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Fallowfield Tailboard Field Camera

The Fallowfield Tailboard Field Camera is a wooden tailboard-style plate field camera from the late Victorian/Edwardian era of British large-format photography, sold by the London photographic dealer and manufacturer Fallowfield. Tailboard cameras of this kind used a hinged rear bed and bellows for focusing and were aimed at studio and field plate photographers.

UK auction evidence for this model is extremely thin: the only recorded hammer result on file is a single sale at £161 in March 1998, so any modern price view is indicative rather than firm. Today a buyer asking what a Fallowfield Tailboard Field Camera is worth or how much one sells for at saleroom level should treat that lone hammer figure as a historic data point and expect the realised value in the auction market to depend heavily on completeness, condition of the bellows and woodwork, and the presence of original lens and plate holders.

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
Mar 1998 £161 Christie's