VITALUX 'Half Frame Prototype'
LOT
65
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Hammer Price
€40,800
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_21_13998
Starting Price €7,000
Estimate € 14.000 – 16.000
Estimate € 14.000 – 16.000
Condition : B
Manufacture Year : c.1953
Manufacture Year : c.1953
LEITZ AUCTION
21
VITALUX 'Half Frame Prototype'
Leitz prototype of a 18x24mm half-frame camera with large built in bright line viewfinder and metal focal plane shutter, film winding system similar to Meopta Mikroma with a sliding rail on the back under the top plate, still all parts by Leitz, 32mm lens thread mount, chrome painted top and base plate, this is the only known Leitz VITALUX half frame prototype - it never went into production (as the famous Leica BOX and the Leica-H) - ex Paul-Henry van Hasbroeck collection
LEITZ AUCTION
21