I Mod.A Elmar 'Close-focus'
5
Hammer Price
€3,840
incl. Buyer's Premium
Estimate €2,600 – 3,000
Condition : B
Manufacture Year : 1926
very nice, clean, rare and very early export version with close-focus Elmar 3.5/50mm, all features original (feathered arrows on knobs, mushroom release button, early leather and base plate), rare unmarked lens cap, special leather case ETRUX first version, FODIS rangefinder in Feet (engraved: Germany, with leather case), ABLON nickel template, red maker's box with gold imprinting 'Leitz Leica' and stamped 'GERMANY' in circle on base - a very unusual outfit especially in this condition, see also von Einem: 'Die 10 Varianten der klassischen Leica I A mit Elmar 1:3.5 F=50mm'