The third Wetzlar Camera Auction will take place on October 9th, 2021 in Wetzlar, Germany. The official catalog will be published shortly – here are some selected Leica highlights (pictured above): Leica M4 olive “Bundeswehr” (1970) Leica III prototype (1932) Leica M3 painted black (1958)
A LeicaRumors reader who prefers to remain anonymous purchased this rare Leica IIIg black paint camera with Elmarit 2.8/90mm lens from the Dominic Winter auction back in April of 2019 for £17,500 (around $23,800) after seeing my LeicaRumors blog post. Two years later the same camera was sold for €408,000 (over $477,000) at the 38th […]
The 39th Leitz Photographica Auction will take place on November 20th, 2021 in Vienna and they are looking for consignments of unique Leica pieces and entire collections:
Here are some of the results of 38th Leitz Photographica Auction:
Wetzlar Camera Auctions released a new video for a rare Leica M3 black paint camera that will be part of the upcoming Wetzlar Camera Auctions on October 9th, 2021:
Check out the upcoming Leica auctions: Leitz Photographica Auction (June 12) Catawiki (ongoing) Wetzlar Camera Auctions (October 9) Tamarkin Rare Camera Auctions (coming soon)
A “chargrilled” fire-damaged Leica M4 camera with a Summicron 50mm lens sold for £1,200 ($1,670) at a recent auction in the UK (the final price with fees was £1,488 0r $2,070). The camera belonged to photographer Jonathan Bloom and got damaged in a house fire:
The 38th Leitz Photographica Auction (previously reported here) will take place on June 12, 2021, in Vienna and as usual, will have several interesting items, including a Jony Ive & Marc Newson designed Leica prototype camera (this was the base for the Leica M 240 RED camera that sold for $1.8 million, the Leica museum has another prototype):
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