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The next 2025 Autumn Lidong Camera & Photo Auction will take place on December 14 in Hangzhou, China

By LR admin | Published: November 5, 2025

The next 2025 Autumn Lidong Camera & Photo Auction will take place on December 14 in Hangzhou, China (see previous Lidong auctions):

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2025 Tamarkin Photographica Auction: online bidding is now open

By LR admin | Published: October 25, 2025

Online bidding is now open at the 2025 Tamarkin Photographica Auction “100 Years of Leica” (the auction will take place on Saturday, November 15, 2025):

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Wetzlar Camera Auctions 7 results: Leica M3 black paint sold for € 625,000

By LR admin | Published: October 12, 2025

The results for the latest Wetzlar Camera Auctions 7 are now available online:

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The next Tamarkin auction will take place on November 15, 2025

By LR admin | Published: September 14, 2025

The next Tamarkin auction “100 YEARS OF THE LEICA” will take place on Saturday, November 15, 2025:

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Pope Francis’s Leica M-A film camera to be auctioned for charity, estimated to fetch €700,000 – €800,000

By LR admin | Published: September 10, 2025

Pope Francis’s Leica M-A film camera (reg. $6,310) will be auctioned for charity at the 47th Leitz Photographica Auction on November 22, 2025, and is estimated to fetch between €700,000 and €800,000. Additional picture and information:

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The next Wetzlar Camera Auctions #7 will take place on October 11 in Wetzlar

By LR admin | Published: September 4, 2025

The next Wetzlar Camera Auctions #7 will take place on October 11 in Wetzlar (flip catalog | online catalog | printed catalog). The above pictured Leica MP black paint (1956) is estimated to reach €350,000-€450,000. Here are some of the other Leica highlights:

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Leica 0-series No. 112 from 1923 auctioned for 7.2 million euros: the second most expensive camera ever sold

By LR admin | Published: June 27, 2025

The Leica 0-series No. 112 from 1923 was auctioned for 7.2 million euros at the 46th Leitz Photographica Auction – the second most expensive camera ever sold (the online catalogue can be found here). Leica 0-Series No. 112 prototype coming up for auction: one of the rarest cameras in history Additional information:

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