Monroe No. 1 hand camera£80
12 Jun 1998 · Christie's · lot 666premium removed ↗
Monroe Cameraco. Monroe No.1
camera
The Monroe Cameraco. Monroe No.1 has 1 recorded sale: £80 (12 Jun 1998, Christie's). That is too few for a typical price.
Recorded sales
Only 1 sale — too few for a typical price, so here it is.
Sales onlyold
Hammer prices, buyer’s premium removed; eBay as soldHow ↗
What it is
The Monroe No.1 is an early plate camera produced by Monroe Cameraco., a late-19th-century American manufacturer. It belongs to the wood-and-leather folding camera class typical of the period when the model was first offered.
Cameras of this age commonly suffer from cracked or warped wooden bodies, perished bellows, tarnished brass fittings and seized shutters; inspect for light leaks, missing ground glass and replacement parts. Service support for a maker as obscure as Monroe Cameraco. is effectively non-existent, so buy on the assumption that any repair will be bespoke.
Generated summary, 12 May 2026 — not checked by hand; prices on this page come from the sales, not from this text.
Other Monroes
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0 salesNo sales yetMonroe No.4
0 salesNo sales yet
1 saleSales onlyMonroe Model 7
0 salesNo sales yetMonroe No. 5
0 salesNo sales yetMonroe No.4
0 salesNo sales yet
Questions
Is the Monroe No.1 a rare camera?
Monroe Cameraco. is an obscure maker and the No.1 appears very infrequently at auction, which makes confirming a typical market price difficult.
Facts
- Maker
- Monroe Cameraco.
- Type
- camera
- Sales in the typical price
- 1
- First sale
- 12 Jun 1998
- Latest sale
- 12 Jun 1998
- Evidence
- Sales only · old
- Method
- v1
Cite this page
“Monroe Cameraco. Monroe No.1: 1 recorded sale, June 1998; no typical price (method v1).” cameraworth.com, retrieved 13 October 2026. https://www.cameraworth.com/m/monroe-cameraco/monroe-no-1/