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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
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There are 536 lots within this auction
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'Country scene with curtain effect' [blind rises to reveal countryside] W.C. Hughes, London (7 1/4 x
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250 - 30 GBP
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'Sailing ship at anchor' [rowing boat leaves ship, another boat rises and falls in water] Maker
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300 - 350 GBP
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'Seascape' [waves and boats undulate] Maker unknown (7 x 4 1/2 x 5/8 inches), double cam
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250 - 300 GBP
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'Skeleton falls apart' Maker unknown (7 x 4 x 3/8 inches), single slip *Notes- Ever since the
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300 - 400 GBP
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'Butler frightened by skeleton' [skeleton appears, arms move, crockery falls] Maker unknown (6 7/8 x
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300 - 400 GBP
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'Lady's head turns to skull' Maker unknown (7 x 4 x 3/8 inches), single slip
100 GBP
100 - 150 GBP
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'Evils of drink' [skeleton appears to man drinking from bowl] Maker unknown (7 x 4 x 3/8 inches),
35 GBP
100 - 125 GBP
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'Death on horseback' [two black slides move to reveal figure] Maker unknown (6 3/4 x 4 x 3/8
80 GBP
100 - 150 GBP
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'Skeleton juggling head' Maker unknown (7 1/4 x 4 x 3/8 inches), single slip
240 GBP
300 - 400 GBP
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Slide 3, 'Skeleton juggling skulls' [three skulls appear and disappear in many combinations] Maker
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400 - 500 GBP
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'Skeleton juggling its head' [skull and arm move, legs move randomly with spring levers] Maker
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600 - 700 GBP
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'Churchyard Ghost' (Maker unknown; 2 slides, 7 x 4 x 3/8 inches) [churchyard scene], single; [effect
190 GBP
100 - 150 GBP
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'Skeleton in grave' [lid of tomb opens and skeleton appears] Maker unknown (7 x 4 3/8 x 3/8 inches),
240 GBP
300 - 350 GBP
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'Demons effect' [eight demons rotate to show one at a time] Maker unknown (7 x 4 x 1/2 inches),
75 GBP
50 - 80 GBP
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Slide 5,'Ship on fire' Cox, 22 Skinner Street, London (7 x 4 x 3/8 inches) Slide 7,' Survivors on
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80 - 100 GBP
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Slide 14, 'Ship on fire' W.E. & F. Newton, London (6 1/2 x 4 x 3/8 inches) Slide 15, 'Survivors on
35 GBP
80 - 100 GBP
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'Ship in storm' [ship rolls in waves] Maker unknown (7 x 4 3/8 x 5/8 inches), single lever Slide 5,'
95 GBP
100 - 125 GBP
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'Ship in full sail' Maker unknown (7 x 4 x 3/8 inches) 'Ship on fire' Maker unknown (7 x 4 x 3/8
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'Star effect' [star appears and disappears] Maker unknown (7 x 4 1/2 x 3/8 inches), single lever
60 GBP
80 - 100 GBP
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'Shipwreck' W C Hughes, London (7 x 4 1/2 x 3/8 inches) 'Shipwreck Survivors on raft' Issac Knott,
180 GBP
80 - 100 GBP
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Slide 70, 'Eddystone Lighthouse' W.E. & F. Newton, London (61/2 x 4 x 3/8 inches) 'Needles Rocks' [
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250 - 300 GBP
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'Lifeboat and shipwreck rescue' [lifeboat rocks up and down] Maker unknown (7 x 4 5/8 x 3/8 inches),
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250 - 300 GBP
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'Sailing ship leaving Dover' [ship slides across left to right] Maker unknown (7 x 4 1/2 x 1/2
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250 - 300 GBP
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'Ship leaving Port, ' Maker unknown; 8¼ x 4⅜ x ¾ inches, single slip.
70 GBP
100 - 125 GBP
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'Lifeboat in sea' [oars move in two planes, waves undulate] Maker unknown (7 x 4 1/2 x 1/2 inches),
75 GBP
250 - 300 GBP
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'Ship sailing towards rocks' [ship moves across, waves undulate] Maker unknown (7 x 4 1/2 x 3/4
95 GBP
80 - 100 GBP
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'Ship sailing towards rocks' [ship moves across, waves undulate] Maker unknown (7 x 4 1/2 x 3/4
75 GBP
80 - 100 GBP
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'Ship rolling in sea' [ship rocks, waves undulate separately] Maker unknown (7 x 4 1/2 x 7/8
95 GBP
100 - 125 GBP
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'Raft leaving burning ship' [raft moves from behind ship to leave image] W.C. Hughes, London (9 3/
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80 - 100 GBP
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'Fire on ship effect' [flames/smoke rotates, slip reveals more flames] Maker unknown (7 x 4 1/2 x
80 GBP
80 - 100 GBP
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'Ship on Fire' Carpenter & Westley, London (7 1/2 x 3 3/4 x 1/2 inches), single slip
55 GBP
100 - 125 GBP
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'Wrecked ship's hull in waves' Maker unknown (6 1/2 x4 1/4 x 3/8 inches)
20 GBP
30 - 50 GBP
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'Rough Sea passage' W.C. Hughes, London; 3 slides, ( 7 x 4⅜ x ⅜ inches). Lever slide - cabin
1,000 GBP
1,200 - 1,600 GBP
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Classical scenes in moonlight Three slides from a longer series.
90 GBP
100 - 150 GBP
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Coastal views Five slides from a longer series. Single hand-painted glass slides in wooden frames
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400 - 500 GBP
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Comic puns Eleven slides, probably from a longer series. Single hand-painted glass slides in
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250 - 300 GBP
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Compendium of Astronomy Set of nine slides. Single rackwork slides in wooden frames 6 7/8 (8 3/4
800 GBP
1,000 - 1,200 GBP
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Dreamland Three slides from a larger set Single 3 1/4 x 4 inch slides mounted in wooden frames 6 7/8
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80 - 100 GBP
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'Hop O' My Thumb' Set of eight slides. Single hand-painted glass slides in wooden frames (6 7/8 x
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450 - 500 GBP
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'Industry and Idleness' Five slides from a set of twelve based on the series of engravings by
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300 - 400 GBP
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'Jack and the Bean Stalk' Six slides from a set of (probably) eight. Single hand-painted glass
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300 - 400 GBP
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'John Gilpin's Ride to Ware' Set of eight slides Single hand-painted glass slides in wooden
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350 - 400 GBP
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'Kasperl' Set of six slides Single glass slides with black silhouette images in wooden frames, (7
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400 - 500 GBP
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'The Magician's Cave' Set of two slides Slipping and lever slide with rackwork effect for
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500 - 600 GBP
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Nursery rhymes Twenty slides from a set of (probably) twenty-four Single hand-painted 3 1/4 inch
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1,000 - 1,500 GBP
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Old London Group of eight slides, probably by the same maker. Single mostly hand-painted glass
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500 - 600 GBP
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'The Old Man and the Ass' Set of six slides. Single hand-painted glass slides, mounted in wooden
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250 - 300 GBP
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Original artwork for a comical slide set Set of five original pencil/ink and watercolour drawings
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500 - 600 GBP
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'The Overland Route to India' Six slides from a set of at least nine, probably twelve. Single hand-
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500 - 600 GBP
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'Panorama of a Fashionable Wedding' Set of three long slides. Hand-painted glass slides in long
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100 - 125 GBP
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'Pussy's Road to Ruin' Set of twelve slides. Single hand-painted glass slides in wooden frames, 6
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400 - 500 GBP
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'Pussy's Road to Ruin' Set of 12 slides. Single hand-painted glass slides in wooden frames, 6 1/2
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400 - 500 GBP
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'The Robbers' Set of nine slides.
180 GBP
200 - 250 GBP
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'Rock of Ages' Set of twelve slides. Single hand-coloured glass slides in wooden frames, (7 x 4 x
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400 - 500 GBP
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'Rule Britannia' Nine slides assembled from different sources. Single hand-coloured glass slides
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400 - 500 GBP
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'Scenes in China' Tens slides from a set of at least twelve, plus an additional slide by another
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2,000 - 3,000 GBP
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'Shadows', after C.H. Bennett Group of four slides, probably from a larger set, based on Bennett's
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1,000 - 1,500 GBP
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'Sketches by David Roberts' Group of four slides, probably from a larger set. Single hand-painted
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300 - 400 GBP
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'The Star in the East' Seven slides assembled from different sources Single hand-painted glass
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300 - 400 GBP
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