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khohcy

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My house was burglarized today in Los Angeles California.  The following Leica equipment were stolen.  Please be on the look out on the secondary market. Thanks!

 

M Monochrom Serial No. 4345910

M240 Serial no. 4444918

NOCTILUX-M 1:0,95/50mm ASPH. Serial No. 4138043

APO-Summicron 1:2/50mm Serial No. 4296199

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jdlaing

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Send an email to Leica informing them of what happened. They will put it on a registry and is it gets sent in it will be seized. 

Also go to stolen camera finder website and register.

 

Sorry you had this happen and I know how you feel. It happened to me a couple of years ago.

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rafael_macia

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Good you post the loss here. I for one will be on the lookout on the used market front especially craigslist.com .... a real "thieves market".

If you itemize the loss in a police report, than it is a for sure tax deduction.

Good luck!

ralph

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jto555

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Hi, this site might be of some help:

 

http://www.stolencamerafinder.com/

 

You drag and drop a photo from your stolen camera and it matches the serial number to other uploaded photos from your camera. Hopefully the new 'owner' will upload a photo and you now have some (very little, I know) hope of tracking who has the camera. It lease it might help.

 

 

John

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jdlaing

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My Leica M (Type 240) Serial Nr 4698145 with Leica Summicron-M 1:2/35mm Serial Nr 4135441 has been stolen on Sept 07 2015 during holiday in La Croix-Valmer, France.

 

Is there any registry at Leica for stolen cameras and glasses? 

 

Thanks

Not a registry as such but send an email and they keep a record of it and if it gets there for service or repair they seize it for you.

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I called the pawn shop directly and spoke with a lady there.  She states that the lens was run through a police database and came up clean.  Obviously someone just bought a rather costly stolen lens at a very good price.  She said she'll inform her boss, but chances are it will be shipped out to the buyer.

 

I kept a PDF of the listing page and a blowup photo from it showing the serial number, if it is needed or desired.

 

I told her that there isn't a Leica owner on the planet that would pawn off a very recent Leica lens of this cost without a rear lens cap, case, box and papers.  We're just too anal!

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I saw your camera on ebay. Feel free to reach out to me for the details. https://www.ebay.com/itm/225893925368?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=K9A-1gyXR8y&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=NekbK52DRSa&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=SMS

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