Zeiss Ikon MBK 1000B 'Lichtbildmaschinengewehr'£3,215
12 May 2012 · Leitz Photographica Auction · €4,000 · lot AI_21_13837hammer ↗
Zeiss Ikon MBK 1000B (Aerial, Lichtbildmaschinengewehr)
camera
The Zeiss Ikon MBK 1000B (Aerial, Lichtbildmaschinengewehr) has 2 recorded sales: £3,215 (12 May 2012, Leitz Photographica Auction) and £16,291 (12 Nov 2011, Leitz Photographica Auction). That is too few for a typical price.
Recorded sales
Only 2 sales — too few for a typical price, so here they are.
Zeiss Ikon MBK 1000B 'Lichtbildmaschinengewehr'£16,291
12 Nov 2011 · Leitz Photographica Auction · €19,000 · lot AI_20_13001hammer ↗
+ lens
Sales onlyold
Hammer prices, buyer’s premium removed; eBay as soldHow ↗
What it is
{"overview":"The Zeiss Ikon MBK 1000B is an aerial camera built as a Lichtbildmaschinengewehr (photographic machine gun), a specialised military training apparatus shaped like a gun that records images instead of firing rounds. Because hammer prices exclude buyer's and seller's commission, the realised cost to a winning bidder would have been higher, and condition, completeness of accessories and provenance would heavily influence what a comparable example sells for today.","buying_guide":"Given its military-training origin, inspect the body, optics and any internal mechanism for corrosion, missing fittings and signs of field use, and confirm that original markings and plates are intact since these drive collector value.
Generated summary, 29 Apr 2026 — not checked by hand; prices on this page come from the sales, not from this text.
Facts
- Maker
- Zeiss Ikon
- Type
- camera
- Sales in the typical price
- 2
- First sale
- 12 Nov 2011
- Latest sale
- 12 May 2012
- Evidence
- Sales only · old
- Method
- v1
Cite this page
“Zeiss Ikon MBK 1000B (Aerial, Lichtbildmaschinengewehr): 2 recorded sales, 2011–2012; no typical price (method v1).” cameraworth.com, retrieved 8 October 2026. https://www.cameraworth.com/z/zeiss-ikon/mbk-1000b-aerial-lichtbildmaschinengewehr/