An Ilford KI Mono Bar Outfit£350
12 Nov 2025 · Flints Auctions · lot 241 · Fine Photographicapremium removed
awaiting classification · not in the price+ lens
Ilford K.I.Monobar
camera
The Ilford K.I.Monobar sells for about £280 (median of only 7 recorded sales, 1999–2025; indicative).
Typical sale price
about£280
median of only 7 sales, 1999–2025
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£275
Without the lowest sale£440
Not in the typical price
Listed apart, never blended in.
Every sale
An Ilford Kennedy Instruments Monobar Camera£210
29 Oct 2025 · Flints Auctions · lot 88 · Cameras & Scientific Instrumentspremium removed
◆ ? title doesn’t name the K.I.Monobar+ lens
An Ilford K. I. Monobar Camera£280
16 Apr 2024 · Special Auction Services · lot 66 · Photographica & Cameras Auctionhammer
+ lens
An Ilford K.I Monobar Camera£130
20 Jun 2023 · Flints Auctions · lot 246 · Cameras & Scientific Instrumentspremium removed
Ilford KI Monobar Type U outfit£545
26 May 2007 · Leitz Photographica Auction · €800 · lot AI_11_16032hammer ↗
outfit (body with several lenses) · not in the price+ lens
ILFORD K1 MONOBAR CAMERA£270
◆ ? title doesn’t name the K.I.Monobar
KI Monobar Type U technical camera£1,000
11 Dec 2002 · Christie's · lot 2premium removed ↗
+ lensboxed
KI Monobar camera£849
12 Jun 2001 · Christie's · lot 20premium removed ↗
+ lensboxed
KI Monobar camera no. 10-3024-75£600
14 Oct 1999 · Christie's · lot 296premium removed ↗
+ lensboxed
What it is
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Generated summary, 29 Apr 2026 — not checked by hand; prices on this page come from the sales, not from this text.
Questions
Is the Ilford K.I.Monobar a usable camera today?
As a monorail technical camera it can still be used for studio work provided the bellows are light-tight and a suitable lens and film holder are fitted.
Facts
- Maker
- Ilford
- Type
- camera
- Sales in the typical price
- 7
- First sale
- 14 Oct 1999
- Latest sale
- 29 Oct 2025
- Median
- £280
- Middle half
- £240–£725
- Evidence
- Indicative
- Method
- v1
Cite this page
“Ilford K.I.Monobar: about £280, the median of 7 recorded sales, 1999–2025 (Indicative, method v1).” cameraworth.com, retrieved 8 October 2026. https://www.cameraworth.com/i/ilford/k-i-monobar/