On March 24, McTear’s of Glasgow is offering a camera that belonged to Amelia Earhart, the American aviation pioneer who became the first female aviator to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean.
The black paint Leica 1, which dates to 1929, was given to Earhart by her husband, the publisher George P Putnam. It now forms part of a 120-lot collection of vintage and modern cameras belonging to east Ayrshire photographer and collector Ian Macdonald.