A Blair Camera Co. Hawk-Eye 4x5 Detective Camera£40
9 Jan 2024 · Flints Auctions · lot 167 · Photographs & Optical Toyspremium removed
+ lens
Blair Cameraco. Hawk-Eye Detective Camera
camera
The Blair Cameraco. Hawk-Eye Detective Camera sells for about £100 (median of only 4 recorded sales, 1999–2024; indicative).
Typical sale price
about£100
median of only 4 sales, 1999–2024
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£100
Without the lowest sale£100
Every sale
Blair "Hawkeye Detective" 4x5 camera set. An uncommon camera and a rare late-model version.£263
1 Nov 2015 · Tamarkin Rare Camera Auctions · $400 · lot 1hammer ↗
Hawk-Eye Detective camera box form polished wood plate camera by Blair Camera Co.£100
Hawk-Eye detective camera no. 170£100
2 Sep 1999 · Christie's · lot 283premium removed ↗
What it is
{"overview":"The Blair Camera Co. Hawk-Eye Detective Camera is a 19th-century wooden box-form plate camera, sold in the era when \"detective\" cameras were marketed for discreet, hand-held use rather than tripod work. Lenses on these cameras are often uncoated and prone to haze or separation, so examine the glass carefully.
Generated summary, 29 Apr 2026 — not checked by hand; prices on this page come from the sales, not from this text.
Other Hawk-Eyes
Hawk-Eye Camera
1 saleSales onlyHawk-Eye Box '95
0 salesNo sales yetHawk-Eye Detective Camera (leather)
0 salesNo sales yetHawk-Eye Junior
0 salesNo sales yet
1 saleSales onlyHawk-Eye Box '95
0 salesNo sales yetHawk-Eye Detective Camera (leather)
0 salesNo sales yetHawk-Eye Junior
0 salesNo sales yet
Questions
Is the Blair Hawk-Eye Detective Camera a usable camera today?
It is generally collected as a display piece rather than used; plate holders, fresh sensitised plates and a working shutter would all be needed to shoot with it.
Facts
- Maker
- Blair Cameraco.
- Type
- camera
- Sales in the typical price
- 4
- First sale
- 2 Sep 1999
- Latest sale
- 9 Jan 2024
- Median
- £100
- Middle half
- £85–£141
- Evidence
- Indicative
- Method
- v1
Cite this page
“Blair Cameraco. Hawk-Eye Detective Camera: about £100, the median of 4 recorded sales, 1999–2024 (Indicative, method v1).” cameraworth.com, retrieved 8 October 2026. https://www.cameraworth.com/b/blair-cameraco/hawk-eye-detective-camera/