A Leitz Wetzlar Leica M3 Rangefinder Camera£850
25 Nov 2025 · Special Auction Services · lot 446 · Fine Photographica & Cameras Auctionhammer
● black paint (Double Stroke)
Leica M3 · black paint (Double Stroke)
The Leica M3 black paint (Double Stroke) sells for about £850 (median of only 3 recorded sales, 2012–2025; indicative).
Typical sale price
about£850
median of only 3 sales, 2012–2025
Indicative
Few sales. Read this as a rough guide; every sale is shown below.
Hammer prices, buyer’s premium removed; eBay as soldHow ↗
How much does one sale move this?
Without the highest sale£820
Without the lowest sale£19,714
Every sale All 4 →
Leica M3 Double Stroke no.700061£7,648
27 Jun 2025 · Leitz Photographica Auction · €9,000 · lot A01498hammer ↗
● black paint (Double Stroke)lot or parts · not in the price+ lensboxed
Leica M3 Double-Stroke Nr. 781414 with 50mm Summarit f1,5 Nr. 1209013 with "L" seal intact, box and original import hang-tag.£790
1 Nov 2015 · Tamarkin Rare Camera Auctions · $1,200 · lot 151hammer ↗
● black paint (Double Stroke)+ lensboxed
M3 Black Paint£38,578
12 May 2012 · Leitz Photographica Auction · €48,000 · lot AI_21_14048hammer ↗
● black paint (Double Stroke)
Other versions of the M3
chrome Double Stroke
77 sales£1,116Solidchrome (Single Stroke)
65 sales£850Solidblack paint
47 sales£11,067SolidBetriebskamera
8 salesabout £4,400Indicativeolive Bundeseigentum
7 salesabout £47,875Indicativechrome (1000000)
6 salesabout £1,112IndicativeDummy (attrape)
5 salesabout £480Indicativeblack paint (second batch)
4 salesabout £22,679Indicative
77 sales£1,116Solidchrome (Single Stroke)
65 sales£850Solidblack paint
47 sales£11,067SolidBetriebskamera
8 salesabout £4,400Indicativeolive Bundeseigentum
7 salesabout £47,875Indicativechrome (1000000)
6 salesabout £1,112IndicativeDummy (attrape)
5 salesabout £480Indicativeblack paint (second batch)
4 salesabout £22,679Indicative
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“Leica M3 black paint (Double Stroke): about £850, the median of 3 recorded sales, 2012–2025 (Indicative, method v1).” cameraworth.com, retrieved 8 October 2026. https://www.cameraworth.com/l/leica/m3/v/black-paint-double-stroke/