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Gandolfi Field camera

The Gandolfi Field camera is a traditional British-made wooden large-format field camera, built in the folding-flatbed style that has defined this category since the Victorian era. Gandolfi produced hand-crafted field cameras in London across several generations of the family firm, and examples turn up in plate and sheet-film formats aimed at landscape and studio photographers working on stand.

At recent UK auction, hammer prices for Gandolfi field cameras have spanned roughly £260 to £1,000, with a mid-point around £760 across the six recorded sales and an older Christie's result reaching £2,200 for an exceptional example. Today the value of any given body is highly condition-sensitive: bellows integrity, woodwork, and the presence of matched lens boards or original fittings drive what a camera sells for, and larger formats with clean brass fittings tend to price at the upper end of the range.

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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
Nov 2025 £1,750 Flints Auctions
Nov 2025 £812 Flints Auctions
Nov 2025 £1,025 Flints Auctions
Nov 2025 £2,875 Flints Auctions
Nov 2025 £1,500 Flints Auctions
Nov 2025 £6,250 Flints Auctions
Sep 2025 £625 Flints Auctions
Apr 2025 £212 Flints Auctions
Jan 2024 £262 Flints Auctions
Nov 2023 £1,000 Flints Auctions
May 2020 £2,695 Flints Auctions
May 2005 £480 Christie's
Nov 2004 £2,151 Christie's
Nov 2003 £822 Christie's
Sep 2001 £1,527 Christie's
Jul 2001 £705 Christie's
Oct 2000 £705 Christie's
Oct 1999 £253 Christie's

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