Kinnear-pattern camera£400
24 Aug 2000 · Christie's · lot 334premium removed ↗
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Ottewill Kinnear
camera
The Ottewill Kinnear has 1 recorded sale: £400 (24 Aug 2000, 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
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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.
Questions
Why is the Kinnear's value hard to pin down?
Survival numbers are low and public sales records are sparse, so the market price for an Ottewill Kinnear is set example-by-example rather than by an established range.
Facts
- Maker
- Ottewill
- Type
- camera
- Sales in the typical price
- 1
- First sale
- 24 Aug 2000
- Latest sale
- 24 Aug 2000
- Evidence
- Sales only · old
- Method
- v1
Cite this page
“Ottewill Kinnear: 1 recorded sale, August 2000; no typical price (method v1).” cameraworth.com, retrieved 8 October 2026. https://www.cameraworth.com/o/ottewill/kinnear/