Magic Lantern Archive, c. 1890

England. 10 boxes with approx. 700 slides 8.5 x 8.5 cm, more than half of which are from the period 1880–1890 and hand-painted in color. A conventional black-and-white slide was used for the color slides, this was bleached and possibly slightly developed into a light gray image tone (as with ambrotypes), then the hand-coloring followed, some of which are small masterpieces. Outstanding are the comedy stories "Old Curiosity Shop", complete 1–24, as well as "John Plowman's Pictures" with 31 slides and "Gabriel Grub Christmas Story" with 11 slides. Other topics are: Egypt, effect slides as day or night version (11 complete pairs alone), England, Ireland, Isle of Wight, New Geographic Series, Riviera, Spain, ships, USA and more. Mostly in good condition, some would have to be reassembled, a few with glass damage. In black an white, 4 boxes contain a private trip to Japan/China/Korea, a private trip to Morocco/Tunisia/Marakesch, a series "London to Rome" as well as ships, crews and a lot about England. Preserved differently and an enrichment for modern slide shows.

布雷克拍品等级是为了方便竞买人判断拍卖品的成色而设置的。布雷克等级用1到6级来标注外观和功能的成色，(从非常好到非常差)。 在目录图册里用括号里的2个数字来表示，前一个数字表示外观成色的级别，后一个数字表示功能成色的级别。如(3/2)表示外观成色是3(满意的)，功能成色2(好)。 成色 定义参照下列标准： 1 - 非常好 (未使用过，没有使用痕迹) 2 - 好 (新，极少的使用痕迹) 3 - 满意的 (普通的使用痕迹) 4 - 及格的 (明显的使用痕迹，某个非主要部件是后配的) 5 - 有缺陷的 (极明显的使用痕迹, 某个主要部件是后配的，功能上有缺陷，需要修理) 6 - 非常差 (严重破损, 缺少重要部件)