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Click here to subscribeSteiff Pewter Miniature Collection display case complete with ten figurines including British Collectors Bear 1996, Schwarz Bear, Panda Ted etc. all in individual dust bags, and one extra pewter miniature bear, a Steiff boutique yellow metal teddy necklace, and a Steiff March bear in green, H8cm
δ Bestall (Alfred) Original ink drawing with two panels showing Rupert the Bear and Badger, pen and ink over pencil, signed in the lower right of the left panel, blue-coloured crayon to Rupert's jumper, heightened with white, 93 x 212 mm (3 5/8 x 8 3/8 in), tipped onto mount, some exposure lines and minor browning, unframed, [circa 1950].δ This lot is sold subject to Artists Resale Rights, details of which can be found in our Terms and Conditions.
Large quantity of mixed toys, games, board games & jigsaw puzzles to include Playmobil (set 3739), Mega Bloks P-51 Mustang, mid 20th C teddy bear, Binatone TV Game, Nikko R/C Mantis, Tomy Thomas The Tank Engine train sets, Mouse Trap, Risk!, Operation, Blast-Off!, Stay Alive, war picture books (featuring Commando), etc. Completeness of items varies
Hornby O Gauge, Dinky Toys and tinplate Novelty Toys - varied lot comprises Hornby O Gauge tinplate Station Building, Signals, Footbridge, Corsair Pullman Carriage and other similar rolling stock. Also included are a Japanese battery-operated Bar Tender and a clockwork mechanical ALPS Reading Bear (lacks book) in a Fair box together with a Dinky Toys 561 Blaw Knox Bulldozer - red, lacks track otherwise Fair including box. (Qty)
Tonka large pressed steel vehicles - to include 13"/34cm Dumper Truck, matching 4-wheeled Trailer, Articulated Tractor with grab and a Bulldozer with Backhoe attachment, together with a 6-wheeled Lorry Mounted Crane. Also included are 2 x Tonka plastic Nursery Toys and a vintage 13"/33cm Teddy Bear - Fair. (8)
Six Steiff teddies to include 2 x Bears with working growlers, (1 x pin only & 1 with tag 11580), Woodchuck 1476/12, mohair chocolate brown teddy bear, Moxi Mole with paper tag & Snuffy Rabbit with tag in ear plus 4 x other teddies featuring Merrythought, Althans Club, Chad Valley & unmarked examples
Austin Osman Spare (British, 1886-1956)Gaminerie signed with initials and dated 'AOS 53' (lower left); further signed, titled, numbered and dated 'No 88 Gaminerie by Austin Osman Spare 53.' (on tape attached to panel verso) chalk and pencil on panel22 x 32cm (8 11/16 x 12 5/8in).Footnotes:ProvenanceWith Henry Boxer Gallery, London, where acquired by the present owner, 2020 Private Collection, South KoreaExhibited London, The White Bear, 19 November–19 December 1953, no.107London, Archer Gallery, Paintings and Drawings by Austin Osman Spare, 25 October–26 November 1955, no.88During his period of tavern exhibitions, circa 1949–1953, Austin Spare often produced work that spoke to the customers of his chosen establishment, often with humorous intent. This mask-like study from 1953 refers to the quality of 'gaminerie', or childishness, and is likely to be a portrait of a known regular in The White Bear tavern.We are grateful to Robert Shehu-Ansell for compiling this catalogue entry.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: * AR* VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.AR Goods subject to Artists Resale Right Additional Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
CHARLES DE LORRAINE: (1554-1611) Duke of Mayenne, French nobleman, governor and military commander during the latter French Wars of Religion. D.S., Charles de Lorraine, one page (vellum), slim oblong folio (43 x 15.5 cm at the widest points), n.p., December 1593, in Middle French. The manuscript document is addressed to the treasurers Antoine Ribauld and Martin Rolland and is a warrant for them to pay to Antoine Potier the sum of three hundred crowns in consideration of the great services that he has made for the cause and to help him bear the costs and expenses he has borne with his armies over four years, and further to provide him with arms and horses in order to continue to be able to serve when occasions arise, and also instructing that the payment should be recorded with the gentlemen of the Chamber of Accounts in Paris. Signed by the Duke at the foot, his signature a little light in places although legible. With an area of loss to the lower right, slightly affecting some words of text, and with some light overall creasing and dust staining, G
‘I shun, as much as possible, all intercourse with the world, from which I am wholly retired, not only in fact but in disposition. I am no longer capable of duty or susceptible of pleasure’ BURKE EDMUND: (1729-1797) Anglo-Irish statesman, economist and philosopher. A.L.S., Edm. Burke, two pages, 4to, Beaconsfield, 16th June 1795, to the Archbishop of Bordeaux (Jerome-Marie Champion De Cice). Burke congratulates his correspondent on their safe arrival in England and continues 'The time of my receiving the honour you are pleased to intend for me will depend upon your own convenience. The manner of your reception must of course be extremely disproportioned to the respect I bear you & such as is more suitable to my circumstances…..My state of mind disqualifies me from the attentions, I should, in my better days, have been proud of shewing to strangers such as you are. The sole link by which I was held to society is broken; & I shun, as much as possible, all intercourse with the world, from which I am wholly retired, not only in fact but in disposition. I am no longer capable of duty or susceptible of pleasure', further adding that he expects the Archbishop will be accompanied by one of his nephews as a guide and asking if 'you will be so good as to let me know the day on which you will find it convenient to confer on me the honour you intend', explaining that 'I will take care that my carriage shall meet you at the Angel Inn half way between this & London'. With integral address leaf in Burke's hand and bearing a good black wax seal (small area of paper loss caused by the original breaking). Some light age wear, VGJerome-Marie Champion De Cice (1735-1810) French clergyman who was Archbishop of Bordeaux from 1781-1801 and emigrated to England during the French Revolution.
[EGYPTOLOGY]: MASPERO GASTON (1846-1916) French Egyptologist. A good collection of Ls.S., T.Ls.S., some signed documents etc. by Maspero, forty-nine pages (total), 8vo and folio, Cairo etc., c.1910-14. The majority of the letters (38) are in Arabic and untranslated, although with seven others in French, the latter enquiring as to whether or not Said Bey Khachaba and his consort have finished their excavations in the area granted to them from El-Ganaiem to Beni Adi; asking as to whom some keys to the doors of the Temple of the Sphinx should be deposited and explaining that they are currently in a museum; asking if two placards can be given to the inspector at Giza so that they can be placed at the Temple of the Sphinx; referring to the Temple of Seti I etc. Two of the letters bear ink annotations signed (initials) by Campbell Cowan Edgar (1870-1938) Scottish Egyptologist, in one stating ‘I have examined the ground and have no objection’ and providing his estimate for the cost of ‘a proper exploration’. Also including two pages featuring various hieroglyphic drawings in an unidentified hand, with annotations in Arabic and French. All with file holes and most with some age wear, small tears to the edges etc. G to about VG, 47The Great Sphinx of Giza, the limestone statue of a reclining sphinx, a mythical creature with the head of a human and the body of a lion, is situated on the west bank of the Nile in Giza, Egypt. Maspero had conducted a survey of the Sphinx in 1886 and believed it to be ‘the most ancient monument in Egypt’.
A collection of Swarovski crystal animal figurines, including two owls of differing sizes, a polar bear, two dachshunds of differing sizes, etc, all with grey retail boxes and foam (9)The small owl with a chipped left eyebrow.The large owl with a scuff to the left side of the left eye.The small sausage dog with a chipped right ear.The larger sausage dog with some pitting to the metal tail.The polar bear missing its black right eye.We recommend viewing this lot in person to completely satisfy yourself with the condition.
A collection of Swarovski crystal figurines, including a large star without a box, 11cm high, a bear caterpillar, Rhino, etc, the others all with retail boxes and foam (9)There are no certificates with this lot.The large star with some chips and small breakages to the ends.The elephant with some scratches to the underside and very minor little chips.The cat with a re-glued right ear.The duck figural group with some minor marks.The bear with some minor scratches and chips.We recommend viewing this lot in person to completely satisfy yourself with the condition.
A pair of 19thc unusually large glass rummers, the deep bowls engraved with leaves and berries around the rim and with a conical foot (18cms high). Also with a large 20thc wine glass etched with birds and flowers by Robert Ellison (23.5cms high) and a modern wine glass etched with a Bear (signed and dated 1992, 16cms high). (4). *Condition: Rummers, both ring nicely, one with a small nibble to the rim, both with some scratches to the base. The other two glasses seem in good condition.
A 14ct gold, diamond and varicoloured gem set pendant, designed as an articulated clown, import mark Sheffield 1989, weight 3.9g, length 3.6cm, and a 9ct gold, diamond and red gem set teddy bear charm, weight 3.7g.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.
An Elizabeth II silver tooth fairy box, of oval form, surmounted by figure of a teddy bear, with a bear head clasp, the hinged lid enclosing a vacant interior, Sheffield Assay marked 925, 0.94oz, 4cm high, together with a Mexican white metal trinket box, of leaf form with a mother of pearl inlaid lid, 5.5cm wide. (2)
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