Nettel Argus spy camera with deceptive 90 degree lens and viewfinder, marked Argus Nettel Camerawerk£220
6 Feb 2019 · Harper Field · lot 426hammer ↗
+ lens
Nettel Kamerawerk Argus (Spy Camera)
camera
The Nettel Kamerawerk Argus (Spy Camera) sells for about £810 (median of only 3 recorded sales, 2005–2019; indicative, old).
Typical sale price
about£810
median of only 3 sales, 2005–2019
Indicativeold
Few sales. 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£515
Without the lowest sale£966
Every sale
Nettel Camerawerk Argus£810
5 Dec 2009 · Leitz Photographica Auction · €900 · lot AI_16_19483hammer ↗
+ lens
Nettel Argus£1,121
27 Nov 2005 · Leitz Photographica Auction · €1,650 · lot AI_8_25775hammer ↗
What it is
{"overview":"The Nettel Kamerawerk Argus is a German-made detective or spy camera, built by Nettel Kamerawerk in the early twentieth century before the firm merged into Contessa-Nettel. With just one data point at saleroom level, the price an example sells for today depends heavily on completeness, cosmetic condition and provenance, and a fresh appearance could move the figure materially in either direction.
Generated summary, 28 Apr 2026 — not checked by hand; prices on this page come from the sales, not from this text.
Questions
Is the Nettel Argus a rare camera?
Public auction appearances are infrequent, which is consistent with a specialist collector item rather than a commonly traded model.
Facts
- Maker
- Nettel Kamerawerk
- Type
- camera
- Sales in the typical price
- 3
- First sale
- 27 Nov 2005
- Latest sale
- 6 Feb 2019
- Median
- £810
- Middle half
- £515–£966
- Evidence
- Indicative · old
- Method
- v1
Cite this page
“Nettel Kamerawerk Argus (Spy Camera): about £810, the median of 3 recorded sales, 2005–2019 (Indicative, method v1).” cameraworth.com, retrieved 8 October 2026. https://www.cameraworth.com/n/nettel-kamerawerk/argus-spy-camera/