A W. Watson Alpha Tropical Mahogany Hand & Stand Camera£350
29 Apr 2021 · Flints Auctions · lot 311 · Fine Photographica & Instruments of Sciencepremium removed
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Watson Alpha Tropen (Tropical)
camera
The Watson Alpha Tropen (Tropical) has 2 recorded sales: £350 (29 Apr 2021, Flints Auctions) and £249 (17 Jul 2001, 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.
Alpha tropcial hand camera£249
17 Jul 2001 · Christie's · lot 337premium removed ↗
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Sales onlyold
Hammer prices, buyer’s premium removed; eBay as soldHow ↗
What it is
{"overview":"The Watson Alpha Tropen (Tropical) is a tropical-pattern plate camera, a body style produced for use in hot and humid climates where teak or mahogany construction with brass fittings was preferred over leather-covered wood. As with other tropical plate cameras, condition of the woodwork, brasswork and bellows tends to drive what an example sells for at auction.","buying_guide":"On any tropical plate camera, inspect the wooden body for cracks, shrinkage and split panels, check the bellows for pinholes along the corners, and confirm the brass fittings, shutter and ground glass are intact.
Generated summary, 4 May 2026 — not checked by hand; prices on this page come from the sales, not from this text.
Other Alphas
Facts
- Maker
- Watson
- Type
- camera
- Sales in the typical price
- 2
- First sale
- 17 Jul 2001
- Latest sale
- 29 Apr 2021
- Evidence
- Sales only · old
- Method
- v1
Cite this page
“Watson Alpha Tropen (Tropical): 2 recorded sales, 2001–2021; no typical price (method v1).” cameraworth.com, retrieved 8 October 2026. https://www.cameraworth.com/w/watson/alpha-tropen-tropical/