A Gandolfi Whole Plate Tailboard Camera£300
7 Jul 2026 · Flints Auctions · lot 382 · Cameras & Scientific Instrumentspremium removed
Gandolfi Tailboard Camera
camera
The Gandolfi Tailboard Camera typically sells for £249 (median of 16 recorded sales, 2001–2026; fair evidence).
Typical sale price
£249
median of 16 sales, 2001–2026
Fair
Middle half of sales: £200–£405
Hammer prices, buyer’s premium removed; eBay as soldHow ↗
Not in the typical price
Listed apart, never blended in.
Over time
Every sale since 2001; no trend line.
Latest sales All 18 →
A Gandolfi Half Plate Mahogany & Brass Tailbaord Camera£420
12 Nov 2025 · Flints Auctions · lot 363 · Fine Photographicapremium removed
+ lens
A Gandolfi Halfplate Tailboard Camera Outfit With Provenance£500
21 Nov 2024 · Flints Auctions · lot 331 · Fine Photographicapremium removed
awaiting classification · not in the price
A Gandolfi 5x4" Mahogany & Brass Tailboard Camera£700
17 Nov 2022 · Flints Auctions · lot 273 · Fine Photographicapremium removed
+ lens
A Gandolfi Quarter Plate Mahogany Tailboard Camera£650
21 May 2020 · Flints Auctions · lot 234 · Fine Photographica & Instruments of Sciencepremium removed
+ lens
What it is
{"overview":"The Gandolfi Tailboard Camera is a British-made wooden field camera of the tailboard pattern, where the baseboard folds down and the lens standard draws out on rails. Check that the tailboard hinges, rack-and-pinion focus and rising front all operate without racking play, and confirm the ground glass, back frame and any plate holders are present and matching.
Generated summary, 23 Apr 2026 — not checked by hand; prices on this page come from the sales, not from this text.
Questions
What affects the price of a Gandolfi tailboard?
Bellows integrity, completeness of the back and plate holders, originality of brass fittings and the presence of a period lens are the main factors that push the value toward the upper end of the observed range.
Facts
- Maker
- Gandolfi
- Type
- camera
- Sales in the typical price
- 16
- First sale
- 18 Sep 2001
- Latest sale
- 7 Jul 2026
- Median
- £249
- Middle half
- £200–£405
- Evidence
- Fair
- Method
- v1
Cite this page
“Gandolfi Tailboard Camera: typical sale price £249, the median of 16 recorded sales, 2001–2026, middle half £200–£405 (Fair, method v1).” cameraworth.com, retrieved 8 October 2026. https://www.cameraworth.com/g/gandolfi/tailboard-camera/