An all-time record was set two days earlier at the 21st WestLicht auction in Austria with a camera estimated at around 300,000 to 450,000 euros.
After an exciting bidding contest, the highlight of the auction—an extremely rare Leica 0-Series from 1923—sold for the astonishing sum of 2,160,000 euros.
The bidder, who wishes to remain anonymous is now the owner of the most expensive camera in the world.
2,160,000 euros for a Leica camera
The winning bid set a new world record, surpassing the Leica sold in May 2011, which dated from 1923 and fetched 1,320,000 euros.
