Postcards of fishwives and fishing, Scotland
and scenes from Shetland and Skye
Estimate: £260 - £300
Auction: 05 February 2025 from 10:00 GMT
Description
18 postcards of fishwives sorting and selling fish in Aberdeen, Scarborough, Fraserburgh, Great Yarmouth, Peterhead, Newhaven, Auchmithie, Fisherrow, some light edge and corner wear, Peterhead postcard in poor condition;
together with: Fish processing including fish markets, landings, smoking, packing etc. at Aberdeen (8), Mallaig, Old Shore Head Arbroath, Fisherrow (2), Stonehaven, Broughty Ferry (2), Auchmithie (2), Stornoway, Caterline, Fraserburgh, the Dunbar lifeboat and crew, crofters grinding corn on Skye, a man loading a revolver titled ‘Lasca’, and 3 of whaling on Shetland and John O’ Groats, some with light edge and corner wear (45)
Provenance
Formerly owned by the Late Murray Mackinnon, a renowned collector of photography documenting Scottish life from the mid-19th to early-20th century.