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Auction No 425, Category: Photographs

6 Lots (displaying 1 - 6)

Photos and ephemera, 1880s to 1950s, relating to Walmsley’s Tobacconists, Cross St., Manchester; including Imperial Tobacco trade Catalogue

Lot: 9

  • Auction Date: Wed 17th Apr 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
SOLD £64
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Photos and ephemera, 1880s to 1950s, relating to Walmsley's Tobacconists, Cross St., Manchester; including Imperial Tobacco trade Catalogue (18 colour plates), Walmsley's Catalogue 1953/54, 1920s/30s photographs of the premises (3), and other photos including one signed by Henry Watson (musician) inscribed to George Walmsley. (Qty.)

Victorian carte-de-visite (68) and cabinet (22) portrait photos, the cabinet photos duplicated; 19th Century & later greetings cards & scraps;

Lot: 16

  • Auction Date: Wed 17th Apr 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £70
SOLD £66
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Victorian carte-de-visite (68) and cabinet (22) portrait photos, the cabinet photos duplicated; 19th Century & later greetings cards & scraps; two 1930s notebooks with detailed descriptions of trees, shrubs and garden plants; various softback publications; etc. (Qty.)

WW2 Photographs compiled by a British Officer, including scenes & people in South Africa (34), East Africa (24), Mauritius (12) and Sudan (16).

Lot: 29

  • Auction Date: Wed 17th Apr 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £50
SOLD £38
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WW2 Photographs compiled by a British Officer, including scenes & people in South Africa (34), East Africa (24), Mauritius (12) and Sudan (16). All laid down, neatly annotated. PC and snapshot size. (102)

19th Century cabinet photos (16) and carte-de-visite (6), plus early 20th Century PC size photos (10), by the Midlands photographers Speight;

Lot: 36

  • Auction Date: Wed 17th Apr 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £70
UNSOLD
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19th Century cabinet photos (16) and carte-de-visite (6), plus early 20th Century PC size photos (10), by the Midlands photographers Speight; together with topographical PPCs (25) issued by Clare Speight, mostly views of Warwickshire plus few Blackpool. VG/VF (57)

19th Century carte-de-visite (40) and cabinet portrait photos by E.H. Speight, Rugby photographer

Lot: 37

  • Auction Date: Wed 17th Apr 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
SOLD £30
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19th Century carte-de-visite (40) and cabinet portrait photos by E.H. Speight, Rugby photographer, 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. 

Glamour photos, majority in colour, many with facsimile autographs, including Marilyn Monroe (15), Jayne Mansfield, Shirley Eaton, Joan Collins,

Lot: 53

  • Auction Date: Wed 17th Apr 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
SOLD £52
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Glamour photos, majority in colour, many with facsimile autographs, including Marilyn Monroe (15), Jayne Mansfield, Shirley Eaton, Joan Collins, Diana Rigg, Jean Harlow, Diana Dors, and other well-known. 7 x 5”. Fine. (61)