Thornton-pickardmfg. Co. Special Ruby

{"overview":"The Thornton-Pickard Special Ruby is a British-made folding plate camera produced by Thornton-Pickard Manufacturing Co., a Manchester firm active in the late Victorian and early twentieth-century British photographic trade. Because these are wholesale saleroom prices rather than retail, tidy examples with intact bellows, working shutter and original fittings can sell for more once restored and offered through specialist dealers.","buying_guide":"On any camera of this age, inspect the bellows for pinholes and corner splits, check the wooden body for shrinkage cracks and loose joints, and confirm the ground-glass screen is present and uncracked.

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