I Mod.A 'Knud Rasmussen'
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Hammer Price
€9,600
incl. Buyer's Premium
Product number:
AI_17_11025
Starting Price €3,500
Estimate €6,000 – 7,000
Estimate €6,000 – 7,000
serial number : 21360
Condition : B-
Manufacture Year : 1929
Condition : B-
Manufacture Year : 1929
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I Mod.A 'Knud Rasmussen'
outfit used by the famous polar explorer Knud Rasmussen, according to letters by Leica company the camera (Leica I Mod.A with Elmar) was delivered to Skandiapol on July 2nd, 1929. It comes with cap, FODIS rangefinder, double film container with spools, in matching ETRIN case, baseplate with sticker 'KONGSBAK & COHN KOBENHAVN', the outfit and its history is covered by the title story on 7 pages in Classic Camera, 38th edition, April 2001 - ex Ansaldi collection
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