Steiff Original Antique Teddy Bear 'Teddy Boy', a very well-loved example from the early 20th century, with the nickel button in his left ear showing 'Steiff' with the leg of the 'f' trailing back towards the 'e'; his classic features include the elongated snout, black boot button eyes, hump back, disc joints to neck, shoulders and hips, very long arms, centre seam to body plus nose to neck and wood shavings (excelsior) stuffing; originally made in light blonde mohair he has obviously passed through several generations of loving owners and would benefit from improved repairs, although he is still very appealing; 12 inches (30cms) tall
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A collection of x6 German Steiff made soft toy teddy bears comprising; 074943 Kitty Cat, 072314 Clippy Elephant, 281327 Sissi Pig, 110917 Polar Bear with magnetic hands, 110955 Cosy Cat with magnetic hands and 420719 Steiff Club Event Teddy Bear 2007. All bears with tags and buttons to the left ears. Proceeds from this lot are going to the Animals Asia Charity to help improve the welfare of animals across Asia and work to bring about long-term change. https://www.animalsasia.org/uk/media/news/news-archive/animals-asia-unveils-site-of-new-sanctuary,-heralding-the-end-of-bear-bile-farming-in-vietnam.html
An album of sixty paintings depicting Sikh rulers, monuments in Lahore and elsewhere, and tradespeople, soldiers and entertainers Punjab, circa 1855-60watercolours on watermarked paper, many with Lumsden & Co watermark often with 1851 date, inner margins ruled in colours, most with English inscriptions in lower margins, contemporary and local brown leather binding tooled with floral motifs, doublures of coloured paper decorated with flowers 193 x 235 mm.Footnotes:For similar albums - almost all with a standard sixty paintings - apparently often acquired by British servicemen and visitors to the Punjab, see the sales in these rooms, Bonhams, Islamic and Indian Art, 30th April 2019, lot 212; 26th October 2020, lot 268; 30th March 2021, lot 124; 25th October 2021, lot 334; 29th March 2022, lot 214A; and various other instances of single paintings or groups of paintings from dispersed albums.This one has particularly idiosyncratic comments written in by its British owner, seemingly based on personal observation, whether relating to the accuracy of the portrayal of buildings, or amused, facetious (or perhaps mystified) remarks on the tradespeople and entertainers, whom they must have seen face to face in the Punjab.The subjects of the paintings are as follows:1. Maharajah Ranjit Singh.2. Maharajah Duleep Singh, 'King of Lahore'.3. Rani Jindan.4. Maharajah Sher Singh.5. Chattar Singh Atariwala.6. Maharajah Gulab Singh, 'King of Cashmere'.7. Dost Mohamed Khan of Kabul.8. Diwan Mul Raj.9. Sher Singh Atariwala.10. Ali Akbar Khan of Kabul.11. The Jumma Masjid, Delhi (inscribed 'Exact').12. The Taj Mahal, Agra (but inscribed 'Shaz Beebee Rah Rawzah in Agra').13. Wazir Khan's Mosque, Lahore (inscribed 'Correct').14. The Badshahi Mosque, Lahore (inscribed 'the wall between the two towers in the foreground [...] down merely the features of steps remaining').15. The Golden Temple at Amritsar ('exact').16. The Qutb Minar, Delhi ('Not correct. The height is all right (400 ft). The tower might be leaning slightly. The top is not [...] is covered with characters. Cut in the material, there, destroyed').17. The Tomb of Maharajah Ranjit Singh, Lahore ('Correct. Just outside the fort').18. The Golden Mosque, Lahore ('In city of Lahore. Correct').19. The Shalimar Gardens 'in Punjab' ('6 miles from the Fort, Lahore. Correct').20. The Tomb of Jahangir, Lahore ('A King of Lahore's tomb (3 miles from Lahore Fort; on the Ravee). Correct - the trees in the foreground should be to within 5 yards of the steps - trees ought to be [...] back side of the walk also').21. Two men, one an archer, one a porter.22. A female toy seller, with two excited children.23. A bhishti, or water-carrier ('Common mode of drinking - Native well').24. Two potters.25. A man wrestling a bear.26. A man weaving, with a woman carrying a large load on her head.27. Two men preparing food.28. Male and female clothmakers, with a loom and spinning wheel.29. Two fakirs, perhaps carrying implements with which to cut themselves.30. Two linen drapers ('kuppa-wollas').31. A woman with a spinning wheel and a companion.32. Peasants operating an irrigation system powered by oxen ('the way of watering a garden').33. Three men smoking opium from hookahs.34. A man and a woman with a mule ('the way of carrying bricks, removing rubbish &c').35. Two fakirs with their dogs ('the Dog Fanciers - this is not Mother Eve [?] but a boy - a Pariah [dog]').36. A man stirring a large churn, aided by a blinkered ox.37. Two women: 'A female sweeper - And this [?]: Pretty figure!'.38. Two fakirs cutting themselves with daggers ('And they cut themselves with knives').39. Two fakirs with prayer wheels [?].40. A Sikh akali and his wife ('Bluebeard to the life').41. Two snake charmers.42. A man and woman carding wool.43. Two men dyeing cloth ('the process of dyeing').44. An entertainer with two monkeys and a goat ('the most natural of the lot').45. A barber shaving a man's head.46. 'The Slipper Maker' (and his wife).47. A nautch girl ('Lovely little creature') and three musicians.48. Two sepoys in red tunics and carrying rifles.49. A punkah-wallah and a man with a brazier ('Punkah pulling: punkah inside, female coolie in the verandah; the elevation of the Punkah is incorrect'; beneath each figure: 'Bad economy keeping a female'; 'Coolie, you can't beat her').50. A sepoy drummer ('the 'loyal' sepoy'); and a 'Native Corporal' with rifle and sword.51. 'A seller of vegetables in the bazaar - how could you refuse such a one anything!').52. Two fakirs, one with a hookah, the other with crutch and begging bowl ('An artist's privileges!').53. Two carpenters ('the Cabinet Maker').54. Two sellers of firewood.55. A man and boy winding silk ('Also a boy - He is not in the stocks').56. Two men winding cloth.57. A female acrobat and a male drummer ('A humbling attempt at the 'Poses Plastiques' - the nautch girl in one of the most 'Killing' attitudes').58. A Sikh officer and a young woman ('Romeo and Juliet').59. 'A bauble maker' and his wife.60. A blinkered ox turning a mill for grinding corn.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
GalléTriple overlay cameo plate with seagulls, circa 1925Clear glass overlaid in aquamarine, which is fire-polished, and white, which is matt, and acid-etched with seagulls swooping down above the stormy waves, with orange border and a seagull with orange beak and feet, on a short, raised foot.39 cm diameterIntaglio acid-etched signature Gallé.Footnotes:LiteratureVictor Arwas, Glass Art Nouveau to Art Deco, Academy Editions, 1987, pp. 140-41 for a Gallé cameo glass 'Polar bear' vase of similar style and dated circa 1925For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
An extensive collection of TY Beanie Baby / Buddy bears (some duplicates) with tag protectors, to include: - Britannia (Buddy) - Peace (Buddy) - Snowboy (Buddy) - 1999 Holiday Teddy x2 - The End x2 - TY 2K x2 - Valentina - Millenium - Fortune - Halo II - The Beginning - Wallace - Erin - Spangle - 2000 Signature Bear (no tag protector) - Fuzz - B B Bear
A further extensive collection of TY Beanie Baby / Buddy bears (some duplicates) with tag protectors, to include: - Britannia (Buddy) - Peace (Buddy) - Snowboy (Buddy) - 1999 Holiday Teddy x2 - The End x2 - TY 2K x2 - Valentina - Millenium - Fortune - Halo II - The Beginning - Wallace - Erin - Spangle - 2000 Signature Bear (no tag protector) - Fuzz - B B Bear
A large collection of TY Beanie Baby animals and a sealed Official Membership Kit. To include: - Roam the Bison x2 - Almond the Bear x3 - Pecan the Brown Bear x3 - Knuckles the Pig x2 - Schweetheart the Orangutan x2 - Flitter the Butterfly x2 - Lips the Rainbow Fish x2 - Fleecie the Lamb - Ewey the Lamb - Slowpoke the Sloth - Cheeks the Babboon - Wiser the Owl - Paul the Walrus - Scat the Cat - Twigs the Giraffe - Hope the Bear - Hippie the Rabbit - Mystic the Unicorn - Pickles the Hedgehog - Eucalyptus the Koala - Swirly the Snail - Sly the Fox - Sammy the Bear - Scaly the Komodo Dragon - Chipper the Chipmunk - Mel the Koala - Swampy the Alligator
A collection of TY Beany Baby / Buddy bears, no duplicates, to include: - Snowboy (Buddy) - Spangle (Buddy) - Erin (Buddy - Lacking tag) - Glory - 1998 Holiday Teddy - Wallace - Peace - Millenium - Groovy - 1999 Signature Bear - Valentino - B B Bear - Valentina - 2001 Signature Bear - New Year 2007 (no tag protector) - Clubby II - Osito - 1997 Teddy - Clubby - Spangle - Kicks - Halo
A New Baronial Penny from the mint of ‘Alve’ Stephen (1135-1154), Baronial Issues, Penny, Profile/Pellets-in-Crescents type, Alve?, uncertain moneyer, +[–]sefe[–], small bust right holding sceptre, ornamental s with large crescent-shaped serifs, rev. +[–]d o[–] o alve:, long cross with saltire imposed over centre, pellet and pellet-in-crescent motif in each angle, ornate annulet-like o and chevron-barred a, 1.04g/5h (Mack –; cf. N 949). Peripheral weakness and with a few light marks consistent with being a field find, otherwise very fine, the portrait well struck up and of singularly elegant style and with an unrecorded mint-signature; excessively rare thus, and presumed UNIQUE £5,000-£6,000 --- Provenance: Found near Bossall (North Yorkshire), January 2023 (EMC 2023.0038) Presented here for sale is a most unusual penny of the twelfth century. Struck from dies of accomplished workmanship and incorporating what appears to be a previously unattested mint signature, the coin in question is of great numismatic interest. Before turning to the matter of attribution, it is first appropriate to highlight several of the coin’s more irregular stylistic features. The bust is well-sculpted with a heavy jowl and a large almond-shaped eye; the reader’s attention is drawn in particular to the rendering of the figure’s ear, a most unusual feature for this period. Further, both legends (obverse and reverse) make use of ornamental letters: the S in the king’s name is formed of a snaking body with large crescent serifs, while the A on the reverse is chevron-barred, and separated from the preceding text by an ornamental annulet. These characteristics result in a coin of distinct style and artistic quality, struck from dies which bear little resemblance to those produced at the ‘official’ Fitz Otto workshop in London. During this period, the use of ornate letters and decorative ornaments is usually associated with the Baronial coinage and the employment of Flemish or European moneyers, evidenced most clearly in the York group. This arrangement, when considered alongside the mint-signature, suggests a context outside of the normal mechanisms of coin production. In turn, this recalls William of Newburgh’s description of monetary disorder during the Anarchy: ‘in England there were in a sense as many kings, or rather tyrants, as there were lords of castles. Each minted his own coinage, and each like a king had the power to lay down the law for his subjects’. On account of its reverse type, there is an initial temptation to associate this coin with the ‘Pellets in Annulets’ coinage struck under David I as king of Scotland (Stewartby Gp IVc). While certainly plausible, such an assumption seems far from certain. Stylistically, the coin is both distinct from, and far superior to, the Sterlings produced at the mints under David’s control. Further, the coin appears to have been struck to a lighter weight standard than that employed for the early Scottish coinage (which consistently produced Sterlings of around 1.40g). It should also be noted that the mint reading alve (taking the preceding character to be an ornamental annulet) finds no find match in the Scottish series. While it is true that this signature is also unattested south of the border, and that both scenarios require us to propose a new mint-place, it seems more likely that a temporary mint would be located in England; at this time Scotland’s coinage was in its infancy with production focused on a select few locations, whereas in England the system of small (and sometimes occasional) provincial mints was, by this point, firmly established. In addition, it is worth remembering that the ‘Pellets in Annulets’ type employed by David was actually copied from the English coinage; introduced under Henry I (types 8 and 12), the type’s use was continued for select southern Baronial issues during the Anarchy, including a curious piece which also incorporates the small central saltire seen on our coin (Mack 274). An alternative approach would be to take the coin’s light weight as a cue towards its point of origin. At 1.05g the coin appears to have been struck to the same distinctive weight standard employed for the south-western Baronial issues, including the coins struck under Matilda and Robert of Gloucester at Bristol. Following this thread we can turn to consider the enigmatic mint signature carried by our coin. Domesday Book contains numerous place-names beginning ‘Alve’. Of these, the largest and most significant appears to have been the royal manor of Alveston in Gloucestershire, afforded a value of £60 in 1086. The manor appears to have come into the possession of Henry of Anjou during the course of the late 1140s. Its position before that point is unclear, although being located where it was it is plausible that king Stephen travelled through the estate following his release from imprisonment in Bristol in November 1141. However, once again there are obstacles which prevent this attribution from being accepted outright. One wonders why a coin produced in an area of Angevin control, adhering to the ‘Angevin’ weight standard, would name king Stephen on its obverse? Further, given the discovery of this coin in North Yorkshire, we might expect it to have been struck at a more northerly mint.
A collection of fifty-six various commemorative and other 50 pence coins including eleven various Beatrix Potter, four various Paddington Bear, five various Olympic Games, Peace, Prosperity and Friendship with all Nations 31st January 2020, Diversity Built Britain 2020, Give Women the Vote 2003, Representation of the People Act 1918, Sherlock Holmes, Queen Elizabeth II 70 years x 12 etc
A cased set of six silver teaspoons (by Turner & Simpson Ltd, Birmingham 1956), together with various other silver teaspoons, sugar tongs, a pair of 18th Century bright cut teaspoons stamped "Wiltberge" to the side, etc, weighable silver 5.4 oz together with a silver rattle/teether in the form of a bear (ivory ring missing)
STEIFF; four small bears comprising 'The Seamstress', with lace collar, gold button and white tag, with certificate and box, 'Royal Wedding of Prince William & Katherine Middleton 29th April 2011' commemorative bear, gold button and white tag, a 'Platinum Jubilee: Seventy Glorious Years of Queen Elizabeth II' commemorative bear, with gold button and white tag, and a grey bear with clear and red snowflake pendant, a jewelled button and white tag to ear, height of each 26cm (4).
Various modern collectibles to include a Heredities 'The Sea Maid' mermaid and dolphin resin ornament, 31 x 39cm, two tall animal vases, a camel and a bear, height 27cm, a Royal Winton gluggle fish vase, a Beswick 'Barnaby Rudge' character jug, five resin jester-style figures, a wall plaque, and gnome handled cup (11).
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