Who has a Leica MP Hammertone?

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This follows a similar thread on RFF for the Leica M6 TTL Millennium, which was started by @Ron (Netherlands). Thanks for the idea, Ron.

To celebrate the 35th anniversary of the Leica Historical Society of America (LHSA, now LSI), Leica produced the MP Hammertone in 2003. According to the LHSA sales brochure, the cameras were offered through authorized Leica dealers in early 2004. This special edition was limited to 1,000 sets consisting of a Leica MP camera in gray hammertone paint, a Leicavit M rapidwinder in gray hammertone paint, and a special edition of the 35mm Summicron-M in silver chrome with a sunshade in gray hammertone paint. Sometimes, these items were sold separately. For example, I was able to purchase my MP Hammertone camera body separately in 2006.

According to the Leica Pocket Book by Erwin Puts, Leica reserved three batches of serial numbers for the MP Hammertone:

• 2947201 - 2947800 (600 numbers)
• 2984001 - 2984400 (400 numbers)
• 3001001 - 3001595 (595 numbers).

Obviously, more serial numbers were reserved than needed, assuming that not more than the 1,000 announced cameras were produced. I thought it would be interesting to collect actual serial numbers for the Leica MP Hammertone in this thread. This is mostly just for fun, but for some nerds (like me) it will be interesting to see which of the reserved serial numbers were actually used by Leica. Why am I interested in this particular camera? I think it is the most gorgeous of all Leica special editions (and I know that many will disagree, no problem).

I will start the thread with a list of serial numbers that I already collected. I found one camera (2947831) outside of the three intended serial number batches. Collectors will know that there are exceptions to any list of serial numbers in the Leica world. Moreover, I have not found any camera with a serial number in the second batch.

I hope, moderators will give me permission to update the list occasionally. I add the sources of my observations below. All observations are sourced from publicly available information on the internet. "Auction" includes the usual auction houses and eBay. "Forum" includes RFF and LUF.

Please contribute your Leica MP Hammertone serial numbers to this thread (or by personal message if you prefer). Thanks!

2947212 Auction
2947273 Auction
2947282 Dealer
2947327 Instagram
2947355 Facebook
2947390 Auction
2947446 Dealer
2947460 Dealer
2947463 Auction
2947467 Forum
2947500 Auction
2947522 Dealer
2947533 Dealer
2947556 Auction
2947563 Forum
2947583 Forum
2947682 Forum
2947787 Auction
2947792 Flickr
2947831 Forum
3001025 Dealer
3001200 Auction
3001235 Auction
3001256 Flickr
3001550 Dealer
3001578 Forum

 

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And as a reminder of what this is all about, here is mine: