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The Banham Family Magic Lantern Collection
Live
Venue address
St. Edmund's Court
Okehampton Street
Exeter
EX4 1DU
United Kingdom
The Banham Family Magic Lantern Collection

Auction dates
04 Dec 2023 10:00 GMT
Lots: 1-587
Viewing dates
01 Dec 2023 09:00 - 17:15 GMT
02 Dec 2023 09:00 - 12:00 GMT
Auction currency
GBP
Delivery
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There are 536 lots within this auction
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'Girl swinging from tree' Newton & Co., London (6 1/2 x 4 x 3/8 inches), single lever
35 GBP
80 - 100 GBP
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'Chinese man juggling knives' [arms move, knives appear and disappear] Maker unknown, probably
0 GBP
250 - 350 GBP
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'Man with changing face' [chin extends and shrinks] Abraham & Co., Liverpool (7 x 4 x 3/8 inches),
0 GBP
80 - 100 GBP
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'Two lawyers making man skip' [skipping rope moves] Maker unknown (6 7/8 x 4 x 1/2 inches), single
40 GBP
80 - 100 GBP
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'Native people dancing round fire' [dancing figures oscillate] Maker unknown (7 x 4 3/8 x 5/8
0 GBP
80 - 100 GBP
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'Cow drinking from pond' [head and neck move up and down] Maker unknown (7 x 4 x 1/2 inches), single
25 GBP
80 - 100 GBP
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'Jolly Boat' [boat rocks from side to side] Maker unknown (7 x 4 3/8 x 3/8 inches), single lever
40 GBP
100 - 125 GBP
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'Juggler' [arms move, knives appear and disappear] Horne & Thornthwaite, London (8 1/2 x 3 3/4 x 3/8
240 GBP
300 - 350 GBP
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'Man raising lantern on pole' [figure moves up and down] Maker unknown (6 1/2 x 3 7/8 x 3/8 inches),
30 GBP
50 - 80 GBP
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'Man skipping' [rope appears and disappears above and below figure] Maker unknown (7 x 4 3/8 x 1/2
20 GBP
50 - 80 GBP
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'Sailor skipping' [rope appears and disappears above and below figure] Maker unknown (6 3/4 x 4 1/
0 GBP
80 - 100 GBP
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'Ship rocking from side to side' Maker unknown (6 1/2 x 3 7/8 x 3/8 inches), single lever
20 GBP
30 - 50 GBP
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'Fairy Grotto effect' [whole image moves slightly up and down] Maker unknown (6 7/8 x 4 1/8 x 3/4
20 GBP
30 - 50 GBP
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'Sailor raises and lowers telescope' Maker unknown; 7 x 4⅜ x ⅜ inches
35 GBP
50 - 80 GBP
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'Man casting fishing rod' Maker unknown; 7 x 4½ x ⅜ inches
20 GBP
50 - 80 GBP
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'Man attacked by large snake' Maker unknown;
0 GBP
150 - 200 GBP
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Pivoted-lever slide - 'Demon with changing bottles' Desch, Paris; 21.5 x 11 x 1cm signed and
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1,200 - 1,500 GBP
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Pivoted-lever slide - 'Fairy scattering star dust' Maker unknown; 21.5 x 10.5 x 1cm
1,000 GBP
1,200 - 1,400 GBP
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Pull-lever slide with hidden mechanism - 'Man and pig's heads change places' Carpenter & Westley,
0 GBP
1,000 - 1,200 GBP
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'Cobbler' [arm and hammer move up and down] (6 7/8 x 3 7/8 x 3/8 inches), single lever
0 GBP
60 - 80 GBP
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'Black Nurse' [upper body and baby move] (6 7/8 x 3 7/8 x 3/8 inches), single lever
0 GBP
60 - 80 GBP
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'Black Nurse' [upper body and baby move] (6 7/8 x 3 3/4 x 3/8 inches), single lever
0 GBP
60 - 80 GBP
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'Shoeblack' [arm and brush move side to side] (6 7/8 x 3 7/8 x 3/8 inches), single lever
25 GBP
60 - 80 GBP
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'Horse' [neck and head move up and down] (6 7/8 x 3 7/8 x 3/8 inches), single lever
20 GBP
60 - 80 GBP
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'Taking a Dip' [both bodies move up and down] (6 7/8 x 3 3/4 x 3/8 inches), single lever
35 GBP
60 - 80 GBP
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'Man raises hat to lady' [arm and hat move independently of each other] (6 7/8 x 3 3/4 x 3/8
0 GBP
250 - 300 GBP
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A group of four long slides. Single hand-painted long slides with panoramic or sequential images,
0 GBP
1,000 - 1,500 GBP
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'Panorama of coastline' Maker unknown (11 1/8 x 4 1/4 x 5/8 inches) 'Panorama of coastline' Maker
50 GBP
50 - 80 GBP
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'Six marching policemen' Maker unknown (14 3/4 x 3 7/8 x 1/4 inches)
0 GBP
250 - 300 GBP
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'Boarding a man o' war / Cockney Foxhunter / Good Shilling's Worth' Maker unknown (15 1/4 x 4 3/8
0 GBP
50 - 80 GBP
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'Row of eleven faces' Maker unknown (8 7/8 x 3 3/4 x 3/8 inches)
0 GBP
250 - 300 GBP
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'Woman with changing facial expressions' [eleven different expressions] Maker unknown (14 1/4 x 4
0 GBP
100 - 125 GBP
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'The Great Sea Serpent' Maker unknown (14 1/4 x 4 x 1/4 inches)
30 GBP
100 - 150 GBP
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'Four comic faces' [eyes move side to side] Maker unknown (15 x 4 x 3/8 inches), single slip
0 GBP
80 - 100 GBP
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'Gog and Magog' Maker unknown (14 x 3 5/8 x 3/8 inches) *Notes- This slide is a comical
20 GBP
50 - 80 GBP
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Five comic panoramic long slides, comprising, 'A group of people chasing pig' Maker unknown (13 1/
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500 - 600 GBP
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Five comic panoramic long slides, comprising 'Group of people chasing dog' Maker unknown (15 1/8 x 4
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500 - 600 GBP
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Five comic panoramic long slides, comprising 'Runaway horses and carts' Maker unknown (17 7/8 x 4
0 GBP
400 - 500 GBP
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Five comic panoramic long slides, comprising 'People on horseback hunting stag' Maker unknown (18
0 GBP
250 - 350 GBP
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'Hammersmith Suspension Bridge' [succession of boats pass across image] Maker unknown (17 x 4 x 3/
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250 - 350 GBP
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Slide 11, 'Birds' Maker unknown (14 x 4 x 1/4 inches)
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30 - 40 GBP
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'Ships and storm at sea' Maker unknown (17 1/8 x 4 x 1/4 inches)
20 GBP
30 - 50 GBP
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'York Minster' [succession of silhouette figures pass across foreground] Maker unknown (17 1/8 x 4 x
320 GBP
400 - 500 GBP
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'Evening Scene in Kew Gardens' [succession of figures and boats pass across landscape] Maker unknown
0 GBP
300 - 400 GBP
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Three comic panoramic long slides, comprising 'Men dining with animals in costume' Maker unknown (17
20 GBP
50 - 80 GBP
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Five comic panoramic long slides, comprising 'Procession of people of various occupations' Maker
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250 - 300 GBP
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Six comic panoramic long slides, comprising 'Comic figures' Maker unknown (16 5/8 x 4 5/8 x 3/8
0 GBP
300 - 500 GBP
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Three comic panoramic long slides, comprising 'Rural merrymaking' Maker unknown (17 x 3 7/8 x 1/4
0 GBP
250 - 300 GBP
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'Discovery of North Pole and what they did with it' Maker unknown (14 1/4 x 3 7/8 x 1/4 inches)
0 GBP
250 - 300 GBP
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'People skating on frozen pond' Maker unknown (13 7/8 x 4 x 1/4 inches)
25 GBP
80 - 100 GBP
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'People skating on frozen pond' Maker unknown (15 1/4 x 4 x 3/8 inches) *Notes- A comical
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300 - 400 GBP
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'People skating on frozen pond' Maker unknown (14 x 4 5/8 x 1/2 inches), long single panoramic slip
0 GBP
300 - 400 GBP
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'Three angels' Maker unknown (27.5 x 8.3 x 0.3cm) together with a mechanical carrier for long slides
0 GBP
300 - 400 GBP
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French silhouette long slides Group of 16 slides from various sets. Double glass sheets with paper
400 GBP
500 - 600 GBP
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'Dissolving views' The Orphan's Dream (C. Baker, London; 2 slides, 6 1/2 x 4 x 3/8 inches) [boy
30 GBP
80 - 100 GBP
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'Shipwreck survivors on raft' Carpenter & Westley, London; 2 slides, (6 7/8 x 3 3/4 x 3/8 inches)
60 GBP
80 - 100 GBP
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'Storm in bay' W.R. Hill & Son, London; 2 slides, (7 x 4 x 3/8 inches)
0 GBP
300 - 400 GBP
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'The Seasons' W.C. Hughes, London; 2 slides,( 7 x 4 3/8 x 3/8 inches)
50 GBP
80 - 100 GBP
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'A Village Scene: Effect Set C' Bamforth, Holmfirth; 3 slides, (7 x 4 x 3/8 inches)
0 GBP
40 - 60 GBP
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'Taj Mahal' Noakes & Son, Greenwich; 3 slides,(7 x 4 x 3/8 inches)
200 GBP
250 - 300 GBP
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