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World record price for vintage Leica camera
Posted by: Peter Kroezen in Classic Camera TipsWestlicht Photografica Auction in Austria has done it again: setting a world record for a collector camera.
Leica number 107 was sold to a private European collector for…..€ 336,000 Euros (that’s US$ 499,000). Proving again the classic camera collector market is alive and kicking.
This camera was part of a series of test cameras made by Leitz in 1923 to test the market. It also is one of the first Leica cameras meant for export, and sent to New York for patenting.
Westlicht has set a world record price in May 2007 also with a Daguerrotype camera.
Their next auction will be in May 2008. Owner Peter Coeln has let me know they’re now also on live eBay auctions, which means bids from all over the world can be accepted in real time through eBay.
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February 1st, 2008 at 12:47 am
I’m trying to get the word out about a great Vintage camera auction that will be coming up Feb.2nd at 1:00 pm central Standard time. Go to my website to see the full catalog. You can pre-bid 1 hour to the start of the auction. Sit back and listen live to the auction while its in progress. Leica, Exackta,Exa and many more.