Knowingly or otherwise - yes, if your buyer doesn't know what they are
looking at.
Paraphrasing an Olympus service agent known to me, he acquired the remaining
parts stock of the service agent in one of the larger English speaking
islands of Europe, and was surprised to find a number of M-1 top plates. He
questioned why they were still in stock. Oh, we never really noticed, they
must have been the original service stock. We just put them on if an OM-1
needed a new top - didn't notice they were any different, to be sure!
I think Mark Dapoz has a page of "How to identify a real M-1" at
http://olympus.dementia.org but as a starter I would always check that there
are four pins in the film guide - nit a sign of an M-1 itself, but a
confirmation that it is an early body. It's too easy to switch top plates
and put a non-MD bottom plate on.
--
Piers
-----Original Message-----
From: olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Tony Large
Sent: 30 November 2005 19:50
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [OM] Re: Dented M-1 description on yabe
Thanks! Pretty much what I expected! Another thing I meant to ask... are
they easily forged?
-----Original Message-----
From: olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx]On
Behalf Of Mark Dapoz
Sent: 30 November 2005 20:45
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [OM] Re: Dented M-1 description on yabe
On Wed, 30 Nov 2005, Tony Large wrote:
>
> And another question, probably in the realm of "how long's a piece of
> string" but, what is the kind of value of an "M1" at the moment. Is
1000USD
> completely over the top?
As with any collectible item, it's worth exactly what someone is willing to
pay. I've seen M-1's go for less than $200 and I've seen them go for over
$1000. From a functional point of view it's worth no more than an OM-1.
Any value above that is determined by the motivation of the buyer.
-mark
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