A Kiev IIIa Rangefinder Camera£10
15 Jul 2024 · Flints Auctions · lot 62 · Cameras & Scientific Auctionpremium removed
+ lens
Kiev IIIA
camera
The Kiev IIIA sells for about £70 (median of only 3 recorded sales, 2022–2024; indicative, one source).
Typical sale price
about£70
median of only 3 sales, 2022–2024
Indicativeone source
Few sales, all from Flints Auctions. 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£40
Without the lowest sale£170
Not in the typical price
Listed apart, never blended in.
Every sale
A Kiev IIIa Rangefinder Camera Outfit£20
4 Jun 2024 · Flints Auctions · lot 163 · Cameras & Scientific Auctionpremium removed
awaiting classification · not in the price+ lens
A Kiev IIIa Rangefinder Camera£70
4 Jun 2024 · Flints Auctions · lot 168 · Cameras & Scientific Auctionpremium removed
+ lens
Kiev IIIa outfit£7,834
25 Nov 2023 · Leitz Photographica Auction · €9,000 · lot A00424hammer ↗
outfit (body with several lenses) · not in the price+ lens
A Zavod Arsenal Kiev IIIA 'Ukrainian' Rangefinder Camera£270
17 Nov 2022 · Flints Auctions · lot 151 · Fine Photographicapremium removed
+ lens
What it is
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Generated summary, 29 Apr 2026 — not checked by hand; prices on this page come from the sales, not from this text.
Questions
What affects the price of a Kiev IIIA?
Shutter accuracy, rangefinder clarity and cosmetic condition are the main value drivers, and a matching-era Jupiter lens or original case can lift the figure modestly.
Facts
- Maker
- Kiev
- Type
- camera
- Sales in the typical price
- 3
- First sale
- 17 Nov 2022
- Latest sale
- 15 Jul 2024
- Median
- £70
- Middle half
- £40–£170
- Evidence
- Indicative · one source
- Method
- v1
Cite this page
“Kiev IIIA: about £70, the median of 3 recorded sales, 2022–2024 (Indicative, method v1).” cameraworth.com, retrieved 8 October 2026. https://www.cameraworth.com/k/kiev/iiia/