Vienna: World Records at WestLicht Anniversary Auctions, 18th & 19th November 2016

A Nikon One climbed from 90,000 to 384,000 Euro, the highest price ever paid for a camera from the long-standing Japanese manufacturer at an auction. The world record was achieved at the 30th WestLicht Camera Auction in Vienna on 19th November.

VIENNA, 21/11/2016 (informazione.it - comunicati stampa - arte e cultura)

A climbed , the highest price ever paid for a camera from the long-standing Japanese manufacturer at an auction. The world record was achieved at the 30 WestLicht Camera Auction in Vienna on 19 November.

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The record lot is the manufactured in April 1948 as the third production camera by Nikon. This was also an early birthday present for Nikon company, which will celebrate its 100 anniversary in 2017.

Naturally, numerous lots from manufacturer Leitz/Leica finished at top prices: The .

Two by E. Leitz New York from 1938 sold for each.
Among the 687 lots, the first movie camera, a from 1895, made

 

Alfred Eisenstaedt's legendary (starting price: 8,000 Euro ) was worth the amount of to a collector, setting a record price for this icon of photography, which depicts a sailor kissing a nurse on Times Square during the celebrations of the end of WWII in 1945. The nurse turned out to be Austrian born Greta Friedman , who passed away only in September this year, originally from Wiener Neustadt, who had emigrated to the US in 1938.

All prices including premium

The next auctions will be in spring 2017; consignments will be taken until February.

Please find more information on WestLicht Auction House at http://www.westlicht-auction.com.

 

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