A Bolex H8 8mm Cine Camera£100
20 May 2025 · Special Auction Services · lot 365 · Fine Photographica & Cameras Auctionhammer
outfit (body with several lenses) · not in the price+ lens
Bolex H8
camera
The Bolex H8 sells for about £40 (median of only 3 recorded sales, 2023–2024; indicative).
Typical sale price
about£40
median of only 3 sales, 2023–2024
Indicative
Few sales. Read this as a rough guide; every sale is shown below.
Hammer prices, buyer’s premium removed; eBay as soldHow ↗
How much does one sale move this?
Without the highest sale£38
Without the lowest sale£53
Not in the typical price
Listed apart, never blended in.
Every sale
A Bolex H8 8mm Cine Camera£60
11 Jun 2024 · Special Auction Services · lot 358 · Photographica & Cameras Auctionhammer
outfit (body with several lenses) · not in the price+ lens
A Bolex H8 Cine Camera£40
16 Apr 2024 · Special Auction Services · lot 370 · Photographica & Cameras Auctionhammer
+ lens
A Bolex H8 8mm Cine Camera£35
19 Dec 2023 · Special Auction Services · lot 463 · Photographica & Cameras Auctionhammer
+ lens
A Paillard Bolex H-8 Motion Picture Camera£65
22 Aug 2023 · Flints Auctions · lot 15 · Cameras & Scientific Instrumentspremium removed
+ lens
Bolex H8 no. 186505£200
25 Nov 1999 · Christie's · lot 238premium removed ↗
outfit (body with several lenses) · not in the price+ lensboxed
What it is
{"overview":"The Bolex H8 is a Swiss-made 8mm cine camera produced by Paillard-Bolex, introduced in 1938 and aimed at serious amateur filmmakers shooting double-8 film. Check the viewfinder optics for fungus and haze, confirm the frame counter and footage counter advance, and look at the gate and pressure plate for wear from decades of double-8 running.
Generated summary, 21 Apr 2026 — not checked by hand; prices on this page come from the sales, not from this text.
Questions
Is the Bolex H8 worth more than the H16?
No. The 8mm H8 consistently sells for less than the 16mm H-series bodies at UK auction, because 16mm remains a more actively shot format.
Facts
- Maker
- Bolex
- Type
- camera
- Sales in the typical price
- 3
- First sale
- 22 Aug 2023
- Latest sale
- 16 Apr 2024
- Median
- £40
- Middle half
- £38–£53
- Evidence
- Indicative
- Method
- v1
Cite this page
“Bolex H8: about £40, the median of 3 recorded sales, 2023–2024 (Indicative, method v1).” cameraworth.com, retrieved 8 October 2026. https://www.cameraworth.com/b/bolex/h8/