Sworders: DREAMS | A Unique Private Collection, A1244, Essex

Auction Details

Auction Date: July 09, 2025 - July 09, 2025

Page Size: 223 items in 9 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
51		A newspaper acting-picture machine,	early 20th century	GBP 70.00 - 100.00	GBP 390.00
52		Two stereoviewers,	19th century	GBP 200.00 - 400.00	GBP 312.00
53		A photograph of a cricket match,	c.1890	GBP 60.00 - 80.00	GBP 52.00
54		A group of photographic curiosities,	mid-20th century	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
55	Simon Norfolk (b.1963),	Afghanistan, three views,		GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 130.00
56		A collection of photographs,	early 20th century	GBP 100.00 - 200.00	GBP 78.00
57	Frederick Leslie Kenett (1924-2012),	a large collection of photographs, 20th century, created for publications and exhibitions by Frederick Leslie Kenett,		GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 208.00
58		A large collection of North American aviation photography,	20th century	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 130.00
59	Berenice Abbott (American, 1898-1991),	seven photographic prints, 20th century, of architectural studies of gates, entrances and stairways, four examples with notes verso,		GBP 200.00 - 400.00	GBP 208.00
60	Robert Capa (Hungarian-American 1913-1954),	two photographic prints, c.1949, depicting post-war farming in Poland	c.1949	GBP 500.00 - 700.00	GBP 520.00
61		A collection of Czech avant-garde designs and ephemera,	20th century	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 130.00
62	Frantisek Drtikol (Czech, 1883-1961),	a collection of ten bromide postcards, early 20th century, depicting various street scenes in and around Prague, from the series 'Yards and Backyards of the Old Prague'	early 20th century	GBP 100.00 - 200.00	GBP 130.00
63	Rudolph Bruner-Dvorak (Czech, 1864-1921),	a collection of unpublished photographs, late 19th century and later, of Franz Ferdinand's Czech estate	late 19th century and later	GBP 150.00 - 250.00	Not Sold
64		A collection of Czech photography,	20th century	GBP 150.00 - 250.00	Not Sold
65		A collection of Czech negatives,	c.1960s-1970s	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
66		A collection of modernist Czech photography and ephemera,	20th century	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	GBP 312.00
67		A collection of Czech industrial photography,	early to mid-20th century	GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 130.00
68		A collection of Czech Art Brut-style drawings,	c.1960s	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 130.00
69		A collection of aircraft photographs,	20th century	GBP 300.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
70		A very large collection of cycling press photographs,	20th century	GBP 100.00 - 200.00	GBP 117.00
71		A large collection of mixed sports press photographs,	20th century	GBP 100.00 - 200.00	GBP 182.00
72		A large collection of boxing press photographs,	20th century	GBP 100.00 - 200.00	GBP 364.00
73		A collection of football and boxing press photography,	20th century	GBP 200.00 - 400.00	GBP 520.00
74		A collection of sports press photographs,	20th century	GBP 200.00 - 400.00	GBP 234.00
75	Anders Petersen (Swedish, b.1944),	a collection of eight silver gelatin print photographs depicting scenes from a retirement home in Stockholm, Sweden, stamped 'Anders Petersen' verso,		GBP 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold

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