Classic vintage Leica cameras are known for fetching large sums at auctions – and a camera from the same series that broke records for the most expensive camera ever sold is slated for auction this summer. The Leica 0-Series No. 112, a prototype to the Leica I series first produced in 1925, will be on display beginning in April before going up for auction on June 27.
The Leica 0-Series No. 112 comes from the same prototype series as the Leica 0-Series No. 105, a camera that broke the record for the most expensive camera ever sold in 2020 when it fetched €14.4 million, which was roughly $15m / £12.4m / AU$21.7m. While the last three 0-series cameras that came to auction sold for more than €2 million (about $2.15m / £1.67m / AU$3.4m), the No. 105 still holds the record, which it snatched from another Leica 0-series camera, the No. 122 that sold for €2.4 million in 2018.
