Kodak Specialist 2

camera

The Kodak Specialist 2 sells for about £118 (median of only 8 recorded sales, 2014–2026; indicative).

Typical sale price
about£118

median of only 8 sales, 2014–2026

Indicative
£20£60£70£95£140£160£170£210

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£95
Without the lowest sale£140
Without the flagged sales£140

Not in the typical price

Listed apart, never blended in.

Every sale

A Kodak Model 2 Specialist Half Plate Camera£60
13 Jan 2026 · Special Auction Services · lot 314 · Photographica & Cameras Auctionhammer
+ lens
A Model 2 Kodak Specialist Camera£170
8 Oct 2024 · Special Auction Services · lot 82 · Fine Photographica & Cameras Auctionhammer
+ lens
Kodak Specialist Model 2 Half Plate Studio Camera.£70
9 Aug 2024 · Chiswick Auctions · lot 1063 · Photographica Timed Onlinepremium removed
+ lens
A Kodak 5"x7" Specialist Camera Model 2 Commercial Studio Camera£95
31 Mar 2022 · Flints Auctions · lot 524 · The Collectors salepremium removed
A Kodak Specalist Model 2 Large Format Camera£210
1 Dec 2021 · Flints Auctions · lot 689 · The Collectors Salepremium removed
◆ ? title doesn’t name the 2+ lens
Kodak specialist camera model 2, fitted with Rodenstock Sironar-N 150mm 1:5.6 lens, in carry case£160
5 May 2021 · Harper Field · lot 1851hammer ↗
+ lens
A Kodak 5"x7" Specialist Camera Model 2 Commercial Studio Camera£200
undated · Flints Auctions · lot 763 · The Collectors Salebasis not stated
no convertible price · not in the price

What it is

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Generated summary, 27 Apr 2026 — not checked by hand; prices on this page come from the sales, not from this text.

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Questions

What affects the price of a Kodak Specialist 2?

Completeness drives value: a clean body with intact bellows, a working shutter and matching dark slides will sell for more than a stripped or damaged example.

Facts

Maker
Kodak
Type
camera
Sales in the typical price
8
First sale
13 Feb 2014
Latest sale
13 Jan 2026
Median
£118
Middle half
£68–£163
Evidence
Indicative
Method
v1

Cite this page

“Kodak Specialist 2: about £118, the median of 8 recorded sales, 2014–2026 (Indicative, method v1).” cameraworth.com, retrieved 8 October 2026. https://www.cameraworth.com/k/kodak/specialist-2/

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