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Lot 117
CAROL II: (1893-1953) King of Romania 1930-40 & HELEN (1896-1982) Princess of Greece and Denmark, the daughter of King Constantine I of Greece. A fine vintage signed 7.5 x 10 photograph by both the future King Carol and his wife Princess Helen individually, the image depicting the Crown Prince standing in a full length pose, in military uniform, alongside his bride, wearing a simple white dress and with a Romanian 'Greek Key' tiara upon her head, on the occasion of their wedding day. The Royal couple are accompanied by their two bridesmaids, one of whom is the bride's sister, Katherine, and are also seen wearing simple white dresses and chaplets. Signed ('Carol') by the Crown Prince and signed ('Helene') by the Princess, both in fountain pen ink at the base of the image, the Princess adding the date 1921 in her hand. Also signed ('Katherine') by their bridesmaid in bold, dark fountain pen ink with her name alone to a light area at the base of the image. VG Katherine (1913-2007) Princess of Greece and Denmark, daughter of King Constantine I of Greece. Crown Prince Carol and Princess Helen first met in 1920 following the conclusion of Carol's round the world trip which he had taken to forget his morganatic wife Zizi Lambrino (1898-1953) whom he had married in 1918 (the marriage was annulled a year later). On a train journey from Greece to Switzerland Helen fell in love with the heir to the Romanian throne and soon after their arrival in Switzerland Crown Prince Carol asked for Helen's hand in marriage, much to the joy of the Queen of Romania, but not to the princess' parents. Their engagement was announced in Zurich in November 1920 and they were married in the Metropolitan Cathedral in Athens on 10th March 1921. Being the first Greek Princess to marry in Athens, Helen wore the Romanian 'Greek Key' tiara, a gift from her mother-in-law. Following their two month honeymoon, the newlyweds returned to Romania on 8th May 1921, the Princess already pregnant and giving birth to their only son, Prince Michael, just seven and a half months after the wedding. King Carol II was the first member of the Romanian royal family to be raised in the Orthodox faith. Married three times, Carol possessed a hedonistic personality that contributed to the controversies and misrule that marred his reign. On 6th September 1940, he was forced by his Prime Minister, Ion Antonescu, to leave his country and withdraw into foreign exile. Princess Helen of Greece and Denmark was noted for her humanitarian efforts to save Romanian Jews during World War II and was titled Queen Mother of Romania during the reign of her son, King Michael, from 1940-47.
Lot 177
ELIZABETH II & PRINCE PHILIP: ELIZABETH II (1926- ) Queen of the United Kingdom 1952- & PRINCE PHILIP (1921- ) Duke of Edinburgh, husband and consort of Queen Elizabeth II. An excellent, large signed colour 21.5 x 29.5 photograph by both Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip individually, the formal image showing the Queen seated in a full length pose and with her husband standing in a full length pose behind her. Both wear full formal dress and are seen within a corridor of Buckingham Palace. Photograph by Peter Grugeon. Signed ('Elizabeth R') by the Queen and signed ('Philip') by the Prince, both in dark fountain pen inks to the lower photographer's mount. The Queen has also added the date, 1980, in her hand. Framed and glazed in the original gold coloured wooden frame (some minor faults) to an overall size of 24 x 32. A particularly fine signed Royal portrait, and quite desirable in this larger format. About EX Peter Grugeon (1918-1980) English Photographer, famous for his portraits of the British Royal family from in the 1970s. In 2015 Queen Elizabeth II became the longest reigning British monarch, surpassing the reign of her great-great-grandmother, Queen Victoria, and is the longest reigning Queen regnant and female head of state in world history. (See also lots 125 & 140) Following World War II Philip was granted permission by King George VI to marry Elizabeth. Before the official announcement of their engagement, he abandoned his Greek and Danish royal titles and became a naturalised British subject, adopting the surname Mountbatten from his maternal grandparents. After an engagement of five months, he married Elizabeth on 20 November 1947. Just before the wedding, he was created Duke of Edinburgh. He is the longest-serving consort of a reigning British monarch and the oldest-ever male member of the British royal family.
Lot 160
HIROHITO (1901-1989) Emperor Showa of Japan 1926-89 & KOJUN (1903-2000) Empress Consort of Emperor Showa of Japan. An exceptional, very fine pair of vintage signed 9.5 x 12.5 photographs by Emperor Hirohito and Empress Kojun individually, the images depicting them both standing in formal three quarter length poses, the Emperor wearing a suit and the Empress in traditional Japanese dress. Signed by both with their names alone, in Japanese characters, in bold, dark fountain pen inks to light areas of the images. Individually framed and glazed in the original attractive sterling silver presentation frames, both featuring the Imperial Japanese seal at the head, to overall sizes of 12 x 15 each. Both are contained in their original wooden boxes. A rare pair of signed portraits. EX Provenance: The present photographs were presented to Thomas Clayton Davis (1889-1960) Canadian Lawyer, Judge & Diplomat, while serving as the Canadian Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Japan, June 1954 - March 1957. Prince Hirohito married his distant cousin Princess Nagako Kuni (the future Empress Kojun) on 26th January 1924. Empress Kojun was Empress Consort from 1926 to 1989, making her the longest lived Empress Consort in Japanese history. Hirohito, or Emperor Showa as he is more commonly known in Japan, began his reign whilst Japan was already one of the world's great powers. He was head of state under the Constitution of the Empire of Japan during Japan's imperial expansion, militarisation and involvement in World War II. During the post-war period Hirohito became the symbol of the new state and Japan's recovery, and by the end of his reign, Japan had emerged as the world's second largest economy.
Lot 81
WILHELM II: (1859-1941) German Emperor & King of Prussia 1888-1918. A good, large vintage signed Imperial cabinet photograph of the Kaiser in a head and shoulders pose wearing his full military dress adorned by various medals and orders and a damask sash. Photograph by Reichard and Lindner of Berlin. Signed ('William I.R.') with the English form of his signature, as Imperator er Rex (Kaiser and King) to a clear area at the head of the image and dated 1889 in his hand. Bearing the photographer's stamp and date, 1888, to the base of the image and lower photographer's mount and with photographer's imprint to the verso. An impressive signed photograph. Some very light, minor overall foxing, otherwise VG The present image was captured by the Berlin photographers Reichard and Lindner in the first year of the Emperor's reign. Wilhelm II served as the last German Emperor from 1888, ending with his abdication in 1918. In 1890 he dismissed the Chancellor Otto von Bismarck and launched Germany on an aggressive 'new course' of foreign affairs that culminated in his support for Austria-Hungary in the crisis of July 1914 that, within a matter of days, led to World War I.
Lot 125
ADAMS MARCUS: (1875-1959) British Society Photographer, noted for his portraits of children. An interesting archive of letters, personal papers, original photographs and drawings etc., previously belonging to Adams, featuring correspondence between Adams and his sitters, most notably the young Princess Elizabeth, the future Queen Elizabeth II, and quite possibly including the earliest signature of the monarch (aged 3 years) to have ever appeared at auction. The archive includes – (i) An extremely early, bold pencil signature (‘Elizabeth’) by Princess Elizabeth, at just 3 years of age and most likely executed with the assistance of her nurse, Clara Knight (1879-1946), known as ‘Allah’ within the Royal household, at the foot of an A.L.S. C Knight, by Knight, one page, 8vo, Piccadilly, 18th December 1929, to Marcus Adams, announcing ‘Your beautiful holly has made us look like Xmas already! The Princess says I am to say “Thank you very much for your lovely holly”. I don’t think I have ever seen such wonderful berries’.(ii) A remarkable and charming series of three folio sheets of paper removed from Marcus Adams’ sketchbook and featuring a series of bold pencil sketches and doodles accomplished by the three year old Princess Elizabeth, with the assistance of the photographer, the first image is open to interpretation and depicts the head and neck of what could either be described as a somewhat fierce looking animal with cat like features, or a human with a rather angry stare, annotated by Adams ‘Drawn by Marcus Adams July 31st 1929 with the aid of Princess Lillybet (sic) in the children’s studio, London’, the outline of the drawing, including the ears, most likely in the hand of the Princess and the facial features, in particular the eyes, most likely in the hand of Adams. A long arched line appears above the drawing, again annotated by Adams, ‘This line was drawn by Princess Lillybet (sic) July 31st 1929’, the page also featuring the surname ‘Adams’ written in capital letters, evidently by the photographer himself. The second page features a pencil list in the hand of Adams (including ‘Bulbs, Seeds, Roses, Sweetpeas’ and other garden and household items) over which appear a series of drawings of animal heads, most resembling cats, again evidently drawn principally by Adams in an attempt to teach the young Princess how to draw, but also with some less well accomplished drawings of animal heads, undoubtedly the efforts of the Princess. The third page features a pencil drawing by Adams of a large country house and gardens, with a sole figure walking across the lawn and with a large tree in the foreground, the page featuring a series of somewhat random and bolder pencil lines, scribbles and circles etc., obviously the work of the young Princess. The name Lilybet appears at the base of the page, in the hand of Adams, and is heavily crossed through in pencil, presumably by the Princess.(iii) A rare, early A.L.S., Elizabeth, one page, 8vo, Piccadilly, 18th December 1933, to Marcus Adams (‘Dear Mr. Adams’), stating, in full, ‘Ever so many thanks for the lovely holly you sent me today, and the Xmas cards. Wishing you a very happy xmas, from Elizabeth’. Accompanied by the original envelope hand addressed by the Princess. Some light overall staining and soiling, slightly affecting the text and signature.(iv) A fascinating autograph manuscript signed (‘Marcus Adams’) by Adams entitled ‘Notes’ on my contacts with the Royal Family from 1928 to present day, nine pages, 4to, n.p., 1958, stating, in part, ‘…the curtain is completely raised to reveal the understanding of prophecy. The world will be awakened to realise the importance of this age and how vital the birth of Princess Elizabeth is in the fulfilment of things come…For this reason I appreciate… and feel highly honoured to have had the opportunity of making exclusive portrait records of the early life of this important personality……I have produced a series of portraits that convey the dignity of Royalty combined with a standard that justify my efforts, they are not just mere snapshots taken in a careless and casual fashion that may be news today and forgotten soon after… but never reach the standard of dignity that the Royal family deserve…Events can be recalled at the time of the Coronation of King George, when in one day over 200 called at the studio for press copies… to say nothing for the telephone calls… It was estimated that one particular group was produced… to some thousand million imprints. Besides the actual press there was always a constant request for right to reproduce… on mugs, jigsaw puzzles, handkerchiefs… babies rattles, almanacs, these all had be considered on their own merits, if any doubt was involved it was always referred to the Controllers of the Palace …I well remember on one occasion at Windsor the leading cable got so warmed up it showed signs of burning…I recall an incident that happened during the sitting my assistant whispered to me that the focussing screen had smashed. I met the circumstance calmly by taking two stamps from my wallet and sticking it together. The King who was always alert, remarked What’s the trouble Adams, Oh only the screen is broken and I am mending the bits with two of your fathers portraits, they acted in a perfect fashion and we can proceed with all speed….I was working with the late Queen Mary and Princess Elizabeth, she was in a great hurry, so I lost no time… After I had finished my part Her Majesty turned to Mr. [Bertram] Park and said, As Marcus Adams has been so quick I can spare you time to make some pictures of me, which dress would you like best… Thus Mr. Parks made some interesting studies, whilst I acted as his assistant. She [Elizabeth] was a child and I treated her as a child… a sitting would last about an hour. During one sitting complete with baby Margaret and the parents: my son tells me I exposed about 300 plates, it was probably the most difficult task I had encountered…’ Stapled within stiff card wrappers bearing the ink title and signature of Adams to the front cover.(v) A.L.S., Marcus Adams “Gollywog”, one page, 4to, Swallowfield, Berkshire, Christmas 1931, to ‘H.R. Princess Elizabeth’, stating, in full, ‘A sprig of Holly and a big wish for a very Happy jolly & Bright Xmas from the Hills of Oxfordshire and the sender’.(vi) A collection of ten folio pages removed from a scrapbook belonging to Adams and with various A.Ls.S., T.Ls.S., autograph notes, a few pencil drawings, some original photographs by Adams, Bertram Park and Howard Coster (some loose and most neatly laid down to pages) etc., all relating to the photographer’s work with the British Royal family and others, 1929-34,(vii) A collection of correspondence comprising around 60 A.Ls.S., T.Ls.S., a few telegrams etc., from various individuals, most ladies-in-waiting to various members of the British Royal family but also including some other notable individuals, all to Marcus Adams or his son Gilbert Adams, late 1920s-1990, most on the subject of photographs, thanking Adams for prints or arranging appointments etc.,An exceptional archive of material containing several extremely rare examples of the autograph of the young Queen Elizabeth II in various forms. Some age wear, generally G to VG, Qty. Owing to restrictions imposed by the-saleroom the complete catalogue description can not be shown here. Please contact the auctioneers for further details.
Lot 176
PRINCE ROGERS NELSON: (1958-2016) American Singer & Songwriter, mononymously known as Prince. Signed 8 x 10 photograph, an atmospheric and engaging image of the talented singer and musician in a head and shoulders pose, reminiscent of the Purple Rain stage of his career. The Warner Bros. publicity portrait is credited to photographer Al Beaulieu and dated November 1982. Signed, 'Love God, Prince', in bold black ink to the image, the signature running across a partially darker area of the image. Rare. EX Prince was a musical innovator, recognised for his eclectic work, flamboyant stage presence, extravagant dress and wide vocal range. His compositions integrated a wide variety of musical styles, contributing to sales of over 100 million records worldwide, making him one of the best-selling artists of all time. The winner of many awards (including an Academy Award for the film Purple Rain), Rolling Stone magazine ranked Prince at number 27 on its list of 100 Greatest Artists ('the most influential artists of the rock 'n' roll era').
Lot 11
An 18ct white gold green tourmaline and diamond dress ring, set with a central oval cut green tourmaline, measuring approx. 12x10mm, surrounded by a border of graduated round brilliant cut diamonds, with further diamonds set to open metalwork shoulders, hallmarked Birmingham 2012, ring size N½, weight approx. 13.5g.
Lot 1297
An early 20th century ladies silver gilt and guilloche enamel pocket cigarette case, the hinged cover having raised jewel thumbpiece and finely decorated in bright enamels with ladies in 18th century dress within a landscape, gilt washed interior, stamped 935, 8.1 x 5.4cm; together with one other sterling silver, silver gilt and guilloche red enamel example (this example with losses to extremities) (2) Condition Report / Extra Information Blue example - enamel losses to either side at back, small enamel loss to front panel ends beneath thumbpiece, otherwise good with minor handling wear.Red example - enamel losses to extremities.
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