Cornu Co. Fama£416
22 Mar 2014 · Leitz Photographica Auction · €500 · lot AI_25_29661hammer ↗
+ lens
Cornu Fama
camera
The Cornu Fama has 1 recorded sale: £416 (22 Mar 2014, Leitz Photographica Auction). That is too few for a typical price.
Recorded sales
Only 1 sale — too few for a typical price, so here it is.
Sales onlyold
Hammer prices, buyer’s premium removed; eBay as soldHow ↗
What it is
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Generated summary, 28 Apr 2026 — not checked by hand; prices on this page come from the sales, not from this text.
Questions
Are Cornu Fama cameras rare?
Cornu was a small French manufacturer and the Fama appears infrequently at UK auction, which is why pricing data is limited and each sale tends to be assessed on its individual merits.
Facts
- Maker
- Cornu
- Type
- camera
- Sales in the typical price
- 1
- First sale
- 22 Mar 2014
- Latest sale
- 22 Mar 2014
- Evidence
- Sales only · old
- Method
- v1
Cite this page
“Cornu Fama: 1 recorded sale, March 2014; no typical price (method v1).” cameraworth.com, retrieved 8 October 2026. https://www.cameraworth.com/c/cornu/fama/