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CL/CM Prototypes

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€480,000
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Product number: AI_24_29258
Starting Price €60,000
Estimate € 120.000 – 150.000
Condition : B+
Manufacture Year : c.1972
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CL/CM Prototypes

two original Leica prototypes: 1. unengraved chrome Leica (CL), this camera made in Wetzlar is different in many aspects to the later serial model, chrome finish, the length is about 3mm shorter than the CL, with prototype all-black, fully engraved Elmarit-C 2.8/40mm no.0001177 (the lens is illustrated in Lager I page 249, the lens in Lager I page 248), 2. Leica CM engraved 'LEICA CM Leitz Wetzlar Germany', also this camera is about 3mm shorter that the later CL, see Lager I page 248 for a very similar camera

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