At the
WestLicht Camera Auction on March 10, 2018, treasures like an historic Leica
of the 0 series can be found once again.
With the Leica 0-Series No.
122 (estimate: 700.000-900.000 Euro) WestLicht once again managed to offer an
extraordinary lot. The 0 series Leica is one of the great rarities of camera
history. A copy number 116 was auctioned at WestLicht in 2012 and is still the
most expensive camera ever sold. The copy offered this time is in fantastic
original condition and the one that is best preserved. In 1923, two years
before the launch of the Leica, Ernst Leitz produced 25 test cameras (serial
numbers 101-125). Of those, only about
three of them are in their original condition. This historic Leica, as well as
other highlights of the auction, come from the famous collection of Jim
Jannard, the founder of Oakley and maker of the RED Digital Camera.
Leica M2 painted gray
Other lots from Leica /
Leitz include a prototype of the Leica M3 number 0040 (estimated price
300,000-400,000 euros) with matching prototype lens from 1952, a
black-painted Leica MP-89 in mint original condition (estimated price: 200,000
250,000 euros), a Leica MP-2 (estimate: 300,000-350,000 euros) and a Leica M2
painted gray (estimate: 140,000-160,000 euros), one of the rarest Leica cameras
built in standard production. In 1960, twenty gray painted M2s were delivered
to the US Air Force in Germany. The camera offered is only the second copy that
is ever sold in a public auction.
Hasselblad Lunar Surface
SW
The auction also includes
rarities from other manufacturers, such a very rare, early Russian Leica II
copy from 1934, the VOOMP (Union of Optico-Mechanical Factories), which is
estimated at 8,000-9,000 euros, a Nikon One (Estimated Price: 16,000-18,000
Euros), the first mass-produced Nikon from 1948, with matching lens and case,
and a Hasselblad Lunar Surface SWC (estimated price: 18,000-22,000 Euros). The
Voigtländer Vito III prototype with coupled rangefinder and fixed Ultron 1.9 /
5cm objective (estimated price: 10,000-12,000 euros) shows the importance of
the German camera industry after 1945. More information:
www.westlicht-auction.com
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