A Thornton-Pickard Ruby Reflex De Luxe Camera£40
15 Jul 2024 · Flints Auctions · lot 192 · Cameras & Scientific Auctionpremium removed
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Thornton-pickardmfg. Co. Ruby de Luxe Reflex
camera
The Thornton-pickardmfg. Co. Ruby de Luxe Reflex sells for about £40 (median of only 3 recorded sales, 2006–2024; indicative).
Typical sale price
about£40
median of only 3 sales, 2006–2024
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£35
Without the lowest sale£130
Every sale
A Thornton Pickard Ruby de Luxe Reflex Quarter Plate SLR Body£30
28 Mar 2023 · Flints Auctions · lot 311 · The Collectors Salepremium removed
Thornton-Pickard Ruby Deluxe Reflex£219
20 May 2006 · Leitz Photographica Auction · €320 · lot AI_9_27118hammer ↗
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What it is
{"overview":"The Ruby de Luxe Reflex is a plate-format single-lens reflex camera produced by Thornton-Pickard, the Manchester-based maker active from the late nineteenth century into the early twentieth.
Generated summary, 25 Apr 2026 — not checked by hand; prices on this page come from the sales, not from this text.
Other Rubys
Ruby Reflex
7 salesabout £40IndicativeRuby Stereo
4 salesabout £575IndicativeRuby Speed Camera
3 salesabout £3,948IndicativeRuby (rollfilm)
2 salesSales onlyRuby Bijou
0 salesNo sales yetRuby Focal
0 salesNo sales yetRuby Speed
0 salesNo sales yet
7 salesabout £40IndicativeRuby Stereo
4 salesabout £575IndicativeRuby Speed Camera
3 salesabout £3,948IndicativeRuby (rollfilm)
2 salesSales onlyRuby Bijou
0 salesNo sales yetRuby Focal
0 salesNo sales yetRuby Speed
0 salesNo sales yet
Questions
Why is the price so variable?
Condition, originality, presence of the original lens, and working shutter and bellows all heavily influence what collectors will pay for an early plate reflex like this one.
Facts
- Maker
- Thornton-pickardmfg. Co.
- Type
- camera
- Sales in the typical price
- 3
- First sale
- 20 May 2006
- Latest sale
- 15 Jul 2024
- Median
- £40
- Middle half
- £35–£130
- Evidence
- Indicative
- Method
- v1
Cite this page
“Thornton-pickardmfg. Co. Ruby de Luxe Reflex: about £40, the median of 3 recorded sales, 2006–2024 (Indicative, method v1).” cameraworth.com, retrieved 8 October 2026. https://www.cameraworth.com/t/thornton-pickardmfg-co/ruby-de-luxe-reflex/