A Welta Perle Folding Camera£20
20 Aug 2024 · Special Auction Services · lot 288 · TWO DAY: Photographica & Cameras Auctionhammer
+ lens
Welta Kamera-werke Perle
camera
The Welta Kamera-werke Perle has 1 recorded sale: £20 (20 Aug 2024, Special Auction Services). That is too few for a typical price.
Recorded sales
Only 1 sale — too few for a typical price, so here it is.
Sales only
Hammer prices, buyer’s premium removed; eBay as soldHow ↗
What it is
{"overview":"The Welta Perle is a folding roll-film camera made by the German manufacturer Welta Kamera-Werke of Freital, introduced in the interwar period. Prices for clean, working examples with intact bellows and a clear lens can reach more, but the wholesale auction-hammer evidence available here points to a modest figure rather than a collector premium.","buying_guide":"Common faults on pre-war German folders of this type include pinholed or stiff bellows, hazy or fungus-affected lens elements, and sticky leaf-shutter blades that fire at the wrong speed; check each carefully before buying.
Generated summary, 2 May 2026 — not checked by hand; prices on this page come from the sales, not from this text.
Questions
Is the Welta Perle a good user camera?
It can be, provided the bellows are light-tight and the shutter speeds are accurate, but expect to budget for a CLA given the camera's age.
Facts
- Maker
- Welta Kamera-werke
- Type
- camera
- Sales in the typical price
- 1
- First sale
- 20 Aug 2024
- Latest sale
- 20 Aug 2024
- Evidence
- Sales only
- Method
- v1
Cite this page
“Welta Kamera-werke Perle: 1 recorded sale, August 2024; no typical price (method v1).” cameraworth.com, retrieved 8 October 2026. https://www.cameraworth.com/w/welta-kamera-werke/perle/