This rare Leica MP-33 just sold for nearly $700,000 – but a 1938 camera delivered the biggest auction surprise

Letiz Auction NO.48.

Rare Leica cameras have once again commanded extraordinary prices at auction, with a black-paint Leica MP-33 selling for €600,000, or approximately $696,000, during Leitz Photographica Auction 48 in Wetzlar, Germany.

Held at the World of Leica on June 13, the auction brought together some of the rarest and most historically important Leica cameras in existence. While the MP-33 was the headline lot, it was far from the only camera to achieve a staggering result.