Press Release [FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE] 4th May 2014
L&H PHOTOGRAPHICA SPRING AUCTION 2014
ACHIEVED A TOTAL OVER HK$39M, EXCEEDS HIGH ESTIMATE
To coincide with the 100th Anniversary of Leica, there are several Leica classic pieces on sale. The star lot of the sale, Lot 80 the Leica MP Black Paint made a fantastic result, realizing HK$4.9million. This fully original Black Paint MP (MP-141) by the famous photographer Eric Schaal. Comes with a matching Summicron-M2/50mm (#1468980) in black paint finished with raw brass mount. A portraits photobook “ERIC SCHAAL PHOTOGRAPH” is also included. In the book, a Eric Schaal’s relative wrote a confirmation letter and mentioned Eric still used this camera to take photographs of his loved ones a year before his death.
Top Five Result
The “Sharing Leica” session after the auction, which was hosted by Mr. Lars Netopil, the Vice President of Leica Historical, had gathered many Leica fans to share their experience of collect vintage camera. L&H Auction hopes this sharing can generate more interest, thus more people in Asia will get to know more about the Leica.
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Name |
Photo |
Estimate Price |
Price (including premiums) |
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80 |
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HK$4,000,000 |
HK$ 4,956,000 |
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68 |
Leica M3 Black Paint – The SECOND Piece |
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HK$2,800,000 |
HK$ 3,658,000 |
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82 |
Leica MP Chrome Consecutive Numbers “Jay Maisel” |
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HK$3,800,000 |
HK$ 3,422,000 |
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67 |
Leica M3 Chrome with Summicron-M 2/50mm |
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HK$1,800,000 |
HK$ 1,888,000 |
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187 |
Leica Elcan-M 2/66mm with KE-7A “U.S. Army” Set |
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HK$1,200,000 |
HK$ 1,416,000 |
For detailed L&H Photographica Auction 3 hammer price list, please refer to the attachment “Hammer Price with commission” or visit our official website at: http://www.lhauction.com.hk/en/auction_past.php
High quality pictures can be downloaded from link: http://yunpan.cn/QIa4w7fjSjMsB password: 8d10
For press enquiry, please contact :
L&H Auction Co. Ltd (仕宏拍賣有限公司)
Ms Stephanie Kwok Tel：(852) 3168 2192/ (86) 158 1858 1118 Email：stephanie@lh-hk.com
Ms Annie Liu Tel：(852) 3168 2192 Email：annieliu@lh-hk.com
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About L&H AUCTION L&H Auction Co. Ltd. is the first auction house established by local business in Website： www.lhauction.com.hk Like our page：www.facebook.com/lhauction Follow our video：www.youtube.com/user/lhacution |
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About Mr. Lars Netopil Mr. Lars Netopil, a leading identificate expert of Leica camera, also is the Vice President of Leica Historica and consultant of Leica AG. The Autor of Prototype Leica. |
*Estimates do not include buyer’s premium
