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Air France, the flag carrier of France, is a prominent international airline with a rich history dating back to 1933. As a member of the SkyTeam alliance, Air France operates flights to various destinations worldwide, providing passengers with a blend of comfort, quality service, and a touch of French elegance. The airline is headquartered in Tremblay-en-France, near Paris, and its primary hub is located at Charles de Gaulle Airport.**Key Features of Air France:**1. **Fleet:** Air France boasts a modern fleet of aircraft, including the Airbus A380, A350, and Boeing 777, offering a range of travel options to passengers.2. **Cabins and Services:** The airline provides a variety of cabin classes, including Economy, Premium Economy, Business, and La Première (First Class), each designed to cater to different passenger preferences. Air France is known for its culinary expertise, offering passengers a taste of French cuisine during their flights.3. **Global Network:** With an extensive network of destinations spanning Europe, Africa, the Americas, Asia, and the Middle East, Air France connects travelers to diverse cultures and regions.4. **In-Flight Entertainment:** Passengers can enjoy a range of entertainment options, including movies, music, games, and more, through Air France's in-flight entertainment system.5. **SkyTeam Alliance:** As a member of the SkyTeam alliance, Air France collaborates with other major airlines to provide passengers with a seamless travel experience, including shared lounges and coordinated schedules.6. **Environmental Initiatives:** Air France is committed to sustainable practices, incorporating environmentally friendly measures and technologies to reduce its carbon footprint.7. **Flying Blue:** Air France's loyalty program, Flying Blue, allows frequent flyers to earn and redeem miles for various benefits, including ticket upgrades and access to airport lounges.8. **History and Heritage:** With a history deeply intertwined with the development of commercial aviation, Air France has played a significant role in shaping the global airline industry.Whether traveling for business or leisure, Air France aims to offer passengers a comfortable and enjoyable journey with a touch of French flair.Measures 33 x 24.Backed by linen.

A Lewis Leathers one piece leather suit, size 42, recent lining, with original ticket and cloth badge

Football Feyenoord 16+ team multiple signed 2003 Celtic Match ticket display. Includes Buffel, Van Hooijdonk, Pardo, Kalu, Ono. Set with corner mounts on A4 descriptive page with match day cover with COPY ticket on match day cover below. Can easily we removed from mounts. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99

An early nineteenth-century Scottish silver bottle ticket, die-stamped of shaped rectangular form, with foliate scroll and shell border, incised for, "PORT", suspended by a belcher chain, James McKay, Edinburgh c.1800, length 5cm, together with a Victorian silver vesta box, George Unite, Birmingham 1874, combined weight 49g/1.57ozt approx (2)

Cork.A late eighteenth or early nineteenth-century Irish provincial silver wine label or bottle ticket, of rectangular form with reeded border, incised BRANDY, with belcher chain, maker's mark only struck once to the obverse, 'W.T', possibly for William Teulon of Cork, c.1800, length 4.5cm, weight 10g/0.32ozt approx

Darwin (Charles) Journal of Researches into the Natural History and Geology of the Countries Visited During the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle Round the World, tenth thousand, final definitive text, with postscript, wood-engraved illustrations, 32 pp. publisher's advertisements at end dated October 1866, upper hinge cracked and weak, the odd spot, small newspaper fragment lightly offset onto 2A7 & 8, Edmonds & Remnants ticket to rear pastedown, original green cloth, slightly rubbed and soiled, corners and spine head bumped, spine slightly darkened, [Freeman 20], 8vo, John Murray, 1860. *** "His first published book is undoubtedly the most often read and stands second only to Origin of the Species as the most often printed. It is an important travel book in its own right and its relation to the background of his evolutionary ideas has often been stressed" (Freeman).

Franz Joseph I of Austria (1830-1916). A ticket and dance card for his Golden Jubilee, dated 7th May 1898, mounted, framed and glazed, 28cm x 34cm overall; A quantity of invitations, cards and programme relating to the Royal Hunt in celebration of the 50th anniversary of the accession of Franz Joseph I to the throne in 1898, framed and double glazed, 39cm x 46cm overall; and another similar (3).(i) slight browning (ii) some items with folds, slight browning and spotting (iii) various tears, folds and marks. All under glass, unexamined out of glazed frame.

Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, sixth edition, half-title, folding diagram, publisher's advertisements at end, original blind-stamped cloth by Burgis and Colbourne with their ticket, 8vo, London: John Murray, 1888.Some browning and spotting, extremities slightly rubbed, spine slightly chipped at ends and dulled, hinge cracked.

TWO MASONIC APRONS ALONG WITH RELATED ITEMS for Lodge no. 1222, Govanhill, also four Masonic jewels, a life members ticket, another, two pennies, gloves, three certificates for Platinum, Diamond and Jubilee service to Brother William Ferguson, contained across two leather casesNote: The items relate to 2 Lodges, Lodge Govanhill no 1222 in the name of Brother George Kerr and Lodge Athole no 413 in the name of Brother William Ferguson. Each one has their own leather case.In addition , there is also contained in one of the cases, documents relating to Brother Thomas Bradford, the father in law to William Ferguson which goes back much further in time.The roll no. of William Ferguson was 3461

GROUP OF MILITARY AND OTHER LAPEL BADGES AND OTHER COLLECTABLES, including German WWII badges, pair of field glasses, BMA Skyleada aircraft construction kit and a 1988 Scottish Cup Final ticket

Football ephemera, comprising Leeds United vs AS Roma programme and ticket for 2012, Leeds United Football Club programmes Maritimo, Southampton, various signed footballing photographs, Leeds United players, match photograph of menu, some with certificates. (a quantity)

DARWIN (CHARLESOn the Origin of Species By Means of Natural Selection... Third Edition, with Additions and Corrections. (Seventh Thousand), half-title, one folding plate, advertisement leaf at end, pp.121-23 and plate loose, pp.73-120 working loose, ink numeral '5' on front free endaper, paper 'pocket' pasted on front pastedown, publisher's blind-stamped green cloth gilt, with Edmonds & Remnants binders' ticket inside lower cover, rubbed, spine ends turned with short tear at upper edge [Freeman 381], 8vo, John Murray, 1861Footnotes:This third edition ('seventh thousand') edition is the first to include Darwin's 'Historical sketch of the recent progress of opinion of the Origin of Species,' in which he describes his predecessors, those 'few naturalists... [who] believe that species undergo modification, and that existing forms of life have descended by true generation from pre-existing forms'.Provenance: ?T.E. Miln, pencil inscription on half-title.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Football, Manchester United, Champions League 2013/14, Olympiacos v Manchester United 25 Feb 2014, match ticket, coach ticket & two menu cards and Bayern Munich v Manchester United, quarter final, 9 April 2014, two match tickets, two coach ticket, two menu cards & Thomas Cook itinerary (vg)

Football ticket & booklet, World Cup 1966, a ticket from the West Germany v Russia semi final game played at Goodison Park on 25 July 1966 sold with a German Edition booklet explaining the regulations for the Tournament issued by the International Football Federation, 30 pages, all in German language & covering all aspects of the Tournament (vg) (2)

Rugby memorabilia / autographs, Newport v South Africa, 10 January, 1952 Official match programme (signed to cover by Hannes Brewis), after match dinner menu (signed by Buks Marais) & ticket for dinner event (gd) (3)

Postcards, Comic, a collection of approx. 32 cards illustrated by Donald McGill. Themes include cat, romance, marriage, taxidermist, fashion, seaside, B&B, rail ticket, fat ladies & gents, washing, drunks police, boat, cake, dog, burglar, milking cow etc (mixed condition)

Music and Entertainment, The Rolling Stones, a collection of Stones memorabilia to include 1989 boxed silver Mick Jagger coin with certificate of authentication (no 5260), 1990 Urban Jungle Tour ticket and programme, Voodoo Lounge 1994/5 programme in gift bag, Licks World Tour 2002/3 programme, Rock and Roll Circus limited edition book (1200 of 2000) and other Stones books. Together with ZZ Top 1991 World Tour concert programme and ticket (gd)

Football memorabilia, Manchester United v Barcelona, Champions League Final 2011 played at Wembley, official programme, match ticket & half & half scarf (vg) (3)

Autographs, Everest, a programme for the 40th Anniversary of the First Ascent of Everest held at The Royal Geographical Society Kensington on 24th May 1993 and signed to the cover by Sir Edmund Hilary and John Hunt. Lot also includes a ticket for the event (gd)

Postcards, River Thames, Hambleden to London, approx. 200 mixed age cards RPs printed and artist drawn together with 7 Thames Conservancy Pleasure Boat Lock tickets from the 1930s and 40s and a Cookham Upper Ferry ticket from the 1940s. Hurley, Cookham, Molesey, Temple, Shepperton and Bray Locks, Monkey Island The Compleat Angler etc. (gd)

Rugby autographs, Ireland v France 1946, dinner menu, 26 January, 1946, fully signed by both teams together with large match ticket, for game played at Landsdowne Road, Dublin

Rugby League programmes, 14 Rugby League Challenge Cup Final programmes, complete run from 1950 to 1963 plus ticket for 1953 Final, two press photos for 1958 Final & song sheets for 1961 & 1962 (some with faults, fair/gd) (17)

Trade cards packets, stickers etc, Football, a folder containing a collection of packets (some unopened), stickers, milk tops, cards & packaging, stamps etc, all Football related, 1960's onwards inc. Typhoo flyer for 1966 World Cup LP's, 1966 Ticket information leaflet, Wills World Cup 1970 preview booklet & wallchart, many sticker packets UK & Foreign inc. FKS, Merlin, Panini etc, several World Cup examples noted, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990 etc (gd/vg) (200+ items)

Football, England v Germany, 7 October 2000, VIP hardbacked official programme, standard match programme, match ticket, 8 England autographs, team sheet, Security & refreshment passes, itinerary, guest list & programme of arrangements (vg) (9)

Football, Aston Villa v Chelsea, FA Cup Final 2000, VIP hardbacked official programme, match ticket, team sheet, FA pennant, refreshment ticket, guest list & table plan & postcards (vg) (6)

Ephemera, Orders of Service (15) to commemorate Lord Attenborough CBE 17.3.15, Sir Donald Sinden CBE 19.5.15, Sid Field 3.2.50, The Right Honourable The Lord Wilson of Rievaulx Harold Wilson KG, OBE, FRS 12.7.95, Group Captain Lord Cheshire of Woodhall VC, OM, DSO, DFC 25.9.92, Noel Coward 24.5.73, Margaret Lockwood CBE 9.10.90, Alan Jay Lerner 1.9.86, 50th Anniversary of the Battle of El Alamein 14.10.92 with ticket, Fiftieth Anniversary of the end of the Second World War 19.8.95 at Buckingham Palace, (gd)

Ephemera, Fonthill Abbey, a ticket to see the Abbey also known as Beckford's Folly, a 90m tall Gothic Revival country house built between 1796 and 1813 at Fonthill Gifford in Wiltshire at the direction of William Thomas Beckford and architect James Wyatt. It opened in 1822 and was destroyed in 1825 due to structural failure. This ticket has neatly inscribed in black ink on the reverse, 'Fonthill Abbey 3rd and 4th Sept 1823 alone and disappointed' (some age toning and adhesive marks to reverse o/w gd)

Sport / autographs, mixed selection, R. Jacquet Football World Cup 1998 signed postcards (5) & signed envelope (1), Jean Boiteux signed postcard, winner of the on 400m freestyle in 1952 & bronze in 4x200, the first French swimming gold medal, Skiing, scarce postcard of Cervina signed to reverse by 19 members of the French team of 1955, Juan Antonio Samaranch signed card, Ludmilla Tuirschtschewa signed postcard, Carl Lewis signed postcard 1984, Maurice Perrin signed postcard gold medal winner for cycling tandem 1932, Louis Chaillot signed postcard, cycling silver medallist 1932. Also boxing ticket signed by Juan Carlos Garcia Lemus lightweight gold medal winner, Barcelona 1992, Emil Zatopek signed cover etc (gen. gd/vg) (16)

Ephemera, a Victorian De La Rue 'Fifteen Puzzle', complete, in original wooden box with paper instructions sold together with a circular cardboard ticket/badge for entry into the Children's Jubilee on 22nd June 1887 for John Davies of Gt. College St School (gd)

Football, Everton v Watford, FA Cup Final 1984, two match programmes, match ticket, access ticket & colour photo showing Everton team celebrating on the Wembley pitch with the trophy (vg) (5)

Beatles fan club letter and 3 concert ticket stubs together in a frame. 

Ten Books on Fishing - One Last Cast 2019 Peter Rofle (signed), Indian Summer 'BB' 1984, Fisherman's Choice Trout Fisherman's Saga 1959 Ieuan D Owen, The Passionate Angler 1951 Maurice Wiggin, Philandering Angler 1948 Arthur Applin, Trout from the Hills 1961 Ian Niall, Fishing the Wilder Shores 1991 Sidney Spencer, A Train to Catch A Return Ticket to the Golden Age of Fishing 2011 Jon Berry, A Book of the Running Brook and of Still Water 1886 Lady Colin Campbell, The Quiet Fields 'BB'1981 - Mixed Condition

ERIC CLAPTON TICKET AWARD DISPLAY IN GLASS FRAME

A BOXED TRI-ANG RAILWAYS OO GAUGE PRINCESS CLASS LOCOMOTIVE AND TENDER, 'Princess Elizabeth' No.46201, B.R. lined green livery, built from the C.K.D. kit, appears complete and in good condition, with instructions and oil bottle (R386), with a boxed Tri-ang class 3F locomotive and tender No.43775, B.R. black livery, missing cab step from side and cabside number from the other (R251/R33), with a quantity of boxed Tri-ang Railways and Tri-ang Hornby OO gauge rolling stock and accessories, to include Tierwag Car Transporter and cars (R342), Transcontinental Depressed Centre Car with Bulldozer load (R237), Flat Wagon with Car load, No.R.17C, Porters Room, No.R66, quantity of unboxed items and loose track, to include Ticket Office (R60), Girder Bridge (R68), Operating Mail Coach set, missing mail bags and coach in incorrect box (R402), P6 power controller and small quantity of Meccano both contained in Hornby O gauge boxes etc., majority of boxes in fairly good condition but some have damage and wear (2 boxes)

FOOTBALL PROGRAMMES-SPURS 1902 CUP FINAL PROGRAMME v BURNLEY, two ticket stubs, 1961, 1962 and two newspapers, Wembley Special

The remaining personal effects of Major General Sir Samuel Benfield Steele (Medonet, Canada 1848- London 1919), a group of invitations, dance cards, menus and Christmas cards from 1900-1919, including Calgary Old Timers First Annual Ball Dec 16th 1908- and ten others, a R.M.C Christmas Card from Lady MacDonell and myself- A.C.M, an invitation from Lord Kitcher to attend a dinner to celebrate the King's birthday, 19th November 1901 and a ticket to attend Earl Kitchener's memorial service at St Paul Cathedral (18).

Local Interest - a 19th Century scrap book of newspaper cuttings related to Bristol news, particularly the Bristol Times & Mirror, Bristol Daily Post and other South West Areas. The book containing an original ticket to the unveiling of the Queens statue by her grandson Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence on 25th July 1888 to commemorate her Golden Jubilee of the previous year along with various stories relating to Redcliffe Church, marriage and death notices and more.

Anya Hindmarch metallic python shoulder bag with front pocket, bow and tassels, suede lining, having receipt and ticket priced £2,195, with grey and white striped dust bag 

Hornby Dublo 2-rail BR black 69550 0-6-2T locomotive No. 2217, generally excellent in good plus yellow box (without lid), with yellow Tested swing ticket attached. Contents unchecked for completeness or correctness and untested. Viewing recommended.

Hornby Dublo coaches, generally excellent in good plus boxes (where present), with T.P.O. Mail Van Set including Tested swing ticket and instructions No. 2400, Nos. 4025, 4026 and 32097, etc. Contents unchecked for completeness or correctness and untested. Viewing recommended. Qty 10

Hornby 00 gauge Steam Locomotive train sets in original boxes (3), Comprising RS608 Flying Scotsman set with Class A3 4-6-2 LNER green 4472 'Flying Scotsman' two Teak finish coaches and track, RS609 Express Passenger set with Princess class 4-6-2 LMS maroon 6201 'Princess Elizabeth ' two maroon coaches and track, unusual RS616 Ticket operated train set with 0-4-0 Tank locomotive green 27 one custard/crimson coach track station building and electronic ticket, F-VG, boxes P-G, (3)

Hornby Dublo Tri-ang 00 gauge Locomotive Track and Buildings (qty), comprising Hornby Dublo 3-rail Standard 4 2-6-4 Tank Locomotive black 80054, in original box D1 through station, D1 level crossing (3, one in original box), signal cabins (2), Wayside station, Dublo 3-rail track straights and curves (149), turnouts and crossings (13) , TPO exchange track (2), Tri-ang R60 Ticket office in original box, Tri-ang Standard track assorted (46 pieces), Hornby Series 4 and System 6 long lengths and flexible track (31 approx.), Series 4 and Series 3 fixed straights turnouts and curves (128 approx.), Fleischmann 1600 straight track (16), Hornby pre-war 0 gauge crane wagon in original box, Tri-ang Lines Bros wooden fort in original box, P-G, boxes F-G, (qty)

Minichamps boxed racing car signed by Damon Hill, Minichamps 18 Ltd Ed. 'World Champion 1996' racing car, 2 cased Heritage Damon Hill racing cars, boxed Damon Hill figure, Williams cased badges, Silverstone ticket, Heritage cased Damon Hill helmet & 2 Liberia Damon Hill commemorative coins

First Day Covers 1924 - 1968: four 1924 British Empire Exhibition first day covers (one on Air-Mail to Paris), to/w a British Empire Exhibition ticket (AH1050) and souvenir portrait photograph; also Postal Union Congress 1929 (2), 1935 Silver Jubilee, Olympic Games 1948, Universal Postal Union, Festival of Britain, 1952 Coronation; signatures including Huw Weldon, Rowland Emmett, Archbishop Geoffrey Fisher, Bishop Arthur Ramsey, Lady Olave Baden-Powell, Harold Wilson (2), etc - approximately 120 items in album

A 1966 Jules Rimet Cup quarter final ticket stub. No. 17556 Entrance N.

° ° Eric Clapton and Cream interest; a ticket/programme for the Bacchanalian Ball at the University of Sussex, Friday 16th June 1967, programme includes ‘The Cream’ performing two slots in the Refectory at the Falmer House building An interesting piece of Cream history, including ‘The Original Drifters’ also performing later that day. Dimensions when open; 17.5 x 19cmProvenance; the vendor attended the event.

The Beatles; Ticket to Ride 7" single, an original UK Demonstration Record, R 5265, c/w Yes It Is. Parlophone red 'A' on white background demo label, with serrated rim and with the four prong centre intact. Matrix stamped; 7XCE 18254-3 KT 2 L & 7XCE 18255-2 KT 1 T. In green Parlophone sleeve.These are offered from the collection of the late BBC DJ Brian Matthew.Biography of Brian Matthew as published by the BBC after his death in 2017:Brian Matthew presented Sounds of the 60s from 1990 through to 2017.Brian Matthew started broadcasting in 1948 in Germany, and trained as an actor at RADA before joining the BBC in 1954. He had a great love of the theatre and performed in many well-known venues. He even was the proud owner of his own 50-seat studio theatre in his home.He was one of the first DJs on Radio 2, and hosted shows such as 'Saturday Club', 'Thank Your Lucky Stars' and 'Late Night Extra', but he is probably best known for presenting the long-running 'Round Midnight' programme which won the 1987 Pulitzer Publishing Award.Brian presented 'Sounds of the Sixties' (winner of a Gold Sony Radio Award in 1996) from April 1990 through to 2017, when he stepped down from presenting the show.In 1990 he received a Broadcasting Press Guild Award for Outstanding Contribution to Radio.

An archive of Michael Jackson related memorabilia, including an autograph on an envelope with letter explaining how it was collected Also ticket for the memorial service on Tuesday 7 July 2009 with related wristband, a copy of ‘Moon Walk’ by Michael Jackson, and a few other items.

1881 USA Five Dollar. 8.35g, 22mm. Ref: F.143. ex Baldwins, with ticket.

A mixed collection of items to include two gentleman's wristwatches, a 'BOSE' advertising multitool, a piece of the Belin Wall, an Ericsson T10 mobile phone and one other, an ACME British Rail whistle, pair of cufflinks, a first day of the National Lottery ticket together with a £1 note and various similar items. (Qty) In good vintage condition.

Great Eastern Railway staff and ticket box, traffolite plated COUNTY SCHOOL AND FAKENHAM. In ex railway condition measures 13.5in x 8.5in x 7.5in. Together with a small glazed notice re County School Level Crossing dated May 1961, measures 11in x 9in.

London Underground FF enamel sign PLEASE OBTAIN YOUR PARKING TICKETS FROM THE TICKET OFFICE. In very good condition measures 30in x 15in.

Poster BR(W) DON'T FORGET MY TICKET by John Bee showing image of a Spaniel. Double Royal 25in x 40in. In very good condition with minor edge tape repairs.

A large collection of 7" singles, mainly 1960s to 1970s, various genres, to include: The Spiders from Mars - National Pole; Clefs of Lavender Hill - Stop! Get a Ticket (Radio Station copy); Thin Lizzy - Jail Break; Hawkwind - Silver Machine; Yazoo - Nobody's Diary; XTC - Generals and Majors (includes free single stickered sleeve); T-Rex - Thunderwing; The Tourists - Don't Say I Told You So; Tom Robinson Band - 2-4-6-8 Motorway; Rachel Sweet - I Go To Pieces; The Souther, Hillman, Furay Band - Mexico; Small Faces - I Feel Much Better; David Coverdale's Whitesnake -Snakebite; The Stranglers - Rock It To The Moon; Skids - Wide Open; Human League - Being Boiled; Jane Aire & The Belvederes - Call Me Every Night (picture disc); Free - The Hunter, etc (approx 300+)

A collection of concert tickets/stubs to include Pink Floyd, Empire Pool, Wembley, Tuesday 15th March, 1977, The Rolling Stones, Wembley Stadium, Saturday June 26th 1982, and Supertramp, Earls Court, London, 1/7/83, together with four Grand Prix passes and a Wembley Division One Play Off Final 2000 ticket. (18)

A large collection of assorted 7" singles, various dates and genres, to include: The Beatles - Ticket to Ride, Yellow Submarine, I Want To Hold Your Hand, From Me To You, All My Loving; Tommy Roe - The You I Need; Rod Stewart - Reason To Believe; Freddy & The Dreamers - Feel So Blue; John Lennon - Instant Karma!; Canned Heat - Let's Work Together; Patti Smith - Gloria; Enya - Orinoco Flow; Steeleye Span - Padstow; Bryan Adams - Everything I Do I Do For You; The Kinks - Lola; Marmalade - The Ballad Of Cherry Flavar; The Monkees - I'm Not Your Stepping Stone; Themes from James Bond Films; Chicago - Together Again; The Edgar Winter Group - Underground Man; Focus - Hocus Pocus; Brian Poole - Why Can't You Love Me

Eric Clapton - a collection of 12" vinyl to include: Journeyman, The Cream Of, August, Money & Cigarettes, Another Ticket, Slowhand, No Reason To Cry, 461 Ocean Boulevard, and Behind The Sun (9)

The Beatles, a collection of 7" singles to include I Wanna Hold Your Hand, We Can Work it Out, Hey Jude, She Loves You, Daytripper, Lady Madonna, All You Need is Love, From Me To You, Please Please Me, Ticket To Ride, Eleanor Rigby, and Old Brown Shoe; together with various other Beatles related singles to include John Lennon, Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr solo examples (approx 80, some duplicates)

PHILIP WILSON STEER (BRITISH 1860-1942) THE CASINO, BOULOGNE-SUR-MER Oil on canvas Signed and dated 92 (lower right) 51 x 61cm (20 x 24 in.)Provenance: Private Collection, Thomas Humphry Ward Esq.(1845-1926), Art critic for the Times Newspaper Private Collection, Mrs. Sandwith Private Collection, Adrian McConnel Thence by descent Exhibited: London, The Goupil Gallery, Exhibition of Paintings by P. Wilson Steer, February 1894, no. 1, as 'property of T Humphrey Ward Esq.' Literature: 'Our London Correspondence', Glasgow Herald, 26 February 1894, p. 7 'From Private Correspondence', The Scotsman, 26 February 1894, p. 7 'From our London Correspondent', Manchester Courier, 26 February 1894, p. 5 'Exhibitions', Pall Mall Gazette, 27 February 1894, p. 3 'Exhibition Review, A Modern Painter', The National Observer, 3 March 1894, p. 396 G[eorge] M[oore], 'Mr Steer's Exhibition', The Speaker, 3 March 1894, p. 250 'Art: The Goupil Gallery', Weekly Dispatch, 4 March 1894, p. 6 'Studio and Gallery', Black and White, 10 March 1894, p. 294 'Fine Art: The Goupil', The Morning Post, 10 March 1894, p. 2 George Moore, Modern Painting, 1898 (Walter Scott), p. 242 DS MacColl, Life, Work and Setting of Philip Wilson Steer, 1945 (Faber & Faber), pp. 51, 193 Bruce Laughton, Philip Wilson Steer, 1971 (Clarendon Press, Oxford), p.130, (no 52)Sketches for the present work are included in Steer's sketchbook inscribed Boulogne and dated 1888. The sketchbook is held in the V&A archives under reference E 281 - 1943. Had you been standing on the upper deck of the Folkestone steamer, steering into the harbour at Boulogne-sur-Mer at the turn of the twentieth century, your view on the port side, beyond the guard rail of the jetée de l'est, would take in the plage, and the Second Empire Casino. Sitting in public gardens that contained a saltwater bathing establishment, the lines of the casino prepared you for those of the great exhibition 'palaces' of Paris, a train ride away. A quick scan of your Baedeker would tell you that the casino opened every year for the summer season from 15 June to 15 October and a day ticket would cost you two francs. Since the lights are on in Philip Wilson Steer's view of the building, we can assume that the present canvas must represent a late summer evening. Although dated '92' we know that the painter spent the summer at Cowes in that year. He would have passed through Boulogne in 1887, 1888 and 1889, producing swift sketchbook notes, three of which relate directly to the present work (fig 1). Why, in the 1880s was Boulogne and its environs so admired, and why did it supplant Walberswick in Steer's affections? The answers are various - Dannes, Étaples, Montreuil and one or two other picturesque towns nearby were supporting small colonies of British and American painters, many of whom were working in loosely Impressionist styles, while further down the coast there were the familiar haunts of Monet and Boudin. Boulogne was also one of the main points of access to Paris in the late nineteenth century, its packet-boat service having commenced in 1849. In Steer's case the specific interest in Boulogne is likely to have come first from the early work of Manet that he saw in the artist's posthumous retrospective exhibition in Paris in 1884. 'When the Manet exhibition was held', he told John Rothenstein, 'I had never heard his name. But I went and was very much interested ...The landscapes I liked very much ...' Manet had of course visited Boulogne several times in the 1860s and on one occasion on the plage, had painted the twin piers that form the harbour entrance. Fashionable promenades, these breakwaters with their white handrails had not changed when Steer painted them twenty years later.Passing through the port in the late 1880s, and again in 1891, Steer must have realized that he needed to go no further for one of the most celebrated British Impressionist paintings, Boulogne Sands. Having already painted this beach, looking north to where the hillside rolls gently towards the shore in Boulogne Sands: Children Shrimping, the Casino waterfront was a key location.There is sufficient technical variation between the Tate and Ferens canvases to leave the precise date of most works ascribed to the artist's Boulogne corpus prior to 1891, open to debate. While he was known to be capable of working in several different styles at once, the dabs and dashes of a painting of girls busily building sandcastles on a blustery day, contrast with the serenity of the present townscape - a work that takes the eye beyond the casino to the rising land of the haute ville, and the tower of the Cathédral Notre Dame. At this moment when the noisy children have gone and the casino slowly becomes incandescent, the town sinks into the crepuscular light of evening. Bruce Laughton, Steer's 1960s champion, had not seen the present painting when writing his monograph, and accepted DS MacColl's earlier assessment of it. Recalling the painting in the 1940s and thinking of the celebrated 'nocturnes' of the 1870s, MacColl had reached for the word 'Whistlerian'. It now seems most likely that the artist post-dated Casino, Boulogne '92' at the time it left his studio and when it was recalled for his solo exhibition in 1894, it had passed into the collection of Thomas Humphry Ward (1845-1926), the principal art critic and occasional leader writer on the staff of The Times. Ward apparently 'disliked that it should be known' that he was the painting's owner. George Moore was keen to make something of the fact and in praising the painting he also exposed its purchaser to a wider readership: I like ... The Casino, Boulogne, the property, I note with some interest, of Mr T Humphry Ward, art critic of The Times ... Mr Humphry Ward must write conventional commonplace, otherwise he could not remain art critic of The Times, so it is pleasant to find that he is withal an excellent judge of a picture ... The buildings stand high up, they are piled up in the picture, and a beautiful blue envelopes sky, sea, and land. Nos 1 [the present picture] and 2 show Mr Steer at his best: that beautiful blue, that beautiful mauve, is the optimism of painting, is the peculiar characteristic of Mr Steer's work. Other critics concurred, referring to its 'perfect technique' and the 'decorative charm' of its colour. Painted 'freely and flowingly', the peacefulness of this evening on the French coast was conveyed with splendid spontaneity. It had, more than the overtly 'Impressionist' studies of 1891, a 'unity of vision' that Steer considered one of the essential 'laws' of good painting. He insisted, echoing Whistler, that scenes like that of the casino, may be 'commonplace and ordinary' to the layperson, but it was for the painter to find beauty in them. As one pulled into the harbour of an evening, this called for the subtle palette of warm greys and ochres of a hillside and buildings that surround the ghostly gaming house, framed between the hints of mauve in a peaceful sky and the cool cerulean blues of a rippling tide. Kenneth McConkey

A Collection of Popular Artists Tour Programmes And Related Memorabilia. Includes: Bryan Ferry 1999, Roxy Music 2001, Status Quo 1997-1998 and 2004-2005 World Tours, Tina Turner 1996 with 2 ticket stubs, Bill Wyman Tour 2003/04 with 2 ticket stubs, Bob Dylan 2002, The Who 2000, The Everly Brothers 1997 with 2 ticket stubs and 2005, Cher 1999 with 2 ticket stubs, Jethro Tull 1999 and others. Plus 3 large posters of Bob Dylan, Wishbone Ash and The Beach Boys. Overall condition: Very Good Plus - Excellent. (Qty).