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The National Portrait Gallery, part of the Smithsonian Institution, has purchased a daguerreotype of Dolley Madison for $456,000 -- the early known photograph of a First Lady.

A daguerreotype of the first First Lady of the United States and the earliest-known photograph of a First Lady is to be auctioned off with the current bid well above the asking price.

A rare 66-year-old Leica MP2 black paint camera has been sold for 1.56 million Euros, or nearly $1.68 million, at the 44th Leitz Photographica Auction in Wetzlar, Germany.

Joe Rosenthal's iconic Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima photograph has sold for $103,090 at auction making it the most expensive wartime image ever sold.

The 44th Leitz Photographica Auction is scheduled to take place on June 8 and brings with it some exceptionally rare cameras, including a Leitz Rifle Camera valued at $280,000 -- and that's not even the highest-valued item.

A rediscovered photo, that appears to show the iceberg that sank the Titanic 112 years ago, goes on auction this month.

An extremely rare Leica M6 model, one of only six made, is up for auction by Bonhams.

An upcoming Vivian Maier auction will offer up a rarity for the late photographer: images printed over her lifetime.

Two years after Man Ray's Le Violon d’Ingres became the most expensive photo ever sold, another print of the iconic image has gone at auction for $130,000.

The Conservation Alliance (TCA) announced that it will auction off a Fujifilm X100VI Limited Edition camera, provided by Fujifilm, in order to raise funds to protect and expand North America's wild and outdoor spaces.

A rare type 1 photograph of legendary baseball player Mickey Mantle sold for a whopping $843,750, making it the most valuable type 1 photo ever sold at auction.

Several type 1 photographs depicting significant moments and celebrities are up for auction, including a young Jeff Bezos and a candid Marilyn Monroe.

While the October edition of the biannual Wetzlar Camera Auctions is still many months away, an item that will be available this fall has already been unveiled, and it's one of the strangest Leica cameras ever -- a Leica M4 wrapped in plastic and twine by the artist Christo.

A previously unknown prototype of the compact Leica CL 35mm rangefinder camera has surprisingly appeared at an Austrian vintage camera store, Photo Arsenal Worldwide, and is available for purchase.

A cache of Type 1 photographs of pop culture icons are up for auction that includes pictures of Jackie Kennedy, Al Capone, Walt Disney, and many more.

A bride was reunited with her wedding photos that had been lost for more than three decades -- after another woman spotted them at an auction.

The very first prototype of Leica's earliest experimentation with die-casting a camera is coming to auction this year with the expectation that collectors will be clamoring to add it to their collection.

The 43rd Leitz Photographica Auction occurred over the weekend in Vienna, Austria, and some exceptional cameras and lenses sold for huge sums.

A menu for first-class passengers on Titanic, that was discovered in a photo album, has sold for over $100,000 at auction.

There are some very interesting lots in the upcoming 43rd Leitz Photographica Auction on November 25 in Vienna, Austria.

A series of photographs discovered in a garage that capture John F. Kennedy's assassination are being auctioned off.

The car belonging to legendary fashion photographer Helmut Newton is going up for auction with a price tag of $1.5 million.

In late 2021, photographer Jeff Sedlik acquired an old, faded, framed print at an estate sale in Connecticut for $2,200. After opening it, he realized it was actually two signed Alfred Stieglitz prints that together may sell for upwards of $250,000.

Freddie Mercury’s personal belongings which include his never-seen-before photographs are to be sold via auction this week.

An extremely rare Leica 0-series camera from 1923 is headed to auction next month and is expected to draw upwards of $2,140,000.

The original Nikon camera that photographer Karl Ferris used to take multiple Jimi Hendrix 1960s-era album covers as well as Ferris' original Halliburton case are coming to auction.

A rare set of photographs taken in the immediate aftermath of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake are set for auction today in California.