A. 40th Leitz Photography auction, Oscar Barnack’s personal 0-Series Leica camera sold for just over $ 15M, breaking the expected high of the ঘ 2.2 to 3 3.3M hammer price in the auction house. Chris and Jordan of DPRiview TV attended the auction and a video was made, we wanted to update you in advance in the form of a news article.
The final hammer price of 14.4M is a wonderful sum, so what makes the camera so special? In 1923, two years before the Bernak Leica I was launched, 23 prototype Leica-0 cameras were made. Of these 23, only a dozen are believed to have survived. This alone makes the 0-Series a rare, valuable camera. However, it is not the specific 0-Series that has sold for more than $ 15M Any The Leica 0-Series was the personal camera of Leica founder Oscar Barnac.
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The most expensive camera sold at Barnac’s 0-Series auction. The previous record holder had a different 0-series camera. That Leica 0-Series camera sold for 2.4M (about $ 2.5M) in 2018. It is safe to assume that if the same camera were to be auctioned off in 2022, it could have sold for a higher price, but it is clear that the Barnac angle has its name engraved on the camera viewfinder in the valuable Barnac camera.
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On his Facebook page, Leica Camera Cited Oskar Barnack, ‘I spent years working on this first model, and I still have a lot of photographs from that time. Today, we can safely say that the validity of a high-quality 35mm camera has been proven. ‘ The Prototype 0-Series was very important for Lycra’s early cameras and helped pave the way for 35mm photography. Undoubtedly, very 0-series cameras anyone just pays A lot Money is an important part of photographic history.
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Bernak’s Leica 0-Series camera was in his family until 1960, when it was sold to an American collector. The camera is sold with a string and an engraved aluminum cap along with a genuine leather lens cap. The camera has an attached 50mm F3.5 lens. The 0-Series prototypes later helped explain the design of the interchangeable lens Leica camera.
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Although Bernak’s 0-Series camera was the most expensive camera sold at auction, the 40th Litz Photographic auction included more than 400 cameras and lenses. You can check out the complete catalog Here And final auction results Here.
