Leitz Prototype Halfframe Camera
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Hammer Price
€54,000
incl. Buyer's Premium
This item is subject to margin scheme taxation and the premium is 24% if it remains in the EU
Product number:
AI_32_36408
Starting Price €16,000
Estimate € 30.000 – 35.000
Estimate € 30.000 – 35.000
Condition : B
Manufacture Year : c.1948
Manufacture Year : c.1948
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Leitz Prototype Halfframe Camera
Unique small size camera made by Leitz engineers with internally mounted Compur-type leaf shutter, 80-exposure counter dial, front mounted shutter speed dial, half-frame viewfinder, red painted vulcanite, baseplate engraved 'Helmut Schäfer Wetzlar', modified Elmar 3.5/3.5cm no.643423 - ex Christie's auction July 1989 (the catalogue shows a photographer using this camera c.1948), the camera is also on the cover of the LHSA Viewfinder magazine Vol. 22 No.4 1989
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