An ICA Minimum Palmos Folding Strut Camera£240
18 Nov 2021 · Flints Auctions · lot 279 · Fine Photographica & Instruments of Sciencepremium removed
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Ica Minimum Palmos (4.5x6, 450/453)
camera
The Ica Minimum Palmos (4.5x6, 450/453) sells for about £247 (median of only 6 recorded sales, 2003–2021; indicative, old).
Typical sale price
about£247
median of only 6 sales, 2003–2021
Indicativeold
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£240
Without the lowest sale£253
Without the flagged sales£247
Every sale
A ICA Minimum Palmos 4.5 x 6cm Camera£210
30 Jul 2013 · Special Auction Services · lot 1574hammer ↗
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Ica Minimum Palmos£1,200
12 Nov 2011 · Leitz Photographica Auction · €1,400 · lot AI_20_13279hammer ↗
◆ ▲ far above the rest+ lens
Minimum-Palmos no. J.90447£60
14 Feb 2006 · Christie's · lot 311premium removed ↗
◆ ▼ far below the rest+ lens
Ica Minimum Palmos£253
22 Nov 2003 · Leitz Photographica Auction · €365 · lot AI_4_22578hammer ↗
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Ica Minimum Palmos£477
22 Nov 2003 · Leitz Photographica Auction · €688 · lot AI_4_22577hammer ↗
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What it is
{"overview":"The Ica Minimum Palmos (4.5x6, 450\/453) is an early 20th-century German folding strut camera taking 4.5x6 cm plates.
Generated summary, 25 Apr 2026 — not checked by hand; prices on this page come from the sales, not from this text.
Other Minimums
Minimum Palmos (6x9/6.5x9, 454)
4 salesabout £86IndicativeMinimum Palmos (9x12, 456)
3 salesabout £40IndicativeMinimum Palmos (10x15, 457)
2 salesSales onlyMinimum Palmos (8x10.5, 455)
0 salesNo sales yetMinimum Palmos Stereo (693 - 6x13)
0 salesNo sales yetMinimum Palmos Stereo (696 - 9x18)
0 salesNo sales yet
4 salesabout £86IndicativeMinimum Palmos (9x12, 456)
3 salesabout £40IndicativeMinimum Palmos (10x15, 457)
2 salesSales onlyMinimum Palmos (8x10.5, 455)
0 salesNo sales yetMinimum Palmos Stereo (693 - 6x13)
0 salesNo sales yetMinimum Palmos Stereo (696 - 9x18)
0 salesNo sales yet
Questions
Is the Ica Minimum Palmos still usable?
It can be used if the bellows are light-tight and the shutter fires accurately, but the 4.5x6 cm plate format requires original holders and either glass plates or cut sheet film loaded into adapters, which limits practical shooting.
Facts
- Maker
- Ica
- Type
- camera
- Sales in the typical price
- 6
- First sale
- 22 Nov 2003
- Latest sale
- 18 Nov 2021
- Median
- £247
- Middle half
- £218–£421
- Evidence
- Indicative · old
- Method
- v1
Cite this page
“Ica Minimum Palmos (4.5x6, 450/453): about £247, the median of 6 recorded sales, 2003–2021 (Indicative, method v1).” cameraworth.com, retrieved 8 October 2026. https://www.cameraworth.com/i/ica/minimum-palmos-4-5x6-450-453/