An anonymous buyer paid a record $2.8m for a 1923 Leica camera this past weekend in Vienna. The ultra-rare O-Series was one of just 12 surviving test versions that Leica produced before introducing the series commercially in 1925. The final price was some 7 times higher than the estimate.Galerie Westlicht began the bidding at $386,000, setting in motion a bidding war that resulted in the stellar price. The previous record was the $1.9m that an Asian collector paid in May, 2011 for the same model Leica .
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Eisenstadt’s ‘Kiss In Times Square’ Leica To Sell
April 22, 2013Better than any other, the image conveyed America’s joy and relief at the end of World War II. Now the Leica camera that famed photographer Alfred Eisenstadt used to capture a couple kissing in Times Square will be offered for sale in a German auction. When the Leica III rangefinder crosses the block at WesttLicht’s Photographica auction on May 24 in Vienna, it’s expected to sell for $26,000-$32,000.
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Another Leica Auction, More Records
November 27, 2012Just a few days after a circa-1930 Leica Luxus 1 realized almost $1m in Hong Kong, another vintage Leica once owned by American photographer David Douglas Duncan has sold for $2.19m at an auction in Vienna. The 1955 black M3D, built especially for Duncan by the factory, was one of only four manufactured and set a record for a commercially produced camera.
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Vintage Leica Sells For $974,900
November 26, 2012The $974,900 that a buyer paid in Hong Kong for a circa 1930 Luxus 1 wasn’t the highest price every paid for a Leica. That distinction belongs to a 1923 Leica prototype, which sold last May for $2.3m. It was, however, a world auction record for this model, and a considerable surprise, as its final price was some seven times higher than Bonhams’ estimate.
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Rising Value of Unrestored Cars
By Malcolm Welford, Vintage Car Specialist
