Photographic Equipment Auction Closing July 18
Published July 14th, 2008
Everard & Company’s Important Photographic Equipment Auction kicked off June 30th and is set to close July 18th. It is the sixth photographic equipment auction Everard & Company has produced. This particular edition is expected to be a big hit among collectors and novices alike after the success of their last photographic equipment auction, which raked in $708,000.
The majority of the Leica equipment in the auction comes from an American Private Collector who acquired these items over the past 30 years. Many of the offered lots have been illustrated in James Lager’s renowned trilogy of books, Leica an Illustrated History, documenting the history of Leica Camera Equipment. Lager, along with Sherry Krauter, of Golden Touch Camera Repair, will also be acting as a special consultant for the auction.
A highlight of the auction is a Leica MP 157 chrome. The Leica MP “was a special version of the M3 with a long winding shaft for the film take-up spool and was delivered with the Leicavit rapid-wind base already fitted. The camera was not listed in general catalogues and the sale was restricted to professional photographers. The introduction in 1958 of the Leica M2, which would accept the Leicavit, brought production of the MP to an end. First Leica MP: MP1. Last allocated number MP500, but last camera recorded in the delivery register was MP402″, see Laney, p. 103. As professional photographers used these cameras and there was only a small number made, many of them took a beating and few survived making them both rare and sought after.
Everard & Company, located in Savannah, Georgia, was established in 2003 by Amanda and Chris Everard. For more information about Everard and Company please visit their website at http://www.everardandcompany.comThe company can also be reached at (912) 231-1376 or by e-mail at info@everardandcompany.com.
