Got $279? What you need is a cardboard box!

[Matthew Allen]

Wonders never cease:

http://cgi.ebay.com/Late-Leica-M3-empty-box-Nice_W0QQitemZ290190125035QQihZ019QQcategoryZ30030 QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Matthew

[Gumby]

I once saw a Nikon S3 box offered for $400.

I agree: wonders never cease!

[ClaremontPhoto]

I've been looking for one of these for years.

How much do you think a good CLA would cost?

[Matthew Allen]

I suppose that in the spirit of the recent pinhole thread you could stick a pin in this thing and have world's only pinhole camera with a genuine Leitz SN written on it.

Matthew

[tbarker13]

Last summer, I tossed an M6 box on ebay, thinking it would sell for $10 or $20. I
think the bidding took it up to $120 before it was over. I was absolutely floored.

[hans voralberg]

If I scribble Leica onto a random box and toss it on ebay will i make a profit then lol

[Matthew Allen]

Last summer, I tossed an M6 box on ebay, thinking it would sell for $10 or $20. I
think the bidding took it up to $120 before it was over. I was absolutely floored.

Funny, you could treat it like an unofficial rebate. As long as you're sure you're going to keep your Leica, ebay the box and get $100+ of your money back.:rolleyes:

Matthew

[dcsang]

Oh man.. I know where this store is in Toronto ... it's embarrassing really.

Dave

[ClaremontPhoto]

Is it in 'Collector' condition, or 'User' condition?

[Rafael]

Does it come in the original box?

[ClaremontPhoto]

If it has factory spec seals and a brick inside how much is it worth?

[dlove5]

Gotta be a fake !!!!!!

But seriously folks, I have seen this same box phenomena in the toy train collecting world. It has gotten to the point that you can by "authentic" reproduction Lionel boxes to put your Lionel trains in.

I have to admit that now anytime I buy new Lionel equipment, I keep the boxes in as good a condition as I can. Who knows maybe my kids can sell the boxes for lots of money someday......

[Lance]

That thing needs to be re-skinned and re-alined. I wouldn't pay more than 200$ for that. And then I need to get the M3. Crikey.

[teo]

LOL, I remeber at a camera fair (the first and last I went ;)) when a seller yelled at me because I opend a cardboard box to see the lens inside... there was no lens of course...
He said I was going to damage the box opening it without reason... :D

And it was a Rokkor 35 f1,8 box, not even a German box...

[ClaremontPhoto]

I hate to think of the 'posh' boxes I've used over the years to mail jars of chilli beans or jelly to friends and family.

[kevin m]

Crap. All the razor sharp, f1.4 Aspherical pics in the world won't make up for collector stupidity like this. Too bad Leica can't separate the 'real' camera division from the 'Lladro Figurine' division. :D

[Keith]

I know this sort of bullsh*t isn't Leica's fault but at times it makes we want to sell all my Leica gear and get away from equipment that can even support this type of mentality. I'd like to buy it and burn it in front of anyone who would even consider paying a premium price for a bloody cardboard camera box! :bang: :bang: :bang:

:o :D

[wontonny]

GREAT PRICE! Someone snap this up before it's gone!

[Dogman]

Wow! I'm sitting on a goldmine! I was in the attic getting down the Christmas decorations and found the boxes for both my M6 bodies, the box for my very old Leitz Trinovid binoculars and the box for the binocular case.

Think there's a market for the CV lens boxes or the Canon EOS boxes?

[Gumby]

I know this sort of bullsh*t isn't Leica's fault but at times it makes we want to sell all my Leica gear and get away from equipment that can even support this type of mentality.

Okay. Now there's a solution that will stop the craziness!

[ClaremontPhoto]

It's those Schrodingers Cat ones that get me laughing.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schrodingers_cat

Sealed boxes with a rare Leica inside (?).

How do you know there's a rare Leica inside unless you open it, and if you've opened it to verify that it's genuine then it's not a sealed box any longer.

[erikhaugsby]

How do you know there's a rare Leica inside unless you open it, and if you've opened it to verify that it's genuine then it's not a sealed box any longer.
I've heard of people sending the boxes through x-ray machines to ensure there's something inside.

[rpsawin]

Black or Chrome?

Bob

[ClaremontPhoto]

I've heard of people sending the boxes through x-ray machines to ensure there's something inside.

Wouldn't you love to put a Holga in a sealed Leica box!

[whitecat]

I'm going to grab this before one of you does!!

[40oz]

I know this sort of bullsh*t isn't Leica's fault but at times it makes we want to sell all my Leica gear and get away from equipment that can even support this type of mentality. I'd like to buy it and burn it in front of anyone who would even consider paying a premium price for a bloody cardboard camera box! :bang: :bang: :bang:

:o :D

Just be glad you don't own a Nikon. The porcelain figurine collector attitude is pretty much all there is, as far as I can tell. You can now pay $400 for an empty box from our esteemed patron. I don't blame him for the asking price, but the idea is more than a little idiotic, IMHO.

[Keith]

You can now pay $400 for an empty box from our esteemed patron.

I wish you hadn't told me that! :o :p

[-vin-]

Does it come in the original box?
no, it is sold separately



anyway... i have a nice M2 box, let me know if there's interest in it!

[nikon_sam]

I still have the box my Nikon F4s came in...you'll be seeing it on ebay in 20 years...it's in mint condition...I only used it once...$$$

[mfunnell]

Come on now, stop it you lot! Aren't we supposed to be a bunch of camera fondlers and gearheads? Surely our reputation will be irretriveably damaged by making fun of such things. The next thing you know, someone might be indiscreet enough to remove a camera from its cardboard box, put wear on the mechanism by :eek: loading some film and then (heaven forfend!) might take some photos!! The horror, the horror. We might never live it down.

...Mike

[sting-ray]

An M6 that was new in its box, unopened was on eBay a while ago... good idea I thought that it came with xrays showing there was actually a camera inside :-P

[Avotius]

This forum has the word leica written all over it, im going to put it up on ebay and make trillions!

[ClaremontPhoto]

An M6 that was new in its box, unopened was on eBay a while ago... good idea I thought that it came with xrays showing there was actually a camera inside :-P

There's a guy on eBay who sells fake x-rays of Leicas in boxes.

[shadowfox]

This begs the question, does these collectors have inexhaustable supply of impressionable friends?

I mean, you pay through your nose for the mint-est, oldest, rarest Leica in its box, show it to your buddies, and then what?

Yes, we're a bunch of gearheads, but even we have some *standards* :p

[Matthew Allen]

And again:

http://cgi.ebay.com/Leica-m3-original-box_W0QQitemZ320197113834QQihZ011QQcategoryZ30030Q QssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

This one's a bargain at just $155, though at such a low price you have to put up with a lot more grime and wear.

Matthew

[Trius]

Matthew: It's not the grime that makes that worth less. It's the fact that it's not coming from Avenue Road in Toronto. Provenance mean$ a lot.