If you’re set on getting your hands on this golden beauty, go ahead and check out the ebay listing to find out more and make your best offer. It has sold more than any other LEICA to this day. It also covers 35mm lenses designed for the M3. The M3 has Leicas highest-magnification finder ever made (0.91x), which makes it Leicas best finder for use with for 50mm, 90mm and 135mm lenses. If you’re curious about the rest of the rare Leicas out there, we have a bunch for you to read about! Leicas first M camera, advancing the older screw-mount cameras. The other gold-plated Leicas are the four rare Luxus Leica units, but only one of them can be accounted for. As Voigtländer’s best performing VM 35mm wide angle lens ever, the new 35mm APO-Lanthar.

Some of them, like this gold-plated and amber-covered Leica Standard, are either customized units or Leica copies made with polished brass or thin gold plating. The new 35mm APO-Lanthar VM mount has the highest resolution and highest color correction of all Voigtlander 35mm VM lenses, optimized for both full frame VM digital or film cameras. While this looks like a legit model, we have to remind everyone again that there aren’t a lot of genuine gold Leica models out there. However, two more gold M4-2 units were made in 1993, with serial numbers 19320002. There were only 1,000 of these units made, and engraved with Barnack’s signature and “1879 – 1979”, with serial numbers 1527201-15277151-1528650 (so you can go ask the seller for the serial number and check it against these). It’s also said to be “new” (probably meant “mint”) and “factory sealed” but he obviously opened it to take the photos.Ĭamera Quest tells us that this luxurious model was a special edition unit made 1979 to commemorate the 100th birth anniversary of Oskar Barnack, the inventor of the Leica camera. Fancy a gold Leica to add to your vintage camera collection? Better make some space and get your wallet ready this one is a beauty!Īnother day, another rare vintage camera to drool over! Our latest find is yet another stunning rare item that’s guaranteed to make a fine addition on our camera shelves, and put a dent in our wallets a 24K Gold Leica M4-2 with a matching, German-made, 50mm f1.4 Summilux lens.Īccording to New York-based ebay seller blattworld1, the listed item is a genuine 24K gold Leica M4-2, complete with original factory warranty papers, official Leitz documents, and a special wood gift box.

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