GENTLEMEN'S LIBRARY AND GRAND TOUR AUCTION OF CURIOSITIES

Tribal Art - a Zulu izingqoko food bowl or meat platter, broad lug handles, four feet, 62cm wide, South Africa; others (3)

Tribal Art - a Zulu knobkerrie, compressed globular head, 86cm long, South Africa; another (2)

Tribal Art - a Zulu knobkerrie, compressed globular head, the shaft with eight broad copper wire bands, 93cm long, South Africa, late 19th/early 2...

Tribal Art - a Zulu knobkerrie, compressed globular head, two-tone hardwood, 64cm long, South Africa

Tribal Art - a Zulu knobkerrie, globular pommel, 63.5cm long, South Africa, c.1900

Tribal Art - a Zulu knobkerrie, large globular head, 66cm long, South Africa, 19th/early 20th century

Tribal Art - a Zulu knobkerrie, substantial compressed globular head, two-tone hardwood, 60.5cm long, South Africa, c.1900

Tribal Art - A Zulu knobkerrie, the globular head applied with brass studs, 70cm long, South Africa, 19th century

Tribal Art - an African axe, the figural head at an acute angle, traces of blackened surface, 46.5cm long

Tribal Art - an African bone carving, in relief with depictions of a Benin Oba, 60cm long, Nigeria; a maternity figure, probably Bamana, she stand...

Tribal Art - an African ceremonial mask, probably Chokwe, carved with stylised avian features, fluted protuberance to forehead, 25cm long

Tribal Art - an African fertility figure, seated on a stool, adorned with feathers and beadwork, 45cm high, probably Fang, Central Africa

Tribal Art - an African plank mask, possibly Bobo Bwa, Burkina Faso, the lofty superstructure with crescent cresting, geometric features picked ou...

Tribal Art - an African puppet head, 28cm long; etc (3)

Tribal Art - an Afriican fertility figure, possibly Bamana, carved as a female figure feeding her infant child, seated, her stool with figural leg...

Tribal Art - an Australian Aboriginal boomerang, stone or tooth tula carved and fluted, traces of red earth pigment, 70.5cm long, 19th/early 20th ...

Tribal Art - an Australian Aboriginal hunting boomerang, stone or tooth tula carved and fluted, traces of red earth pigment, 75cm long, 19th/early...

Tribal Art - an Australian Aboriginal malcarra parrying shield, of traditional domed eliptical form, stone or tooth tula carved, integral 'dug-out...

Tribal Art - an Australian Aboriginal woomera spear thrower, painted and decorated in earth pigments, 69.5cm long; a digging stick, similar; anoth...

Tribal Art - an Igbo Ikenga figure, the horned warrior alusi stands, a knife in his right hand, a severed head in his left, 62cm high, Nigeria; a ...

Tribal Art - an Massai lion spear, 95.5cm blade with central ridge, hardwood grip, spiked pommel, 183.5cm long, Kenya, East Africa, late 19th/earl...

Tribal Art - an Oceanic feasting bowl, quite plain and of dug-out construction, 54cm wide; another food bowl, similar, simple painted border, 44cm...

Tribal Art - a Kuba Ngaady a Mwaash, the softwood mask typically carved and applied with cowrie shells and beads, sack diadem headdress, 23cm long...

Sporting Interest - Football - a late Victorian 1890 International Exhibition Edinburgh Football Contest medal, won by J Macpherson of Heart of Mi...

Cricket - an autographed Cawood 'K' Bat cricket bat, signed by the 1939 England and West Indies teams, 87cm long; a scrap book, relating to cricke...

Arthur Bell & Sons, a commemorative decanter, with contents, Bell's Extra Special Old Scotch Whisky, aged 8 years, to commemorate the Golden Weddi...

Augier Frère & Co 1878 Cognac, Very Fine Old Cognac, Established in 1643, [70cl], Strentgh (sic) More Than 25 Under Proof, label good and fresh, l...

Château Malartic-Lagravière 2005, unopened case of 12 bottles, each 750ml, 12%, vineyard packing case en suite, [12]

Porto Dalva 1934 House Reserve Port; a Delaforce Sons & Co Curious & Ancient Old Tawny Port (2) ...[more]

Warre's 1979 Traditional Late Bottled Vintage Port, 20%, 75cl, labels good, seals intact; Graham's 1982 Late Bottled Vintage Port, 20%, 70cl, labe...

Wine - a 12 litre wine bottle, Ruffino Riserva Ducale Chianti Classico, 64cm high; a 5 litre wine bottle, Castello di Gubbiano Reserva 1990, with ...

A 19th century Derbyshire Blue John bowl, quite plain and of deep proportions, 5.2cm high, 9.5cm diam

A pair of 19th century Derbyshire Blue John ovoid polished sections, 8cm long

Antiquities - a 19th century gold coloured metal gentleman archeologist's 'specimen' stick pin, mounted with a Neolithic flint arrowhead, 5.5cm lo...

Antiquities - a Lower Paleolithic Derbyshire flint hand axe, 10cm long overall, collection labels and numbering, c. 400,000 - 350,000 BC, Provenan...

Antiquities - Stone Age, a Neolithic flint/tuff lance head, label, 10.5cm long, c. 4000-2500BC; Bronze Age, a flaked flint knife, 6cm long, c. 24...

Antiquities, Stone Age - a collection of ten British Neolithic flint arrow heads and other sharp instruments, various forms, hues and sizes, inclu...

Antiquities/Natural History - a bison vertebrae, the shallow posterior pierced with a Stone Age flint arrowhead, 8cm wide overall

Botany - a set of five mahogany museum cases of seed samples, comprehensively labelled, Scizocarps, Dispersal by Wind, Dispersal by Animals, Capsu...

Conchology - an interesting collection of exotic sea shells, the oak box 47.5cm wide

Geology - a collection of Australian mine mineral samples, Gold, Silver and Tin Ore; a Kimberley Imperial Gold Mining Share, dated 25th June 1887,...

Geology - a large transverse agate specimen, cut and polished to show matrix, 25.5cm x 26.5cm

Geology - a pair of rose quartz specimens, cut and polished as book ends, 16.5cm high

Geology - an early 20th century didactic study collection of rocks and minerals, the fifty labelled samples arranged in two lift-out trays with co...

Natural History - a crocodile skull, 37cm long

Natural History - a monkey skull, glass display dome, 13cm high overall

Natural History - a museum mounted articulated rabbit skeleton, prepared by T Gerrard & Co, removable dust cover, the case 51cm wide, mid-20th cen...

Natural History - a scholar's hardwood model of a Coco de Mer (Lodoicea), naturalistically carved, canted base, 16.5cm high

Natural History - an armadillo shell, fashioned as a basket, 19cm wide

Natural History - Anatomy - a museum type diorama, displaying a disarticulated rodent skeleton, oak case, 32cm x 24.5cm, oak case

Natural History - Conchology - a collection of exotic seashells, various types, forms and hues, arranged in three Japanese table cabinets, the lar...

Natural History - Geology - a 20th century collection of geological specimens, in the rough, some examples provided by Gregory, Bottley & Co., Ch...

Natural History - Geology - a large Brazilian amethyst quartz specimen, banded agate matrix, 26cm wide

Natural History - Geology - an amethyst geode, probably Brazilian, outlined with a mottled agate border, 28cm high, 20cm wide

Natural History - Geology and Paleontology - Collection of 20 Specimens of Metallic Minerals and Ores, All With Name and Locality, boxed en suite,...

Natural History - Orthoptera - a museum case of insect specimens, Long-Horned Grasshopper, Praying Mantis, Common Grasshopper and Cockroach, the m...

Natural History - Paleontology - Fossil, a fossilized fish (Knightia alta), the ichthyological panel with a further smaller specimen to verso, 20c...

Natural History - Paleontology - Fossil, a large black fossilized Otodus megalodon shark tooth (Carcharocles megalodon), 11cm x 8.5cm, Charleston ...

Natural History - Paleontology - Fossil, a large fossilized Otodus megalodon shark tooth (Carcharocles megalodon), 14cm x 11cm, Charleston Area, S...

Natural History - Paleontology - Fossils, a fossilized African ammonite (Cleoniceras besarei), the specimen sectioned into two and polished, the i...