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Rare Leica 0-Series Camera Sells for More than €7m at Leitz Photographica Auction

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The camera is one of only a handful of pre-series Leicas known to survive (Pic: Leitz Photographica Auction) A Leica 0-series camera – one of only a handful made by Leica inventor Oskar Barnack in the 1920s – has sold for nearly five times its estimate at the Leitz Photographica Auction in Germany. The camera,…

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Rare Leica cameras always get high prices at auctions. Now a prototype has come under the hammer. The price is higher than expected.

In Wetzlar, one of the more than a hundred years old prototypes of the world's first 35mm camera comes under the hammer. Fans expect a record price – and this amounts to 14.4 million euros.

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At an auction held by Leica Camera AG, the prototype of a rare 35mm camera sold for millions of dollars. The price was significantly higher than expected, but the collector's item still didn't become the world's most expensive camera.

Rare Leica cameras always get high prices at auctions. Now a prototype has come under the hammer. The price is higher than expected.

Analog Photography Leica of the 0 series auctioned for 7.2 million euros At the 46th Leitz Photographica Auction during the multi-day Leica jubilee celebrations in Wetzlar, one of the Leica 0 series auctioned for 7.2 million euros this afternoon.The nearly 100-year-old camera with the 112 serial number is one of the first 35mm cameras ever produced in the world. Damian Zimmermann Damian Zimmermann is the lead editor at fotoMAGAZIN. 27.06.2025 Th…

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Frankfurter Allgemeine broke the news in Frankfurt, Germany on Thursday, June 26, 2025.
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