A Gandolfi Variant 5x4 Camera£800
16 Apr 2024 · Special Auction Services · lot 23 · Photographica & Cameras Auctionhammer
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Gandolfi Variant
camera
The Gandolfi Variant has 2 recorded sales: £800 (16 Apr 2024, Special Auction Services) and £438 (18 Nov 2006, Leitz Photographica Auction). That is too few for a typical price.
See all 2 recorded sales: the date, saleroom or eBay listing, version and price of each →
Recorded sales
Only 2 sales — too few for a typical price, so here they are.
Gandolfi Variant MDF£438
18 Nov 2006 · Leitz Photographica Auction · €650 · lot AI_10_15657hammer ↗
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Sales only
Hammer prices, buyer’s premium removed; eBay as soldHow ↗
What it is
The Gandolfi Variant is a British-made large format field camera, continuing the Gandolfi family's tradition of hand-built wooden view cameras. It was offered as a working professional and fine-art tool with interchangeable backs and bellows-based movements.
On any large format Gandolfi, inspect the bellows for pinholes, check that the standards lock firmly without play, and verify the ground glass is intact and correctly registered. Confirm which back is fitted and whether lens boards and dark slides are included, since these heavily affect usable value.
Generated summary, 28 Apr 2026 — not checked by hand; prices on this page come from the sales, not from this text.
Questions
Is the Gandolfi Variant a film camera?
Yes, it is a large format film view camera designed to take sheet film via interchangeable backs.
Facts
- Maker
- Gandolfi
- Type
- camera
- Sales in the typical price
- 2
- First sale
- 18 Nov 2006
- Latest sale
- 16 Apr 2024
- Evidence
- Sales only
- Method
- v1
Cite this page
“Gandolfi Variant: 2 recorded sales, 2006–2024; no typical price (method v1).” cameraworth.com, retrieved 17 October 2026. https://www.cameraworth.com/g/gandolfi/variant/