Leica MP2 Black Paint Sold for One Million Euro

Leica MP2 Black Paint Sold for One Million Euro
Leica MP2 Black Paint Sold for One Million Euro

You always wanted to get a Leica M but you think that more than $7 000 for a Leica M10 is too much money? Well, you’re wrong: a new Leica is very cheap. Just have a look at the last Leitz Auction: a Leica 250 GG Reporter + Leica-Motor Mooev has been sold €456 000, a Leica M3 Chrome €408 000, a Leica MP2 Black Paint €1 020 000.

The MP2 is a modified, professional version of the Leica M2, equipped with a special electric motor drive. It has been made in a test series of only 27 examples, only 6 of them (with serial numbers 935507-935512) have been finished in black paint, which makes this camera one of the rarest known Leica cameras.

Don’t forget: you need to keep some money to buy a lens. But as we said, new Leica is very cheap and you can get a Noctilux-M 50mm for just a little more than $11 000 or a Noctilux-M 75mm for a little less than $13 000.