c1925. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, 28.4 x 38.2cm. Minor soiling and creases to edges of image, uneven margins. One of the steam boats pictured is named “[Kwaido] Shanghai.” Provenance: W.A. Pennell estate. An Englishman, Mr Pennell was head of the advertising department of the British American Tobacco Company in Shanghai..... More

c1925. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, 37.2 x 28.4cm. Slight creases and chips to edges of image and uneven margins. Provenance: W.A. Pennell estate. An Englishman, Mr Pennell was head of the advertising department of the British American Tobacco Company in Shanghai during the 1920s and 1930s. He was an accomplished..... More

1925. Silver gelatin photograph, caption in image, typed caption label and “Sport & General” press stamp verso, 14.3 x 19.2cm. Minor handling creases and buckling to edges. Caption in image continues “31 October 1925.” Label includes “HRH Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll visits Regent Hall, Oxford Street, and makes a...... More

1925 & 1926. Handwritten letter by magician Harry Houdini’s wife, Beatrice, dated “19 December 1926” on photogravure letterhead accompanied with silver gelatin photograph (taken 1925), both signed and dated by Beatrice Houdini in ink, photographer’s line “Butler, Chicago” in negative lower left, 26.4 x 20.5cm (letter) and 23.5 x 18.6cm..... More

1929. Silver gelatin photograph, titled, signed “J.M. Cope” and dated “4 July 1929” with later annotations added in another hand verso, annotated in ink on accompanying slip, 15.7 x 12.6cm. Stains, paper clip embossing, minor tears, paper loss and creases to edges of image and margins. Annotations include “Prof. L...... More

1911/1930s. Silver gelatin photograph, annotated “301.R” in pencil in an unknown hand verso, 17.6 x 12.8cm. Minor silvering and chips to edges, scuffing. Taken on board the Terra Nova. Held in Scott Polar Research Institute. More

c1920s-1930s. Collection of 23 silver gelatin photographs, including one affixed to letterpress programme autographed by sitters in pencil, some annotated and dated in ink on image, some with studio blind stamp or wet stamp to image or verso, 9.5 x 14.4cm to 22.8 x 27.9cm. Most with slight foxing or..... More

c1930s. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, titled and annotated “2938: 4” in ink with photographer’s stamp and two cancelled Mauritius Verlag publishing stamps in German verso, 12 x 16.4cm. Minor embossing to image. Stamps include “Return to E.O. Hoppé, Horsmonden, Kent.”. More

c1930s. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, various stamps and publishing annotations verso, 15.2 x 20.6cm. Minor crinkles overall and wear to edges of image. Stamps include “Copyright E.O. Hoppé, London..” and several date stamps from 1975 to 1991. Annotations include “16577-A-II.”. More

c1930s. Vintage toned silver gelatin photograph, signed and titled in pencil in lower margin, 18.7 x 13.9cm. Minor retouching to image upper left, slight discolouration to margins. More

c1930s. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, “Anthony Verlag” label attached verso with typed artist, title and negative number “8281-3A”, 20 x 15.2cm. Slight creases and indentations, minor tear to lower left edge. More

1931. Eleven vintage silver gelatin photographs, one dated “3.2.1931”, most images captioned and numbered with photographer’s line in negative lower left to right, 7.9 x 13.1cm (approx. each). Stains, minor paper remnants, chips or indentations. Captions read 1). Napier earthquake. Panorama after fire; 2). Napier earthquake. Havoc in Emerson St;..... More

1933. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, signed in pencil on backing below image, titled in ink with photographer’s stamp, Czech Customs stamps, and printed Swiss and Hungarian exhibition labels, which include dates “1933” and “1935” on backing verso, 29.3 x 23.3cm. Minor silvering, laid down on original backing. Photographer’s stamp reads..... More