The Minolta CLE is a 35mm rangefinder camera using the Leica M lens mount, introduced in 1980 as a compact aperture-priority body developed jointly between Minolta and Leitz. The gold edition is a special-finish variant of that body, produced in very small numbers and aimed at collectors rather than working photographers.

With only one UK auction record to reference, pricing for the gold CLE is thin: a single hammer result of £3,400 in June 2025 sets the most recent saleroom benchmark. Today, what a Minolta CLE (gold) is worth at auction in 2026 depends almost entirely on completeness — original presentation case, matching gold-finish 40mm Rokkor and unworn plating drive value, and condition-sensitive examples can sell for materially less than pristine sets. These figures are UK auction hammer prices and exclude buyer's and seller's commission.