Thornton Pickard Amber Plate Camera£100
+ lens
Thornton-pickardmfg. Co. Amber
camera
The Thornton-pickardmfg. Co. Amber has 2 recorded sales: £100 (22 Oct 2025, Tennants) and £130 (6 Sep 2005, Christie's). That is too few for a typical price.
Recorded sales
Only 2 sales — too few for a typical price, so here they are.
Amber field camera£130
6 Sep 2005 · Christie's · lot 268premium removed ↗
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Sales only
Hammer prices, buyer’s premium removed; eBay as soldHow ↗
What it is
{"overview":"The Thornton-Pickard Amber is an early British plate camera, sold by Thornton-Pickard Manufacturing Co. of Altrincham, the firm best known for its roller-blind shutters. Because these are wholesale saleroom hammer figures rather than dealer retail, what a Thornton-Pickard Amber sells for in a shop window can be higher, and condition, completeness of the shutter and presence of a dark slide all materially affect value.","buying_guide":"Inspect the bellows for pinholes, check that the wooden body and brass fittings are sound, and test the roller-blind shutter, which is the part most likely to be tired or seized on a camera of this age.
Generated summary, 2 May 2026 — not checked by hand; prices on this page come from the sales, not from this text.
Questions
What affects the value of a Thornton-Pickard Amber?
Condition of the bellows, working order of the roller-blind shutter and the presence of original plate holders are the main factors that move the price up or down.
Facts
- Maker
- Thornton-pickardmfg. Co.
- Type
- camera
- Sales in the typical price
- 2
- First sale
- 6 Sep 2005
- Latest sale
- 22 Oct 2025
- Evidence
- Sales only
- Method
- v1
Cite this page
“Thornton-pickardmfg. Co. Amber: 2 recorded sales, 2005–2025; no typical price (method v1).” cameraworth.com, retrieved 8 October 2026. https://www.cameraworth.com/t/thornton-pickardmfg-co/amber/