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Click here to subscribeThree Thai gilt bronze Buddhas,19th century or later, all in elaborate robes and decorative hair ornaments on four layer lotus stands, one with both hands raised representing 'Mastery over Passions', two with the left hand raised representing 'Forbidding the Sandalwood Image', 58.5 to 83cm (3)
A Chinese celadon vase, spherical form, decorated with an exotic bird on a branch, 15cm, possibly reduced; Chinese blue and white prunus ginger jar with wooden cover and stand; an archaic style bronze jardiniere 'Amber', model of a frog, cracked, two character mark; Jade tea bowl, restored; small celadon dish; four character mark, restored; another smaller glazed saucer dish, plus a small lacquered box (8).
Hull Kingston Rovers end of season Rovers Cup medal,silver with attractive 'Redbreast' enamelling, the reverse inscribed HULL KINGSTON ROVERS F.C. 1921, ROVERS CUP, WINNERS, C. YOUNGS; sold together with a similarly designed brooch in bronze & enamel, the reverse inscribed ROVERS GALA, GIRLS RELAY RACE, 2nd PRIZE
Paris 1900 Olympic Games winner's plaque,silvered bronze, designed by F. Vernon with a victorious athlete standing on podium, inscribed CONCOURS D'EXERCICES MILITAIRES PREPARATOIRES, reverse with Victory casting laurel from the sky over Paris, inscribed REPUBLIQUE FRANCAISE, PARIS 1900, EXPOSITION UNIVERSELLE
Paris 1900 Olympic Games winner's plaque,silvered bronze, designed by F. Vernon with a victorious athlete standing on podium, inscribed CONCOURS DE TIR, VIIne CONCOURS NATIONAL, reverse with Victory casting laurel from the sky over Paris, inscribed REPUBLIQUE FRANCAISE, PARIS 1900, EXPOSITION UNIVERSELLE
A London 1908 Olympic Games bronze third place prize medal struck for the [cancelled] golf team competition,designed by Bertram Mackennal, manufactured by Vaughton of Birmingham, bronze, two young maidens are crowning a winning athlete, the reverse with St George slaying the dragon, the rim inscribed THIRD PRIZE, GOLF (TEAMS)The golf tournament at the 1908 London Olympic Games was scheduled to have taken place on the links at Royal St. George's, Princes and Royal Cinque Ports. But when the Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews became embroiled in a dispute with the Olympic Organising Committee, the golf tournament was cancelled suddenly just two days before the golf was due to begin.The medals had already been struck and the example being here was to be awarded to a team bronze medal winner. A silver medal is in the collection of the British Golf Museum.
Collection of the British Olympic gymnast Samuel Humphreys,including his participation medal from the Paris 1924 Olympic Games together with a souvenir vide poche from the Paris Games; the remainder of the collection comprising one bronze and five silver National Championship medals awarded by the Amateur Gymnastics Association; two silver medals awarded by the Northern Counties Amateur Gymnastics Association; a silver & enamel medal awarded by the Manchester & District Amateur Gymnastics Association; and two uninscribed medals, one in silver & enamel, the other gold-mounted silver; together with a scanned photograph of the Great Britain Olympic Gymnastics Team and Officials, Humphreys standing second from the left
1936 Second Maccabiah Winter Games 1st place prize medal,bronze, 65.5mm., obverse with stylized figure wearing the Maccabiah emblem, ski jump, skater in mountainous background, above a shield dated 18.2, and the winner's position 1, Czech legend notes games location, Banská Bystrica, Slovakia, reverse Maccabiah emblem, Hebrew legend, in original fitted caseThe Maccabiah Games were first held in Tel Aviv in 1932 as an international multi-sport event, and is sometimes referred to as the "Jewish Olympics."A winter Maccabiah was first held in Poland in 1933. The present medal comes from the 2nd Winter Maccabiah which was staged February 18th to 22nd, 1936, in Banska Bystrica the in Czechoslovakia. 2,000 athletes participated from 12 participating nations.This was to prove the last time a winter Maccabiah was held, with no attempts to revive it after the 2nd World War - although the Maccabi World Union still runs smaller regional winter games to date.
1956 Stockholm Equestrian Olympic Games participant's badge issued to the French double Olympic gold medal winning dressage rider Capt. Andre Jousseaume,gilt-metal & enamel; sold together with a Member's Club badge issued to Capt. Jousseaume for the 1938 International Horse Show (2)Jousseaume won gold in the team dressage events at Los Angeles in 1932 and London in 1948. He also won silver in the team dressage at Berlin in 1936, silver in the individual event in London in 1948 and individual bronze in Helsink in 1952.At Stockholm, who substituted for Melbourne in 1956 because of the strict animal quarantine rules down under, he finished out of the medals in 5th. France were ranked 6th in the team event.
Grenoble 1968 World Ice Hockey Championship winner's medal,awarded to an unknown Soviet player, gold plated-bronze, by Huguenin, featuring a goal minder, the World medal 60mm. diameter, inscribed CHAMPIONNAT DU MONDE, WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPSIn 1968 the Olympic, World and European Ice Hockey Titles were all decided simultaneously during the ice hockey tournament held at the Grenoble Winter Olympic Games. The Soviet Union claimed each title. Their players would have received three medals, one from the IOC, and two from the ice hockey authorities. The European medal had the same design as the world medal but was 10mm smaller in diameter.
Grenoble 1968 Winter Olympic Games bronze prize medal for long track speed skating,designed by Roger Excoffon, the obverse with snowflake & red rose of Grenoble above Olympic Rings, the reverse with a highly stylised pictogram of a speed skater and inscribed PATINAGE DE VITESSE, suspension ribbon in the Olympic colours, in original case of issue
Seven International Olympic Committee Session badges,i) Mexico 1967, the ribbon inscribed MASAJISTSii) Athens 1978, Presseiii) lake Placid 1980, Presseiv & v) a pair for Sarajevo 1984, Commission & Press vi) Berlin 1985, Invitevii) Los Angeles 1984, Press;the lot also including a gilt-bronze medal inscribed JUEGOS DEPORTIVOS INFANTILES y JUVENILES NACIONALES, 1967 (8)
A pair of Athens 2004 Olympic Games diplomas,i) a bronze medallist winner's diploma awarded to the Uzbekistani bantamweight boxer Bahodirjon Sooltonov, in a presentation folderii) a participant's diploma named to Jan Kermiet and in a presentation folder that includes a bronze participant's medal
Sheila Van Damm Trophy Collection,i) a silver-plated tazza inscribed COUPE FEMININE, COUPE ARMAND BLISSON, XVIIe CRITERIUM INTERNATIONAL des ALPES, CHAMPIONNAT d'EUROPE de GRAND TOURISME 1954, diameter 35cm.ii) a silver-plated wine cooler inscribed CHAMPIONNAT d'EUROPE DE TOURISME 1955, COUPE DES DAMES, LA FEDERATION INTERNATIONALE DE L'AUTOMOBILE, MISS SHEILA VAN DAMM ET MRS ANN HALL, height 14.5cm., wooden baseiii) another silver-plated wine cooler inscribed CHAMPIONNAT d'EUROPE DE TOURISME 1954, COUPE DES DAMES, LA FEDERATION INTERNATIONALE DE L'AUTOMOBILE, A MADAMEMOISELLE SHEILA VAN DAMM, 12.5cm., wooden baseiv) a silver-plate cocktail shaker inscribed COUPE DES PROJECTEURS CIBIE, height 17.5cm.v) silver-plate beaker vase set with KNA enamel badge, inscribed RALLY VIKING, 1955, 1. PREMIE, SLUTTPROVEN, OSLO, height 19cm.vi) silver-plate bowl set with KNA enamel badge & Mercedes-Benz badge, inscribed MERCEDES BENZ PREMIE, RALLY VIKING 1954, 1. PR. DAME KL, CEDERWALL-LARSEN & PATT A/S, diameter 19cm.vii) sterling silver miniature two-handled cup inscribed ESSO, COUPE DES DAMES, TULPENRALLYE, 1954, set on a circular wooden base, overall height 13.5cm.viii) continental silver miniature two-handled cup inscribed INT. TULPEN-RALLYE, 1955, 2e. DAMMES PRIJS, set on a circular wooden base, overall height 13.5cm. 12.5cm.ix to xii) two pairs of silver-plate & enamel trophy plaques set on wooden backboards for the RAC West Holland Tulpen Rallye for 1954 2nd Prize Class E & 10th Alg. Klasse & 1955, both 15th Place Alg. Klasse xiii to xv) a trio of RAC Rally of Great Britain trophy plaques, two in bronze & enamel, one silver-plate & enamel, comprising 1953 Ladies Award, the 1954 uninscribed with further details & 1955 Class 4 second, all on black bakelite backboardsxvi to ix) four further trophy plaques, Best Performance by a Lady, 1953, Monte Carlo Rally British Competitors Club, Daily Express 1,000 Miles Car Rally 1950, Windmill Trophy Kart Racing 1960 & a presentation from N.W. London & Chilterns Group I.A.M.xx) bronze medal for the Coppa Franco Mazzotti, XXIII Mille Miglia, 28-29 Aprile, 1956Provenance:The Sheila Van Damm Collection.
Ayrton Senna limited edition bronze by Vincent Hirst and three ceramic figurines by Sean Mills,the Orton Bronze numbered 46/4000 and standing 23cm. tall, fixed to a wooden base with brass plaque inscribed AYRTON SENNA DA SILVA, WORLD CHAMPION 1988, 1990, 1991, with a Vincent Hirst COA and original packaging, the figurines 1:12 scale in JPS, Camel and McLaren racesuits, on plinths with brass plaques inscribed AYRTON SENNA DA SILVA 1960-1994 and numbered 60/500, 77/500 and 200/1000, each with a glass dome standing 20cm. high, and a Sean Mills COA (11)
Trophy presented to the Rangers footballer David Meiklejohn in Toronto, Canada, in May 1930,in the form or a good quality bronze statuette of a footballer set on a marble plinth set with a plaque inscribed D.MEIKLEJOHN, CAPTAIN, RANGERS FOOTBALL CLUB, ON THE OCCASION OF THE VISIT OF RANGERS F.C. TO TORONTO, MAY 1930, height 27cm.David Meiklejohn played his entire career at Glasgow Rangers between 1919 and 1936 making 490 senior appearances. He was also capped for Scotland 15 times.Provenance:The David Meiklejohn Collection. Christie's, 23rd September 2003, lot 35.
Willie Newton head & shoulders bronze of the steeplechaser Mandarin,used as the winner's trophy for the Brimpton Handicap Hurdle at Newbury, 24th November 1995, won by Eskimo Nel trained by John Spearing and ridden by David Bridgwater, set on a circular wooden base with race inscription presentation plaque, height 23.5cm.Mandarin's connection with Newbury is that he was the winner of the inaugural running of the Hennessy Gold Cup in 1957, and a race he would win again in 1961. A steeplechase bearing his name is run at Newbury annually.Mandarin also won famously with a broken bit the Grand Steeplechase de Paris; the 1962 Cheltenham Gold Cup, and the King George VI Chase twice.
Harriet Glen (contemporary)NORTHERN DANCERsigned, numbered 29/100, bronze, set in a wooden base, 20 by 27cm.Northern Dancer was a Canadian-bred thoroughbred who won the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness Stakes in 1964. But his fame is as one of the most influential stallions of the 20th century. This was first apparent when his son Nijinsky won the 1970 Triple Crown. He got two other Derby winners The Minstrel and Secreto, as well as many other famous champions.
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