An Ilford Witness Rangefinder Camera£5,000
25 Nov 2025 · Special Auction Services · lot 144 · Fine Photographica & Cameras Auctionhammer
Ilford Witness
camera
The Ilford Witness typically sells for £6,000 (median of 31 recorded sales, 2000–2025; solid evidence, wide spread).
Typical sale price
£6,000
median of 31 sales, 2000–2025
Solidwide spread
Middle half of sales: £2,576–£8,169
9 of the records are from 2000–2010, when a Witness sold for about £2,300; since 2012 the typical price is about £7,500 (22 sales).
Hammer prices, buyer’s premium removed; eBay as soldHow ↗
Not in the typical price
Listed apart, never blended in.
Over time
Every sale since 2000; no trend line. 2000–2010: £2,300 (9) · 2012–2025: £7,500 (22)
Latest sales All 33 →
An Ilford Witness Rangefinder Camera£6,800
16 Apr 2025 · Flints Auctions · lot 115 · Fine Photographicapremium removed
+ lens
Ilford Witness with Super-Six 1.9/2"£8,338
23 Nov 2024 · Leitz Photographica Auction · €10,000 · lot A01150hammer ↗
+ lensboxed
An Ilford Witness Rangefinder Camera£26,000
21 Nov 2024 · Flints Auctions · lot 116 · Fine Photographicapremium removed
+ lens
An Ilford Witness Rangefinder Camera£7,500
8 Oct 2024 · Special Auction Services · lot 155 · Fine Photographica & Cameras Auctionhammer
What it is
{"overview":"The Ilford Witness is a British 35mm rangefinder camera produced in the early 1950s in very small numbers, with surviving examples generally fitted with a Dallmeyer Super-Six f\/1.9 lens. Check that the rangefinder is bright and coincident, the slow speeds are not seized, and that the camera retains its correct Dallmeyer Super-Six lens, as body-only or mismatched examples sell for substantially less.
Generated summary, 21 May 2026 — not checked by hand; prices on this page come from the sales, not from this text.
Questions
Is the Ilford Witness a good user camera?
It is primarily a collector's piece — the unique bayonet mount and absence of service support mean most buyers value it for rarity rather than as a working 35mm rangefinder.
Facts
- Maker
- Ilford
- Type
- camera
- Sales in the typical price
- 31
- First sale
- 8 Jun 2000
- Latest sale
- 25 Nov 2025
- Median
- £6,000
- Middle half
- £2,576–£8,169
- Evidence
- Solid · wide spread
- Method
- v1
Cite this page
“Ilford Witness: typical sale price £6,000, the median of 31 recorded sales, 2000–2025, middle half £2,576–£8,169 (Solid, method v1).” cameraworth.com, retrieved 8 October 2026. https://www.cameraworth.com/i/ilford/witness/