A Kochmann Korelle K Camera£350
19 Nov 2020 · Flints Auctions · lot 253 · Fine Photographica & Instruments of Sciencepremium removed
● black+ lens
Kochmann Korelle K
camera · c1933 (McKeown’s 1997–98)
The Kochmann Korelle K sells for about £278 (median of only 4 recorded sales, 2004–2020; indicative, old, version mix).
Typical sale price
about£278
median of only 4 sales, 2004–2020
Indicativeoldversion 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£265
Without the lowest sale£291
Price by version
Typical price and middle half, on one shared scale.
Version not stated£2653 sales
1 rarer version (1–2 sales each)
black£350
Every sale
Kochmann Korelle K brown£265
10 Mar 2018 · Leitz Photographica Auction · €300 · lot AI_32_36069hammer ↗
○ version not yet checked+ lens
Kochmann Korelle K£291
6 Nov 2004 · Leitz Photographica Auction · €417 · lot AI_6_24071hammer ↗
○ version can’t tell+ lens
Korelle K camera£249
23 Mar 2004 · Christie's · lot 259premium removed ↗
○ version not yet checked+ lens
What the book says
Book guide — not a sale$300–450
McKeown’s 1997–98: $300–450 (USD, mint) — a guide price, not a sale
What it is
Compact 35mm half‑frame, vertical format. Thermoplastic body is neither folding nor collapsing type. Shutter/lens assembly is a fixed part of the body. Front lens focusing. Tessar f3.5 or Trioplan f2.8/35mm in Compur 1‑300 shutter.
— McKeown’s Price Guide, 1997–98, p. 214
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Generated summary, 25 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
Other Korelles
Korelle P
7 salesabout £150IndicativeKorelle 3x4
2 salesSales onlyKorelle 4x6.5
1 saleSales onlyKorelle 6x6
1 saleSales onlyKorelle cameras
1 saleSales onlyKorelle 4.5x6
0 salesNo sales yetKorelle 6x9
0 salesNo sales yetKorelle K (Elmar f3.5/3.5cm)
0 salesNo sales yet
7 salesabout £150IndicativeKorelle 3x4
2 salesSales onlyKorelle 4x6.5
1 saleSales onlyKorelle 6x6
1 saleSales onlyKorelle cameras
1 saleSales onlyKorelle 4.5x6
0 salesNo sales yetKorelle 6x9
0 salesNo sales yetKorelle K (Elmar f3.5/3.5cm)
0 salesNo sales yet
Questions
Is the Kochmann Korelle K a rare camera?
It appears infrequently in UK auction records, which is why pricing reference data for the model is sparse.
Facts
- Maker
- Kochmann
- Type
- camera
- Years made
- c1933 (McKeown’s 1997–98)
- Sales in the typical price
- 4
- First sale
- 23 Mar 2004
- Latest sale
- 19 Nov 2020
- Median
- £278
- Middle half
- £261–£306
- Evidence
- Indicative · old, version mix
- Method
- v1
Cite this page
“Kochmann Korelle K: about £278, the median of 4 recorded sales, 2004–2020 (Indicative, method v1).” cameraworth.com, retrieved 8 October 2026. https://www.cameraworth.com/k/kochmann/korelle-k/