A W. I. Chadwick Patent Mahogany Tailboard Camera£240
20 Oct 2017 · Flints Auctions · lot 365 · Fine Photographicapremium removed
+ lens
Chadwick (W.I.) Tailboard camera
camera
The Chadwick (W.I.) Tailboard camera has 1 recorded sale: £240 (20 Oct 2017, Flints Auctions). 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 Chadwick (W.I.) Tailboard camera is a 19th-century British wooden plate camera of the tailboard pattern, in which the rear standard is fixed and the front standard racks forward along a hinged baseboard.
Inspect the bellows for pinholes and corner splits, check the mahogany body and baseboard for shrinkage cracks, and confirm that the rack-and-pinion focusing moves smoothly without slipping. Brass fittings are often tarnished but should be complete; missing lens boards, ground glass screens and dark slides are common and are difficult to source as bespoke replacements.
Generated summary, 4 May 2026 — not checked by hand; prices on this page come from the sales, not from this text.
Questions
What affects the value of a Chadwick Tailboard?
Completeness of original fittings, intact light-tight bellows, undamaged mahogany and the presence of the original lens and dark slides have the largest effect on price.
Facts
- Maker
- Chadwick (W.I.)
- Type
- camera
- Sales in the typical price
- 1
- First sale
- 20 Oct 2017
- Latest sale
- 20 Oct 2017
- Evidence
- Sales only · old
- Method
- v1
Cite this page
“Chadwick (W.I.) Tailboard camera: 1 recorded sale, October 2017; no typical price (method v1).” cameraworth.com, retrieved 15 October 2026. https://www.cameraworth.com/c/chadwick-w-i/tailboard-camera/