Magic lantern slides
withdrawn
29 Nov 2011 11:00 GMT Knowle
Cameras
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Magic lantern slides
Mahogany framed, including five slipping slides hand coloured marked 'Made In Great Britain Expressly for McAllister, Mfg. Optician, New York', a mechanical slide showing a proscenium arch with broken shutter arrangement, two other mechanical slides showing wave motion, both cracked, by Newton & Co, Fleet Street, London, a long slipper slide with various boats sailing in front of a tower, twelve mahogany mounted 3¼ins square coloured views of London, seventeen similar round or square slides with various nursery rhyme or story content, seventeen various long multi-image slides, approximately fifty five 3¼ x 4¼ins slides, mostly photographic showing scenes in New York and other world views contained in a wooden slide box, a similar quantity of 3¼ins square slides showing various views, mostly European, also contained in a wooden slide box, approximately twenty five further 3¼ x 4¼ins slides, two small boxes containing 3¼ins various coloured slides and seven various lantern slide carriers.
Estimate:
£400 - 500
US$ 620 - 780
€470 - 580

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