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Voigtlander& Sohn Bessa R

The Voigtländer Bessa R is a 35mm rangefinder camera produced by Cosina under the Voigtländer brand from around 2000. It uses the Leica screw mount (M39/LTM), pairing a coupled rangefinder with a built-in light meter, and was positioned as an affordable entry point into rangefinder shooting with a wide choice of LTM lenses.

At recent UK auction, hammer prices for the Bessa R have ranged from about £110 to £630, with a median near £390 based on the sales on file. These are saleroom results — wholesale levels rather than retail asking prices — and condition-sensitive: clean, fully working bodies with an accurate meter sell for noticeably more than cosmetically tired examples, and in today's market a tidy user-grade body tends to settle in the middle of that range.

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Sales History

Prices shown are UK auction hammer results — the wholesale level achieved in the saleroom. Neither buyer’s nor seller’s commission is included. Dealer and retail asking prices are typically higher.

Date Price Source
May 2025 £361 Flints Auctions
Mar 2025 £106 Flints Auctions
Jul 2023 £420 David Duggleby
Mar 2022 £625 Flints Auctions
Dec 2021 £310 Flints Auctions
Nov 2021 £595 Flints Auctions

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