185-Year-Old Voigtländer Daguerreotype Camera Auctioned for $580,000

185-Year-Old Voigtländer Daguerreotype Camera Auctioned for $580,000

The seventh Wetzlar Camera Auctions (WCA) saw over 250 total lots of historic cameras and accessories, primarily Leica cameras, sold to enthusiastic and well-heeled collectors this past weekend. Numerous Leica cameras sold for huge sums, but the star of the show, at least from a historic perspective, was a Voigtländer metal Daguerreotype camera from 1840. It sold for €500,000, or nearly $580,000, after a heated bidding war.

Voigtländer camera sells for half a million among record prices secured at the Wetzlar Camera Auction

The WCA this year spotlit a rare Voigtländer camera from the earliest days of photography, which sold for a remarkable €500,000. The post Voigtländer camera sells for half a million among record prices secured at the Wetzlar Camera Auction appeared first on Macfilos.