Mackenstein Kallista£412
22 Nov 2003 · Leitz Photographica Auction · €594 · lot AI_4_22496hammer ↗
+ lens
Mackenstein Kallista
camera
The Mackenstein Kallista has 1 recorded sale: £412 (22 Nov 2003, 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, 14 May 2026 — not checked by hand; prices on this page come from the sales, not from this text.
Questions
Is the Mackenstein Kallista a collectable camera?
Mackenstein was a Paris-based camera maker and surviving wooden field cameras such as the Kallista do attract specialist collectors of early French photographic equipment, though the market is small and sales are infrequent.
Facts
- Maker
- Mackenstein
- Type
- camera
- Sales in the typical price
- 1
- First sale
- 22 Nov 2003
- Latest sale
- 22 Nov 2003
- Evidence
- Sales only · old
- Method
- v1
Cite this page
“Mackenstein Kallista: 1 recorded sale, November 2003; no typical price (method v1).” cameraworth.com, retrieved 8 October 2026. https://www.cameraworth.com/m/mackenstein/kallista/