Hektor 1.9/7.3cm

LOT
42

Hammer Price
€7,800
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Product number: AI_100 Jahre_30311
Starting Price €4,000
Estimate €7,000 – 8,000
Condition : A-
Manufacture Year : 1932/38
LEITZ AUCTION
100 years of Leica Camera
Hektor 1.9/7.3cm

The offered lot contains four variations of this spectacular lens, all in beautiful, near mint condition: (1) HEKON no. 129733 (1932), black/nickel, in feet, hood, caps, maker’s box, (2) HEGRA no. 129335 (1932), black/nickel, in meter, hood, caps, (3) HEGRA no. 166056 (1933), all black (very rare), in meter, hood, caps, maker’s box, (4) HEGRA no. 437300 (1938), black/chrome, in meter, hood, caps. hood, caps. There were two versions of the high speed lens Hektor 73 mm available since 1932: the HEKON with rotating focusing mount and the HEGRA with parallel focusing mount. The very first lenses were uncoupled. The Hektor was built until about 1942 with over 7,000 lenses produced, all with a special lens hood and front cap. Ab der Markteinführung des lichtstarken Hektor 73 mm in 1932 gab es zwei verschiedene Versionen: das HEKON mit Geradeführung und das HEGRA mit Parallelführung. Die ersten Exemplare waren ohne Entfernungsmesser-Kupplung. Das Hektor wurde bis etwa 1942 mit einer Gesamtproduktion von über 7.000 Objektiven hergestellt, alle mit einer speziellen Sonnenblende und Deckel.

LEITZ AUCTION
100 years of Leica Camera