Sutton panoramic camera£28,000
15 May 2006 · Christie's · lot 306premium removed ↗
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Ross Sutton Panorama Camera
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The Ross Sutton Panorama Camera has 1 recorded sale: £28,000 (15 May 2006, Christie's). 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 ↗
What it is
{"overview":"The Ross Sutton Panorama Camera is a 19th-century wet-plate panoramic camera, built around Thomas Sutton's patented water-filled spherical lens to capture a wide field of view on curved glass plates. Values today depend heavily on completeness, provenance and the presence of the original Sutton lens, and any fresh appearance in the auction market would be priced against that 2006 benchmark rather than a deep comparables set. Buyers asking how much one sells for should treat the figure as indicative of a single, exceptional sale rather than a stable market price.","buying_guide":"Inspect the wooden body for shrinkage, splits and missing fittings, and check the bellows (where fitted) for light-tight integrity. The Sutton water-lens is the critical element: examine the glass shells for cracks, hazing and seal damage, since a replacement is effectively unobtainable.
Generated summary, 29 Apr 2026 — not checked by hand; prices on this page come from the sales, not from this text.
Other Suttons
Questions
Why is the price so high compared to other 19th-century cameras?
The Sutton water-lens panoramic design was produced in very small numbers by Ross of London, and surviving complete examples almost never reach the open market, which concentrates demand among institutional and top-tier private collectors.
Facts
- Maker
- Ross
- Type
- camera
- Sales in the typical price
- 1
- First sale
- 15 May 2006
- Latest sale
- 15 May 2006
- Evidence
- Sales only · old
- Method
- v1
Cite this page
“Ross Sutton Panorama Camera: 1 recorded sale, May 2006; no typical price (method v1).” cameraworth.com, retrieved 8 October 2026. https://www.cameraworth.com/r/ross/sutton-panorama-camera/