Ottewill & Co, England Sliding box camera£5,373
29 May 2004 · Leitz Photographica Auction · €8,000 · lot AI_5_23313hammer ↗
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Ottewill Sliding Box Camera
camera
The Ottewill Sliding Box Camera has 2 recorded sales: £5,373 (29 May 2004, Leitz Photographica Auction) and £3,500 (16 Jan 2001, Christie's). That is too few for a typical price.
Recorded sales
Only 2 sales — too few for a typical price, so here they are.
Sliding box stereo camera£3,500
16 Jan 2001 · Christie's · lot 348premium removed ↗
Sales onlyold
Hammer prices, buyer’s premium removed; eBay as soldHow ↗
What it is
{"overview":"The Ottewill Sliding Box Camera is a 19th-century wooden box camera of the sliding-box pattern, in which a smaller inner box slides within an outer box to achieve focus. Plate holders, ground glass and any maker's labels add significantly to value, and missing accessories are difficult to replace given the age of these cameras.
Generated summary, 12 May 2026 — not checked by hand; prices on this page come from the sales, not from this text.
Questions
Why is the price so high compared to later cameras?
Sliding box cameras from the mid-19th century are scarce survivors of the earliest era of photography, and named London makers such as Ottewill carry collector interest that pushes values well above those of later mass-produced equipment.
Facts
- Maker
- Ottewill
- Type
- camera
- Sales in the typical price
- 2
- First sale
- 16 Jan 2001
- Latest sale
- 29 May 2004
- Evidence
- Sales only · old
- Method
- v1
Cite this page
“Ottewill Sliding Box Camera: 2 recorded sales, 2001–2004; no typical price (method v1).” cameraworth.com, retrieved 8 October 2026. https://www.cameraworth.com/o/ottewill/sliding-box-camera/