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Bearnes Hampton and Littlewood: The Philip Banham collection of Optical Toys, Optical Prints and Stereoscopic

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Auction Name The Philip Banham collection of Optical Toys, Optical Prints and Stereoscopic Total Sales (GBP) 31,811.49
Auction Date March 06, 2019 - March 06, 2019 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 19,560.00
Sale Number #SS6 High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP) 27,560.00
Total Lots 236
Sold Lots 162 Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 30,120.00
% of Lots Sold 68.64% High Estimate of All Lots (GBP) 42,180.00
Unsold Lots 74 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 75.42%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
62

A rare stereoscopic daguerreotype of the Visit of Napoleon III and Empress Eugenie with Queen Victoria and Prince Albert to Crystal Palace, Sydenham , 20th April 1855, by Negretti & Zambra

 GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 GBP 2,583.00
181

A group of twenty six glass diapositive stereoscopes of nude studies 'Des Nus Jules Richard'

 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 885.60
111 Bedford, Francis -

The Holy Land, Egypt, Constantinople, Athens, etc. etc. A series of forty-eight photographs

GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 861.00
12

'Fore's Grand Coronation Procession'

 GBP 500.00 - 700.00 GBP 799.50
66

Stereoscope Viewer. A late 19th century walnut table top Achromatic stereoscopic viewer by R&J Beck London

 GBP 300.00 - 400.00 GBP 639.60
32

Panorama of the Coronation of George IV, 19th July 1821'

 GBP 300.00 - 400.00 GBP 615.00
44

Transformation print

GBP 80.00 - 100.00 GBP 615.00
53

Crystal Palace Automaton. A 19th century sand automaton of an acrobatic clown

 GBP 600.00 - 800.00 GBP 553.50
65

Two hand painted panoramic magic lantern slides of the Royal Carriage Procession to the opening of the Great Exhibition in 1851

 GBP 500.00 - 700.00 GBP 553.50
198

Kinora Viewer

 GBP 500.00 - 700.00 GBP 553.50
1

An 18th century pencil 'puzzle picture' of a turning head illusion

 GBP 100.00 - 120.00 GBP 492.00
11 After Richard Brakenburgh (1650-1702)

'La Curiosite'

 GBP 400.00 - 500.00 GBP 492.00
46

A group of thirty mid 19th century photographic stereoscope cards

 GBP 400.00 - 500.00 GBP 492.00
95

A Victorian ' Ship's Wheel Kaleidoscope,'

 GBP 350.00 - 450.00 GBP 467.40
6

Vu du Optique - Versailles,

GBP 80.00 - 100.00 GBP 430.50
61

Outdoor Stereoscopic Ambrotype

 GBP 400.00 - 500.00 GBP 430.50
133

A rare mahogany stereoscopic viewer by W, Chadwick, Manchester

 GBP 300.00 - 500.00 GBP 430.50
7

Optical Illusion

 GBP 600.00 - 1,000.00 GBP 393.60
9

Griffiths, John - "Sinthusiasm Displayed"

GBP 40.00 - 50.00 GBP 393.60
81

A late 19th century 'La Praxinoscope' by E C Reynaud

 GBP 350.00 - 450.00 GBP 393.60
188

Three Kinora reels

 GBP 150.00 - 200.00 GBP 393.60
222

A group of ten glass diapositive stereoscopic slides of Moulin Rouge dancers by Jules Richard

 GBP 200.00 - 300.00 GBP 393.60
40

A group of twenty-five early English stereoscope cards of GB topographical views

 GBP 300.00 - 400.00 GBP 369.00
99

Four late 19th century French handcoloured lithograph anamorphic discs

 GBP 180.00 - 220.00 GBP 369.00
131

A Victorian mahogany table top stereoscopic viewer

 GBP 150.00 - 200.00 GBP 369.00
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    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 546. Christoph Jacob Trew. Plantae selectae, 1750-1773.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 70. Thomas Murner. Die Narren beschwerung. 1558.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 621. Michael Bernhard Valentini. Museum Museorum, 1714.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 545. Sander Reichenbachia. Orchids illustrated and described, 1888-1894.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1018. Marinetti, Boccioni, Pratella Futurism - Comprehensive collection of 35 Futurist manifestos, some of them exceptionally rare. 1909-1933.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 634. August Johann Rösel von Rosenhof. 3 Original Drawings, around 1740.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 671. Jacob / Picasso. Chronique des Temps, 1956.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1260. Mary Webb. Sarn. 1948. Lucie Weill Art Deco Binding.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 508. Felix Bonfils. 108 large-format photographs of Syria and Palestine.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 967. Dante Aligheri and Salvador Dali. Divina Commedia, 1963.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1316. Tolouse-Lautrec. Dessinateur. Duhayon binding, 1948.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1303. Regards sur Paris. Braque, Picasso, Masson, 1962.
  • Doyle, May 1: Thomas Jefferson expresses fears of "a war of extermination" in Saint-Dominigue. $40,000 to $60,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An exceptional presentation copy of Fitzgerald's last book, in the first issue dust jacket. $25,000 to $35,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The rare first signed edition of Dorian Gray. $15,000 to $25,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The Prayer Book of Jehan Bernachier. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Doyle, May 1: Van Dyck's Icones Principum Virorum Doctorum. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The magnificent Cranach Hamlet in the deluxe binding by Dõrfner. $7,000 to $10,000.
    Doyle, May 1: A remarkable unpublished manuscript of a voyage to South America in 1759-1764. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Doyle, May 1: Bouchette's monumental and rare wall map of Lower Canada. $12,000 to $18,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An rare original 1837 abolitionist woodblock. $8,000 to $12,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An important manuscript breviary in Middle Dutch. $15,000 to $25,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An extraordinary Old Testament manuscript, circa 1250. $20,000 to $30,000.
  • Sotheby’s
    Modern First Editions
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Winston Churchill. The Second World War. Set of First-Edition Volumes. 6,000 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: A.A. Milne, Ernest H. Shepard. A Collection of The Pooh Books. Set of First-Editions. 18,600 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Salvador Dalí, Lewis Carroll. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Finely Bound and Signed Limited Edition. 15,000 USD
    Sotheby’s
    Modern First Editions
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    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ian Fleming. Live and Let Die. First Edition. 9,500 USD
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  • Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Piccolomini's De La Sfera del Mondo (The Sphere of the World), 1540.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Vellutello's Commentary on Petrarch, With Map, 1525.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Finely Bound Definitive, Illustrated Edition of I Promessi Sposi, 1840.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Rare First Edition of John Milton's Latin Correspondence, 1674.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Giolito's Edition of Boccaccio's The Decamerone, with Bedford Binding, 1542.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of the First Biography of Marie of the Incarnation, with Rare Portrait, 1677.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Aldine Edition of Volume One of Cicero's Orationes, 1540.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Bonanni's Illustrated Costume Catalogue, with Complete Plates, 1711.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: An Important Incunable, the First Italian Edition of Josephus's De Bello Judaico, 1480.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Jacques Philippe d'Orville's Illustrated Book of the Ruins of Sicily, 1764.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: An Incunable from 1487, The Contemplative Life, with Early Manuscript.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Ignatius of Loyola's Exercitia Spiritualia, 1563.
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