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Lancaster Ladies Camera (tailboard)

The Lancaster Ladies Camera is a tailboard plate camera produced by J. Lancaster & Son of Birmingham in the late Victorian era. The tailboard design — a folding wooden field camera with a hinged baseboard — was a common British format of the period, and the "Ladies" naming reflected its compact, lighter-weight presentation aimed at amateur use.

Auction data for this model is very thin: a single recorded UK saleroom result from 2017 hammered at £456, which gives an indicative reference point rather than a reliable market price. With only one data point in our records, the figure should be read as a wholesale auction-hammer outcome and not as a current retail value, and what a Lancaster Ladies Camera (tailboard) is worth today will depend heavily on completeness, lens, and cosmetic condition.

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
Oct 2017 £456 Flints Auctions