A J Lancaster & Son 1900 B B Instantograph Quarter Plate Mahogany & Brass Camera£35
15 Aug 2023 · Special Auction Services · lot 75 · Photographica & Cameras Auctionhammer
Lancaster Brass Bound Instantograph
camera
The Lancaster Brass Bound Instantograph sells for about £150 (median of only 3 recorded sales, 2001–2023; indicative, old).
Typical sale price
about£150
median of only 3 sales, 2001–2023
Indicativeold
Few sales. 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£93
Without the lowest sale£160
Every sale
Lancaster Instantograph field camera£170
+ lens
Instantograph 1903 BB field camera£150
17 Jul 2001 · Christie's · lot 408premium removed ↗
+ lens
What it is
{"overview":"The Lancaster Brass Bound Instantograph is a Victorian-era British plate camera, built as a folding mahogany field camera with brass fittings.
Generated summary, 16 May 2026 — not checked by hand; prices on this page come from the sales, not from this text.
Questions
Is the Lancaster Brass Bound Instantograph a usable camera or a display piece?
Most surviving examples are bought as display or collector items; using one photographically requires intact bellows, a working shutter or lens cap technique, and dry plates or sheet film adapted to the original plate size.
Facts
- Maker
- Lancaster
- Type
- camera
- Sales in the typical price
- 3
- First sale
- 17 Jul 2001
- Latest sale
- 15 Aug 2023
- Median
- £150
- Middle half
- £93–£160
- Evidence
- Indicative · old
- Method
- v1
Cite this page
“Lancaster Brass Bound Instantograph: about £150, the median of 3 recorded sales, 2001–2023 (Indicative, method v1).” cameraworth.com, retrieved 8 October 2026. https://www.cameraworth.com/l/lancaster/brass-bound-instantograph/