The Zeiss Ikon Nettel Tropen 871/9 is a tropical-bodied plate camera, built with teak and brown leather bellows for use in humid climates. It is a folding strut-type camera from the early decades of the twentieth century, positioned at the time as specialist field equipment for travellers and professionals working outside temperate Europe.

Auction data for the Tropen 871/9 is very thin, so any statement about its current value carries caveats. The single recorded UK auction hammer result on file is £800 from 2007, and as of today fresh comparable sales would be needed to confirm what a clean example sells for in the present market.