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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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Chromatrope or Artificial Fireworks (9 7/8 x 3 3/4 x 1/2 inches)
45 GBP
80 - 100 GBP
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Chromatrope or Artificial Fireworks (9 7/8 x 3 5/8 x 1/2 inches)
55 GBP
80 - 100 GBP
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Chromatrope or Artificial Fireworks (9 7/8 x 3 7/8 x 1/2 inches)
45 GBP
80 - 100 GBP
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Chromatrope or Artificial Fireworks (9 7/8 x 3 3/4 x 1/2 inches)
45 GBP
80 - 100 GBP
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'Welcome' chromatrope Maker unknown (11 1/4 x 4 x 1/2 inches)
45 GBP
80 - 100 GBP
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Chromatrope Maker unknown; 7 x 4½ x ½ inches
50 GBP
80 - 100 GBP
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Chromatrope Maker unknown; 6⅞ x 3⅞ x ½ inches
45 GBP
80 - 100 GBP
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Chromatrope Maker unknown (7 x 4 1/2 x 1/2 inches)
80 GBP
80 - 100 GBP
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Chromatrope Maker unknown (7 x 4 x 1/2 inches)
60 GBP
80 - 100 GBP
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Chromatrope Maker unknown (7 x 4 x 1/2 inches)
55 GBP
80 - 100 GBP
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Chromatrope Cox, 26 Ludgate Hill, London (7 x 4 x 1/2 inches)
45 GBP
80 - 100 GBP
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Chromatrope Maker unknown (7 x 4 1/4 x 1/2 inches)
45 GBP
80 - 100 GBP
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WITHDRAWN LOT Chromatrope,
0 GBP
80 - 100 GBP
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Chromatrope Maker unknown (7 x 4 1/2 x 1/2 inches)
75 GBP
80 - 100 GBP
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Chromatrope Maker Henry S. Cropper, Nottingham. (7 x 4 1/2 x 1/2 inches)
55 GBP
80 - 100 GBP
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Chromatrope Maker unknown (6 1/2 x 4 x 1/2 inches)
85 GBP
80 - 100 GBP
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Chromatrope Maker Newton & Co, 3 Fleet Street (6 1/2 x 4 x 1/2 inches)
45 GBP
80 - 100 GBP
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Chromatrope J.B. Medland, London (7 x 4 3/8 x 1/2 inches)
60 GBP
80 - 100 GBP
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Chromatrope Maker unknown (7 x 4 3/8 x 1/2 inches)
65 GBP
80 - 100 GBP
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Chromatrope Newton & Co., London (6 1/2 x 4 x 1/2 inches)
55 GBP
80 - 100 GBP
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Chromatrope Newton & Co., London (6 1/2 x 4 x 1/2 inches)
70 GBP
80 - 100 GBP
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Chromatrope set with interchangeable inserts Single chromatrope with 10 interchangeable insert
0 GBP
300 - 400 GBP
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'View through the porthole' [panoramic scene passes small circular aperture] Maker unknown (11 x 4
140 GBP
100 - 150 GBP
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'Steam train passing through railway station' [panoramic image passes square aperture] Maker unknown
0 GBP
500 - 600 GBP
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'Lifeboat rescue' [background moves across, lifeboat rocks in waves] Maker unknown (11 x 4 1/2 x 3/4
0 GBP
300 - 400 GBP
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'Ship leaving harbour' [background moves across image, ship rocks in waves] Maker unknown (11 3/4
0 GBP
2,000 - 3,000 GBP
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'Water funeral in Venice' [boats move laterally across image] Stamped H. Lewis, Reading (13 x 4 1/
110 GBP
100 - 150 GBP
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'Ship leaving harbour' [background moves across image, ship rocks in waves] Maker unknown (12 x 4
0 GBP
2,000 - 3,000 GBP
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'Boats and ships moving on the sea' [one group of ships moves across, two others rock in waves]
0 GBP
500 - 600 GBP
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'Clown pulling faces' [hands and facial features move in many combinations] Maker unknown (7 x 4 3/8
0 GBP
1,000 - 1,500 GBP
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Choreutoscope 'Friday and Monkey Dancing' Slide 21A of Robinson Crusoe. maker Steward , circa
1,800 GBP
2,000 - 2,500 GBP
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Cycloidotrope [stylus scratches rotary pattern onto smoked glass disc] Maker unknown (11 1/4 x 4 3/8
0 GBP
2,000 - 2,500 GBP
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'Witches' dance tank slide' Maker unknown (body 6 3/4 x 4 3/8 x 3/4 inches; overall 11 5/8 x 11 3/
0 GBP
3,000 - 4,000 GBP
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'Magician with changing heads' [Twelve different heads appear in succession] Maker unknown (25 x
0 GBP
800 - 1,200 GBP
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'Pantaloon watches Clown in stew pot' [Clown falls into pot, steam appears, Clown rises and falls]
0 GBP
1,000 - 1,500 GBP
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'Devil inflates man with bellows' [devil appears, bellows move, stomach expands] Merkelbach,
800 GBP
1,000 - 1,500 GBP
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Ross Wheel of Life [acrobat] Maker unknown (9 1/2 x 4 1/4 x 3/4 inches), rotary pulley mechanism
0 GBP
1,000 - 1,500 GBP
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Wheel of Life [dancing couple] Maker unknown (10 x 4 1/2 x 3/4 inches), rotary pulley mechanism with
0 GBP
1,000 - 1,500 GBP
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Ross Wheel of Life [fish and seagull] Maker unknown (8 7/8 x 4 1/4 x 7/8 inches), rotary pulley
0 GBP
1,000 - 1,500 GBP
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Metal silhouette effect slide. 'Monkey acrobats' [bodies and legs move randomly as trapeze
0 GBP
250 - 300 GBP
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'Two men wrestling' [bodies, legs and arms move with feet static] Maker unknown (6 7/8 x 4 3/8 x 5/8
0 GBP
300 - 400 GBP
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'Tug of War' [bodies and arms move attached to rope] Maker unknown (7 x 4 x 5/8 inches), double
0 GBP
350 - 400 GBP
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'Shoeshiner and man with wooden leg' [leg and arm move] Maker unknown (6 7/8 x 4 3/8 x 3/4
0 GBP
350 - 400 GBP
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'Schoolmaster caning boy' [arm and cane move up and down] Maker unknown (7 x 4 1/8 x 3/4 inches),
0 GBP
350 - 400 GBP
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'Rocking horse in nursery' [horse pivots on rocker, rider pivots on horse] Maker unknown (7 x 4 1/
30 GBP
50 - 80 GBP
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'Sailor dancing the Hornpipe on stage' [legs and body move randomly] Maker unknown (7 x 4 x 1/2
0 GBP
300 - 400 GBP
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Miscellaneous effect slide 'Circus acrobats' Maker unknown (9 3/8 x 4 1/2 x 1/2 inches), double
0 GBP
350 - 400 GBP
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'Circus acrobats' Maker unknown (9 3/8 x 4 1/2 x 1/2 inches), double pulley mechanism
0 GBP
350 - 400 GBP
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'Angel ascending' [angel moves diagonally upwards] Maker unknown (7 x 4 1/2 x 1/2 inches, overall
80 GBP
100 - 150 GBP
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'Small figures move around edge of slide' [comic figures rotate round edge of slide] Maker
40 GBP
50 - 80 GBP
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'John Gilpin chase' [figures rotate round edge of slide] Maker unknown (7 x 4 1/2 x 1/2 inches),
30 GBP
50 - 80 GBP
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Slide 22, 'Witch with cat riding broomstick' [witch and broomstick move up and down] Maker
0 GBP
350 - 400 GBP
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'Devil pushing wheelbarrow loses his head' Maker unknown (19 x 11.5 x 1.1cm), pivoting lever
0 GBP
600 - 700 GBP
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A Chemical tank slide Maker unknown (7 x 3 7/8 x 5/8 inches) together with 'Phantoscope' [rotating
0 GBP
350 - 400 GBP
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Pair of stage performers' Maker unknown (7 x 3 7/8 x 3/8 inches) together with Six pairs of faces
0 GBP
400 - 500 GBP
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Kaleidoscope slide [coloured fragments move randomly, projected with kaleidoscopic lens] Maker
65 GBP
100 - 150 GBP
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Kaleidoscope slide [coloured fragments move randomly, projected with kaleidoscopic lens] C. Baker,
100 GBP
100 - 150 GBP
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Colour wheel [rotates to show white] Maker unknown (9 3/8 x 3 7/8 x 1/2 inches), pulley *Notes-
350 GBP
400 - 500 GBP
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'Snow effect' E.H. Wilkie, London (7 x 4 3/8 x 7/8 inches), roller
280 GBP
350 - 400 GBP
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'Curtain slide' [blind rises to reveal stage curtain] Maker unknown (7 x 4 1/2 x 3/4 inches), double
0 GBP
250 - 300 GBP
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