Leitz Photographica Auction

Name: Leitz Photographica Auction
Address: Westbahnstraße 40, Wien, 1070, AT
Telephone: +4315235659
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Leitz Photographica Auction is the official auction house of Leica Camera AG It is the second-highest price ever paid for a camera!

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Leitz Photographica Auction has established itself as the biggest auction house for cameras in the world and has some record-breaking results to show: in the 22nd Camera Auction in November 2012 the legendary M3D owned by the LIFE photographer and Picasso intimate David Douglas Duncan was sold for price of 1,680,000 Euro (opening bid: 150,000 Euros) and became the most expensive camera from a serial production ever. The gold-plated ‘Luxus’ Leica, dated 1929 sold for 1,020,000 Euro (opening bid: 70,000 Euro), was the second most expensive camera of the auction. The very first serial-production M3 (1953, serial number 700001), formerly owned by Willi Stein, chief engineer of Leitz, was sold at a top price of 900,000 Euro (opening bid: 80,000 Euro)

These three cameras are therefore the most expensive cameras from serial production, ever sold. The 0 series Leica sold for 2,160,000 Euro at the 21st Leitz Camera auction in May 2012 was a prototype. We are continuing our efforts to search for the most beautiful and rare pieces for you. Our international network of dealers and collectors enables us to offer you the most interesting and sought after pieces of camera history. More than 18.000 lots were sold to aficionados and collectors in the past 36 Camera Auctions. We are always accepting unique high-quality pieces or complete collections for our next auctions. Here you can find further information on the consignment of lots.

21/10/2026

Another highlight of our November auction is this very early Leica M3.

This Leica M3 is distinguished by the characteristic corner at the front of the top plate, a feature found only on the earliest examples. It retains the important early-production details, including the early casting type with Guss no. 458, long strap lugs, no “L” seal, the early viewfinder and the early back door.

According to the Leica delivery records, the camera was delivered to Manca, New York, on March 12, 1954. It is in very good condition, with some repaired areas to the vulcanite, and comes with an early collapsible Summicron 2/5cm, in the meter-scale version.

It will be offered at our 49th Camera Auction on November 28, 2026, in Wetzlar, Germany.

Visit our website to preview selected highlights from our upcoming auction.

20/10/2026

Two rare black paint Leica cameras, the IIIf and the IIIg, both produced for the Swedish military and offered with their matching lenses, will be up for auction on November 28.

Leica IIIf: This very rare black paint camera comes from a special batch produced for the Swedish military. The Leica Archive records this series as “matt. schwarz”, and the cameras were specially modified for reliable operation under Arctic conditions. It is accompanied by a black-painted Elmar 3.5/5cm and the original black-painted lens cap. This black Elmar was produced specifically for the Swedish Army IIIf outfit and was not part of the regular production range. Only 100 of these special black IIIf cameras with matching black Elmars were made.

Leica IIIg: This very rare military version was produced in 1960 for the Swedish Armed Forces. Only 125 cameras were made in satin black paint, each engraved with the Swedish Three Crowns emblem on the rear of the top plate. It is accompanied by the matching silver-chrome Elmar 2.8/5cm, which also bears the Three Crowns engraving.

We consider the Swedish Army IIIf one of the most distinctive military Leica cameras of the post-war period, and the IIIg one of the rarest regular-production variants of the Leica screw-mount system.

Both cameras will be offered at our 49th Camera Auction on November 28, 2026, in Wetzlar, Germany.

👉 View both lots and place your pre-bids: [direct link to lots]

19/10/2026

In the lead-up to the 49th Leitz Photographica Auction, we’re pleased to invite you to the upcoming Auction Preview at the Leica Store and Gallery Los Angeles.

Join us at the Leica Store Los Angeles for an exclusive preview of a selection of highlights, to connect with our team in person, and celebrate the history, craftsmanship, and enduring fascination of exceptional photographic treasures.
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We look forward to seeing you there.⁣
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📍Leica Store and Gallery Los Angeles
Date: October 21, 10 AM - 4 PM⁣
Address: 8783 Beverly Blvd, West Hollywood, CA, 90048

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16/10/2026

This exceptionally rare prototype, PR 2248, was developed as an extremely compact interchangeable-lens camera for 24 × 36 mm film. It was designed by Dr. Faulhaber, creator of the Voigtländer Vitessa. After Faulhaber ceased working regularly for Voigtländer in 1956, development was continued by Wilhelm Reiche before the project was eventually abandoned.

The camera has an ingenious modular construction with a detachable lens standard and a removable rear section. Film transport and shutter cocking are combined in the large top-mounted wheel, and the lens is a Voigtländer Ultron 2/50mm in Vario shutter and focusing mount.

We consider this prototype a historically important experimental design for the brand. It will be offered at our 49th Camera Auction on November 28, 2026, in Wetzlar, Germany.

View selected highlights on our website.

12/10/2026

100 years later, this Leica I Mod. A from 1926 remains in original condition and is fully functional.

The camera with the early Elmax 3.5/50mm lens was originally delivered to Magdeburg, Germany, in 1926. A century later, it still retains several early features that were often replaced during later factory servicing, such as the early vulcanite pattern and the flat viewfinder eyepiece. Additionally, it has aluminium control k***s, which are a rare feature on later Leica I Mod. A cameras.

The offered set includes an early FISON lens hood, lens cap, ETRIN leather case, FODIS rangefinder and two film cassettes with the original container.

It will be offered at our 49th Camera Auction on November 28, 2026, in Wetzlar, Germany.

👉 View selected highlights from our upcoming auction on our website now.

09/10/2026

Auction Day!

Today, Perspectives brings around 120 photographic works to auction at the Leica Gallery Vienna, including this photograph by Joel Meyerowitz, one of the leading figures of American colour photography.

After turning from black-and-white street photography to colour, Meyerowitz spent two summers on Cape Cod creating the photographs later published in Cape Light (1979). Part of the Porch Series, this work uses the porch as a natural frame for the surrounding landscape, capturing the subtle interplay of light and colour that became characteristic of this period of his work.

🔗 View the full catalogue and join today’s auction live via our website!

🖼 Joel Meyerowitz - from the `Porch Series`, Provincetown 1977

08/10/2026

Auction highlights out now!

The first-version black paint Leica M3 is the only vintage Leica originally fitted with a black frame counter dial, which makes it the most desirable and collectable variant of the black paint Leica M3.

The offered camera is in excellent cosmetic condition, with an attractive patina from gentle use and only a small dent on the top plate near the rewind lever. It was originally delivered to Brandt in Sweden on June 3, 1958, and comes with a black paint / brass mount Summicron 2/5cm lens and a matching black paint lens cap.

Research in the Leica archives confirms a corresponding entry in the Leica Control Book, adjacent to the camera's serial number, marked "schwarz lack" (German for black paint).

The camera will be offered at our 49th Camera Auction on November 28, 2026, in Wetzlar, Germany. Visit our website at leitz-auction.com/en/Cameras/ to preview selected highlights from the auction.

07/10/2026

2 days left until our Photographs Auction "Perspectives"!

Among the works offered at our ucoming auction are three photographs by Nan Goldin, whose deeply personal approach captures the raw and unfiltered essence of life. Through intimate moments of connection, vulnerability and everyday experience, her photographs have created a visual record that is unmistakably her own.

All prints will be offered this Friday alongside around 120 photographic works spanning different periods and perspectives.

🔗 View the full catalogue and place your bids on our website!

🖼 Nan Goldin - Red self-portrait, Zurich 2000
🖼 Nan Goldin - Lady Miss Kier, New York 1991�🖼 Nan Goldin - James King Supermodel, New York 1995

05/10/2026

The Gallerists’ Eye – Paris Chong

"Whenever I look at art, I always choose what I would love to have in my home.
I love this photograph by Lillian Bassman because it transforms the chaos of New York City into an ethereal dream.
The Night Fantastic is a timeless and iconic image by Bassman somewhere between fashion, fantasy and fine art." - Paris Chong, Director Leica Gallery Los Angeles

🖼️Lilian Bassman, Night Fantastic, New York 1997
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04/10/2026

One of only 141 black paint Leica MPs, and the first we have seen with a black/chrome top plate.

This original black paint Leica MP was delivered to "Klein" in Frankfurt am Main on October 21, 1958, as the Leica delivery records show. In January 1975, it was sold second-hand by a camera store in Berlin. Five months later, Leica fitted a black/chrome top plate and a replacement back door, while all original black paint small parts, including the controls, flash shoe and strap lugs, were retained. To our knowledge, it is the only example documented with a factory invoice confirming the conversion.

The camera is in excellent cosmetic condition and good working order, and comes with a near-mint black paint Leicavit MP.

It will be offered at our 49th Camera Auction on November 28, 2026, in Wetzlar, Germany.

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