Kiev Kiev-C
The Kiev-C is a Soviet-era camera produced under the Kiev brand by the Arsenal plant in Ukraine. As a niche model with limited surviving documentation in the data provided, it sits within the broader family of Kiev rangefinder and medium-format cameras associated with the marque.
Sales evidence for the Kiev-C is extremely thin: a single UK auction hammer record from 2013 shows a result of £10,000, which is a wholesale saleroom figure rather than a retail price. With only one data point, no reliable median or range can be drawn for what a Kiev-C is worth today in 2026, and the price an example sells for will depend heavily on condition, completeness and buyer interest on the day.
Sales History
Prices shown are UK auction hammer results — the wholesale level achieved in the saleroom. Neither buyer’s nor seller’s commission is included. Dealer and retail asking prices are typically higher.
| Date | Price | Source | |
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| Nov 2013 | EUR 10,000 | Leitz Auction | |
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Auction: Leitz Auction 24 (Lot AI_24_27245) Title: Arsenal Kiev-C Space Camera
Description:
Single lens reflex camera no.7100003 for perforated 70-mm-film in detachable special film magazine no.7100003A. Negative format 50x50mm, magazine capacity 100 images (or 180 images when using a special thin-base film). Lenses: Standard lens Arsenal Vega – 12 – C 4/90mm no.70007 (in fact a limited 2.8 lens, double Gauss type, focussing to 0.7m, caps), wide angle lens Mir - 3 - C 3.5/65mm no.70003 (focusing to 0.5m, hood, caps) and tele lens Arsenal Tair – 33 - C 5.6/300mm no.70010 (straight Tair design by Prof. Volossov, lens is fixed at infinity position, caps, hood), all interchangeable in a special breech-lock bayonet. TTL reflex finder. Focal plane shutter ½ - 1/1000 and B. The camera documents the technical data of each image on the film, using four small windows adjacent to the corners of the image window: 1. Time (clock) and colour filter in use (in a round window of 5mm in diameter) 2. f-number 3. exposure time 4. focal length of the lens in use (2. to 4. appear in three square little windows 5x5mm; the analogue watch, f-number and exposure time are keyed-in automatically, while the used type of lens and the filter type have to be set manually by turning small wheels on the body). This data system is achieved by four small objectives behind the windows that focus on electrically lit scales (f-stop, exposure time etc.) and a small battery-driven electric analogue watch (in the size of a wristwatch, with black dial and white hands) that sits in the camera bottom (this missing). Included are three empty envelopes signed by the astronauts (these contained their mission and the astronauts had to sign the delivery), a copy of the instruction book, three extension tubes with Pentacon Six mount and a adapter for Pentacon Six lenses to 34mm screw mount. Estimate: EUR 20,000 - EUR 25,000 |
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