KGB Microdot camera£815
27 Nov 2005 · Leitz Photographica Auction · €1,200 · lot AI_8_25502hammer ↗
KGB Microdot (1mm)
camera
The KGB Microdot (1mm) has 2 recorded sales: £815 (27 Nov 2005, Leitz Photographica Auction) and £416 (22 Nov 2003, Leitz Photographica Auction). That is too few for a typical price.
Recorded sales
Only 2 sales — too few for a typical price, so here they are.
KGB Microdot camera£416
22 Nov 2003 · Leitz Photographica Auction · €600 · lot AI_4_22466hammer ↗
Sales onlyold
Hammer prices, buyer’s premium removed; eBay as soldHow ↗
What it is
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Generated summary, 9 May 2026 — not checked by hand; prices on this page come from the sales, not from this text.
Other Microdots
Questions
Why is the price information so limited?
The Microdot was not a commercial product, so it appears at public auction very rarely, which limits the sales data available for valuation.
Facts
- Maker
- KGB
- Type
- camera
- Sales in the typical price
- 2
- First sale
- 22 Nov 2003
- Latest sale
- 27 Nov 2005
- Evidence
- Sales only · old
- Method
- v1
Cite this page
“KGB Microdot (1mm): 2 recorded sales, 2003–2005; no typical price (method v1).” cameraworth.com, retrieved 8 October 2026. https://www.cameraworth.com/k/kgb/microdot-1mm/