5th Jun, 2024 13:00

OSTLICHT CAMERA AUCTION SPRING 2024

 
  Lot 46
 

Leica IIIf + Compur Summitar * 2/5cm Prototype

Estimate
€45,000 - €50,000
Current bid
€24,000
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Lot details

Start price: €24.000

Estimate: € 45.000 – 50.000

SN: 537878
Year: 1950
Condition: B/A

English:

Ultra-rare prototype lens no. 812297 in very good original condition, complete with original prototype release arm and matching black dial Leica IIIf body no. 537878. LITERATURE Paul-Henry van Hasbroeck (ed.) 'Leica, a history illustrating every model and accessory', p. 195, 202. Both Summitar * as well as Compur Summicron lenses are among the great rarities of Leica lenses from the 1950s. Most unusual is the combination of both: only six specimens of the Summitar * were completed as central-shutter lenses and so are not only forerunners of the Summicron, but also prototypes of the later Compur-Summicron. In more than 30 years we saw only two Summitar * with Compur-shutters.

 

* Fully Taxed

 

Deutsch:

Äußerst seltenes Prototyp-Objektiv Nr.812297 in sehr schönem originalen Zustand, komplett mit Prototyp-Auslösearm und passender black-dial Leica IIIf Nr.537878. LITERATUR Paul-Henry van Hasbroeck (Hrsg.) 'Leica, a history illustrating every model and accessory', S. 195, 202. Sowohl Summitar * als auch Compur Summicron Objektive gehören zu den großen Raritäten der Leica-Objektive aus den 1950er Jahren. Besonders ungewöhnlich ist die Kombination beider: Nur sechs Exemplare des Summitar * wurden als Zentralverschluss-Objektive fertiggestellt und sind somit nicht nur Vorläufer des Summicron, sondern auch Prototypen des späteren Compur-Summicron. In mehr als 30 Jahren sahen wir nur zwei Summitar * mit Compur-Verschluss Objektive.

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Auction: OSTLICHT CAMERA AUCTION SPRING 2024, 5th Jun, 2024

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