sabears Posted May 12, 2012 Share #1 Posted May 12, 2012 Advertisement (gone after registration) See lot n.3 WestLicht Photographica Auction, EUR 2.160.000 cheers Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted May 12, 2012 Posted May 12, 2012 Hi sabears, Take a look here A new Record at Westlicht!. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
LeicaBraz Posted May 12, 2012 Share #2 Posted May 12, 2012 That makes the M9M dirty cheap. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoferat Posted May 12, 2012 Share #3 Posted May 12, 2012 each record is new, otherwise it would not be one Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dkCambridgeshire Posted May 12, 2012 Share #4 Posted May 12, 2012 Stuka lens hood made €26,400 (Lot 86) Other unexpectedly high prices: Lot 123 Leica M3 (MP conversion by Leica) €132,000 Lot 168 Leitz 35/1.4 M lens €72,000 ... must be something very special about this? Recession has not affected Leica collectables' prices dunk Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
M9reno Posted May 12, 2012 Share #5 Posted May 12, 2012 It seems a general trend. The art world saw similar action this week: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/10/arts/design/lichtenstein-and-bacon-paintings-top-sothebys-sale.html?_r=1&ref=design A Rothko from 1961 sold for almost US$87 million. Records in pedantry were also broken this week. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
richam Posted May 12, 2012 Share #6 Posted May 12, 2012 Takes one's breath away. I suspect it's recession-connected. Investment money looking for a place that avoids today's shaky investments as well as government taxation. Think about it. If you had 2m Euro to invest, better in this set or in Greek Treasury bonds? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
luigi bertolotti Posted May 12, 2012 Share #7 Posted May 12, 2012 Advertisement (gone after registration) Also some lenses achieved incredibly high prices... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
martinis Posted May 12, 2012 Share #8 Posted May 12, 2012 That is 2 million isn't it ? Golly. Just seen this. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/culturenews/9261983/Camera-sells-for-record-1.7-million.html Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dkCambridgeshire Posted May 12, 2012 Share #9 Posted May 12, 2012 I don't think I'll be parting with my Leica 'O' Series just yet ... they seem to be a good investment: Untitled by s4sargent, on Flickr Untitled by s4sargent, on Flickr Untitled by s4sargent, on Flickr dunk Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stealth3kpl Posted May 13, 2012 Share #10 Posted May 13, 2012 This makes the M9-M look good value. Pete Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
farnz Posted May 13, 2012 Share #11 Posted May 13, 2012 ... Lot 168 Leitz 35/1.4 M lens €72,000 ... must be something very special about this? ... It's the M2 version with the chrome front ring, dunk. When I first saw its picture I thought it was a Voigtlander 35/1.4. Pete. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
farnz Posted May 13, 2012 Share #12 Posted May 13, 2012 I don't think I'll be parting with my Leica 'O' Series just yet ... they seem to be a good investment. How will you afford the insurance premiums on yours now? It looks to be in much better condition than the one that fetched £2M or am I missing something? Pete. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 13, 2012 Share #13 Posted May 13, 2012 The page lnked here by Pete to a less than 6 years old article (also from BBC.CO.UK) shows imo how Leica marketing has evolved in this period, compared to Leica technology. Look at the latest inovative Leica next to Canicon's evolution from 6 years ago, when HD video (not to mention RAW format video or 4K video) was nonexistent all the way to their latest product line. BBC NEWS | UK | Magazine | Camera obscurer? (This for the confines of the Bar only, where the daily use to Leica talk is habitual. But probably not memory-blurring for photographers and other long-timers). "Three grant to you guv - the new M8 " Morgan cars' and Harley-Davidson motocycles' sales philosophy applied to digital cameras Porsche and Piech might be even better as a study-case, remember Lopez ?. Absolutely nothing against great marketing, but L should continue to find and train world class engineers, too. I'll look up the Wetzlar directory a year from now, see if a sushi restaurant opened there. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil U Posted May 13, 2012 Share #14 Posted May 13, 2012 am I missing something? Take a closer look at the serial number in that picture. All is not what it seems. Then have a look at Lot 2 at the recent Westlicht Auction. edit: when I say "a closer look at" I mean "a closer look around" Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmradman Posted May 13, 2012 Share #15 Posted May 13, 2012 This may have been posted already, amazing piece of photographic and Leica history sells for Euro 2.16 M BBC News - Leica camera fetches 2.16m euros at auction Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dkCambridgeshire Posted May 13, 2012 Share #16 Posted May 13, 2012 How will you afford the insurance premiums on yours now? It looks to be in much better condition than the one that fetched £2M or am I missing something? Pete. Look at the ... and the SN ... Just a bit of fun dunk Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
farnz Posted May 13, 2012 Share #17 Posted May 13, 2012 D'oh! I knew that there were only supposed to have been 25 made but since the one that sold at Westlicht was No. 112, your No. 26 didn't register as dodgy. Pete. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
luigi bertolotti Posted May 14, 2012 Share #18 Posted May 14, 2012 How will you afford the insurance premiums on yours now? It looks to be in much better condition than the one that fetched £2M or am I missing something? Pete. Leica 0-Serie 0 Serie replica con 50/3.5 Leitz Anastigmat | eBay (nice item, Dunk !) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
biglouis Posted May 14, 2012 Share #19 Posted May 14, 2012 I find this highly ironic. I wonder if Oskar Barnack ever expected a simple camera like this would be worth so much money? I also wonder if he ever expected that his innovation would lead to a modern day corporation who actually believes that $10,000 lenses and $7,000 bodies benefit photography? LouisB Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sabears Posted May 14, 2012 Author Share #20 Posted May 14, 2012 I find this highly ironic. I wonder if Oskar Barnack ever expected a simple camera like this would be worth so much money? I also wonder if he ever expected that his innovation would lead to a modern day corporation who actually believes that $10,000 lenses and $7,000 bodies benefit photography? LouisB Agree, this unpredictable destiny seems to be common even in other fields: during his lifetime Van Gogh was never famous as a painter and struggled to make a living as an artist . cheers. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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