A Watson Half Plate Field Camera£230
2 Jun 2026 · Flints Auctions · lot 711 · Cameras & Scientific Instrumentspremium removed
+ lens
Watson Field camera
camera
The Watson Field camera typically sells for £160 (median of 13 recorded sales, 1999–2026; fair evidence).
Typical sale price
£160
median of 13 sales, 1999–2026
Fair
Middle half of sales: £130–£170
Hammer prices, buyer’s premium removed; eBay as soldHow ↗
Over time
Every sale since 1999; no trend line.
Latest sales All 13 →
A W Watson & Sons 10 x 8 Mahogany & Brass Field Camera£130
25 Nov 2025 · Special Auction Services · lot 4 · Fine Photographica & Cameras Auctionhammer
WITHDRAWN - A Watson & Sons Whole Plate Mahogany & Brass Field Camera£130
29 Feb 2024 · Flints Auctions · lot 301 · Cameras & Scientific Auctionpremium removed
A W. Watson & Sons Whole Plate Mahogany Field Camera£320
1 Dec 2021 · Flints Auctions · lot 848 · The Collectors Salepremium removed
+ lens
A W. Watson & Sons Half Plate Mahogany Field Camera£160
1 Nov 2018 · Flints Auctions · lot 1353 · Fine Photographica & Instruments of Science & Medicinepremium removed
+ lens
What it is
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Generated summary, 21 Apr 2026 — not checked by hand; prices on this page come from the sales, not from this text.
Questions
Why do prices for Watson field cameras vary so much?
Value is driven by condition and completeness — a light-tight bellows, working movements and original fittings can lift the price, while damaged or stripped examples sell at the bottom of the range.
Facts
- Maker
- Watson
- Type
- camera
- Sales in the typical price
- 13
- First sale
- 15 Jul 1999
- Latest sale
- 2 Jun 2026
- Median
- £160
- Middle half
- £130–£170
- Evidence
- Fair
- Method
- v1
Cite this page
“Watson Field camera: typical sale price £160, the median of 13 recorded sales, 1999–2026, middle half £130–£170 (Fair, method v1).” cameraworth.com, retrieved 8 October 2026. https://www.cameraworth.com/w/watson/field-camera/