A Swift & Son Simple 4x5" Mahogany Tailboard Camera£170
20 Oct 2017 · Flints Auctions · lot 199 · Fine Photographicapremium removed
+ lens
Swift & Son Tailboard Camera
camera
The Swift & Son Tailboard Camera has 1 recorded sale: £170 (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
{"overview":"The Swift & Son Tailboard Camera is a wooden field camera of the tailboard pattern, a body style common in late-19th and early-20th century British plate photography. That figure reflects a wholesale saleroom level rather than a retail asking price, and condition of the bellows, woodwork, and any fitted lens will heavily influence what a comparable example sells for. Original brass lenses, shutters, and matching plate holders add value, while replaced or missing components reduce it.
Generated summary, 30 Apr 2026 — not checked by hand; prices on this page come from the sales, not from this text.
Questions
What affects the price of a tailboard camera like this?
Bellows integrity, the presence of an original brass lens, matching plate holders, and the condition of the woodwork and focusing mechanism are the main factors that drive value.
Facts
- Maker
- Swift & Son
- 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
“Swift & Son Tailboard Camera: 1 recorded sale, October 2017; no typical price (method v1).” cameraworth.com, retrieved 8 October 2026. https://www.cameraworth.com/s/swift-son/tailboard-camera/