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Leitz 125mm f/2.5 Hektor

The Leitz 125mm f/2.5 Hektor is a medium telephoto lens originally produced for use with the Visoflex reflex housing on Leica screw-mount and later M bodies, with a separate LTM variant also catalogued. Its moderately fast f/2.5 aperture and longer focal length made it suitable for portraiture, near-macro work via the reflex housing, and general telephoto duties at a time when long lenses on rangefinder bodies were difficult to focus accurately.

At UK auction, hammer prices for the Hektor 125mm f/2.5 have typically ranged from around £500 to £1,600 for usable examples, with a long-run median sitting close to £640 — these are saleroom (wholesale) results that exclude buyer's and seller's commission. As of 2026 the lens still trades in that broad band, though one exceptional outlier sold for £40,000 in June 2024, almost certainly reflecting a rare presentation or boxed-set context rather than what a standard copy is worth. Clean Visoflex examples with their reflex housing tend to sell for more than bare optical heads, and the scarcer LTM variant can command a premium when it appears.

Variants

Variant Years Edition Sales Price Range
LTM — — 1 £40,000 – £40,000
Visoflex — — 3 £220 – £650
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Sales History

Prices shown are UK auction hammer results — the wholesale level achieved in the saleroom. Neither buyer’s nor seller’s commission is included. Dealer and retail asking prices are typically higher.

Date Price Source Variant
Oct 2024 £220 Harper Field Auctions Visoflex
Jun 2024 EUR 40,000 Leitz Auction LTM
Nov 2021 USD 800 pedia_sales_tamarkin —
Jun 2017 EUR 950 Leitz Auction —
Nov 2016 EUR 500 Leitz Auction —
Nov 2015 EUR 800 Leitz Auction —
Jun 2015 EUR 700 Leitz Auction —
Dec 2009 EUR 650 Leitz Auction Visoflex
Dec 2009 EUR 800 Leitz Auction —
Nov 2006 EUR 500 Leitz Auction —
May 2006 EUR 1,000 Leitz Auction —
Nov 2005 EUR 1,150 Leitz Auction —
Nov 2004 EUR 1,600 Leitz Auction —
May 2003 EUR 521 Leitz Auction —
Jun 1998 £632 Christie's Visoflex

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