A Nicca Tower Type-3S 35mm Rangefinder Camera Body£65
25 Jul 2025 · Flints Auctions · lot 299 · Cameras & Scientific Instrumentspremium removed
Nicca Tower Type 3-S
camera
The Nicca Tower Type 3-S sells for about £180 (median of only 7 recorded sales, 2004–2025; indicative).
See all 7 recorded sales: the date, saleroom or eBay listing, version and price of each →
Typical sale price
about£180
median of only 7 sales, 2004–2025
Indicative
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£160
Without the lowest sale£220
Every sale
A Nicca Tower Type-3S 35mm Rangefinder Camera Body£80
3 Dec 2024 · Flints Auctions · lot 12 · Cameras & Scientific Instrumentspremium removed
A Nicca Co. Tower Type-3S Rangefinder Camera£260
18 Nov 2021 · Flints Auctions · lot 124 · Fine Photographica & Instruments of Sciencepremium removed
+ lens
A Nicca Co. Tower Type -3S Rangefinder Camera£300
29 Apr 2021 · Flints Auctions · lot 121 · Fine Photographica & Instruments of Sciencepremium removed
+ lens
A Nicca Co. Tower Type-3S Rangefinder Camera£140
1 Jul 2015 · Special Auction Services · lot 975hammer ↗
+ lens
A Nicca Tower Type-3s Rangefinder Camera£420
30 Apr 2014 · Special Auction Services · lot 214hammer ↗
+ lens
Tower Type 3S no. 50961£180
16 Nov 2004 · Christie's · lot 243premium removed ↗
+ lens
What it is
The Nicca Tower Type 3-S is a 35mm rangefinder camera sold in the United States under the Sears Tower label, rebadged from a Nicca-built Leica-screw-mount body. It was positioned as a more affordable alternative to German rangefinders of the same era.
Inspect the rangefinder patch for contrast and vertical alignment, check cloth shutter curtains for pinholes and capping at high speeds, and confirm the slow-speed escapement runs cleanly. Screw-mount lenses and accessories are widely cross-compatible, but Nicca-specific service is now specialist work, so budget for a CLA on any example that has not been recently serviced.
Generated summary, 23 Apr 2026 — not checked by hand; prices on this page come from the sales, not from this text.
Other Towers
Questions
Is the Tower Type 3-S the same as a Nicca rangefinder?
Yes — the Tower Type 3-S is a Nicca-built 35mm rangefinder sold under the Sears Tower name in the US market, so its price at UK auction tracks the wider Nicca screw-mount body market.
Facts
- Maker
- Nicca
- Type
- camera
- Sales in the typical price
- 7
- First sale
- 16 Nov 2004
- Latest sale
- 25 Jul 2025
- Median
- £180
- Middle half
- £110–£280
- Evidence
- Indicative
- Method
- v1
Cite this page
“Nicca Tower Type 3-S: about £180, the median of 7 recorded sales, 2004–2025 (Indicative, method v1).” cameraworth.com, retrieved 29 October 2026. https://www.cameraworth.com/n/nicca/tower-type-3-s/
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