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.
Only 1 sale — too few for a typical price, so here it is.
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
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 11el
11 sales£1,061FairAlpa 11si gold
11 sales£3,055Fair
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/