Bentzin Record Primar
The Bentzin Record Primar is a German-made folding plate camera, produced by Curt Bentzin of Görlitz during the early twentieth century. It was positioned as a technical-quality plate camera for serious amateur and professional photographers of its period.
At recent UK auction, hammer prices for the Bentzin Record Primar have been exceptional, with two recorded sales of £17,000 (2024) and £18,000 (2016) giving a median around £17,500. These saleroom results reflect wholesale levels for rare or highly-collectable examples rather than typical retail asking prices, and in today's market a Record Primar's worth is highly condition- and variant-dependent — routine examples can sell for a fraction of these figures.
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.
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| Nov 2024 | EUR 17,000 | Leitz Auction | |
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Auction: Leitz Auction 45 (Lot A01153) Title: Bentzin Record-Primar 6x9cm with Meyer Plasmat 1.5/9cm
Description:
Extremely rare non-folding 'Night' Primar, only 3 exemplars are known to exist, here in beautiful, almost mint condition, focal-plane shutter not operable, with rare Hugo Meyer Plasmat 1.5/9cm no.502812 with clean and clear optics, with front lens cap (not original). Estimate: EUR 16,000 - EUR 18,000 |
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| Nov 2016 | EUR 18,000 | Leitz Auction | |
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Auction: Leitz Auction 29 (Lot AI_29_33589) Title: Bentzin Record-Primar 6x9cm
Description:
non folding 'Night' Primar in fantastic near mint original condition, Hugo Meyer Plasmat 1.5/9cm no.292071 with perfect clean and clear lenses, focal-plane shutter. Literature: Abring II page 71, the only other known Record Primar was sold in our auction in 2002 Estimate: EUR 18,000 - EUR 22,000 |
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