Tailboard camera£219
17 Feb 2004 · Christie's · lot 191premium removed ↗
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Horne & Thornthwaite Tailboard Camera
camera
The Horne & Thornthwaite Tailboard Camera sells for about £219 (median of only 3 recorded sales, 1999–2004; indicative, one source, old).
Typical sale price
about£219
median of only 3 sales, 1999–2004
Indicativeone sourceold
Few sales, all from Christie's. Read this as a rough guide; every sale is shown below.
Hammer prices, buyer’s premium removed; eBay as soldHow ↗
How much does one sale move this?
Without the highest sale£160
Without the lowest sale£535
Every sale
TAILBOARD CAMERA£100
17 Feb 2004 · Christie's · lot 189premium removed ↗
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Stereo tailboard camera£850
14 Jan 1999 · Christie's · lot 269premium removed ↗
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What it is
{"overview":"The Horne & Thornthwaite Tailboard Camera is a Victorian-era British wooden-bodied plate camera of the tailboard type, in which the rear standard slides along a hinged baseboard that drops down for use.
Generated summary, 25 Apr 2026 — not checked by hand; prices on this page come from the sales, not from this text.
Questions
Is the Horne & Thornthwaite Tailboard Camera a usable camera?
It is a 19th-century plate camera rather than a film camera, so practical use today requires sheet-film or wet-plate adaptation, and most buyers acquire it as a display and collector item rather than a working tool.
Facts
- Maker
- Horne & Thornthwaite
- Type
- camera
- Sales in the typical price
- 3
- First sale
- 14 Jan 1999
- Latest sale
- 17 Feb 2004
- Median
- £219
- Middle half
- £160–£535
- Evidence
- Indicative · one source, old
- Method
- v1
Cite this page
“Horne & Thornthwaite Tailboard Camera: about £219, the median of 3 recorded sales, 1999–2004 (Indicative, method v1).” cameraworth.com, retrieved 8 October 2026. https://www.cameraworth.com/h/horne-thornthwaite/tailboard-camera/