Lehmann Ben Akiba Spazierstock (Walking)
camera
The Lehmann Ben Akiba Spazierstock (Walking) sells for about £14,099 (median of only 3 recorded sales, 2016–2023; indicative, one source).
median of only 3 sales, 2016–2023
Few sales, all from Leitz Photographica Auction. Read this as a rough guide; every sale is shown below.
How much does one sale move this?
Every sale
What it is
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Generated summary, 10 May 2026 — not checked by hand; prices on this page come from the sales, not from this text.
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Questions
Why is the price so high compared with ordinary vintage cameras?
It is a disguised detective camera surviving in very small numbers, and collector demand for concealed photographic apparatus pushes value well above conventional period cameras.
Facts
- Maker
- Lehmann
- Type
- camera
- Sales in the typical price
- 3
- First sale
- 6 Nov 2016
- Latest sale
- 25 Nov 2023
- Median
- £14,099
- Middle half
- £10,314–£14,436
- Evidence
- Indicative · one source
- Method
- v1
Cite this page
“Lehmann Ben Akiba Spazierstock (Walking): about £14,099, the median of 3 recorded sales, 2016–2023 (Indicative, method v1).” cameraworth.com, retrieved 8 October 2026. https://www.cameraworth.com/l/lehmann/ben-akiba-spazierstock-walking/