5th Jun, 2024 13:00

OSTLICHT CAMERA AUCTION SPRING 2024

 
  Lot 50
 

Leica 72 Midland + Elmar 3.5/5cm

Estimate
€11,000 - €13,000
 

Buyer's premium: 20%

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Lot details

Start price: €6.000

Estimate: € 11.000 – 13.000

SN: 357326
Year: 1955
Condition: B+

English:

Rare and 100% authentic Leica 72 Midland in perfect working original condition with Elmar 3.5/5cm no. 832191. With the expertise by Ottmar Michaely from March, 2014. The camera is uncommon good condition. It was delivered on February 22nd, 1957 to Ultramar in Mexico. (copy of the Leitz delivery record attached). The only half-frame Leica model to go into serial production is the Leica 72. It takes 72 instead of 36 exposures on one regular 35mm rollfilm. Only 150 units were built at the Leitz factory in Midland, Ontario (Canada).

 

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Deutsch:

Seltene und 100% authentische Leica 72 Midland in perfekt funktionierendem Originalzustand mit Elmar 3.5/5cm Nr.832191. Mit einem Gutachten von Ottmar Michaely vom März 2014. Die Kamera befindet sich in einem ungewöhnlich guten Zustand. Sie wurde am 22. Februar 1957 nach Ultramar in Mexiko geliefert. (Kopie des Leitz-Lieferbuches ist beigefügt). Die Halbformat-Leica kann 72 Aufnahmen auf einem regulären 35mm-Rollfilm belichten. Nur 150 Einheiten wurden in der Leitz-Fabrik in Midland, Ontario (Kanada) gebaut.

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

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