Out of the Ordinary - Two-Day Sale

SORCERER'S MIRROR,19th century, a Victorian sorcerer's mirror, of round form, the plate with concave inclusions, set within a walnut frame, 30cm d...

WITCH'S MIRROR,19th century, a rare Victorian scrying witch mirror, possibly a Claude glass, with a black convex glass plate, set within an ebonis...

SORCERER'S MIRROR,19th century, a Victorian sorcerer's mirror, of circular form with a bevelled edge, with a rim of concave inclusions, 30cm diame...

HAMMER HORROR,1960s and 70s, a good group of twelve original Hammer Horror cinema lobby cards including:'Dracula Prince of Darkness', 1966,'The Pl...

DICK WHITTINGTON'S CAT,a mummified cat, possibly medieval, in better times the cat is believed to have belonged to Dick Whittington, mounted in a ...

BRONZE DINOSAUR,a bronze incense burner in the shape of a dinosaur,50cm wide25cm high ...[more]

English School, 19th centuryA Victorian portrait profile of a man, flanked by a haunting spectresigned l.r. with monogram 'KME', dated 1873, oil o...

MEPHISTOPHELES,late 20th century, a composite stone bust of Satan, unsigned, 27cm wide60cm highCondition report: With weathering to the surface. ...

LOT WITHDRAWN

CRYSTAL BALLS, 20th century, a collection of twelve glass balls, on a variety of turned wooden and worked metal bases, largest 18.5cm diameter exc...

GYPSY FORTUNE TELLING,a glass crystal ball, raised on a three-pointed patinated bronze base, modelled as three men supporting a disc on their shou...

A COLLECTION OF EIGHT CARVED BOXWOOD MARIONETTE HEADS, late 19th century, probably Swiss or German, eight unusual carved boxwood marionette heads,...

SCARY CROCODILE,late 20th century, a pantomime crocodile head mask, mixed media with hand-operated mechanism to move the crocodile jaw,67cm longCo...

TOADSTOOL,a papier mâché prop mushroom, decorated in polychrome, 39cm diameter80cm highCondition report: Some scratches to the paint, both to the ...

SATYR, a terracotta mask depicting a stylised satyr face, indistinctly signed to the verso, dated 1961, 26cm wide11cm deep35cm high ...[more]

SHRUNKEN HEAD, 20th century, a reproduction shrunken head, with human hair, surmounted on a round base under a Victorian glass dome,base 23cm diam...

RUSSIAN FANTASY,1950s/60s, Russian, a group of three, an owl, a dog and a parrot, hand-painted papier mâché animal masks, each with a paper maker'...

UNCLE SAM, late 20th century, a large wooden cut-out of Abraham Lincoln as Uncle Sam, decorated in polychrome, purportedly from Blackpool Pleasure...

RUBIK'S CUBE,late 20th century, a large novelty Rubik's cube, likely from a toyshop display, 42cm cubed ...[more]

CARNIVAL HEAD,1970s, a papier mâché carnival head mask, decorated in polychrome, the upper half with corpse paint motif, the lower half decorated ...

THE ABOMINABLE SNOWMAN,a fairground panel painted as a climbing yeti,178 x 95cm ...[more]

FAIRGROUND OSTRICH, early 20th century, a fairground ostrich made by Savages of King's Lynn, remounted on a later drum base. 99cm wide48cm deep175...

EARLY FAIRGROUND TARGET FIGURE,late 19th century, French, a rare carved wooden folk art fairground target figure, ‘JEU DE MASSACRE’, 39cm highCond...

'LEMBERG NEVER LIES', 1960s/70s, an original hardboard hand-painted clairvoyant sign ‘Baroness Lemberg Palmist Clairvoyant, Lemberg never lies’,50...

'PEEP SHOW',a peep show sign, set with cabochon lights, 30 x 80cmCondition report: Some scuffing to the frame - Lights are tested and working.  Se...

SELL YOUR SOUL,a painted showman's panel with a Grim Reaper detail, reading 'We Accept Cash, Credit or a Piece of Your Soul',63 x 56cm ...[more]

'FUN FOR ALL THE FAMILY',1970s, an original hardboard funfair sign, hand-painted ‘Prize Bingo 10p Fun for all the Family’ with comic design below,...

TATTOO DESIGNS,1960s/70s, a good group of twelve printed and painted tattoo designs including Amazonian naked women, animals, daggers and flowers ...

SMILING CLOWN,19th century, a folk art carved wooden figure of a circus clown, with articulated arms and leg, and a pulley mechanism making the ar...

POLAR BEAR,a papier mâché model of a bear, with painted face and eyes, 53cm wide25cm deep50cm highCondition report: Paint flaked throughout. Some ...

TOYSHOP POLAR BEAR,early 20th century, French, a papier mâché polar bear from a Paris toyshop, 127cm high ...[more]

COCONUT SHY,mid-20th century, a set of eight original coconut shy aluminium pegs,134cm high (8)Condition report: Minor chips to paint work ...[mo...

FAIRGROUND CLOWNS,1950s, a free-standing wooden fairground sign, modelled as a clown standing beside a height restriction pole, decorated in polyc...

MODERNIST FUN CAR,1960s, a large modernist atomic fibreglass and hand-painted funfair ride car with moulded rocket to the rear,148cm long60cm wide...

FUNFAIR,a fairground panel, with a motorcycle in relief,133cm wide62cm high ...[more]

BOOT TREE,late 19th century, a wooden boot tree, with leather mounts, with a partial attachment of a former boot, mounted on a steel base, 24cm wi...

INDUSTRIAL MOULDS,19th century, a set of twenty-four wooden moulds, for production of gears, cogs and sprockets in early industrial machinery, eac...

ST EDWARD'S CROWN,late 19th century, a heraldic cast zinc model of St Edward's Crown, with stylised decoration in polychrome, 32cm wide22cm deep34...

MANNEQUIN HEAD MOULD,c.1930s, a stylish Continental mould for mannequin heads, anodised aluminium, with bolts to the sides, 27cm highCondition rep...

CAESAR AND TOUCAN,a plaster bust of Gaius Julius Caesar, surmounted by a taxidermy toucan,89cm high ...[more]

ANATOMICAL,early 20th century, a life-sized plaster model of an arm, by C Smith of London, impressed 'C Smith London No. 446 / LCC No.2', 70cm hig...

ZEUS, 20th century, a painted cast iron bust of Zeus, after an antique original, 30cm wide27cm deep57cm highCondition report: With loss of paint t...

FIGUREHEAD OF ROMAN EMPEROR NERO,early-mid 20th century, British, an ornamental carved painted wood figurehead from a London Docklands public hous...

ENAMEL UNDERGROUND TUBE MAP,1920s, a large enamel Underground map, based on the Stingemore map, including Wembley Stadium, Gladstone Park, Edgware...

A COLLECTION OF MAP ROOM LENSES,1940s, of various sizes, largest 17.5cm diameter (28)Condition report: Some various sized chips/flea bites and dam...

THE LEAPER,contemporary, a hand-carved desk ornament, painted Douglas fir. mounted on an elm base, 75cm wide23cm deep32cm high ...[more]

DOGON DOORS,20th century, Mali, a pair of Dogon door panels, depicting Adam and Eve, and the Fall of Man,each 104 x 26cm (2) ...[more]

STAG BEETLE, an industrial cut-out sculpture of a stag beetle, made and designed by Wendy Rainthorpe from a vintage Ministry of Defence sheet meta...

DRAGONS, 18th century, a superb pair of Gothic carved stone dragon gatepost caps, possibly from an English or Scottish country house, 28cm wide43c...

FREEMASONRY,20th century, a pair of Masonic tracing boards, for the first and second Degree, with stylised imagery, the former showing the tools o...

ETCHED GLASS PANEL,early 20th century, French, an etched and gilded glass floral design panel, from a shop or bar in France, 153 x 51cm, in the or...

WOODEN PISTOL HANGING SHOP SIGN,mid-20th century, French, a wooden pistol hanging shop sign with original chains, 58cm longCondition report: Some ...

OPTICIAN'S HANGING SIGN,early 20th century, French, an optician's brass hanging sign with original ruby glass lenses.38 x 25cm ...[more]

CLOGMAKER’S SIGN, late 19th century, French, a clogmaker's wooden hanging trade sign from a ’Sabotier’ in provincial France,71 x 26cm ...[more]

TELESCOPIC HATSTANDS,early 20th century, a collection of ten telescopic hatstands made in brass, nickel and chrome with adjusting mechanisms, from...

FRENCH MANNEQUIN,c.1930, French, a full-length mannequin, made by Pierre Imans, Paris, with a removable wax head with human hair and glass eyes, w...

FEMALE MANNEQUIN MADE BY SIEGEL OF PARIS,mid-20th century, French, a plaster female mannequin, made by Siegel of Paris, 178cm high ...[more]

WIGMAKER'S HEADS,early 20th century, French, a pair of wigmaker's heads on stands, one head with maker’s mark ‘Lou-Per Garantie’, 48cm high (2) ....

WIG DISPLAYS,20th century, a set of eight hand-moulded, painted and numbered wig rests, 15cm wide19cm deep32cm high (8)Condition report: Surfaces ...

MILLINER'S BLOCKS,mid-20th century, a collection of ten milliner's blocks, carved in beechwood with later turned maple wood spindles,largest 38cm ...