Very few of these were ever made, and fewer still exist.
is headed to auction next month and is expected to draw upwards of $2,140,000.
“Based on the assessment of the Leica 0-series by the experts involved, Ernst Leitz II decided in 1924 to mass-produce the camera designed by Oskar Barnack,”writes. “The ‘revolution in photography’ that was initiated as a result took its course. The Leica-0 series is therefore not just the prototype of the Leica I, but the prototype of all Leica 35mm cameras to date.”
“In the delivery list for cameras from the Leica 0-series, which is still in the Leica archive, there are a total of 20 entries in the number range 101 to 125 — the lines with the numbers 116 and 121 and 123 to 125 are empty,” the auction house continues.
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