Bermpohl Tri-Colour Camera£899
13 Jun 2020 · Leitz Photographica Auction · €1,000 · lot AI_36_38274hammer ↗
◆ ? title doesn’t name the Naturfarbenkamera+ lens
Bermpohl& Co. Bermpohl's Naturfarbenkamera
camera
The Bermpohl& Co. Bermpohl's Naturfarbenkamera sells for about £901 (median of only 4 recorded sales, 2005–2020; indicative, old).
Typical sale price
about£901
median of only 4 sales, 2005–2020
Indicativeold
Few sales. Read this as a rough guide; every sale is shown below.
Hammer prices, buyer’s premium removed; eBay as soldHow ↗
How much does one sale move this?
Without the highest sale£899
Without the lowest sale£903
Not in the typical price
Listed apart, never blended in.
Every sale
Bermpohl Tri-Colour Camera£1,766
10 Mar 2018 · Leitz Photographica Auction · €2,000 · lot AI_32_36344hammer ↗
◆ ? title doesn’t name the Naturfarbenkamera+ lens
Bermpohl-Naturfarbenkamera three colour camera intro 1920's by Bermpohl & Co. Berlin, 5 x 7' (13 x 18cm) No. 680 with polished teak body and brown bellows. Produces three negatives from one lens by semi transparent mirrors and colour filters. Meyer Plasmat f4/30cm lens No. 780909 in a Compound shutter with racked focusing, three double dark slides, unused lens board, Bermpohl publicity leaflets.£750
+ lens
Bermpohl Naturfarbenkamera£903
21 May 2005 · Leitz Photographica Auction · €1,320 · lot AI_7_24783hammer ↗
+ lens
Bermpohl Panoramic 3-colour camera£1,679
29 May 2004 · Leitz Photographica Auction · €2,500 · lot AI_5_23289hammer ↗
◆ ? title doesn’t name the Naturfarbenkameraawaiting classification · not in the price+ lens
What it is
{"overview":"Bermpohl's Naturfarbenkamera is a specialist plate camera made by the German firm Bermpohl & Co. for early natural-colour photography using the one-shot three-negative method. Values today are highly condition-sensitive: complete outfits with the original beam-splitter assembly and matched plate holders sell for considerably more than stripped bodies, and the small sample size means what one sells for in any given year can swing sharply.","buying_guide":"Inspect the beam-splitter prism and internal mirrors for separation, haze and silvering loss, as these are the most failure-prone elements and effectively impossible to replace.
Generated summary, 23 Apr 2026 — not checked by hand; prices on this page come from the sales, not from this text.
Questions
Why does the price vary so much?
Because it is a rare one-shot colour camera, price depends heavily on whether the beam-splitter optics are clear and whether the original plate holders are included.
Facts
- Maker
- Bermpohl& Co.
- Type
- camera
- Sales in the typical price
- 4
- First sale
- 21 May 2005
- Latest sale
- 13 Jun 2020
- Median
- £901
- Middle half
- £862–£1,119
- Evidence
- Indicative · old
- Method
- v1
Cite this page
“Bermpohl& Co. Bermpohl's Naturfarbenkamera: about £901, the median of 4 recorded sales, 2005–2020 (Indicative, method v1).” cameraworth.com, retrieved 8 October 2026. https://www.cameraworth.com/b/bermpohl-co/bermpohls-naturfarbenkamera/