Update: the video of the winning bid and a detailed report from the auction can be found here. Today at Westilicht Photographica Auctions a Leica 0-Serie Nr.107 (1923) camera sold for 1.3 million EUR (1.9 million USD). The opening bid was 200,000 EUR with an estimated price of 350,000-450,000 EUR. AP reports that the camera went to a […]
The next Westlicht auction will take place on May 28th in Vienna, Austria. Here are some of the highlights in the Leica section: Leica M9 Titan Prototype (2010) Fully working prototype no.2 of the famous Titanium edition designed by Walter de’Silva, this camera has an analog viewfinder (the edition of 500 cameras was equipped with LED illumination […]
Update: I just received the English camera description: The next Westlicht auction will take place on May 28th in Vienna, Austria. Here are some of the highlights in the Leica section: Leica 0-Series No.107 (1923): No. 7 is the first in a small series of about 25 test cameras built by Leitz in 1923, 2 years before the […]
Westlicht now has a full list of Leica cameras that will go for auction on December 4th, 2010. The “star” of this auction is this Leica MP2 black paint – the starting price is EUR 80.000 and it’s expecting to sell for around EUR 150000-180000: “The MP-2 was the first experimental M cameras with electric motor […]
