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220525 Contax I with Tele-Tessar %u20ac3.000*K 8/30cm Direct Mount no. AU80044, 1932, condition B/A %u20ac 5.000 %u2013 6.000An early Contax I in very good cosmetic condition (shutter needsattention), with very rare direct-mount Tele-Tessar 8/30%u2009cmno.%u20091622666%u2009%u2014%u2009in heavy brass mount and black paint / nickelfinish%u2009%u2014%u2009only around 100 of these rare lenses were made between1932-1935! Including a rare 436/12 finder for 30%u2009cm.526 Contax I Version 7 %u20ac400with Sonnar 2/5 cmno. Z.26726, 1935, condition B/A %u20ac 800 %u2013 900Nice 7th version, in very good condition, shutter working butnot accurate, with Sonnar 2/5%u2009cm no.%u20091416229, optics%u00a0with smallscratches on the front element, with matching back.527 Carl Zeiss Jena %u20ac5.000Contax Jena %u2018Ivory%u2019no. 27966, 1947, condition B+ %u20ac 10.000 %u2013 12.000One of very few original prototypes Contax cameras made in Jena, with%u00a0ivory laquer, from the usual serial number range 279XX, withmatching ivory finish%u00a0Sonnar 2/5%u2009cm no.%u20093104773, original lightbrown leather covering, camera and lens in good condition, a similar camera can be seen in Hans-J%u00fcrgen Kuc %u2018On the Trail of the Contax%u2019 vol. II p.130 with Sonnar 2/5%u2009cm no.%u20093104774 (!), note theflash sync contact and the interesting high profile film rewind knob,with matching leather case (top cover missing). It is for sure oneof the most attractive Contax cameras!528 Zeiss Jena f. Contax %u20ac600Dummy Lenses setno.0000000, 1930s, condition A/B %u20ac 1.200 %u2013 1.400A set of very%u00a0rare early original dummy lenses for Contax (fordisplay), black/nickel Sonnar 2/5%u2009cm and Tessar 2.8/5%u2009cm, both withtypical %u2018Attrappe%u2019 no.%u20090000000, non movable front part only,without aperture, in almost mint condition524 Contax I Version 2 with %u20ac800Tessar 2.8/5 cmno. A.U.79125, c.1932, condition B/A %u20ac 1.600 %u2013 1.800Rare second version camera with two%u00a0%u2018dimples%u2019,%u00a0meter scale,matching serial number on the back, in very good condition,together with a very early and matching nickel Tessar 2.8/5%u2009cmno.%u20091309805, good%u00a0optics only showing a few light cleaning marks.529 Carl Zeiss Jena f. Contax %u20ac1.000Herar 3.5/3.5 cmno. 2641110, 1938, condition A/B %u20ac 1.800 %u2013 2.200Rare Zeiss lens in Contax mount, in near-mint condition with clean optics, complete with matching front and rear caps. Produced in a single batch of fewer than 1,000 units between 1938 and 1939.530 Carl Zeiss Jena f. Contax %u20ac600*Sonnar 1.5/5 cm nickel no.1517904, 1934, condition B/A %u20ac 1.000 %u2013 1.200An uncommon, early Sonnar 1.5/5%u2009cm in nickel finish, aperture tof:11, in very good condition, optics with only minimal cleaning marks. A matching lens for early Contax I cameras.531 Carl Zeiss Jena f. Contax %u20ac2.000*Sonnar 4/30cm Direct Mount no. 2427384, 1938, condition B/A %u20ac 4.000 %u2013 5.000A very early Sonnar 4/30%u2009cm, no.%u20092427384, from the first productionbatch of just 60 lenses (nos. 2427341%u20132427400), centered on 20%u00a0October%u00a01938 after the original optical calculation ofAugust%u00a01938. Although completed already in 1938, the model wasonly officially introduced at the Leipzig Fair and released to themarket in March%u00a01940. Most of this initial run was supplied to themilitary, making surviving examples extremely rare. The lens offered here is in excellent condition and fitted with a very raredirect-mount adapter in place of the usual Flektoskop reflexhousing. It represents one of the earliest and most historically important long-focus Sonnars, built as the successor to the Tele-Tessar 8/30%u2009cm.532 Zeiss Ikon Night Kolibri %u20ac1.200no. R.99635, 1930s, condition A/B %u20ac 2.400 %u2013 2.800Rare Night Kolibri with fast Biotar 2/4.5%u2009cm no.%u20091364571, goodoptics only showing a few light cleaning marks, complete set with a detachable stand, lens cap, 3%u2009%u00d7 color filters (with maker%u2019s boxes),negatives album, French instructions and papers, with maker%u2019s box (top missing).533 Zeiss Ikon Super Nettel %u20ac400no. F.40873, 1935, condition A%u2013 %u20ac 800 %u2013 900Rare very early folding 35%u2009mm rangefinder camera, first versionblack/nickel with black focusing scale, in outstanding, mintcondition, smooth focus and aperture, with Triotar 3.5/5%u2009cmno.165156