A Coronet Midget Blue Sub-Miniature Camera£280
26 Apr 2019 · Flints Auctions · lot 318 · Fine Photographica & Instruments of Science & Medicinepremium removed
○ version not yet checked+ lens
Coronet Midget blue
camera
The Coronet Midget blue sells for about £265 (median of only 8 recorded sales, 1998–2019; indicative, old, version mix).
Typical sale price
about£265
median of only 8 sales, 1998–2019
Indicativeoldversion mix
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£250
Without the lowest sale£280
Price by version
Typical price and middle half, on one shared scale.
Version not stated£2658 sales
Not in the typical price
Listed apart, never blended in.
Every sale
Coronet Midget blue£378
5 Dec 2009 · Leitz Photographica Auction · €420 · lot AI_16_19467hammer ↗
○ version not yet checked
Coronet Midget Blue with Umbrella£1,994
30 Nov 2008 · Leitz Photographica Auction · €2,400 · lot AI_14_17683hammer ↗
● Umbrellaawaiting classification · not in the price
Midget camera£300
28 Mar 2007 · Christie's · lot 335premium removed ↗
○ version not yet checked◆ ? title doesn’t name the blue
Midget camera£220
19 Nov 2002 · Christie's · lot 408premium removed ↗
○ version not yet checked◆ ? title doesn’t name the blue+ lens
Midget camera£400
27 Jan 2000 · Christie's · lot 336premium removed ↗
○ version not yet checked◆ ? title doesn’t name the blue+ lens
Coronet Midget (blue)£140
18 Mar 1999 · Christie's · lot 228premium removed ↗
○ version not yet checked
Midget camera (blue)£220
15 Oct 1998 · Christie's · lot 242premium removed ↗
○ version not yet checked
Coronet Midget (blue)£250
20 Aug 1998 · Christie's · lot 211premium removed ↗
○ version not yet checked
What it is
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Generated summary, 24 Apr 2026 — not checked by hand; prices on this page come from the sales, not from this text.
Versions and how to tell them apart
Other Midgets
Midget green
12 sales£82FairMidget brown
9 salesabout £60IndicativeMidget red
2 salesSales onlyMidget ARTIC
0 salesNo sales yet
12 sales£82FairMidget brown
9 salesabout £60IndicativeMidget red
2 salesSales onlyMidget ARTIC
0 salesNo sales yet
Questions
Why does the blue version have more value than a black Coronet Midget?
Collectors pay more for the scarcer coloured Bakelite finishes, so the blue body raises the price relative to the common black model even when specification and condition are otherwise identical.
Facts
- Maker
- Coronet
- Type
- camera
- Sales in the typical price
- 8
- First sale
- 20 Aug 1998
- Latest sale
- 26 Apr 2019
- Median
- £265
- Middle half
- £220–£320
- Evidence
- Indicative · old, version mix
- Method
- v1
Cite this page
“Coronet Midget blue: about £265, the median of 8 recorded sales, 1998–2019 (Indicative, method v1).” cameraworth.com, retrieved 8 October 2026. https://www.cameraworth.com/c/coronet/midget-blue/