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Meagher Tailboard Stereo Camera (double extension)

The Meagher Tailboard Stereo Camera (double extension) is a 19th-century British wooden field camera built for stereoscopic photography, using a tailboard folding design with a double-extension bellows for additional focusing range. Cameras of this pattern were intended for use with paired lenses to expose two side-by-side images on a single plate.

Auction data for this model is thin: a single recorded UK saleroom result from 2017 hammered at £300, so the available reference point for what one sells for today is a single data point rather than a range. As a hammer price it reflects wholesale auction level rather than a retail or dealer asking value, and condition of the woodwork, bellows and brass fittings will swing what any given example is worth.

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 £300 Flints Auctions