A Thornton Pickard Hythe Type III H Aerial Camera£2,100
29 Apr 2026 · Flints Auctions · lot 423 · Fine Photographicapremium removed
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Thornton-pickardmfg. Co. Mark III Hythe Camera (MK III H) (Aerial)
camera
The Thornton-pickardmfg. Co. Mark III Hythe Camera (MK III H) (Aerial) sells for about £1,550 (median of only 8 recorded sales, 2000–2026; indicative).
Typical sale price
about£1,550
median of only 8 sales, 2000–2026
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£1,500
Without the lowest sale£1,600
Without the flagged sales£1,600
Every sale
A Thornton Pickard Hythe Type III H Aerial Camera£4,200
16 Apr 2025 · Flints Auctions · lot 273 · Fine Photographicapremium removed
A Thornton Pickard Hythe Type III Aerial Camera£1,500
17 Nov 2022 · Flints Auctions · lot 284 · Fine Photographicapremium removed
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A Thornton Pickard Hythe Type 3H Aerial Camera£450
23 Apr 2022 · Flints Auctions · lot 151 · Fine Photographicapremium removed
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A Thornton Pickard Hythe Type III.H Aerial Camera£1,600
18 Nov 2021 · Flints Auctions · lot 287 · Fine Photographica & Instruments of Sciencepremium removed
Thornton-Pickard Mark III Hythe Machine Gun Camera£1,830
22 Mar 2014 · Leitz Photographica Auction · €2,200 · lot AI_25_29733hammer ↗
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Thornton-Pickard Mark III Hythe Machine Gun Camera£809
18 Nov 2006 · Leitz Photographica Auction · €1,200 · lot AI_10_15310hammer ↗
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Hythe Mk. III camera gun£100
13 Jul 2000 · Christie's · lot 342premium removed ↗
◆ ▼ far below the restboxed
What it is
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Generated summary, 21 May 2026 — not checked by hand; prices on this page come from the sales, not from this text.
Questions
Why does the Mark III Hythe look like a machine gun?
It was designed to mimic the Lewis gun so that First World War aircrew could practise aerial gunnery using film exposures instead of live rounds.
Facts
- Maker
- Thornton-pickardmfg. Co.
- Type
- camera
- Sales in the typical price
- 8
- First sale
- 13 Jul 2000
- Latest sale
- 29 Apr 2026
- Median
- £1,550
- Middle half
- £719–£1,898
- Evidence
- Indicative
- Method
- v1
Cite this page
“Thornton-pickardmfg. Co. Mark III Hythe Camera (MK III H) (Aerial): about £1,550, the median of 8 recorded sales, 2000–2026 (Indicative, method v1).” cameraworth.com, retrieved 8 October 2026. https://www.cameraworth.com/t/thornton-pickardmfg-co/mark-iii-hythe-camera-mk-iii-h-aerial/