An ICA Atom Horizontal Format Folding Camera£60
29 Apr 2025 · Flints Auctions · lot 292 · Cameras & Scientific Instrumentspremium removed
Ica Atom (53, horizontal)
camera
The Ica Atom (53, horizontal) sells for about £125 (median of only 4 recorded sales, 2002–2025; indicative).
Typical sale price
about£125
median of only 4 sales, 2002–2025
Indicative
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£120
Without the lowest sale£129
Every sale
An ICA Atom (53) Horizontal 4.5x6cm Camera£120
21 May 2020 · Flints Auctions · lot 186 · Fine Photographica & Instruments of Sciencepremium removed
+ lens
Ica Atom£247
24 Nov 2018 · Leitz Photographica Auction · €280 · lot AI_33_36502hammer ↗
Atom camera no. H2416£129
19 Feb 2002 · Christie's · lot 437premium removed ↗
+ lens
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.
Other Atoms
Questions
Is the Ica Atom a good collector's camera?
It appeals primarily to collectors of pre-Zeiss Ikon German folding plate cameras; usability is limited by the 4.5×6 cm plate format and the age-related condition issues common to bellows cameras.
Facts
- Maker
- Ica
- Type
- camera
- Sales in the typical price
- 4
- First sale
- 19 Feb 2002
- Latest sale
- 29 Apr 2025
- Median
- £125
- Middle half
- £105–£159
- Evidence
- Indicative
- Method
- v1
Cite this page
“Ica Atom (53, horizontal): about £125, the median of 4 recorded sales, 2002–2025 (Indicative, method v1).” cameraworth.com, retrieved 8 October 2026. https://www.cameraworth.com/i/ica/atom-53-horizontal/