Older camera apprasial

fredjclaus

I have a 1950's or so Minolta 16 spy camera my dad left me. It's in "Used" condition, not quite as good as the picture below. Is there a place I could find out what it's worth for insurance purposes? I see them online selling for everything from 9.99 to $400.00. How do I know what mine is worth?

http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://static.flickr.com/108/271896428_c93b2494f1.jpg&imgrefurl=http://camerapedia.wikia.com/wiki/Minolta-16&h=328&w=500&sz=48&tbnid=B5ePAlS39YEooM:&tbnh=102&tbnw=156&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dminolta%2B16%26tbm%3Disch%26tbo%3Du&zoom=1&q=minolta+16&docid=ZNfpd6iGYypHDM&hl=en&sa=X&ei=R5VdTqbBGoPUgAfgs-zoAQ&sqi=2&ved=0CFUQ9QEwAw&dur=2979

ziggy53

KEH generally has a pretty good selection of the subminiature cameras and at this price point you can probably use their full prices for insurance purposes.

Claiming a value now is one thing but if the camera were actually lost later you need to prove the value, or the insurance company will use their valuation tables instead (which they may still do, depending on your particular policy.)

Hopefully this link will work for the particular KEH page:

http://www.keh.com/Camera/format-Collectibles/system-Subminiature/category-Fixed-Lens-Cameras?s=1&bcode=SU&ccode=4&cc=79342&r=WG&f

fredjclaus

Thanks Ziggy. I sent the link to my insurance agent. Hopefully he can figure out what to insure it for through this site.


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