Premier Instruments Kardon Military camera set with 47mm Kodak Ektar f2£787
1 Jan 2024 · Tamarkin Rare Camera Auctions · $1,000 · lot 91hammer ↗
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Premierinstrumentco. Kardon (Military)
camera
The Premierinstrumentco. Kardon (Military) sells for about £794 (median of only 6 recorded sales, 2019–2024; indicative).
Typical sale price
about£794
median of only 6 sales, 2019–2024
Indicative
Few sales. Read this as a rough guide; every sale is shown below.
Hammer prices, buyer’s premium removed; eBay as soldHow ↗
How much does one sale move this?
Without the highest sale£787
Without the lowest sale£800
Every sale
Premier Instruments Kardon Military camera set Nr. 634£1,147
1 Jan 2023 · Tamarkin Rare Camera Auctions · $1,400 · lot 26hammer ↗
A Premier Instruments Kardon Military Rangefinder Camera£1,000
18 Nov 2021 · Flints Auctions · lot 129 · Fine Photographica & Instruments of Sciencepremium removed
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A Premier Instruments Kardon Military Rangefinder Camera£750
29 Apr 2021 · Flints Auctions · lot 123 · Fine Photographica & Instruments of Sciencepremium removed
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A Premier Instruments Kardon Military Rangefinder Camera£800
19 Nov 2020 · Flints Auctions · lot 228 · Fine Photographica & Instruments of Sciencepremium removed
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A Premier Instruments Military Kardon Rangefinder Camera£780
26 Apr 2019 · Flints Auctions · lot 227 · Fine Photographica & Instruments of Science & Medicinepremium removed
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What it is
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Generated summary, 25 Apr 2026 — not checked by hand; prices on this page come from the sales, not from this text.
Other Kardons
Questions
Why does the military Kardon command a price premium?
Military-issued examples were produced in limited numbers for US forces, and collector demand for verifiable military-marked bodies tends to support higher prices than equivalent civilian Kardons.
Facts
- Maker
- Premierinstrumentco.
- Type
- camera
- Sales in the typical price
- 6
- First sale
- 26 Apr 2019
- Latest sale
- 1 Jan 2024
- Median
- £794
- Middle half
- £782–£950
- Evidence
- Indicative
- Method
- v1
Cite this page
“Premierinstrumentco. Kardon (Military): about £794, the median of 6 recorded sales, 2019–2024 (Indicative, method v1).” cameraworth.com, retrieved 8 October 2026. https://www.cameraworth.com/p/premierinstrumentco/kardon-military/