The Taylor, Taylor & Hobson 3 ¼" f/2.5 Series X Cooke Anastigmat is a fast short-telephoto / portrait-length lens from the venerable British optical maker behind the Cooke name. With a focal length of roughly 82–83mm and an f/2.5 maximum aperture, it was built for portraiture and general medium-format work in an era when Cooke Anastigmats set the benchmark for corrected optical performance.

Auction data for this lens is thin: a single UK hammer result of £554 in March 2025 is the only verified saleroom datapoint we hold, so any sense of market value in 2026 is anchored to that one figure rather than a true range. Because that price is a hammer result (wholesale, excluding commissions), retail asking prices from specialist dealers will typically sit higher. Condition, completeness of mount/flange and cosmetic state will move the price meaningfully either way of the £554 benchmark.