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):
DC.Watch (Google translation) published a report from the new Leica Museum, including some interesting and uniques Leica cameras:
The Leica M custom made camera by Jony Ive and Marc Newson for (RED) sold for $1,805,000 at Sotheby’s charity auction in New York (hammer price with buyer’s premium). The camera was initially expected to reach $500,000 to $750,000. The (RED) auction at Sotheby’s raised a total of $26.2 million to fight AIDS in Africa.
The New York Times reports that the one-of-a-kind Leica M 240 designed by Jony Ive and Marc Newson could reach an estimated $500,000 to $750,000 during the (RED) charity auction on November 23; “According to a Leica spokesman, the Leica M (RED) camera took two years to design and build and is the only camera ever designed by Mr. […]
The one of a kind Leica M for (RED) camera is currently on display at the Leica Store in New York Soho. The camera designed by Jony Ive and Marc Newson will be auctioned for charity on November 23, 2013 at Sotheby’s.
In this video Jony Ive and Marc Newson briefly talk about the one of a kind Leica M (RED) camera that will be auctioned for charity on November 23:
Leica Digital Rangefinder Camera designed by Jony Ive and Marc Newson to join more than 40 rare and exceptional objects in (RED) Auction at Sotheby’s New York Money raised through the (RED) Auction will go towards the fight against AIDS in Africa A truly unique Leica Digital Rangefinder Camera designed by Jony Ive and Marc Newson […]
During the Leica M announcement last year, Andreas Kaufmann unofficially revealed that “a very special limited edition version of the camera” designed by Jonathan Ive will be coming in 2013. We now have some addition information – the camera will be sold at a (RED) Sotheby’s charity auction on November 23: “Leading the auction are […]
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