Imaging recource: Rare Leica camera rifle prototype set to fetch $400k in auction

If you have a cool $400,000 burning a hole in your wallet, WestLicht Photographica Auctioneica has just the product for you. Later this month the Austrian auction house will be auctioning off a New York Leica gun rifle prototype, ‘one of the rarest and most unusual’ accessories it’s come across. Bidding is set to start at roughly $170,000 with the final bid expected to be between $370,000 $400,000. The prototype rifle/camera hybrid is believed to date back to 1939. Despite its age, WestLicht says the kit is ‘in beautifully and 100%...
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