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Re: [OM] Maitani signature plate

Subject: Re: [OM] Maitani signature plate
From: John Hermanson <omtech1@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 2009 10:26:05 -0400
Yes, but the back of my OM-2 was actually hand inscribed by Maitani 
himself, not a glued on metal plate.

ooooh, "Maitani dedicated one for me".  WRONG.  When a dealer bought a 
certain number of 2Ns from us (Olympus Camera Corp, Woodbury, NY) , we 
would engrave the owners name on the bottom of the camera and glue a 
factory printed replica of Maitani's signature on the back cover inside 
a special cutout piece of leather.  I should know, I was responsible for 
buying the engraving machine,and actually did some of the engraving.

Oh, yeah, I still have some of the Maitani plates.  Ran out of cutout 
leathers though. See:


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21 South Ln., Huntington NY 11743
631-424-2121  |  www.zuiko.com
Olympus OM Service since 1977
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Olaf Iwert wrote:
> Dear all,
> 
> Has anyone seen item 220465839669 on EBay ?
> 
> Is there any proud owner of such a body on the list ?
> 
> Is the Maitani signature plate a mass produced item or are they 
> individually signed by Maitani ?
> 
> Maybe someone coud post 1:1 copy, if available ?
> 
> With best wishes
> The second Iwert on the list
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