Lot 31 is a group of five photographs depicting spirits appearing before an impervious bearded man taken by London spiritualists Richard Boursnell and J. Evans Sterling, 1895-96 |
Lot 32 is a group of 10 cartes-de-visite of famous Victorian-era British medium Georgiana Houghton by Frederick Hudson, each with copious handwritten observations on the back, 1875-76. |
Lot 33 is a collection of eight 1930s photographs of seances and automatic writing, many credited to brothers Craig and George Falconer, who were eventually arrested for fraud. |
Labels: automatic writing, carte-de-visite, Falconer brothers, Frederick Hudson, Georgiana Houghton, J. Evans Sterling, Richard Boursnell, seances, spirit photography, spiritualism, Vernacular Photography