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

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. It is a collector-grade instrument from the early era of British photographic manufacturing, scarce in any condition and rarely encountered outside major auctions.

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. Provenance documentation and matching original plate holders materially affect the price a serious collector will pay.

Generated summary, 29 Apr 2026 — not checked by hand; prices on this page come from the sales, not from this text.

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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 14 October 2026. https://www.cameraworth.com/r/ross/sutton-panorama-camera/

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