount of brassing, condition & type of lens, dents, etc. Otherwise, any estimate would be meaningless.

-- Patrick (pg@patrickgarner.com), June 02, 2002.

According to the serial number list on Cameraquest.com you have a Leica I from 1928. If you type 'Leica I' into the search field on www.ebay.com and follow the link to 'completed items' you'll find a couple of Leica I's and the corresponding high bid. Look at the photographs and compare them with your camera. If you can find one that looks similar in condition to yours, it *may* be an indicator of the value (in USA).
However you appear to live in Denmark. Why not contact Photografica in Copenhagen (www.photografica.com) or Foto/C and ask them how much they will give you? The price they offer is usually around 40% of what they plan to sell it for. But beware that Photografica sell thier stuff internationally, and the price they offer you, may be the same as what you can expect to get locally through eg. Den Blå Avis. The Danish marked for old Leica stuff is small and slow.
Held og lykke!

-- Niels H. S. Nielsen (nhsn@ruc.dk), June 02, 2002.

According to the Millennium Edition of the Hove International Blue Book and other sources, your Leica I should worth between USD 1,000 and 1,500 depending on its condition.

-- Hoyin Lee (leehoyin@hutchcity.com), June 02, 2002.

This is off topic, but where's the best place in Copenhagen to get some rod grod med fleu? (Can not spell it correctly on this computer!)

-- Frank Horn (owlhoot45@hotmail.com), June 04, 2002.

That's rødgrød med fløde. Probably can't get it unless you get a Danish mother-in-law who'll make it for you.

-- Peter Mackay (pm@novonordisk.com), June 05, 2002.

Peter- Thanks for the advice. I had some Danish neighbors when I was a boy, back in Illinois USA. The Danes are the only ones who can pronounce this "rodgrod med flode" stuff. They were trying to get me to pronounce it right, and everyone was dying with laughter! They told me that this was used to detect spies during the Wars. She was perhaps the finest cook I ever experienced. The "rodgrod" was superb and roast duck, etc. This kind of cooking has been lost with "Women's Liberation", I believe.

Tak skal du ha! (From southern Arizona, USA)

-- Frank Horn (owlhoot45@hotmail.com), June 05, 2002.