Leitz Photographica Auction Highlights Preview Event at Leica Store & Gallery Los Angeles

Renowned auction house "Leitz Photographica Auction" celebrates its 20th anniversary, holding the world's largest auction of historic cameras for the 40th time. Among the unique collectibles and extraordinary examples of camera history up for auction on June 11, 2022 at the Leitz Park - the international Leica headquarters in Wetzlar - an exceptional highlight stands out: the Leica 0-Series No. 105 produced in 1923.
The 0-Series, a batch of prototypes, holds a special appeal for collectors of historically significant technical artifacts. Before the Leitz Camera - Leica for short - went into series production in the mid-1920s and made the 35mm format the new standard for professional photographers, approximately 20 examples of the 0-Series were manufactured. Around a dozen of them are estimated to still be in existence today.
The 0-Series No. 105 is not only exceptional because of its rarity, it was also one of the personal cameras of Oskar Barnack, the inventor of 35mm photography, whose name adorns the viewfinder of the camera. Barnack used the 105 to capture motifs from his family life, gaining technical insights he then applied to the further development of the camera and its succeeding models.

[@thomastuorto9929]

only 2.4 mil? Ha!

[@analogadam795]

Raised to 12 mil euros now haha

[@TheStockwell]

As he said, that was at a previous auction. This time, the camera sold for over $15 million USD.
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