Nagel Ranca

camera

The Nagel Ranca has 2 recorded sales: £80 (8 Jun 2017, Special Auction Services) and £49 (11 May 2001, 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.

Sales onlyold
Hammer prices, buyer’s premium removed; eBay as soldHow ↗

What it is

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Generated summary, 29 Apr 2026 — not checked by hand; prices on this page come from the sales, not from this text.

Questions

Is the Nagel Ranca a collectible camera?

It carries collector interest as a product of Dr. August Nagel's pre-Kodak Stuttgart workshop, though scarcity of recent sales data makes its market value difficult to gauge.

Facts

Maker
Nagel
Type
camera
Sales in the typical price
2
First sale
11 May 2001
Latest sale
8 Jun 2017
Evidence
Sales only · old
Method
v1

Cite this page

“Nagel Ranca: 2 recorded sales, 2001–2017; no typical price (method v1).” cameraworth.com, retrieved 8 October 2026. https://www.cameraworth.com/n/nagel/ranca/

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