The results from the last Wetzlar Camera Auctions are now available online and a Nikon L rangefinder camera prototype from 1947/1948 with a Leica screw mount set a new world record price for a Nikon camera at $470,000 (€397,900): “The early prototype of a NIKON L rangefinder camera with a Leica screw mount achieved a particularly spectacular result. Two customers who were connected by phone engaged in an exciting bidding war so that the hammer finally went down at a fabulous EUR 397,900 for this camera. This is the highest price ever achieved at auction for a Nikon camera in the world.” (press release) “Lot 239 – Nikon L (1947/48): experimental Nikon 35 mm camera from the time of the very early prototyping, when it was yet to decide, whether to go for a Leica screw mount or for the “Contax” bayonet. No other specimen of such an early Nikon prototype camera with Leica screw mount has ever surfaced.” (auction listing) Via LeicaRumors The post This Nikon L rangefinder camera prototype with a Leica screw mount set a world record price for a Nikon camera at the last Wetzlar Camera Auctions ($470,000) appeared first on Nikon Rumors. Related posts: Nikon rangefinder camera expected to sell for over 140,000 EUR at Westlicht Photographica Auction Industry news: Leica, Panasonic and Sigma to form a new L-Mount Alliance 7Artisans also has a new Nikon Z-mount adapter for Leica M-mount lenses ...
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Published By: Nikonrumors - Monday, 12 October, 2020
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