Camera prototype sells at auction for £1.74 million
A prototype Leica camera has sold for 2.16m euros (£1.74m), setting a new world record for a camera. It was one of just 25 models created in 1923 as a prototype for the groundbreaking Leica A, which was the first commercially successful compact camera to use 35mm film. Branded the "null-serie", or 0-Series, only 12 are known to have survived. The camera was bought by an anonymous bidder at the Galerie Westl ...
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