Lancaster Merveilleux (tailboard)

{"overview":"The Lancaster Merveilleux is a tailboard plate camera made by J. Lancaster & Son of Birmingham, a British manufacturer active in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. At saleroom level, wooden tailboards like this typically sell for two-figure to low three-figure sums, with condition of the bellows, woodwork and any original brass fittings driving where a given example sells for within that band.","buying_guide":"Inspect the bellows for pinholes and corner splits, check the wooden bed and rear standard for cracks, warping or loose joints, and confirm that the focusing rack-and-pinion still moves smoothly.

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