Tokyo Kogaku Minion 35 (A)

camera

The Tokyo Kogaku Minion 35 (A) has 1 recorded sale: £253 (22 Nov 2003, 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

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Generated summary, 29 Apr 2026 — not checked by hand; prices on this page come from the sales, not from this text.

Other Minions

Questions

Is the Minion 35 (A) a collector's camera?

It is an uncommon Japanese 35mm camera from Tokyo Kogaku, so interest tends to come from collectors of early Japanese optics rather than general users, which keeps demand narrow.

Facts

Maker
Tokyo Kogaku
Type
camera
Sales in the typical price
1
First sale
22 Nov 2003
Latest sale
22 Nov 2003
Evidence
Sales only · old
Method
v1

Cite this page

“Tokyo Kogaku Minion 35 (A): 1 recorded sale, November 2003; no typical price (method v1).” cameraworth.com, retrieved 8 October 2026. https://www.cameraworth.com/t/tokyo-kogaku/minion-35-a/

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