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De Vere Monorail Camera

The De Vere Monorail is a large-format view camera built around a rail-based architecture, with the front and rear standards sliding along a single rail to allow bellows movements for focus, perspective and plane-of-focus control. De Vere was a British manufacturer better known for its darkroom enlargers, and its monorail cameras were aimed at studio and technical photographers working on sheet film.

At recent UK auction, the De Vere Monorail Camera has sold in the £50 to £120 range at hammer, with a median around £105 across the last few years. Prices in 2025 have clustered between £50 and £120 depending on completeness, and today the model sits firmly in the budget tier of the large-format market — condition, bellows integrity and whether a lens board or ground glass is present drive most of the value spread.

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Sales History

Prices shown are UK auction hammer results — the wholesale level achieved in the saleroom. Neither buyer’s nor seller’s commission is included. Dealer and retail asking prices are typically higher.

Date Price Source
Oct 2025 £50 Chiswick Auctions
Jul 2025 £120 Special Auction Services
May 2025 £100 Special Auction Services
Jun 2022 £106 Flints Auctions
Oct 2017 £192 Flints Auctions
Nov 1999 £57 Christie's
Jan 1998 £437 Christie's

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