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Magic Lantern The Cook and the Goose

lot 399 (The Fine Collectors Sale, 10th Oct, 2024)

Pivoted-lever slide wood-framed lantern slide. Hand-painted by Desch and signed by the artist. French c1850s. This slide is illustrated in "Magic (Qty: 1) ... read more

Estimated at £150 - £250 More details 5  

SOLD Lot 400 - Magic Lantern of a Skeleton

Magic Lantern of a Skeleton

lot 400 (The Fine Collectors Sale, 10th Oct, 2024)

'Skeleton with and without nightshirt and cap'. Unknown maker; (9¾ x 4½ x ½ inches) single slip slide. (Qty: 1)

Sold for £312    Result plus buyers premium More details 3  

SOLD Lot 401 - Magic Lantern Landscapes David Roberts (?)

Magic Lantern Landscapes David Roberts (?)

lot 401 (The Fine Collectors Sale, 10th Oct, 2024)

A quality group of wood-framed landscape-painted slides. The slides are painted to a very high standard, possibly by David Roberts (1796-1864), known (Qty: 6) ... read more

Sold for £238    Result plus buyers premium More details 3  

SOLD Lot 402 - Magic Lantern Ross Wheel of Life

Magic Lantern Ross Wheel of Life

lot 402 (The Fine Collectors Sale, 10th Oct, 2024)

Ross Wheel of Life. Maker unknown (9 1/2 x 4 1/4 x 3/4 inches), rotary pulley mechanism with counter-rotating shutter. Included are 3 brass ferrels (Qty: 1) ... read more

Sold for £650    Result plus buyers premium More details 4  

SOLD Lot 403 - Magic Lantern Ross Wheel of Life

Magic Lantern Ross Wheel of Life

lot 403 (The Fine Collectors Sale, 10th Oct, 2024)

Ross Wheel of Life Maker unknown (10 x 4 1/2 x 3/4 inches), rotary pulley mechanism with counter-rotating shutter. Including 4 spare wheels, 2 glass, ... read more

Sold for £625    Result plus buyers premium More details 4  

SOLD Lot 404 - Magic Lantern Silhouette Glass Slides

Magic Lantern Silhouette Glass Slides

lot 404 (The Fine Collectors Sale, 10th Oct, 2024)

A group of panoramic, silhouette slides: The Three Kings French Noble Knights Riding to War, Fighting the Battle, Returning Wounded Early wood-framed (Qty: 15) ... read more

Sold for £175    Result plus buyers premium More details 1  

SOLD Lot 405 - Magic Lantern Phantoscope

Magic Lantern Phantoscope

lot 405 (The Fine Collectors Sale, 10th Oct, 2024)

Phantoscope, rotating crank slide. (7 1/2 x 4 1/4 x 1/2 inches), double rack (Qty: 1)

Sold for £312    Result plus buyers premium More details 3  

Magic Lantern Big Nose, Small Nose

lot 406 (The Fine Collectors Sale, 10th Oct, 2024)

Lady with Long Nose. Maker unknown; 8⅜ x 4½ x ⅜ inches, single slip. (Qty: 1)

Estimated at £60 - £80 More details 2  

Magic Lantern Ora Pro Nobis

lot 407 (The Fine Collectors Sale, 10th Oct, 2024)

Angel carrying child moves across the sky. Maker unknown (11 3/8 x 4 3/8 x 5/8 inches), single slip. Ora Pro Nobis (Pray For Us). (Qty: 1)

Estimated at £150 - £250 More details 1  

Magic Lantern Tiger in the Tub

lot 408 (The Fine Collectors Sale, 10th Oct, 2024)

Set of 7 wood-framed lantern slides entitled "The Tiger in the Tub". (Qty: 7)

Estimated at £50 - £80 More details 1  

Magic Lantern Kasper silhouette slides

lot 409 (The Fine Collectors Sale, 10th Oct, 2024)

The Little Kasper- 6 wood-framed lantern slides after Albert Smith's show, "Der Kleine Kasper", a German version of the Punch and Judy Show. Set of 6 (Qty: 6) ... read more

Estimated at £100 - £200 More details 3  

Magic Lantern Train Panorama

lot 410 (The Fine Collectors Sale, 10th Oct, 2024)

Wood-framed panorama slip showing a 'Long steam train passing through station' Maker unknown (14 3/4 x 3 7/8 x 1/2 inches), single slip. (Qty: 1)

Estimated at £200 - £300 More details 1  

Magic Lantern Box for Panoramic Slides

lot 411 (The Fine Collectors Sale, 10th Oct, 2024)

Wooden box for holding wood-framed, panoramic magic lantern slides. 3 compartments. Period box with metal bindings. (Qty: 1)

Estimated at £40 - £60 More details 2  

Magic Lantern Panoramas by Milliken and Lawley

lot 412 (The Fine Collectors Sale, 10th Oct, 2024)

Wood-framed, hand-painted panorama slides showing a 'Panorama of a Fashionable Wedding' Set of three slides. Milliken & Lawley, 168 Strand, London (Qty: 3) ... read more

Estimated at £50 - £80 More details 1  

Magic Lantern Slide of People skating on Ice

lot 413 (The Fine Collectors Sale, 10th Oct, 2024)

Wood-framed panoramic slide showing 'People skating on the Ice' Maker unknown (15 1/4 x 4 x 3/8 inches) A comical representation of the Thames Frost (Qty: 1) ... read more

Estimated at £150 - £250 More details 1  

SOLD Lot 414 - Magic Lantern North Pole (Humorous)

Magic Lantern North Pole (Humorous)

lot 414 (The Fine Collectors Sale, 10th Oct, 2024)

Wood-framed panoramic slide showing a humorous image of 'Discovering the North Pole and what to do with it' Maker unknown (14 1/4 x 3 7/8 x 1/4 (Qty: 1) ... read more

Sold for £112    Result plus buyers premium More details 1  

SOLD Lot 415 - Magic Lantern Birds

Magic Lantern Birds

lot 415 (The Fine Collectors Sale, 10th Oct, 2024)

Wood-framed panoramic slide showing 4 birds. (Qty: 1)

Sold for £19    Result plus buyers premium More details 1  

Magic Lantern Panoramic Slides

lot 416 (The Fine Collectors Sale, 10th Oct, 2024)

Five comic wood-framed, panoramic slides, 'A group of people chasing pig' Maker unknown (13 1/4 x 4 x 1/4 inches) 'Hobby Horse procession' Maker (Qty: 1) ... read more

Estimated at £250 - £350 More details 1  

Magic Lantern Panoramic Faces

lot 417 (The Fine Collectors Sale, 10th Oct, 2024)

Wood-framed panoramic slip. 'Four comic faces' [eyes move side to side] Maker unknown (15 x 4 x 3/8 inches), single slip (Qty: 1)

Estimated at £80 - £120 More details 1  

Magic Lantern

lot 418 (The Fine Collectors Sale, 10th Oct, 2024)

Wood-framed panoramic slip. Changing Faces, Woman with 20 Faces. Very unusual. Maker unknown (14 1/4 x 4 x 1/2 inches), single slip (Qty: 1)

Estimated at £80 - £120 More details 3  

Magic Lantern

lot 419 (The Fine Collectors Sale, 10th Oct, 2024)

Wood-framed panoramic lantern slide. 'Boarding a man o' war / Cockney Foxhunter / Good Shilling's Worth', featuring the Photographer C.Y.Anide (Ha!). (Qty: 1) ... read more

Estimated at £60 - £80 More details 1  

Magic Lantern Panoramic

lot 420 (The Fine Collectors Sale, 10th Oct, 2024)

Panoramic slide showing, 'Six marching policemen' Maker unknown (14 3/4 x 3 7/8 x 1/4 inches) (Qty: 1)

Estimated at £120 - £180 More details 1  

SOLD Lot 421 - Magic Lantern Arctic Dog Team

Magic Lantern Arctic Dog Team

lot 421 (The Fine Collectors Sale, 10th Oct, 2024)

Wood-framed slip lantern slide showing a snow village with dog team passing through. (Qty: 1)

Sold for £138    Result plus buyers premium More details 2  

SOLD Lot 422 - Magic Lantern Shipping Panoramic Slip

Magic Lantern Shipping Panoramic Slip

lot 422 (The Fine Collectors Sale, 10th Oct, 2024)

Wood-framed, complex panoramic slip with eccentric movement-double action. Sailing ship scene. (Qty: 1)

Sold for £162    Result plus buyers premium More details 1  

Magic Lantern 3 slip Clown

lot 423 (The Fine Collectors Sale, 10th Oct, 2024)

3 slip wood-framed slide, hand-painted showing a Clown. (Qty: 1)

Estimated at £150 - £250 More details 4  

Magic Lantern Chameleon Changing Colour

lot 424 (The Fine Collectors Sale, 10th Oct, 2024)

Wood-framed cranked slide of a chameleon, changes colour when cranked. (Qty: 1)

Estimated at £600 - £800 More details 1  

Magic Lantern Devil with Bottles signed by Desh

lot 425 (The Fine Collectors Sale, 10th Oct, 2024)

Wood-framed lever action slide, Devil with Bottles. Signed and dated Desh, 1859. Footnote: according to the vendor this slide was used by Doug Lear (Qty: 1) ... read more

Estimated at £400 - £600 More details 1  

SOLD Lot 426 - Magic Lantern Chinese Knife Thrower

Magic Lantern Chinese Knife Thrower

lot 426 (The Fine Collectors Sale, 10th Oct, 2024)

Wood-framed lever slide of a Chinese knife thrower. (Qty: 1)

Sold for £94    Result plus buyers premium More details 2  

Withdrawn

lot 427 (The Fine Collectors Sale, 10th Oct, 2024)

Magic Lantern The Jester

lot 428 (The Fine Collectors Sale, 10th Oct, 2024)

Wood-framed slip slide, French c1860, The Jester (Qty: 1)

Estimated at £80 - £120 More details 2  

SOLD Lot 429 - Magic Lantern signed Desch

Magic Lantern signed Desch

lot 429 (The Fine Collectors Sale, 10th Oct, 2024)

2 wood-framed lever slides Goat Eating Cabbage signed Desch 1862 Lady in Crinoline Skipping signed Desch 1859 (Qty: 2)

Sold for £125    Result plus buyers premium More details 1  

Withdrawn

lot 430 (The Fine Collectors Sale, 10th Oct, 2024)

Magic Lantern Carpenter and Westley

lot 431 (The Fine Collectors Sale, 10th Oct, 2024)

2 slips by Carpenter and Westley, Barber Shaving and Black Draught 1 slip Newton, Liverpool, Man with Three Faces (Qty: 3)

Estimated at £80 - £120 More details 2  

SOLD Lot 432 - Magic Lantern Carpenter and Westley Double Slips

Magic Lantern Carpenter and Westley Double Slips

lot 432 (The Fine Collectors Sale, 10th Oct, 2024)

5 Double slips embossed with Carpenter & Westley 24 Regent St. London. Cobbler at Work Sailor's Nose and Eyes Court Jester Clown Fantasy-Animal (Qty: 5) ... read more

Sold for £150    Result plus buyers premium More details 2  

Magic Lantern Shadow Paintings

lot 433 (The Fine Collectors Sale, 10th Oct, 2024)

4 slides from Carpenter & Westley c1850s showing Shadows A Queer Fish A Drunken Pig A Pump A Greedy Little Pig (Qty: 4)

Estimated at £300 - £500 More details 2  

Magic Lantern Lever Slides

lot 434 (The Fine Collectors Sale, 10th Oct, 2024)

3 wood-framed lever slides Caught by Rising Tide Black Nurse Black Musician (Qty: 3)

Estimated at £100 - £200 More details 1  

SOLD Lot 435 - Magic Lantern Slide of Animated Boats at Anchor

Magic Lantern Slide of Animated Boats at Anchor

lot 435 (The Fine Collectors Sale, 10th Oct, 2024)

mahogany slide with evening scene of tall ships at anchor in Alexandria, with rowing boat leaving the ship and another boat rises and falls in ... read more

Sold for £188    Result plus buyers premium More details 2  

SOLD Lot 436 - 5 Hand Painted Magic Lantern Slipping Slides

5 Hand Painted Magic Lantern Slipping Slides

lot 436 (The Fine Collectors Sale, 10th Oct, 2024)

5 hand-painted magic lantern slipping slides. mahogany frames measuring 7” x 4”

Sold for £44    Result plus buyers premium More details 2  

10 Hand-Coloured Magic Lantern Slides of South Africa

lot 437 (The Fine Collectors Sale, 10th Oct, 2024)

10 hand-coloured magic lantern slides of South Africa interest. measuring 6 3/4” x 4”. to include diamond fields and native workers

Estimated at £30 - £40 More details 2  

SOLD Lot 438 - An Impressive Dissolving Set of a Victorian Steamer

An Impressive Dissolving Set of a Victorian Steamer

lot 438 (The Fine Collectors Sale, 10th Oct, 2024)

comprising of 2 slides, the first with a 3 masted steamer in port in the early evening, with pivoted control for small boat movement to both sides, ... read more

Sold for £250    Result plus buyers premium More details 3  

SOLD Lot 439 - Magic Lantern Slide of a Woman with Growing Chin & Nose

Magic Lantern Slide of a Woman with Growing Chin & Nose

lot 439 (The Fine Collectors Sale, 10th Oct, 2024)

wooden slide with hand-painted image of woman with a glass slipping slide to reveal a growing nose and chin, 24cm x 11cm

Sold for £50    Result plus buyers premium More details 3  

Magic Lantern Slides of Old London

lot 440 (The Fine Collectors Sale, 10th Oct, 2024)

Mahogany slides with hand-painted and hand -coloured slides, Slide 12 labelled 'D.W. Noake & Son' and 'Old London', 'The Frost Fair', the other ... read more

Estimated at £150 - £250 More details 2  

Magic Lantern Slipping Slides of Growing Noses

lot 441 (The Fine Collectors Sale, 10th Oct, 2024)

5 magic lantern slipping slides ‘growing noses’. measuring 7” x 4”

Estimated at £150 - £250 More details 2  

SOLD Lot 442 - 5 Magic Lantern Slides, Smoking Related

5 Magic Lantern Slides, Smoking Related

lot 442 (The Fine Collectors Sale, 10th Oct, 2024)

5 magic lantern slipping slides of smoking related interest. measuring 7” x 4”.

Sold for £38    Result plus buyers premium More details 3  

SOLD Lot 443 - Collection of 19th Century Ethnographic magic Lantern Slides

Collection of 19th Century Ethnographic magic Lantern Slides

lot 443 (The Fine Collectors Sale, 10th Oct, 2024)

the slides by Newton Fleet st London and inscribed in period pen 'Araucana of Chili', 1 of a woman in traditional dress and another of a man, ... read more

Sold for £31    Result plus buyers premium More details 2  

Magic Lantern Slide of Man with Growing Chin

lot 444 (The Fine Collectors Sale, 10th Oct, 2024)

Mahogany slide impressed 'ABRAHAM & Co LIVERPOOL' with hand-painted image of a man, when the lever is turned his chin grows 17.5cm x 10cm

Estimated at £30 - £40 More details 3  

SOLD Lot 445 - Magic Lantern Dissolve Set of an Alpine Climber

Magic Lantern Dissolve Set of an Alpine Climber

lot 445 (The Fine Collectors Sale, 10th Oct, 2024)

mahogany slides, the first of a hand painted static image of a climber high up in the Alps, smoking a pipe next to a camp fire, the second slide has ... read more

Sold for £338    Result plus buyers premium More details 2  

SOLD Lot 446 - Mechanical Magic Lantern Slide of an Optical Illusion

Mechanical Magic Lantern Slide of an Optical Illusion

lot 446 (The Fine Collectors Sale, 10th Oct, 2024)

mahogany slide with a single rotating disk, with hand painted image of 3 soldiers with large moustaches and hats, however, as the slide rotates the ... read more

Sold for £188    Result plus buyers premium More details 3  

SOLD Lot 447 - Magic Lantern Slides of Hogarth's Drawings

Magic Lantern Slides of Hogarth's Drawings

lot 447 (The Fine Collectors Sale, 10th Oct, 2024)

Mahogany frames impressed 'NEWTON 3 FLEET ST LONDON', each with hand painted scenes of Industry & Idleness, by Hogarth, 5 from a set of 12 (Slides 3, ... read more

Sold for £100    Result plus buyers premium More details 2  

Withdrawn

lot 448 (The Fine Collectors Sale, 10th Oct, 2024)