This Is the World’s Most Expensive Camera [Video]

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This Is the World’s Most Expensive Camera [Video]

This Is the World's Most Expensive Camera You’re looking at a prototype Leica 35mm film camera, known as the 0-series. It was one of just 25 produced in 1923 for testing, and only 12 of them are known to have survived to this day. That’s why it’s just set a record, becoming the world’s most expensive camera.

It was sold at the WestLicht Photographica auction in Vienna, eventually fetching an eye-watering â‚¬2.16 million. That’s about $ 2.8 million. Bidding started at a relatively respectable $ 390,000, but in the course of 4 minutes offers reached $ 2.3 million. The final price is higher because it includes aâ€"rather sizeableâ€"buyer’s premium. In fact, you can watch the auction take place in the video below.

This Is the World's Most Expensive Camera The world’s previous most expensive camera was also a 0-series Leica, but it sold for a paltry $ 1.7 million. [BBC]

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