A Wirgin Gewirette 127 Camera£150
8 Oct 2024 · Special Auction Services · lot 61 · Fine Photographica & Cameras Auctionhammer
Wirgin Gewirette
camera
The Wirgin Gewirette sells for about £90 (median of only 5 recorded sales, 1998–2024; indicative).
Typical sale price
about£90
median of only 5 sales, 1998–2024
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£80
Without the lowest sale£115
Every sale
A Wirgin Gewirette 127 Camera£70
13 Jun 2023 · Special Auction Services · lot 451 · Photographica & Cameras Auctionhammer
+ lens
A Wirgin Gewirette Viewfinder 127 Camera£60
4 Jan 2023 · Flints Auctions · lot 449 · The Collectors Salepremium removed
+ lens
Gewirette camera£140
6 Sep 2005 · Christie's · lot 301premium removed ↗
+ lens
Gewirette camera£90
20 Aug 1998 · Christie's · lot 349premium removed ↗
+ lens
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
Is the Wirgin Gewirette a collectible camera?
It is an obscure pre-war German compact, so collector interest exists but is narrow, and price largely reflects condition and originality rather than broad demand.
Facts
- Maker
- Wirgin
- Type
- camera
- Sales in the typical price
- 5
- First sale
- 20 Aug 1998
- Latest sale
- 8 Oct 2024
- Median
- £90
- Middle half
- £70–£140
- Evidence
- Indicative
- Method
- v1
Cite this page
“Wirgin Gewirette: about £90, the median of 5 recorded sales, 1998–2024 (Indicative, method v1).” cameraworth.com, retrieved 8 October 2026. https://www.cameraworth.com/w/wirgin/gewirette/