Topic: Anyone tried to bid on the Leica?

[Francois]

I don't know if you've seen this on the news but yesterday, there was a Leica-0 on the auction block in Austria. It was a 1923 pre-production model. It had no serial number. It is said that there were only 25 ever made. And only half of that are still around to this day. The camera was in working condition and sold for a puny 2.8 million US dollars!

Here's the link to the news
http://uk.reuters.com/article/2012/05/13/us-austria-camera-idUKBRE84C06O20120513

[SLVR]

holy crap! Sounds like this should be a museum piece. Its really cool to think that these cameras are still owned by private parties. I hope the guy who bought it puts a couple rolls through it before putting it into some vacuum sealed glass box or something.

[Francois]

I tried to call in yesterday but for some reason they refused my 75$ offer   

[SLVR]

they wouldnt take trades either??

[Alan]

... i hope there will be film to use in it going forward . . . 

[Ed Wenn]

The camera was in working condition and sold for a puny 2.8 million US dollars!

Shame it raised so little. They obviously should have used the word, "Lomo" in the listing title to push the price up.

 

[charles binns]

It'll be on eBay soon.  99p starting price.

[Francois]

Shame it raised so little. They obviously should have used the word, "Lomo" in the listing title to push the price up.

 

Now, I wonder what a pre-production prototype of the LCA would fetch?

[Ordinal]

Probably doesn't even come with a case.

[Francois]

If it did, it's probably one of those never ever ready cases (a.k.a. museum glass display case).

[moominsean]

Well, there is still a $10,000 Polaroid 185 on ebay if you have a couple extra bucks...