Oh, from your header I thought you meant the entire company...
I've seen an 'O' replica offered for quite a bit less than that, even in NZ
microdollars.
Andrew Fildes
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On 07/06/2011, at 1:06 PM, Brian Swale wrote:
> See on the website of Photo & Video ,,,
>
> Leica Camera Sells for 1.3m Euro
> An extremely rare 1923 O-Series Leica has sold for a staggering 1.3 million
> Euro (US$1.9 million). This makes it the most expensive camera in the
> world today. The camera is number 7 in a series of around 25 pieces built to
> test the market by Leitz in 1923. It was manufactured two years before the
> official market launch of the Leica (Leitz Camera). It is the only known
> camera with the "Germany" gravure on the top plate. According to factory
> documents the camera was sent to New York to be patented, hence it is
> also the first exported Leica. This camera tops the previous record held by a
> Daguerreotype from 1839, which sold in 2010 for 732, 000 Euros (USD
> 1,054,000). As it happens, we have a brand new working replica of the
> record-breaking Leica O-Series camera in store now - it's yours for a mere
> NZ$5,000 !!
>
> Brian Swale.
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