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Top 100 maximum valued cameras in the past ten years of "hammer" auctions (not adjusted for inflation):

Date Sold ManufacturerModelOriginal price  USD price (at the time of sale, inc. prem.)
2012-05-12  Leitz Leica 0 Prototype 1 (original) 2160000€  ($2786400)
2012-11-24  Leitz Leica M3D 1680000€  ($2184000)
2011-05-28  Leitz Leica 0 Prototype 1 (original) 1320000€  ($1874400)
2012-11-24  Leitz Leica I Mod A Luxus 1020000€  ($1326000)
2012-11-24  Leitz Leica M3 chrome (early, No.1) 900000€  ($1170000)
2012-11-23  Leitz Leica I Mod A Luxus 962578$  ($962578)
2010-05-29  Giroux Alphonse Daguerreotype 732000€  ($900360)
2007-05-26  Susse Freres Daguerreotype 576000€  ($771840)
2011-05-28  Leitz Leica MP 2 528000€  ($749760)
2010-12-04  Leitz Leica MP 2 black 402000€  ($538680)
2007-11-17  Leitz Leica 0 Prototype 1 (original) 336000€  ($490560)
2012-05-12  Leitz Leica M3 gold 360000€  ($464400)
2012-11-24  Leitz Leica M3 Prototype 312000€  ($405600)
2012-11-24  Leitz Leica M3 Prototype Cut-Away 240000€  ($312000)
2010-12-04  Leitz Leica Reporter (GG) 250 with motor 180000€  ($241200)
2010-12-04  Nikon Nikon F3 NASA 250 168000€  ($225120)
2010-12-04  Nikon Nikon S2-E (black paint) 168000€  ($225120)
2004-05-29  Leitz Leica Reporter (GG) 250 with motor 171250€  ($208925)
2010-05-29  Leitz Leica M3 Prototype 156000€  ($191880)
2011-05-28  Leitz Leica M2 grey 120000€  ($170400)
2012-05-12  Leitz Leica MP black (converted M3) 132000€  ($170280)
2009-12-05  Hegelein Watch Camera 108000€  ($159840)
2011-10-03  Leitz Leica MD (Gray Hammertone w/Visoflex) 156000€  ($156000)
2012-11-24  Leitz Leica MP black 120000€  ($156000)
2011-05-28  Nikon Nikon I (earliest, sn 60924) 108000€  ($153360)
2012-11-24  Leitz Leica I Mod A (Anastigmat) 114000€  ($148200)
2009-12-05  Leitz Leica MS 96000€  ($142080)
2010-05-29  Nikon Nikon I (black) 114000€  ($140220)
2011-05-28  Hegelein Watch Camera 96000€  ($136320)
2012-11-24  Krauss Daubresse 96000€  ($124800)
2012-05-12  Leitz Leica M3 Prototype (dummy) 96000€  ($123840)
2009-05-23  Leitz Leica M4 (olive-green) 87600€  ($122640)
2005-05-21  Leitz Leica MP Betriebskamera 94200€  ($117750)
2011-10-30  Leitz Leica-Gewehr (Rifle) 100000€  ($115000)
2005-05-21  Leitz Leica MP Prototype 90600€  ($113250)
2008-06-07  Leitz Leica IIIg olive 66600€  ($104562)
2009-12-05  Damoizeau Cyclographe Panorama camera 69600€  ($103008)
2012-11-24  Damoizeau Cyclographe Panorama camera 78000€  ($101400)
2009-05-23  Leitz Leica M3 Prototype 72000€  ($100800)
2011-05-28  Leitz Leica M9 Prototype titan 66000€  ($93720)
2011-10-03  Leitz Leica M7 Titanium (9/11 Memorial) 92505€  ($92505)
2008-06-07  Enjalbert Photo Revolver de Poche 57000€  ($89490)
2008-06-07  Leitz Leica M3 Prototype 54600€  ($85722)
2010-05-29  Leitz Leica H 67800€  ($83394)
2009-12-05  Krauss Daubresse 54000€  ($79920)
2012-11-24  Leitz Leica M6 "Queen Elizabeth" 60000€  ($78000)
2002-11-15  Nikon Nikon S3M black (w/motor) 75626€  ($75626)
2007-11-17  Leitz Leica M3 gold 51600€  ($75336)
2010-05-29  Nikon Nikon F3 NASA 250 61200€  ($75276)
2012-11-24  Kiev Arsenal SKD (???) 57600€  ($74880)
2012-11-24  GOMZ Leningrad Space (second model) 57600€  ($74880)
2012-05-12  Leitz Leica M3 black paint (Double Stroke) 57600€  ($74304)
2008-06-07  Nikon Nikon S3M chrome 46800€  ($73476)
2012-11-24  Leitz Leica M3-P (chrome, 0.95 Noctilux, special edition) 55200€  ($71760)
2011-05-28  Leitz Leicaflex SL black NASA 50400€  ($71568)
2004-05-29  Leitz Leica IIIg Prototype 57500€  ($70150)
2011-10-30  Leitz Leica MP black 61000€  ($70150)
2012-11-24  Leitz Leicaflex Prototype (removable finder) 52800€  ($68640)
2010-11-28  Leitz Leica MP black 50820€  ($67074)
2003-11-22  Reulos & Goudeau Mirographe 56250€  ($66938)
2008-11-30  Darier Albert Escopette 51000€  ($65280)
2012-05-12  Leitz Leica M5 Prototype (black) 50400€  ($65016)
2010-12-04  Nikon Nikon F3 HP 'NASA' 48000€  ($64320)
2009-12-05  Hasselblad Super Wide C "Space Camera" (Lunar Surface) 43200€  ($63936)
2012-11-24  Leitz Leica I Mod A (Elmax) 48000€  ($62400)
2012-11-24  Leitz Leica IIIg black (3 Crowns) 48000€  ($62400)
2008-11-30  Scovill Book Camera 48600€  ($62208)
2005-11-27  Leitz Leica MP black 52800€  ($61776)
2010-03-28  Leitz Leica MP black 444000SEK  ($61272)
2006-11-18  Leitz Leica I Mod A (Anastigmat) 47400€  ($60672)
2011-05-28  Zeiss Ikon Contax II Rifle 40800€  ($57936)
2012-11-24  Leitz Leica Reporter (GG) 250 'Aeronautica' 43200€  ($56160)
2011-05-28  Leitz Leica II (Mod D) 'Luftschiff Dienst' 38400€  ($54528)
2012-05-12  Yallu Yalluflex 42120€  ($54335)
2011-03-26  Lumiere & Cie Cinematographe 31000€  ($53543)
2012-11-24  Krasnogorsk FED FS-2 (FotoSniper) (Rifle, GOI) 40800€  ($53040)
2012-05-12  Leitz Leica Vitalux (prototype) 40800€  ($52632)
2012-05-12  Nikon Nikon S2-E (black paint w/o motor) 40800€  ($52632)
2011-05-28  Leitz Leica IIIf Swedish Military 36000€  ($51120)
2011-05-28  Nikon Nikon S2 (Stereo-Nikkor 3.5/3.5cm) 36000€  ($51120)
2012-05-12  Leitz Leica M9-P (chrome, 0.95 Noctilux, special edition) 38400€  ($49536)
2012-05-12  Krasnogorsk Alycha Rollover 38400€  ($49536)
2011-10-01  Geymet & Alker Jumelle de Nicour 30000€  ($49245)
2006-05-20  Nikon Nikon S3M chrome 38400€  ($48768)
2010-12-04  Lancaster Watch camera 36000€  ($48240)
2008-06-07  Hasselblad 500 EL Electronic "Lunar Surface" 30000€  ($47100)
2009-12-05  Leitz Leica MP black 31800€  ($47064)
2012-05-12  Leitz Leica I Mod A (Elmax) 36000€  ($46440)
2009-12-05  Leitz Leica I Mod A (Elmax) 31200€  ($46176)
2006-05-20  Nikon Nikon F3 NASA 250 35400€  ($44958)
2011-05-28  Lehmann Ben Akiba Spazierstock (Walking) 31200€  ($44304)
2011-05-28  Leitz Leica IIIg black (3 Crowns) 31200€  ($44304)
2005-05-21  Yallu Yalluflex 34200€  ($42750)
2006-05-20  Nikon Nikon S3M black 33600€  ($42672)
2007-05-26  Leitz Leica M Prototype 31200€  ($41808)
2010-12-04  Hasselblad 500 EL Data Space Camera (NASA) 31200€  ($41808)
2011-10-30  Leitz Leica MP 36000€  ($41400)
2003-05-23  Leitz Leica I Mod A (Anastigmat) 35000€  ($41300)
2005-05-21  Hasselblad 500 EL Data Space Camera (NASA) 33000€  ($41250)
2005-05-21  Hasselblad Super Wide C "Space Camera" (Lunar Surface) 32400€  ($40500)

Other notable camera sales in the previous years (per McKeown's):

2001 Noel PembertonPhantom prototype 146750£  ($220130)
2004 LeitzReporter (GG) 250 with motor 108155€  ($130000)
2003 LeitzM3 (with first sn 700000 of all Ms) 95000€  ($117125)
2002 EnjalbertRevolver de Poche 69750£  ($109510)
1995 EnjalbertRevolver de Poche 55750£  ($89200)
1995 EnjalbertRevolver de Poche 55750£  ($86690)
1996 LeitzReporter (GG) 250 with motor 120000DM  ($78200)
2003 LeitzIIIa 'Hindenburg' 60000€  ($73795)
1994 LeitzLeica Ia Luxus 39600£  ($59800)
1993 Adams & Co.Sultan's Camera 39600£  ($58910)
1992 LancasterLadies watch camera 29700£  ($52570)
1993 LeitzLeica Ia Luxus 33000£  ($49500)
1989 LeitzR6 Platinum (sn 1750000) 26400£  ($44350)
1992 SuttonPanoramic wet-plate camera 28600£  ($44040)