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Glass Plate Negatives. Military
lot 51 (Photographs & Optical Toys, 30th Apr, 2024)
A collection of late 19th century, quarter plate, glass plate negatives of military interest. The plates show troops of The Black Watch and Seaforth (Qty: 21) ... read more
Estimated at £100 - £150 More details 16
Albumen Print, Captain William Nobel, F.R.A.S.
lot 52 (Photographs & Optical Toys, 30th Apr, 2024)
the image, with arched top mounted on period paper with manuscript title 'Capt. Nobel F.R.A.S.' to the base of the image, depicting a seated ... read more
Estimated at £700 - £1,000 More details 4
Albumen Print of Dr. Cooper & His Microscope
lot 53 (Photographs & Optical Toys, 30th Apr, 2024)
Albumen print of a seated gentleman, presumably D.r Cooper, Gurnsey ( as written to the reverse) seated next to an example of Warrington's Universal ... read more
Sold for £200 Result plus buyers premium More details 3
Maull & Polyblank, Albumen Print of Frederick Walter Simms, F.R.A.S.
lot 54 (Photographs & Optical Toys, 30th Apr, 2024)
Maull & Polyblank, the image, with arched top mounted on period paper with manuscript title 'F. W. Simms, F.R.A.S.' the the base of the image, ... read more
Estimated at £800 - £1,200 More details 5
A Good Collection of 22 Photochrom and Photoglob Zürich Prints
lot 55 (Photographs & Optical Toys, 30th Apr, 2024)
Collection of 22 Photochrom and Photoglob Zürich Prints of Jerusalem, Jaffa, Palestine, Jerico, and the Holy Land, each image with gold lettering to ... read more
Estimated at £600 - £800 More details 13
A Good Collection of 44 Egyptian Albumen Photographs
lot 56 (Photographs & Optical Toys, 30th Apr, 2024)
A Collection of 44 19th century albumen print views of Egypt showing architecture, pyramids, The Nile and other interesting scenes, by photographers ... read more
Sold for £250 Result plus buyers premium More details 37
A Collection of 4 Salt Prints from Calotype Negatives
lot 57 (Photographs & Optical Toys, 30th Apr, 2024)
the images of 3 seated gentlemen and a seated lady, 3 mounted on period card pages from an old album and one unmounted, each with size in pencil to ... read more
Sold for £75 Result plus buyers premium More details 6
Gambier, Bolton, Robert, Asiatic Elephant
lot 58 (Photographs & Optical Toys, 30th Apr, 2024)
Gambier, Bolton, Robert, , c.1890, Asiatic Elephant, carbon print, captioned and signed 'Gambier Bolton, F.Z.S. 313 (Regd)" in the print, mounted, ... read more
Estimated at £100 - £200 More details 2
Gibson, Albumen Print of Newlyn Harbour
lot 59 (Photographs & Optical Toys, 30th Apr, 2024)
Gibson, c.1880, mounted image of Newlyn Harbour detailed image showing loading and unloading of fishing boats, image 21cm x 14.8cm Footnote: an ... read more
Estimated at £60 - £80 More details 2
4 Photographs of Chemin De Fer Rigi Railway
lot 60 (Photographs & Optical Toys, 30th Apr, 2024)
4 Albumen prints on 2 pages removed from an album, showing railway tracks, bridges and locomotives, images 25cm x 18cm with pen titles to each ... read more
Estimated at £60 - £80 More details 2
lot 61 (Photographs & Optical Toys, 30th Apr, 2024)
English, early salt print of Bracken Leaves in modern mount, pencil inscription to the edge 'Emily Mawin?? image 20.5cm x 17.4cm
Sold for £62 Result plus buyers premium More details 2
Kannegiesser, Daguerreotype Quarter Plate Portrait
lot 62 (Photographs & Optical Toys, 30th Apr, 2024)
German, with a label to the rear for'Kannegiesser Vilhelms Strasse No.133 in Berlin' with handwritten label for Father Mother on Wedding Tour 1844 ... read more
Sold for £525 Result plus buyers premium More details 2
Claudet & Kilburn, 2 Daguerreotype Portraits
lot 63 (Photographs & Optical Toys, 30th Apr, 2024)
including a Sixth Plate image of a seated woman in a folding leather case by Mr. Claudet, and a Sixth Plate portrait of a standing woman with gilt ... read more
Sold for £200 Result plus buyers premium More details 2
A Very Fine Ninth Plate Daguerreotype Portrait of a Seated Gentleman
lot 64 (Photographs & Optical Toys, 30th Apr, 2024)
A Very Fine Ninth Plate Daguerreotype Portrait of a Seated Gentleman, in a folding leather case with brass clasp, image with gilt detailing to top of ... read more
Estimated at £80 - £120 More details 2
Collection of 3 Daguerreotype Portraits
lot 65 (Photographs & Optical Toys, 30th Apr, 2024)
including a leather case with a seated couple, image 7cm x 6cm, a small daguerreotype of a girl with barley curls, case missing lid, and a ... read more
Sold for £81 Result plus buyers premium More details 1
Large Collection of Cased Ambrotypes
lot 66 (Photographs & Optical Toys, 30th Apr, 2024)
Cased and half cased ambrotypes, mixed condition, a lot .
Sold for £106 Result plus buyers premium More details 1
3 Interesting Sixth Plate Ambrotype images
lot 67 (Photographs & Optical Toys, 30th Apr, 2024)
including one of a soldier with 2 women, a family group, and a schoolboy with a cricket bat all Sixth Plate
Sold for £81 Result plus buyers premium More details 1
A Collection of 8 Silver Gelatin Photographs of Egypt & Egyptian tombs
lot 68 (Photographs & Optical Toys, 30th Apr, 2024)
Silver Gelatin Photographs of painted and carved Hieroglyphics inside various Egyptian tombs, most with pen or pencil inscriptions to the reverse and ... read more
Estimated at £100 - £200 More details 17
A Silver Gelatin Photograph Showing The Entrance to King Tutankhamun’s Tomb, Egypt
lot 69 (Photographs & Optical Toys, 30th Apr, 2024)
A Silver Gelatin Photograph Showing The Entrance to King Tutankhamun’s Tomb, showing details of tents and what appear to be armed guards at the ... read more
Estimated at £80 - £120 More details 3
A Collection of 13 Silver Gelatin Photographs of Egypt & Egyptian tombs
lot 70 (Photographs & Optical Toys, 30th Apr, 2024)
Silver Gelatin Photographs of painted and carved Hieroglyphics inside various Egyptian tombs, most with pen or pencil inscriptions to the reverse and ... read more
Sold for £125 Result plus buyers premium More details 27
An Early Glass Lenticular Photograph
lot 71 (Photographs & Optical Toys, 30th Apr, 2024)
Large Lenticular photograph of boots & fishing equipment, unsigned but with attached reprinted article to the rear from 'The Illustrated News July 12 ... read more
Sold for £312 Result plus buyers premium More details 4
An Archive of images of German Motor Sport from the 1930s
lot 72 (Photographs & Optical Toys, 30th Apr, 2024)
a good collection of German motor sport images including Press Photographs of cars and drivers, most with typed descriptive test to the reverse, ... read more
Sold for £375 Result plus buyers premium More details 15
1930;s Motor Sport Sir Malcolm Campbell
lot 73 (Photographs & Optical Toys, 30th Apr, 2024)
Period photograph of Sir Malcolm Cambell sitting in a racecar, 1930's mounted on period album leaf, image 18cm x 13cm, text below reads der ... read more
Sold for £100 Result plus buyers premium More details 2
lot 74 (Photographs & Optical Toys, 30th Apr, 2024)
page from an album with a card mounted Albumen print with pen inscription 'Palace River Steamer Emporer Alexander sailing up the Volga From ... read more
Sold for £62 Result plus buyers premium More details 3
lot 75 (Photographs & Optical Toys, 30th Apr, 2024)
Large 2-piece hand tinted albumen panorama (400mm x 875mm), pasted onto period card mount, showing a view of Moscow looking across the river Moskva. (Qty: 1) ... read more
Sold for £312 Result plus buyers premium More details 2
Russian Cabinet Cards and CDVs
lot 76 (Photographs & Optical Toys, 30th Apr, 2024)
An album containing a group of cabinet cards, cdvs and mixed photographs showing the members of a Russian family. The album is inscribed in cyrillics (Qty: 1) ... read more
Sold for £62 Result plus buyers premium More details 21
An Interesting Archive Relating to the Kadloubovsky Family, Russia and Tehran c1904-1948.
lot 77 (Photographs & Optical Toys, 30th Apr, 2024)
A large group of photographs and ephemera relating to the Kadloubousky family including registration cards, passports, identity certificates and ... read more
Sold for £275 Result plus buyers premium More details 4
Photographs of Grand Duke Dmitry Pavlovich of the Imperial House of Romanov
lot 78 (Photographs & Optical Toys, 30th Apr, 2024)
Interesting group of portraits including an albumen print 105mm x 150mm with hand written inscription in Russian. Image pasted to card. A silver ... read more
Sold for £600 Result plus buyers premium More details 4
Portrait Photograph of Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovich (1866-1933)
lot 79 (Photographs & Optical Toys, 30th Apr, 2024)
Postcard sized portrait of Mikhailovich in campaign dress c1914-17, 90mm x 140mm. Signed “Alexander” in ink. His Imperial Highness Grand Duke ... read more
Sold for £275 Result plus buyers premium More details 3
lot 80 (Photographs & Optical Toys, 30th Apr, 2024)
3 fascinating silver print photographs, 110mm x 85mm, showing groups of wrestlers posing with their weights.Early 20th century. The photographs come ... read more
Sold for £375 Result plus buyers premium More details 4
lot 81 (Photographs & Optical Toys, 30th Apr, 2024)
3 silver print photographs, 200mm x 150mm, showing Cossacks on horseback and posed on a rug with an unidentified officer. The photographs come from ... read more
Estimated at £100 - £150 More details 4
lot 82 (Photographs & Optical Toys, 30th Apr, 2024)
Silver bromide print pasted to card mount with a handwritten inscription, in Russian, and name. Ukranian Cossack, possibly the bodyguard of Grand ... read more
Sold for £175 Result plus buyers premium More details 3
lot 83 (Photographs & Optical Toys, 30th Apr, 2024)
2 cabinet cards, 1 photograph 165mm x 110mm and a document. 1 cabinet shows a highly decorated naval officer, handwritten inscription in Russian on ... read more
Sold for £288 Result plus buyers premium More details 3
Photographs including China, Beirut, Japan
lot 84 (Photographs & Optical Toys, 30th Apr, 2024)
Group of large format, black and white silver bromide prints pasted to board mounts. An interesting group of unattributed images including: (Qty: 12) ... read more
Estimated at £100 - £120 More details 13
lot 85 (Photographs & Optical Toys, 30th Apr, 2024)
A group of albumen print photographs, loosely pasted onto album pages. 21 images showing people and scenes in Madeira, Portugal. 19th-century (Qty: 21) ... read more
Sold for £112 Result plus buyers premium More details 11
Glass Plate Negatives. Social History. Early 20th Century
lot 86 (Photographs & Optical Toys, 30th Apr, 2024)
Large collection of quarter plate, glass plate negatives contained in individual envelopes, some annotated with details. Each plate is accompanied by (Qty: 200+) ... read more
Sold for £238 Result plus buyers premium More details 2
lot 87 (Photographs & Optical Toys, 30th Apr, 2024)
Large format album containing over 90 images and postcards relating to Dr. John Lee Hydrick. John Lee Hydrick was a student of Wofford College in the (Qty: 1) ... read more
Sold for £81 Result plus buyers premium More details 49
Falkland Islands South America. Gustav Schultz
lot 88 (Photographs & Optical Toys, 30th Apr, 2024)
Portfolio containing 20 images printed on thick card with captions, of the wildlife, settlements and landscape on the Falkland Islands. Schultz was (Qty: 1) ... read more
Sold for £250 Result plus buyers premium More details 8
1950's Bodybuilding Photographs, Lucien Bacquemane, Studio Arax
lot 89 (Photographs & Optical Toys, 30th Apr, 2024)
1950's body building photographs, to verso Lucien Bacquemane, 33 ans, with stapms for Studio ARAX, paris
Estimated at £80 - £120 More details 2
120 plus 1950's Striptease Sets
lot 90 (Photographs & Optical Toys, 30th Apr, 2024)
period 1950s sets of Glamour striptease photographs all arranged in modern plastic sleves, approx 120
Sold for £350 Result plus buyers premium More details 27
Nude Glamour Photographs Attributed to George Harrison Marks
lot 91 (Photographs & Optical Toys, 30th Apr, 2024)
Collection of 7 large & 2 small images attributed to George Harrison Marks, George Harrison Marks (6 August 1926 – 27 June 1997)[1] was an English ... read more
Sold for £106 Result plus buyers premium More details 1
lot 92 (Photographs & Optical Toys, 30th Apr, 2024)
A very decorative 19th-century carte-de-visite fan-shaped holder. Space for 7 CDVs. (Lacking handle) Contains images of the Symmans family, mainly by (Qty: 1) ... read more
Sold for £238 Result plus buyers premium More details 9
lot 93 (Photographs & Optical Toys, 30th Apr, 2024)
Quarter plate autochrome of flowers. (Qty: 1)
Sold for £94 Result plus buyers premium More details 1
Stereoview Pierre Joseph Rossier. Views in China
lot 94 (Photographs & Optical Toys, 30th Apr, 2024)
No88 from Views in China, Canton, Joss in the Temple of Longevity c1858. (Qty: 1)
Sold for £525 Result plus buyers premium More details 2
Stereoview Pierre Joseph Rossier. Views in China
lot 95 (Photographs & Optical Toys, 30th Apr, 2024)
No19, Canton View from the West Gate from Views in China. (Qty: 1)
Sold for £375 Result plus buyers premium More details 2
Stereoview. Pierre Joseph Rossier China
lot 96 (Photographs & Optical Toys, 30th Apr, 2024)
No1461 Canton. The Five storied Pagoda, China. Views in China series c1858. (Qty: 1)
Sold for £212 Result plus buyers premium More details 2
Stereoview Pierre Joseph Rossier from Views in China
lot 97 (Photographs & Optical Toys, 30th Apr, 2024)
No.1463 Canton The Jetty(China) from Views in China c1858. (Qty: 1)
Sold for £212 Result plus buyers premium More details 2
Stereoview. Pierre Joseph Rossier from Views in China
lot 98 (Photographs & Optical Toys, 30th Apr, 2024)
No37 Canton. Group of Palanquin Bearers, Resting opposite the Parcel Office at Canton. From Views in China c1858. (Qty: 1)
Sold for £500 Result plus buyers premium More details 2
Stereoview. Pierre Joseph Rossier from Views in China
lot 99 (Photographs & Optical Toys, 30th Apr, 2024)
No26 Canton. Small Pagoda on the South East of the City from Views in China c1858. (Qty: 1)
Sold for £625 Result plus buyers premium More details 2
lot 100 (Photographs & Optical Toys, 30th Apr, 2024)
J Cramb 9 from the London Series, some with J Cramb blind stamp. 9 views in Scotland, some with J Cramb blind stamp and 3 others.(21). (Qty: 21)
Sold for £106 Result plus buyers premium More details 4