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122 Leica M3 no. 700286 %u20ac5.000*no. 700286, 1954, condition A/B %u20ac 10.000 %u2013 12.000Rare extremely early%u00a0M3, in beautiful original, near-mintcondition, note the features such as no frame selector, early speed progression, no black wax seal, 200 ISO index, etc., delivered to retailer Bauer, D%u00fcsseldorf, on 20.03.1954, together with%u00a0matching very early Summaron 3.5/3.5%u2009cmno.1148385 in original M-mount (production starts with no.1148001), in meter scale, designed to be used on M3 cameras with external%u00a0finder, very good optics, delivered tothe same place on 30.04.1954, with SBLOO finder (leathercase), UVa filter and both caps, with leather eveready case.123 Leica M3 no. 700576 corner %u20ac16.000*no. 700576, 1954, condition B/A %u20ac 32.000 %u2013 34.000Very early M3 body with a distinctive corner at the frontof the top plate (only found on the earliest examples of the Leica M3), with all original features like the early casting type (guss number 455), long strap lugs, no %u2018L%u2019-seal, early viewfinder and back door, the camera is in very goodcondition, showing some repair in the vulcanite,%u00a0withmatching very early collapsible Summicron 2/5%u2009cmno.1116588 with Thorium glass elements, feet scale version showing cleaning marks on the front element, with eveready case, both camera and lens were delivered to Manca, New York on 12.03.1954.