A Kunik Walter Petie Lighter Camera£1,300
21 Nov 2023 · Flints Auctions · lot 176 · Fine Photographicapremium removed
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Kunik Petie Lighter
camera
The Kunik Petie Lighter typically sells for £650 (median of 11 recorded sales, 1998–2023; fair evidence).
Typical sale price
£650
median of 11 sales, 1998–2023
Fair
Middle half of sales: £480–£903
Hammer prices, buyer’s premium removed; eBay as soldHow ↗
Over time
Every sale since 1998; no trend line.
Latest sales All 11 →
A Kunik Walter Petie Lighter Camera£680
29 Apr 2021 · Flints Auctions · lot 269 · Fine Photographica & Instruments of Sciencepremium removed
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Kunik Petie Lighter£1,125
24 Nov 2012 · Leitz Photographica Auction · €1,400 · lot AI_22_14306hammer ↗
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Petie Lighter camera£460
boxed
Petie lighter camera£600
6 Sep 2005 · Christie's · lot 181premium removed ↗
What it is
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Generated summary, 25 Apr 2026 — not checked by hand; prices on this page come from the sales, not from this text.
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2 salesSales onlyPetie Vanity (leather, green)
2 salesSales onlyPetie Vanity (marble, gold)
2 salesSales onlyPetie Vanity (marble, green)
2 salesSales onlyPetie (handbag)
1 saleSales onlyPetie Gold
1 saleSales onlyPetie Music Box
1 saleSales only
Questions
Why is the Petie Lighter collectable?
It is a disguised subminiature camera built into a cigarette-lighter form factor, and its scarcity and curio appeal — rather than photographic performance — drive its value.
Facts
- Maker
- Kunik
- Type
- camera
- Sales in the typical price
- 11
- First sale
- 29 Jan 1998
- Latest sale
- 21 Nov 2023
- Median
- £650
- Middle half
- £480–£903
- Evidence
- Fair
- Method
- v1
Cite this page
“Kunik Petie Lighter: typical sale price £650, the median of 11 recorded sales, 1998–2023, middle half £480–£903 (Fair, method v1).” cameraworth.com, retrieved 8 October 2026. https://www.cameraworth.com/k/kunik/petie-lighter/