An Arsenal Kiev IIa 35mm Rangefinder Camera£120
29 Oct 2025 · Flints Auctions · lot 96 · Cameras & Scientific Instrumentspremium removed
○ version not yet checked+ lens
Kiev IIA
camera
The Kiev IIA sells for about £120 (median of only 3 recorded sales, 2004–2025; indicative, version mix).
Typical sale price
about£120
median of only 3 sales, 2004–2025
Indicativeversion mix
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£73
Without the lowest sale£133
Price by version
Typical price and middle half, on one shared scale.
Version not stated£732 sales
1 rarer version (1–2 sales each)
Prototype£145
Every sale
A Keiv IIA Rangefinder Camera£25
11 Jun 2024 · Special Auction Services · lot 179 · Photographica & Cameras Auctionhammer
○ version not yet checked
Kiev IIa Prototype£145
6 Nov 2004 · Leitz Photographica Auction · €208 · lot AI_6_24070hammer ↗
● Prototype+ lens
What it is
{"overview":"The Kiev IIA is a Soviet-made 35mm rangefinder camera produced in Ukraine, based on the pre-war Contax II design whose tooling was transferred to Kiev after 1945.
Generated summary, 24 Apr 2026 — not checked by hand; prices on this page come from the sales, not from this text.
Versions and how to tell them apart
Questions
Is the Kiev IIA a good value rangefinder?
For buyers who want a Contax-mount rangefinder experience, the Kiev IIA offers a low entry price, but the value depends on finding an example whose shutter and rangefinder still work correctly.
Facts
- Maker
- Kiev
- Type
- camera
- Sales in the typical price
- 3
- First sale
- 6 Nov 2004
- Latest sale
- 29 Oct 2025
- Median
- £120
- Middle half
- £73–£133
- Evidence
- Indicative · version mix
- Method
- v1
Cite this page
“Kiev IIA: about £120, the median of 3 recorded sales, 2004–2025 (Indicative, method v1).” cameraworth.com, retrieved 8 October 2026. https://www.cameraworth.com/k/kiev/iia/