7 daysA week in photography AN EXTREMELY rare Leica M prototype made between 1948 and 1949 recently sold for an eye-watering €2.04 million (£1,702,879) at the Leitz Photographica Auction 45 in Vienna. Constructed from machine-made and hand-crafted parts, the prototype easily beat the €600,000-700,000 auction estimate. In addition, ten prototype Leica M bodies, made between 1936 and 1953, sold for €432,000, and a grey Leica M2, one of only 20 produced in 1960 for the US Air Force in Europe, went for €900,000. The next Leitz Photographica Auction takes place in Wetzlar, home of Leica Camera AG, on 26 June 2025.…
