A W. A. C. Smith 'The Invincible' Half Plate Mahogany Field Camera£150
20 Oct 2017 · Flints Auctions · lot 247 · Fine Photographicapremium removed
+ lens
Smith Invincible
camera
The Smith Invincible has 1 recorded sale: £150 (20 Oct 2017, Flints Auctions). 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
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Generated summary, 29 Apr 2026 — not checked by hand; prices on this page come from the sales, not from this text.
Questions
Is the Smith Invincible a good collector buy?
It appears rarely enough that price discovery is difficult, so it is best approached by collectors who value scarcity and are comfortable buying without a deep comparable-sales record.
Facts
- Maker
- Smith
- Type
- camera
- Sales in the typical price
- 1
- First sale
- 20 Oct 2017
- Latest sale
- 20 Oct 2017
- Evidence
- Sales only · old
- Method
- v1
Cite this page
“Smith Invincible: 1 recorded sale, October 2017; no typical price (method v1).” cameraworth.com, retrieved 8 October 2026. https://www.cameraworth.com/s/smith/invincible/