Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/02/12
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> A buddy of mine received a R3 as a gift. This is a silver chrome "Made
> in Germany" model, which I gather, is something of a rarity. I seem to
> recall reading somewhere (Eastland's R series Compendium?...which I
> don't have access to) that Leitz made only 100 of these silver chrome
> "Made in Germany" R3's, the rest being produced in Portugal. Can
> anybody substantiate this? If it is rare, would anybody hazard a guess
> as to it's worth (in excellent...but not mint...condition)?
>
>
Hello Jim,
From the 60,000 R3's made only the first 2,000 were produced in
Germany. Of these 2,000 there were 500 chrome. This makes this camera
rather rare.
Price totaly depends on the condition and if you can find a collector
who is searching for this camera.
Greetings,
Michiel.