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Leica @ WestLicht’s 20th camera auction

By LR admin | Published: September 30, 2011

The 20th WestLicht Photographica camera auction will take place on Saturday, November 12th, 2011 between 11am and 6pm. The auctioned cameras can be previewed from November 1oth, 2011. Here are the Leica highlights: Leica I Mod.A Elmar ‘Calfskin’ from 1930 “Very rare and absolutely original Leica Model A, with calfskin body-cover (LEANEKALB) with brown chequered pattern. […]

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Westilicht Photographica Auctions report

By LR admin | Published: May 28, 2011

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

By LR admin | Published: May 28, 2011

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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Leica M9 Titan prototype at the next Westlicht auction

By LR admin | Published: April 5, 2011

The next Westlicht auction will take place on May 28th in Vienna, Austria. Here are some of the highlights in the Leica section: Leica M9 Titan Prototype (2010) Fully working prototype no.2 of the famous Titanium edition designed by Walter de’Silva, this camera has an analog viewfinder (the edition of 500 cameras was equipped with LED illumination […]

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Rare Leica cameras at the next Westlicht auction

By LR admin | Published: March 14, 2011

Update: I just received the English camera description: The next Westlicht auction will take place on May 28th in Vienna, Austria. Here are some of the highlights in the Leica section: Leica 0-Series No.107 (1923): No. 7 is the first in a small series of about 25 test cameras built by Leitz in 1923, 2 ​​years before the […]

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Westlicht’s Leica auction on December 4th, 2010

By LR admin | Published: November 22, 2010

Westlicht now has a full list of Leica cameras that will go for auction on December 4th, 2010. The “star” of this auction is this Leica MP2 black paint – the starting price is EUR 80.000 and it’s expecting to sell for around EUR 150000-180000: “The MP-2 was the first experimental M cameras with electric motor […]

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