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Leitz IIIg

The Leitz IIIg is a 35mm rangefinder camera and the last of the screw-mount (Leica Thread Mount) Barnack-style Leicas, introduced in 1957. When new it sat at the top of the screw-mount line, offering bright-line framing for 50mm and 90mm lenses alongside the traditional top-plate dials.

At recent UK auction, hammer prices for the IIIg have clustered in a £380–£780 range, with a median around £420 for typical clean examples sold in 2024–2025. Today the IIIg sells for noticeably less than it did a decade ago, when saleroom results of £1,200–£1,300 were not unusual; condition, matching body/top-plate engravings and the presence of a working self-timer are the main factors that push value to the upper end of that range.

Variants

Select a variant to filter the sales history below.

Variant Years Edition Sales Price Range
Betriebskamera 0
black 4 £1,100 – £60,000
black 3 Crowns 0
Bundeswehr 0
Bundeswehr olive 0
Compur Summicron 0
Dummy 0
First One (SN 825001) 0
Gold 0
Halbformat 0
Leicavit 8 £576 – £2,300
Midland 0
Midland Leicavit 0
olive 0
Prototype 0
Royal Air Force 0
Schnittmodell 0

Sales History

Prices shown are UK auction hammer results — the wholesale level achieved in the saleroom. Neither buyer’s nor seller’s commission is included. Dealer and retail asking prices are typically higher.

Prices updated: May 2026

Date Price Source Variant
May 2026 £500 🇬🇧 Special Auction Services
Apr 2026 £1,250 🇬🇧 Flints Auctions
Mar 2026 £600 🇬🇧 Flints Auctions
Feb 2026 £438 🇬🇧 Flints Auctions
Nov 2025 £380 🇬🇧 Special Auction Services
Nov 2025 £400 🇬🇧 Special Auction Services
Nov 2025 EUR 1,700 🇦🇹 Leitz Auction
Nov 2025 EUR 1,000 🇦🇹 Leitz Auction
Nov 2025 EUR 1,700 🇦🇹 Leitz Auction
Nov 2025 EUR 1,800 🇦🇹 Leitz Auction
Nov 2025 £500 🇬🇧 Flints Auctions
Jun 2025 EUR 1,200 🇦🇹 Leitz Auction
Jun 2025 EUR 1,400 🇦🇹 Leitz Auction
Jun 2025 EUR 65,000 🇦🇹 Leitz Auction
Jun 2025 EUR 5,000 🇦🇹 Leitz Auction
Jun 2025 EUR 1,700 🇦🇹 Leitz Auction
Jun 2025 EUR 5,000 🇦🇹 Leitz Auction
Apr 2025 £775 🇬🇧 Flints Auctions
Apr 2025 £1,000 🇬🇧 Flints Auctions
Jan 2025 £529 🇬🇧 Chiswick Auctions
Jan 2025 £403 🇬🇧 Chiswick Auctions
Dec 2024 £525 🇬🇧 Flints Auctions
Nov 2024 EUR 2,400 🇦🇹 Leitz Auction
Nov 2024 EUR 2,200 🇦🇹 Leitz Auction
Nov 2024 EUR 1,800 🇦🇹 Leitz Auction
Nov 2024 EUR 1,200 🇦🇹 Leitz Auction
Nov 2024 EUR 16,000 🇦🇹 Leitz Auction
Nov 2024 EUR 3,600 🇦🇹 Leitz Auction
Nov 2024 EUR 80,000 🇦🇹 Leitz Auction
Oct 2024 £360 🇬🇧 Harper Field Auctions
Oct 2024 £900 🇬🇧 Harper Field Auctions
Oct 2024 £440 🇬🇧 Special Auction Services
Oct 2024 £480 🇬🇧 Special Auction Services
Aug 2024 £525 🇬🇧 Flints Auctions
Aug 2024 £756 🇬🇧 Chiswick Auctions
Jun 2024 EUR 1,100 🇦🇹 Leitz Auction
Jun 2024 EUR 800 🇦🇹 Leitz Auction
Jun 2024 EUR 1,600 🇦🇹 Leitz Auction
Jun 2024 £600 🇬🇧 Flints Auctions
Jun 2024 £350 🇬🇧 Flints Auctions
Apr 2024 £420 🇬🇧 Special Auction Services
Apr 2024 £440 🇬🇧 Special Auction Services
Apr 2024 £420 🇬🇧 Special Auction Services
Apr 2024 £420 🇬🇧 Special Auction Services
Jan 2024 £450 🇬🇧 Flints Auctions
Nov 2023 EUR 1,100 🇦🇹 Leitz Auction black
Nov 2023 EUR 1,100 🇦🇹 Leitz Auction
Nov 2023 EUR 1,800 🇦🇹 Leitz Auction
Nov 2023 EUR 26,000 🇦🇹 Leitz Auction
Nov 2023 EUR 850 🇦🇹 Leitz Auction
Sep 2023 £625 🇬🇧 Flints Auctions
Sep 2023 £625 🇬🇧 Flints Auctions
Jul 2023 £750 🇬🇧 Flints Auctions
Jul 2023 £438 🇬🇧 Flints Auctions
Jun 2023 EUR 3,800 🇦🇹 Leitz Auction
Jun 2023 EUR 34,000 🇦🇹 Leitz Auction
Jun 2023 EUR 1,600 🇦🇹 Leitz Auction
Jun 2023 EUR 7,000 🇦🇹 Leitz Auction
Jun 2023 EUR 2,000 🇦🇹 Leitz Auction
Apr 2023 £480 🇬🇧 Special Auction Services
Apr 2023 £440 🇬🇧 Special Auction Services
Mar 2023 £775 🇬🇧 Flints Auctions
Nov 2022 EUR 60,000 🇦🇹 Leitz Auction black
Nov 2022 EUR 1,000 🇦🇹 Leitz Auction
Nov 2022 EUR 1,100 🇦🇹 Leitz Auction
Nov 2022 EUR 1,200 🇦🇹 Leitz Auction
Nov 2022 £600 🇬🇧 Flints Auctions
Nov 2022 USD 1,000 🇺🇸 pedia_sales_tamarkin
Oct 2022 £525 🇬🇧 Flints Auctions
Oct 2022 £625 🇬🇧 Flints Auctions
Oct 2022 £600 🇬🇧 Flints Auctions
Jun 2022 £938 🇬🇧 Flints Auctions
Jun 2022 EUR 1,800 🇦🇹 Leitz Auction
Jun 2022 EUR 1,800 🇦🇹 Leitz Auction
Jan 2022 £521 🇬🇧 Flints Auctions
Dec 2021 £719 🇬🇧 Flints Auctions
Nov 2021 EUR 1,500 🇦🇹 Leitz Auction
Nov 2021 EUR 1,800 🇦🇹 Leitz Auction
Nov 2021 £496 🇬🇧 Flints Auctions
Nov 2021 £806 🇬🇧 Flints Auctions
Jun 2021 EUR 45,000 🇦🇹 Leitz Auction black
Jun 2021 EUR 900 🇦🇹 Leitz Auction
Jun 2021 EUR 340,000 🇦🇹 Leitz Auction
Apr 2021 £868 🇬🇧 Flints Auctions
Apr 2021 £521 🇬🇧 Flints Auctions
Apr 2021 £496 🇬🇧 Flints Auctions
Jan 2021 £645 🇬🇧 Flints Auctions
Jan 2021 £645 🇬🇧 Flints Auctions
Nov 2020 EUR 5,000 🇦🇹 Leitz Auction
Nov 2020 EUR 500 🇦🇹 Leitz Auction
Nov 2020 EUR 800 🇦🇹 Leitz Auction
Nov 2020 EUR 300 🇦🇹 Leitz Auction
Nov 2020 EUR 30,000 🇦🇹 Leitz Auction
Nov 2020 EUR 850 🇦🇹 Leitz Auction
Nov 2020 EUR 300 🇦🇹 Leitz Auction
Nov 2020 EUR 1,600 🇦🇹 Leitz Auction
Nov 2020 £2,232 🇬🇧 Flints Auctions Leicavit
Jun 2020 EUR 3,800 🇦🇹 Leitz Auction
Jun 2020 EUR 1,500 🇦🇹 Leitz Auction
Jun 2020 EUR 800 🇦🇹 Leitz Auction
Jun 2020 EUR 55,000 🇦🇹 Leitz Auction
Jun 2020 EUR 8,000 🇦🇹 Leitz Auction
May 2020 £796 🇬🇧 Flints Auctions
May 2020 £637 🇬🇧 Flints Auctions
May 2020 £796 🇬🇧 Flints Auctions
Nov 2019 EUR 1,500 🇦🇹 Leitz Auction Leicavit
Nov 2019 EUR 850 🇦🇹 Leitz Auction
Oct 2019 £840 🇬🇧 Flints Auctions
Oct 2019 £480 🇬🇧 Flints Auctions
Oct 2019 £456 🇬🇧 Flints Auctions
Oct 2019 £540 🇬🇧 Flints Auctions
Jun 2019 EUR 1,000 🇦🇹 Leitz Auction Leicavit
Jun 2019 EUR 650 🇦🇹 Leitz Auction
Nov 2018 EUR 1,600 🇦🇹 Leitz Auction
Apr 2018 £540 🇬🇧 Flints Auctions
Mar 2018 EUR 650 🇦🇹 Leitz Auction
Nov 2016 EUR 12,000 🇦🇹 Leitz Auction
Nov 2016 EUR 500 🇦🇹 Leitz Auction
Nov 2016 EUR 500 🇦🇹 Leitz Auction
Nov 2016 EUR 800 🇦🇹 Leitz Auction
Nov 2016 EUR 400 🇦🇹 Leitz Auction
Nov 2016 EUR 1,500 🇦🇹 Leitz Auction
Nov 2015 EUR 34,000 🇦🇹 Leitz Auction
Nov 2015 EUR 900 🇦🇹 Leitz Auction
Jun 2015 EUR 24,000 🇦🇹 Leitz Auction black
Nov 2014 EUR 800 🇦🇹 Leitz Auction
Mar 2014 EUR 1,300 🇦🇹 Leitz Auction Leicavit
Mar 2014 EUR 3,000 🇦🇹 Leitz Auction
Nov 2013 EUR 22,000 🇦🇹 Leitz Auction
Nov 2013 EUR 440 🇦🇹 Leitz Auction
Nov 2011 EUR 2,200 🇦🇹 Leitz Auction
Dec 2010 EUR 1,300 🇦🇹 Leitz Auction
May 2010 EUR 15,000 🇦🇹 Leitz Auction
Dec 2009 EUR 12,000 🇦🇹 Leitz Auction
May 2009 EUR 600 🇦🇹 Leitz Auction
May 2009 EUR 750 🇦🇹 Leitz Auction
May 2009 EUR 3,200 🇦🇹 Leitz Auction
Jun 2008 EUR 440 🇦🇹 Leitz Auction
Nov 2007 EUR 3,800 🇦🇹 Leitz Auction
Jun 2007 £660 🇬🇧 Christie's
May 2007 EUR 1,800 🇦🇹 Leitz Auction
May 2007 EUR 1,500 🇦🇹 Leitz Auction
Mar 2007 £576 🇬🇧 Christie's Leicavit
Mar 2007 £480 🇬🇧 Christie's
Mar 2007 £540 🇬🇧 Christie's
Mar 2007 £384 🇬🇧 Christie's
Mar 2007 £504 🇬🇧 Christie's
Nov 2006 £780 🇬🇧 Christie's
Nov 2006 £540 🇬🇧 Christie's
Nov 2006 £576 🇬🇧 Christie's
Nov 2006 £600 🇬🇧 Christie's
Nov 2006 £780 🇬🇧 Christie's
Nov 2006 £360 🇬🇧 Christie's
Nov 2006 EUR 700 🇦🇹 Leitz Auction
Jul 2006 £600 🇬🇧 Christie's
Jul 2006 £480 🇬🇧 Christie's
Jul 2006 £660 🇬🇧 Christie's
Jul 2006 £1,140 🇬🇧 Christie's
Feb 2006 £600 🇬🇧 Christie's
Nov 2005 EUR 20,000 🇦🇹 Leitz Auction
Nov 2005 £840 🇬🇧 Christie's
Nov 2005 £780 🇬🇧 Christie's
Nov 2005 £840 🇬🇧 Christie's
Nov 2005 £900 🇬🇧 Christie's
Sep 2005 £780 🇬🇧 Christie's
Jun 2005 £1,020 🇬🇧 Christie's
Jun 2005 £4,560 🇬🇧 Christie's
Jun 2005 £780 🇬🇧 Christie's
Jun 2005 £780 🇬🇧 Christie's
Jun 2005 £780 🇬🇧 Christie's
Jun 2005 £780 🇬🇧 Christie's
May 2005 EUR 1,200 🇦🇹 Leitz Auction
May 2005 £1,200 🇬🇧 Christie's
Feb 2005 £900 🇬🇧 Christie's
Nov 2004 £717 🇬🇧 Christie's
Nov 2004 £358 🇬🇧 Christie's
Nov 2004 £597 🇬🇧 Christie's
Nov 2004 £2,629 🇬🇧 Christie's
Nov 2004 EUR 2,292 🇦🇹 Leitz Auction
Sep 2004 £597 🇬🇧 Christie's
Sep 2004 £657 🇬🇧 Christie's
Sep 2004 £1,075 🇬🇧 Christie's
Jun 2004 £717 🇬🇧 Christie's
Jun 2004 £478 🇬🇧 Christie's
Jun 2004 £1,195 🇬🇧 Christie's
Jun 2004 £501 🇬🇧 Christie's
Jun 2004 £956 🇬🇧 Christie's
Jun 2004 £478 🇬🇧 Christie's
Jun 2004 £478 🇬🇧 Christie's
Jun 2004 £549 🇬🇧 Christie's
Jun 2004 £956 🇬🇧 Christie's
May 2004 EUR 47,917 🇦🇹 Leitz Auction
May 2004 £776 🇬🇧 Christie's
Feb 2004 £501 🇬🇧 Christie's
Dec 2003 £446 🇬🇧 Christie's
Dec 2003 £705 🇬🇧 Christie's
Dec 2003 £940 🇬🇧 Christie's Leicavit
Nov 2003 £411 🇬🇧 Christie's
Nov 2003 £1,057 🇬🇧 Christie's
Nov 2003 £1,762 🇬🇧 Christie's
Sep 2003 £1,410 🇬🇧 Christie's
Jun 2003 £705 🇬🇧 Christie's
Jun 2003 £705 🇬🇧 Christie's
Jun 2003 £705 🇬🇧 Christie's
Jun 2003 £705 🇬🇧 Christie's
Jun 2003 £705 🇬🇧 Christie's
May 2003 £528 🇬🇧 Christie's
May 2003 £881 🇬🇧 Christie's
May 2003 £411 🇬🇧 Christie's
Apr 2003 £646 🇬🇧 Christie's
Mar 2003 £1,057 🇬🇧 Christie's
Mar 2003 £1,116 🇬🇧 Christie's
Mar 2003 £1,527 🇬🇧 Christie's
Nov 2002 £940 🇬🇧 Christie's
Nov 2002 £940 🇬🇧 Christie's
Sep 2002 £881 🇬🇧 Christie's
Sep 2002 £376 🇬🇧 Christie's
Sep 2002 £1,527 🇬🇧 Christie's
Jul 2002 £881 🇬🇧 Christie's
Jul 2002 £822 🇬🇧 Christie's
Jun 2002 £646 🇬🇧 Christie's
Jun 2002 £1,527 🇬🇧 Christie's
Jun 2002 £998 🇬🇧 Christie's
Jun 2002 £1,762 🇬🇧 Christie's
Jun 2002 £705 🇬🇧 Christie's
Jun 2002 £1,116 🇬🇧 Christie's
Jun 2002 £587 🇬🇧 Christie's
Jun 2002 £705 🇬🇧 Christie's
Feb 2002 £881 🇬🇧 Christie's
Feb 2002 £881 🇬🇧 Christie's
Nov 2001 £881 🇬🇧 Christie's
Nov 2001 £799 🇬🇧 Christie's
Nov 2001 £822 🇬🇧 Christie's
Nov 2001 £1,527 🇬🇧 Christie's
Nov 2001 £7,050 🇬🇧 Christie's
Nov 2001 £1,292 🇬🇧 Christie's
Nov 2001 £1,057 🇬🇧 Christie's
Nov 2001 £1,057 🇬🇧 Christie's
Nov 2001 £822 🇬🇧 Christie's
Nov 2001 £528 🇬🇧 Christie's
Sep 2001 £1,762 🇬🇧 Christie's
Jul 2001 £822 🇬🇧 Christie's
Jul 2001 £763 🇬🇧 Christie's
Jun 2001 £940 🇬🇧 Christie's
Jun 2001 £763 🇬🇧 Christie's
Jun 2001 £1,410 🇬🇧 Christie's
Jun 2001 £1,116 🇬🇧 Christie's
Jun 2001 £822 🇬🇧 Christie's
Jun 2001 £1,292 🇬🇧 Christie's
Jun 2001 £1,527 🇬🇧 Christie's
Mar 2001 £646 🇬🇧 Christie's
Jan 2001 £1,175 🇬🇧 Christie's
Jan 2001 £705 🇬🇧 Christie's
Jan 2001 £1,762 🇬🇧 Christie's
Nov 2000 £1,057 🇬🇧 Christie's
Nov 2000 £857 🇬🇧 Christie's
Nov 2000 £1,292 🇬🇧 Christie's
Oct 2000 £998 🇬🇧 Christie's
Oct 2000 £763 🇬🇧 Christie's
Oct 2000 £1,057 🇬🇧 Christie's
Oct 2000 £587 🇬🇧 Christie's
Oct 2000 £1,057 🇬🇧 Christie's
Oct 2000 £1,116 🇬🇧 Christie's
Oct 2000 £705 🇬🇧 Christie's
Oct 2000 £1,997 🇬🇧 Christie's
Oct 2000 £763 🇬🇧 Christie's
Oct 2000 £822 🇬🇧 Christie's
Aug 2000 £998 🇬🇧 Christie's
Aug 2000 £705 🇬🇧 Christie's
Aug 2000 £1,057 🇬🇧 Christie's
Aug 2000 £998 🇬🇧 Christie's
Aug 2000 £998 🇬🇧 Christie's
Aug 2000 £763 🇬🇧 Christie's
Jul 2000 £998 🇬🇧 Christie's
Jul 2000 £763 🇬🇧 Christie's
Jul 2000 £646 🇬🇧 Christie's
Jul 2000 £881 🇬🇧 Christie's
Jun 2000 £940 🇬🇧 Christie's
Jun 2000 £1,292 🇬🇧 Christie's
Jun 2000 £1,292 🇬🇧 Christie's
Jun 2000 £998 🇬🇧 Christie's
Jun 2000 £1,116 🇬🇧 Christie's
Jun 2000 £2,467 🇬🇧 Christie's
Jun 2000 £1,410 🇬🇧 Christie's
Jun 2000 £940 🇬🇧 Christie's
Jun 2000 £1,410 🇬🇧 Christie's
Jun 2000 £998 🇬🇧 Christie's
Jun 2000 £998 🇬🇧 Christie's
Jun 2000 £822 🇬🇧 Christie's
May 2000 £1,175 🇬🇧 Christie's
May 2000 £1,880 🇬🇧 Christie's
Jan 2000 £1,610 🇬🇧 Christie's
Jan 2000 £1,092 🇬🇧 Christie's
Jan 2000 £1,380 🇬🇧 Christie's
Nov 1999 £1,035 🇬🇧 Christie's
Nov 1999 £805 🇬🇧 Christie's
Nov 1999 £862 🇬🇧 Christie's
Nov 1999 £977 🇬🇧 Christie's
Oct 1999 £805 🇬🇧 Christie's
Oct 1999 £690 🇬🇧 Christie's
Sep 1999 £977 🇬🇧 Christie's
Sep 1999 £862 🇬🇧 Christie's
Sep 1999 £1,725 🇬🇧 Christie's
Jun 1999 £2,300 🇬🇧 Christie's Leicavit
Jun 1999 £977 🇬🇧 Christie's
Jun 1999 £1,035 🇬🇧 Christie's
Jun 1999 £1,092 🇬🇧 Christie's
Jun 1999 £1,150 🇬🇧 Christie's
Jun 1999 £920 🇬🇧 Christie's
Jun 1999 £920 🇬🇧 Christie's
Jun 1999 £977 🇬🇧 Christie's
May 1999 £632 🇬🇧 Christie's
Mar 1999 £977 🇬🇧 Christie's
Mar 1999 £977 🇬🇧 Christie's
Feb 1999 £1,495 🇬🇧 Christie's
Feb 1999 £1,380 🇬🇧 Christie's
Feb 1999 £805 🇬🇧 Christie's
Feb 1999 £1,207 🇬🇧 Christie's
Jan 1999 £920 🇬🇧 Christie's
Nov 1998 £747 🇬🇧 Christie's
Nov 1998 £862 🇬🇧 Christie's
Oct 1998 £575 🇬🇧 Christie's
Sep 1998 £747 🇬🇧 Christie's
Aug 1998 £632 🇬🇧 Christie's
Jul 1998 £805 🇬🇧 Christie's Leicavit
Jul 1998 £862 🇬🇧 Christie's
Jul 1998 £805 🇬🇧 Christie's
Jul 1998 £586 🇬🇧 Christie's
Jun 1998 £977 🇬🇧 Christie's
Jun 1998 £1,092 🇬🇧 Christie's
Jun 1998 £920 🇬🇧 Christie's
Jun 1998 £575 🇬🇧 Christie's
Jun 1998 £977 🇬🇧 Christie's
Jun 1998 £805 🇬🇧 Christie's
Jun 1998 £977 🇬🇧 Christie's
Jun 1998 £920 🇬🇧 Christie's
Jun 1998 £920 🇬🇧 Christie's
Jun 1998 £1,380 🇬🇧 Christie's
Jun 1998 £621 🇬🇧 Christie's
Jun 1998 £805 🇬🇧 Christie's
Jun 1998 £805 🇬🇧 Christie's
May 1998 £977 🇬🇧 Christie's
May 1998 £805 🇬🇧 Christie's
Mar 1998 £897 🇬🇧 Christie's
Mar 1998 £1,380 🇬🇧 Christie's
Mar 1998 £1,265 🇬🇧 Christie's
Mar 1998 £862 🇬🇧 Christie's
Jan 1998 £1,035 🇬🇧 Christie's
Jan 1998 £1,092 🇬🇧 Christie's
Jan 1998 £862 🇬🇧 Christie's

Frequently asked questions

What is a Leitz IIIg worth today?

Recent UK auction hammer prices sit in the £380–£780 band, with a median close to £420 for clean, functional bodies.

How much does a Leica IIIg sell for at auction?

Typical 2024–2025 saleroom results are £380 to £530, while exceptional or fully serviced examples have reached around £775.

Has the IIIg's value gone up or down?

Hammer prices have softened compared with a decade ago — IIIg bodies that fetched £1,200–£1,300 in the 2010s now more commonly change hands in the £400–£500 range.

Does condition make a big difference to the price?

Yes — the IIIg is condition-sensitive, and bodies with accurate shutter speeds, a bright rangefinder patch and clean chrome consistently achieve the upper end of the range.