Plaubel Makina IIIS outfit£202
18 Nov 2006 · Leitz Photographica Auction · €300 · lot AI_10_15643hammer ↗
outfit (body with several lenses) · not in the price+ lens
Plaubel Makina III S
camera
No sales of the Plaubel Makina III S are recorded yet; we publish a price only from real sales.
No recorded sales yet
We publish a price only from real sales.
1 sale recorded, but none of a single working example — they are listed below, not in a price.
Relatives with recorded sales, by their own names
Makina 67
15 sales£950FairMakina (I)
14 sales£115FairMakina II
6 salesabout £205IndicativeMakina W67
6 salesabout £1,374IndicativeMakina 670
5 salesabout £1,400IndicativeMakina III
4 salesabout £227IndicativeMakina IIb
4 salesabout £118IndicativeMakina IIIR
2 salesSales only
15 sales£950FairMakina (I)
14 sales£115FairMakina II
6 salesabout £205IndicativeMakina W67
6 salesabout £1,374IndicativeMakina 670
5 salesabout £1,400IndicativeMakina III
4 salesabout £227IndicativeMakina IIb
4 salesabout £118IndicativeMakina IIIR
2 salesSales only
Not in the typical price
Listed apart, never blended in.
Latest sales All 1 →
What it is
{"overview":"The Plaubel Makina III S is a folding medium-format press-style camera using 6x9 roll film, made by the German manufacturer Plaubel. As that figure is a wholesale auction result excluding commission, what a Makina III S sells for today depends heavily on shutter health, bellows condition and lens clarity, and a clean, working example would likely be worth more than a parts body.","buying_guide":"Inspect the bellows for pinholes, the strut linkages for play, and the leaf shutter for sticky slow speeds, since service support for pre-Makina-67 Plaubel folders is limited and parts must usually be sourced from donor bodies.
Generated summary, 5 May 2026 — not checked by hand; prices on this page come from the sales, not from this text.
Questions
Is the Plaubel Makina III S a good buyer's camera?
It can be, but because parts and service are scarce, the price you pay should reflect a fully working shutter, light-tight bellows and clean optics.
Facts
- Maker
- Plaubel
- Type
- camera
- Sales in the typical price
- 0
- Evidence
- No sales yet
- Method
- v1
Cite this page
“Plaubel Makina III S: no recorded sales (method v1).” cameraworth.com, retrieved 8 October 2026. https://www.cameraworth.com/p/plaubel/makina-iii-s/