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The Banham Family Magic Lantern Collection
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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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'The Tiger and the Tub' Seven slides (possibly from set of eight) Single hand-painted glass slides
0 GBP
100 - 150 GBP
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'Time and the Four Seasons of Life' Set of five slides for dissolving effect. Single hand-painted
120 GBP
100 - 125 GBP
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'Views of the Mediterranean' Four slides, probably part of a larger set. Single hand-painted glass
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350 - 400 GBP
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'The Village Blacksmith' Group of four slides from different sources. Two single hand-painted slides
0 GBP
250 - 300 GBP
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'The Bottle' Set of eight slides after Cruickshank's series of engravings. Single hand-coloured
280 GBP
350 - 400 GBP
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'The Bottle' Set of eight slides after Cruickshank's series of engravings. Single hand-coloured
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350 - 400 GBP
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'The Fairy Glen' Seven slides assembled from different sources Single hand-painted glass slides in
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5,000 - 6,000 GBP
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'Abide with Me' Four slides from a larger set. Single hand-painted standard 3 1/4 inch square
40 GBP
100 - 150 GBP
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'The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe' Newton & Co., 3 Fleet Street, London Set of four long slides,
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100 - 150 GBP
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'The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe' Newton & Co., 3 Fleet Street, London Set of four long slides,
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100 - 150 GBP
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'Aladdin' A group of thirty -three slides from a larger set. Mainly single hand-painted slides in
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8,000 - 10,000 GBP
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'Winter Sports' Six slides assembled from different sources. Single hand-painted glass slides in
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400 - 500 GBP
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'The Ascent of Mont Blanc' Eight slides assembled from different sources. Single hand-coloured glass
400 GBP
500 - 600 GBP
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Of Franklin Expedition and Polar Interest. Thirty-two slides in original box, probably assembled
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15,000 - 20,000 GBP
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'Good Night' Maker unknown (7 x 4 x 3/8 inches)
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100 - 125 GBP
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'Good Night' Maker unknown (7 x 4 1/8 x 3/8 inches)
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80 - 100 GBP
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'Good Night' T.H. McAllister, New York (7 x 4 x 3/8 inches)
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300 - 350 GBP
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'Please Turn up the Lights' W.F. Archer, Liverpool (7 x 4 x 3/8 inches)
20 GBP
50 - 80 GBP
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'Good Night' Carpenter & Westley (6 7/8 x 3 3/4 x 3/8 inches)
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250 - 300 GBP
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'Good Night' Maker unknown (7 x 4 x 3/8 inches)
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250 - 300 GBP
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A large biunial showman's lantern, maker A Laverne et Cie, Paris, circa 1895. fluted chimney over
2,600 GBP
3,000 - 4,000 GBP
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A mahogany and brass showman's biunial lantern, maker A Franks , Manchester, circa 1880,
1,600 GBP
2,000 - 3,000 GBP
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A mahogany and brass single lantern, maker W C Hughes, London , circa 1880s, fluted chimney over
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350 - 450 GBP
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A brass Star dissolving valve, rotation of the long spindle directs oxygen and hydrogen gas
50 GBP
50 - 80 GBP
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A brass Blow-Through jet. oxygen and hydrogen gas are admitted through sperate inlet tubes and mixed
0 GBP
80 - 100 GBP
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A Lawson Ether Saturator, A pressurised jet of oxygen passes through a reservoir of liquid ether and
0 GBP
500 - 600 GBP
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A Limelight Illuminant, maker Mason de la Bonne Presse, Paris No. 1130. A complex mechanism for
0 GBP
500 - 600 GBP
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An Ether Saturator. An improved design of saturator, a pressurised jet of oxygen is passed through a
0 GBP
700 - 800 GBP
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A Barton's Patent No 8 Limelight Illuminant, maker J. H. Steward, London. Oxygen and hydrogen gas
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2,000 - 2,500 GBP
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An Incandescent Spirit Lamp, maker W C Hughes, London. 23cm long This unusual apparatus uses a
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600 - 800 GBP
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An Oxy-Acetylene Jet with Carbon Rod, maker Westminster Engineering Co, London, Patent 9225,
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500 - 600 GBP
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A lacquered brass microscopic projection lens. unsigned, 9cm long
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250 - 300 GBP
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WITHDRAWN LOT A projection lens.
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100 - 150 GBP
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A lacquered brass microscopic projection lens, unsigned , with rack and pinion fine adjust, 10.5cm
35 GBP
100 - 150 GBP
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A lacquered brass projection lens with manual adjusters, unsigned, 16cm long, .
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500 - 600 GBP
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A lacquered brass kaleidoscope projection lens, unsigned. 9.5cm long
0 GBP
500 - 600 GBP
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A lacquered brass kaleidoscope projection lens maker Newton & Co, London. 21cm long, together with
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2,000 - 2,500 GBP
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A pair of brass lime tongs, with fold out piercer, together with a pair of wooden handles lime
50 GBP
30 - 50 GBP
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A matched pair of late 19th/early 20th century oxygen and hydrogen blow- through jets, unsigned,
30 GBP
80 - 150 GBP
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A lacquered brass 'Improved Oxy-Hydrogen Lime Light Illuminant' , maker Kersham, with plaque as
30 GBP
80 - 100 GBP
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A lacquered brass Incandescent gas burner, for use with town gas, 27.5cm long
20 GBP
40 - 50 GBP
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A late 19th century trade card of children playing with magic lantern. Publisher unknown, circa
20 GBP
50 - 80 GBP
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A late 19th century French rotating trade card of boy showing slides with magic lantern. five
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300 - 400 GBP
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'Lanterne Magique ' After engraving by Michel Poisson, 1774. Publisher unknown 4½ x 7 inches,
35 GBP
100 - 125 GBP
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After Francesco Magiotto, S'avoiardi colla Lanterna Magica' engraving Venezia: Cavalli, circa
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700 - 1,000 GBP
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After Victor Bachereau, 'Le singe qui montre le lantern magique ' Paris: 'Magasin Pittoresque',
35 GBP
100 - 150 GBP
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After Louis Wain, 'The Magic Lantern' 5 x 6¼ inches, mounted
200 GBP
250 - 350 GBP
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After H.G. Hine, 'The Magic Lantern' Cutting from Illustrated London News, 25 December 1858 9 x 7
30 GBP
100 - 150 GBP
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After Jean Baptiste Maria Pierre, 'La Lanterne Magique' engraving Paris, 1757 28 x 42 cm, mounted
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700 - 1,000 GBP
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A Transforming print - 'The Magic Lantern' No. 5 of series Spooner's Protean Views London: William
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500 - 700 GBP
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After Paul Gavani, 'La Lantern Magique' monochrome lithograph published by Bertsuts , Paris, blind
220 GBP
300 - 400 GBP
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WITHDRAWN LOT An early 20th century Magic Lantern Playbill 'Professor Wood's sacred concerts and
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30 - 50 GBP
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WITHDRAWN LOT After Harry Furniss, 'Mr Punch's Magic-Lantern Slides for 1881' Cutting from Punch,
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30 - 50 GBP
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'Lantern readings original and selected: volume I' (5th edition) Birmingham: Alfred Pumphrey, c.
45 GBP
50 - 80 GBP
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'WITHDRAWN LOT Lantern readings' London: Newton & Co., n.d.
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50 - 80 GBP
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WITHDRAWN LOT 'Walter Tyler's readings for lantern slides: first series' London: Walter Tyler,
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50 - 80 GBP
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WITHDRAWN LOT 'Wood's catalogue of slides, optical lanterns,
0 GBP
50 - 80 GBP
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A late Victorian manuscript 'Catalogue of The Selwyn Lantern Slides' dated 1894/95, containing a
0 GBP
40 - 50 GBP
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'WITHDRAWN LOT Catalogue of apparatus' London: Church Army, c.
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50 - 80 GBP
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