The $2 million camera

This Leica M3D from 1955 sold for $2.19 million


By Andrew Hudson Published: November 27, 2012 Updated: January 9, 2017

By Andrew Hudson Published: November 27, 2012 Updated: January 9, 2017

The world’s most expensive commercially produced camera is now a Leica M3D, which sold this week for $2.19 million. Built in 1955, it is one of four ever made and was was used to document the life of Pablo Picasso.

Owned by 96-year-old former Life magazine photographer David Douglas Duncan, the Leica M3D was sold by the WestLicht gallery in Vienna, Austria.

Source: WestLicht gallery, PetaPixel. Photo credit: From a handout from WestLicht gallery via PopPhoto.

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