Minox BL Subminature Camera£60
○ version can’t tellboxed
Minox BL
camera · c1971–76 (McKeown’s 1997–98)
The Minox BL typically sells for £162 (median of 15 recorded sales, 1998–2025; fair evidence, version mix).
Typical sale price
£162
median of 15 sales, 1998–2025
Fairversion mix
Middle half of sales: £125–£294
Hammer prices, buyer’s premium removed; eBay as soldHow ↗
Price by version
Typical price and middle half, on one shared scale.
Version not stated£1308 sales
black£2985 sales£289–£3501 rarer version (1–2 sales each)
chrome£225, £1,991
Over time
Every sale since 1998; no trend line.
Latest sales All 15 →
A Minox BL Sub-miniature Camera£15
24 Sep 2025 · Flints Auctions · lot 194 · Cameras & Scientific Instrumentspremium removed
● black◆ ▼ far below the rest
A Minox BL Sub-Miniature Camera£130
20 Aug 2025 · Flints Auctions · lot 181 · Cameras & Scientific Instrumentspremium removed
○ version can’t tellboxed
A Minox BL Sub-Miniature Camera£130
20 Aug 2025 · Flints Auctions · lot 180 · Cameras & Scientific Instrumentspremium removed
○ version can’t tellboxed
Minox BL£162
1 Jan 2025 · Tamarkin Rare Camera Auctions · $200 · lot 36hammer ↗
○ version not yet checked
What the book says
Book guide — not a sale$1,000–1,500
McKeown’s 1997–98: $1,000–1,500 (USD, mint) — a guide price, not a sale
What it is
CdS meter.
— McKeown’s Price Guide, 1997–98, p. 275
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Generated summary, 30 Apr 2026 — not checked by hand; prices on this page come from the sales, not from this text.
Versions and how to tell them apart
Questions
What affects the value of a Minox BL?
Cosmetic condition, shutter accuracy, lens clarity and the presence of original accessories are the main factors that determine what a Minox BL sells for in the current market.
Facts
- Maker
- Minox
- Type
- camera
- Years made
- c1971–76 (McKeown’s 1997–98)
- Sales in the typical price
- 15
- First sale
- 29 Jan 1998
- Latest sale
- 22 Oct 2025
- Median
- £162
- Middle half
- £125–£294
- Evidence
- Fair · version mix
- Method
- v1
Cite this page
“Minox BL: typical sale price £162, the median of 15 recorded sales, 1998–2025, middle half £125–£294 (Fair, method v1).” cameraworth.com, retrieved 8 October 2026. https://www.cameraworth.com/m/minox/bl/