The starting bid for Christo’s “Wrapped Leica” at the Wetzlar Camera Auction will be €40,000. The estimated selling price for now is €80,000 – €100,000 but I expect the final hammer price to be significantly higher. Other wrapped objects by Christo sold in the past for €250,000 and more. Christo’s “Wrapped Leica” camera to be […]
Many of you are probably familiar with the work of the artist Christo (website). What I did not know is that back in 1994 Christo wrapped a Leica M4 camera for the birthday of his photographer Wolfgang Volz. That same wrapped Leica M4 camera will be listed at the upcoming Wetzlar Camera Auction on October […]
A new Ostlicht camera auction is coming on June 5th, 2024 with a special Leica collection:
The first die-cast Leica camera (1933/1934): this prototype represents the earliest experimental version of the later Leica IIIc – with opening swing-up backdoor and folding rewind crank – features that were commercially introduced later in 1954 with the Leica M3, and in 1967 with the Leica M4. This camera will be part of the next […]
The next Tamarkin Rare Camera Auction will take place on Saturday, November 18th, 2023. The auction catalog is available here. The bid sheet can be downloaded here. Online bidding will open soon.
The results from the 5th Wetzlar Camera Auctions are out – 3.5 million euros was paid for a 100-year-old Leica camera: Additional information:
The fifth Wetzlar Camera Auctions is starting in 3 days on October 7th, 2023. The online catalog can be found here and here. Some of the auction’s highlights are:
The next Tamarkin Rare Camera Auction will take place on Saturday, November 18th, 2023. Tamarkin will offer collectors more than 200 lots of rare photographica. Additional information will be provided in the next few weeks. Stay tuned! View this post on Instagram A post shared by Tamarkin Auctions (@leicashopchicago)
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