Tuesday, February 12, 2013

Picasso photographer's camera sold for record ?1.36m

2:20 PM | Posted by ProJ | | Edit Post

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owned U.S. photojournalist David Douglas Duncan, who documented the life of Pablo Picasso, beating the world record

A camera used by one of the most influential photographers of the world, documenting the life of the Spanish artist Pablo Picasso, Vienna was sold for a record € 1.7 million (? 1 4 million).

The Leica M3D, which had attracted a starting price of € 150,000, belonged to the former Life magazine photographer David Douglas Duncan. Photographer of 96 years, was a friend of Picasso and published hundreds of exclusive photos of him.
  • Made in 1955, the camera is one of the four already, and set a world record price for a camera produced commercially. It is the second highest price paid for any camera after a Leica 0-series was sold for € 2.2 million last May.

WestLicht Gallery in Vienna said the second highest price of the sale, which took place on Saturday, was a gold-plated Leica made ??in 1929, which sold for € 1 million. Third, the first series production M3, sold for € 900,000.



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