Alpa 11el black with Macro-Switar 1.9/50mm£1,209
13 Jun 2026 · Leitz Photographica Auction · €1,400 · lot A02832hammer ↗
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Pignons Alpa 11el
camera
The Pignons Alpa 11el typically sells for £1,061 (median of 11 recorded sales, 1999–2026; fair evidence, version mix).
Typical sale price
£1,061
median of 11 sales, 1999–2026
Fairversion mix
Middle half of sales: £677–£1,505
Hammer prices, buyer’s premium removed; eBay as soldHow ↗
Price by version
Typical price and middle half, on one shared scale.
Version not stated£98110 sales
1 rarer version (1–2 sales each)
gold£4,019
Over time
Every sale since 1999; no trend line.
Latest sales All 11 →
A Pignons Alpa 11el Camera Body£1,800
29 Apr 2026 · Flints Auctions · lot 249 · Fine Photographicapremium removed
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Alpa Model 11el in black paint finish, with 50mm Macro-Switar f1,9£2,726
1 Nov 2022 · Tamarkin Rare Camera Auctions · $3,200 · lot 66hammer ↗
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Alpa 11el Gold£4,019
24 Nov 2012 · Leitz Photographica Auction · €5,000 · lot AI_22_14814hammer ↗
Alpa 11el chrome/green£1,061
23 May 2009 · Leitz Photographica Auction · €1,200 · lot AI_15_19000hammer ↗
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What it is
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Generated summary, 24 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 Alpas
Alpa Reflex I
34 sales£512SolidAlpa 10d
29 sales£649FairAlpa 9d
24 sales£410FairAlpa 11e
13 sales£1,061FairAlpa Reflex II
13 sales£500FairAlpa Standard
12 sales£1,110FairAlpa 11si gold
11 sales£3,055FairAlpa 6c
11 sales£535Fair
34 sales£512SolidAlpa 10d
29 sales£649FairAlpa 9d
24 sales£410FairAlpa 11e
13 sales£1,061FairAlpa Reflex II
13 sales£500FairAlpa Standard
12 sales£1,110FairAlpa 11si gold
11 sales£3,055FairAlpa 6c
11 sales£535Fair
Questions
Why is the Alpa 11el price so high compared with other 35mm SLRs?
Alpa cameras were hand-assembled in small numbers by Pignons SA in Switzerland, and that limited production combined with collector demand keeps the value of the 11el well above mainstream Japanese SLRs of the same era.
Facts
- Maker
- Pignons
- Type
- camera
- Sales in the typical price
- 11
- First sale
- 17 Jun 1999
- Latest sale
- 13 Jun 2026
- Median
- £1,061
- Middle half
- £677–£1,505
- Evidence
- Fair · version mix
- Method
- v1
Cite this page
“Pignons Alpa 11el: typical sale price £1,061, the median of 11 recorded sales, 1999–2026, middle half £677–£1,505 (Fair, method v1).” cameraworth.com, retrieved 8 October 2026. https://www.cameraworth.com/p/pignons/alpa-11el/