Prestwich no. 1546£2,500
18 Nov 2003 · Christie's · lot 388premium removed ↗
◆ ? title doesn’t name the camera+ lens
Prestwich Manufacturing Patent Kine camera
camera
The Prestwich Manufacturing Patent Kine camera has 1 recorded sale: £2,500 (18 Nov 2003, 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 Prestwich Manufacturing Patent Kine camera is an early motion-picture camera from the dawn of cinematography. It is a wooden-bodied hand-cranked cine camera intended for professional film use rather than amateur snapshots, and survives today almost exclusively as a collector's piece.
Inspect the wooden body for shrinkage, splits and worm, and check that the film transport mechanism, shutter and crank handle are intact and free-moving. Original lenses, magazines and any maker's plaques materially affect value, and replacement parts are effectively unobtainable, so a complete and untouched example is far more desirable than a restored one.
Generated summary, 10 May 2026 — not checked by hand; prices on this page come from the sales, not from this text.
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Facts
- Maker
- Prestwich Manufacturing
- Type
- camera
- Sales in the typical price
- 1
- First sale
- 18 Nov 2003
- Latest sale
- 18 Nov 2003
- Evidence
- Sales only · old
- Method
- v1
Cite this page
“Prestwich Manufacturing Patent Kine camera: 1 recorded sale, November 2003; no typical price (method v1).” cameraworth.com, retrieved 10 October 2026. https://www.cameraworth.com/p/prestwich-manufacturing/patent-kine-camera/