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One of the original Leica 0-Series prototypes from 1923 is for sale

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A century ago in 1923, around 23 prototype 35-mm cameras were produced to test and evaluate the new format and the revolutionary design of the first 35-mm camera, leading to the creation of the landmark Leica A camera in 1925. Just 12 of those Leica 0-… Continue reading One of the original Leica 0-Series prototypes from 1923 is for sale→

75-year-old Leica Reporter camera & motor-drive sets world-record price

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One of Leica’s 250 GG “Reporter” cameras fitted with a “Leica-Motor MOOEV,” the world’s first 35mm camera motor drive unit, has gone within a whisker of becoming the 14th camera to ever sell for more than US$1 million.Continue ReadingCategory: Collecti… Continue reading 75-year-old Leica Reporter camera & motor-drive sets world-record price→

$15 million Leica camera was owned by the man who democratized photography

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When the hammer came down on 11 June 2022 in Vienna, Leitz Photographica had broken its own world auction record for the seventh consecutive time. Apart from a charity auction (which we don't count), only 12 cameras have ever sold for more than a million dollars, all of them at Leitz Photographica. This must rate as a new definition for

Vienna’s Leitz Photographica Auctions celebrated its 20th year in business this week when it sold the camera of the man who invented 35-mm photography for €14,400,000 (US$15,147,360), smashing the previous world record of €2,400,000.

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