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This Leica M7 Titanium three lens kit is listed for $223,130 on eBay

This brand new Leica M7 Titanium camera kit with 28mm/2, 50mm/1.4 and 90mm/2 lenses is currently listed on eBay for $223,130 (more info on the kit is available here). Seven offers are already declined. Only 50 pieces of this limited edition were produced back in 2004. A similar Leica M7 Titanium with a 50mm/1.4 ASPH lens recently sold […]

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Tamarkin & Bertoldi Vintage Auctions this weekend

The next Tamarkin & Bertoldi Vintage Auctions will be held this weekend – Saturday and Sunday, October 27 & 28, 2012 and will include 549 lots of rare and collectible photographic items from Leica, Nikon, Hasselblad, Rollei and others:

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Bonhams Leica auction in Hong Kong

Bonhams will hold an action for rare Leica cameras in Hong Kong on November 23. The top lot is a Leica Luxus I camera (1930) 
No. 48048 
with 50mm f/3.5 Elmar lens and faux lizard skin body covering. The camera is expected to reach HK$1,200,000-1,800,000 (£100,000-150,000). The Luxus cameras were produced on special order only in very […]

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The 22nd WestLicht Camera Auction will take place on November 24, 2012

The 22nd WestLicht Camera Auction will take place on Saturday, November 24, 2012, 11am. Preview will start on Wednesday, November 21, daily 10 am – 6 pm. Here are the details: After the sensational world record auction this past May – a Leica 0-Series achieved a price of 2,160,000 EUR – the amazing offers of the 22nd […]

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The “Leica Gun” sold for $119,500

The Leica Gun sold at Tamarkin auction for $119,500 including buyer’s fee, a world record for a Leica accessory. Here are the remaining top Leica bids:

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Another Leica M9 Titanium available for sale

The last Leica M9 Titanium on Amazon sold very quickly after my post few days ago. It seems that there is still a strong demand for this digital limited edition. Currently there is another used M9-T for sale on eBay for approximately US $26,326 which is actually few hundred dollars cheaper than the original price of $26,500. Update: here […]

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Over 60 lots of Leica cameras, lenses and accessories will be auctioned with no reserve

Over 60 lots of Leica cameras, lenses and accessories will be auctioned at the Kaprelian camera auction (with no reserve) on November 19th, 2011. For more info check Ruller’s Fine Art Auctions.

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Tamarkin auction to include the “Leica Gun” and Hemingway’s Leica camera

Tamarkin’s rare camera auction will take place on Sunday, October 30 and will feature some rare Leica cameras: About the “the Leica gun”: Leica Telephoto Assembly RIFLE, known as “the Leica Gun” or, in Germany, as the“Leica Gewehr.” A product of the E. Leitz agency in New York in the 1930s, the Leica Rifle is the rarest of all accessories. […]

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