Gaumont Miniature£1,153
13 Jun 2015 · Leitz Photographica Auction · €1,600 · lot AI_27_32151hammer ↗
Gaumont Miniature
camera
The Gaumont Miniature has 1 recorded sale: £1,153 (13 Jun 2015, 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, 20 May 2026 — not checked by hand; prices on this page come from the sales, not from this text.
Questions
Is the Gaumont Miniature a collector item or a user camera?
It is a collector piece — Gaumont stopped making still cameras long ago, so its value is driven by rarity and condition rather than practical use.
Facts
- Maker
- Gaumont
- Type
- camera
- Sales in the typical price
- 1
- First sale
- 13 Jun 2015
- Latest sale
- 13 Jun 2015
- Evidence
- Sales only · old
- Method
- v1
Cite this page
“Gaumont Miniature: 1 recorded sale, June 2015; no typical price (method v1).” cameraworth.com, retrieved 8 October 2026. https://www.cameraworth.com/g/gaumont/miniature/