Auction
Rare 1957 Leica MP sells at an auction for whopping $1.34 million
Nov 25, 2021
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
A rare 1957 Leica MP Black Paint edition camera was recently listed at the 39th Leitz Photographica Auction. The camera has been sold, earning a…
Canon’s monster 1200mm f/5.6 lens fetches a record $580,000 at auction
Oct 12, 2021
John Aldred
Canon’s 1200mm f/5.6 is generally regarded as the stuff of myth and legend. Of course, the lens exists, but there are so few of them…
A rare 1943 “top secret” Russian FS-3 FotoSniper prototype has sold for $170,000
Jun 19, 2021
John Aldred
One declared a “top secret” project during the Second World War siege of Leningrad, a one-of-a-kind (as far as we know) Russian GOI FS-3 FotoSniper…
Rare Zeiss lens from Apollo mission up for an auction, expected to reach $146,000
Jun 7, 2021
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
How cool it would be to own a lens that traveled to the moon? Well, it’s possible now as a rare Zeiss Planar 50mm f/0.7…
The (RED) Leica prototype designed by Jony Ive heads to auction – expected to fetch $300,000+
Apr 2, 2021
John Aldred
Back in 2009, a charity event dubbed the (RED) Auction, containing one-of-a-kind items by Apple’s former Chief Design Officer Jony Ive and industrial designer Marc…
Ansel Adams’ famous print sells for record-breaking $988,000
Dec 16, 2020
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
Ansel Adams’ iconic print has just set a new record. The Grand Tetons and the Snake River, Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming was sold at…
One of three Leica prototype lenses sells for $290,300 at an auction
Dec 10, 2020
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
I guess we’re all used to Leica gear being expensive. But when it’s rare as this Vario-Elmar-M 3.5-5.6/28-75mm ASPH. prototype lens, it gets even pricier….
The 2.9 million dollar photo
Feb 14, 2020
Guest Author
Here is a little known fact: One of the most expensive ‘photographs’ ever sold in an auction was sold for $2.9m. Edward Steichens‘s, The Pond…
NASA red number prints of the 1969 moon landing are up for auction, starting at $50
Nov 27, 2019
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission when astronauts Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong set their feet on the Moon’s surface….
Controversial Mapplethorpe Photograph “Man In Polyester Suit” Just Sold For $478,000 At Auction
Oct 10, 2015
Tiffany Mueller
The notorious photograph, Man In A Polyester Suit, taken in 1980 by photographer Robert Mapplethorpe, sold at a Sotheby’s (New York) auction on Wednesday for…