Pignons Alpa 11s

camera

The Pignons Alpa 11s has 1 recorded sale: £4,586 (23 Nov 2024, Leitz Photographica Auction). That is too few for a typical price.

Recorded sales

Only 1 sale — too few for a typical price, so here it is.

Sales only
Hammer prices, buyer’s premium removed; eBay as soldHow ↗

What it is

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Generated summary, 17 May 2026 — not checked by hand; prices on this page come from the sales, not from this text.

Other Alpas

Questions

Why is the Alpa 11s so expensive compared with other 35mm SLRs?

Alpa cameras were hand-assembled in Switzerland in very small quantities, and collector demand combined with low survival numbers in clean working order keeps prices well above mainstream 1960s–70s SLRs.

Facts

Maker
Pignons
Type
camera
Sales in the typical price
1
First sale
23 Nov 2024
Latest sale
23 Nov 2024
Evidence
Sales only
Method
v1

Cite this page

“Pignons Alpa 11s: 1 recorded sale, November 2024; no typical price (method v1).” cameraworth.com, retrieved 8 October 2026. https://www.cameraworth.com/p/pignons/alpa-11s/

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