Meguro Kogaku Melcon

camera

The Meguro Kogaku Melcon sells for about £565 (median of only 5 recorded sales, 2004–2016; indicative, one source, old).

Typical sale price
about£565

median of only 5 sales, 2004–2016

Indicativeone sourceold
£545£561£565£632£695

Few sales, all from Leitz Photographica Auction. 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£563
Without the lowest sale£599

Every sale

What it is

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Generated summary, 21 May 2026 — not checked by hand; prices on this page come from the sales, not from this text.

Questions

Why is the Melcon's value relatively high for an obscure camera?

It is a 1950s Japanese Leica screw-mount copy produced in small numbers, and that scarcity supports prices despite the model's low public profile.

Facts

Maker
Meguro Kogaku
Type
camera
Sales in the typical price
5
First sale
6 Nov 2004
Latest sale
19 Nov 2016
Median
£565
Middle half
£561–£632
Evidence
Indicative · one source, old
Method
v1

Cite this page

“Meguro Kogaku Melcon: about £565, the median of 5 recorded sales, 2004–2016 (Indicative, method v1).” cameraworth.com, retrieved 8 October 2026. https://www.cameraworth.com/m/meguro-kogaku/melcon/

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