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Click here to subscribeRoman bronze coin group, 18 in all AD 68, through to AD 385 including Vespasian, Hadrian, Antonius Pius, Faustina junior, Julia Mawsa, Postumus, Gallienus, Victorinus, Severina, Licinius I, Constanine II, Magnentius, Theodosius I, Magnentius etc, with historic catalogued envelopes at least one coin from the 'Dorchester Find', largest coin 30mm
*An Englishman Abroad. A British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) statue awarded to Alan Bates for An Englishman Abroad, in the Category Best Actor, 1983, bronze theatrical mask design on a wooden plinth with engraved brass plaque (rubbed and tarnished), height 28 cm (11 ins) Provenance: From the family of Sir Alan Bates (1934-2003). An Englishman Abroad was a 1983 BBC television drama film, based on the true story of a chance meeting of actress Coral Browne, with Guy Burgess (Alan Bates), a member of the Cambridge spy ring who spied for the Soviet Union while an officer at MI6. The production was written by Alan Bennett and directed by John Schlesinger. Browne, who starred as herself, also won a BAFTA. This style of BAFTA award, designed by American sculptor Mitzi Cunliffe (1918-2006), was introduced in 1959 and has remained the same ever since. (1)
*Gosford Park. Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture, awarded to Alan Bates, 2001, solid bronze statuette of 'The Actor', a nude male figure holding the masks of both Comedy and Tragedy, 29.5 cm (11.5 ins) height, set upon a cylindrical black granite plinth with a gilt plaque lettered in black, overall height 42 cm (16.5 ins) Provenance: From the family of Sir Alan Bates (1934-2003). In 2002, Gosford Park, British mystery film directed by Robert Altman and written by Julian Fellowes, won the 8th Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture, for the year 2001. These statuettes were presented to each of the 20 members of the ensemble cast: Eileen Atkins, Bob Balaban, Alan Bates, Charles Dance, Stephen Fry, Michael Gambon, Richard E. Grant, Tom Hollander, Derek Jacobi, Kelly Macdonald, Helen Mirren, Jeremy Northam, Clive Owen, Ryan Phillippe, Maggie Smith, Geraldine Somerville, Kristin Scott Thomas, Sophie Thompson, Emily Watson and James Wilby. The Screen Actors Guild Awards, first given in 1995, are presented in late January, and are often seen as an indicator of the likely Academy Awards, aka the Oscars. Indeed, Gosford Park was nominated for seven Academy Awards (including Best Picture and Best Director, both of which it lost to A Beautiful Mind), though Julian Fellowes did win the Best Original Screenplay. Alan Bates took the part of Jennings, the butler. Weighing in at over 5kg (12 pounds) the SAG statuettes are the heaviest awards, each bronze figure individually cast, the delicate arms added later, and the distinctive green oxidation patina speeded up with a blowtorch. (1)
*Butley. An American Theatre Wing Antoinette Perry or 'Tony' Award, presented to Alan Bates for Best Actor in a Play, given in 1973, nickel-plated brass and bronze medallion, the obverse featuring the theatrical masks of tragedy and comedy raised in relief, encircled with the text, 'Antoinette Perry Award', the reverse lettered in relief and engraved with specific details of this award, 'The League of New York Theatres, Inc. / Presents to / Alan Bates / Actor-Dramatic Star / "Butley" / For Distinguished Achievement in Theatre / 1973', diameter 8 cm (3 ins), held in a nickel-pated pewter swivel and mounted on a black acrylic base, gilt silver plaque lettered 'American Theatre Wing / Tony Award' (crookedly set), height 21 cm (8.25 ins), together with a second award, The Delia Austrian Medal for Distinguished Performance, presented to Alan Bates, "Butley", engraved brass medallion, diameter 7cm (2.75ins), in original plush-lined blue morocco push button cash by Medallic Art Co., New York Provenance: From the family of Sir Alan Bates (1934-2003). Butley is a play by Simon Gray set in the office of an English lecturer at a university in London. The title character, a T.S. Eliot scholar, is an alcoholic who loses his wife and his close friend and colleague - and possibly male lover - on the same day. It was first performed at the Criterion Theatre in London on 14 July 1971, produced by Michael Codron and directed by Harold Pinter. For his lead role Alan Bates won the 1971 Evening Standard Award for Best Actor. Bates reprised his performance the following year in a Broadway production directed by James Hammerstein at the Morosco Theatre, where it ran for 14 previews and 135 performances, and for which he won this Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play. Bates was to reprise the role once more for a film adaptation in 1974, again directed by Harold Pinter. (2)
*Fortune's Fool. An American Theatre Wing's Tony Award, presented to Alan Bates for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play, 2002, nickel-plated brass and bronze medallion, the obverse featuring the theatrical masks of tragedy and comedy raised in relief, encircled with the text, 'Antoinette Perry Award', the reverse lettered in relief and engraved with specific details of this award, diameter 8 cm (3 ins), held in a nickel-pated pewter swivel and mounted on a black acrylic base, gilt silver plaque lettered 'American Theatre Wing / Tony Award', height 21 cm (8.25 ins), together with the original small card envelope for the event containing Gala Reception and Memento tickets Provenance: From the family of Sir Alan Bates (1934-2003). Fortune's Fool is a play by Ivan Turgenev, written in 1848. A century and a half later, Fortune's Fool was staged on Broadway for the first time in an adaptation by Mike Poulton. After 28 previews, the production opened on 2 April 2002 at the Music Box Theatre, where it ran for 127 performances. Directed by Arthur Penn, the cast included Alan Bates (for which he won this Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play), Frank Langella, Benedick Bates (Alan's son), and Enid Graham. (2)
*The Unexpected Man. A Lucille Lortel Award, presented to Alan Bates, Outstanding Lead Actor of 2001, circular transparent perspex with lettering and pictorial backdrop design in white, mounted on a black acrylic cuboid base with stamped gilt silver plaque, height 16.5cm (6.5ins), together with an engraved clear glass souvenir by Baccarat, for the opening night of The Unexpected Man at the Promenade Theatre, New York, 24 October 2000, book-shape design, height 10cm (4ins), plus a Rank Organisation 'memento' for the film The Shout, 1978, a bronze coloured medallion with Rank logo suspended in clear perspex with a black background, simply engraved 'The Shout' below medallion, somewhat rubbed and scratched, height 9.5cm (3.75ins) Provenance: From the family of Sir Alan Bates (1934-2003). The Lucille Lortel Award recognised excellent New York off-Broadway theatre, and has been awarded since 1986. The Unexpected Man is a play by Yasmina Reza, and in this off-Broadway production, it starred Eileen Atkins opposite Alan Bates. It opened at the Promenade Theatre on 24 October 2000, closing on 31 December 2000. The Shout (1978) was a horror film directed by Jerzy Skolimowski, starring Susannah York and John Hurt alongside Alan Bates. (3)
A small mixed lot containing objects of interest to include a Chinese silk embroidered shoe, a mussel shell mounted on white marble plinth, a small bronze figure of a Classical lady in coy pose, a bronze torc, a Middle Eastern tribal necklace with turquoise and glass beads and a shot sample case by Harrison Brothers, including vials of different bore shot sizes.
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