His staff gave him a diamond tipped pen to sign cameras as he had a sort of
rock star status in Japan. Legit. Probably. Worth a million? Doubtful but the
Sharpie autograph of Donald Healey on my Healey added value for sure
On Jul 12, 2013, at 12:00 PM, Ken Norton wrote:
>> It takes better pictures than the others.
>>> What is the history or story behind Maitani signed OM3TI's?
>>> There's one on ebay now.
>>> Is it authentic? Japan only?
>
> He carried around a scribe to sign cameras. Entirely likely that it is
> authentic. A signed OM-3Ti in top condition should definitely fall
> into the "collector" category. I'm not one to encourage "collector
> cameras", but that would be one (if it's in top condition) that I'd
> box up and shelf for investment purposes. If it's in "user" condition,
> keep using it since it won't lose any further value.
>
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