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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Douane" data-source="post: 4037728" data-attributes="member: 157">A little bit more about the Leica. (I just got off the phone/computer with my father and as it turned I'm not as smart I thought I'd be. So laugh at me, if you want. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> )The original photo you used is indeed a Leica Ic, produced after 1930, which can be discerned by its rare Hektor lens (at least by my father). The one I offered and took for an Ia based on my grandmother's purchase of one in 1926 at the start of her career as a professional photographer is in fact a Leica Ib ("Compur-Leica"). Though generally considered to be a good deal less stylish than the Ia, it seemingly offered more options for a professional user. Apparently this made my grandmother choose it over the Ia.According to him, the pic found below is now finally a real 1925 Leica Ia. And even better, my father also found an old catalogue with prices from those days. And thus it can now defintely be stated that $2.89 (for a box camera) is a bit too low - the Leica Ia cost 220 Reichsmark which are roundabout $ 55.</blockquote>