A Premier Instruments Kardon Rangefinder Camera£720
19 Nov 2020 · Flints Auctions · lot 227 · Fine Photographica & Instruments of Sciencepremium removed
+ lens
Premierinstrumentco. Kardon
camera
The Premierinstrumentco. Kardon has 1 recorded sale: £720 (19 Nov 2020, Flints Auctions). 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, 18 May 2026 — not checked by hand; prices on this page come from the sales, not from this text.
Questions
Why is the price higher than a similar-era Leica copy?
The Kardon was produced in small numbers in the United States, and scarcity — particularly of military-issued examples — is the main reason the value sits above more common screw-mount rangefinders.
Facts
- Maker
- Premierinstrumentco.
- Type
- camera
- Sales in the typical price
- 1
- First sale
- 19 Nov 2020
- Latest sale
- 19 Nov 2020
- Evidence
- Sales only · old
- Method
- v1
Cite this page
“Premierinstrumentco. Kardon: 1 recorded sale, November 2020; no typical price (method v1).” cameraworth.com, retrieved 8 October 2026. https://www.cameraworth.com/p/premierinstrumentco/kardon/