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Camera Auction 06 (6.11.2004) LOT 117 MP chrome Nr.367 + Nr.368

Two MP chrome cameras with consecutive serial numbers (no.367 and no.368), both cameras are in very good and absolutely original and perfect working condition, they are also engraved internally P367 and P368, both with Leicavit MP, it is the first time 2 MP cameras with consecutive numbers are offered for sale! MP 368 was Tazio Secchiaroli's personal camera with Summilux 1.4/50mm. It comes with one of Secchiaroli's photobooks with a handwritten statement, that he used the Leica MP 368 for many years and also for his work on the set of Fellini's La Dolce Vita. The “grandfather of all paparazzi,” as Tazio Secchiaroli is often called, worked his way up from street reporter to star photographer and star portraitist in Cinecittà. From the time De Sica’s “Marriage Italian Style” with Sophia Loren celebrated its first success, Secchiaroli accompanied the actress in her professional and private life till his death in 1989. Secchiaroli was also photographer and friend to Federico Fellini who ensured the former’s place in history with the film “La Dolce Vita” (1960).

Condition: B Year: 1957 Serial no. 367, 368

EUR 32.000 (Start price) EUR 40.000 (Hammer price incl. premium)