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80 Leica%u00a0M3 First Batch Double Corner %u20ac60.000*no. 700043, 1954, condition B/A %u20ac 120.000 %u2013 140.000An extremely early Leica%u00a0M3%u2014the serial production started with serial no. 700001, one of the very few cameras with distinctive two%u00a0corners on the top plate, in excellent, original condition, showing all features of the earliest M3 cameras, like the absence of L-seal, different chassis, etc. The chassis number is 108%u2014it is one of the earliest known. The camera was delivered to Manca, New York in 1954. It comes with a collapsible Summicron 2/5 cm no. 1304324, an early case, a red unnumbered box, and an early M3 brochure from 1954.