Prison camera£100
17 Feb 2004 · Christie's · lot 182premium removed ↗
Gandolfi Prison Camera
camera
The Gandolfi Prison Camera sells for about £110 (median of only 3 recorded sales, 2001–2004; indicative, one source, old).
Typical sale price
about£110
median of only 3 sales, 2001–2004
Indicativeone sourceold
Few sales, all from Christie's. 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£105
Without the lowest sale£265
Every sale
Prison camera£420
11 Dec 2002 · Christie's · lot 118premium removed ↗
+ lens
Prison camera£110
17 Jul 2001 · Christie's · lot 415premium removed ↗
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.
Questions
Why is pricing data on this model so thin?
It is a specialist institutional camera that rarely comes to market, so the public sales history is small and any individual result can swing the apparent value.
Facts
- Maker
- Gandolfi
- Type
- camera
- Sales in the typical price
- 3
- First sale
- 17 Jul 2001
- Latest sale
- 17 Feb 2004
- Median
- £110
- Middle half
- £105–£265
- Evidence
- Indicative · one source, old
- Method
- v1
Cite this page
“Gandolfi Prison Camera: about £110, the median of 3 recorded sales, 2001–2004 (Indicative, method v1).” cameraworth.com, retrieved 8 October 2026. https://www.cameraworth.com/g/gandolfi/prison-camera/