Nikon S3M Half-Frame black paint£12,956
13 Jun 2026 · Leitz Photographica Auction · €15,000 · lot A03339hammer ↗
● black without motor+ lens
Nikon S3M
35mm rangefinder
The Nikon S3M typically sells for £23,812 (median of 10 recorded sales, 1998–2026; fair evidence).
Typical sale price
£23,812
median of 10 sales, 1998–2026
Fair
Middle half of sales: £16,033–£29,871
Hammer prices, buyer’s premium removed; eBay as soldHow ↗
Price by version
Typical price and middle half, on one shared scale.
Version not stated£19,1323 sales
chrome£25,7585 sales£21,865–£26,878Not in the typical price
Listed apart, never blended in.
Over time
Every sale since 1998; no trend line.
Latest sales All 13 →
Nikon S3M Half-Frame chrome£12,696
8 Jun 2024 · Leitz Photographica Auction · €15,000 · lot A00801hammer ↗
Nikon S3M Half-Frame chrome + Motor S72£20,891
25 Nov 2023 · Leitz Photographica Auction · €24,000 · lot A00465hammer ↗
Nikon S3M Half-Frame chrome + Motor S72£25,758
10 Jun 2023 · Leitz Photographica Auction · €30,000 · lot AI_20220121_1128_41407hammer ↗
● chrome+ lens
Nikon S3M Half-Frame black paint£42,880
11 Jun 2022 · Leitz Photographica Auction · €50,000 · lot AI_40_40271hammer ↗
○ version can’t tell+ lens
What it is
Rangefinder camera (1960)
Versions and how to tell them apart
chrome
5 sales£25,758Indicativeblack without motor
1 saleSales onlyblack
0 salesNo sales yetchrome without motor
0 salesNo sales yet
5 sales£25,758Indicativeblack without motor
1 saleSales onlyblack
0 salesNo sales yetchrome without motor
0 salesNo sales yet
Config
Facts
- Maker
- Nikon
- Type
- 35mm rangefinder
- Sales in the typical price
- 10
- First sale
- 11 Jun 1998
- Latest sale
- 13 Jun 2026
- Median
- £23,812
- Middle half
- £16,033–£29,871
- Evidence
- Fair
- Method
- v1
Cite this page
“Nikon S3M: typical sale price £23,812, the median of 10 recorded sales, 1998–2026, middle half £16,033–£29,871 (Fair, method v1).” cameraworth.com, retrieved 8 October 2026. https://www.cameraworth.com/n/nikon/s3m/