Brass & Mahogany Half Plate Tailboard Camera By Sands & Hunter£210
23 Feb 2022 · Flints Auctions · lot 381 · The Collectors Salepremium removed
Sands & Hunter Tailboard Camera
camera
The Sands & Hunter Tailboard Camera sells for about £208 (median of only 6 recorded sales, 1998–2022; indicative, old).
Typical sale price
about£208
median of only 6 sales, 1998–2022
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£206
Without the lowest sale£210
Without the flagged sales£210
Every sale
Sands & Hunter Tailboard Camera£257
23 Nov 2019 · Leitz Photographica Auction · €300 · lot AI_35_37830hammer ↗
+ lens
A Sands & Hunter Half Plate Mahogany Tailboard Camera£140
20 Oct 2017 · Flints Auctions · lot 361 · Fine Photographicapremium removed
+ lens
Sands & Hunter Tailboardcamera£206
12 Nov 2011 · Leitz Photographica Auction · €240 · lot AI_20_13022hammer ↗
+ lensboxed
Tailboard camera£219
17 Feb 2004 · Christie's · lot 193premium removed ↗
+ lens
Tailboard camera£50
19 Mar 1998 · Christie's · lot 438premium removed ↗
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What it is
{"overview":"The Sands & Hunter Tailboard Camera is a 19th-century British plate camera of the tailboard type, named for its hinged rear board that drops down to allow the bellows to extend for focusing. As of today in 2026, what a Sands & Hunter Tailboard Camera is worth at saleroom level depends heavily on completeness, bellows condition, and whether period lenses or plate holders are included. Original lens, lens board, and matching dark slides materially affect value, and missing or replaced parts are common given the camera's age.
Generated summary, 25 Apr 2026 — not checked by hand; prices on this page come from the sales, not from this text.
Other Tailboards
Questions
What affects the price of a Sands & Hunter tailboard camera?
Bellows integrity, presence of the original lens and plate holders, and overall cosmetic condition are the main factors driving value.
Is the Sands & Hunter Tailboard Camera usable today?
With sound bellows and a working shutter or lens cap technique, these plate cameras can still be used with cut film or wet-plate adapters, though most change hands as collector or display pieces.
Facts
- Maker
- Sands & Hunter
- Type
- camera
- Sales in the typical price
- 6
- First sale
- 19 Mar 1998
- Latest sale
- 23 Feb 2022
- Median
- £208
- Middle half
- £157–£217
- Evidence
- Indicative · old
- Method
- v1
Cite this page
“Sands & Hunter Tailboard Camera: about £208, the median of 6 recorded sales, 1998–2022 (Indicative, method v1).” cameraworth.com, retrieved 8 October 2026. https://www.cameraworth.com/s/sands-hunter/tailboard-camera/