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Lot 254

* Beken of Cowes. A group of 12 photographs of small racing yachts, 1940s/1950s, gelatin silver prints, all but two with details in white china ink to lower margin, many now partly indistinct, approximately 28 x 23cm and similar, all loosely contained with a related smaller-format photograph of a yacht in a contemporary album, stiff card wrappers, oblong folio, together with a related book of Beken photographs (Qty: 14)

Lot 255

* Bernhard (Ruth, 1905-2006). Profile portrait of a nude woman with long hair holding her young baby, circa 1960s, oval gelatin silver print, 27.5 x 20cm, photographer's name and address wetstamp and a few pencil marks to verso (Qty: 1)

Lot 256

* Bernhard (Ruth, 1905-2006). Abstract female nude study, circa 1960s, vintage gelatin silver print, 30.5 x 16cm, photographer's name and address wetstamp and pencil markings to verso (Qty: 1)

Lot 257

* Bernhard (Ruth, 1905-2006). Portrait of a nude pregnant woman with long hair, circa 1960s, oval gelatin silver print, 27.5 x 20.5cm, photographer's name and address wetstamp and some pencil marks to verso (Qty: 1)

Lot 258

* Brandt (Bill & Beaton , Cecil). Three gelatin silver print photographs printed from the original negatives held by the Imperial War Museum, circa 1975, including two by Bill Brandt, circa 1940, showing Londoners sheltering from the Blitz in the Underground, and one by Cecil Beaton, circa 1940, showing a bare-chested man in profile in front of a van advertising tea as the soldiers' drink, images 29 x 31cm or the reverse, one Brandt photograph with corner crease and small marginal split, each with Imperial War Museum photograph wetstamp and pencil number details to verso (Qty: 3)

Lot 259

* Bufka (Vladimir Jindrich, 1887-1960). Two real photo postcards of young women, both signed in ink diagonally by the sitters to lower area, one dated 1911 and one dated 1919, both with photographer's blindstamp lower right, a little gouache added to background of one card, both postally unused, the first with album mounting remains, plus a vignetted gelatin silver print of Emperor Franz Ferdinand walking behind a horse, margins frayed, image 11 x 13cm (Qty: 3)

Lot 262

* Capa (Robert, 1913-1954). Poland Today, 1949, vintage gelatin silver print showing a woman seated among ruined buildings feeding pigeons, some in flight, Magnum Photos and other credit stamps plus press captions to verso, some corner creasing and short horizontal split to left margin, 21 x 34cm (Qty: 1)

Lot 263

* Capa (Robert, 1913-1954). Poland Today, 1949, vintage gelatin silver print showing a woman standing among ruined buildings feeding pigeons, Robert Capa-Magnum credit stamp and press captions to verso, slight corner creasing, 30 x 21.5cm (Qty: 1)

Lot 264

Central Africa. Three albums of ethnographic studies, circa 1930, 287 gelatin silver prints (5 x 5 cm) window-mounted rectos and versos in grey thick card leaves, comprising village scenes, local types (mainly female and bare-breasted), and portrait studies depicting scarification and lip-plugs, one window-mount empty, embossed Photo Plait ticket to front pastedown of 2 of the albums, contemporary simulated crocodile-skin cloth bindings, small 4to (17 x 17 cm)The style of lip-plugs and scarification resembles that of the Sara people, who reside in what are now Southern Sudan, Chad and the Central African Republic, although one of the images depicts the French steamship Alphonse Fondère, which is recorded as operating on the Congo River; these photographs may have been taken in the environs of the Ubangi River, a major tributary of the Congo in the modern-day Central African Republic,(Qty: 3)

Lot 265

* Central and East Africa. A group of 130 photographs of local types and native life in Central and Eastern Africa, circa 1970s, gelatin silver prints and 20 colour photographs, 9 x 12cm and a few slightly larger (Qty: approx. 130)

Lot 266

China. A group of four personal photograph albums relating to the London Missionary Society and the creation of Peking Union Medical College, circa 1907-15, a total of approximately 290 mostly window-mounted gelatin silver print snapshots, the majority of Peking scenes and people, plus classes and patients at the Peking Union Medical College, sparcely captioned but with mention of various western missionary names including Edwin Robert Wheeler and his wife Emily (nee Meech), Dr Wenham, J.M. Stenhouse, Ethel Livens, the Stucke and Cormack families, images mostly approximately 7.5 x 10cm and similar sizes, a few photographs loose, plus four leaves of manuscript notes (in more than one hand) giving information on some of the photographs, contemporary cloth, rubbed and marked, one volume with spine near detached, non-matching 8voThough there is no indication, the albums may have been compiled by Edwin Robert Wheeler and his wife Emily Gertrude Meech. They both worked at the Peking Union Medical College with the Baptist Missionary Society in the early years of the twentieth century and married in 1910. SOAS Archives, University of London, have three original photographs and photocopies of six additional photographs depicting scenes in Peking between 1912 and 1916 from Edwin Robert Wheeler (GB 102 MS 380897). Peking Union Medical College was founded in 1906 and later funded by the Rockefeller Foundation. It is now affiliated with Tsinghua University and the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences.(Qty: 4)

Lot 267

China. The Hankow Flood Pictures, 1931, published by Zenith Studio, Hankow, [1931], 30 gelatin silver print photographs with printed captions in Chinese and English on mounts beneath, images mostly 9 x 14.5cm, mounted back to back on fifteen leaves, a little marginal soiling, small stain affecting upper cover and first three photographs, original printed wrappers with cloth spine tie, slightly soiled, oblong 8voA remarkable record of one of the deadliest natural disasters ever recorded, with estimates of the death toll varying wildly between the more conservative local estimates of 145,000 to Western sources suggesting a toll of between 3.7 and 4 million people. A commission was set up to investigate flood control and eventually plans were drawn up for the Three Gorges dam project which then lay in mothballs until the modern era. The project was restarted in the 1980s and the hydroelectric Three Gorges Dam began full operation in 2012, becoming the world's largest power station in terms of installed capacity.(Qty: 1)

Lot 268

* China. A group of 103 medium format 6 x 6 cm gelatin silver print negatives, showing people, views and scenes in rural China, each negative contained in a sleeve with a gelatin silver print made from the negative, 8 x 11cm, most with manuscript information to versos, and contained in numbered sleeves (some with press stamps to versos in a broken card box with three glass plate negatives believed to be by the same photographer Commander Rodger) (Qty: approx. 200)

Lot 271

* Czech Photography. An assorted group of Czech photographic subjects, 20th century, mostly vintage gelatin silver prints, including 15 Czech pop photographs including three large photographs from the underground movement, 11 experimental photographs, various dates, 10 studies of surface textures, 1960s/1970s, a group of 24 rural scenes, 1920s/1940s, seven miscellaneous colour-tinted photographs and a group of seven vintage gelatin silver prints by Jovan Dezort, four or industrial subjects (18 x 18cm) and three of motorcycle racing (30 x 23cm), each with Dezort's wetstamp to versos (Qty: 74)

Lot 273

* Evans (Walker, 1903-1975). New York skyline, circa 1930s, gelatin silver print, printed later, slightly bruised to lower left corner with small blank paper loss to blank margin, light horizontal crease in upper sky area and small crease to upper right corner, a little damp wrinkling to left margin, 36.5 x 49cm, Library of Congress reproduction stamp to verso (Qty: 1)

Lot 274

* Ferdinand (Franz, 1853-1914), Archduke of Austria-Este. Portrait of Archduke Franz Ferdinand with his wife Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg, and their three children, Prince Ernest von Hohenberg, Princess Sophie and Maximillian, Duke of Hohenberg, circa 1910, gelatin silver print, 22 x 16cm, negative no. 106 in the image lower right, original card mount with German inscription to lower mount in an unidentified hand, mount soiled and with surface paper loss, together with a group of seven contemporary studio photographic portraits of unidentified Europeans including some duplicates, plus eight postcards, three featuring Archduke Franz Ferdinand, some postally used with English and German messages (Qty: 16)

Lot 275

* Ferguson (Frederick W., FRPS). An archive of approximately 130 exhibition photographs, circa 1930s/1960s, mostly large-format bromide silver prints, subjects including landscapes, some portraits and genre subjects, sizes 59 x 51cm and smaller but mostly large format, many pencil signed on mounts to rectos or versos and with photographer's name and address plus many exhibition and prize labels, partly contained in old wooden boxFrederick W. Ferguson of Grotton Hall, Saddleworth, Yorkshire; also Oldham and Rochdale. He exhibited at the Royal Photographic Society of Great Britain, 1943-63, London School of Photography, 1946-58, and numerous other photographic societies, mostly in the Midlands and the north of England.(Qty: approx. 130)

Lot 276

* Francis Frith Archive. A group of 24 good views of English towns and villages, circa 1910-20, gelatin silver prints, locations include Epping, Battle, Salisbury, Droitwich, Deal, Sandwich, Lytham St Annes, Bray, Liverpool and Birmingham, many photographs featuring people and early vehicles, approx. 14 x 21cm and similar sizes (Qty: 24)

Lot 277

* Frasnay (Daniel, born 1928). Joan Miro (1893-1983) working in his studio, circa 1960, a group of nine vintage gelatin silver prints, 18 x 18cm, photographer's wetstamp and pencil markings to versos (Qty: 9)

Lot 281

* Halsman (Philippe, 1906-1979). Winston Churchill at Chartwell, 1951, gelatin silver print printed circa 1980 on glossy double weight paper, showing Churchill from behind looking across the grounds at Chartwell, Toni Parks Collection wetstamp to verso, a little light corner creasing to lower corners, mostly affecting blank margin, short split to right margin with pin head loss of emulsion in grassy area, 27 x 26cm (Qty: 1)

Lot 285

* India. A photographic archive relating to the Honourable Colonel and Mrs St John in India, circa 1920s, including an album beginning with their arrival at Quetta on 3 November 1927 to take over the charge of 'The Baluchistan Agency', containing approximately 70 mounted gelatin silver prints of officials and functions, etc., some captioning in white china ink throughout, photographs 10 x 16cm and smaller, some damp-staining, contemporary limp cloth, together with a second album containing a further 45 related uncaptioned gelatin silver prints, mostly small format but including two larger photographs, 23 x 29cm, contemporary boards, both oblong folio, plus approximately 50 further related photographs including 12 earlier albumen prints of India, 19 x 23cm, mounted back to back on brittle paper leaves, and seven larger gelatin silver prints, approximately 23.5 x 28.5cm, relating to the official work of Mr and Mrs St John in the local community and including one studio portrait of four Indian children in traditional dress, inscribed 'Pat', 'Bubbles', Mickey' and 'Joey' to lower part of image, 22 x 28.5cm, plus two photographic portraits (one not from life) in Asprey leather gilt desk frames (Qty: a carton)

Lot 286

* Industrial Photographs. A group of seven photographs of railway engineering works, circa 1906-22, gelatin silver prints, numbered, titled and dated in the negative, places include Peterborough, Bow, St Albans, Dewsbury, Luton and Barnoldswick, a few corner creases and one with small corner loss, 24 x 29cm and slightly smaller (Qty: 7)

Lot 288

* Leedham (Bernard, active circa 1920-1930). A group of four female nude studies, circa 1930, vintage gelatin silver contact prints, two with Leedham's wetstamp to verso and one inscribed 'Pretty awful', plus four related negatives of female nudes by Leedham, all 10 x 7.5cm (Qty: 8)

Lot 289

* McBean (Angus, 1904-1990). The King and I, 1953, a group of 10 vintage gelatin silver prints of the production of the play at Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, all featuring Valerie Hobson and three including Herbert Lom, plus other cast members, all with Angus McBean wetstamp to verso, 19 x 24cmProvenance: From a small archive of photographs from the legendary costumiers B.J. Simmons of Covent Garden. See also lots 290, 324 & 325.(Qty: 10)

Lot 291

* Middle East. A group of approximately 320 photographs of Turkey, Iran, Afghanistan and India by Ella K. Maillart, circa 1930s and later, small-format gelatin silver prints, including contact prints, people, scenes and views, most with manuscript or typed captions to versos, some with red pen mark-up lines, mostly approximately 8 x 11.5cm, contained in four small card boxes (Qty: approx. 320)

Lot 292

* Modern Photography. An assorted collection of 20th-century photographic prints, mostly gelatin silver prints, plus some c-prints, various subjects, a few signed, mostly medium and larger size formats (Qty: approx. 80)

Lot 293

* Moore (Raymond, 1920-1987). Allonby, 1977, vintage gelatin silver print, 21 x 31cm, custom-made frame, glazed, Raymond Moore Archive label to versoFrom the Arthur Andersen Corporate Collection.(Qty: 1)

Lot 294

Namibia. Photograph album, circa 1905-10, 23 matt gelatin silver prints window-mounted rectos and versos in linen-hinged moiré-silk-effect thick card leaves (mount aperture 11.7 x 16.6 cm), depicting village scenes, views and ethnographic types including Herero warriors, in Windhoek, Keetmanshoop, Omaruru and elsewhere, printed marginal captions in German, occasional minor oxidation along edges, tear to one mount, contemporary red cloth binding, slightly rubbed, oblong 4to (19.4 x 27 cm)This album appears to date from around the period of the Herero Wars, which culminated in the genocide of the Herero and Namaqua peoples by the German Empire.(Qty: 1)

Lot 295

* Nicholas II (Emperor of Russia, 1868-1918). Reception by the Tsar in the Semi-Circular Hall, Alexander Palace, 4 February 1917, gelatin silver print photograph by K.E. von Gan & Co., showing a large group of officials, military officers and dignitaries posing for the photograph with Tsar Nicholas II seated at the centre front, 21.5 x 28cm, original card mount with photographer's studio details printed to versoThis is in all probability the last group photograph taken in the Tsar's palace of Tsarkoe Selo, and probably taken by Karl Gan [or Hahn]. Following the 'February Revolution', Nicholas II chose to abdicate on 2 March (O.S.) / 15 March (M.S.). The photograph was taken at the reception given to the Milner Mission in February 1917. The United States was not yet in the war and the triple Mission (political, strategic and supply) from the three major Western allies in Europe did not leave the British Isles until seven months after the Kitchener Mission had been sent to the bottom of the North Sea with the loss of the missioners themselves and all hands onboard. In the meantime the battle of the Somme had been launched from the British and French trenches in reply to the attack which the Germans had made even earlier in the year at Verdun. Both battles were maintained until the late autumn, and in December Mr Lloyd George, who had succeeded Lord Kitchener in June at the War Office, succeeded Mr Asquith as Prime Minister of Britain. The five men seated either side of the Tsar are (left to right) Lord Milner, the Italian ambassador, the British ambassador (Sir George Buchanan), the French ambassador (Monsieur Paleolouge) and Monsieur Doumergue (President of France). A few old typed and manuscript notes identifying some of the sitters is included with the lot in an envelope addressed to Right Hon. Lord Walter Layton (seen standing behind the British ambassador). A copy of the same photograph is held in the New College Archives Milner collection, Oxford.(Qty: 1)

Lot 296

* Nigeria. A group of approximately 100 photographs by W.K.R. Hallam of the Nigeria police, Kano, Nigeria, vintage gelatin silver prints showing scenes in villages and rural communities, plus leather garment manufacture, including some duplicates and multiples, printed captions tipped to most versos, 20 x 25cm or the reverse, together with multiple copies of a short typed article on Moroccan leather from northern Nigeria by Hallam (Qty: approx. 100)

Lot 298

* Nozicka (Aloys, born 1934). Two untitled abstract photographs, 1960 & 1970, vintage gelatin silver prints, 29.5 x 22.5cm, tipped on to card mounts, signed by photographer in ink to verso with dates added later in pencil, small pencil numbers 78 & 79 in another hand (Qty: 2)

Lot 299

* Nudes. A group of 14 vintage gelatin silver print female nude studies, probably Czech, 1950s/1970s, including nine individual nudes, circa 1950s/1960s, 21 x 17.5cm, together with three of a Czech modelling shoot/camera club, circa 1960s, 28 x 17.5cm and slightly smaller, plus one related of two male photographers at the session, plus one other close-up detail of knees and a female hand, plus a large experimental photograph, circa 1970s, wetstamp of Miroslav Feszanicz to verso, 33 x 27.5cm (Qty: 15)

Lot 301

* Osborne (Li, 1883-1968). A group of 14 studio portraits, circa 1920-30, vintage gelatin silver prints, a few identified in pencil on the mounts and a few signed in pencil by the photographer on mounts, images 23 x 17.5cm and some slightly smaller (Qty: 14)

Lot 304

Perkins Engines. An album containing 56 mounted and loose photographs of trucks, lorries, power boats and other machinery being operated by Perkins diesel engines, circa 1950s, vintage professional gelatin silver prints, 15 x 20.5cm, some mounted two to-a-page on card album leaves with typed captions on mounts beneath, but many removed and without captions, contemporary rexine, slightly rubbed and soiled, oblong folioF. Perkins Limited was established on 7 June 1932, in Peterborough, to design and manufacture high-speed diesel engines by Frank Perkins and Charles Wallace Chapman. The company was purchased by its largest customer, Massey Ferguson, in 1959.(Qty: 1)

Lot 307

* Press photographs. A collection of over 500 gelatin silver print press photographs of the British royal family, mostly circa 1950s, together with a group of over 500 press photographs of Second World War interest, all with stamps and many of the war ones with press captions, various sizes, some edge curling throughout and occasional fraying (Qty: a carton)

Lot 308

* Press Prints. A group of four press print photographs, circa 1970s/1990s, later gelatin silver prints of photographs by Ansel Adams, Bruce Weber, Andre Kertesz and Alfred Stieglitz, publicity labels to versos, together with two vintage gelatin silver prints by Fay Godwin of Avebury with Creative Camera wetstamp to verso and Jill Freedman of a clown (from Circus Days, 1975), photographer's wetstamp to verso, all 24 x 22cm and similar (Qty: 6)

Lot 309

* Prince of Wales's Tour of India and the East, 1921-1922. A group of approximately 100 press photographs of the Prince's tour, gelatin silver prints, showing local people, officials, processions and scenes from the Tour, mostly with press agency wetstamps and printed captions tipped on to versos, plus approximately 70 further press print photographs, circa 1920s, mostly British subjects including some royalty and society interest, etc., mostly 20 x 25cm but including some smaller, some corner curling and marginal creasing and tears (Qty: approx. 170)

Lot 310

* Railways. A large collection of approximately 3,500 postcard-size photographs of mostly British railway interest, all modern gelatin silver prints, many from older negatives, some with annotations, stickers and stamps to versos, unsorted and contained in a two drawer metal cabinet (Qty: approx. 3500)

Lot 312

* Rosenthal (Joseph John, 1911-2006). Raising the US Flag at Mt. Suribachi, Iwo Jima, 1945, gelatin silver print, printed circa 1980 on glossy double weight paper, Toni Parks Collection wetstamp to verso, 24 x 19cm (Qty: 1)

Lot 316

* Sinclair-Bull (Clarence, 1896-1979). Close-up of the face of the actress Greta Garbo in the film 'Inspiration', 1930, gelatin silver print, printed circa 1980, 46.5 x 38cm (Qty: 1)

Lot 317

* Sinclair-Bull (Clarence, 1896-1979). Close-up of the face of Greta Garbo in the film 'Mata Hari', 1931, gelatin silver print, printed circa 1980, 46.5 x 38cm (Qty: 1)

Lot 320

* South Africa. A group of approximately 500 small-format photographs of Southern Rhodesia and South Africa, gelatin silver prints including contact prints, some with press captions to versos, 7.5 x 11cm and similar, contained in five small card boxes (Qty: approx. 500)

Lot 321

* Southampton Docks. A large collection of photographs about Southampton docks, 1930s/1960s, gelatin silver prints, many of royal visits and ship launches, the majority approximately 20 x 15cm, a total of approximately 200 photographs, many loose and some contained in two albums (Qty: a small carton)

Lot 323

* Tanner (Godfrey Dickson ,1876-1964). An album containing approximately 490 gelatin silver bromide prints of India and Sussex, circa 1910-15, including approximately 270 photographs of India, plus 220 of Sussex scenes, photographs approximately 9.5 x 7.5 cm and similar small format sizes, mounted as multiples on 32 stiff card leaves, contemporary cloth, slightly rubbed and dampstained, oblong folio, together with a group of approximately 200 loose gelatin silver bromide prints by Tanner of Europe, Africa, Middle East, etc., mostly landscapes, natural history, etc., many on mounts, various sizes (Qty: approx. 200)

Lot 327

* Twentieth Century Photography. A group of approximately 130 gelatin silver prints, mid to later 20th century, assorted subjects including the London Blitz, astronauts, group portraits, interiors, fashion, etc., some colour photos, various sizes, some with stamps or marks to versos (Qty: a folder)

Lot 328

Uganda and Kenya. 'Mit Leica und Agfa-Kino in Afrika. Tagebuch (12. Juli 1933 bis 16. März 1934) von Hellmut Schumacher. Band III', 172 gelatin silver prints (various dimensions, most 8.5 x 11.5 cm, several 12.5 x 17.5 cm) mounted rectos and versos to black card leaves, depicting views, big game, village scenes, and numerous local peoples including warriors, hunters, women and children variously identified as 'Suk' (i.e. Pokot), Kavirondo, Nandi, Turkana or Kikuyu, manuscript numbering (350-521) and German captions to mounts in white ink, 30 double-sided typescript text-leaves bound in, comprising 6 preliminary leaves (title-page and list of contents) to front, and 24 leaves (paginated 109-158) transcribing the photographer's journal interleaved throughout, contemporary broad-weave cream cloth binding, large gelatin silver print of giraffes under an acacia tree inset under transparent plastic to front board above manuscript title 'Uganda and Kenya', slipcase, folio (28 x 21 cm)A thorough visual record contextualised by the photographer's interleaved typescript journal, in which the entries are tabulated throughout with reference to the numbering accompanying the images.(Qty: 1)

Lot 329

* US Photographers. A collection of 15 photographs by various American photographers, mid 20th century, including gelatin silver print photographs by Hans Levi (5), Daniel Kaufman (3), Murph Dowonis (3), W. Eugene Smith and Edmund Teske plus colour photographs by K.V. Johnson & J.A. Johnson and Elizabeth Ginsberg, various subjects and sizes, all vintage prints, signed or stamped on versos or to mounts (Qty: 15)

Lot 330

* Vietnam. A group of 54 vintage gelatin silver press prints [by Gabor Palfai], 1967, including some of a Vietnam school using bamboo huts as classrooms, scenes and incidents around Haiphong including the Haiphong Concrete Plant and militia men, plus scenes in Hung Yen City showing evacuated children, and the militia, agency credit stamps to versos, photocopy caption reference sheets supplied, 23.5 x 15.5cm and some slightly larger (Qty: 54)

Lot 337

* The Cottingley Fairies. A small photograph of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle with paper cut-outs of fairies dancing before his eyes, 1922, vintage gelatin silver print by William Mann, scribbles to upper blank area, signed pen and pencil inscription from the photographer to verso, 'with the compliments of the perpetrator Wm. Mann, 5/1/22', 10 x 7.5cmProvenance: Mrs Christine Lynch, daughter of Frances Griffiths.There is a strong similarity between this playful photograph and that of a well-known spirit photograph of Arthur Conan Doyle taken by the 'spirit photographer' Ada Deane in 1922. It is believed to have been given by Edward Gardner to Frances Griffiths. (Qty: 1)

Lot 340

* The Cottingley Fairies. Frances and the Fairy Ring, 1917, printed by Harold Snelling circa 1920, a very rare vintage hand-coloured gelatin silver print of the photograph taken by Elsie Wright of her cousin Frances Griffiths, pencil letter 'A' to lower right corner, contemporary card mount, 14 x 19.5cmIt is unknown how many of these hand-coloured versions of the photographs were produced but from their extreme scarcity the numbers must have been very small. It is known that a woman known to Edward Gardner as 'Elsie B' coloured some magic lantern slides made from the Cottingley Fairies photographs for Edward Gardner in October 1920. Whether she was responsible for the colouring of these photographs also is not known.(Qty: 1)

Lot 341

* The Cottingley Fairies. Frances and the Flying Fairy, 1920, a very rare hand-coloured vintage gelatin silver print photograph of Frances Griffiths taken by her cousin Elsie Wright, pencil letter 'C' to lower right corner, original stiff card mount, a little soiling to lower right corner and margin, 19.5 x 14cm (Qty: 1)

Lot 342

* The Cottingley Fairies. Fairy with Posy, 1920, a very rare vintage hand-coloured gelatin silver print photograph of Elsie Wright taken by her cousin Frances Griffiths, pencil letter 'D' to lower right corner, original stiff card mount, 19.5 x 14cm (Qty: 1)

Lot 343

* The Cottingley Fairies. The Fairy Bower, 1920, a very rare hand-coloured vintage sepia gelatin silver print of the photograph by Frances Griffiths, pencil letter 'E' to lower right corner, original stiff card mount, minor marginal soiling, 19.5 x 14cm (Qty: 1)

Lot 344

* The Cottingley Fairies. Alice and the Fairies, photograph of Frances 'Alice' Griffiths, taken by her cousin Elsie Wright, July 1917, printed by Harold Snelling, circa 1920, vintage sepia gelatin silver print photograph, 11 x 15cm , mounted on original brown card with embossed brown title and copyright stamp to lower margin (Qty: 1)

Lot 345

* The Cottingley Fairies. Iris and the Gnome, photograph of Elsie Wright, taken by her cousin Francis Griffiths, September 1917, printed by Harold Snelling, circa 1920, vintage sepia gelatin silver print photograph, 15 x 11cm , original brown card mount with embossed brown copyright details to lower mount (Qty: 1)

Lot 395

* Leica M4-P 70th Anniversary (1913-1983) rangefinder. Leica M4-P 70th Anniversary (1913-1983) Limited Edition rangefinder camera body, Serial Number 619843, silver chromium version, Part Number 10416, made in Canada, engraved on the back of the top plate "Leica 1913-1983" and Special Serial Number "C470" to identify the sequence number in the Limited Edition range, near mint condition, good working order, complete with original box marked 1913-1983, User Manual, Warranty Card (numbered), two postcards issued as part of the Limited Edition (featuring Oscar Barnack's famous 1913 Wetzlar marketplace shot) with descriptive leaflet and Leica Certificate of Authenticity bearing the C470 Edition Serial Number, together with Leica Winder M4-P , Part Number 14402 (in box marked 14403), Serial Number 17632, made in Canada, near mint condition, with original User Manual .In 1983 Leica issued 2500 chrome M4-P's to commemorate 70 years of Leica dating from Oscar Barnack's first prototype in 1913. The back of the top plate was engraved "Leica 1913-1983", along with one of the five letters in the Leica name, followed by a number 1 to 500. A regular production serial number was also engraved on the hot shoe. This edition was manufactured by Leitz at the Midland factory in Canada. It would be the last Leica M camera made at Midland before the factory was sold to Howard Hughes Aircraft, and later to Raytheon. Only a few of the German employees at Midland chose to move back to Germany when the Midland factory was sold. The factory arguably developed Leica's best optics, including the 50/1 and 75/1.4. The Midland facility under Hughes and then Raytheon went on to enjoy lucrative US military contracts.(Qty: 2)

Lot 49

* Gilder's box. A wooden gilder's box with hinged lid and drawer, containing two books of gold leaf (one unused), two books of silver leaf (both slightly used), two gold cushions, gilder's knife, bath brick etc., together with four drawers of mixed type, two typeholders (rusty), a bag of gold foil, including some Whiley Genuine, and an agate burnisherProvenance: Derek Starkey of Cranbrook, Kent. Served his apprenticeship at Zaehnsdorf in the 1950's.(Qty: 9)

Lot 50

* Gold leaf. 22 books of gold leaf, mostly unused, together with four books of silver leaf, contained together in a tin, plus a gold cushion, gilder's knife, and other related foils and gold tooling materials (some used), including a dog tooth agate burnisher, white chalk, Armenian bole, and two creasers (one double line)Provenance: John Frederick Cuthbert MBE (1938-2016). He was the former Senior Conservator at the Guildhall Library, London, specializing in the conservation of parchment and seals. He retired in 2001 and received an MBE the previous year in the 2000 New Year Honours for services to libraries and archivism. He had highly regarded skills and also undertook conservation work for the Baring Archive, Lloyds and the Rothschild Archive.(Qty: a carton)

Lot 144

A pair of silver plated candlesticks converted to lamps together with seven ornate lamp shades.

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