Rare 0-Series Leica camera owned by Oskar Barnack expected to fetch over $2.6M at auction

The 40th Leitz Photographica Auction is just around the corner and to celebrate the event's 20th anniversary, Leica is auctioning off an extremely rare unit, a Leica 0-Series camera owned and used by Oskar Barnack, the man who more or less invented 35mm still photography. This year's auction will be held at Leitz Park in Wetzlar, Germany, on June 11, 2022. While other cameras, lenses and accessories are expected to be auctioned off, the stand-out offering is a 1923 Leica 0-Series (unit No. 105) ...