Rare 1958 Leica MP2 Sells for Nearly $1.7M USD at Auction

A rare Leica MP2 camera from 1958 has sold at auction for €1,560,000 EUR ($1,675,697 USD) as part of the Leitz Photographica Auction in Wetzlar, Germany.The Leica MP2 was developed in the late 1950s as part of a test series for cameras geared towards photojournalism. Only 27 Leica MP2s were made and only six were created with the blank paint featured in the camera sold at auction. The MP2 was considered a modified version of the Leica M2 that had debuted the year prior.The camera was celebrate...