David Bowie: An Autographed Copy Of The Album Aladdin Sane, 1973, first pressing, RCA RS1001, the front cover signed and inscribed in blue ballpoint by David Bowie, For Fiona, love David Bowie, with lyric inner sleeve and fan club membership folder (completed by original owner and dated 7th May 1973); together with a ticket stub for Bowie at the Music Hall, Aberdeen, 16th May 1973, with letter of provenance, Footnotes: Provenance: According to information received, the morning after the Bowie concert, the vendor went to the Imperial Hotel in Aberdeen where the band had stayed overnight. After a while Bowie appeared in the hotel foyer and the vendor asked if he would sign the copy of Aladdin Sane he had brought with him for his sister, Fiona. She had been given it for her recent 14th birthday. A blog article regarding this album - signed 50 years ago this month - was published on davidbowieautograph.com, February 2023. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
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Elton John: A Test Pressing Of The Album Tumbleweed Connection, 1970, a double-sided, 12inch disc with white labels, one inscribed in blue ballpoint E John Side One, in plain sleeve with a sheet of recording details taped on, Tumbleweed Connection Elton John Released: 30/10/70 and with track listing and production credits, tracks with blue ballpoint annotated comments such as Country Rock and Nothing special, Footnotes: Provenance: The collection of Denis Mervyn 'Bob' Barratt (1938-2004), obtained while he was a record producer at EMI. Barratt went on to found the label Grasmere Records. By descent to the current owner. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Mitutoyo Dial Calipers, boxed with instruction sheet, and a five-piece technical drawing set, contained in a fitted case, together with a collection of twenty-five various fountain pens, ballpoint pens and propelling pencils, including a silver propelling pencil, hallmarked Birmingham, 1948 (a lot)
A Cartier French gold mounted bamboo ballpoint pen, detailed 'Cartier Depose', length 13cm, with a Cartier case.Buyer’s Premium 29.4% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 6% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price.
* Formula One Autographs. A rare signed printed programme for a Charity Cricket match between a Grand Prix Drivers' XI and Lord Brabourne's XI at Mersham Hatch, 28 August 1966, tri-fold printed programme on thin card, signed on 'Autographs page' by 6 motor racing drivers in blue ballpoint pen, comprising Jim Clark (Formula One World Champion 1963 & 1965), Graham Hill (Formula One World Champion 1962 & 1968), Denny Hulme (Formula One World Champion 1967), Frank Gardner (British Touring Car Champion 1967, 1968 & 1973), David Hobbs and Peter Arundell, oblong 8voQTY: (1)
* Bernstein (Leonard, 1918-1990). American conductor, composer, pianist and educator. A group of 4 signed items, comprising a photograph of Bernstein in a pensive pose, signed 'Leonard Bernstein' in black felt tip to lower clear area of image lower right, 18 x 21.5 cm; a signed inscription in ballpoint pen on an album page, 'Best wishes to Peter Dyson from Leonard Bernstein', matted with a reproduction photograph of Bernstein conducting, framed and glazed, 34.5 x 34.5 cm; a 2 LP box set of Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 8, signed in black felt tip pen for (?)Victor Goldberg by Leonard Bernstein to inside front lid; a 7th edition of the published score of Stavinsky's 'Les Noces', signed in green ballpoint pen by Bernstein across title-page (subsequently laminated) and on upper wrapper by Martha Argerich, Krystian Zimerman, Cyprien Katsaris and Homero Francesch, with a note that the autographs were obtained at the English Bach Festival in March 1977, the wrappers laminated, 8voQTY: (4)
* Tippett (Michael, 1905-1998). English composer. Two Autograph Letters Signed, 'Michael', Corsham, Wiltshire, 26 February 1962 & no date (Friday), both to the conductor Trevor Harvey in blue ballpoint pen, about the 'Ritual Dances' from his first opera 'The Midsummer Marriage', and a proposed cut for performance by Harvey, also declining an invitation to a performance of the 'Ritual Dances' at a Robert Meyer, both on printed letterhead, each 2 pp., oblong 8vo, together with a signed postally unused colour postcard of Michael Tippett, a first paperback edition of 'Music of the Angels (Essays and Sketchbooks of Michael Tippett)', signed by Michael Tippett on the half-title page and a box set of 3 LPs of the first complete recording of 'Midsummer Marriage', the accompanying booklet signed by the composer adjacent to his photograph on the first page, contained in original record boxQTY: (5)NOTE:Tippett's celebrated opera The Midsummer Marriage received its premiere at Covent Garden in 1955, since then it has established itself as one of the most important English operas after Benjamin Britten's Peter Grimes. Trevor Harvey (1911-1989) was assistant conductor to Malcolm Sargent at the Promenade Concerts (1945-53) and conductor and commentator at the Robert Meyer concerts for children in London from 1951 to 1973.
* Newman (Paul, 1925-2008). Autograph Letter Signed, 'Paul Newman', 13 May 1955, an early pre-cinema success letter to a fan called Barbara, in full, 'Again, being a schlunk in my own inimitable fashion, I'm (?)agin the buttons. Don't know why I have such a fixation - maybe I ought to go to the head doctor and find out. That's my feeling anyway. As for T.V. I did the "Adventure" Show and was sorry. Found out I just didn't have the energy to rehearse all day and then do a play at night. Both the play and the T.V. show suffered as a result. So I won't be doing any T.V. for some time unless it's an awful good script. Enclosed a snapshot. I don't have very many of them. Some fans send me copies of the ones they take and that's the only way I get any. The movie actors have thousands taken during the shooting of a picture by I ain't got such a setup. Thanks again for the letter. The best to you and all the others', in black ballpoint pen on letterhead, a little spotting and light creasing, 2 pages, 8vo, together with a vintage snapshot of Paul Newman and the actress Joanne Woodward (married 1958), 7.5 x 11 cmQTY: (2)
Britten (Benjamin & Pears, Peter). Armenian Holiday: August 1965, privately printed, Colchester, 1965, 38 pp., original printed wrappers, a little dust-soiled and light creasing to lower outer corners, slim 8voQTY: (1)NOTE:Limited edition, 60/100 copies, signed in black ballpoint pen by both Benjamin Britten and Peter Pears.
* Mosley (Oswald, 1896-1980). Founder of the British Union of Fascists. Two Autograph Letters Signed with initials, 'O.M', 28 November 1953 & 17 October 1958, in blue ballpoint and red ballpoint pen respectively, to unidentified correspondent(s), in a very difficult hand, the first quoting from (?)Hudson's letter, the second thanking his correspondent for a menu and enclosure (not present) and mentioning the Financial Times and the payment of £50, both on personal stationery, the first with single file hole upper left, the second with two file holes and a small rust mark, 1 & 2 pp., 8vo, together with a small printed flyer on yellow paper published by the Union Movement at 302 Vauxhall Bridge Road, urging 'Britons!' to 'Let Mosley Speak', 1 page, 8vo (20 x 12.5 cm)QTY: (3)
* Presley (Elvis, 1935-1977 & Sinatra, Frank, 1915-1998). A rare double-signed First Day Cover for the Bicentennial of American Independence 1776-1976, postmarked 2 June 1976, signed in blue ballpoint pen with sentiment, 'Best Wishes, Elvis Presley' in the blank centre, and signed beneath in blue ink, 'Frank Sinatra', original FDC printed card retained in envelopeQTY: (1)NOTE:With a certificate of authenticity from Internet Stamps Ltd, dated 16 February 2005 and with a printed note that only two of these double-signed First Day Covers were done. Just over a year later on 16 August 1977 Elvis Presley tragically died at the age of 42.
* Prince Philip (1921-2021).Duke of Edinburgh, Consort of Queen Elizabeth II. A Windsor Correspondence Between HRH The Duke of Edinburgh and the Rt Rev Michael Mann, Dean of Windsor, with an Introduction by Launcelot Fleming, 1st edition, St George's House, Windsor Castle, 1984, signed from one author to the other in black ballpoint pen to front free endpaper, 'Michael from Philip', original laminated boards, together with 5 other books by the Duke of Edinburgh with signed inscriptions for Michael Mann, including Selected Speeches 1948-1955, Oxford University Press, 1957; Selected Speeches 1956-1959, Collins, 1960; The Environmental Revolution, Speeches on Conservation 1962-1977, Andre Deutsch, 1978; Men, Machines and Sacred Cows, Hamish Hamilton, 1984; Down to Earth, Speeches and Writings... on the Relationship of Man with his Environment, Collins, 1988, all 1st editions and all signed 'Philip' for 'Michael' or 'Michael Mann' on front free endpapers, original cloth in dust jackets, first 2 dust jackets a little rubbed and soiled, 8vo, plus a signed pamphlet, Philosophy, Politics, Administration, The Rede Lecture, 1979, Cambridge University Press, 1979, original printed wrappers, signed 'Philip' in blue ballpoint pen to upper wrapper, slim 8voQTY: (7)NOTE:Provenance: Michael Ashley Mann KCVO (1924-2011), Anglican bishop and Dean of Windsor, 1976-1989.Prince Philip and Robin Woods, the then Dean of Windsor, founded St George's House in 1966. It was a centre for theological and business ethics study attached to St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle. Prince Philip remained on its Council until his death. The first book is the correspondence between Prince Philip and the Right Reverend Michael Mann regarding Professor Sir Fred Hoyle's 1982 lecture 'Evolution from Space'. Hoyle discussed the possibility of life on earth having arrived from beyond this planet, directed by a greater intelligence. Prince Philip advocated a compatibility between the scientific theory of evolution and the Christian story of Creation.
* Hope (Bob, 1933-2003) & Crosby (Bing, 1903-1977) & Lamour (Dorothy, 1914-1996). A signed album page, inscribed and signed in black ballpoint pen, 'Aloha! Dorothy Lamour', signed beneath by 'Bob Hope' in the same pen, and adjacent right in red ballpoint pen 'Bing Crosby', sheet size 10 x 15 cm, corner-mounted beneath a photograph showing the three actors in one of the 'Road to...' films, 11.5 x 16 cm, framed and glazed, (27.5 x 22.5 cm overall)QTY: (1)
* Chaffee (Roger, 1935-1967). American naval officer, aviator and aeronautical engineer who was a NASA astronaut who died in the Apollo I programme. Autograph Letter Signed, 'Rog', 16 February 1964, to his parents [Mr & Mrs Donald Chaffee, Wyoming, Michigan], beginning with family talk and his wife Martha before continuing with details of his work, 'We are well into our training program now and quite busy. We are studying geology, mineralogy, petrology (study of rocks), flight mechanics (orbits, etc.), physics of the upper atmosphere, digital computers, bio-astronautics, and astronomy, plus we fly quite a bit and take field trips. I was at the Cape to watch the Saturn launch a couple of weeks ago and the 5th and 6th of March we are taking a geology field trip to the bottom of the Grand Canyon. That ought to be a good hike up and down', suggesting a good time for them to visit on vacation, telling that they sign the contract on their house the next week and other family matters, 3 pages in black ballpoint pen on 2 leaves, light crease and staple holes to upper left corner not affecting text or signature, 4toQTY: (1)NOTE:A rare autograph from an early Apollo astronaut. On 27 January 1967, a fire swept through the Apollo I Command Module during a launch rehearsal test, tragically killing all three astronauts trapped inside. They were Roger Chaffee, Gus Grissom and Ed White.
MONTBLANC VINTAGE Schreibset. 1x Meisterstück Nr.1846 Klipmechanik-Kugelschreiber vergoldet Faden Guilloche. 1x Montblanc Meisterstück Nr.1246 Kolbenfüller vergoldet Faden Guilloche. Etui anbei. Altersspuren vorhanden.| MONTBLANC VINTAGE Writing set. 1x Meisterstück No.1846 clip action ballpoint pen gold plated thread guilloche. 1x Montblanc Meisterstück No.1246 piston fountain pen gold plated thread guilloche. Case enclosed. Signs of age present.
A COLLECTION OF SILVER ITEMS To include: a George III fiddle and thread pattern fish slice by William Eley I & William Fearn, London 1804, engraved BEL, 30.5cm (12in) long; a rectangular cigarette case by Ramsden & Roed, London 1934, with engine turned decoration and engraved EAL, 13cm (5in) long; a silver and enamel matchbox cover by Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Co. Ltd., London 1910, with purple guilloche enamel, applied with MW within a heart shaped reserve, 6.5cm 2 1/2in) long; an Edwardian silver purse by Colen Hewer Cheshire, Chester 1908, with engine turned decoration, engraved BL within a circular reserve, opening to a leather interior, 10cm (4in) long; two napkin rings; a vesta case; a bookmark; a silver coloured ballpoint pen, stamped Sterling; and an electro-plated vesta case 489g (15.75 oz) gross weighable Condition Report: There is no condition report available for this lot and is sold as found Condition Report Disclaimer
MONTBLANC, BOHÉME BLEU A BALLPOINT PEN Cap and Barrel: With black barrel, chrome trim and clip with blue stone accent Accessories: With Montblanc service guide and Montblanc case Condition Report: The pen is in good order, currently writes, however it will probably need new ink. The case has some light marks, some bending to the instruction manual Condition Report Disclaimer
MONTBLANC, WRITERS EDITION, VIRGINIA WOOLF A LIMITED EDITION BALLPOINT PEN, NO. 15674/18000, CIRCA 2006 Cap and Barrel: black resin barrel with engraved waved decoration, facsimile signature, the gilt clip with ruby accent Accessories: original Montblanc Virginia Woolf box, Virginia Woolf International Reply Card and outer card box
PARKER, DUOFOLD, CENTENNIAL A BLUE MARBLED FOUNTAIN PEN AND BALLPOINT PEN, NO 46/50 Cap and Barrel: With marbled blue resin caps and barrels, arrow clips Nib and Filling System: The two colour nib stamped PARKER 18k 750, cartridge converter filling system, inked Accessories: Original wooden display box, instruction booklet, and Parker Duofold Centennial Fountain Pen and Ball Pen Set certificate, No 46/50, stating the set is one of the first fifty issued to the United States of America to commemorate the 100th anniversary of The Parker Pen Company, 1888-1988 Condition Report: Minimal wear, the ball point has no ink, vacant. Condition Report Disclaimer
PARKER, 75 A GILT SILVER COLOURED FOUNTAIN PEN Cap and Barrel: With striated gilt cap and barrel, with French crab poincon, arrow clip Nib and Filling System: Extra fine nib, cartridge filling system, inked Accessories: None Together with two further gilt metal Parker 75 fountain pens, Medium and fine nibs; and a similar roller ball pen; pencil and ballpoint pen
PARKER, FALCON FOUNTAIN PENS, BALLPOINT PENS AND A PENCIL Cap and Barrel: A fountain pen, ball point and pencil with striated gilt caps and barrels, together with four stainless steel fountain pens and a pencil, arrow clips Nib and Filling System: integrated nibs of varying size, cartridge filling systems, inked Accessories: None Condition Report: general wear commensurate with age and use Condition Report Disclaimer
PARKER, MAXIMA A BLACK RESIN FOUNTAIN PEN CIRCA 1960 Cap and Barrel: With black resin cap and barrel, gilt arrow clip Nib and Filling System: The nib stamped 14k Parker England 50, Aerometric filling system, inked Accessories: None Together with a further Parker fountain pen, with wooden barrel; a Parker Duofold black resin pencil; and a Parker gilt ballpoint pen Condition Report: Lot as found, some wear commensurate with age and use Condition Report Disclaimer
PARKER, PREMIER TWO ROLLER BALLS, A BALL POINT AND PENCIL Cap and Barrel: One roller ball with gilt and lacquer decoration, together with matching roller ball, pencil and ballpoint with engine turned silver plated caps and barrels, arrow clips Accessories: None Condition Report: All pens are missing the fillings, vacant. They have light wear, the ball point is missing a black cap end Condition Report Disclaimer
An envelope containing National Aeronautics and Space Administration SKYLAB 1 crew ephemera, which belonged to Louis R. Perrott, to include certificates, launch agenda, mission documents, Apollo 16 book "And You Were There", with mircrofiches, a SKYLAB medallion from the NSA Administrator, plus a Fisher space pen, boxed, this ballpoint pen will write dependently smooth upside-down, under water, over grease and in extreme cold and hot temperatures
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