Die Bestände der Sammlerin und Kunsthändlerin Beryl Vosburgh werden am 3. Mai in Newbury versteigert.

The auction comprises items from Jubilee Photographica, Beryl’s shop as well as those from her own 40-year collection. It comprises a multitude of fine images, including works by Julia Margaret Cameron, William Fox Talbot – one of the founders of modern photography, Angus McBean and Cecil Beaton, theatrical images, Hattie Jacques’ collection of postcards of Gaiety Girls, Daguerreotypes, ambrotypes, photographic jewellery, stereoscopic images, photograph albums and topographical images from around the world. However, the core is several thousand cartes de visite, which are of huge social interest as precursors to photographic postcards, are expected to be very popular amongst collectors.

http://britishphotohistory.ning.com/profiles/blogs/auction-jubilee-beryl-vosburgh-collection-3-may-2018
http://britishphotohistory.ning.com/profiles/blogs/obituary-beryl-vosburgh-nee-roques-1932-2016