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138265 Leica I Mod. B Dial Set Compur %u20ac3.000Model oversized replicano. 6027, 1980s, condition A%u2013 %u20ac 5.000 %u2013 6.000Very rare oversized replica model of the Dial set Compur Leica,in almost mint condition, all features working, scale 1:1.6 (10%u00d7 10%u00d7 20cm lens uncollapsed), with %u2018Leitz Elmar 3.5/50 mm%u2019 mounted in Compur shutter, interesting Leica replica cameras produced by a very skilled mechanic.266 Neubert Neuca Jena %u20ac3.000*no.1002, 1950s, condition A/B %u20ac 6.000 %u2013 6.500One of the rarest Leica copies ever produced, the post-war Neuca camera made by Franz Neubert in Jena. This extremely scarce camera is a loose interpretation of the Leica II, featuring several distinctive design departures, including a removable back, combined viewfinder and rangefinder, and characteristic notched control knobs. The camera is in good condition and working order and is fitted with a matching M39 rangefinder-coupled Carl Zeiss Jena Tessar%u00a02,8/5 cm, no. 2822882. Production is estimated atonly 20%u201330 cameras, of which very few examples are known to survive today, making this an exceptional opportunity for the most advanced Leica and German post-war camera collectors.267 Reid II with Ross M39 %u20ac20.000*Xtralux 2/5 cmno.199073, 1950s, condition B/A %u20ac 40.000 %u2013 50.000One of the rarest and most desirable Ross lenses made for Leica M39, reportedly only around 20 of these have been made, all to special orders only, glass elements containing radioactive Thorium, in very good%u00a0condition,%u00a0optics showing some traces of corrosion and a few cleaning marks, with both caps, together with Reid II no.P2824 with eveready case and maker%u2019s box.268 Reid IIIa with %u20ac1.500*Taylor-Hobson 2/2\no. P1639, c.1950, condition A%u2013 %u20ac 2.600 %u2013 3.000English Leica copy in beautiful, near-mint condition,%u00a0with TaylorHobson Anastigmat 2/2\minimal cleaning marks), including the original%u00a0leather case.269 Ur-Leica Replica Arces %u20ac800*no.032, 1980s, condition A/B %u20ac 1.600 %u2013 1.800Rere Ur-Leica replica by Italian Alberico Arces, very well made and in good condition. With original box and papers. Alberico Arces was a precision mechanic and the boss of the local Italian Telecom State Company%u2019s %u2018Telex repair and maintenance shop%u2019. In this capacity,he headed a small team of highly specialised precision mechanics and had a wide range of fine-machining tools at his disposal. To keep his team busy, Arces had the idea to let them make UR-Leica replicas based on drawings he had found. The result was so good that he developed the %u2018business%u2019 with the enthusiastic help of his team. His 0-Series replicas existed nearly 20 years before the costly Leica ones. Next to the normal or brassy UR-Leica replicas, he made tubus and folding viewfinder versions of the 0-Series.270 Lena-Kogaku f. Leica M39 %u20ac1.400*Lena-Q.C 3.5/5 cmno. 5547, c. 1935, condition A/B %u20ac 2.200 %u2013 2.600Very rare Japanese copy of the Leica Elmar 3.5/5 cm for Leica M39 screw mount with coupled rangefinder, engraved %u2018Lena-Kogaku f. Leica M39 Lena-Q.C 3.5/5 cm.%u2019 Produced by Lena Kogaku, this lens was supplied as the standard lens on early Chiyoda cameras. An early example with very low serial number, preserved in near-mint condition with rear cap. Please note the incomplete infinity-lock lever, as visible. A scarce and historically significant early Japanese Leica-mount lens, rarely encountered in this condition.