Return to the Monark Cameras Home Page This list is copyright Monark Cameras, Oct 2019. Please Note: Several 'false' numbers may, or may not be included so please do not copy numbers from this list without our express permission. Thank you. Tim Goldsmith. Email: info @ cameravalues . com Red = New to List Total number of Serial Numbers Feb 2025: 579 (including 267 from original John Vincent/Photographica World listing.) PLEASE NOTE: Additional comments are taken from the public domain only. "O" Series A1001 Leonard Auctions, Illinois, USA. March 20th 2016. Hammer price $2,400 https://www.leonardauction.com/auctions/auction-catalog-detail/?auctionID=214&lotID=356. "OLD" style R&S logo Early Reid III (Prototype?) A1 Featured in 1st R&S advertising leaflet (blue cover) and in “The Years Photography 1950” A2 Bonhams 2009 (£1,750), then to SAS Factory Prototype? No Number Prototype(?), Christies 2002. Reid & Sigrist, Leicester; chrome, the top plate unengraved, the camera body with non-standard features, with a Taylor-Hobson 2 inch f/2 lens with unengraved lens rim and lens cap, in maker's ever ready case Late Factory Prototype with Opening Back X4 Fully working prototype with opening back for easier loading. Astons Auctions, 2019. The John Vincent Collection. Reid Ia (2 shoes) 2103 2208 Military (hole in rear - Periscope?). Ebay 2018 & FB Group 2024 2239 Chiswick Auctions Oct 2020 2241 eBay Dec 2018 2242 Chiswick Auctions Enquiry, April 2025? 2247 SAS, 2015 Reid I 1702 Ebay, Sept 2022 (unsold @ £1,600 then sold for £1,559) 1706 Military markings A.P.F5/8810. Flints Nov 2021 1715 Facebook group, Dec 2020 1716 Top engraved "S.R.E.CA. 422". Camera is marked on the back, in red, "A.P.F. 5/8810. ERC marked "Carrying Case for Camera A/P.8810". 1718 Military markings, Flints Auctions 2021 & again in Nov 2022 APF5/8810 1723 Ex Navy, Aston's Auction #8 2018 1724 1725 Military? 1733 1737 Military. Christies 1996 1742 Listed as "periscope" version. Miltary number obsured by back plate hole. SAS June 2024. 1745 Astons Auctions, 2019. The John Vincent Collection. Then Peter loy & FB group Oct 2024. 1746 Military (hole in rear - Periscope?). Christies 2002 2002 eBay 2018 2006 2007 Flints Nov 2021 2008 Westlich 2015 2011 2012 Military markings. Pictured in Leica Copies by HPR 2016 "Periscope" (?) body. Military markings A.P. 0553/8886. With mis-matched baseplate #P2028. Flints Nov 2021 2020 Military, Miester Cameras, Germany 2021 2022 2023 2031 2033 2040 2050 2053 Military markings, Westlich 2015 2054 2061 2062 Military markings, F578810(?). Aug 2021 2064 And on eBay 2019, Military markings 2070 Christies 2006 2071 2075 Military Photo Arsenal 2079 And eBay 2018 2080 Military markings F5/8886, then eBay 2019 2082 2087 Instagram, 2018. Military markings F5/8810 2089 Military markings F5/8810, Flints April 2024 2101 And eBay 2018 2103 ebay June 2018 2104 Military markings, F5/8886 2110 eBay 2019 2111 2114 PW article & eBay 2018 2115 ebay Sept 2018 2118 Military markings F5/8886 & rare body cap, eBay Dec 2018. Then without body cap 2020, then Facebook & eBay 2021 then back on Facebook Oct 2021 2121 Marked 0553/8810. Ebay Feb 2025, group of 5 military models listed for spares. 2127 Military markings, Westlich 2016 2128 Christies 2006 2132 Military markings, Westlich 2016, thick metal body cap. 2133 Marked 0553/8810. Ebay Feb 2025, group of 5 military models listed for spares. 2138 Military markings. eBay 2019 2144 Christies 2006, then Pacific Rim 2145 Military markings, Westlich 2014 2147 Military Photo Arsenal 2157 Military. Photo Arsenal 2018 2170 2174 Military markings, matching case. Peter Walnes on eBay 2019 then Stevens, Manchester 2020, ebay again April 2023 2176 Marked F5/8810. Ebay Feb 2025, group of 5 military models listed for spares. 2182 Military markings, 0553/8810. Facebook Group March 2022 2189 Ebay Feb 2025, group of 5 military models listed for spares 2199 Military markings (Navy?) 2200 Military markings, Flints 2019 2202 2205 2206 SAS 2015, then Cambase 2213 Military markings 2215 Military Markings, fake box - then Ebay (Poland) May 2024 2221 2235 2241 ebay, 2018, Tennants May 2019 2602 Facebook group, Aug 2022 2881 Military Markings F5/8886 2883 Military Markings W6/WF/0269, Facebook group, Aug 2022 3128 Marked 0553/8810. Ebay Feb 2025, group of 5 military models listed for spares. 3303 Top plate on part-assembled camera. Astons Auctions, 2019. The John Vincent Collection. 3401 3408 Christies 2006 3409 3411 Military markings 0553/8810, SAS April 2023 3414 3415 Military Markings, SAS 2018 3416 Military Markings, eBay 2019 3420 3424 3428 Marked F5/8886. Ebay Feb 2025, group of 5 military models listed for spares. 3437 Military Markings. Astons Auctions, 2019. The John Vincent Collection. 3439 3443 3448 3453 3454 3470 Military. Christies 1996 3471 Top plate only. Astons Auctions, 2019. The John Vincent Collection. 3473 Military. Westlich, 2018 3477 Instagram, Dec 2021 3478 Military markings 0553/8810, then Breker March 2022, then eBay 2023, then Phot Alps (Ebay) Dec 2024 3483 Military markings, Westlich 2018 3493 Top plate only. Astons Auctions, 2019. The John Vincent Collection. 3498 Reid II 1588 Featured in R&S 3-fold leaflet but same number seen on Reid III, eBay 2016 1751 Christies 1996 1754 2824 2850 Christies 2006 2921 2933 Bamfords 2016 2935 2947 2954 And on ebay 2019 2955 Astons Auction, 2019 2958 Sold by Peter Loy, then Westlich, 2018 3101 3166 3193 Pictured in 300 Leica Copies by Pont/Princelle & Leica Copies by HPR 3256 Listed by Adam Partridge, spring 2020 as with military markings, but a normal II in a repro WD box. Body only sold again by Chiswick Auctions in late 2020 3259 3269 eBay Dec 2020 3310 Reid III 1002 Bamfords 2013, and later sold by Peter Loy 1004 Instagram, 2018 1005 Flint's Auction, 2019 1010 Flint's Auction, 2018 1012 No "Eng." after "Leicester" address on top plate 1014 Top plate only. Astons Auctions, 2019. The John Vincent Collection. Then complete camera FB Reid Group, Nov 2022 1019 Bamfords 2016 1024 eBay 2018 1026 SAS 2019 (unsold), then again July 2019 1030 No camera, number stamped 3 times on sample/test rangefinder cover. Astons Auctions, 2019. The John Vincent Collection. 1034 Hansons Auctioneers, 2013 1035 Thomas N. Miller auctions Jan 2025 1039 1043 1049 Westlich, 2016 1055 1056 ebay Dec 2018 1057 Pictured in Leica Copies by HPR 1059 eBay, 2022 1064 Early, no flash syncs. Flints, March 2025 then again April 2025 1066 1070 then Peter Walnes 2019, then Leica-Post, Prague 1072 Batemans of Stamford, June 2022 1075 From March 2023 1077 Arthur Johnson & Sons, March 2022 1078 Early factory sync 1080 Stroud Auctions, Aug 2022 1082 Then SAS Oct 2020 1083 1088 No sync 1091 1099 Wolverhampton Fair 2018 1100 SAS 2017, eBay eu-tradefactor 2020 1101 Pictured on cover of Reid instruction book 1103 Flint's, 2018 then eBay Dec 2018 1112 Then Toovey's Oct 2020 1113 eBay Sept 2022 1121 Flints 2019, then eBay 2019 1130 In A.P. 1957 1132 Chiswick Auctions Aug 2024 1134 1135 Unsynched. Astons Auctions, 2019. The John Vincent Collection. 1138 1142 eBay 2019 1144 Christies (The Property of Major Mike Banks MBE) 2001, then WestLicht 2011 1146 and Peter Walnes 2019 1156 1159 Christies 1996, then ebay 2018, then Flints April 2024 1161 Front cover of instruction book 1171 1177 AP article in Nov 24 1990 (loaned by Harry Kitchen) 1180 eBay 2018 1186 1203 1215 1235 Peter Francis, 2011 1237 1245 1250 Jones & Jacobs Auction. 2014 1269 eBay 2019, then Peter Loy 1271 1273 In Reid manual 1276 eBay, 2019 (updated from Reid II?) 1278 Flints March 2023, then Ebay 1281 1282 1284 Ebay Feb 2024 1287 Chiswick Auctions, Oct 2022 1285 1291 SAS 2018 1301 Flints, July 2021 1309 Top plate only, Astons Auction 2019 1313 SAS, 2019 & again in 2020 1320 1323 "Joke" factory top plate (only). Astons Auctions, 2019. The John Vincent Collection. 1325 then Westlich 2018 1336 1343 Flints, Nov 2022 unsold, again in March 2023 1344 Flints, 2019 1346 Flints, Sept 2024, then Ebay Germany Sept 2024 1350 1353 1354 R&S Facebook group, 2023 1356 Cleveland Salerooms, 2007 1361 Chiswick Auctons, March 2025 1365 eBay 2019 1366 Christies 2006 1371 Ebay Feb 2025 1373 1375 No camera seen, but # from VERY early (pre-printed) instruction book. Astons Auctions, 2019. The John Vincent Collection. 1376 Rear cover of British Camera Makers 1377 With single flash sync. Ebay (Japan) April 2024 1380 Flints, 2019, Red Dot 2021 1382 Christies 2006 1389 Pictured in 300 Leica Copies by Pont/Princelle, then Sheffield Auction Gallery, Sept 2021? 1391 Photograph only seen 1392 and then eBay 2019, then Flints Auctions, Oct 2022, then eBay in Oct 2023, then Flints Oct 2024 1394 Astons Auctions, 2020 1396 Bamfords Auctioneers & Valuers, July 2023 1398 Body only. Flints, Jan 2024, then sold on eBay March 2024 with shutter & blids shot 1403 M&W, Body only, and FB group Aug 2024 1406 (flash sync added to top plate) ebay 2019 1409 eBay 2020 1410 1414 Ebay, 2023 1418 Illustrated in the Vade Mecum 1420 1422 FaceBook group Dec 2023 1431 eBay 2018 1443 1445 1449 Cameraventures.com 2018 1452 1467 Astons Auctions, 2019. The John Vincent Collection. 1476 Reid Facebook group Jan 2023 1477 With Cooke Amotal, Breker, Sept 2020 1478 FB Group, Feb 2025 1485 1498 1500 Flints Nov 2021 1505 1509 Flints Nov 2021 1512 Bamfords, 2016 then eBay 2020 1515 eBay, 2018? & FB group 2024 1523 On rangefinder (only). Astons Auctions, 2019. The John Vincent Collection. 1527 Sotheby's, 1997 1533 Richard Winterton Auctions, 2019 1540 Ebay, May 2023 1544 1547 1549 Mullberry Bank Auctions, 2018 then leica-post eBay Dec 2018, then EU-Tradefactor eBay 2019 1559 On Reid printing block and on advertising. Astons Auctions, 2019. The John Vincent Collection. 1560 Leica Center Photographica, USA 2009 1566 Facebook group, Feb 2025 1568 1569 Flints Nov 2021 1571 1579 Christies 1996 1580 1586 1587 1588 ebay Oct 2016. * Same number also used in R&S advert for Reid 2. 1589 Anderson & Garland, 2019 1590 eBay Sept 2021 1595 SAS 2018 1599 In Reid Ads 1605 1615 1617 1621 David Lay Auctions, Nov 2021 1622 eBay Oct 2021 1631 1633 1640 1641 ebay 2018 1645 Rocky Cameras 2018 1651 Stolen, with Taylor Hobson lens 329408 1662 Lawrence Fine Art Auctioneers, July 2023 1665 Astons Auction #4 1669 Flints, Nov 2022 1673 Inside Reid instruction book, Facebook June 2020 1678 Facebook, Dec 2021 1683 1684 1694 1695 1754 Winter 2024 1759 1762 ebay, 2019 1768 R&S Facebook Group, Feb 2023 1769 Flints, Nov 2022 1771 SAS, 2015 1778 1779 Flints, Oct 2022 1780 https://www.35mmc.com/01/10/2016/history-of-reid-sigrist/ 1786 Ebay, April 2023 1788 1793 Cato Crane, Liverpool. Nov 2021 1798 1801 1818 Astons Auctions, 2019. The John Vincent Collection. 1824 Christies. 1995 1846 then Bonhams Aug 2021 1858 Toovey's Auction. 2011 1859 Ebay Oct 2024 (via FB group) 1860 1862 then Peter Walnes 2019 1870 Ebay, July 2022 1873 WestLicht 2014 1879 1881 Flints Nov 2021 1883 1891 1892 eBay Sept 2022 1898 1899 1906 https://www.photrio.com/forum/threads/reid-lll-type-ii.45158/ 1907 Then Flints Auctions 2021, then Photographica 2022 1908 1910 Aldridges of Bath, July 2022 1917 Sheffield Auction Gallery, Sept 2021 1930 Flint's, 2019 1931 FB group. Feb 2024. Purchased direct from R&S in 1971! 1944 Astons Auctions, 2019. The John Vincent Collection. 1949 Astons Auctions, 2019. The John Vincent Collection. & FB Group Nov 2022 1966 Stephens, N+March 2024 1971 Bamfords 2013 1975 Flints, 2019 1976 Flints, 2022 1986 CameraMan, Hong Kong 1993 1998 Ffordes Aug 2024 2018 Ebay, 2023 2080 Military markings F5/8886, FaceBook Group Dec 2023 2089 Military markings, Feb 2023 2076 Sheffield Auction Gallery, Sept 2021 2129 Military markings F5/8886, ebay 2019 2241 ebay, 2018, Tennants May 2019 2247 SAS advert in PW magazine 2252 ebay 2019 2255 Lockdales Auctions. 2016 2259 2275 2280 Flint's, 2019. Serial number also seen on guarantee card, Warrington & Northwich Auctions Feb 2025 2296 2316 Prague Camera Auction, 2014 2329 ebay Dec 2018 2332 2335 Rosebery's 2009 2341 Adam Partridge, Liverpool, Aug 2024 2343 Facebook Jan 2022 2346 eBay 2020 2350 2354 Reid FB Group, Jan 2024 2357 2360 Warrington & Northwich Auctions, Feb 2025 2365 2370 2374 Real Camera Co, Aug 2023 2377 Flints, 2019 (£294) Ebay 2021 (£645) Ebay Jan 2023 (asking £999) 2378 ebay, 2020 2379 eBay Dec 2018 2384 2394 SAS Oct 2022 2395 Tennants, 2019 2396 Adam Partridge, 2021 2399 2401 Facebook, July 2021 2405 Christies 2006, ebay 2019 2406 Willingham Auctions, Dec 2023 2413 2417 eBay 2019 2426 Flint's, 2017 2428 Christies 2007 2441 Tennants May 2019 2449 Wolves Fair Dec 2024 2452 R&S Facebook Group, Feb 2023 2453 ebay 2018 2469 WestLicht 2014 2470 2479 Flint's 2017 2482 Wooton Auction Rooms, June 2021 2486 Christies 2006, eBay 2019 2488 Then on-line Jan 2025 2490 2495 SAS 2017, then Chiswick Auctions Oct 2020, then eBay 2021 2499 SAS 2017 then ebay 2018 2500 2503 2504 2509 2512 eBay 2019 (sold 2022) 2516 FB group Nov 2024 2517 2520 Potters Bar camera fair, July 2022 2526 2535 SAS April 2023 2540 eBay 2019 2550 eBay 2018, Then Flints 2555 eBay 2018, then Flint's, 2018 2558 eBay 2018 2565 Peter Loy, Nov 2024 2569 2573 eBay 2019 2574 2579 eBay 2021, again 2023 now with fake box. 2583 2586 2587 Christies, 1996 2591 mkoptics.net, Sept 2020 2593 Then Ebay Sept 2024 2597 Real Camera Co (1998?) then eBay Oct 2022, then Stevens in Feb 2024 2601 Flints, 2018 2602 Instagram, 2018 2637 2656 Real Camera Co, 2019 2659 Seen in club publication 2020 26?? Sheffield Auction Gallery, Sept 2021 2661 2662 2664 Number on guarantee card with different # camera. Anderson & Garland, 2019 2666 Sheffield Auction Gallery, Sept 2021 2669 Ebay, July 202. Then Dec 2024 with Corfield lens 2672 2675 2682 2683 2685 2692 2699 Pictured in 300 Leica Copies by Pont/Princelle, then Sheffield Auction Gallery, Sept 2021? 2703 2705 Hanson's Auctions. April 2025. Listed as Reid of Leicester camera in group lot. 2708 Christies (2007?) 2711 WestLicht 2014 2714 SAS 2018 2717 WestLicht 2013 2718 2723 2726 ebay 2018 & 2023 2730 2731 With original box. SAS April 2023 2734 Spicer's Auctioneers, July 2020 (not pictured) 2735 With original box. Thomas N. Miller auctions Jan 2025 2746 2747 Fieldings Auctions, July 2021 2750 Charterhouse Auctions, 2021 2751 2752 Then Red Dot Cameras, July 2023 2756 Serrell Auctions, 2018 2759 Wolverhampton Fair 2018 2778 2779 ebay 2018 2788 SAS 2018, then eBay (Peter Walnes Ltd) 2792 Chiswick Auctions Mar 2025 2794 Reid FB group, Feb 2024 2796 Marin Rowe, 2012 2799 Pictured in 300 Leica Copies by Pont/Princelle 2805 Jem, March 2025 2807 2808 Lawrences of Bletchingley, Nov 2021 2814 Jem, March 2025 2815 ebay 2018 2816 Wetzlar Camera Auctions, Oct 2022 2822 2823 Warrington & Northwich Auctions, April 2020, then eBay May 2020 2827 Tennants auction 2010 2831 Gorringes auction, 2006 2835 2841 eBay 2018 2853 Dave Stevens, Aug 2023 2854 2862 2866 2868 Facebook Group (OLD AND RARE CAMERA COLLECTOR PAGE) March 2023 2872 Adam Partridge Auctions, July 2024 2875 Ebay Spring 2024 2879 Facebook Group (OLD AND RARE CAMERA COLLECTOR PAGE) Nov 2020 2883 Then Facebook July 2022, then Ffordes July 2022 2900 Ebay Sept 2024 2902 2905 2910 eBay Aug 2021 2911 2920 In R&S leaflet for Close-Focus Attachment 2922 Westlich 2014 2926 Then on-line Jan 2025 2928 chapterlux.com 2930 2943 2976 2984 ebay 2018 2986 2989 2996 3001 Military markings, eBay 2020 3004 3006 Richard Winterton Auctions, 2019 3010 Military markings, seen on eBay 2018 3010 NO Military markings. Pictured in Leica Copies by HPR 3011 3014 Christies 1996, Military markings, W6/WF/0269. Then 2024 in Italy 3027 Military markings (W6/WF/0450) SAS, 2019 3029 Military markings, Flints, 2019, then Ffords April 2025 3049 3051 3053 Westlich 2016 3056 3063 Military markings. Pictured in 300 Leica Copies by Pont/Princelle 3064? From Ebay late 2023 but could be 3084? 3068 Military markings. eBay 2020 3069 3078 eBay Aug 2021. For parts only 3080 3081 R&S Facebook group, Jan 2023 3084 3089 3090 3092 Golding Young & Mawer, Aug 2024 3099 Brecker Auctions 3100 CameraMate 3104 WestLicht 2013 3108 3109 Christies, 1996 3110 3112 Top plate only, NOS. Astons Auction 2019 3113 Top plate only, NOS. Astons Auction 2019 3114 Top plate only, NOS. Astons Auction 2019 3118 3129 3145 eBay Dec 2021, leica-by-boris - With Dalac & Dalrac for £17,000. A CRAZY price! 3146 Top plate only. Aug 2024 3147 3150 3155 3163 3171 SAS April 2025 3174 3175 McTear's, 2014 3177 3180 3189 No top plate. Ebay Dec 2024 3190 SAS, 2015. Military markings 3202 ebay 2018 3203 ebay 2023 3207 Ffords, March 2025 3209 3212 AP Magazine 23 June 1971 3213 Top plate & parts only, Ebay Dec 2024 3219 3226 Christies, 1996 3244 3246 Sold by Peter Loy 3247 eBay Aug 2021 3249 R&S Facebook Group, July 22. Then Chiswick Auctions Oct 2022 3262 http://vintagecameras.wixsite.com/photohistory/reid3b 3266 Photograph only seen 3268 Flints, 2019 3277 Science Museum Leica, Made by Reid 245981 Flints, April 2022, then Flints Oct 2024 291955 350713 Astons Auction 2019 221041 In John Vincent's photos Russian Copies 1390 2190 Ebay 2023 from breguetcamera Reid 1 fake 3020 WestLicht 2016 3014 Sheffield Auction Gallery, Sept 2021 (a correct Reid III number) 3102 2023 Rogers & Jones, Cardiff. Reid 1 fake. 3190 Aston's Auction 2018 3193 eBay 2019 3310 Reid II, eBay 2019 3025 eBay 2019