A J. Lizars Tropical Challenge Dayspool Camera£260
29 Apr 2021 · Flints Auctions · lot 306 · Fine Photographica & Instruments of Sciencepremium removed
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Lizars Challenge Dayspool Tropical
camera
The Lizars Challenge Dayspool Tropical sells for about £475 (median of only 4 recorded sales, 2002–2021; indicative, old).
Typical sale price
about£475
median of only 4 sales, 2002–2021
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£300
Without the lowest sale£649
Every sale
A J. Lizars Challenge Dayspool Tropical Roll Film Camera£300
1 Nov 2018 · Flints Auctions · lot 1226 · Fine Photographica & Instruments of Science & Medicinepremium removed
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J. Lizars Challenge Dayspool Tropical£915
22 Mar 2014 · Leitz Photographica Auction · €1,100 · lot AI_25_30059hammer ↗
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Challenge tropical camera no. 1498AB£649
19 Nov 2002 · Christie's · lot 423premium removed ↗
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What it is
{"overview":"The Lizars Challenge Dayspool Tropical is an early twentieth-century British folding plate camera, sold by the Glasgow optician and photographic retailer J. Lizars. Brasswork should be even in patina rather than over-polished, and any original shutter should be tested at slow speeds where stickiness is common on cameras of this age.
Generated summary, 27 Apr 2026 — not checked by hand; prices on this page come from the sales, not from this text.
Other Challenges
Challenge Tropen (Tropical)
7 salesabout £350IndicativeChallenge Dayspool
4 salesabout £135IndicativeChallenge Tropen (Tropical) Model C
3 salesabout £200IndicativeChallenge Dayspool No.1
1 saleSales onlyChallenge Dayspool Stereo Tropical
1 saleSales onlyChallenge Stereo Tropen (Tropical)
1 saleSales onlyChallenge Tropen (Tropical) Model E
1 saleSales onlyChallenge View Camera
1 saleSales only
7 salesabout £350IndicativeChallenge Dayspool
4 salesabout £135IndicativeChallenge Tropen (Tropical) Model C
3 salesabout £200IndicativeChallenge Dayspool No.1
1 saleSales onlyChallenge Dayspool Stereo Tropical
1 saleSales onlyChallenge Stereo Tropen (Tropical)
1 saleSales onlyChallenge Tropen (Tropical) Model E
1 saleSales onlyChallenge View Camera
1 saleSales only
Questions
Why is the Tropical version more valuable than a standard Dayspool?
Tropical models were produced in smaller numbers using polished hardwood and heavier brass fittings for export to humid climates, and that scarcity plus the visual appeal of the materials supports the price levels seen in the sales history.
Facts
- Maker
- Lizars
- Type
- camera
- Sales in the typical price
- 4
- First sale
- 19 Nov 2002
- Latest sale
- 29 Apr 2021
- Median
- £475
- Middle half
- £290–£716
- Evidence
- Indicative · old
- Method
- v1
Cite this page
“Lizars Challenge Dayspool Tropical: about £475, the median of 4 recorded sales, 2002–2021 (Indicative, method v1).” cameraworth.com, retrieved 8 October 2026. https://www.cameraworth.com/l/lizars/challenge-dayspool-tropical/