A Robot IIa Camera£40
20 May 2025 · Special Auction Services · lot 96 · Fine Photographica & Cameras Auctionhammer
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Berning Robot IIa
camera
The Berning Robot IIa typically sells for £85 (median of 10 recorded sales, 1999–2025; fair evidence).
Typical sale price
£85
median of 10 sales, 1999–2025
Fair
Middle half of sales: £73–£118
Hammer prices, buyer’s premium removed; eBay as soldHow ↗
Not in the typical price
Listed apart, never blended in.
Over time
Every sale since 1999; no trend line.
Latest sales All 11 →
A Robot IIa 35mm Camera£70
29 Apr 2025 · Flints Auctions · lot 154 · Cameras & Scientific Instrumentspremium removed
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A Robot IIa Camera£80
20 Aug 2024 · Special Auction Services · lot 185 · TWO DAY: Photographica & Cameras Auctionhammer
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A Robot IIa Camera£110
11 Jun 2024 · Special Auction Services · lot 65 · Photographica & Cameras Auctionhammer
A Robot IIa Camera£150
16 Apr 2024 · Special Auction Services · lot 129 · Photographica & Cameras Auctionhammer
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What it is
{"overview":"The Berning Robot IIa is a spring-motor-driven 35mm camera produced in West Germany in the early 1950s, exposing square 24×24mm frames on standard 35mm film.
Generated summary, 20 Apr 2026 — not checked by hand; prices on this page come from the sales, not from this text.
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28 sales£160FairRobot Royal 36
10 sales£375FairRobot I
9 salesabout £100IndicativeRobot Royal III
9 salesabout £230IndicativeRobot Royal 36 (Mod. III)
6 salesabout £343IndicativeRobot Star 25
5 salesabout £100IndicativeRobot Luftwaffe Model
3 salesabout £80IndicativeRobot Recorder 36
3 salesabout £120Indicative
Questions
What affects the price and value of a Robot IIa most?
The spring-motor condition and the presence of a matching working lens are the biggest factors; a serviced, smoothly running camera commands a clear premium over otherwise similar bodies with sticky mechanisms.
Facts
- Maker
- Berning
- Type
- camera
- Sales in the typical price
- 10
- First sale
- 14 Jan 1999
- Latest sale
- 20 May 2025
- Median
- £85
- Middle half
- £73–£118
- Evidence
- Fair
- Method
- v1
Cite this page
“Berning Robot IIa: typical sale price £85, the median of 10 recorded sales, 1999–2025, middle half £73–£118 (Fair, method v1).” cameraworth.com, retrieved 8 October 2026. https://www.cameraworth.com/b/berning/robot-iia/