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Magic Lanter Slide of Dancing Witches
lot 301 (Photographs & Optical Toys, 30th Apr, 2024)
Mahogany slide with recess cut inot it to accept the circular brass chamber that contains 3 Silhouettes of witches flying on broomsticks, activated ... read more
Estimated at £2,000 - £3,000 More details 3
Magic Lantern Slide of A Clown In The Stew Pot
lot 302 (Photographs & Optical Toys, 30th Apr, 2024)
the slide with long glass slide to remove the seated clown and show surprise on the others face, a lever then moves the missing clowns legs up and ... read more
Estimated at £300 - £500 More details 5
Lantern Slide of A Chinaman With Sword
lot 303 (Photographs & Optical Toys, 30th Apr, 2024)
mahogany framed slide with a hand painted image of a Chinaman with a sword, the lever is pulled back and the poor man is decapitated and stands ... read more
Estimated at £200 - £300 More details 3
Ross Wheel of Life - Fish & Seagull, Magic Lantern Slide
lot 304 (Photographs & Optical Toys, 30th Apr, 2024)
English, c.1880, unsigned, constructed of a Zink plate on mahogany runners, with a lacquered brass mechanism, with a mica disk with hand painted fish ... read more
Estimated at £800 - £1,200 More details 2
A Mechanical Magic Lantern Slide of a Magician With Changing Heads
lot 305 (Photographs & Optical Toys, 30th Apr, 2024)
French, mid 19th Century, paper label to rear for 'EMILE LIOTARD, Pasteur, LA VERNAREDE (Grad), the slide constructed of wood with a brass top face, ... read more
Estimated at £600 - £800 More details 2
Ship Crossing From Dover to Calais, Complex Mechanical Magic Lantern Slide
lot 306 (Photographs & Optical Toys, 30th Apr, 2024)
English, late 19th Century, unsigned, slide shows a steam paddle ship, motions include rotating paddle, rocking ship, moving waves all via cams and a ... read more
Estimated at £1,500 - £2,500 More details 3
Lifeboat Rescue, Complex Mechanical Magic Lantern Slide
lot 307 (Photographs & Optical Toys, 30th Apr, 2024)
English, late 19th Century, unsigned, mechanical slide with rocking lifeboat, rocking waves both on a cam, with a moving background on a rack all ... read more
Estimated at £500 - £700 More details 2
Panoramic Lantern Slide of a Moving Train
lot 308 (Photographs & Optical Toys, 30th Apr, 2024)
Mahogany slide with hand-painted image of a signal house and viaduct, with lever operated signal, hand painted locomotive on a long slipping glass ... read more
Sold for £438 Result plus buyers premium More details 3
lot 309 (Photographs & Optical Toys, 30th Apr, 2024)
A collection of Japanese postcards from the early to mid-20th century. Including a nice group of hand-painted cards. A group of hand-tinted cards and (Qty: 119) ... read more
Sold for £106 Result plus buyers premium More details 4
lot 310 (Photographs & Optical Toys, 30th Apr, 2024)
A large collection of postcards and photographs possibly accumulated by a Naval person. Many Naval images, on board ship, lifting a torpedo and (Qty: A lot) ... read more
Sold for £438 Result plus buyers premium More details 10
lot 311 (Photographs & Optical Toys, 30th Apr, 2024)
A collection of postcards, early to mid 20th century including: G.R. Lambert showing fauna and flora. Street scenes, buildings, people at work, and (Qty: 140+) ... read more
Sold for £188 Result plus buyers premium More details 19
lot 312 (Photographs & Optical Toys, 30th Apr, 2024)
A large album containing postcard size photographs showing the journey of HMS Hawkins, 1919-1921. Black lacquered album with an oval window on the (Qty: 1) ... read more
Estimated at £200 - £300 More details 142
lot 313 (Photographs & Optical Toys, 30th Apr, 2024)
A very interesting collection of postcards sent from Egypt, 1916-18, and stamped with censor and field post office stamps, from a Will/Billy to a Mr (Qty: 213) ... read more
Sold for £162 Result plus buyers premium More details 100
lot 314 (Photographs & Optical Toys, 30th Apr, 2024)
the plate with telegraph poles and wires around the edge with an image in the centre of people watching a projected image, text at the bottom appears ... read more
Sold for £100 Result plus buyers premium More details 3
A Watchmakers Lathe, With Provenance
lot 315 (Photographs & Optical Toys, 30th Apr, 2024)
A watchmaker's Lathe, c.1900, unsigned, with triangular bar, interchangeable chucks and collets, tool post, stock, rest and other items, mounted on a ... read more
Sold for £262 Result plus buyers premium More details 5
An Important Archive of Material concerning The Development of High Speed Photography
lot 316 (Photographs & Optical Toys, 30th Apr, 2024)
Consisting of various books and pmphlets including: H. Schardin, Les Methodes de Deviation et Leurs Applications, text in French bound with large ... read more
Estimated at £200 - £400 More details 1
Muybridge, Eadweard, The Human Figure in Motions
lot 317 (Photographs & Optical Toys, 30th Apr, 2024)
Muybridge, Eadweard, The Human Figure in Motions, an electro-photographic Investigation of Consecutive Phases of Muscular Actions, Comenced 1872, ... read more
Sold for £150 Result plus buyers premium More details 5
An Original Auction Catalogue for The Will Day Collection
lot 318 (Photographs & Optical Toys, 30th Apr, 2024)
an original auction catalogue of the 'Will Day Historical Collection of Cinematography and Moving Picture Equipment' originally housed at the science ... read more
Sold for £262 Result plus buyers premium More details 2
HERBERT ROSE BARRAUD (1845-1896), Men and Women of the Day, 1888 - 1889
lot 319 (Photographs & Optical Toys, 30th Apr, 2024)
published 1888-1889, bound in 2 full leather volumes (different bindings to each), with full page carbon prints mounted on board and accompanying ... read more
Estimated at £200 - £300 More details 7
HERBERT ROSE BARRAUD (1845-1896), Men and Women of the Day, 1888 - 1889
lot 320 (Photographs & Optical Toys, 30th Apr, 2024)
published 1888-1889, bound in 2 seperate volumes 1888, in green fabric, 1889 in full leather (different bindings to each), with full page carbon ... read more
Estimated at £200 - £300 More details 7
Hopwood, Henry V., Living Pictures
lot 321 (Photographs & Optical Toys, 30th Apr, 2024)
LIVING PICTURES:THEIR HISTORY, PHOTO-PRODUCTION AND PRACTICAL WORKING. With A Digest of British Patents and Annotated Bibliography. By HENRY V. ... read more
Sold for £238 Result plus buyers premium More details 2