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32 Leica IIIa € 300 37 Leica IIf SABRE Gun Stock € 6.000 *
no. 343790, 1939, condition A/B € 600 – 700 1956, condition B/A € 10.000 – 12.000
Body in exceptional near mint condition and in good working order, The complete set includes a matching Leica IIf no. 613603 and the
with chrome Elmar 3.5/5 cm no. 502898 (cond. B/A, front cap) Telyt 5/40 cm no. 1486109 (hood), Visoflex I no. 33925 with 45°
PEGOO, SABRE gunstock with cable release — all in perfect condition.
LITERATURE James L. Lager (ed.), Leica Illustrated History, Vol.
33 Leica 250 GG € 18.000 * II, Lenses, 1994, p. 188. The “Sabre Photographic Supply Company“,
no. 300058, 1938, condition A– € 35.000 – 40.000 located in the state of Illinois in the USA, only produced the well
known “Sabre Stock” Leica rifle, custom-made for the screwmount
One of the most beautiful Leica 250 GG we have ever seen, in almost and M-series Leicas, for one year (1956 to 1957), but this was never
new and original perfect working condition, it comes with both officially sold by Leitz. Therefore, we can only estimate how many
cassettes, mint Elmar 3.5/5 cm no. 462475 with caps and maker’s of these were sold in the USA — conservative estimates ranging
box, ESFOO everready case, with the extremely rare original maker’s between two and three dozen. However, the “Sabre Stock”,
box for the camera and case with matching numbers for body and painstakingly crafted in keeping with Leitz quality standards, was not
lens, camera and lens were both delivered to London in January only a piece of well thought-out photographic equipment for Leica
1939 — ex Jim Jannard collection cameras, but is also a joy to behold for any lover of high precision
products. The use of high-quality materials as well as great accuracy
and precision in its making led to a handy Leica rifle, sure to fascinate
34 Leitz Leica 250 € 5.000 any Leica fan to this day.
Motordrive Drawing
1941, condition B € 10.000 – 12.000 38 Leitz Prototype € 16.000
Original construction drawing, 3:1 scale (life-size, 83 × 60 cm) of Halfframe Camera
the famous Leica 250 Motordrive MOOEV (Autom. Aufzugswerk für c. 1948, condition B € 30.000 – 35.000
10 m Kamera Z1), dated March, 31 1941, unique and historical
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document. Framed Unique small size camera made by Leitz engineers with internally
mounted Compur-type leaf shutter, 80-exposure counter dial, front
mounted shutter speed dial, half-frame viewfinder, red painted
35 Leica IIId € 4.000 * vulcanite, baseplate engraved ‘Helmut Schäfer Wetzlar’, modified
no. 360045, 1941, condition A/B € 8.000 – 10.000 Elmar 3.5/3.5 cm no. 643423 — ex Christie’s auction July 1989 (the
catalogue shows a photographer using this camera c. 1948), the
Very rare war-time camera in 100 % original, almost new and perfect camera is also on the cover of the LHSA Viewfinder magazine Vol. 22
working condition, with Elmar 3.5/5 cm no. 432743. The camera No. 4 1989
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(LAQOO) was delivered on June 11 , 1941 to Bln. 25587. Literature
James L. Lager (ed.), Leica Illustrated History, Vol. I, 1993, p. 62.
During the hectic war years, a mere 427 units of the Leica IIId were 39 Leica IIIg € 500
produced. It is the first Leica model with built-in self-timer, a tech- no. 850804, 1956, condition B/A € 1.000 – 1.200
nical feature which would later become a standard for many Leica
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models to follow. The offered camera is from the first series, the 45 In excellent condition and good working order, with Elmar 2.8/5 cm
Leica produced with a die-cast shutter crate. It is the best IIId we no. 1626493 (clean optics)
have ever seen — ex Jim Jannard collection

36 Leitz Oberfl.-Messgerät € 5.000
no. 411339, c. 1946, condition A/B € 10.000 – 12.000
Leitz special scientific camera body, used for Leitz/Forster Ober-
flächenmessgerät, a surface measuring instrument. Film was wound
through the camera at opened shutter, while light from the ‘Ober-
flächenmessgerät’ projected a magnified image of a mechanically
crafted surface in order to show an enlarged “curve” of the surface
irregulations horizontally on the film, extremely rare camera in near
mint condition, with special lens (translucent angle mirror in the front
of the lens broken), and very hard to find original electric motor

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