An E. H. Farrow Half Plate Mahogany Field Camera£95
31 Mar 2022 · Flints Auctions · lot 590 · The Collectors salepremium removed
+ lens
Farrow (E.H.) Field Camera
camera
The Farrow (E.H.) Field Camera has 1 recorded sale: £95 (31 Mar 2022, 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 E.H. Farrow Field Camera is a British-made wooden field camera, a folding large-format plate camera of the type produced for landscape and studio work in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
On any wooden field camera of this age, inspect the bellows for pinholes and corner splits, check that the focusing rack and rear standard move smoothly without play, and look for cracks or repairs to the mahogany body and ground glass. Brass fittings should be present and matching, and any original lens or plate holders add to value; replacement parts for obscure British makers like E.H. Farrow are not available off the shelf and usually require a specialist restorer.
Generated summary, 28 Apr 2026 — not checked by hand; prices on this page come from the sales, not from this text.
Questions
Is the E.H. Farrow Field Camera a usable camera today?
As a wooden plate field camera it can in principle still be used with sheet film holders if the bellows are light-tight and a suitable lens is fitted, but practical use depends on the specific format and condition of the example.
Facts
- Maker
- Farrow (E.H.)
- Type
- camera
- Sales in the typical price
- 1
- First sale
- 31 Mar 2022
- Latest sale
- 31 Mar 2022
- Evidence
- Sales only · old
- Method
- v1
Cite this page
“Farrow (E.H.) Field Camera: 1 recorded sale, March 2022; no typical price (method v1).” cameraworth.com, retrieved 10 October 2026. https://www.cameraworth.com/f/farrow-e-h/field-camera/