KMZ Merkuriy-1 2/5cm prototype for Kometa

Hammer Price
€9,600
incl. Buyer's Premium

Estimate
€8,000 – 10,000

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serial number

Condition

B/A

Manufacture Year

1957

Product number

AI_20220621_1414_41799

Extremely rare and historically important prototype rangefinder coupled lens, in very good condition, it was constructed for the famous "KOMETA" camera released by KMZ in 1958 for the Brussels World's Fair, this exact lens can be seen in 1959 Sovietskoe Foto magazine, only a second exemplar no.000026 is known to exist!