Really cool looking and rare M3

[terrafirmanada]

Hey, an extra spool. That ought to boost the price.

 

[Never Satisfied]

I'm tipping over 40K, I saw a mint black paint M3 last year hit low 20's; you'd need to sell both Kidneys for this one. Andrew.

 

[Ken Ford]

Thats about 3/4 of the way down the description and in the picture with the rear door open you can see the punch and the hole in the body just below the film rail where the punch goes into.

Ah, I missed that - thanks!

My high-speed is finally working today so I can see all the pics now - what a stunner. Too bad that it'll be much too valuable to actually take out and use!

 

[rxmd]

Whoever buys this, trashes the spool and puts in a quick load kit, puts snake leather on it and repaints it in bright yellow gets a free cookie from me 😉

 

[Tuolumne]

Did you see the 15mm M Holgon the guy also has for sale at $15,500?

http://cgi.ebay.com/CARL-ZEISS-15MM...ryZ30030QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

/T

 

[CameraQuest]

it could go to $40,000
and not make reserve.

Stephen

 

[summilux]

let us hope LHSA's next model will look like this. their MP3 is super cool.

 

[aizan]

it's interesting to see the design changes they went through to arrive at the original ds m3. they really ironed out all the kinks, didn't they?

 

[furcafe]

What I find interesting is how this M3 prototype confirms that the Contax II was the camera Leica was trying to surpass (look @ the Contax-style shutter release).

 

[sam_m]

update: $10,100.01 7d 16h to go

 

[TJV]

$50000 and counting...

 

[Never Satisfied]

... and still not at the reserve!

 

[LeicaTom]

Whoever buys this, trashes the spool and puts in a quick load kit, puts snake leather on it and repaints it in bright yellow gets a free cookie from me 😉

OMG!!!!

Now that`s FUNNY 😀

Reading that made my night - thanks Philipp!

Tom

 

[sam_m]

if you click on the bids you'll see the first bid was $5 (not me). can't blame a guy for trying!

 

[amateriat]

More entertaining than Who Wants To Be a Millionaire...


- Barrett

 

[HuubL]

Hey..., just saw I have a body cap like that one...

 

[raid]

The last bid is over $56,000.
It is getting rather interesting on ebay.

 

[kross]

60.1k now.....

 

[Stu W]

Classic Camera did a write up on that camera a couple of years ago. As they were prototype test cameras I assume that would account for all the burred up screws-the camerra was probably apart 1000 times. Stu

 

[Paulbe]

Whoo Hoo! $70K and counting. Reserve not met. Reserve $75K??? Guess this indicates: a) it won't be a "user", and b) it is easier to get $70K+ than it is to get a pre-production Leica M3..and still four days left--wow! Wonder if the winning bidder needs a lens to go with that??? 🙂
Paul