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Leica 0-Series no.105 'Oscar Barnack'

Year: 1923
Serial No.: 105
Estimate: EUR 2.000.000 - 3.000.000
Starting price: EUR 1.000.000
Hammer price: EUR 14.400.000
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Leica 0-Series no.105 'Oscar Barnack'

Only approximately 22 of 0-Series Leicas were produced in 1923 to
test the market, two years before the commercial introduction of the
Leica A. Only around a dozen survived to the present day. Among these
extremely rare cameras, one is of particular historical importance.
The 0-Series with the serial number 105 was the personal camera of
the the inventor of the Leica - Oskar Barnack.

 

This inconspicuous-looking black-painted camera shows a patina of
years of use. Some of the parts have been exchanged by the owner. The
Galilean finder shows a distinctive engraving on the top: 'Oscar
Barnack'. The inventor used the camera until 1930, when he gave it to
his son, Conrad, and began using a Leica I Model C with
interchangeable lenses. It stayed in the family ownership until 1960,
when it was sold to a passionate U.S. collector. The lot includes an
original leather lens cap on a string, later aluminium cap, engraved
with initials 'O.B.' and heavily-modified Nettel camera that Barnack
used for his photographic research studies, as well as numerous
documents and letters concerning the Barnack's camera. The Leica
0-Series no.105 we have a pleasure to offer for sale is not only the
most distinguished Leica existing but also one of the major
historical milestones from the history of photography.

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