Leitz Photographica Auction has established itself as a fixture in the international camera world in recent years and can boast a number of spectacular record results. Bidders from all over the world take part in the auction to bid on rarities, vintage cameras and historical cameras.
The auctions stand for iconic cameras with unmatched build quality. The Viennese auction team, which prepares the Leitz Photographica Auction and implements it twice a year, lives up to this claim. Experts in the field of vintage cameras ensure a well-founded evaluation of the exhibits - this also applies to hidden treasures that are discovered in private estates.
WORLD RECORD IN JUNE 2022 In the 40th auction in June 2022, the Leica 0-Series with the serial no. 105 achieved the incredible world record of EUR 14.400.000 including premium. The No. 105 was the personal camera of Oscar Barnack, the inventor of the Leica and thus one of the historically most important cameras ever to be auctioned.
32nd Auction in March 2018 the record price of 2.4 million euros (2 million hammer price plus premium) made the Leica 0-series No. 122 the most expensice camera in the world at that time. In addition, the auction was one of the most successful in the history of the traditional Viennese auction house. 32nd Auction
In the 22nd auction in November 2012 the legendary M3D by LIFE photographer and Picasso intimate David Douglas Duncan was sold for 1.680.000 including premium, making it the most expensive serial camera of all time.
At this auction, the gold-plated 'Luxus' Leica from 1929 (starting price EUR 70.000) achieved an unbelievable price of 1.020.000 including premium and the very first series-produced M3 from the former property of the chief designer at Leitz, Willi Stein, was sold for EUR 900.000 at a starting price of EUR 80.000.
