Perla no. 15731£500
18 Sep 2001 · Christie's · lot 152premium removed ↗
+ lens
Gamma Perla
camera
The Gamma Perla has 1 recorded sale: £500 (18 Sep 2001, Christie's). That is too few for a typical price.
Recorded sales
Only 1 sale — too few for a typical price, so here it is.
Sales onlyold
Hammer prices, buyer’s premium removed; eBay as soldHow ↗
What it is
The Gamma Perla is an Italian-made 35mm camera from the mid-twentieth century, produced by the Milan firm Gamma. It was sold as a compact rangefinder-style body during a period when several small Italian manufacturers competed alongside German imports in the domestic market.
As with any low-production Italian 35mm camera of this era, inspect the shutter for accurate slow speeds, check the rangefinder (if fitted) for patch contrast, and look closely at the body covering and top plate for corrosion or amateur repair. Service support is effectively limited to independent specialists, and replacement parts are not commercially available, so a working example is worth significantly more than a project body.
Generated summary, 17 May 2026 — not checked by hand; prices on this page come from the sales, not from this text.
Questions
Is the Gamma Perla a rare camera?
Public auction records for the Perla are very scarce, which is consistent with a low-production Italian camera that appears in the saleroom only occasionally.
Facts
- Maker
- Gamma
- Type
- camera
- Sales in the typical price
- 1
- First sale
- 18 Sep 2001
- Latest sale
- 18 Sep 2001
- Evidence
- Sales only · old
- Method
- v1
Cite this page
“Gamma Perla: 1 recorded sale, September 2001; no typical price (method v1).” cameraworth.com, retrieved 17 October 2026. https://www.cameraworth.com/g/gamma/perla/