Leica M3 black paint First Batch£87,045
25 Nov 2023 · Leitz Photographica Auction · €100,000 · lot A00002hammer ↗
● black paint (first batch)+ lens
Leica M3 · black paint (first batch)
The Leica M3 black paint (first batch) has 2 recorded sales: £87,045 (25 Nov 2023, Leitz Photographica Auction) and £24,024 (21 Nov 2015, Leitz Photographica Auction). That is too few for a typical price.
Recorded sales
Only 2 sales — too few for a typical price, so here they are.
M3 black paint£24,024
21 Nov 2015 · Leitz Photographica Auction · €34,000 · lot AI_28_33050hammer ↗
● black paint (first batch)+ lensboxed
Sales only
Hammer prices, buyer’s premium removed; eBay as soldHow ↗
Other versions of the M3
chrome Double Stroke
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65 sales£850Solidblack paint
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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 (first batch): 2 recorded sales, 2015–2023; no typical price (method v1).” cameraworth.com, retrieved 8 October 2026. https://www.cameraworth.com/l/leica/m3/v/black-paint-first-batch/