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Auction No 424, Category: Photographs

12 Lots (displaying 1 - 12)

Photographs, several large-format, various subjects, 1890s to 1930s, mounted on board, including 1929 American Dirt Track Riders in London,

Lot: 5

  • Auction Date: Wed 6th Mar 2024 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
SOLD £76
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Photographs, several large-format, various subjects, 1890s to 1930s, mounted on board, including 1929 American Dirt Track Riders in London, many late-19th Century views and some group portraits, etc. Locations include Herefordshire, Tetbury, Clacton-on-Sea, Isle of Wight, and elsewhere. Varied quality. (140)

The Speight family, photographers of Market Harborough, Kettering and Nuneaton: a collection of portrait photographs in modern album, and loose,

Lot: 16

  • Auction Date: Wed 6th Mar 2024 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
UNSOLD
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The Speight family, photographers of Market Harborough, Kettering and Nuneaton: a collection of portrait photographs in modern album, and loose, comprising 19th Century cabinet photos (16) and carte-de-visite (6), and early-20th Century PC size photos (10); together with topographical PPCs (25) issued by Clare Speight mostly views of Warwickshire plus few Blackpool. VG/VF (57)

E. H. Speight of Rugby, photographer: a collection of 19th Century carte-de-visite (40) and cabinet portrait photographs, plus a church interior,

Lot: 17

  • Auction Date: Wed 6th Mar 2024 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £70
UNSOLD
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E. H. Speight of Rugby, photographer: a collection of 19th Century carte-de-visite (40) and cabinet portrait photographs, plus a church interior, housed in a modern album. Good to VF (47). Also a portrait photo c.1910, and a modern reproduction of Speight in old age with his wife.

Cabinet photos 1870s to 1890s plus few later; mainly portraits including 36 Military & Naval, but also the Tay Bridge (prior to the disaster)

Lot: 19

  • Auction Date: Wed 6th Mar 2024 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £120 - £160
SOLD £92
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Cabinet photos 1870s to 1890s plus few later; mainly portraits including 36 Military & Naval, but also the Tay Bridge (prior to the disaster) and few other views. Chiefly UK photographers, some overseas including USA, Hong Kong and India. Mixed condition, 16 cut-down/trimmed, many are fine. (141)  

Large format photos (6) and hand-tinted gravures (4), including three of the Simmer & Jack Gold Mine, Johannesburg, the Metropole Theatre Bootle,

Lot: 20

  • Auction Date: Wed 6th Mar 2024 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
SOLD £40
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Large format photos (6) and hand-tinted gravures (4), including three of the Simmer & Jack Gold Mine, Johannesburg, the Metropole Theatre Bootle, 1911, superb carting scene (location unknown), the Black Horse Inn, Swanington, the C.W.S. (Reddish) Football Team 1929, and WWI R.A.M.C. group photo. VG/VF (10 items)

Photographic Stereographs 1900s to WWI, largely by Underwood & Underwood, including scenes from the Russo-Japanese War (23).

Lot: 23

  • Auction Date: Wed 6th Mar 2024 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £66
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Photographic Stereographs 1900s to WWI, largely by Underwood & Underwood, including scenes from the Russo-Japanese War (23). Also a viewer. Good to VF (51 + viewer)

H.M.S. Hood, on tour, 1936-1939: a collection of photographs, 2.5 x 3.5” to PC size, including a group of Spanish Civil War (18)

Lot: 29

  • Auction Date: Wed 6th Mar 2024 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £100
SOLD £76
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H.M.S. Hood, on tour, 1936-1939: a collection of photographs, 2.5 x 3.5” to PC size, including a group of Spanish Civil War (18) centered on Barcelona, the remaining photos either topographical or relating to the Hood and other British Naval ships. Arranged in album, with corner mounts, each photo with hand-written caption, the album damaged, pages loose, photos fine. (131)

Album of 1950s photos & postcards of Film Stars and some other entertainers, with several Doris Day, plus Henry Fonda, David Niven, Frank Sinatra,

Lot: 49

  • Auction Date: Wed 6th Mar 2024 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £80 - £120
SOLD £70
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Album of 1950s photos & postcards of Film Stars and some other entertainers, with several Doris Day, plus Henry Fonda, David Niven, Frank Sinatra, Gene Autrey, Shelley Winters, Ingrid Bergman, Lucille Ball, Errol Flynn, Cary Grant, Danny Kaye, Gene Kelly, James Mason, James Stewart, Betty Hutton (signed), Abbott & Costello (signed), and many other famous names. Held in with corner mounts & removable. Largely VG/VF (120)

"Around the World Through the Stereoscope", Underwood & Underwood, c.1905, boxed set of 75 photographic stereographs plus the related booklet

Lot: 58

  • Auction Date: Wed 6th Mar 2024 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
SOLD £44
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Around the World Through the Stereoscope, Underwood & Underwood, c.1905, boxed set of 75 photographic stereographs plus the related booklet, three other stereographs and a viewer. VG/VF   

Hermann Berstorff of Hanover: a collection of 1960s photos of the German manufacturers

Lot: 68

  • Auction Date: Wed 6th Mar 2024 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £30
SOLD £22
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Hermann Berstorff of Hanover: a collection of 1960s photos of the German manufacturers, laid down in a special album issued by the company. Bound in half-leather over wooden boards, with 38 (of 40) tissue-guarded photographs. [The two missing photos have clearly never been included in the album]

Railway photographs from 1880s to 1980s, chiefly studies of steam locomotives from snapshot size to large format, with many fine quality photos

Lot: 78

  • Auction Date: Wed 6th Mar 2024 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £200 - £250
SOLD £125
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Railway photographs from 1880s to 1980s, chiefly studies of steam locomotives from snapshot size to large format, with many fine quality photos of late-19th & early-20th Century; some laid-down but mostly loose. Includes few stations and rolling stock. (approx.400)

UK portrait and group photos, c.1910-40s, including plain-backs; plus some transport interest, and six RPs of war damage at Zeebrugge.

Lot: 100

  • Auction Date: Wed 6th Mar 2024 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £54
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UK portrait and group photos, c.1910-40s, including plain-backs; plus some transport interest, and six RPs of war damage at Zeebrugge. Mixed quality and condition. (abt. 220). Also two sets of ‘Turf' cigarette cards, and qty. 1972 F.A.Cup Centenary medallions.