The trend of past WestLicht auctions was imposingly confirmed.

An especially rare item fetched impressive 528.000 Euro: a gilded “Luxus” Leica with reptile leather and two camera lenses from 1931 (opening bid: 150.000 Euro) making it the most expensive object of the 23rd Camera Auction.

A Leica of particularly historical value – the camera of Alfred Eisenstaedt – achieved an impressive 114.000 Euro (opening bid: 12.000 Euro). It was the camera Eisenstaedt used to shoot the famous picture of a kissing couple on Times Square on August 14, 1945. At the photography auction on the previous day, a signed print was sold for 24.000 Euro.

The 8th WestLicht Photography Auction also garners excellent results! With 66.000 Euro, the top lot – Irving Penn’s “Woman in Chicken Hat“ – also recorded the highest bid at the auction (opening bid: 25.000 Euro). The rare vintage print comes from the estate of Austrian photographer Roland Pleterski.

Credits: Marco Pauer (WestLicht)