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Collection of vintage Penguin publications, many first Penguin editions, H.G. Wells The War of The Worlds, The Invisible

Harper Field

Lot 449

Collection of vintage Penguin publications, many first Penguin editions, H.G. Wells The War of The Worlds, The Invisible Man, A Short History of The World New & Revised edition, Love & Mr. Lewisham, Tono-Bungay all 1946 editions. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald 1950. Bernard Shaw Man & Superman, The Doctor’s Dilemma, The Black Girl in Search of God, Androcles & The Lion, Saint Joan all 1946. D.H. Lawrence Etruscan Places 1950, Sea & Sardinia 1945, Selected Letters 1950. Defoe Robinson Crusoe illustrated 1938 in 2 volumes. Poe Some Tales of Mystery & Imagination illustrated 1938. Gwen Raverat engravings to A Sentimental Journey 1938 and others by George Orwell, J.B. Priestley, Richard Hughes etc (approximately 78)

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The Magazine Of Art, Illustrated comprising volumes 1 to 15, published Cassell 1878-1892 with many text illustrations and eng

Harper Field

Lot 452

The Magazine Of Art, Illustrated comprising volumes 1 to 15, published Cassell 1878-1892 with many text illustrations and engraved plates, first and last 3 volumes bound in original publisher's gilt cloth, with volumes 4-12 uniformly bound in half leather with gilt spines, raised bands and gilt leather labels

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The City Companies of London and Their Good Works: a record of their history, charity and treasure by P.H. Ditchfield, publis

Harper Field

Lot 457

The City Companies of London and Their Good Works: a record of their history, charity and treasure by P.H. Ditchfield, published J.M. Dent 1904 first edition, special edition limited to 100 copies with photogravures, coloured plate & other illustrations, folio volume bound in half vellum over cloth with gilt titles

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[Dodo etc] The Natural History of Birds, From The Works of the Best Authors Ancient & Modern embellished with numero

Harper Field

Lot 466

[Dodo etc] The Natural History of Birds, From The Works of the Best Authors Ancient & Modern embellished with numerous plates accurately coloured from nature, printed and published by Brightly & Childs, Bungay Suffolk published also by T. Kinnersly 1815 in 2 volumes with this copy containing 150 full-page hand-coloured plates (including coloured engraving of the Dodo), bound in brown cloth with gilt titles – some staining of pages at beginning of volume 2 and index, with some loss to first index page [From the Library of Major William Herbert Mullens of Westfield Place in Sussex with autograph letter detailing his findings on the publication, it being issued in parts priced at 6d each]

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Ian Fleming You Only Live Twice published Jonathan Cape 1964, first edition in colour illustrated dust-wrapper (priced 16s) d

Harper Field

Lot 469

Ian Fleming You Only Live Twice published Jonathan Cape 1964, first edition in colour illustrated dust-wrapper (priced 16s) designed by Richard Chopping. Live And Let Die 1956 First Reprint Society Edition in colour dust-wrapper. Walter De La Mare Behold This Dreamer 1939 & Early One Morning 1935 illustrated by Barnett Freedman both in dust-wrappers together with six books by T.S. Eliot and copy of W.B. Yeats The Land of Heart’s Desire (11)

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[Antarctic expedition] 'Like English Gentlemen' To Peter Scott from the Author of Where’s Master? written anonymou

Harper Field

Lot 470

[Antarctic expedition] 'Like English Gentlemen' To Peter Scott from the Author of Where’s Master? written anonymously (c.1913) first edition, published very shortly after the death of Sir Robert Falcon Scott during his ill-fated return journey from the South Pole, a juvenile story referencing Peter Pan but written for Sir Robert Scott’s son Peter and published to help raise funds for the child following his father's death, the story recounting the tragic South Pole expedition. With advert at rear asking for donations towards a fund to help support Scott’s son and the families of the comrades who perished along with Scott on their journey home, bound in original boards with chromolithographic cover image, together with a copy of J.M. Barrie by Janet Dunbar. [Sir Peter Markham Scott was named after Peter Pan, the well-known character created by Scott’s godfather J.M.Barrie]

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[SIGNED] The Magus by John Fowles published Jonathan Cape 1966 first edition, second impression, in original cloth and colour

Harper Field

Lot 471

[SIGNED] The Magus by John Fowles published Jonathan Cape 1966 first edition, second impression, in original cloth and colour illustrated dust-wrapper [Stamp on free endpaper reads 'signed for a member of the New Fiction Society' and ink signature of the author beneath]

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Laurie Lee Cider With Rosie with drawings by John Ward, published The Hogarth Press 1959 first edition, in gilt lettered clot

Harper Field

Lot 472

Laurie Lee Cider With Rosie with drawings by John Ward, published The Hogarth Press 1959 first edition, in gilt lettered cloth and with illustrated dust-wrapper. As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning by Laurie Lee, published Andre Deutsch 1969, first edition in colour dust-wrapper (2)

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Raymond Chandler The Long Goodbye published Hamish Hamilton 1953 first edition, bound in publisher's cloth with silver letter

Harper Field

Lot 473

Raymond Chandler The Long Goodbye published Hamish Hamilton 1953 first edition, bound in publisher's cloth with silver lettering, in original colour illustrated dust-wrapper (price-clipped wrapper is slightly worn at extremities – name dated 1954 on free endpaper), being the last of the full length novels with detective Philip Marlowe, winner of the Edgar Award for Best Novel in 1955 and afterwards adapted into a film. The UK edition, offered here, precedes the first US edition

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J.R.R. Tolkien The Hobbit, Or There And Back Again, published George Allen & Unwin 1946, first edition fourth impression

Harper Field

Lot 474

J.R.R. Tolkien The Hobbit, Or There And Back Again, published George Allen & Unwin 1946, first edition fourth impression with colour frontispiece and black & white illustrations, with map/chart endpapers, bound in publisher's pictorial green cloth (damp marking to rear cover and last few leaves, with light stain mark at bottom inner hinge some pages, ink stamp on front endpaper)

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[Sir A. Conan Doyle in parts] The Strand Magazine, illustrated literary periodical volume 1 January 1891 to volume 8 December

Harper Field

Lot 476

[Sir A. Conan Doyle in parts] The Strand Magazine, illustrated literary periodical volume 1 January 1891 to volume 8 December 1894 comprising a consecutive run of the first 48 parts, published George Newnes, as issued in original paper printed wrappers (lacking cover for parts 1,38 and 48 with parts 21 and 27 lacking rear wrapper and the top front corner torn from parts 9 and 31, some paper loss to spines and occasional wear extremities with some wrappers browned few marks & odd name, a few parts with damp-marking) rare to find such a complete run still in their original wrappers [Includes Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s first appearance in print of the Adventures of Sherlock Holmes & The Memoirs, which were first serialised during the early years of The Strand Magazine]

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A collection of GB first day covers and prestige booklets in eight folders and the 1984 year book

Harper Field

Lot 581

A collection of GB first day covers and prestige booklets in eight folders and the 1984 year book

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GB stamp collection in the Hermes album, mint and used from 1840 1d blacks (2), 1841 2d blue (four margins) to Queen Elizabet

Harper Field

Lot 589

GB stamp collection in the Hermes album, mint and used from 1840 1d blacks (2), 1841 2d blue (four margins) to Queen Elizabeth II and GB first day covers in ten folders

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A large stamp collection in stockbooks and albums, also first day covers, PHQ cards, postcards, philatelic material etc

Harper Field

Lot 596

A large stamp collection in stockbooks and albums, also first day covers, PHQ cards, postcards, philatelic material etc

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GB and world stamp collection containing loose world stamps in bags, various albums of Royalty and modern Commonwealth stamp

Harper Field

Lot 605

GB and world stamp collection containing loose world stamps in bags, various albums of Royalty and modern Commonwealth stamp issues, a few GB presentation packs, first day covers etc.

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GB stamps comprising albums, stockbooks and first day covers, Queen Victoria - Queen Elizabeth II, plus unused Senator and To

Harper Field

Lot 608

GB stamps comprising albums, stockbooks and first day covers, Queen Victoria - Queen Elizabeth II, plus unused Senator and Tower albums

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GB mint stamp collection in booklets and presentation packs along with first day covers, high face value

Harper Field

Lot 609

GB mint stamp collection in booklets and presentation packs along with first day covers, high face value

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A large and varied GB and world stamp collection from Queen Victoria 1d black (poor), 10s Edward VII used (light perf toning)

Harper Field

Lot 610

A large and varied GB and world stamp collection from Queen Victoria 1d black (poor), 10s Edward VII used (light perf toning) to Queen Elizabeth II, including presentation packs, 84 and 87YP, a good range of British Commonwealth, a small range of first day covers, China with Foochow Treaty Ports mint to 20c, etc

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A very large collection of GB and Commonwealth stamps, Queen Victoria to Queen Elizabeth II, mint and used in a quantity of a

Harper Field

Lot 617

A very large collection of GB and Commonwealth stamps, Queen Victoria to Queen Elizabeth II, mint and used in a quantity of albums and stockbooks, together with numismatic Royal Mint 2022 set of coins, Concorde, Railway and Titanic related coins, two watches, Royal Mail first day cover coin covers in presentation folders etc

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A large GB, Commonwealth and world stamp collection in various albums including three Diplomat albums, folders and loose, som

Harper Field

Lot 621

A large GB, Commonwealth and world stamp collection in various albums including three Diplomat albums, folders and loose, some first day covers etc

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A GB mint and used stamp collection from Queen Victoria 1d black with red Maltese cross (three margins) to Queen Elizabeth II

Harper Field

Lot 622

A GB mint and used stamp collection from Queen Victoria 1d black with red Maltese cross (three margins) to Queen Elizabeth II including Machins in booklets, blocks and cylinder blocks of six, also includes a small range of first day covers

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A large collection of Channel Island presentation packs and first day covers along with world first day covers including Cana

Harper Field

Lot 626

A large collection of Channel Island presentation packs and first day covers along with world first day covers including Canada, New Zealand, Malta etc

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A collection of GB presentation packs and first day covers in albums and folders including a 2012 London Olympics collection

Harper Field

Lot 626A

A collection of GB presentation packs and first day covers in albums and folders including a 2012 London Olympics collection in blocks of six

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A box of first day covers up to 2015 in several albums.

Chalkwell Auctions

Lot 535

A box of first day covers up to 2015 in several albums.

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Ten albums of Channel Island and Isle of Man stamps and first day covers.

Chalkwell Auctions

Lot 532

Ten albums of Channel Island and Isle of Man stamps and first day covers.

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A large quantity of Channel Island first day cover stamps 1994 - 2012, plus definitives.

Chalkwell Auctions

Lot 525

A large quantity of Channel Island first day cover stamps 1994 - 2012, plus definitives.

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Twelve albums of GB first day cover stamps and stamp books.

Chalkwell Auctions

Lot 523

Twelve albums of GB first day cover stamps and stamp books.

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A George III style mahogany brass dial longcase clock The dial unsigned Probably first half 20th century, the hood with swan

Halls Fine Art Auctioneers

Lot 151

A George III style mahogany brass dial longcase clock The dial unsigned Probably first half 20th century, the hood with swan neck pediment and turned fluted columns, the case with cross-banded arched door flanked by fluted quarter columns above a line-inlaid base box raised on bracket feet, the 9in arched dial with silvered Roman chapter, subsidiary seconds dial below 12 and a matted centre, the arch with a silvered Silent/Strike dial, with mask and foliage spandrels, the eight day movement with four knopped pillars striking on a bell. With pendulum and two weights. 39.5cm wide x 22cm deep x 193cm high Condition:IMPORTANT NOTE: This clock is not George III period as originally catalogued but a later reproduction, possibly first half 20th century Hood: Good with some minor cosmetic marks.Case: Good with minor signs of age, chip to back edge of right side of the trunk, cosmetic marks to base box.Dial: Good.Movement: Winds, runs and strikes.Ancillaries: In good working order.Unless otherwise stated, all clocks are likely to have been serviced and/or repaired in their lifetime and may have had parts replaced. While a clock may be described as 'working' at the time of the report, they are not guaranteed for timekeeping or durability - it is advised that all clocks are inspected and serviced by a qualified horologist before full use.

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A pique work treen shoe snuff box, first half 19th centuryModelled as a boot with rounded two and button fastening, the hinge

Halls Fine Art Auctioneers

Lot 143

A pique work treen shoe snuff box, first half 19th centuryModelled as a boot with rounded two and button fastening, the hinged cover worked with a simple flower design.10cm longCondition:Good overall with negligible signs of age. A few of the studs are missing from the sole and heel.

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An album and a case of First Day Covers.

Warren & Wignall

Lot 312

An album and a case of First Day Covers.

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A signed limited edition print depicting the master drawing for the £50 series E banknote featuring Sir John Houlbon and the

Warren & Wignall

Lot 776

A signed limited edition print depicting the master drawing for the £50 series E banknote featuring Sir John Houlbon and the first premises of the Bank of England on Threadneedle Street, London, 56/500, 51cm x 41.5cm (overall).

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Hummel figurines - 8 boxed with a 1987 Christmas Bell. Includes first issue ‘Roses are Red’ signed by Master Painter November

Warren & Wignall

Lot 622

Hummel figurines - 8 boxed with a 1987 Christmas Bell. Includes first issue ‘Roses are Red’ signed by Master Painter November 1998, first issue and signed ‘Messages of Love’, Hummel Club exclusive edition membership figure for 2003/4, a signed 1999 Daydreamer Plaque and corresponding Over the Horizon plaqueCondition:- good, no sign of any damage or repair.

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Royal Albert Old Country Roses coffee set - first quality

Warren & Wignall

Lot 615

Royal Albert Old Country Roses coffee set - first quality

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4 albums of First Day Covers (approx 280)

Warren & Wignall

Lot 489

4 albums of First Day Covers (approx 280)

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Three stamp albums including FDCs, a Tutankhamun first day cover with attached Richard Admas autograph, album of world stamps

Warren & Wignall

Lot 695

Three stamp albums including FDCs, a Tutankhamun first day cover with attached Richard Admas autograph, album of world stamps etc.

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44.BLUE PLASTIC TUB HOUSING A LARGE QUANTITY OF COINS , CHIEFLY UK , TO INCLUDE 9 SETS OF BRITAIN’S FIRST DECIMAL COINS ( + E

Ashley Waller Auctioneers

Lot 364

44.BLUE PLASTIC TUB HOUSING A LARGE QUANTITY OF COINS , CHIEFLY UK , TO INCLUDE 9 SETS OF BRITAIN’S FIRST DECIMAL COINS ( + EXTRAS ) , THREE BINDERS OF GB COINS , 1967 , FIVE UK COIN BINDERS , MUCH LOOSE IN BAGS AND A QUANTITY OF MODERN CROWNS

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A JUBILEE MINT BOXED SET TO INCLUDE A 24K GOLD PLATED MEMORIAL COMMEMORATIVE COIN 1914 - 1918 SOMME WORLD WAR 1 AND A FIRST W

Ashley Waller Auctioneers

Lot 381

A JUBILEE MINT BOXED SET TO INCLUDE A 24K GOLD PLATED MEMORIAL COMMEMORATIVE COIN 1914 - 1918 SOMME WORLD WAR 1 AND A FIRST WORLD WAR CENTENARY END OF HOSTILITIES COMMEMORATIVE COIN

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A CARTON CONTAINING AN ACCUMULATION OF GB FIRST DAY COVERS

Ashley Waller Auctioneers

Lot 382

A CARTON CONTAINING AN ACCUMULATION OF GB FIRST DAY COVERS

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AN ALBUM CONTAINING ROYAL NAVY FIRST DAY COVERS

Ashley Waller Auctioneers

Lot 427

AN ALBUM CONTAINING ROYAL NAVY FIRST DAY COVERS

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A WESTMINSTER COIN COVER COLLECTION OF FLY NAVY 100 YEARS OF NAVAL AVIATION TO INCLUDE THE BATTLE OF TARANTO, FIRST FLIGHT FR

Ashley Waller Auctioneers

Lot 428

A WESTMINSTER COIN COVER COLLECTION OF FLY NAVY 100 YEARS OF NAVAL AVIATION TO INCLUDE THE BATTLE OF TARANTO, FIRST FLIGHT FROM A BRITISH SHIP, SUPERMARINE SCIMITAR ETC.,

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TWO ALBUMS CONTAINING FIRST DAY COVERS AND STAMPS FROM AROUND THE WORLD

Ashley Waller Auctioneers

Lot 492

TWO ALBUMS CONTAINING FIRST DAY COVERS AND STAMPS FROM AROUND THE WORLD

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TWO ALBUMS CONTAINING APPROXIMATELY 110 FIRST DAY COVERS

Ashley Waller Auctioneers

Lot 499

TWO ALBUMS CONTAINING APPROXIMATELY 110 FIRST DAY COVERS

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A FIRST EDITION GREAT PAN IAN FLEMING "MOONRAKER" PAPERBACK BOOK DATED 1961 TOGETHER WITH A "GOLDFINGER" PAPERBACK BOOK DATED

Ashley Waller Auctioneers

Lot 50

A FIRST EDITION GREAT PAN IAN FLEMING "MOONRAKER" PAPERBACK BOOK DATED 1961 TOGETHER WITH A "GOLDFINGER" PAPERBACK BOOK DATED 1962

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A BOX AND AN ALBUM CONTAINING FIRST DAY COVERS

Ashley Waller Auctioneers

Lot 500

A BOX AND AN ALBUM CONTAINING FIRST DAY COVERS

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TWO FOLDERS CONTAINING A LARGE QUANITY OF FIRST DAY COVERS

Ashley Waller Auctioneers

Lot 519

TWO FOLDERS CONTAINING A LARGE QUANITY OF FIRST DAY COVERS

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A HARDBACK WITH DUST COVER BOOK "W.S.C A CARTOON BIOGRAPHY" COMPILED BY FRED URQUHART DATED 1955 (FIRST EDITION) AND A FURTHE

Ashley Waller Auctioneers

Lot 52

A HARDBACK WITH DUST COVER BOOK "W.S.C A CARTOON BIOGRAPHY" COMPILED BY FRED URQUHART DATED 1955 (FIRST EDITION) AND A FURTHER BOOK ON CHURCHILL BY HIS CONTEMPORARIES

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A LARGE COLLECTION OF GREAT BRITIAN AND FOREIGN COINS AND UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NOTES AND RAILWAYS FIRST COVER

Ashley Waller Auctioneers

Lot 538

A LARGE COLLECTION OF GREAT BRITIAN AND FOREIGN COINS AND UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NOTES AND RAILWAYS FIRST COVER

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A ROYAL CROWN DERBY PIGLET (FIRST QUALITY)

Ashley Waller Auctioneers

Lot 826

A ROYAL CROWN DERBY PIGLET (FIRST QUALITY)

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SIX CRIME BOOKS TO INCLUDE AGATHA CHRISTIE, SOME FIRST EDITIONS

Ashley Waller Auctioneers

Lot 944

SIX CRIME BOOKS TO INCLUDE AGATHA CHRISTIE, SOME FIRST EDITIONS

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Cast iron Guinness Toucan door stop. UK P&P Group 2 (£20+VAT for the first lot and £4+VAT for subsequent lots)

Warrington & Northwich Auction

Lot 1288

Cast iron Guinness Toucan door stop. UK P&P Group 2 (£20+VAT for the first lot and £4+VAT for subsequent lots)

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Beswick Pekinese dog, model 1059. UK P&P Group 1 (£16+VAT for the first lot and £2+VAT for subsequent lots)

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Lot 1290A

Beswick Pekinese dog, model 1059. UK P&P Group 1 (£16+VAT for the first lot and £2+VAT for subsequent lots)

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Mixed brooches and other jewellery. UK P&P Group 1 (£16+VAT for the first lot and £2+VAT for subsequent lots)

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Lot 1052

Mixed brooches and other jewellery. UK P&P Group 1 (£16+VAT for the first lot and £2+VAT for subsequent lots)

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Cast aluminium Rolls Royce dealer plaque, W: 25 cm. UK P&P Group 1 (£16+VAT for the first lot and £2+VAT for subsequent l

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Lot 1055

Cast aluminium Rolls Royce dealer plaque, W: 25 cm. UK P&P Group 1 (£16+VAT for the first lot and £2+VAT for subsequent lots)

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Boxed silver bangle, spectacles case and wristwatches. UK P&P Group 2 (£20+VAT for the first lot and £4+VAT for subsequen

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Lot 1144

Boxed silver bangle, spectacles case and wristwatches. UK P&P Group 2 (£20+VAT for the first lot and £4+VAT for subsequent lots)

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Scorpion preserved in amber resin. UK P&P Group 1 (£16+VAT for the first lot and £2+VAT for subsequent lots)

Warrington & Northwich Auction

Lot 1079

Scorpion preserved in amber resin. UK P&P Group 1 (£16+VAT for the first lot and £2+VAT for subsequent lots)

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Box of mixed smoking ephemera, including lighters, pipes, pipe cleaner and cigarette case. UK P&P Group 1 (£16+VAT for th

Warrington & Northwich Auction

Lot 1176

Box of mixed smoking ephemera, including lighters, pipes, pipe cleaner and cigarette case. UK P&P Group 1 (£16+VAT for the first lot and £2+VAT for subsequent lots)

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Case containing mixed notes, coins and badges. UK P&P Group 1 (£16+VAT for the first lot and £2+VAT for subsequent lots)

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Lot 1156

Case containing mixed notes, coins and badges. UK P&P Group 1 (£16+VAT for the first lot and £2+VAT for subsequent lots)

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Aiwa CS-P700 mini radio/cassette, tested and working. UK P&P Group 2 (£20+VAT for the first lot and £4+VAT for subsequent

Warrington & Northwich Auction

Lot 1100

Aiwa CS-P700 mini radio/cassette, tested and working. UK P&P Group 2 (£20+VAT for the first lot and £4+VAT for subsequent lots)

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Cast iron Art Deco style cat doorstop, H: 26 cm. UK P&P Group 3 (£30+VAT for the first lot and £8+VAT for subsequent lots

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Lot 1292

Cast iron Art Deco style cat doorstop, H: 26 cm. UK P&P Group 3 (£30+VAT for the first lot and £8+VAT for subsequent lots)

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Three Fossil wristwatches. UK P&P Group 1 (£16+VAT for the first lot and £2+VAT for subsequent lots)

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Lot 1067

Three Fossil wristwatches. UK P&P Group 1 (£16+VAT for the first lot and £2+VAT for subsequent lots)

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