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208489 Arsenal ERA-18 1.2/50 mm %u20ac1.000prototypeno. 780003, 1978, condition A/B %u20ac 2.000 %u2013 2.400Extremely rare fast lens prototype for the Kiev 17 to Kiev-20 in original Nikon bayonet, it never went into production, 3rd prototype made in 1978, in almost mint condition, good optics only showing a few cleaning marks, with front lens cap and rear protection, a similar lens wearing the no. 780007 can be seen on p.220 in J. L. Princelle %u2018Made in USSR%u2019.490 Fed I %u2018Fedka%u2019 no.1501 %u20ac4.000no.1501, 1934, condition B/A %u20ac 7.000 %u2013 8.000Very early and rare Fed I, with typical signs of machining process visible under the chrome finish, and unique, special vulcanitecovering similar to the Leica sharkskin type, with Fed 3.5/50%u2009mm(stamped on the mounting flange with the numbers 39%u00a0and 1123),early, incomplete leather case.491 FED f. M39 Industar-61 L/D %u20ac3.0002.8/55 mm prototypeno. 9200009, 1992, condition A%u2013 %u20ac 6.000 %u2013 7.000In 1992, as the Soviet Union collapsed and with it the centralised production of Soviet cameras, individual factories attempted to findtheir own direction. At the FED plant in Kharkov, one such effortwas an ambitious but short-lived project to develop a camera system with Leica M mount. The initiative ultimately never reached serial production. During this period, only a handful of prototype lenses were produced under the FED brand, some of which still featured the classic M39 screw mount, and later, a direct M bayonet mount was also introduced.%u00a0The lens offered here is anearly prototype of the Industar-61 L/D 2.8/55%u2009mm, made with M39screw mount for rangefinder cameras. It is completely differentfrom the earlier iterations of the Industar-61 and is preserved in beautiful, near-mint condition. It comes complete with both caps and a plastic case.492 GOI f. Fed M39 Orion 6/2.8 cm %u20ac6.000*prototype no. 44044129, 1944, condition A/B %u20ac 12.000 %u2013 14.000In 1944, shortly after the GOI factory resumed operations following its wartime evacuation, the optical institute began developing new lenses for FED cameras. We are pleased to offer an extremely rareprototype of the Orion wide-angle lens, equipped with a coupled M39 screw mount designed specifically for FED rangefindercameras. This early experimental lens predates by many years the later serial production of the Orion-15 28%u2009mm f/6, which waseventually manufactured at the KMZ plant in the Soviet Union. The offered lens is engraved on the barrel with %u2018OB-244%u2019 and ispreserved in beautiful, near-mint condition.493 GOI f. Zenit M39 %u20ac15.000Mir-1 2.9/3.7 cm prototypeno. 5654, c.1953, condition A/B %u20ac 30.000 %u2013 34.000An unpublished prototype of the Mir-1 (OB120) 1:2.9/3.5%u2009cmwide-angle lens developed by GOI. Development of the Mir-1 design began in 1953 %u2014 one year after the Zenit SLR appeared %u2014 and was completed in 1956. The Mir-1 later became one of the most noted Soviet wide-angle lenses, produced in multiple versions across different factories under the 1:2.8/35%u2009mmspecification, including adaptations for space cameras and forM39/M42 Zenit mounts, with production spanning from 1956 to1991. The lens design received international recognition with a Grand Prix at the 1958 Brussels World%u2019s Fair (Expo 58). This rare prototype is distinguished by its unusual, bright chrome plating. It is accompanied by its original metal case engraved with the lens serial number, two sun filters housed in a matching metal containerbearing the consecutive serial number 2653, and front and rear lens caps in the same bright-chrome finish. A significant prototypethat evidences the Mir-1%u2019s genesis and the GOI%u2019s mid-century optical innovation.SOVIET CAMERAS AND LENSES