A Gaumont Reporter Tropen 9x12cm Camera£580
21 May 2020 · Flints Auctions · lot 235 · Fine Photographica & Instruments of Sciencepremium removed
+ lens
Gaumont Reporter-Tropen (Tropical)
camera
The Gaumont Reporter-Tropen (Tropical) has 2 recorded sales: £580 (21 May 2020, Flints Auctions) and £892 (15 Nov 2002, Leitz Photographica Auction). That is too few for a typical price.
Recorded sales
Only 2 sales — too few for a typical price, so here they are.
GAUMONT France TROPICAL REPORTER£892
15 Nov 2002 · Leitz Photographica Auction · €1,400 · lot AI_1_20939hammer ↗
◆ ? title doesn’t name the Reporter-Tropen+ lens
Sales onlyold
Hammer prices, buyer’s premium removed; eBay as soldHow ↗
What it is
{"overview":"The Gaumont Reporter-Tropen (Tropical) is a tropical-bodied plate or rollfilm press-style camera built for use in hot, humid climates, with teak woodwork and brass fittings in place of the usual covered metal bodywork. Confirm that the bellows are light-tight (tropical examples often have red leather bellows that dry and split), and verify that the lens and shutter are original to the body, as period-correct optics materially affect price.
Generated summary, 11 May 2026 — not checked by hand; prices on this page come from the sales, not from this text.
Questions
Why is the tropical version more collectable than a standard Gaumont Reporter?
Tropical models were made in much smaller numbers, with teak and brass construction intended for colonial and expedition use, and surviving examples in honest original condition command a premium over the standard leather-covered Reporter.
Facts
- Maker
- Gaumont
- Type
- camera
- Sales in the typical price
- 2
- First sale
- 15 Nov 2002
- Latest sale
- 21 May 2020
- Evidence
- Sales only · old
- Method
- v1
Cite this page
“Gaumont Reporter-Tropen (Tropical): 2 recorded sales, 2002–2020; no typical price (method v1).” cameraworth.com, retrieved 8 October 2026. https://www.cameraworth.com/g/gaumont/reporter-tropen-tropical/