A W. W. Rouch & Co. Patent Portable Mahogany Camera£550
1 Jul 2015 · Special Auction Services · lot 19hammer ↗
+ lens
Rouch Patent Portable Camera
camera
The Rouch Patent Portable Camera sells for about £385 (median of only 4 recorded sales, 1998–2015; indicative, old).
Typical sale price
about£385
median of only 4 sales, 1998–2015
Indicativeold
Few sales. Read this as a rough guide; every sale is shown below.
Hammer prices, buyer’s premium removed; eBay as soldHow ↗
How much does one sale move this?
Without the highest sale£220
Without the lowest sale£550
Every sale
Patent Portable camera no. 1264£900
11 Dec 2002 · Christie's · lot 131premium removed ↗
+ lens
Patent portable camera£220
19 Nov 2002 · Christie's · lot 431premium removed ↗
Patent portable camera£90
19 Nov 1998 · Christie's · lot 234premium removed ↗
+ lens
What it is
{"overview":"The Rouch Patent Portable Camera is an early British-made plate camera, a compact folding design from the Victorian era of wet- and dry-plate photography.
Generated summary, 23 Apr 2026 — not checked by hand; prices on this page come from the sales, not from this text.
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Questions
Why do values for this camera vary so much?
With only a handful of recorded sales, each result has an outsized effect on the apparent market value, and differences in bellows condition, fittings and accompanying lens or plate holders can swing the price by a factor of ten.
Facts
- Maker
- Rouch
- Type
- camera
- Sales in the typical price
- 4
- First sale
- 19 Nov 1998
- Latest sale
- 1 Jul 2015
- Median
- £385
- Middle half
- £188–£638
- Evidence
- Indicative · old
- Method
- v1
Cite this page
“Rouch Patent Portable Camera: about £385, the median of 4 recorded sales, 1998–2015 (Indicative, method v1).” cameraworth.com, retrieved 8 October 2026. https://www.cameraworth.com/r/rouch/patent-portable-camera/