The Contessa Nettix "Ladies Handbag" is an early plate camera produced in Germany, built into a handbag-style housing aimed at discreet use. It dates from the early twentieth century, before Contessa-Nettel's 1926 absorption into Zeiss Ikon, and was a niche detective-style product rather than a mainstream amateur camera.

With only a single hammer result on file at UK auction, the price evidence is thin: one example sold for £1,300 in 2016. As of today that figure is the only verifiable saleroom benchmark for what this camera is worth, and any current value would depend heavily on completeness of the handbag housing and condition of the optics.