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1023 Leica IIIc black paint %u20ac3.000*%u2018Leitz-Eigentum%u2019 no. 517433, 1950, condition A/B %u20ac 6.000 %u2013 7.000An interesting Leica IIIc finished in black paint. Included with the camera is a 1990 letter from Prof. K.Weigel (Leica Historian and collector) stating that the camera was restored to its present condition by a Leica employee. An interesting side note regarding the cameras from this batch can be found in the Leica Archives%u2019 control book %u2018Kamera mit Leitz-Eigentum graviert u. schwarz lackiert%u2019 (camera engraved with Leitz-Eigentum and black painted). The set alsoincludes a very rare, original black paint MOOLY-C and Elmar 3.5/5 cm no. 871569 (delivered to Leitz Berlin in 1951).24 Leica IIIc chrome with %u20ac500Sonnar 1.5/5cmno. 381888, 1941%u201342, condition B/A %u20ac 1.000 %u2013 1.200Early war-time version in very good condition, rangefinder with good contrast but the shutter curtains need attention, delivered to the Italian Leica dealer Cattaneo on 25.11.1941, with interesting RF coupled%u00a01.5/5 cm lens with front ring engraved %u2018Carl Zeiss Jena Nr. 121888 Sonnar%u2019,%u00a0good optics only showing few cleaning marks and bubbles in the glass, with front lens cap and Zeiss Ikon cardboard box.25 Leica IIIc outfit %u20ac700no. 379265, 1941, condition A/B %u20ac 1.400 %u2013 1.600Very nice extensive outfit consisting of a quite early Leica IIIc no. 379265 in almost mint condition%u00a0and working order, with chrome Elmar 3.5/3.5 cm no. 470355 (both caps and SBLOO finder), chrome Elmar 3.5/5 cm no. 544594 (rear cap and chrome FISON hood), Summitar 2/5 cm no. 526402 (front cap and SOOFM hood), Summarit 1.5/5 cm no. 1359233 (rear cap, XOONS hood and special lightyellow filter), black/chrome Elmar 4/9 cm no. 459928 (both caps, SGVOO finder and black/nickel FIKUS hood), Hektor4.5/13.5 cm no. 326555 (both caps), universal finder VIOOH, ROSOL frame finder, NOOKY near-focussing adapter for Elmar 5 cm, APDOO delayed action release, flash set (CTOOM adjustable bracket, CEYOO flash and one bulb), 5%u00d7various colored filters, leather strap, German instructions and leather outfit case.26 Leica IIIc grey red curtains %u20ac1.600no. 388419, 1942, condition A/B %u20ac 3.200 %u2013 3.600Beautiful and very rare war-time grey%u00a0painted body, in near-mint, original condition and in working order, still with original red shutter curtain, with matching uncoated chrome Summitar 2/5 cm no. 562253 (front lens cap), delivered together on 01.10.1942 to Vienna, with brown leather case (cond. B).27 Leica Ic %u20ac400no. 523430, 1951, condition A/B %u20ac 800 %u2013 900Very nice Leica Ic in almost mint condition, the shutter curtains need attention, with Elmar 3.5/5cm no869784, optics only showing a light haze, with front lens cap, delivered together to W%u00fcnsche, Stuttgart (Germany) on 31.07.1951, with SBOOI 5cm finder and special leather case.28 Leica IIId chrome Red %u20ac2.000Curtain %u2018Sgt FE Brooks%u2019no. 367214, 1944, condition B+ %u20ac 4.000 %u2013 5.000Very rare and one of the last of 427 Leica IIId ever made, it was the first Leica model with a built-in self-timer, a technical feature that would later become a standard for many models to follow, here still with original red shutter curtain, in good condition, the shutter needs attention, with a very interesting and moving engraving on the bottom plate, stating that the camera was a gift from Romanian ex-prisoners to the Sergent F.E. Brooks on 10.10.1945, with Summitar 2/5 cm, very good coated optics, with front lens cap.29 Leica IIIf with Summicron 2/5cm %u20ac800*no. 648217, 1953, condition B/A %u20ac 1.600 %u2013 1.800Nice IIIf in very good condition, shutter curtains need attention, with matching sought-after Summicron 2/5 cm no. 1020718 in feet scale with Thorium lenses, optics showing few cleaning marks (front lens cap), both delivered the same day to St. John on 29.05.1953, with Leicavit.30 Leica IIIf red scale with %u20ac900Summicron 2/5cmno. 717957, 1955, condition A%u2013 %u20ac 1.800 %u2013 2.000Beautiful Leica IIIf in mint condition and working order, deliveredto Mertens, H%u00f6xter (Germany) on 16.03.1955, with sought-after collapsible Summicron 2/5 cm no. 1095655 with Thorium elements, optics showing a light haze, with front cap and red maker%u2019s box.31 Leica IIIf Midland outfit %u20ac12.000no. 710526, 1954, condition A%u2013 %u20ac 24.000 %u2013 26.000Very rare Leica IIIf body in absolutely mint, original condition and working order, top plate engraved %u2018Ernst Leitz Canada Limited Midland Ontario%u2019, with matching Midland Summarit 1.5/5 cm no. 1246601, optics only showing minimal cleaning marks, with XOONS%u00a0hood, together with matching very rare Midland Leicavit.In total, at the Canadian plant, a bit more than 5.000 units of the Leica IIIf were produced, but only about 200 specimens carrythe Canadian engraving. Finding a complete set in this beautiful condition is extremely difficult.