A Minox LX Miniature Spy Camera and Right Angle Finder£80
29 Apr 2025 · Flints Auctions · lot 273 · Cameras & Scientific Instrumentspremium removed
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Minox LX
camera
The Minox LX typically sells for £290 (median of 30 recorded sales, 1998–2025; solid evidence, wide spread).
Typical sale price
£290
median of 30 sales, 1998–2025
Solidwide spread
Middle half of sales: £158–£495
The gold sells for about £672 (7 sales); Sales that don’t name a version go for about £220 (11 sales).
Hammer prices, buyer’s premium removed; eBay as soldHow ↗
Price by version
Typical price and middle half, on one shared scale.
Version not stated£22011 sales
gold£6727 sales£550–£738black£1016 sales£93–£221100 Jahre Walter Zapp£3503 sales£325–£365Edition 2000 (Black/Gold)£4803 sales£415–£763Not in the typical price
Listed apart, never blended in.
Over time
Every sale since 1998; no trend line.
Latest sales All 31 →
Minox LX Edition 2000£1,045
25 Nov 2023 · Leitz Photographica Auction · €1,200 · lot A00202hammer ↗
A Minox LX 'Gold' Limited Edition Sub-Miniature Camera£580
21 Nov 2023 · Flints Auctions · lot 177 · Fine Photographicapremium removed
A Minox LX 'Gold' Limited Edition Sub-Miniature Camera£520
19 Jul 2023 · Flints Auctions · lot 173 · Mini Fine Cameras & Instruments of Sciencepremium removed
A Minox LX "100 Jahre Walter Zapp" Sub-Miniature Camera£300
19 Jul 2023 · Flints Auctions · lot 182 · Mini Fine Cameras & Instruments of Sciencepremium removed
What it is
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Generated summary, 22 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
gold
7 sales£672Indicativeblack
6 sales£101Indicative100 Jahre Walter Zapp
3 sales£350IndicativeEdition 2000 (Black/Gold)
3 sales£480IndicativePre-series
0 salesNo sales yet
7 sales£672Indicativeblack
6 sales£101Indicative100 Jahre Walter Zapp
3 sales£350IndicativeEdition 2000 (Black/Gold)
3 sales£480IndicativePre-series
0 salesNo sales yet
Questions
What affects the value of a Minox LX?
Condition of the meter, shutter and lens, cosmetic state, and the presence of original accessories such as the chain and case are the main factors that determine the price a Minox LX achieves.
Facts
- Maker
- Minox
- Type
- camera
- Sales in the typical price
- 30
- First sale
- 9 Jul 1998
- Latest sale
- 29 Apr 2025
- Median
- £290
- Middle half
- £158–£495
- Evidence
- Solid · wide spread
- Method
- v1
Cite this page
“Minox LX: typical sale price £290, the median of 30 recorded sales, 1998–2025, middle half £158–£495 (Solid, method v1).” cameraworth.com, retrieved 8 October 2026. https://www.cameraworth.com/m/minox/lx/