A Minox EC Sub Miniature Camera£25
25 Nov 2025 · Special Auction Services · lot 95 · Fine Photographica & Cameras Auctionhammer
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Minox EC
miniature
The Minox EC typically sells for £40 (median of 11 recorded sales, 1998–2025; fair evidence, version mix).
See all 11 recorded sales: the date, saleroom or eBay listing, version and price of each →
Typical sale price
£40
median of 11 sales, 1998–2025
Fairversion mix
Middle half of sales: £30–£63
Hammer prices, buyer’s premium removed; eBay as soldHow ↗
Price by version
Typical price and middle half, on one shared scale.
Version not stated£3810 sales
1 rarer version (1–2 sales each)
Club-Edition£730
Over time
Every sale since 1998; no trend line.
Latest sales All 11 →
A Minox EC Sub Miniature Camera£10
23 Sep 2025 · Special Auction Services · lot 362 · Photographica & Cameras Auctionhammer
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A Minox EC Subminiature Camera£35
25 Jul 2025 · Flints Auctions · lot 225 · Cameras & Scientific Instrumentspremium removed
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A Minox EC Subminiature Camera£55
28 Jan 2025 · Flints Auctions · lot 244 · Cameras & Scientific Instrumentspremium removed
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A Minox EC Sub-Miature Camera£40
31 Oct 2024 · Flints Auctions · lot 191 · Cameras & Scientific Instrumentspremium removed
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What it is
The Minox EC is a subminiature camera using the 8x11mm film format that Minox pioneered, introduced in 1981 as the simplest fully automatic model in the range. It was positioned as an entry-level pocket camera, smaller and lighter than the mechanical Minox B and LX models that preceded it.
Common faults to check include sticky or unresponsive shutters, battery-compartment corrosion, and hazing or fungus in the fixed lens, since the EC is a sealed plastic-bodied camera that is not economic to service. Inspect the film advance, confirm the shutter fires at both short and long exposures in automatic mode, and check that the original Minox 8x11mm cassette loads cleanly. Cosmetically clean examples with original case and chain tend to achieve the upper end of the price range.
Generated summary, 21 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
Club-Edition
1 saleSales only
1 saleSales only
Questions
Is the Minox EC a good entry point into Minox subminiature cameras?
At current price levels it is the cheapest route into the 8x11mm system, though it offers fixed focus and no manual controls, so collectors wanting more capability often step up to the Minox LX.
Facts
- Maker
- Minox
- Type
- miniature
- Sales in the typical price
- 11
- First sale
- 12 Jun 1998
- Latest sale
- 25 Nov 2025
- Median
- £40
- Middle half
- £30–£63
- Evidence
- Fair · version mix
- Method
- v1
Cite this page
“Minox EC: typical sale price £40, the median of 11 recorded sales, 1998–2025, middle half £30–£63 (Fair, method v1).” cameraworth.com, retrieved 29 October 2026. https://www.cameraworth.com/m/minox/ec/