Arsenal Kiev SKD-01 Space Camera£15,274
24 Nov 2012 · Leitz Photographica Auction · €19,000 · lot AI_22_14367hammer ↗
+ lens
Kiev SKD-01
camera
The Kiev SKD-01 has 1 recorded sale: £15,274 (24 Nov 2012, Leitz Photographica Auction). 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
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Generated summary, 16 May 2026 — not checked by hand; prices on this page come from the sales, not from this text.
Questions
Why is the price so high for a Soviet camera?
The SKD-01 appears very rarely at auction, and scarcity combined with specialist collector interest is what drives the price recorded here rather than typical Soviet camera market levels.
Facts
- Maker
- Kiev
- Type
- camera
- Sales in the typical price
- 1
- First sale
- 24 Nov 2012
- Latest sale
- 24 Nov 2012
- Evidence
- Sales only · old
- Method
- v1
Cite this page
“Kiev SKD-01: 1 recorded sale, November 2012; no typical price (method v1).” cameraworth.com, retrieved 8 October 2026. https://www.cameraworth.com/k/kiev/skd-01/