A Polaroid SX-70 Land Camera Alpha 1 Gold SLR Instant Camera£350
17 Jun 2022 · Flints Auctions · lot 113 · Fine & Rare Cameraspremium removed
Polaroid SX-70 Land Camera Alpha 1 Gold
camera
The Polaroid SX-70 Land Camera Alpha 1 Gold has 2 recorded sales: £350 (17 Jun 2022, Flints Auctions) and £212 (23 May 2009, Leitz Photographica Auction). That is too few for a typical price.
Recorded sales
Only 2 sales — too few for a typical price, so here they are.
Polaroid SX-70 Alpha 1 Gold£212
23 May 2009 · Leitz Photographica Auction · €240 · lot AI_15_18437hammer ↗
boxed
Sales onlyold
Hammer prices, buyer’s premium removed; eBay as soldHow ↗
What it is
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Generated summary, 23 Apr 2026 — not checked by hand; prices on this page come from the sales, not from this text.
Other SX-70s
SX-70 Model 2
10 sales£53FairSX-70 Alpha 1
8 salesabout £98IndicativeSX-70 Sonar One Step SE
5 salesabout £90IndicativeSX-70 Alpha 1 Model 2
4 salesabout £50IndicativeSX-70 Alpha 1 SE
4 salesabout £123IndicativeSX-70 Sonar OneStep
4 salesabout £58IndicativeSX-70 Alpha 1 Gold
3 salesabout £420IndicativeSX-70 Sonar
3 salesabout £70Indicative
10 sales£53FairSX-70 Alpha 1
8 salesabout £98IndicativeSX-70 Sonar One Step SE
5 salesabout £90IndicativeSX-70 Alpha 1 Model 2
4 salesabout £50IndicativeSX-70 Alpha 1 SE
4 salesabout £123IndicativeSX-70 Sonar OneStep
4 salesabout £58IndicativeSX-70 Alpha 1 Gold
3 salesabout £420IndicativeSX-70 Sonar
3 salesabout £70Indicative
Questions
Why is the Alpha 1 Gold more valuable than a standard SX-70?
The gold-plated finish was a limited presentation variant, so collector demand lifts its price above the plainer chrome-and-tan SX-70 Alpha 1 bodies.
Facts
- Maker
- Polaroid
- Type
- camera
- Sales in the typical price
- 2
- First sale
- 23 May 2009
- Latest sale
- 17 Jun 2022
- Evidence
- Sales only · old
- Method
- v1
Cite this page
“Polaroid SX-70 Land Camera Alpha 1 Gold: 2 recorded sales, 2009–2022; no typical price (method v1).” cameraworth.com, retrieved 8 October 2026. https://www.cameraworth.com/p/polaroid/sx-70-land-camera-alpha-1-gold/