Bolcarette Alpa prototype£13,482
13 Jun 2020 · Leitz Photographica Auction · €15,000 · lot AI_36_38249hammer ↗
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Pignons Bolcarette (prototype)
camera
The Pignons Bolcarette (prototype) has 1 recorded sale: £13,482 (13 Jun 2020, 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 onlyold
Hammer prices, buyer’s premium removed; eBay as soldHow ↗
What it is
{"overview":"The Pignons Bolcarette is a prototype camera from the Swiss manufacturer Pignons, the firm best known for the Alpa line of 35mm reflex cameras. That figure reflects wholesale saleroom level today and tells us only what one specific example was worth on one specific day; what a Bolcarette prototype sells for in the future will depend almost entirely on the individual piece offered and the bidders in the room.","buying_guide":"Because this is a prototype rather than a production model, the usual checklist of common faults and parts availability does not really apply: any example that surfaces should be assessed individually, with documented provenance, photographs of the camera in known reference sources, and any supporting paperwork from Pignons or previous collectors weighing more heavily than mechanical condition.
Generated summary, 28 Apr 2026 — not checked by hand; prices on this page come from the sales, not from this text.
Questions
Is the Bolcarette a production camera?
No, it is a prototype from Pignons and was not produced in series, which is the main reason so few examples appear on the market.
Facts
- Maker
- Pignons
- Type
- camera
- Sales in the typical price
- 1
- First sale
- 13 Jun 2020
- Latest sale
- 13 Jun 2020
- Evidence
- Sales only · old
- Method
- v1
Cite this page
“Pignons Bolcarette (prototype): 1 recorded sale, June 2020; no typical price (method v1).” cameraworth.com, retrieved 8 October 2026. https://www.cameraworth.com/p/pignons/bolcarette-prototype/