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Rare Leica Auction

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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Rare Leica underwater housing for M4 rangefinder

  I came across this rare 1970 original underwater housing for Leica M4 on eBay. After 3 bids the price is at $15,200.00 and the reserve is still not met. There is not much information available online for this housing except this PDF file (in Italian). Few years ago, there was an underwater housing for Leica M8, but […]

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What’s new on eBay?

What’s new on eBay? See the Leica eBay fFnds tab.

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Leica M9 Titanium for MSRP on eBay

If you missed to buy one of the 500 limited edition Leica M9 Titanium cameras, there is one available on eBay for MSRP ($26,500.00). It seems that you can also make an offer. The seller has a 100% positive feedback.

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You can get the Leica M9-P now for $10,700

If you cannot wait for your Leica M9-P pre-order to ship, you can get one now on eBay for $10,700:

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Westilicht Photographica Auctions report

Here is a video of the winning 1.3 million EUR bid for the 1923 Leica 0-Serie camera: The next auction is scheduled for November 2011. The complete results of the auction can be found here (PDF file). Here is the official press release from Westilicht Photographica Auctions:

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New record: the most expensive Leica camera sold for 1.9 million USD

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 […]

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