An O.P.L. Foca URC Rangefinder Camera£95
27 Aug 2024 · Flints Auctions · lot 52 · Cameras & Scientific Auctionpremium removed
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O.P.L.-Foca Foca URC
camera
The O.P.L.-Foca Foca URC has 2 recorded sales: £95 (27 Aug 2024, Flints Auctions) and £600 (28 Mar 2007, 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.
Foca URC no. 1001555£600
28 Mar 2007 · Christie's · lot 250premium removed ↗
○ version not yet checked+ lens
Sales onlyversion mix
Hammer prices, buyer’s premium removed; eBay as soldHow ↗
Price by version
Typical price and middle half, on one shared scale.
Version not stated£3482 sales
What it is
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Generated summary, 30 Apr 2026 — not checked by hand; prices on this page come from the sales, not from this text.
Versions and how to tell them apart
Other Focas
Foca *
3 salesabout £17IndicativeFoca Universel
2 salesSales onlyFoca PF2B
1 saleSales onlyFoca PF3
1 saleSales onlyFoca PF3L
1 saleSales onlyFoca Standard
1 saleSales onlyFoca Universel R
1 saleSales onlyFoca (**) (1945 type)
0 salesNo sales yet
3 salesabout £17IndicativeFoca Universel
2 salesSales onlyFoca PF2B
1 saleSales onlyFoca PF3
1 saleSales onlyFoca PF3L
1 saleSales onlyFoca Standard
1 saleSales onlyFoca Universel R
1 saleSales onlyFoca (**) (1945 type)
0 salesNo sales yet
Questions
Why is the Marine Nationale variant more collectable?
It was issued to the French Navy, and military-issued cameras with verifiable markings command a premium over standard civilian examples.
Facts
- Maker
- O.P.L.-Foca
- Type
- camera
- Sales in the typical price
- 2
- First sale
- 28 Mar 2007
- Latest sale
- 27 Aug 2024
- Evidence
- Sales only · version mix
- Method
- v1
Cite this page
“O.P.L.-Foca Foca URC: 2 recorded sales, 2007–2024; no typical price (method v1).” cameraworth.com, retrieved 8 October 2026. https://www.cameraworth.com/o/o-p-l-foca/foca-urc/