Merkel Metharis Tropen£364
6 Nov 2004 · Leitz Photographica Auction · €521 · lot AI_6_23970hammer ↗
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Merkel Metharis Tropen (Tropical)
camera
The Merkel Metharis Tropen (Tropical) has 1 recorded sale: £364 (6 Nov 2004, 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
{"overview":"The Merkel Metharis Tropen (Tropical) is a folding plate camera produced by the German maker Merkel, built in a tropical specification intended for use in hot and humid conditions.
Generated summary, 10 May 2026 — not checked by hand; prices on this page come from the sales, not from this text.
Other Metharis
Questions
Is the Merkel Metharis Tropen a rare camera?
Sales records are very sparse, which suggests examples appear infrequently in the UK auction market, but the dataset is too small to draw firm conclusions about overall rarity.
Facts
- Maker
- Merkel
- Type
- camera
- Sales in the typical price
- 1
- First sale
- 6 Nov 2004
- Latest sale
- 6 Nov 2004
- Evidence
- Sales only · old
- Method
- v1
Cite this page
“Merkel Metharis Tropen (Tropical): 1 recorded sale, November 2004; no typical price (method v1).” cameraworth.com, retrieved 8 October 2026. https://www.cameraworth.com/m/merkel/metharis-tropen-tropical/