A Nicca Tower Type 3 Rangefinder Camera Body£55
28 May 2025 · Flints Auctions · lot 15 · Cameras & Scientific Instrumentspremium removed
Nicca Tower Type 3
camera
The Nicca Tower Type 3 typically sells for £155 (median of 10 recorded sales, 1999–2025; fair evidence).
See all 10 recorded sales: the date, saleroom or eBay listing, version and price of each →
Typical sale price
£155
median of 10 sales, 1999–2025
Fair
Middle half of sales: £115–£273
Hammer prices, buyer’s premium removed; eBay as soldHow ↗
Over time
Every sale since 1999; no trend line.
Latest sales All 10 →
A Nicca Tower Type-3 35mm Rangefinder Camera Body£80
3 Dec 2024 · Flints Auctions · lot 13 · Cameras & Scientific Instrumentspremium removed
A Nicca Tower Type-3 Rangefinder Camera£250
30 Apr 2014 · Special Auction Services · lot 208hammer ↗
+ lens
A Nicca Tower Type-3 Rangefinder Camera£150
30 Apr 2014 · Special Auction Services · lot 212hammer ↗
+ lens
Tower Type-3£309
29 May 2010 · Leitz Photographica Auction · €360 · lot AI_17_11333hammer ↗
+ lens
What it is
The Nicca Tower Type 3 is a Japanese 35mm rangefinder camera from the 1950s, sold in the United States under the Sears Tower brand. Nicca produced Leica-screw-mount rangefinders aimed at photographers who wanted a Barnack-style body at a lower price than the German originals.
Inspect the cloth focal-plane shutter for pinholes and capping at higher speeds, check rangefinder alignment and patch contrast, and confirm the slow-speed governor runs cleanly. Bodies missing the original take-up spool or with seized speed dials are common; service is possible through independent Leica-screw-mount specialists rather than any factory support.
Generated summary, 13 May 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 the same camera as a Nicca?
Yes — Tower was the Sears house brand in the United States, and the Tower Type 3 is a rebadged Nicca screw-mount rangefinder, so its value tracks the equivalent Nicca-branded model.
Facts
- Maker
- Nicca
- Type
- camera
- Sales in the typical price
- 10
- First sale
- 17 Jun 1999
- Latest sale
- 28 May 2025
- Median
- £155
- Middle half
- £115–£273
- Evidence
- Fair
- Method
- v1
Cite this page
“Nicca Tower Type 3: typical sale price £155, the median of 10 recorded sales, 1999–2025, middle half £115–£273 (Fair, method v1).” cameraworth.com, retrieved 29 October 2026. https://www.cameraworth.com/n/nicca/tower-type-3/
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