I Mod.A Elmar 'Snake-Skin'£6,430
12 May 2012 · Leitz Photographica Auction · €8,000 · lot AI_21_13939hammer ↗
● Snake Skin+ lens
Leica I (A) · Snake Skin
The Leica I (A) Snake Skin has 2 recorded sales: £6,430 (12 May 2012, Leitz Photographica Auction) and £1,700 (18 Oct 2000, Christie's). That is too few for a typical price.
Recorded sales
Only 2 sales — too few for a typical price, so here they are.
Leica I(a) no. 13726£1,700
18 Oct 2000 · Christie's · lot 194premium removed ↗
● Snake Skin+ lens
Sales onlyold
Hammer prices, buyer’s premium removed; eBay as soldHow ↗
Other versions of the I (A)
Elmar f/3.5 50mm
115 sales£480SolidHektor
27 sales£1,702Fair5-digits Number
21 sales£320FairElmax
14 sales£4,350Fair(5-digits Number) close focus
9 salesabout £620Indicative4-digits Number
8 salesabout £650IndicativeAnastigmat
6 salesabout £29,598IndicativeElmax f/3.5 50mm
6 salesabout £2,864Indicative
115 sales£480SolidHektor
27 sales£1,702Fair5-digits Number
21 sales£320FairElmax
14 sales£4,350Fair(5-digits Number) close focus
9 salesabout £620Indicative4-digits Number
8 salesabout £650IndicativeAnastigmat
6 salesabout £29,598IndicativeElmax f/3.5 50mm
6 salesabout £2,864Indicative
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“Leica I (A) Snake Skin: 2 recorded sales, 2000–2012; no typical price (method v1).” cameraworth.com, retrieved 8 October 2026. https://www.cameraworth.com/l/leica/i-a/v/snake-skin/