Anyone Have a Leica O-Series?
Aug 6, 2017 10:38:30 #
From an article I was reading this morning.
You might balk at some of the prices thrown around for the digital cameras of today, but they're nothing compared to the price of the vintage Leica O-Series camera, one of the first ever 35mm models in the world - of the 25 shooters made in 1923, there are 12 left, and the most recent one to be put up at auction fetched a cool $2.79 million (about £2.1 million).
According to the camera auction experts, these specific O-Series models are appreciating value like crazy, so its probably worth having a rummage around your attic room to see if you've got any classic cameras gathering dust upstairs. As for the camera itself, it was actually a prototype for the Leica I (Model A), hence it fetching a high price for its rarity.
You might balk at some of the prices thrown around for the digital cameras of today, but they're nothing compared to the price of the vintage Leica O-Series camera, one of the first ever 35mm models in the world - of the 25 shooters made in 1923, there are 12 left, and the most recent one to be put up at auction fetched a cool $2.79 million (about £2.1 million).
According to the camera auction experts, these specific O-Series models are appreciating value like crazy, so its probably worth having a rummage around your attic room to see if you've got any classic cameras gathering dust upstairs. As for the camera itself, it was actually a prototype for the Leica I (Model A), hence it fetching a high price for its rarity.
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