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Several classic Leica cameras are up for auction at the Michael’s Camera Museum in Australia

By LR admin | Published: August 5, 2022

The Michael’s Camera Museum collection in Australia is being put up for auction. They are featuring several classic Leica cameras:

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Leitz Photographica Auction results: Oskar Barnack’s 0-Series Leica camera no. 105 sold for 14.4 million Euros

By LR admin | Published: June 11, 2022

The 40th Leitz Photographica Auction is now over. The highlight of the auction, Oskar Barnack’s 0-Series Leica camera no. 105, sold for 14.4 million Euros (including buyer’s premium). The full catalog can be found here and the final auction results are available here. Here are a few more pictures from the auction by Thorsten Overgaard:

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40th Leitz Photographica Auction catalog now available online

By LR admin | Published: May 19, 2022

The catalog for the 40th Leitz Photographica Auction is now available online and at Live Auctioneers. The highlights from the upcoming auction can be found here –  Oskar Barnack’s 0-Series Leica camera is expected to fetch over $3M. The upcoming auction will take place on:

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Tamarkin Camera and Auctions is moving to a new location

By LR admin | Published: May 11, 2022

Our sponsor Tamarkin Camera and Auctions is moving to a new location in Chigaco:

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Six different Swedish military/army Leica IIIf/IIIg cameras coming to an auction next week

By LR admin | Published: April 30, 2022

A small auction house in Southern Sweden has listed six different Swedish military Leica cameras for their upcoming auction on May 7th at 8:30 CEST. Five of the cameras are coming with a black Elmar 3.5/5cm lens. One of the Leicas IIIf cameras (No.822901) is the first camera in the batch 822901–823000 for the Swedish […]

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Here are the highlights from the upcoming 40th Leitz Photographica Auction (catalog now available)

By LR admin | Published: April 15, 2022

The catalog for the upcoming 40th Leitz Photographica Auction is now available and can be found here (the auction will be held on 11 June at Leitz Park in Wetzlar):  In addition to Oskar Barnack’s 0-Series Leica camera that is expected to fetch over $3M, here are some of the other highlights from the […]

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Oskar Barnack’s 0-Series Leica camera expected to fetch over $3M at the next Leitz Photographica Auction

By LR admin | Published: March 29, 2022

The 20th anniversary of the Leitz Photographica Auction will be special (will be held on 11 June at the Leitz Park in Wetzlar): it will offer for auction the historically unique Leica 0-Series camera with a serial number 105. This was the personal camera of Oskar Barnack, the inventor of 35 mm photography. Heree are […]

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