DARK PASSAGESingle-Weight, Silver Gelatin, Vintage Photographs (16) (8" x 10")Fine+ Warner Bros., 1947This group contains 16 8" x 10" black-and-white photographs released by Warner Bros, most with the title printed beneath the image. They are in good condition, displaying the typical handling wear one would expect from photos that are nearly eighty years old.The third in the series of four films to feature the dynamic duo of Bogart and Bacall, Dark Passage was released in late 1947. Besides being a thrilling mystery, the film is notably known for the use of a dramatic device called the subjective camera, where the action is viewed from the perspective of the male lead's point of view.This lot will be auctioned on Friday, September 13th. The auction will begin at 9:30am PST and lots are sold sequentially via live auctioneer; tune in to the live streaming broadcast on auction day to follow the pace. Note other lots in the auction may close on September 12th.
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THE LADY FROM SHANGHAIRemarqued and Limited Edition Printer's Proof Print (24" x 36")Near Mint Rolled; Artwork by Henry Villegas Zoetrope, 2023This beautiful hand-signed and numbered Artist Proof and printer's proof poster was designed by Henry Villegas for Zoetrope Galleries in 2023. The stark black-and-white design features a striking image of Lana Turner in a menacing pose with her multiple-mirrored image behind her. This Artist Proof is number 6 of 10 and is hand-signed and numbered in the lower border. It is a remarque with a drawn image in the lower border by the artist. Printed on a thicker paper stock, this example is rolled in outstanding condition. Included is a Limited Edition Certificate of Authenticity (COA) from Zoetrope Posters. Near MintAuteur Orson Welles brought innovative camera work and signature flair to The Lady from Shanghai, the only film he made with his then-wife Rita Hayworth. Hayworth stuns on this sheet with a newly styled bob in "Topaz Blonde" (chosen by Welles). The designer of the famous "Gilda" black dress, the gifted Jean Louis, created another dazzling look for Hayworth, shown here in body-hugging satin.This lot will be auctioned on Friday, September 13th. The auction will begin at 9:30am PST and lots are sold sequentially via live auctioneer; tune in to the live streaming broadcast on auction day to follow the pace. Note other lots in the auction may close on September 12th.
THE LADY FROM SHANGHAIItalian 2-Fogli (39" x 55")Fine+ on Linen; Artwork by Anselmo Ballester Columbia, C.E.I.A.D., 1948Anselmo Ballester created a masterpiece when he painted the artwork used on this striking poster. Rita Hayworth becomes one of the screen's ultimate femme fatales as she seduces Orson Welles, an Irish sailor, into a bizarre and convoluted murder plot.This exquisite poster has been preserved on linen. It had several chips around the edges and tears within Rita and Orson's names in the upper left corner. Additionally, there were separations and wear along some folds. Despite these issues, it displays magnificently and would make a wonderful addition to any collection.Auteur Orson Welles brought innovative camera work and signature flair to The Lady from Shanghai, the only film he made with his then-wife Rita Hayworth. Hayworth stuns on this sheet with a newly styled bob in "Topaz Blonde" (chosen by Welles). The designer of the famous "Gilda" black dress, the gifted Jean Louis, created another dazzling look for Hayworth, shown here in body-hugging satin.This lot will be auctioned on Thursday, September 12th. The auction will begin at 9:30am PST and lots are sold sequentially via live auctioneer; tune in to the live streaming broadcast on auction day to follow the pace. Note other lots in the auction may close on September 13th.
Set of five black and white mat photographs taken with a 35 mm camera. They depict a nude woman and a man in various sexual positions amidst a bare stage floor. Black ink signature on lower right: J. S (?). Each photograph is glued to an off-white board. Each photograph size: 4.25"L x 6.25"H. Each board size: 11"L x 14"H. Issued: c. 1970Condition: Age related wear. One photograph is scratched on the center to lower left side.
* EWA CZARNIECKA (POLISH b. 1975), BROLLIES IN THE EVENING MIST oil on canvas, signed and dated 2010unframedoverall size 77cm x 102cm Note: Ewa Czarniecka is a Polish born artist from the small South-Eastern village of Krasiczyn. Naturally one of her early influences was the work of Bronislow Linke which she first discovered aged 13, when she would try to mimic his artwork to recreate the overwhelming feeling she felt to see it for the first time. For years Ewa used pen and paper to express her thoughts, spending hours everyday writing in a journal. When she started painting again as an adult, she discovered a clarity and an ability to articulate her ideas much more clearly. Ewa finally had a medium where she could communicate all of the little details that she observed from the world around her, often focusing on that flicker of light, dappled shade or the pattern your eye can see but a camera would miss. Ewa's work lies somewhere between Abstract and Impressionism, gesturing at shapes and figures while capturing light and reflections with loose brush strokes. Her work is often heavily textured with bright colours and demonstrates fantastic depth. Ewa enjoys the creativity of playing with what people can see. She strives to capture the feeling in that moment rather than the literal reality, for her this is a massively liberating and emotional experience. Moving from Poland to London was a vital part of Ewa's career as an artist, she found the perfect environment to sell her work. On Bayswater Road in Hyde Park, every Sunday Artists would line the streets displaying their paintings for sale. Eventually, as her work became more popular, selling countrywide, she wanted to focus on her work without the distraction of London's hustle and bustle, Ewa and her husband made the move to the Welsh Brecon Beacons, a much more relaxed and familiar surrounding.
* EWA CZARNIECKA (POLISH b. 1975), RED UMBRELLA oil on canvas, signed and dated 2011unframedoverall size 76cm x 102cm Note: Ewa Czarniecka is a Polish born artist from the small South-Eastern village of Krasiczyn. Naturally one of her early influences was the work of Bronislow Linke which she first discovered aged 13, when she would try to mimic his artwork to recreate the overwhelming feeling she felt to see it for the first time. For years Ewa used pen and paper to express her thoughts, spending hours everyday writing in a journal. When she started painting again as an adult, she discovered a clarity and an ability to articulate her ideas much more clearly. Ewa finally had a medium where she could communicate all of the little details that she observed from the world around her, often focusing on that flicker of light, dappled shade or the pattern your eye can see but a camera would miss. Ewa's work lies somewhere between Abstract and Impressionism, gesturing at shapes and figures while capturing light and reflections with loose brush strokes. Her work is often heavily textured with bright colours and demonstrates fantastic depth. Ewa enjoys the creativity of playing with what people can see. She strives to capture the feeling in that moment rather than the literal reality, for her this is a massively liberating and emotional experience. Moving from Poland to London was a vital part of Ewa's career as an artist, she found the perfect environment to sell her work. On Bayswater Road in Hyde Park, every Sunday Artists would line the streets displaying their paintings for sale. Eventually, as her work became more popular, selling countrywide, she wanted to focus on her work without the distraction of London's hustle and bustle, Ewa and her husband made the move to the Welsh Brecon Beacons, a much more relaxed and familiar surrounding.
A collection of Canon Cameras to include a Canon EOS 20D camera with a 18-55mm EF-S f5-5.6, a Canon EOS 5 camera body, a Canon EOS 1O camera body, Canon EOS 300D camera body, Canon T90 camera with FD 55mm f/1.2 S.S.C., a Canon T90 camera body, a Canon speedlite 550ex, a Canon Speedlite 300TL, Canon camera bag, tripod, optima case, Hoya filters, camera manuals, batteries and chargers/empty canon Eos 5d mark II box etc.
A collection of mixed cameras and accessories to include Praktica mtl3 With tesser 50mm 2.8, Optimal 80-200mm 4.5, Cobra md210, Helios 44-2-2-58mm, Nikon d70 With sigma DC 18-200mm 3.5-6.3, Sigma 105mm 2.8 DG macro EX, Nikon speedlight sb-600, Nikon AF nikkor 70-300mm 4-5.6, Canon Powershot G9, a monocular, a Canon camcorderalong with camera accessories and manuals etc.
Vintage video cameras. JVC GY-D500 DV Camcorder with Canon BCTV zoom lens on F3 tripod; Sony H18 PRO Digital Stereo CCD-V6000E video camera on V-Guard VT-548B tripod; a Manfrotto 520MVB professional tripod in soft case. The seller states that the JVC camcorder is in working condition as it was recently taken to a local camera shop by the vendor and checked. (3)
A collection of camera equipment comprisng a Nikon Nikkormat FT2 camera, Kodak Retina Reflex IV camera, Canon EOS 500 camera, Canon Super Macro AF 8mm camcorder, Nikon Nikkor AF 80-200 lens, Canon 75-300 lens Kenko M-AFI 2x Teleplus MC7 teleconverter, Minolta AF4000 flash, Sigma 75-300 lense, Olympus X-915 digital camera, Pentax Zoom 70 camera, Photax 177C flash, Schneider-Kreuznach Retina-Tele-Xenar 135mm lens, Minolta AF9000 camera, Ensign SElfix 820 camera, SAmsung AF Slim camera, Canon Powershot S5IS camera, plus tripods and other accessories. NOT TESTED.
Three Boxed Dinky Toys B.B.C. T.V. Vehicles, 967 TV Mobile Control Room, in verey good original condition, some minor wear, 968 Roving Eye Vehicle with camera man and aerial, in excellent original condition, some minor wear, with inner packing card and 969 Extending Mast Vehicle, replacement aerial dish, in excellent condition, 57028 leaflet, missing inner packing, original Dinky Supertoy’s blue/white stripe boxes are good to excellent (3 items)
Dinky Supertoys 987 ABC TV Mobile Control Room, light blue and grey body, red strip, silver roof, grey plastic hubs, ‘A.B.C TELEVISION’ to sides, camera, cameraman, cables, in near mint original condition, with yellow lidded box with detailed picture, in very good to excellent original condition, some slight edge/age wear.
The emotive Great War pair awarded to R.E.8 pilot Lieutenant A. C. Pepper, 59 Squadron, Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force, who was shot down by the German Ace Leutnant Kurt Wolff, during “Bloody April”, on 6 April 1917. Pepper was wounded and taken Prisoner of War, whilst his observer, Lieutenant W. L. Day, was killed - his pocket watch accompanying Pepper’s medals. Pepper was interrogated, and interned in the infamous Holzminden camp - from where he tried to escape in July 1918 British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. A. C. Pepper. R.A.F.) with damaged Pocket Watch by Sewill, Liverpool, reverse of shell engraved ‘Lt. W. L. Day RFC’, medals generally good very fine (lot) £400-£500 --- Arthur Chaytor/Clayton Pepper was born in Yardley, Warwickshire, in July 1896, and educated at Bromsgrove School. He was the son of Arthur J. Pepper, the owner of Arthur J. Pepper and Co. Ltd, manufacturing jewellers. Pepper was a Cadet in Birmingham University O.T.C. from November 1914, and was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the 12th Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment. He volunteered for service with the Royal Flying Corps in 1916, and was posted to the Flying School in Aboukir, Egypt in October 1916. Pepper was posted as a pilot for operational flying with 59 Squadron (R.E. 8’s) in March 1917. Pepper joined the Squadron just in time to be engaged for “Bloody April”. On the morning of 6 April, 59 Squadron sent six R.E.8s on a photographic reconnaissance patrol in the vicinity of Vimy Ridge. One aircraft had a camera, the other five were used as protection. The flight left at 0935hrs with Pepper, and his observer Captain William Leonard “Leon” Day, acting as one of the escorts. Pepper’s R.E.8 was hit by anti-aircraft fire and then attacked by three Albatros scouts, part of a large German attack formation consisting of aircraft from Jasta’s 2, 3 and 11. Pepper and Day fell to the guns of the celebrated German Ace, Leutnant Kurt Wolff (33 ‘Victories’), near Bois Bernard, at 1015hrs. Of the six aircraft, three were lost, with five of the six aircrew killed, and Pepper wounded and captured. This was the worst day of Bloody April. Pepper wrote the following to Day’s family from Karlsruhe POW Camp, 5 May 1917: ‘Perhaps you would like to have the details of his end. We were detailed, with several other machines, for duty across the lines. Leon and myself were quite excited when we heard the news as it was his first time across. We went several miles over the lines when the machine was hit by an anit-aircraft shell which broke one of my controls and damaged the machine considerably. Immediately afterwards we were attacked by three enemy fast machines and poor Leon was hit fatally within a few seconds of the beginning of the fight. How I escaped miraculously with a wound in my arm and bad shaking after all my controls had been shot away and the machine had crashed from several thousand feet, does not matter here, but when I came round they told me that poor old Leon had passed away. I was grief-stricken when the little German doctor brought the news, and for days wished that it had been me, for in a way a pilot feels himself half responsible for his observer. I have a few personal belongings of his which the Dr gave me from his pockets, these I will send you as soon as I am liberated.’ Day’s last words were ‘Pepper, I’m hit’. In all likelihood his family allowed Pepper to keep the watch as a memento of their friendship. There are pictures of the crashed aircraft and the deceased body of Day known. There is also a famous picture of Wolff, in his study, with the shot down aircraft’s serial number (amongst several others) on the wall behind him. Pepper, once recovered, was interned at Karlsruhe and eventually at the infamous Holzminden Camp - arriving in the same month as the mass escape. The following additional detail of this time is added by Under The Guns of The Kaiser’s Ace’s: The Germans appeared to have treated Pepper shabbily from the moment he was captured. The wound in his arm - apart from a cursory dressing by a medical orderly - was neglected for five days as he lay in solitude and isolation in a prison cell. His suspicion that he was being ‘softened up’ for interrogation was confirmed when a smooth-talking German officer arrived to apologise profusely for the neglect, promising him better treatment if he would just answer a few questions. Pepper declined and was sent on his way to Karlsruhe. From Karlsruhe he was transferred to Treves where an energetic escape committee was beavering away on a large tunnel. Unfortunately, the tunnel was discovered virtually at the moment it was finished, leaving those concerned with the suspicion that the Germans had known about it for some time and had allowed the prisoners to expend their energy and ingenuity to no purpose - a massive blow to morale. In July 1918, Pepper was sent to the dreaded Holzminden camp with its equally despised commandant, Hauptmann Niemeyer. Pepper was high on the escape list for the famous Holzminden tunnel from which it was hoped 150 to 200 prisoners would escape. The first batch reached the tunnel mouth and set off on their pre-planned routes but then the breakout was beset with problems including a man getting stuck in the narrow passage. By the time it was all sorted out, daylight stopped any further departures. Niemeyer, who had considered his camp escape-proof, was furious and made life extremely unpleasant for the remaining prisoners....’ Pepper was repatriated in December 1918, and after the War not only took over the family business, but was also the Chairman of a number of other companies, including agricultural engineering firms. In later life Pepper resided at The Old Cottage, Sharpway Gate, Bromsgrove. He died in February 1971. Sold with memory stick, containing extensive copied research, and copied service papers, which include photographic images of recipient.
A rare and highly unusual ‘Cold War’ surveillance A.F.M. group of four awarded to Master Signaller and ‘Special Operator’, later Flight Lieutenant, J. J. Coucher, Royal Air Force, who served with 192 Squadron - a ‘spook’ electronic counter measures/surveillance unit, who flew Canberras and Washingtons on secret surveillance missions over Soviet territory during the 1950s. A practice that was brought to public attention and featured in the BBC Timewatch programme - Spies in the Sky in February 1994 Air Force Medal, E.II.R (1382398. F. Sgt. J. J. Coucher. R.A.F.).; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Royal Air Force L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 2nd issue (Fg. Off. J. J. Coucher. R.A.F.) mounted on card for display, very fine (4) £3,000-£4,000 --- A.F.M. London Gazette 1 January 1954. J. J. Coucher was born in 1921, and advanced to Master Signaller whilst serving with the Royal Air Force. He served with 192 Squadron in the 1950s during the Cold War. The Squadron was a ‘spook’ electronic counter measure/surveillance unit based at Watton. Coucher was rather guarded about his work with the Squadron: ‘I seem to have been rather camera shy during my RAF career. However, to expand the award of the A.F.M., I was a ‘Special Operator’ on 192 Sqn operating out of R.A.F. Watton on intelligence missions and I enclose a copy of a letter for your retention that you may find interesting...’ (Letter included with lot refers) The above letter to which the recipient refers was sent to him by the Production Company - Brook Associates - asking him to take part in the research process and be interviewed for the BBC Timewatch programme Spies in the Sky: ‘For the first time, with the end of the Cold War, the story can be told from all sides. Thus, the programme will be looking at the air intelligence operations from the British, US and Soviet viewpoints. One of our producers has recently returned from the US, where he interviewed many former USAF crew members of this period. A Russian speaking colleague is currently in Moscow, speaking to former officers of the PVO. We have also spoken to many former R.A.F. officers. One part of the programme will cover R.A.F. missions flown in the 1950s. We have been in contact with members of 192 Squadron from this period, including Ben Burton [presumably Roalnd ‘Monty’ Burton, A.F.C. and Bar] and Ron Dubock [O.B.E., A.F.C.] and understand that you flew with the squadron at this time. I would therefore be most grateful if I could arrange to speak to you at your earliest convenience.’ Needless to say, Coucher declined to be involved, and indeed large elements of what occurred are still subject to the Official Secrets Act. However, flying Canberra and Washington aircraft, the Squadron flew radar and communications surveillance over Soviet territory. Selected R.A.F. aircrew flew U.S.A.F. planes - a gamble taken by Churchill to help the Americans, when for political reasons in that country they had to pull back from its direct probing of Soviet air space. Units such as 192 Squadron penetrated Soviet defences, gathering information to be subsequently deciphered by Government Communications Headquarters. During the air intelligence gathering missions of the early 1950s, some 40 NATO spy planes were shot down by Soviet aircraft and anti-aircraft fire. The above mentioned Timewatch programme features the actual Soviet aircraft camera footage of the shooting down of a U.S.A.F. C.130 which had ‘strayed’ over their borders. Aircrew decorated for these reconnaissance missions were invariably awarded A.F.C.s and A.F.M.s. In ‘peacetime’ these awards were given for operations that would probably have earned the D.F.C. in wartime. The A.F.C. and the A.F.M. required no citation, and during the Cold War era were deemed the correct awards for aircrew who flew such operations. Coucher was commissioned Flying Officer in February 1957, and advanced to Flight Lieutenant in February 1960. He retired in October 1968, and in later life resided in Ripon, North Yorkshire. Sold with the following original related documents: Letter of congratulation addressed to the recipient as ‘Master Signaller J. J. Coucher, A.F.M., 192 Squadron, R.A.F. Watton, Thetford, Norfolk’, on the occasion of his award of the A.F.M. from Air Vice-Marshal W. E. Theak, C.B. C.B.E., Headquarters No. 90 Group’, dated 1 January 1954; Letter from the Production Company - Brook Associates - to recipient in relation to asking him to take part in the research process/be interviewed BBC Timewatch programme Spies in the Sky, dated 13 October 1993; a VHS recording of that programme when it appeared on BBC 2 in February 1994; copied correspondence between the recipient and the then purchaser of the medals in March 1994.
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