Showa Kogaku Gemflex (I)
camera
The Showa Kogaku Gemflex (I) sells for about £280 (median of only 7 recorded sales, 2002–2018; indicative, old).
median of only 7 sales, 2002–2018
Few sales. Read this as a rough guide; every sale is shown below.
How much does one sale move this?
Every sale
What it is
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Generated summary, 1 May 2026 — not checked by hand; prices on this page come from the sales, not from this text.
Other Gemflexs
Questions
Is the Gemflex (I) rare?
Yes — it is a subminiature TLR that appears only occasionally in the auction market, which is why price discovery is difficult and condition has an outsized effect on value.
Facts
- Maker
- Showa Kogaku
- Type
- camera
- Sales in the typical price
- 7
- First sale
- 19 Feb 2002
- Latest sale
- 10 Mar 2018
- Median
- £280
- Middle half
- £250–£412
- Evidence
- Indicative · old
- Method
- v1
Cite this page
“Showa Kogaku Gemflex (I): about £280, the median of 7 recorded sales, 2002–2018 (Indicative, method v1).” cameraworth.com, retrieved 8 October 2026. https://www.cameraworth.com/s/showa-kogaku/gemflex-i/