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OstLicht Photo Auction

68 - KMZ | BK (Biogon Krasnogorsk) 2.8/3.5 cm

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€400

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Estimation

€700 - 900

Sale fees

27%

KMZ | BK (Biogon Krasnogorsk) 2.8/3.5 cm Estimate: € 700–900 Year: 1948 SN: 1750 Condition: B English: Early BK ('Biogon Krasnogorsk') 2.8/3.5 cm, manufactured by KMZ in 1948, fitted with the Contax/Kiev bayonet mount and coated optics. The BK represents the first Soviet development of the Carl Zeiss Biogon 2.8/35 mm and is the immediate predecessor of the later Zorki BK and Jupiter-12. The earliest BK lenses were produced in very small numbers during 1947–48 and are associated with German Zeiss optical glass and components transferred to the Soviet Union in the immediate post-war period. Clean lenses with caps. Deutsch: Frühes BK („Biogon Krasnogorsk“) 2,8/3,5cm, 1948 von KMZ hergestellt, mit Contax-/Kiev-Bajonettanschluss und vergüteter Optik. Das BK ist die erste sowjetische Weiterentwicklung des Carl Zeiss Biogon 2,8/35mm und unmittelbarer Vorläufer der späteren Zorki-BK- und Jupiter 12-Objektive. Die frühesten BK wurden 1947/48 in sehr kleinen Stückzahlen gefertigt und mit deutschen Zeiss-Gläsern und Bauteilen in Verbindung gebracht, die unmittelbar nach dem Krieg in die Sowjetunion gelangten. Saubere Linsen, mit Deckeln.

Auction details

OstLicht Camera Auction Autumn 2026
Saturday, November 21
11:00 AM
Absberggasse 27
1100 Vienna, Austria

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OstLicht Photo Auction +43 6 64 20 11 850 coeln@ostlicht.org
On Drouot for 5 years avec More than 2,000 lots published

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