Kodak No. 1 Cone Pocket Kodak
camera
The Kodak No. 1 Cone Pocket Kodak has 2 recorded sales: £1,996 (22 Mar 2014, Leitz Photographica Auction) and £2,011 (23 Nov 2013, Leitz Photographica Auction). That is too few for a typical price.
Only 2 sales — too few for a typical price, so here they are.
What it is
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Generated summary, 23 Apr 2026 — not checked by hand; prices on this page come from the sales, not from this text.
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Questions
Is the No. 1 Cone Pocket Kodak a usable camera or a collector's piece?
Its value today is almost entirely collector-driven; buyers price it as an early Kodak artefact rather than as a working camera.
Facts
- Maker
- Kodak
- Type
- camera
- Sales in the typical price
- 2
- First sale
- 23 Nov 2013
- Latest sale
- 22 Mar 2014
- Evidence
- Sales only · old
- Method
- v1
Cite this page
“Kodak No. 1 Cone Pocket Kodak: 2 recorded sales, 2013–2014; no typical price (method v1).” cameraworth.com, retrieved 8 October 2026. https://www.cameraworth.com/k/kodak/no-1-cone-pocket-kodak/