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It has been a very long time since I have had the pleasure of rummaging through a little curio shop and discovering some hidden treasure.
The pricing in antique centres and collector emporiums seem to have skyrocketed and my haggling skills are a little rusty to say the least. As a matter of fact, I always have a little smile when I see the dealers on TV knocking off a substantial amount when a TV camera and a so called celebrity are present. However, my bargain buy was 15 Boer War magic lantern slides for £10...no haggling required, in my humble opinion a New Year bargain. Apologies for the presentation, I have attempted to photograph a few examples for your viewing.







Happy New Year to you all

Dave......

A fantastic start to the New year, Dave. A great find.

Magical indeed! Always lifts the soul when you can find a bargain, whether at auction or in the dealer's lair!
I see you have the grim but classic Spion Kop slide.
Thanks for posting.
Cheers Steve

Gorringe's - Sale 201025 weekly house & gardens sale featuring militaria & medals Oct 20 2025 9:30 In this auction, Lot 1296, 16 lantern slides, has been mis-identifed as being Zulu war related.
auction.gorringes.co.uk/asp/fullcatalogu...fno=90169017&image=3

Now:
If any forummer has a collection of lantern slides and can recommend a good way to photograph them, I'd love to see a thread on lantern slides and lecture tours. I can contribute a couple of examples.
Anyone keen?
Rob

Hi Rob. I purchased a collection of several hundred magic lantern slides, which includes sizable numbers on various eclectic subjects. There are a significant number of Boer War slides. I have the complete set of chapters 1 -5 in their original boxes, (for which I have had a light box built to display them), and then another large number of colour slides loosely marked " The Transvaal war", but without any packaging or slide descriptions, ( apart from their original slide numbers). There are also a number of black and white slides, some of which are titled and some not. Are you familiar with a series that dealt specifically with the war in the Transvaal at all?
Regards
Neil.

Neil,
I’m ignorant on this subject, which I think is rather neglected and deserving of attention. I think the barrier to anyone making a catalogue of these is the difficulty in photographing or scanning them.
Neville has a collection of these, as do a few others.
If you can solve the issue of how to photograph them, then I think we’d be off to a flying start…
Rob
PS “The Transvaal War” is often a lazy alternative to “The Anglo Boer War”. One might think it referred to the 1881 war but that’s often not the case…