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1985 Austin Maestro 1.3 Mk. I Transmission: manualMileage:18266The Austin Maestro was produced from 1983 to 1987 by British Leyland and from 1988 until 1995 by Rover Group. The car was produced at the former Morris plant in Cowley, Oxford although today, the redeveloped factory produces the BMW Mini. The Maestro incorporated many novel and pioneering features for its class. It had a bonded laminated windscreen, homofocal headlamps, body-coloured plastic bumpers, an electronic engine management system, adjustable front seat belt upper anchorage positions, an asymmetrically split rear seat and a 12,000-mile service interval.Offered from a deceased estate, this 1985 Austin Maestro is in remarkable and original condition. The Maestro has only three owners recorded in total. A Miss Audrey Baker purchased the car on 14th October 1985 less than one month from the date of first registration at the original supplying Austin-Rover dealers the Marn Group, London. The car was the pride and joy of its last owner and attended many local rallies. When he purchased the car in 2013, the centre of the roof had dull paintwork so a Union Jack was applied. This does not detract from the overall appearance; in fact, quite the opposite with, apparently, many positive comments received from onlookers during trips. The car was recently inspected by a marque collector and specialist who stated that, due to the car’s condition, the mileage is believed genuine making this, probably, one of the lowest mileage examples in existence. Certainly, on inspection, the key areas that are first to succumb to rot and wear on these models are in remarkable condition. These include the engine bay, undersides, filler cap area, interior and luggage compartment area amongst others. There are one or two marks on the coachwork, but these do not deflect from its overall condition. This example is a Mk. I base model with the more desirable early dashboard and instrumentation. The car comes complete with its original and unused tools and jack etc. There is also a UK V5C registration document, manuals, original radio (not fitted) and approximately two boxes of spare parts.Finished in Moonraker Blue with a grey interior, this charming Maestro is a rare car indeed and with such low mileage, ownership history and great condition, it is highly collectible.  Interested parties should satisfy themselves as to the description and condition of each lot prior to the sale. Accordingly, buyers are on notice that each vehicle is offered ‘as is/as seen’ subject to the Terms and Conditions for the auction. Buyers are advised to inspect the vehicle in person or use a professional to carry out this service. Historics will not entertain disputes over descriptions.

SEIKO 'POGUE' AUTOMATIC CHRONOGRAPH GENT'S WRISTWATCH, stainless steel, ref. 6139-6002, circular sunburst yellow / orange dial with baton hands and markers with luminous inserts, day / date apertures, subsidiary seconds dial, blue and red 'Pepsi' tachymeter bezel, tonneau case, with Seiko steel bracelet Provenance: private ownership Pembrokeshire Auctioneer's Note: The Seiko 'Pogue' is named after NASA astronaut Colonel William Pogue who wore the watch on a mission to Skylab 4 making it the first automatic chronograph in space. Condition Report: appears in complete condition. Bottom pusher button is stiff and stuck currently. Seconds hand is ticking. Surface wear and minor scratches commensurate with age. 'No markings' dial.

ROLEX OYSTER PERPETUAL SUBMARINER BRACELET WATCH, ref. 5513, ser. no. 3852***, c. 1974, stainless steel, automatic movement, black feet first dial, luminous dot hour markers, luminous baton quarters, white outer minute divisions, 'Mercedes' hands with luminous inserts, rotating bezel, the oyster bracelet numbered 93150 with 580 ends, engraved to reverse with lion rampant with spanner Auctioneer's Note: The Rolex Submariner is an iconic timepiece and one of the first dive watches to appear originally on the market. With many different variations spanning its production lifetime it is one of the most sought after and collected of Rolex wristwatches. Provenance: private collection, consigned via our Cardiff office Condition Report: Appears in good overall and complete condition. Surface wear and scratches. Bracelet is later service replacement. Comes with 1979 insurance valuation paperwork and two spare links. Seconds hand is ticking. Owned previously by civil engineer who assisted on the Mary Rose excavation which may shed some light on the lion and spanner engraving.

POLISHED COCO DE MER SEED (Lodoicea maldivica), of typical form, 24cms high Provenance: private collection, consigned via our Carmarthen office Auctioneers note: The coco de mer is a palm found only in the islands of Praslin and Curieuse in the Seychelles. The fruit requires around seven years to mature and a further two years to germinate. Originally believed to have been a sea-bean or drift seed (a seed designed to be dispersed by the sea) it is now known that the nut is too heavy to float, and that only rotten nuts can be found on the sea surface: this explains why the trees are limited in range to just two islands. Until the true source of the nut was discovered in 1768, many believed that it grew on a mythical tree at the bottom of the sea. In the 16th century, the European aristocracy decorated their coco de mer seeds with precious jewels, and treasured them in "cabinets of curiosities". The sailors who first saw the nut floating in the sea imagined that they resembled a woman's buttocks, leading to the plant's archaic botanical name, "Lodoicea callipyge"; "callipyge" meaning "beautiful rump" in Greek. Condition Report: cut and shut.The Coco de mer has been cut, contents removed and resealed. There is a clear cut line right around the shell.There is also one large blemish near the top.

ARTHUR MOODY (1887-1967) haida argillite - Totem pole, carved with a sea eagle with fish, bear with salmon, raven with basket and shaman with basket chewing a root(?), on square base, 44cm high Provenance: private collection, consigned via our Carmarthen office Auctioneer's Note: Arthur is one of several family members who were well known argillite carvers. Born in Skidegate, BC, he learned carving from Robert Miller (1860-1930). The proceeds from the sale of a huge 4 foot argillite pole to the Vancouver Museum enabled him to build his house in Skidegate. Condition Report: cracks, base loose, back crazed.The height including the base is 45cm’s, without the base 40cm’sThe totem is 8cm’s square at the base rising smaller to 5cm’s square at the top.There are cracks, front and back and the base is loose.

PAUL MAZE (1887-1979) pastel on watermarked Ingres drawing paper - Cambray, French Western Front in winter with two soldiers on guard, inscribed in pencil 'Coy. H Q Ravine at 3pm', signed fully in ink and dated 1917, 29 x 44.5cms Provenance: private collection, London Auctioneer's Notes: at the outbreak of World War I, Maze returned to France from Canada and attempted to join the French army but was deemed unfit. Determined to serve, Maze made his way to Le Havre and offered his services to the British and became an interpreter with the British cavalry regiment the Scots Greys. During the retreat from Mons, Maze became separated from the Royal Scots and narrowly avoided being captured by the Germans but was taken prisoner by a British unit. Maze's position with the Royal Scots Greys was unofficial and his lack of documentation and his odd uniform led the British to think he was a spy. Maze was summarily sentenced to death. On his way to face the firing squad, Maze was recognised by an officer from the Royal Scots Greys who happened to be passing and who quickly secured his release. Maze then joined the staff of General Hubert Gough, initially as a liaison officer and interpreter but increasing as a military draughtsman undertaking reconnaissance work. Maze would go to advanced positions, often forward of the British trenches, to produce accurate drawings of enemy positions and other military objectives. The work was very dangerous and Maze was wounded three times in four years. He was awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal and Military Medal by the British, and the Croix de Guerre by the French. His book, A Frenchman in Khaki (1934), detailed his experiences of the action that he saw on the Western Front. Churchill wrote the foreword to his book Presentation & Condition: no problems, framed and glazedPlease note that this lot may be subject to Droite de Suite at 4% of the hammer price (Please see terms / enquire) 

ATTRIBUTED TO SIR DAVID WILKIE RA (1785-1841) oil on board - depicting two Spanish monks in a Capuchin convent at Toledo, unsigned, 37 x 16cms Provenance: the quality of this work may indicate that this is a painting by the artist of a portion of the much larger work painted by him in 1833, which was exhibited at The Royal Academy and was painted by the artist for the family of the Marquess of Lansdowne and whose family remain the owners of the painting. Consigned via our Colwyn Bay office Auctioneers note: The handwritten note attached to the back of the painting is quite legible and reads as follows, 'a souvenir from notes made at the international exhibition at South Kensington in July 1863 of a picture by Sir David Wilkie RA belonging to the then Marquess of Lansdowne, improperly described in the catalogue as 'The Confessional'. It represents two Spanish monks in a Capuchin convent at Toledo, an old monk is listening to a communication from a young monk who kneels at his feet for poetical conception and powerful expression. This was one of Wilkie's finest pictures, it was painted shortly after his return from Spain in 1833 and was exhibited at The Royal Academy. The sum paid for it was £300 (see Mrs Jameson's Companion to Private Galleries of Art in London, 1844, p.331, paragraph written by E.W. James Greenwich, May 1863). Etchings of the same size of this work on offer are traceable on the open market. Presentation & Condition: gilt gesso frame, may need remounting within.

 AN IMPORTANT POCKET JOURNAL FROM 1870/71 RELATING TO CLAPHAM ROVERS, THE HISTORIC SPORTS CLUB, WITH HANDWRITTEN ENTRIES BY REG BIRKETT (1849-1898)Reg Birkett documents matches played in season 1870/71 by Clapham Rovers, revealing the chaotic nature of Victorian sport as players juggled between Rugby football and Association football. The 1870/71 season was crucial to the future of both sports. The journal with leather hardcover & lined paper, 15.5 x 10.5cms. in excellent condition. Entries in handwritten ink and newspaper reports. To accompany, a photocopy of the Rugby Football Union First General Meeting, 1871. The  1st page within the journal inscribed ‘Clapham Cricket Club Matches, 1867’ then 20 or so pages with opposing cricket clubs to be played against by Clapham, together with players for the fixture, and location of venue. From page 24- 34 these fixtures are repeated in much the same way, except with comments as to the outcome of the match. There also some changes to the previously selected players. We do not believe this part of the journal involved Reg Birkett.Entries relating to Clapham Rovers begin on P.38, as follows;‘Clapham Rovers / foot-ball club / Captain – R H Birkett / Committee – A Nash, J Field, A W French, E Field, E C Lygath (?), W R Bryden, A Luzzer (?) / Secretary & Treasurer W E Rawlinson / Season 1870-71’.The next pages lists the ‘Addresses of secretaries not on the foot-ball association’ with addresses for the following representatives / Sydenham – R W Abbott / Hornsey – E N Alfie (?) / Lausanne – F H Moore (?)  / Mohicans – Geo Ellis (?) / Harlequins – E Ellice Clark /Brighton -  Walter Foster (?) /Barnes – Walter Powell’ The next entries are ‘Members Playing Rugby Rules’ with R, P & L (Reg, Percival and Louis) Birkett at the top. Then following this is a list of ‘Association Rules’ with R & P Birkett as the second entries on the list.Then ‘A good Association team to play against first rate club like Charterhouse & Wanderers’ with Reg Birkett at top of this page suggesting he would be the first on the team-sheet if all available.   Evidently Reg is now club-captain so receives the journal and the remaining pages are handwritten by the 21-year-old.  Each page Reg includes a match fixture, the venue, Rovers’ selected players, and the outcome of match with comments, usually with a cut-out newspaper report. The matches are divided using ‘rugby’ rules and using ‘association rules’. 42 fixtures entered, 22 for the Rugby fashion, the remainder for Association code. Note that some of these entries were not played. Reg Birkett was in the team for 27 matches, mostly as captain (top of team-list). Many of the opponents were inaugural members of the 1st Rugby Union, ie. Richmond, Gipsies, Harlequins, Ravenscourt Park, Lausanne, Civil Service, Marlborough Nomads & Mohicans. There is evidence of the frustrations of acting as club captain during this period - many of the fixture dates having the two codes played on the same day. Adding to Reg’s problems would have been that 13 matches were called off (the winter of ‘70/71 was cold). Two other fixtures were called off as one of the sides could not raise the numbers. While on Feb’ 18th, with resonance to present times, a clash against Wimbledon was off ‘on account of vaccination’ (likely to be smallpox vaccination). The 1870 / 71 season was a critical season for the future of ‘foot-ball’ and especially that in the Rugby School tradition. Rugby until 1871 had been played to various rules. But in 1870 Edwin H Ash, secretary of Richmond Football Club wrote a letter to the newspapers stating, ‘those who play the Rugby-type game should meet to form a code of practice, as various clubs play to rules which differ from others, which makes the game difficult to play.’ So, 32 members of London and suburban football clubs gathered on the evening of 26th January, 1871, in the Pall Mall Restaurant, London, ‘to codify the rules of the game and to provide a central governing body.’ At this meeting, presided over by Edward Carleton Holmes (captain of Richmond Football Club) the RFU was founded. The meeting was held halfway through Reg’s journal, so it is not inconceivable that the pocket-journal was present in Reg’s breast pocket as the Rugby Union was formed.Laws were drafted, a secretary and a president were elected together with a committee of thirteen gentlemen including Reg Birkett of Clapham. Two months later, Reg Birkett was playing in the world’s 1st International Rugby match between England & Scotland at Raeburn Place, Edinburgh, scoring the 1st ever Rugby International try. It was one of four International rugby matches that Reg played in. The 1870 /1871 foot-ball season also saw the first three internationals according to Association rules, played at Oval, London. It was a seminal year - Rugby Union was born, the sport formalised, and International matches of football and Rugby commenced their 150 year history.Reg was born in 1849, he was the son of a surgeon, his brother’s Percival and Louis were also players at Rovers and are in many of the selections. Louis also played rugby for England. Reg was educated at William Jacob’s School, then Lancing College where he learned both foot-ball codes. His switching between the two codes continued at Lancing Old Boys and then Clapham. He also represented Surrey FC.Six years after scoring the first ever try in the first ever Rugby International, Reg Birkett was goalkeeper for Clapham in the 8th FA Cup Final v Old Etonians at The Oval (1879), which Clapham lost. A year later in 1880, Clapham Rovers were FA Cup Winners with Reg again goalkeeper, they beat Oxford University AFC, 1-0. Reg Birkett was now an FA Cup Winner.The comprehensive nature of Reg’s journal reveals a great deal about Reg’s character. Evidently, he was committed to both codes, perhaps knowing there could be exciting times ahead, as both sports were maturing in this age of change. Reg died at 49, when, suffering from diphtheria he leapt from a window of his home. A verdict of suicide whilst delirious was returned.Reg Birkett left his mark:-Scorer of first try in the first rugby international. -FA Cup winner and International association player-Committee member of the inaugural Rugby Union. -Association’s special sub-committee member to draw up the rules for the FA Cup competition-England selector for Association. - One of only three players to represent England in rugby and footballEvidently Reg Birkett was highly influential in the two sports which today give millions of people pleasure and generate billions in the sporting economy.The journal also represents the last days of a confusing relationship between our national sports before their eternal separation.Provenance: the Birkett Sporting Archive from the great-great grandsons of Reg Birkett, see our digital catalogue for this collection with further images here https://bit.ly/2PixOMn 

AN IMPORTANT & IMMACULATE ENGLAND RUGBY UNION CAP AWARDED TO JOHN GUY GILBERNE BIRKETT (1884-1967) embroidered with references to every one of his record 21 England International appearances between 1906 and 1912The peaked cap is in stunning condition considering the age. With the maroon colour of the felt as fresh as it was when awarded to John Birkett. Braiding, embroidery, and tassel equally in awesome condition. There are tears to silk lining as is usual with antique caps, but tears are not extensive.The six-panel cap with two-leaf wirework England Rose emblem to front segment below F (France) 07-08, then the peak with 1905 S-1906 representing his first cap against Scotland, and then each of the five further panels embroidered with letters to represent International opposition and the season eg. W.I.S 11-12 (Wales / Ireland / Scotland in 1911 and 1912). John Birkett was the son of Reg Birkett (please see Lot 572). The 21 fixtures accounted for on the cap represent every one of J G Birkett’s total England International cap count, between 1906 and 1912, which was a record for England caps at the time. During this period, Rugby was starting to become more akin to the sport we are familiar with thanks to the inventive All Blacks ‘Originals’ on their inaugural tour of Europe, and with a great deal of thanks to John Birkett’s Harlequin team-mate - Adrian Stoop. Stoop saw the advantage of quick back play and releasing the wings as early as possible. Birkett was initially a half-back but when he arrived at Harlequins RFC, Adrian Stoop occupied one of the half-back positions and he saw Birkett as having the ideal skills and build to fulfil his vision of quick back play. Birkett had the natural ability to move the ball wide while being strong enough to withstand the pressure from oncoming defenders. So thanks to the foresight of Adrian Stoop, John Birkett became a legendary Harlequins and England centre, and played in the position for the remainder of his career.John Birkett’s England caps began in 1906 against Scotland, after England had suffered a seven match losing run. He played alongside his Harlequin partner Stoop, and the Quin’s Stoop-style of play paid dividends as they won the tie with tries scored on both wings. Five days later the partnership featured against France in Paris in what was the first International between the two countries.By the 1908 season John Birkett had established himself in the England side, and captained the side against Wales for the first of four occasions. He played in each of the inaugural Five Nations Championship matches in 1910, which England won. Birkett scored twice against Scotland.By John Birkett’s final match against France in 1912, he was England’s record cap holder and record try scorer with ten tries. He continued playing with Harlequins and when in October 1909, the club side adopted Twickenham as their new home, John Birkett scored the first ever try at the ‘Home of English Rugby’.This feat echoed that of his father Reg, who scored the first ever International try.In World War 1, John Birkett was captain in the Royal Field Artillery and was mentioned in dispatches 18 times. Later he was a committee member of the RFU for 12 years.Considering the sensational condition, provenance, and player history, together with the embroidered complete reference to each of John Birkett’s record England appearances, we believe the cap to be the most prestigious pre-war Rugby Union cap ever to be offered at auction.Provenance: the vendors of the Birkett Sporting Archive are the great grandsons of J G G Birkett (1884-1967), and the great-great-grandsons of Reg BirkettSee our digital catalogue for this collection with further images here https://bit.ly/2PixOMn

ENGLAND INTERNATIONAL RUGBY UNION JERSEY WORN BY JOHN GUY GILBERNE BIRKETT (1884-1967) believed be his ‘International career jersey’ and worn on the Harlequins player’s England debut, versus Scotland in the Calcutta Cup match of 1906The jersey in traditional all white with fine cotton collars and with felt rectangular patch stitched to chest having a finely embroidered red, maroon, and pink English rose with two tone green and brown stems with five leaves. The sleeves are in the three-quarter length style for the England team during that period, two original buttons remain intact and there is a stitched name label to the inside of collar ‘JOHN BIRKETT’.As with the John Birkett’s England cap (Lot 574) the jersey is in super condition without notable damage. Please see Lot 574 John Birkett’s associated England cap in this auction with regards to John Birkett’s playing career, records, and achievements which include being the top try scorer and most England caps gained, the first try scorer at Twickenham and winner of the inaugural 5 Nations Championship in 1910. In this early period of International Rugby Union, players were expected to retain their jerseys for matches, even after players returned to International duty from a 4–5-year hiatus of military duty in World War 1. The English Rose badges at the time were individually embroidered for each player with differences in detail. Lot 578 in this auction is an album containing John Birkett’s England team photographs. In his debut photograph in 1906 against Scotland, one can see through a magnifying glass that the different tones of black and grey on the stem and leaves match the emblem on the jersey, proportions seem to be correct as does the angle of the stem and rose. John Birkett did play in other jerseys which can be seen in the team photographs, but we believe this to be his debut jersey and used on several England appearances. Copy of the 1906 photograph shown with this description but is not part of this lot.Auctioneer’s Note:Making his debut with Birkett in 1906 versus Scotland was James ‘Jimmy’ Peters who was the first black rugby player to represent England, and the only black player until 1988. Also playing for England was Belgian John Raphael, part of a millionaire banking family, who also played first class cricket and was killed in his home-country in 1917 during the Battle of Messines. While Adrian Stoop, the legendary Harlequins whom which their ground ‘The Stoop’ is named after played at half-back. The captain was V H Cartwright who was president of the RFU in 1928/29. In the Scottish line-up was Kenneth Grant McLeod, who was inducted into the Scottish Sports Hall of Fame for his all-round sporting ability, winning 9 caps for Scotland while also playing for Manchester City FC, cricket for Lancashire and was a successful golfer too. Also in the Sottish team was British Lions captain David Bedell-Sivright who was killed during the Gallipoli campaign.The match was played at Inverleith, Edinburgh on the 17th March, 1906, watched by some 20,000 spectators. Against expectations, after a terrible losing streak of six matches, England were the victors 9 points to 3 (3 tries to one). The victory was despite England’s forward Simpson not completing the match due to injury sustained in scoring the winning try. Newspapers including ‘The Referee’ commended the English Selection Committee and bringing in John Birkett for his debut, while The Daily Mail wrote ‘Birkett, the young Harlequins centre, whose claims to international honours have been advocated throughout the season, showed himself to be possessed of rare judgment and a considerable amount of pace; he had a hand in the obtaining of all the three tries scored by his side’. The reports of Birkett’s debut being a glorious success continued in The Morning Post, The Field and other newspapers.Provenance: the vendors of the Birkett Sporting Archive are the great grandsons of J G G Birkett (1884-1967), and the great-great-grandsons of Reg BirkettSee our digital catalogue for this collection with further images here https://bit.ly/2PixOMn

JOHN GUY GILBERNE BIRKETT (1884-1967) RELATED SCRAPBOOK of many newspaper cuttings, Post Office Telegraphs, 13 dinner menu-cards, some with autographs, and other mementos relating mainly to International Rugby Union matches played by the England International, Surrey and Harlequins player.The contents mostly in chronological order but with the first few pages containing newspaper stories from the 1920s reviewing earlier years, a summary of notable contents as follows:1. 1905 – cuttings mainly Birkett’s appearances for Surrey including NZ2. 1906 – cuttings relating to England v South Africa with dinner menu card3. 1906 – cuttings relating to England v Scotland with PO Telegraph from John Birkett to his family ‘England 9 points Scotland 3 hurrah hurrah hurrah John’ and Scottish Football Union menu card ‘To the English Fifteen’4. 1906 – cuttings relating to England v France with menu card from ‘Union Societes Francaises de Sports Athletiques’ autographed by French players5. 1905-06 Harlequins match reports6. 1906-7 PO 2 x Telegraph reporting Harlequin results to family7. Cambridge University v Harlequin dinner menu card8. Surrey v South Africa dinner menu card9. 1907 – England v France dinner menu card autographed by French players10. 1907 – England v Wales dinner menu card autographed by Welsh players11. 1907 – England v Scotland dinner menu card autographed by Scottish players12. 1907-8 – PO Telegram to family from Bristol reporting on an England defeat to Wales 13. 1907-8 – dinner menu card for above match signed by various players14. 1907-8 – dinner menu card for England v Ireland15. 1907-8 – dinner menu card for Scotland v England16. 1909-10 – newspaper cutting relating to ‘First Match at Twickenham’17. 1909-10 – dinner menu card for England v Wales18. 1909-10 – dinner menu card for England v Ireland19. 1909-10 – 3 x PO Telegrams relating to the 1910 Calcutta Cup match including one to Harlequins ‘may you each score a try’ from ‘Birkett Captain England Fifteen Edinburgh’ 20. 1909-10 - Congratulatory letter to England captain John Birkett from R Dodds, Berwick upon Tweed21. 1909-10 – dinner menu card for Scotland v England, signed including by J W Dallas (who was not the publicised referee)22. 1914 – dinner menu card for Shanghai RFC v South Wales Borderers RFC at Astor House, Shanghai23. 1914 - Christmas card with handwritten message from John Birkett in Hong Kong with his regiment, contains two rugby photographsProvenance: the vendors of the Birkett Sporting Archive are the great grandsons of J G G Birkett (1884-1967), and the grandsons of John Brian BirkettSee our digital catalogue for this collection with further images here https://bit.ly/2PixOMn

1950 AUSTRALIA INTERNATIONAL RUGBY UNION JERSEY MATCH WORN VERSUS BRITISH LIONS BY ALAN WALKER (1926-2005) green with white collar and sewn in felt badge of the period featuring kangaroo and emu and 'RUGBY UNION 1950', bears sewn in canvas number 3 to back, label for David Jones, Sydney and size 40 label Provenance: from the family of Dr Jack Matthews, British Lions tour 1950, Matthews was Walker's opposite number in both Tests, inside of collar is inscribed 'J Matthews' Auctioneer's Note: Alan Walker was an immensely talented athlete who played 10 Rugby matches for New South Wales and five Tests for Australia before being selected in the Australian cricket team. Born in Manly, Sydney, Walker learnt his rugby and cricket while growing up within walking distance of The Manly Oval. After school he joined the Royal Australian Air Force, qualifying as a pilot, and played for the Manly 1st XV as a 19 year old in 1945. In 1947 he replaced Trevor Allen in the Sydney 1st XV and promptly earned selection for NSW, then earned his first cap in the Bledisloe Cup Test versus New Zealand in Brisbane that year. His performances earned him a spot on the 1947-48 tour of Britain and France where he played 21 tour matches as well as the Tests against England and France. He scored a dazzling try against England which thrilled the crowd and ended up in diagrams in match programmes and books for years to come. He was the top try-scorer on that tour with 19 tries. He played the two Tests against the visiting British Lions in 1950 from which this jersey originates, before concentrating his efforts on becoming a cricketer. He played cricket for NSW and Nottinghamshire, and toured with Lindsay Hassett's Australian team to South Africa in 1949-50. Condition Report: areas of bleaching around collar, no notable damage, complete

A 1950 NEW ZEALAND ALL BLACKS RUGBY UNION TEST JERSEY with embroidered silver fern to felt badge, bears interior label for Canterbury Sports Wear, believed to be a 'spare' replacement for the Test matches versus the British Lions (as does not bear a number) Provenance: from the family of Dr Jack Matthews, the Welsh player who appeared against the All Blacks in each of the 1950 Tour Tests, inscribed 'J Matthews' to the left of label inside collar Condition Report: pin holes to back, colour has held well, no significant damage, complete

A 1951 SOUTH AFRICA SPRINGBOK RUGBY UNION JERSEY bearing embroidered prancing Springbok crest, interior label for Safnit Knitwear, stitched-in canvas number 31 to back denoting this as an unplayed jersey (No.30 was the highest number in the South Africa team in this match) Provenance: from the family of Dr Jack Matthews who represented Cardiff against the Springboks at the match held at Cardiff Arms Park in 1951 Condition Report: minor pin-holes to back, colours have held, maybe remnants of gel substance for holding the jersey down during presentation, no other notable damage, complete

Original vintage Soviet advertising poster with the main characteristics of the Borzoi Sighthounds as hunting dogs, designed by artist P. Y. Galkin for the Soviet Ministry of Agriculture and published in 1955, Moscow. The poster features drawings of three breeds of sighthounds - a Russian Steppe sighthound, a Russian long-haired sighthound, and a short-haired sighthound. Beneath the drawings, text details each breed’s characteristics and average size. Two further images show sighthounds running in a field chasing a wolf and chasing a fox in snow, and are accompanied by an anatomical drawing of a sighthound in profile. The poster features text promoting the use of Sighthounds as hunting dogs, praising their viciousness, agility, and vigilance, with the slogan - Improve the field skills of hunting dogs. This is the third in a series of 8 posters titled Hunting and Pastoral Dogs. The Borzoi also called the Russian Hunting Sighthound or Russian long-haired sighthound, is a sighthound hunting breed of domestic dog. They are descended from the working dogs of people who migrated from Central Asian countries to Russia prior to the 17th century. Poor condition, large paper losses, creasing, tears, staining. Country of issue: Russia, designer: P. Y. Galkin, size (cm): 50x67, year of printing: 1955

Original vintage advertising poster for Profesor Alba - El Hombre Que Juega Con La Muerte / Professor Alba The Man Who Plays With Death, a magic act performed by Manolo Alba and his son Pablo Alba, magicians, hypnotists and psychic entertainers. The poster features a great illustration of Alba in a dress coat and white bow tie standing hand in hand with a skeleton holding a scythe against red background. Good condition, small tears, small paper losses in margins. Country of issue: Spain, designer: Ramon, size (cm): 70x34, year of printing: 1959

Original vintage cabaret show poster featuring a fantastic design by the notable graphic artist Rene Gruau (Renato de Zavagli; 1909-2004) to promote Bonjour la Nuit / Hello Night at the famous nightclub Lido on the Champs Elysees Paris for the club's 25th anniversary in 1971, created by Pierre Louis-Guerin and Rene Fraday and directed by Bob Turk with costumes by Folco. Colourful and flamboyant pin-up style burlesque image of scantily dressed smiling Bluebell Girls dancing in flowing white feather costumes and sparkly jewellery with gentlemen in top hats as black silhouettes behind them against a dark blue background, the text over the white dress in stylised blue and black letters below. Le Lido opened in 1946; the Irish dancer "Miss Bluebell" Margaret Leibovici (nee Kelly; 1910-2004) founded the renowned Bluebell Girls dance troupe who performed at the Paris Lido from 1947. Excellent condition. Country of issue: France, designer: Rene Gruau, size (cm): 58x38, year of printing: 1971

Original vintage advertising poster for a book series - Serie Negra - Black Series. The poster advertises noir novels of horror and fear. The poster reads The monster you want the most, the murderer of your dreams, the sadist you most yearn for, the vampire that runs through your veins, the thief who will plunder your heart, the detective who will arrest your boredom, the adventurer who will open your door ... in the Black Series. The poster features various creatures lurking in the dark - zombie - vampire - werewolf - Nosferatu - killer - tied up ladies - death - all shaping a big skull on black background. Fair condition, creasing, tears. Country of issue: Spain, designer: Esteban Maroto, size (cm): 72x51, year of printing: 1973

Original vintage education advertising poster issued by the Anheuser-Busch Companies for the brewers of Budweiser - The King of Beers for a Hundred Years. The poster features an illustration of Askia Muhammed Toure - King of Songhay (1493-1529) a fair man - devout Muslim who divided his country into provinces each with a professional governor, ruled fairly and uniformly and united central region of the Western Sudan. Poster No 2 of a series created by noted black artists. The poster depicts Askia Muhhamed Toure in colourful robes with gold ornaments and his people in the background. Excellent condition. Country of issue: USA, designer: Dillon, size (cm): 33x51, year of printing: 1975

Original vintage advertising poster for Casino de Paris - one of the most well-known music halls of Paris, with a history dating back to the 18th century - Casino de Paris Parisline Line Renaud une Super-revue De Line Renaud Jean Bauchet & Loulou Gaste. The poster features an illustration of a nude young attractive blue eyed blonde woman with sparkles in her hair with purple blue and pink Eiffel tower sketches in the background. Pierre-Laurent Brenot (8 July 1913 - 8 May 1998), was a French painter who also had a great activity in fashion and advertising. He is also known as the father of the French pin-up. Fair condition, folding, minor staining on margin, small paper loss on image. Country of issue: France, designer: Brenot, size (cm): 53x40, year of printing: 1976

Original vintage poster for an exhibition held from 27 September to 25 November 1984 presented by the Joan Miro Foundation in Barcelona - The Imaginary Museum Of Tintin - featuring a great design depicting characters from the popular Belgian graphic novel by the Belgian cartoonist Herge (Georges Prosper Remi; 1907-1983) being led by the comic book hero Tintin and his dog Snowy with the detectives Thompson and Thomson, Tintin's friends Professor Calculus and Captain Haddock and the opera singer Bianca Castafiore through a museum of items on display from his most memorable adventure stories including an ancient Chinese vase, the iconic red and white rocket, a sceptre, historic artefacts, a plane and models of ships. The Adventures of Tintin was created by Belgian cartoonist Georges Remi, who wrote under the pen name Herge in 1929. Issued by Editorial Youth. Fair condition, tears, pin holes, creasing, staining, paper losses. Country of issue: Spain, designer: Herge Casterman, size (cm): 90x60, year of printing: 1984

Original vintage advertising poster for Nike Jordan - Performance Brand of Excellence - Great design featuring the iconic Jumpman logo for basketball legend Michael Jordans sport brand, now used by Nike to promote the Air Jordan brand of basketball sneakers. The Jumpman logo was created in 1988 by Tinker Hatfield, who was inspired by a sketch idea from Peter Moore, inspired by the iconic Jumpman photo of Michael Jordan taken in a photoshoot for Life magazine. Michael Jordan does not own Jordan Brand. Nike owns Jordan brand but Michael Jordan gets a percentage of the revenue. Michael Jordan signed his deal with Nike in 1984 and while the Jordan brand started as part of Nike as a subsidary, the brand has it's own identity. Excellent condition, minor creasing. Country of issue: USA, designer: Unknown, size (cm): 89x58.5, year of printing: 1990s

Original vintage British Railways poster for Huntingdon in Cambridgeshire featuring artwork by Lance Cattermole (1898-1992) depicting an historical scene from the English Civil War (1642-1651) showing the English Member of Parliament and later Lord Protector of the British Isles who was born in the market town of Huntingdon, Oliver Cromwell (1599-1658), in uniform on a horse surrounded by Roundhead soldiers with one of the Roundheads passing him a sealed letter on the Market Square in front of the 12th century building where Cromwell went to school (now The Cromwell Museum), the text and British Railways logo in the margin below: Oliver Cromwell (1599-1958) Huntingdon See Britain By Train British Railways. Published by British Railways (Eastern Region) (PP 1162). Waterlow and Sons Limited London and Dunstable. Good condition, creasing, staining, tears. Country of issue: UK, designer: Lance Cattermole, size (cm): 101x63, year of printing: 1957

Original vintage Chinese propaganda poster featuring a portrait of Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek - also known as Chiang Chung-cheng / Chiang Chieh-shih / Jiang Jieshi - Design features a portrait of Chiang Kai-shek wearing military ceremonial uniform and medals in an oval frame below flags alongside stylised Chinese lettering. Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek was a Chinese Nationalist politician and military leader who served as the leader of the Republic of China between 1928 and 1975. Printed by Zee Shin Kee Offset Printing Factory, 175 Hart Road, Shanghai. Good condition, creasing, staining, tears. Country of issue: China, designer: Unknown, size (cm): 78x54, year of printing: 1930s

Original vintage propaganda poster Et Moi! / And me! Divorce should remove conflict between spouses; yet it has multiplied them. Above all, it has caused misfortune for children. It is one of the deep wounds of France. We talk about the rights of the child: the first right of the child is that the man and the woman who united to bring him into the world, remain united to raise him and to love him. The illustration depicts a child calling out for its' parents yet parents are facing away from the child. Issued by Ligue Feminine d'Action Catholique Francaise - The French Catholic Women's Action League was born from the merger between the Patriotic League of French Women and the French Women's League in 1933. Published by General Propaganda Office in Paris. Good condition, repaired tears, minor creasing. Country of issue: France, designer: Unknown, size (cm): 58.5x37, year of printing: 1930s

Original vintage propaganda poster featuring a quote from Mao Zedong in red writing on an orange background, with a small blue, white, and red image of Mao in the top right corner, published in French. Quelle est la muraille vraiment indestructible? Ce sont les masses, les millions et les millions d'hommes qui, de tout leur coeur, de toutes leurs pensees, soutiennent la revolution. - What is the truly indestructible wall? It is the masses, millions and millions of men who, with all their hearts, with all their thoughts, support the revolution. Good condition, tears, staining. Country of issue: China, designer: Unknown, size (cm): 38x53, year of printing: 1960s

Original vintage propaganda poster of Mao Zedong, featuring an iconic portrait of the leader attributed to Zhang Zhenshi and a committee of artists, which hung at Tiananmen Square prior to 1967. Andy Warhol modeled his now-iconic portraits of Mao Zedong off of the official state portrait of the Chinese Communist leader. Mao was a Chinese communist revolutionary who became the founding father of the People's Republic of China (PRC), which he ruled as the chairman of the Communist Party of China from its establishment in 1949 until his death in 1976. The text in red at the bottom reads - Great teacher, great leader, great commander, great helmsman. Long live Chairman Mao! - the poster features a photograph of smiling Mao Zedong (1893-1976) dressed in blue grey Chinese tunic suit also known as Zhongshan / Mao suit against grey background. Excellent condition. Country of issue: China, designer: Unknown, size (cm): 73x53, year of printing: 1960s

Original vintage propaganda poster of Mao Zedong, featuring an iconic portrait of the leader attributed to Zhang Zhenshi and a committee of artists, which hung at Tiananmen Square prior to 1967. Andy Warhol modeled his now-iconic portraits of Mao Zedong off of the official state portrait of the Chinese Communist leader. Mao was a Chinese communist revolutionary who became the founding father of the People's Republic of China (PRC), which he ruled as the chairman of the Communist Party of China from its establishment in 1949 until his death in 1976. The text in red at the bottom reads - Great teacher, great leader, great commander, great helmsman. Long live Chairman Mao! - the poster features a photograph of smiling Mao Zedong (1893-1976) dressed in blue grey Chinese tunic suit also known as Zhongshan / Mao suit against grey background. Very good condition, minor creasing, browning on edges. Country of issue: China, designer: Unknown, size (cm): 73x53, year of printing: 1960s

Original vintage propaganda poster of Chairman Mao. The text in red at the bottom reads - I wish the great mentor Chairman Mao a long life! Chairman Sun, most popular in our hearts, received the students who attended the Mao Zedong Ideology Class in Beijing on December 31, 1967 and those who attended meetings - the poster features a photograph of smiling Mao Zedong (1893-1976) dressed in grey Chinese tunic suit also known as Zhongshan / Mao suit with four pockets holding his hands together against purple background. Good condition, creasing, tears on margins and browning on margins. Country of issue: China, designer: Unknown, size (cm): 77x53, year of printing: 1967

Original vintage propaganda poster of Chairman Mao. The text in red at the bottom reads - I wish the great mentor Chairman Mao a long life! Chairman Sun, most popular in our hearts, received the students who attended the Mao Zedong Ideology Class in Beijing on December 31, 1967 and those who attended some meetings - the poster features a photograph of smiling Mao Zedong (1893-1976) dressed in grey Chinese tunic suit also known as Zhongshan / Mao suit with four pockets holding his hands together against purple background. Good condition, creasing, tears on margins and browning on margins. Country of issue: China, designer: Unknown, size (cm): 77x53, year of printing: 1967

Original vintage propaganda poster issued in Germany by Freiheit fur Nelson Mandela - Freedom for Nelson Mandela campaign. The image shows Nelson Mandela, with faint prison bars superimposed over the image. The slogan is written in red and white text on a black background - Free Nelson Mandela - Protagonist of the South African liberation movement. Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela (1918-2013) was a South African anti-apartheid revolutionary, political leader and philanthropist who served as President of South Africa from 1994 to 1999, first black head of state and the first elected in a fully representative democratic election. His government focused on dismantling the legacy of apartheid by tackling institutionalised racism and fostering racial reconciliation. Good condition, folds, pin holes. Country of issue: Germany, designer: Unknown, size (cm): 81x57, year of printing: 1980s

Original vintage anti-Soviet political propaganda poster / leaflet issued during the Second World War in Nazi allied Bulgaria. The leaflet is attacking Soviet Bolshevik Kolkhoz - Collective Farming system - featuring great colourful illustration of Collective Farm peasants gathered in a semi-dark room attending a meeting lead by a red-haired Communist Komissar. The reverse side of the poster explains that the meeting is run by a Communist Jew, who demands for the wheat to be delivered to Moscow the next day, regardless whether the norm has already been passed and if the peasants have any wheat left to make a living. It includes the story in Bulgarian depicted on the front of the poster, as well as comparison of the Kolkhoz and New agricultural order systems, and strongly promotes the latter, which is brought in by the Germans and their European allies. Poor condition, folds, tears, creasing, staining, paper losses. Country of issue: Bulgaria, designer: Unknown, size (cm): 30x42, year of printing: 1940s

Original vintage advertising poster for Boris Godunov a 1954 Soviet drama film. The poster features green and black stylised image of ghost of Tsarevich Dmitry (1582-1591) overlooking himself dressed in long purple caftan and jewelled fur hat with sword on his belt being murdered by a woman in a pink headscarf and other terrified woman in traditional Russian Court Gown. The film is based on the 1874 opera by Modest Mussorgsky (1839–1881) and the 1825 play by Alexander Pushkin (1799-1837), which tells the epic story of Tsar Boris Godunov, who reigned over Russia between 1598-1605. Boris Godunov inherited the throne of Ivan the Terrible after the death of his eldest son Fedor and Tsarevich Dmitry. The people blamed Boris for the death of the latter. It was screened out of competition at the 1987 Cannes Film Festival. Fair condition, paper losses in margins, folds, creasing, staining, tears. Country of issue: Russia, designer: B.A. Zelenskiy, size (cm): 83x59, year of printing: 1959

Original vintage movie poster for the Japanese release of the 007 film, The Spy Who Loved Me, starring Roger Moore, Barbara Bach, Curd Jurgens and Richard Kiel as Jaws. Very good condition, folds, light staining. Country of issue: Japan, designer: Unknown, size (cm): 72.5x51.5, year of printing: 1977

Original vintage educational poster featuring illustrations of Empire Builders: John Cabot (Giovanni Caboto, 1450-1500) Italian navigator and explorer known for his 1497 voyage to the coast of North America under the commission of Henry VII of England; Henry Hudson (1565-disappeared 1611) English sea explorer and navigator known for his explorations of present-day Canda and parts of the north-eastern United States; Sir Francis Drake (1540-1596) English explorer - sea captain - privateer - naval officer and politician - best known for his circumnavigation of the world in a single expedition; John Smith (1580-1631) English soldier - explorer - colonial governor - Admiral of New England and author, played an important role in the establishment of the colony at Jamestown Virginia; Walter Raleigh (1522-1618) English landed gentleman - writer - poet - soldier - politician - courtier - spy and explorer - known for popularising tobacco in England; William Dampier (1651-1715) English explorer - pirate - privateer - navigator - naturalist who became the first Englishman to explore parts of what is today Australia; William Penn (1644-1718) writer - early member of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) - founder of the English North American colony of the Province of Pennsylvania; George Anson (1697-1762) Admiral of the Fleet - Royal Navy officer; William Pitt 1st Earl of Chatham (1708-1778) British statesman of the Whig group who served as Prime Minister of Great Britain, best known as the wartime political leader of Britain in the Seven Years' War; James Wolfe (1727-1759) British Army officer known for his training reforms and remembered chiefly for his victory in 1759 over the French at the Battle of the Plains of Abraham in Quebec; Robert Clive (1725-1774) the first British Governor of Bengal Presidency, credited for laying the foundation of the British Empire in India. Issued by the Empire Marketing Board. Printed for H.M. Stationery Office by Thos. Forman & Sons, Nottingham. Very good condition, minor staining on margin, backed on linen. Country of issue: UK, designer: Fred Taylor, size (cm): 50x76, year of printing: 1920s

Set of three original vintage billboard advertising posters for Little Eva's Tempation. The name comes from A Farce Comedy Suggested by Uncle Tom's Cabin, this musical burlesque was written in the late 1920s by Henrique Vivian Messetti. Not much is known about either the performance history of the piece or the man who wrote and starred in it. According to the catalogue at the Library at the University of California, Davis, the source for the material in this part of the archive, Messetti was a member of a vaudeville-circus family active during the 1920s-1940s In addition to Eva's Temptation, he produced and toured California in shows called Messetti's Great Road Show and Messett's Musical Entertainers. It is not clear what part Messetti took in his version of Uncle Tom's Cabin -- as posters for his Musical Entertainers suggest, in some of his shows he apparently performed in blackface and in others as a female impersonator. 1. Text with red letters. Good condition, creasing, small tear, fold. Country of issue: USA, designer: Unknown, size (cm): 18x63, year of printing: 1920s; 2. With Home Talent in bold red lettering. Very good condition, creasing and small tear. Country of issue: USA, designer: Unknown, size (cm): 16.5x43, year of printing: 1920s; 3. Henrique Vivian Messeti in Little Eva's Temptation, red text in blue and orange frame. Fair condition, paper losses in margins, tears, creasing. Country of issue: USA, designer: Unknown, size (cm): 71x54, year of printing: 1920s

Original vintage educational poster Children of Many Lands featuring a great illustration of children from around the world - Ngondo of Africa, Marie of France, Sonia of Rumania, D'Mitri of Greece, Sam and Little Red Horse of America, Kak of the Far North, Sumiko of Japan, Ching of China, Suzette of Switzerland, Ivan of Russia, Anna of Sweden, Mina of Holland, Guido of Italy, Carlotta of Spain, Gretel of Germany, Kandoni of India and John of England. Each child is dressed in traditional style to represent the culture of each nation. Posters fit into a sleeve cover titled Child Education, Horizontal. Nina Kennard Brisley was an established and prolific illustrator of the 1930s and '40s who worked on Elsie Oxenham's Abbey School stories and Elinor M. Brent-Dyer's Chalet School books. Good condition, folds, tears, staining, pin holes, small paper losses, writing in pencil on cover. Country of issue: UK, designer: Nina K Brisley, size (cm): 32x99 (set of two, same size), year of printing: 1933

Reservistenflasche 2. Minensuch Division 2. Comp. Cuxhaven 1909-12, Vorderseite mit trinkenden Seeleuten, darüber Spruch "Wer treu gedient hat seine Zeit dem sei ein voller Krug geweiht. - Es lebe der Reservemann", Rückseite mit Dampfschiff und Bezeichnung "Oberheizer Kaiser", Deckel als Schraubverschluss mit vollplastischem Adler, Porzellan, Höhe 18cm, Durchmesser 12cmReservist bottle 2nd Minensuch Division 2nd Comp. Cuxhaven 1909-12, front with drinking sailors, above saying "Who faithfully served his time to him be a full jug consecrated. - Long live the reservist", back with steamship and inscription "Oberheizer Kaiser", lid as screw cap with full plastic eagle, porcelain, height 18cm, diameter 12cm

Late 18th/early 19th century miniature teapot, the body painted with an exotic bird amongst foliage, the body and cover heightened with silver lustre, H9.5cm Cf. Robin Emmerson, British Teapots & Tea Drinking, p. 117, fig. 135 for a comparable example. Emmerson notes that a teapot of this size may have been produced as a toy, or alternatively for customers who could not afford to drink tea in large quantities

M E Hall *ARR, early 20th century, after Francesco Francia, Pieta, oil on canvas, inscribed to the reverse 'copied by M E Hall, 11 The Grangeway, London at the National Gallery, London', in a gilt and ebonised frame. Provenance: bearing a label for Christie's London98 x 184cmCondition report: Overall looks to be complete with no visible damage or repairs. It was purchased by the vendor from Christies around twenty? years ago, who is now moving house, so has various labels on the back. Does not appear to have been cleaned recently so the surface is dirty, with a slight crazing to the paint in places and light surface marks. The frame is complete but does have a few light marks. Inscribed to the reverse.

A Victorian Gothic brass Corona Lucis / Chandelier, probably by John Hardman & Co. New Hall Birmingham*, the upper tier in the form of a crown and cast with ecclesiastically-shaped fleur-de-lis and crucifix motifs, decorated with applied five-petal brass flowers, 8in diameter x 9in high (20cm x 23cm), the matching lower tier suspended by chains with decorative brass ball connectors, supporting eight candle sconces and eight oil lamps, 30in (76cm) diameter; overall height 53in x total width (including the oil lamp bases) 52in (135cm x 132cm); together with a pair of similar brass wall-mounted oil lamps. This lot includes a set of later glass funnels and two sets of glass shades - one white, one black. *A similar example is illustrated in John Hardman & Co, Catalogue 1885, page 12, item 7. Provenance: the vendor was told by the previous owner of her house, that this was bought from a London Architectural Salvage merchant who had bought it from a Church in Soho, either late 1960s or early 1970s.

C. H. 'Charlie' Beer (Devon, Exeter, Honiton Rugby Football Club) interest: a 9ct gold medal for Devon Rugby Junior Cup 1927-28 inscribed to 'Honiton' and 'C. H. Beer', together with two Exeter Rugby Football Club 1st XV team photographs, 1930-31 and 1931-32, both featuring C. H. Beer, and a Honiton Rugby Football Club team photograph, 1935-36, featuring C. H. Beer (Captain) (4) Honiton beat Brixham Reserves 21-7 to win the Devon Rugby Junior Cup 1927-28. On the history of Rugby Football in Devon, S. F. Carnell wrote "The club (Honiton) had a long association with Allhallows School, which provided it with many good players. Most notable were ......W. E. Sprake who with C. H. Beer played for Exeter and Devon."

VALERIUS DE SAEDELEER (1867-1941) Robert Hebbelinck limited edition (54/125) etching and aquatint print - Low Countries landscape with dwelling, entitled 'Winter in Etikhove', signed in pencil, 51 x 66.5cms Provenance: private collection mid-Wales, purchased by vendor from Belgium art dealer Auctioneer's Note: the artist is one of Belgium's most acclaimed landscape painters. He was among dozens of Belgian refugee painters, poets and musicians who relocated under the patronage of the Davies sisters of Llandinam. Saedeleer lived near Aberystwyth for six years before returning to the village of Etikhove south of Ghent. The print is a collaboration with printmaker Roger Hebbelinck. Presentation & Condition: framed and glazed, very slight foxing in margins

JOHN PIPER 1960 screenprinted fabric - Welsh mountains, entitled 'The Glyders', 51 x 57cms Provenance: private collection, consigned via our Colwyn Bay office Auctioneer's Note: manufactured by Arthur Sanderson (Sanderson Fabrics Ltd) who commissioned the artist as part of the company's centenary celebrations in 1960 Presentation & Condition: no problems, framed and glazedPlease note that this lot may be subject to Droite de Suite at 4% of the hammer price (Please see terms / enquire)

WILLIAM GRANT MURRAY watercolour - view of St Illtyd's Church, Llantwit Major, monogrammed, 36 x 51cms Provenance: private collection consigned via our Cardiff office, letter verso from Philip Davies Fine Arts outlining the career of the artist who was a former curator at the Glynn Vivian Art Gallery in Swansea, salvaged section with artist's full signature from original back of painting applied verso. St Illtyd's Church is one of the oldest churches in Wales and has been called 'The Westminster Abbey of Wales' because of its plentiful ancient carved stones and effigies Presentation & Condition: blemish right of church tower and top left of paper, no problems otherwise, later framed and glazed

DR THOMAS S JONES (1870-1955) four books - (1) 'A Diary with Letters 1931-1950', pub. 1954 containing a signed note to the vendor's grandmother, on University College of Wales, Aberystwyth paper, with d.j (Oxford University Press), (2) 'Leeks and Daffodils' pub. 1942, no d.j (The Welsh Outlook Press), (3) 'A Theme with Variations' pub. 1933, no d.j (The Gregynog Press), (4) 'Rhymney Memories', pub 1938 containing signed note to vendor's grandfather who reviewed the book, the note on The Pilgrim Trust headed card, no d.j (The Welsh Outlook Press) Provenance: by descent, Vale of Glamorgan Auctioneer's Note: Dr Thomas Jones is considered by academics to be one of the most important Welsh figures of the twentieth century, holding several prominent positions in the public life of Wales. A native of Rhymney, he became a prominent civil servant, administrator and author who was Deputy Secretary to the cabinet from 1916 until 1930. He was an Independent Labour Party member and a member of the Fabian Society and he devoted much time to an intensive study of the problems of poverty, living and working at social settlements at Glasgow and Cardiff. He was also one of the founders of the Gregynog Press in 1923 and was one of the principal founders of Coleg Harlech in 1927. From 1930 until 1945 he was the first secretary of the Pilgrim Trust. During the severe inter-war depression in the South Wales coalfields he was closely associated with voluntary efforts to alleviate the worst ravages of the downturn in trade and industry. He accompanied Lloyd George on his famous visit to Hitler in 1936. In October 1944 Thomas Jones was elected president of the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth. His biography of Lloyd George, was published in 1951 and his political diaries were published in three volumes under the title Whitehall Diary between 1969 and 1971. He received a large number of distinctions and honorary doctorates. Condition Report: please enquire

CHARLES BYRD mixed media on canvas - entitled verso 'Abstract 1963' with artist's name, 43 x 49cms Provenance: private collection, consigned via our Cardiff office Auctioneer's Note: Charles Byrd (1917-2018) was better known as a kinetic artist who established a museum of his kinetic art work that ran from 1965 to 1995 at The Old Library, Cardiff Presentation & Condition: no problems, has aged, unframedPlease note that this lot may be subject to Droite de Suite at 4% of the hammer price (Please see terms / enquire)

CHRISTOPHER WILLIAMS R.B.A. oil on canvas - rare full-portrait of a seated lady mourning the loss of her soldier son, the lady in dark purple dress with frilly collared blouse, picture locket suspended from her neck with portrait of khaki uniformed and capped soldier, circa 1917-1919, inscribed verso 'Mrs Bostead' with later handwritten name of artist, 110 x 77cms, the sitter now believed to be Leila (née Money) Boustead, mother of Lieut Harry Atheling Russell BousteadProvenance: private collection, consigned via our Cardiff officeLATE ADDITION TO THE PROVENANCE OF THIS LOT FROM THE GREAT-GRANDSON OF THE ARTIST (QUOTE):This painting was originally auctioned at Phillips on 21 November 1985, part of the auction of "Remaining works from the studio of Christopher Williams RBA". It was Lot 56: "Mrs Bostead, Oil on canvas, inscribed in chalk with title on stretcher", 111cm x 79cm; unframed"in addition, I suspect that her name is (almost certainly) Mrs Boutstead, not Mrs Bostead. Christopher Williams painted a posthumous portrait of Harry Atheling Bousted - see https://greatwarliveslost.com/2017/04/04/thursday-5-april-1917-we-lost-541/ I suspect that this is from the same family and painted around the same time. As you note, this is most likely a bereaved mother from World War 1The picture locket mentioned in the description might feature Harry Atheling Boustead.Harry born Surbiton, Surrey 10 May 1892. was educated at Cromer Prep School, where he was Head Boy and  Harrow where he won the Champion Senior swimming Cup and became a monitor and head of his house. At University College, Oxford he won a half blue for swimming, winning the 100 yards swimming for Oxford against Cambridge in 1913, also competing in the water-polo team. and passed his history honours June 1914. He also represented his college at lawn tennis and only just missed out on representing the university at the Varsity Match.Commissioned June 1914 he was sent to Gibraltar and then to Egypt where he fought against the Senussi. July 1916 returned to England.Attached to the Royal Flying Corps and obtained his wings after one month’s training.Served in France from 4 October 1916. In March 1917 he returned to England to collect a new plane (most likely a Bristol Fighter) and return it to France. He had two ‘kills’ to his name.Harry died 5 April 1917 of wounds received in an aerial fight when the patrol he was on of six Bristol Fighters met Manfred von Richthofen’s Jasta 11 of Albatros D.IIIs. Though mortally wounded Harry fought off two or three enemy machines above and succeeded in returning to his base, made a perfect landing and died an hour afterwards. His observer 2nd Lieut. Charles Gustave Rochefort Mackintosh was also killed.He was buried in the British Cemetery, Ovillers-la-Boisselle, Somme, France. Lieut Harry Atheling Russell Boustead (aka Bonstein) 2/8th (Territorial) Bn. The Duke of Cambridge’s Own (Middlesex Regt),5 April 1917 Died of woundsAnother painting of Harry Atheling Boustead was sold at Dominic Winter Book Auctions on 11 November 2011 (lot 336). Apparently it sold for £2,291.25. I understand that this painting is now in the collection of The Omaka Aviation Heritage Centre, New Zealand.Auctioneer's Note: the tragic subject matter is unsurprising for the artist who travelled to the Western Front in 1916 after the battle of Mametz Wood in which about 4,000 men from the 38th Welsh Division were killed or injured. The experience of visiting Mametz wood inspiring the artist's masterpiece 'The Welsh Division at Mametz Wood, 1916' which is now in the ownership of the National Museum of Wales, it was commissioned by David Lloyd George and originally hung in Downing Street. Lloyd George was something of a patron of Christopher Williams and the artist painted three different portraits of the Welsh Statesman and his father. Williams' war experiences affected him deeply and according to the recollections of his friend Arthur H Thomas, 'Christie's vehement denunciation of man's inhumanity remain with me still' ( 'Christopher Williams: An Account of his Life and Appreciation of his Work' by Jeremiah Williams, Delyn Press, 1955). It is no surprise that the artist sought out a mother of a soldier as a portrait sitter. One can see in the expression of the lady, someone who is sorrowful but also that of someone who may be sharing the artist's despair at the 'juggernaut trampling of the soul of man' and asking 'why'. The subject matter brings the questions around the futility of war to a personal level, creating a powerful connection between artist and the sitter. David Lloyd George considered Williams as the most gifted artist Wales had produced. Presentation & Condition: has been later cleaned and reframed, no notable problems other than light surface scratch and small losses on edge near frame

SIR KYFFIN WILLIAMS RA oil on canvas - entitled verso on Howard Roberts Gallery, Cardiff label 'Valley in the Dordogne', signed with initials, 50 x 58cms Provenance: Estate of the Late Sian Smout of Wakefield and formerly of Berwickshire who inherited the painting from former Welsh international rugby union player and President of the Welsh Rugby Union Nathan Rocyn-Jones (1906-1984) Presentation & Condition: original frame typical of artist, area of craquelure to centre at top of cloud line, no other problems, fresh original conditionPlease note that this lot may be subject to Droite de Suite at 4% of the hammer price (Please see terms / enquire)

18TH CENTURY BRITISH SCHOOL oil on canvas - head and shoulders portrait of a lady, with a distant fire in the background, perhaps out at sea, unsigned, 75 x 61cms Provenance: note attached, 'found by George Thomas at Caerau Mill, Church Bay, Anglesey in the 1960s. He was the landlord. My mother got advice on it (she can't remember from whom) and it was suggested that the lady might be one of the 'Seven Pretty Peggies', I imagine from dating her clothes. I was visited by family members of the last millers to work Caerau Mill. One of them told me she was descended from the Bulkely Family, who were prominent in Anglesey. I failed to remember this portrait at the time and have not managed to track down my visitors again'. Signed by member of the vendor's family. Facsimile of 1925 Anglesey Antiquarian Society and Field Club Transactions 1925 which lists the seven Pretty Peggies who were present at a ball given by the Dowager Lady Bulkely Presentation & Condition: the painting has been fully restored and stuck down to later canvas, has been removed from frame for investigation, frame present.

PAUL PETER PIECH five colour limited edition (14/20) lithograph - protest poster in support of indigenous peoples with extracts from nature writer Richard Jefferies (1848-1887) from his 1883 autobiography 'The Story from My Heart', 'Each human being by mere birth, has a birthright in this earth & all its production; and if they do not receive it then it is they who are injured and it is not the 'pauper'. Oh, inexpressibly wicked world! - it is the well-to-do who are the criminal classes', signed and dated 1987, 51 x 75cms Provenance: please see Lot 64 Presentation & Condition: no problems, fresh example, unframedPlease note that this lot may be subject to Droite de Suite at 4% of the hammer price (Please see terms / enquire) 

PAUL PETER PIECH limited edition (23/75) two colour screen print with image of a tiger entitled 'Tyger, Tyger', and words from the poem by William Blake (1757-1827) 'Tyger! Tyger! Burning bright, In the forests of the night, What immortal hand and eye, Could frame thy fearful symmetry? In what distant deeps or skies, Burnt the fire of thine eyes? On what wings dare he aspire? What hand dare seize the fire? And what shoulder and what art, Could twist the sinews of thy heart? And when thy heart began to beat, What dread hand? & What dread feet? When the stars threw down their spears, And water'd heaven with their tears, Did he smile his work to see? Did he who made the lamb make thee?...', signed in pencil and dated 1974, 61 x 22cms Provenance: private collection, consigned via our West Wales office Presentation & Condition: no apparent problems, framed and glazedPlease note that this lot may be subject to Droite de Suite at 4% of the hammer price (Please see terms / enquire)

A selection of 16 collectable vinyl LPs, to include The Beatles white album, The Who, Yes, The Who Live at Leeds, including poster etc.

The Who - copy of Bellboy, featuring Keith Moon to the cover, 1970s.

The Who 'My Generation' a mono on the Brunswick label, vinyl and cover VG+.

NO RESERVE Allen (Charles, editor) Plain Tales from the Raj: Images of British India in the Twentieth Century, second impression, 1975; Tales from the Dark Continent, 1979; Tales from the South China Seas, 1983; Soldier Sahibs: The men who made the North-West Frontier, 2000; Duel in the Snows: The True Story of the Younghusband Mission to Lhasa, 2004, first editions, illustrations, original boards with dust-jackets, the first two price-clipped; and 3 others by the same, 8vo & 4to (8)

Cobweb painting.- Unterberger (Franz, Innsbruck-based artist who commissioned "cobweb" paintings from a staff of anonymous artisans, 1838-1902) Gemälde auf spinnengewebe, portrait of a man with pipe, opaque pigments on stretched "cobweb" or gossamer, 85 x 55 mm (3 1/4 x 2 1/4 in), lower portion torn and come away from mount, a few small chips to image, window-mounted, housed in original pictorial card chemise, a little rubbed, sticker removed to upper cover, small 4to, Tyrol, [c.1870]*** Scarce. Other examples of Unterberger's gossamer paintings are held in the Charles Deering McCormick Library of Special Collections at Northwestern University. Unterberger is said to have run a small shop in Innsbruck, where he commissioned the "cobweb" paintings from a staff of anonymous artisans, usually peasant craftsmen looking to develop unique items for the tourist trade. The cobwebs usually came from Agelenidae "Funnel-Web" spiders, whose webs were gathered, layered and wound to form a delicate fabric. The material was then stretched over cardboard, and to strengthen the canvas, artisans brushed milk diluted in water onto the fabric.

Occitan.- Goudelin (Pierre) Las obros de Pierre Goudelin, augmentados de forço péssos, é le dictiounari sus la lengo moundino, second edition, engraved portrait frontispiece and additional pictorial title, woodcut devices to titles, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, portrait and additional title trimmed just within printed area, some spotting and staining, lightly browned throughout, contemporary sheep, spine in compartments, repair to head of spine, rubbed, 12mo, Toulouse, Jan Pech, 1678.*** Scarce second edition of the collected works of this Toulouse poet, who was a great exponent of the Occitan language.

Meinertzhagen (Col. Richard) Middle East Diary 1917-1956, 1959; Army Diary 1899-1926, 1960; Diary of a Black Sheep, 1964; The Life of a Boy: Daniel Meinertzhagen 1925-1944, 1947, first editions, plates or illustrations, original cloth or boards with dust-jackets, all but the third price-clipped, the first slightly stained on lower panel and with old tape marks to flaps and pastedowns, the others rubbed; and another on Meinertzhagen, 8vo (5)*** Meinertzhagen (1878-1967) was a solder, intelligence officer and ornithologist. The last item concerns his son Daniel who was killed while on reconnaissance patrol in Belgium in October 1944.

Ronaldshay (Earl of) Sport and Politics under an Eastern Sky, 2 folding colour maps, illustrations, one map spotted, the other a little soiled and creased at fore-edge, 1902; On the Outskirts of Empire in Asia, advertisement leaf at beginning, plates, 2 folding colour maps, foxing, 1904, first editions, original pictorial cloth, a little rubbed, the first slighlty mottled by damp, the second with faint stain to upper cover, [Czech, Asia p.173-4], Edinburgh & London; and 3 others by the same, 8vo (5)*** Lawrence John Lumley Dundas, Earl of Ronaldshay, who later became Governor of Bengal and Secretary of State for India, was a keen traveller and sportsman. The first work is an account of his travels in Kashmir, the Sind Valley and Baltistan; the second relates his journey from Turkey through Central Asia to Chinese Turkestan and Mongolia. In addition to his sporting adventures Ronaldshay also comments on the various countries and the political situation of the region.