A Fine Meagher 12x10" Mahogany Tailboard Camera£1,300
20 Oct 2017 · Flints Auctions · lot 387 · Fine Photographicapremium removed
+ lens
Meagher Tailboard Camera (double extension)
camera
The Meagher Tailboard Camera (double extension) has 1 recorded sale: £1,300 (20 Oct 2017, Flints Auctions). That is too few for a typical price.
Recorded sales
Only 1 sale — too few for a typical price, so here it is.
Sales onlyold
Hammer prices, buyer’s premium removed; eBay as soldHow ↗
Not in the typical price
Listed apart, never blended in.
Other recorded sales All 2 →
A Meagher Quarter Plate Mahogany Tailboard Camera£69
undated · Flints Auctions · lot 214 · Cameras & Scientific Instrumentsbasis not stated
no convertible price · not in the price
What it is
{"overview":"The Meagher Tailboard Camera (double extension) is a wooden field camera designed for plate photography, with a folding tailboard bed and a double-extension bellows that allows close-focus and longer-focal-length lens use. With only one data point, it is difficult to give a representative price band today in 2026, and what a clean example sells for can vary widely with bellows condition, completeness of plate holders, and the presence of a period lens.","buying_guide":"Inspect the bellows for pinholes and corner splits, since light leaks are the most common fault on tailboard cameras of this age, and check that the double-extension rack-and-pinion focus runs smoothly without slipping.
Generated summary, 28 Apr 2026 — not checked by hand; prices on this page come from the sales, not from this text.
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2 salesSales onlyTailboard Stereo Camera (double extension)
1 saleSales only
Questions
What should I check before buying one?
Look closely at the bellows for light leaks, test the double-extension focusing mechanism, and confirm the plate back and any holders are present and undamaged.
Facts
- Maker
- Meagher
- Type
- camera
- Sales in the typical price
- 1
- First sale
- 20 Oct 2017
- Latest sale
- 20 Oct 2017
- Evidence
- Sales only · old
- Method
- v1
Cite this page
“Meagher Tailboard Camera (double extension): 1 recorded sale, October 2017; no typical price (method v1).” cameraworth.com, retrieved 8 October 2026. https://www.cameraworth.com/m/meagher/tailboard-camera-double-extension/