A J F Shew Eclipse Apparatus Strut Mahogany Quarter Plate Camera£120
16 Apr 2024 · Special Auction Services · lot 32 · Photographica & Cameras Auctionhammer
Shew Eclipse
camera
The Shew Eclipse sells for about £200 (median of only 9 recorded sales, 1999–2024; indicative).
Typical sale price
about£200
median of only 9 sales, 1999–2024
Indicative
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£180
Without the lowest sale£206
Every sale
Shew London Eclipse£261
26 Nov 2022 · Leitz Photographica Auction · €300 · lot AI_41_40937hammer ↗
+ lens
A Shew & Co. Eclipse Mahogany Strut Camera£200
29 Apr 2021 · Flints Auctions · lot 309 · Fine Photographica & Instruments of Sciencepremium removed
+ lens
A J. F. Shew Eclipse Apparatus Quarter Plate Strut Mahogany Camera£240
20 Oct 2017 · Flints Auctions · lot 236 · Fine Photographicapremium removed
+ lens
J.F. Shew Eclipse£212
4 Dec 2010 · Leitz Photographica Auction · €250 · lot AI_18_11662hammer ↗
+ lens
"The Eclipse" by Shew & Co. London; lightweight 1/2 plate pocket camera in mahogany and brass.£80
+ lens
Eclipse camera£160
18 Sep 2001 · Christie's · lot 261premium removed ↗
+ lens
Eclipse collapsable camera£160
17 Jul 2001 · Christie's · lot 162premium removed ↗
+ lens
Eclipse camera£260
14 Jan 1999 · Christie's · lot 240premium removed ↗
+ lens
What it is
{"overview":"The Shew Eclipse is a 19th-century British folding plate camera produced by J.F. Shew & Co. of London. Brass fittings, the lens, and any original plate holders add materially to value, while missing shutters, broken ground glass or replaced lenses reduce it.
Generated summary, 23 Apr 2026 — not checked by hand; prices on this page come from the sales, not from this text.
Questions
Is the Shew Eclipse a usable camera?
It is a glass-plate camera, so practical use today requires sheet-film adapters or plate coating and a functional bellows and shutter; many surviving examples are bought as display or collector pieces rather than working cameras.
Facts
- Maker
- Shew
- Type
- camera
- Sales in the typical price
- 9
- First sale
- 14 Jan 1999
- Latest sale
- 16 Apr 2024
- Median
- £200
- Middle half
- £160–£240
- Evidence
- Indicative
- Method
- v1
Cite this page
“Shew Eclipse: about £200, the median of 9 recorded sales, 1999–2024 (Indicative, method v1).” cameraworth.com, retrieved 8 October 2026. https://www.cameraworth.com/s/shew/eclipse/