A C.P. Goerz Minicord Sub-Miniature Camera£160
12 Nov 2025 · Flints Auctions · lot 407 · Fine Photographicapremium removed
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Goerz Minicord
camera
The Goerz Minicord typically sells for £129 (median of 29 recorded sales, 1998–2025; fair evidence, version mix).
Typical sale price
£129
median of 29 sales, 1998–2025
Fairversion mix
Middle half of sales: £90–£160
Hammer prices, buyer’s premium removed; eBay as soldHow ↗
Price by version
Typical price and middle half, on one shared scale.
Version not stated£12528 sales
1 rarer version (1–2 sales each)
gold£1,201
Over time
Every sale since 1998; no trend line.
Latest sales All 29 →
Goerz Minicord Sub-Miniature 16mm camera, serial no. 16878, with a Helgor 1:2 f=2.5cm lens...£75
8 May 2025 · David Duggleby · lot 3028hammer ↗
○ version not yet checked+ lens
A C.P. Goerz Minicord Sub-Miniature Camera£100
1 Nov 2018 · Flints Auctions · lot 1093 · Fine Photographica & Instruments of Science & Medicinepremium removed
○ version not yet checked+ lens
Goerz Minicord set£226
6 Nov 2016 · Leitz Photographica Auction · €260 · lot AI_29_33908hammer ↗
○ version can’t tellboxed
Goerz Minicord gold/green£1,201
21 Nov 2015 · Leitz Photographica Auction · €1,700 · lot AI_28_32824hammer ↗
What it is
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Generated summary, 22 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
Questions
Is the Goerz Minicord still usable?
It can still be shot on 16mm stock respooled onto its original spools, but the value for most buyers is as a collectable piece rather than a daily-use camera.
What affects the price of a Minicord?
Lens clarity, shutter accuracy, presence of the original leather case and spools, and overall cosmetic condition are the main factors that move the price between the low and high ends of the range.
Facts
- Maker
- Goerz
- Type
- camera
- Sales in the typical price
- 29
- First sale
- 19 Mar 1998
- Latest sale
- 12 Nov 2025
- Median
- £129
- Middle half
- £90–£160
- Evidence
- Fair · version mix
- Method
- v1
Cite this page
“Goerz Minicord: typical sale price £129, the median of 29 recorded sales, 1998–2025, middle half £90–£160 (Fair, method v1).” cameraworth.com, retrieved 8 October 2026. https://www.cameraworth.com/g/goerz/minicord/