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Collection of 9 G.Christopher Davies Photogravures
lot 51 (Photographs & Optical Toys, 9th Jan, 2024)
Nine framed, hand pulled photogravures from a portfolio of work called, The Scenery of the Broads & Rivers of Norfolk and Suffolk, by G. Christopher (Qty: 9) ... read more
Sold for £119 Result plus buyers premium More details 19
Unusual Photograph on Minton Tile
lot 52 (Photographs & Optical Toys, 9th Jan, 2024)
A very unusual Minton tile with a photographic image of a woman, 105mmx150mm, stamped Minton. Condition: Good
Sold for £112 Result plus buyers premium More details 4
Collection of Photochroms and Chrystoleums
lot 53 (Photographs & Optical Toys, 9th Jan, 2024)
Mixed box of photochroms of Wicklow, Ireland, Chrystoleums and photographs printed on oval tiles.
Sold for £125 Result plus buyers premium More details 8
Large Collection of Opalotypes
lot 54 (Photographs & Optical Toys, 9th Jan, 2024)
Box containing opalotypes, framed and unframed, crystoleums and various prints and cases. A lot. Mixed condition.
Sold for £250 Result plus buyers premium More details 1
Collection of 11 Opalotype Photographs
lot 55 (Photographs & Optical Toys, 9th Jan, 2024)
11 framed opalotypes, all portraits, some are overpainted.
Estimated at £80 - £120 More details 11
Large Collection of Large Portraits
lot 56 (Photographs & Optical Toys, 9th Jan, 2024)
Box of loose and framed portraits, some overpainted.
Sold for £62 Result plus buyers premium More details 45
Photographs of The Construction of Royal Albert Bridge Saltash
lot 57 (Photographs & Optical Toys, 9th Jan, 2024)
Two framed and glazed prints showing the erection of the bridge. 1 dated 1854 is an illustration, the other is a later print of an image from 1857 ... read more
Sold for £50 Result plus buyers premium More details 5
Various Period Photographs of Queen Victoria
lot 58 (Photographs & Optical Toys, 9th Jan, 2024)
A group of images relating to Queen Victoria. A glazed and framed print of the funeral cortège passing Apsley House by Dorrett & Martin with ... read more
Sold for £62 Result plus buyers premium More details 1
An Unusually Large Carte De Visite Image of Queen Victoria
lot 58A (Photographs & Optical Toys, 9th Jan, 2024)
Irish, dated 1887, By Lafayette Dublin, the card showing an image that Lafayette was known to sell of Queen Victoria, mount with a facsimile ... read more
Estimated at £300 - £500 More details 2
Glass Plate Negatives of HUDC Fire Brigade
lot 59 (Photographs & Optical Toys, 9th Jan, 2024)
Group of glass plate negatives including HUDC Fire Brigade (Harrow Urban District Council?). Images of firemen on horse drawn vehicles in late 19th ... read more
Sold for £200 Result plus buyers premium More details 21
Early Photograph of Whitworth & Co. Manchester Workshop
lot 60 (Photographs & Optical Toys, 9th Jan, 2024)
Large framed and glazed image showing the Steam Engine erecting shop at Joseph Whitworth & Co. Manchester c1869. Published by Thomas Agnew & Son's of ... read more
Sold for £75 Result plus buyers premium More details 3
Albumen, Gravure, Woodburytypes
lot 61 (Photographs & Optical Toys, 9th Jan, 2024)
Collection of mixed prints mainly UK and Italy including 2 photogravures published by The Amateur Photographer, woodburytypes of Kuo Tajen c1880 and ... read more
Sold for £150 Result plus buyers premium More details 6
Photograhs of India by Bourne and Sache
lot 62 (Photographs & Optical Toys, 9th Jan, 2024)
Group of photographs showing scenes in India, 5 inscribed Bourne in the negative. Other scenes by Sache and a group labelled Walter Smith of Spalding. (Qty: 14) ... read more
Sold for £350 Result plus buyers premium More details 25
The Great Imambarah at Lucknow, 1865, Photograph by Samuel Bourne
lot 63 (Photographs & Optical Toys, 9th Jan, 2024)
The Great Imambarah at Lucknow, 1865. Bourne 1052 inscribed in the negative. 11 x 12 inch albumen print, mounted. Condition: Slight discolouration ... read more
Estimated at £150 - £200 More details 5
View from Palace Fort, Lahore 1863-64, Photograph by Samuel Bourne
lot 64 (Photographs & Optical Toys, 9th Jan, 2024)
View from Palace Fort, Lahore 1863-64. 10 x 12 inch albumen print, mounted. Condition: Creasing at corners, small edge tears. Some discolouration, ... read more
Sold for £125 Result plus buyers premium More details 3
The 64 Pillard Hall, Futtehpore, Sikri c1875, Photograph by Samuel Bourne
lot 65 (Photographs & Optical Toys, 9th Jan, 2024)
The 64 Pillard Hall, Futtehpore, Sikri c1875. 9 x 11 inch albumen print. Bourne 1366 inscribed in the negative. with one other, lake scene 8 x 12 ... read more
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8 x 10 inch Photographs of India
lot 66 (Photographs & Optical Toys, 9th Jan, 2024)
8 x 10 inch photographs. The Taj Mahal, Gateway to Taj Mahal, Akbar's Tomb mounted on card. (5) Condition: Slight staining. Good, strong images. (Qty: 5)
Sold for £119 Result plus buyers premium More details 10
lot 67 (Photographs & Optical Toys, 9th Jan, 2024)
Falls at Pijkara River, 7 x 12 inch, inscribed Bourne 2034 in the negative. Kandy, Lake from the Fort 9 x 11 inch, Group of Palms, Kandy, 9 x 11 inch, ... read more
Sold for £75 Result plus buyers premium More details 8
Photographs of India, John Edward Saché
lot 68 (Photographs & Optical Toys, 9th Jan, 2024)
Views of interiors of Caves at Ellora, 9 x 11 inch albumen prints, two mounted. The Indra Sabha Temple, Linga shrine, "Guntore Cuteh with his ten ... read more
Sold for £94 Result plus buyers premium More details 7
Large Collection of Middle East and Egypt Photographs
lot 69 (Photographs & Optical Toys, 9th Jan, 2024)
Collection of photographs in Middle East and Egypt showing Egyptian ruins, individuals, groups of people, port scenes. Including photographs by ... read more
Sold for £438 Result plus buyers premium More details 18
Scottish Hunting Party Photographs
lot 70 (Photographs & Optical Toys, 9th Jan, 2024)
Albumen print showing a Scottish hunting party with mounted stags heads, guns, fishing rod and bagpipes.(5)
Sold for £62 Result plus buyers premium More details 3
A Collection of Edwardian & Victorian Carriages
lot 71 (Photographs & Optical Toys, 9th Jan, 2024)
including various horse-drawn carriages and traps, an image of the Herne Tavern, Forest hill rd, London, and others (7)
Sold for £25 Result plus buyers premium More details 1
Collection of Mixed Photographs from Men & Women of the Day
lot 72 (Photographs & Optical Toys, 9th Jan, 2024)
including: Julia Neilson, with text Rhoda Broughton with text, Charles Wyndham with text, MaryMoore with text, Sir John Lubbock, Professor Hubert ... read more
Sold for £238 Result plus buyers premium More details 19
Group of photographs of India and Ceylon by Samuel Bourne
lot 73 (Photographs & Optical Toys, 9th Jan, 2024)
Group of photographs of India and Ceylon, 14 inscribed Bourne, 2 Bourne and Shepherd, 4 Saché. Bourne images include Chumba, Ruins of Fort ... read more
Sold for £938 Result plus buyers premium More details 8
FRANCIS BEDFORD (1815-1894), Photographs of North Wales
lot 74 (Photographs & Optical Toys, 9th Jan, 2024)
c.1870, albumen prints, all unmounted, two views of Porthmadog harbour with sailing ships, signed and titled in the negative 'Bedford 488 Portmadoc ... read more
Sold for £100 Result plus buyers premium More details 8
lot 75 (Photographs & Optical Toys, 9th Jan, 2024)
Two photographs, 7 x 8 inch, showing the "Ceres", a two masted sailing ship in dry dock. Labelled as "The oldest Trading ship in commission, in the ... read more
Sold for £31 Result plus buyers premium More details 5
25 Francis Frith Tissue Images
lot 76 (Photographs & Optical Toys, 9th Jan, 2024)
Set of tissue images mounted in cardboard mounts for use with a viewer. Images bear Frith Series blindstamp. Views in Paris, interior and exterior (Qty: 25) ... read more
Sold for £325 Result plus buyers premium More details 17
A Collection of Chinese Photographs From 1920's
lot 77 (Photographs & Optical Toys, 9th Jan, 2024)
A large collection taken by a western visitor to China, with some photographs possibly of Indonesia, all photographs are printed on postcard paper, ... read more
Sold for £2,250 Result plus buyers premium More details 3
Set of Photographs of the 1920 Haiyuan Earthquake, China
lot 78 (Photographs & Optical Toys, 9th Jan, 2024)
A Rare set of previously unseen inages taken during the aftermath of the 1920 Haiyuan Earthquake, the images were taken by a navel officer in China ... read more
Sold for £750 Result plus buyers premium More details 11
Japanese Magic Lantern Lantern Slides
lot 79 (Photographs & Optical Toys, 9th Jan, 2024)
Japanese lantern slides depicting scenes in various areas in Japan. Including Kobe, Onomichi, Osaka street scene, street acrobats, shops, sellers, ... read more
Sold for £225 Result plus buyers premium More details 6
Group of Early Salt Prints by Robertson and Beato
lot 80 (Photographs & Optical Toys, 9th Jan, 2024)
Group of salt prints, 4 signed Robertson & Beato in the negative, 2 are 8x11inch, 2 are 11x12inch. 1 signed Robertson in the negative, 11x12inch (Qty: 8) ... read more
Sold for £1,875 Result plus buyers premium More details 21
A Silver Gelatin Photograph Showing The Entrance to King tutankhamun’s Tomb
lot 80A (Photographs & Optical Toys, 9th Jan, 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 £100 - £200 More details 2
A Silver Gelatin Photograph Showing Outermost Gilded Wooden Coffin of Tutankhamun
lot 80B (Photographs & Optical Toys, 9th Jan, 2024)
A Silver Gelatin Photograph Showing Outermost Gilded Wooden Coffin of Tutankhamun, still in situ inside the stone sarcophagus, with pen description ... read more
Sold for £100 Result plus buyers premium More details 2
A Collection of 13 Silver Gelatin Photographs of Egyptian tombs
lot 80C (Photographs & Optical Toys, 9th Jan, 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 £200 - £400 More details 26
A Collection of 8 Silver Gelatin Photographs of Egyptian tombs
lot 80D (Photographs & Optical Toys, 9th Jan, 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 £200 - £400 More details 16
Large Archive of Lantern Slides of South Africa
lot 81 (Photographs & Optical Toys, 9th Jan, 2024)
Lantern slides labelled "James Sinclair & Co. Ltd. London". 18 boxes with approx. 9 slides per box. 3 1/4 x 3 1/4 inch. Topographical scenes around ... read more
Sold for £400 Result plus buyers premium More details 19
Large Collection of Magic Lantern Slides of India
lot 82 (Photographs & Optical Toys, 9th Jan, 2024)
Lantern slides, India Tour contained in fitted wooden box (95). Views at a racetrack, street scenes, shipping, buildings and working with elephants. ... read more
Sold for £175 Result plus buyers premium More details 9
Group of Australia and New Zealand Lantern Slides
lot 83 (Photographs & Optical Toys, 9th Jan, 2024)
Group of lantern slides showing local people and views. Maori Chief Te Hau Hau, Maori people, faces, dwellings. The Terra Nova at Lyttelton. ... read more
Sold for £625 Result plus buyers premium More details 6
lot 84 (Photographs & Optical Toys, 9th Jan, 2024)
Large box of mixed lantern slides. A Lot
Sold for £288 Result plus buyers premium More details 29
Large Group of Photographic Lantern Slides of Australia
lot 85 (Photographs & Optical Toys, 9th Jan, 2024)
Lantern slides with views and people of Australia and New Zealand. Iles, Burton Bros., Kerry and Muir and Moodie. Including Maori wood carvings, ... read more
Sold for £288 Result plus buyers premium More details 7
Photograph of Shamrock V by Beken & Son of Cowes
lot 86 (Photographs & Optical Toys, 9th Jan, 2024)
12 x 15 inch framed photograph of Shamrock V by Beken & Son of Cowes. Condition: Good, clean image.
Sold for £62 Result plus buyers premium More details 4
Aviation, Negatives of Silver City Airways Ltd
lot 87 (Photographs & Optical Toys, 9th Jan, 2024)
Set of 18 quarter plate glass negatives relating to the Silver City Airways Ltd. Australian owned, independent airline company which operated from ... read more
Sold for £400 Result plus buyers premium More details 16
Album of a Trip on The Norfolk Broads
lot 88 (Photographs & Optical Toys, 9th Jan, 2024)
A delightful album with handwritten notes describing a boating holiday on the Norfolk Broads, c1931 with photographs. Condition: Very good and ... read more
Sold for £162 Result plus buyers premium More details 23
Photographs of the Newman & Sinclair Cine Camera Used During the 1922 Mount Everest Expedition
lot 89 (Photographs & Optical Toys, 9th Jan, 2024)
Three photographs of the Newman & Sinclair movie camera and camera motor used for the Everest Expedition of 1922. One postcard size and two quarter (Qty: 3) ... read more
Sold for £44 Result plus buyers premium More details 2
lot 90 (Photographs & Optical Toys, 9th Jan, 2024)
Five albumen prints in China c1870-80 mounted on board. 8 1/2 x 10 1/2 inch prints from collodion glass plate negatives. Shanghai, a view on the Bund, ... read more
Sold for £688 Result plus buyers premium More details 1
Collection of Albumen prints of Japan
lot 91 (Photographs & Optical Toys, 9th Jan, 2024)
Albumen prints, tinted and mounted on board (4) loosely mounted not tinted (8) including tea house girls, musicians, rickshaw, Nikko Gardens. ... read more
Sold for £106 Result plus buyers premium More details 4
A Highly Important Album & Material of Chinkiang (Zhenjiang), China, 1860s-1890s
lot 92 (Photographs & Optical Toys, 9th Jan, 2024)
Album containing rare (possibly Unique) views in the Treaty Port of Chinkiang (Zhenjiang) on the Yangtze River. Album 15 x 11 1/2 inchs (380mm x (Qty: 2) ... read more
Sold for £10,250 Result plus buyers premium More details 188
lot 93 (Photographs & Optical Toys, 9th Jan, 2024)
A Rare Archive of Naval photograph Albums and Log books relating to Vice-Admiral George William McOran Campbell, R.N. (12 June, 1877 – 23 February, ... read more
Sold for £2,500 Result plus buyers premium More details 120
Album of Bombay, Ceylon and Sydney Photographs
lot 94 (Photographs & Optical Toys, 9th Jan, 2024)
Album containing scenes in Bombay, street scenes from an elevated position, Butchers Island, buildings, a Huidoo woman and girl, Parsee girl. 2 by ... read more
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Photo Album Including Panorama of Zig Zag Railway Australia
lot 95 (Photographs & Optical Toys, 9th Jan, 2024)
Two piece panorama showing the Zig Zag railway at New South Wales over 2 album leaves in loose album. Also views of the Nigretti Falls, Victoria, a ... read more
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