Pick of the Week: Closing the shutter at a record €2m
A new record for a camera sold at auction was set by WestLicht in Vienna when one of only a handful of surviving Leica 0-series cameras – this one carrying the serial number 122 – sold at €2m (£1.76m) plus 20% buyer’s premium, to a private buyer from Asia.
The Leica 0-series, designed by factory engineer Oskar Barnack, is one of the great camera collect…