Brins London Patent Detective Camera£10,753
21 Nov 2020 · Leitz Photographica Auction · €12,000 · lot AI_37_38559hammer ↗
○ version not yet checked+ lens
Brins Patent camera
camera
The Brins Patent camera sells for about £10,753 (median of only 3 recorded sales, 2008–2020; indicative, one source, old, version mix).
Typical sale price
about£10,753
median of only 3 sales, 2008–2020
Indicativeone sourceoldversion mix
Few sales, all from Leitz Photographica Auction. 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£6,173
Without the lowest sale£14,084
Price by version
Typical price and middle half, on one shared scale.
Version not stated£14,0842 sales
1 rarer version (1–2 sales each)
Replica£1,592
Every sale
Brins London Patent Camera Replica£1,592
23 May 2009 · Leitz Photographica Auction · €1,800 · lot AI_15_18806hammer ↗
Brins London Patent Camera£17,414
7 Jun 2008 · Leitz Photographica Auction · €22,000 · lot AI_13_16804hammer ↗
○ version not yet checked+ lens
What it is
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Generated summary, 12 May 2026 — not checked by hand; prices on this page come from the sales, not from this text.
Versions and how to tell them apart
Questions
Why is the price reference based on only one sale?
The Brins Patent camera appears very infrequently at auction, so the sales history underpinning this page contains just one verified result, which limits how precisely a current value can be stated.
Facts
- Maker
- Brins
- Type
- camera
- Sales in the typical price
- 3
- First sale
- 7 Jun 2008
- Latest sale
- 21 Nov 2020
- Median
- £10,753
- Middle half
- £6,173–£14,084
- Evidence
- Indicative · one source, old, version mix
- Method
- v1
Cite this page
“Brins Patent camera: about £10,753, the median of 3 recorded sales, 2008–2020 (Indicative, method v1).” cameraworth.com, retrieved 8 October 2026. https://www.cameraworth.com/b/brins/patent-camera/