A rare Leica M prototype camera, manufactured in either 1948 or 1949, sold for 2,040,000 euros ($2,143,509) at an auction in Vienna, Austria, far exceeding its estimate of 700,000 euros.
some of the 423 lots that were for sale over the weekend in Vienna , Austria, including a rare Leica M prototype auction organizers expected to sell for as much as 700,000 euros . Now that the auction has occurred, it turns out the estimate was far too low — the Leica M prototype sold for 2,040,000 euros .
Expected to sell for as much as 700,000 euros, the final hammer price for this Leica M prototype camera reached 2,040,000 euros . A Leica IV to M prototype collection, comprising 10 early-stage Leica camera prototypes, also beat estimates by selling for 432,000 euros . This was another lot the auction house highlighted last month in its auction preview, noting that the collection traces the evolution of Leica cameras over nearly two decades.
Collectors love black paint Leica cameras. This Leica M3 black paint Black DIal* sold at auction for 360,000 euros . A rare Nikon Fisheye-Nikkor lens expected to sell for as much as 90,000 euros ultimately did not sell, which means it may appear in a future Leitz Photographica Auction, although probably not the 46th edition next year.
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