A rare, one-of-a-kind Nikon 58mm f/1.0 from the 1970s has set a new record for the highest price ever obtained for a Nikon lens at auction.
A rare, one-of-a-kind Nikkor 58mm f/1.0 from the 1970s has set a new record for the highest price ever obtained for a Nikon lens at auction: 187,500 euros .known to date and was sold at the 2022 Wetzlar Camera Auctions in Germany this past weekend. The lens is so rare that it doesn’t have a traditional serial number.
The auction house says that the 58mm f/1.0 lens was originally designed for cathode ray tube photography and has an engraved magnification scale instead of a traditional distance scale. It is estimated to have been produced in 1970. “Two of the extremely rare CRT-Nikkor Auto 58mm f/1 lenses known to us have serial numbers in the 58111x range, which is why we assume that the lens offered here is a prototype,” the auction house explains.The lens was originally estimated to be worth between 15,000 and 20,000 euros, but two extremely interested parties drove the price up considerably. The Wetzlar Camera Auctions customers who connected by phone engaged in what the auction house describes as an “exciting bidding war.
The Nikkor-O Auto 58mm f/1.0 was one of many cameras and lenses that were offered at the Wetzlar Camera auctions this past weekend that included
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