Rollei Tele-rolleiflex

TLR

The Rollei Tele-rolleiflex typically sells for £700 (median of 62 recorded sales, 1998–2025; solid evidence).

Typical sale price
£700

median of 62 sales, 1998–2025

Solid
£500£1k£2k

Middle half of sales: £514–£873

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

Not in the typical price

Listed apart, never blended in.

Over time

£500£1k£2k200020102020

Every sale since 1998; no trend line.

Latest sales All 63 →

A Rollei Tele-Rolleiflex TLR Medium Format Camera£350
12 Nov 2025 · Flints Auctions · lot 338 · Fine Photographicapremium removed
+ lens
A Rollei Tele-Rolleiflex Medium Format TLR Camera£720
21 May 2024 · Flints Auctions · lot 224 · Fine Photographicapremium removed
+ lens
A Rollei Tele-Rolleiflex Medium Format TLR Camera£500
3 Apr 2024 · Flints Auctions · lot 168 · Cameras & Scientific Auctionpremium removed
A Rollei Tele-Rolleiflex TLR Medium Format Camera£920
21 Nov 2023 · Flints Auctions · lot 151 · Fine Photographicapremium removed
+ lens

What it is

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Generated summary, 20 Apr 2026 — not checked by hand; prices on this page come from the sales, not from this text.

Questions

Why is the Tele-Rolleiflex more valuable than a standard Rolleiflex?

It was produced in much smaller numbers and is sought by portrait photographers, so the price and value at auction tend to run above comparable standard-lens Rolleiflex TLRs in similar condition.

Does condition really affect the price this much?

Yes — the spread between a scruffy body and a clean, serviced one is roughly two to three times, because the specialist taking lens and shutter are costly to repair.

Facts

Maker
Rollei
Type
TLR
Sales in the typical price
62
First sale
7 May 1998
Latest sale
12 Nov 2025
Median
£700
Middle half
£514–£873
Evidence
Solid
Method
v1

Cite this page

“Rollei Tele-rolleiflex: typical sale price £700, the median of 62 recorded sales, 1998–2025, middle half £514–£873 (Solid, method v1).” cameraworth.com, retrieved 8 October 2026. https://www.cameraworth.com/r/rollei/tele-rolleiflex/

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