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170SOVIET CAMERAS AND LENSES452 Fed I %u2018Fedka%u2019 %u20ac1.200*no. 5828, 1935, condition B+ %u20ac 2.400 %u2013 2.800Rare early Fed I, last version with higher quality chrome plating, in good cosmetic condition (camera needs repair), vulcanite covering, with matching Fed 3.5/50 mm stamped on the mounting flange with the numbers 1340 and 47513, note the 2 bolts onthe meter scale.453 FED 5.9/100 mm prototype %u20ac2.0001937, condition A/B %u20ac 4.000 %u2013 5.000Extremely rare unnumbered prototype lens in M39 mount, aperture index 5.5 %u2014 6.3 %u2014 9 %u2014 12.5 %u2014 18, focus from 1 m to inf., the production model has a maximal aperture of f:6.3, optical construction of 4 elements in 2 groups, here in almost mint condition, good optics, with both caps and very rare matching finder.454 GOI f. M42 Mir-14A %u20ac2.000*3.5/24 mm Prototypeno. 7643, 1960s, condition B/A %u20ac 4.000 %u2013 5.000A very rare experimental GOI Mir-14A 3.5/24 mm, apparently a prototype of the little-known wide-angle design. The %u2018A%u2019 designationrefers to the interchangeable rear-mount system used on a number of Soviet lenses, allowing different camera fittings; the presentexample is equipped with an M42 mount. The Mir-14A itself appears only very sporadically in period and collector references and seems never to have reached regular series production. In good condition, with characteristic black-painted finish.455 GOI f. M39 Industar-61L %u20ac2.4002.8/50 mmno. 64829, 1964, condition A%u2013 %u20ac 5.000 %u2013 6.000A very rare lens produced in very limited batches from 1964 to 1967 (the %u2018L%u2019 after the lens designation stands for Lanthanum), in original rangefinder-coupled M39 mount for Zorki cameras, in absolutelymint condition, very good optics, completed with original bakelite rear cap and keeper, note the sticker with %u2018photo lens Industar-61 for Zorki cameras, price 16 Rubles%u2019.456 GOI Sirius 1.8/5 cm prototype %u20ac2.000no. 2225, 1938, condition A/B %u20ac 4.000 %u2013 5.000Prototype of this extremely rare fast cine lens, in near-mint condition, very good uncoated optics, fix-focus, 36%u2009mm flangediameter, covering 18 %u00d7 24 cm, with original wooden box, together with M42 and Sony Nex adapters, a lens of this type is shown inGOI construction book, page 37.01g.457 GOI OB187 2.8/5.2 cm %u20ac4.000*Prototype for M39no. 58026062, 1958, condition A/B %u20ac 8.000 %u2013 9.000An extremely rare GOI prototype lens from 1958, no. 58026062, additionally marked OB187. The 2.8/5.2%u2009cm specification and periodof manufacture place it at the very beginning of the development of the Industar-61 family. The lens is fitted with an M39 mountapparently intended for an early Soviet reflex camera, most likelyusing the 45.2 mm Zenit-type register. An exceptionally interesting experimental GOI optic.458 GOI Mercury-1 2/5.2 cm M39 %u20ac12.000Prototypeno. 57116015, 1957, condition A/B %u20ac 22.000 %u2013 26.000An exceptionally rare GOI Mercury-1 2/5.2 cm prototype, developed in Leningrad in 1957 and fitted with a rangefinder-coupled M39mount. The advanced optical construction consists of 7 elements in 5 groups, with a non-rotating front element, rounded diaphragm from f/2 to f/22 and distinctive amber-coloured coating. The Mercury-1 never entered serial production and was for many years known only from GOI catalogues; today, only a few examples are known to exist. An identical example, no. 57116016, was sold in our 39th auction in November 2021. The offered lens is in excellentcondition, with clean optics, and comes with its original front and rear caps.