This 103-year-old Leica 0-Series just sold for almost $5 million – it’s an exceptionally rare piece of photographic history
A job lot of Leica goodies at the Wetzlar Camera Auctions has yielded an astonishing price paid for a super rare Leica 0-series camera. The post This 103-year-old Leica 0-Series just sold for almost $5 million – it’s an exceptionally rare piece of photographic history appeared first on Amateur Photographer .
In a remarkable auction held in Germany, a Leica 0-series camera from 1923 fetched an astonishing €4.25 million, equivalent to around $4.75 million or £3.59 million at the time. This rare piece of photographic history stood out for its exceptional rarity; only 16 Leica 0-series cameras remain in circulation, out of a speculated range of 22 to 25 produced.
The camera auctioned, bearing the serial number 103, was identified as lot number 103, and was manufactured exactly 103 years ago. The bidding war for this camera lasted approximately 20 minutes, far surpassing its initial price of €2 million. The Leica 0-series was a limited set of prototypes developed to test the concept of a lightweight 35mm stills camera, preceding the Leica I, a camera that revolutionized photography.
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