Scientific Instruments, Optical Toys & Photographica including an Important London Collection

A Rare Chinese Style Magic Mirror Illusion. In fitted presentation case. Produced in very limited numbers for the Magic Circle centenary in 2005 b...

An Einstein "Moving Gaze" or "Hollow Head" Optical Illusion. Vacuum-formed plastic moulding, the head appears to change the direction of gaze when...

A Shakespere "Moving Gaze" or "Hollow Head" Optical Illusion. Vacuum-formed plastic moulding, the head appears to change the direction of gaze whe...

A Fine English Sliding Box Wet Plate Camera c.1860sof mahogany and brass construction with dovetailed joints, designed for 5" x 5" (127 x 127mm) e...

A Case of Magic Lantern Slides, Many Hand-Coloured of Japan, Plus Others. To include 39 fully-captioned, hand-coloured slides of Japan by T Enami,...

A Selection of Magic Lantern Slides, Torquay Interest, 3 ¼” square, approx 110, depicting views of Torquay, including boating scenes, landscapes, ...

An Interchangeable, Hand Painted Magic Lantern Chromatrope Setcomprising a mahogany wood framed slide (176 x 111mm), with retaining springs and ha...

A "Trade Pack" of 3 NOS Nimslo Lenticular Cameras. New, old stock from long-term storage after delivery direct from the Scottish factory. Each che...

A Second "Trade Pack" of 3 NOS Nimslo Lenticular Cameras. New, old stock from long-term storage after delivery direct from the Scottish factory. E...

Nimslo Pro-3D Professional Lenticular Camera System. Camera #137. Officially called a "Long Roll Portrait Camera" this 1980s French Nimslo convers...

A Good Duplex Super 120 Roll Film Stereo Camera. #4234. Irira 35mm f3.5 lenses. Shutters firing but blades do not always open. Signs of normal+ us...

A Pair of Twined Minolta 505Si Autofocus Film Cameras for 2x Full Frame 3D. Designed by Brian Parkes, the stereo camera is fitted with a pair of m...

Group of Four 35mm Stereo Film Cameras. Comprising an Iloca 3D with f2.8 lenses (signs of light use) and a Revere with Wollensak f3.5 lenses (sign...

Voigtlander Stereflextoskop & Richard Verascope Stereo Cameras. Comprising an Uncommon Voigtlander Stereflextoskop stereo plate camera 4.5 x 107cm...

A Large Quantity of Stereoscope Parts for Spares or Repair. To include multiple parts for Brewster, Holmes, Graphoscope, folding viewers. Plus sta...

Various Holmes Style Hand-Held Stereo Viewers & Extra Parts. To include a good, focusing Mattey Unis viewer for glass positives etc. (Internal Ref...

A Brewster Stereoscope with Adjustable, Turned Wooden Table Stand. Housed in a LARGE wooden box, with storage space for views etc. Viewer simply r...

Group of Three Brewster "Claudet Style" Stereo Viewers. For stereo positives. The curved sides helping to reduce internal reflections. One with un...

A Focusing Mattey Table Top Stereo Viewer for 50 Glass Slides. In working order, with signs of heavy use. (Internal Ref T12)

A Good Table Top Graphoscope, Probably French. With Box Wood Stringing. For viewing stereo cards and CDVs / Cabinet cards. (Internal Ref T17)

An Unnamed Table Top Graphoscope, Probably French. For viewing stereo cards and CDVs / Cabinet cards. (Internal Ref T16)

An Unnamed Focusing Table Top Stereo Viewer for 50 Stereo Positives or Cards. Probably French. In working order, with signs of normal use. (Intena...

A Large Keystone M1A1 Binocular Stereoscopic Tester. #1283 circa mid-1930s. A heavy-duty, table-top instrument, originally designed for ophthalmic...

An Unnamed Table Top Stereo Viewer for 50 Stereo Positives or Cards. In working order, with signs of normal+ use. (Internal Ref T14)

A Rare Richard Enlarging Cone for Making Prints from Stereo Negatives. Popular from pre WW1 through to the mid 1920s and compatible with Verascope...

Four Good French Stereo Viewers with Focusing Lenses. For viewing glass stereo positives. Two marked Unis and three also feature interocular adjus...

Group of Six Focusing Stereoscopes, Inc Unis & Richard Models. For smaller format glass stereo positives. (Internal Ref T8)

Richard Table Top Stereo Viewer for Glass Positives. Focusing mechanism needs slight adjustment. (Internal Ref T15)

A Selection of 3D Stereoscopes. To include a Holmes hand viewer for stereo cards (missing one wire support), a focusing Unis type viewer for glass...

A Collection of 20th Century StereoviewersTo include a rare Van Ekeren converted View-Master viewer, various View-Master projectors (untested as 1...

A Rare Negretti & Zambra "Magic Stereoscope"c. mid-1850s, Stereoscope for 9x18cm glass plates, in excellent condition with no missing parts, maker...

Stereocards c.1855-1870MIXED GROUP OF STEREOCARDS WITH HOLMES HANDLEHELD STEREOVIEWER , including street scenes, some portraiture, sculptures, int...

Stereocards 1850s-1860sA Fine selection of tissue and paper stereocards, subjects including topographical, Genre Scenes and more, many hand colour...

A Box of over 140 Stereo Cards inc 1 by T R Williams. A very good mix of subjects including several of British military regiments, Constantinople ...

A Box of Mostly UK Subject Stereo Views, Many Hand Coloured. Including idyllic countryside and outdoor views, with several "Rural and Pastoral Sce...

Norway and Niagara Stereo View Sets by Underwood & Underwood. Norway 99/100 cards in good condition with book-form box. Also 42 stereo cards of Ni...

A Group of Victorian & Other Small Photograph Frames. (Internal Ref T18)

Late 19thC/early 20thC French Gilt Brass Carriage ClockWith open escutcheon, below swing handle, and the body decorated with a overlaid pierced fr...

A Booth & Co. Cream Gin Pub Mirrorwith gilt design, some tarnishing, approx 40 x 60cm in wooden frameProvenance: London Private Collection

A Good Selection Of BrewerianaTwo pub mirrors, together with an interesting group of brass optics, and bottle holders, and a group of ceramics dri...

A Mahogany & Brass Post Box From A Parisian Hotel c.1920a tapered design with brass placque stating conditions of postage back to Britain above th...

A Rare George V Royal Mail Pillar Box Post BoxCast iron with arched top designed, complete with original stand and keys measurments (xxXxxXxx)Prov...

A Roman Style Valve Tapbronze, H177 x W177 x Inlet Diameter 44mmProvenance: London Private Collection

A Selection of 4lb Georgian Bronze WeightsFour weights with various markingsProvenance: London Private Collection

A Selection of 7lb Georgian Bronze WeightsFour weights with various markingsProvenance: London Private Collection

A 14lb Georgian Bronze WeightProvenance: London Private Collection ...[more]

A 28lb Victorian* Brass Weight*dating correctedProvenance: London Private Collection

An Apple Macintosh Plus 1mb Vintage ComputerUntested, without keyboard or power supply, for display purposes Provenance: London Private Collection

The Abolition Of Slavery In The British Dominions 1834An Extraordinary & Rare Large Blue and Gold Silk banner, publicizing the abolition of Slaver...

The Original Eclipse Brass Bar Corkscrew c.1900Serial No: 7825, of brass construction with wooden crank handle, with maker's placque to baseProven...

A Ornate Victorian Hand Cranked Mechanical Fire BellowsComprising a combination of mechanical gears and friction-driven wheels operating a turbine...

A Negretti & Zambra Miniature BarographEarly 20th century miniature clockwork barograph by Negretti & Zambra London. The barograph has a clockwork...

A G. Hollinshed Of Salford Folding Sandwich Tinin black jappanned metal, measuring 15 x 8.8 x 5cm extended, and 15 x 6.3cm folded flat, with a bra...

A Selection Of Kobe Charms, Japan, c.1930sThree carved boxwood Kobe charms, on silk threads, which can be attached to the celluloid ring, in the s...

A Wooden Kobe Toy Of Old Couple In Rickshaw, JAPANESE, CIRCA 1920s,A Carved man and woman holding drum stick, sitting on Rickshaw, stick and hamme...

Two Wooden Kobe Dolls, Japan c.1890s - 1920sTwo fine carved boxwood painted wooden dolls, movement to eyes and tongue, both dolls measure approx (...

Two Wooden Kobe Toys, Japan c.1890s-1920sTwo fine carved boxwood painted dolls, one of a boxed snake with a monkey sitting on top, the other of tw...

A Royal Silhouette Vase by Kaiser Porcelain. #31 from of a world-wide limited edition of 500*. Inspired by the well-known "Face or Vase?" optical ...

A Dulciphone Sewing Machine Organ. American c.1880sDulciphone, Musical Sewing Machine Cover by The Monroe Organ Reed Co. c.1880'sThis served as a ...

A Holland Mfg Bobbin Silk Winder c.1880sof Cast Iron construction with black enamel paint and gold pin striping. The large wheel rotates the top b...