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FOUR ENAMELLED EGG PENDANTS
The first with a red and black enamelled setting with white stone accents and a cabochon

Dreweatts 1759

Lot 179

FOUR ENAMELLED EGG PENDANTS The first with a red and black enamelled setting with white stone accents and a cabochon garnet terminal; the second with pierced enamelled flower heads, set with white stones; the third with red enamelled and gilt metal decoration; and a green and black enamelled floral and scrolled egg pendant; suspended from a fancy anchor link chain, stamped 14k Size/dimensions: eggs 2.7 to 3.3cm long; chain 50cm long Gross weight: 43 grams Condition Report: Chain approximately 7 grams There is some chipping to the green and black egg, some discolouration White stones missing to the eggs Condition Report Disclaimer

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TWO FANCY LINK BRACELETS
The first of gate link design, stamped 375; the second of engraved tri-colour 9ct gold linkin

Dreweatts 1759

Lot 154

TWO FANCY LINK BRACELETS The first of gate link design, stamped 375; the second of engraved tri-colour 9ct gold linking, UK import mark Size/dimensions: 19.0cm and 19.7cm long Gross weight: 20.4 grams Condition Report: Gate link bracelet damaged, a few links loose/detached Condition Report Disclaimer

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Three early Royal Automobile Motor Car badges, from the Edwardian era through to the late 1920's, the first measuring 18 cms,

British Bespoke Auctions

Lot 285

Three early Royal Automobile Motor Car badges, from the Edwardian era through to the late 1920's, the first measuring 18 cms, nr DI 892; the next enamel badge 17.5 cms, nr D2894 and the third 14 cms, nr 52696. Property of a gentleman, ex-senior employee of Jack Barclay. Condition Report Signs of damage consistent with age and use.

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A silver replica of the anointing spoon, Birmingham hallmark dated 1901, mm Elkington & Co, approx 25 cms in length, tape

British Bespoke Auctions

Lot 98

A silver replica of the anointing spoon, Birmingham hallmark dated 1901, mm Elkington & Co, approx 25 cms in length, tapering form with Celtic knot decoration with remnants of gilt, approx 107 gms. This lot includes four silver napkin rings (various hallmarks) 72.8 gms, two pepperette of various sizes, the first London hallmark dated 1758, mm Samuel Wood approx 93.3 gms and the second Chester hallmark (date and letter marks rubbed) approx 33.3 gms.

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A stainless steel Rolex Zenith Daytona automatic chronograph wristwatch with bracelet, model number. 16520. Date: Purchased 3

British Bespoke Auctions

Lot 214

A stainless steel Rolex Zenith Daytona automatic chronograph wristwatch with bracelet, model number. 16520. Date: Purchased 30th July 1998. Movement: cal. 4030 automatic, 31 jewels. Serial U329936. Black dial, applied luminescent indexes, subsidiary dials for constant seconds, 30-minute and 12-hour registers. Case: stainless steel, screw-down back, crown and pushers Oyster bracelet. Signed: case, dial, movement and bracelet Dimensions: diameter 39mm. Accompaniments: Extra link, Rolex Oyster presentation case and outer box, guarantee certificate, leather card holder, Rolex Oyster booklet, seal, original receipts incl. service receipt from 2011. The ‘Zenith’ Daytona is an extremely important model in the history of the Rolex Daytona. Introduced in 1988, this was Rolex’s first self-winding chronograph. The movement was manufactured by Zenith but extensively modified by Rolex to its own specification. Over the 12 years of its production, the Zenith Daytona underwent a few changes, the last one being the introduction of the luminova dial in 1998. Rolex stopped using the Zenith movement in 2000 when it debuted its own in-house calibre 4130. This iconic watch is highly sought-after by watch collectors around the world.Condition ReportMinor scratches and marks consistent with wear. Watch moving forward at time of testing. No guarantees given or implied. Tear to box corner.

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Two finely painted 19th century Meissen soup bowls, circa 1800, the first painted with floral spray of roses, blue underglaze

British Bespoke Auctions

Lot 64

Two finely painted 19th century Meissen soup bowls, circa 1800, the first painted with floral spray of roses, blue underglaze factory marks to base, approx 23 cms diameter; the other painted with a floral spray of roses, violets and honeysuckle with insects, both with gilded rims, approx 22.5 cms diameter.

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Roland (George) signed copy [..] A Treatise on the Theory and Practice of the Art of Fencing and continued by Easy and Progr

British Bespoke Auctions

Lot 25

Roland (George) signed copy [..] A Treatise on the Theory and Practice of the Art of Fencing and continued by Easy and Progressive Lessons from the Simplest Position to the most Complicated Movements, 1st edition, published by Archibald Constable and Company, London, 1823. This was the first manual of fencing to be illustrated by lithographic plates with some offsetting from text, with occasional spotting, some tears to the outer extremities and worn at the edges, faded and stained boards. Note: He was the fencing master at the Royal Academy of Edinburgh and son of Joseph Roland, fencing master at the Royal Military Academy of Woolwich.

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A brass Ethiopian cross. With pierced decoration, length 33cm together with The Ethiopian Cross first edition 1973, a brass

Lay's Auctioneers

Lot 1417

A brass Ethiopian cross. With pierced decoration, length 33cm together with The Ethiopian Cross first edition 1973, a brass badila and a collection of various ethnographica.

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WWII German Luftwaffe life jacket 'Schwimmweste' type 10.30 Siezed from a captured pilot, Lt Kreigen, 26th August 1940 Toge

Lay's Auctioneers

Lot 1308

WWII German Luftwaffe life jacket 'Schwimmweste' type 10.30 Siezed from a captured pilot, Lt Kreigen, 26th August 1940 Together with provenance in the form of a contemporary letter from 1940, written by the detainer of the pilot and a family photograph of him.The Battle of Britain website lists the crash under the August 26th entries:“Do 17Z-2 U5+TR of 7/KG2 shot down by 1 (RCAF) Squadron after bombing Debden airfield at 15.30. Aircraft crashed at Cole End, Wimbish, Lt P. Kreiger, Uffz S. Illing, Uffz K. Winter and Gefr G. Schneider all baled out and captured.”The recipient of the letter and the schwimmweste or 'Mae West' as it is referred to, is the vendor's father Harry Leach. 'Nell' was his sister and it is believed that the person who captured the German pilot and wrote the letter was Nell's husband Fred. The letter gives a full account of Fred's encounter with, and capture of LT Kreigen. Kreiger and Kreigen are both derivatives of the German name meaning warrior or soldier. The 'Battle of Britain' website lists the pilot as Kreiger, the label on the jacket possibly has a typo or the correct spelling was lost in translation. Fred and Nell lived very near to Saffron Walden. Debden airbase, just 3 miles southeast of Saffron Walden, was an RAF Fighter Station and an important German target. The Germans lost 43 aircraft on this day. Repeated heavy daytime losses forced a change in German tactics and night raids began. Prior to this, Hitler had insisted that London was not to be bombed. Although the 7th September is considered to be the start of the Blitz, the first bomb fell on the city of London the previous night, 25th August.Fred details his capture of Kreigen in very-matter-of-fact terms, although the pilot may not have put up much resistance, he was armed with a weapon and much younger than Fred, it was still a very brave thing to do."The pilot landed about 30 yards from me when he hit the ground I at once got across him as he lay on the ground and took his fireworks away from his belt before he knew where he was" The accompanying photo was taken in 1957 and shows Fred, Nell and Harry with younger members of their family.Read the accompanying blog to this lot here. This jacket is in very good condition. The material is soft and the inflation tube has not deteriorated.

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A silver mounted glug glug decanter (by Walker & Hall, Sheffield 1907) together with a small silver beaker with gilded interi

Moore Allen & Innocent

Lot 126

A silver mounted glug glug decanter (by Walker & Hall, Sheffield 1907) together with a small silver beaker with gilded interior, weighable silver 1.5 oz, a modern silver twin photo frame, a pair of plated miniature wine coasters and a further wine coaster and a commemorative plated goblet inscribed "First prize Wentworth 1993" stamped to base "John Donald London"

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MARGARET MITCHELL "Gone with the Wind", first edition, published by the Macmillan Company New York 1936, tooled and gilded bu

Moore Allen & Innocent

Lot 211

MARGARET MITCHELL "Gone with the Wind", first edition, published by the Macmillan Company New York 1936, tooled and gilded burgundy leather, pages with gilt ends, 22 cm x 15.5 cm x 5 cm (rebound by Asprey approx. 40 yrs ago)

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A collection of various Art Deco and similar pottery and artifacts including a pair Arnhem Pottery Lindus floral banded vases

Moore Allen & Innocent

Lot 34

A collection of various Art Deco and similar pottery and artifacts including a pair Arnhem Pottery Lindus floral banded vases 34 cm high, an Ashstead Pottery limited edition character jug inscribed to base "Of a first edition strictly limited to 500 jugs bearing the signatures of the Right Hon Sir Douglas McGarel Hogg KCMP and the artist, this is No. 169" after the original design by Percy Metcalfe, 20 cm high, a Belgian blue glazed pottery figure group of two golden pheasants and a Ditmar floral painted pair of yellow ground vases 13 cm high CONDITION REPORTS Pair of vases - one has a chip to the foot. The other has some restoration to the foot. There is a small hairline crack running at the very top of the rim approx 1 cm. Both have crazing, surface scratches, etc. The character mug has all-over crazing together with a couple of darker scratches. The pheasant group has all over crazing. Remains of paint. The upper pheasant has a chip to its beak. There is a chip to the end of the lower pheasant's tail on the back. The pair of Ditmar vases have areas of loss / discolouration to the interior. Scratches, etc. to the exterior. All items have general wear and tear conducive with age and use. See images for further detail.

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Thirteen boxes of assorted vintage books to include ARTHUR RANSOM "The Big Six", first edition, published Jonathon Cape 1940,

Moore Allen & Innocent

Lot 238

Thirteen boxes of assorted vintage books to include ARTHUR RANSOM "The Big Six", first edition, published Jonathon Cape 1940, various Folio Society books, "Burke's Peerage" 1935 and 1956, various books on sports and the arts, together with a small quantity of ephemera to include three 18th Century indentures and two early 19th Century and a collection of commemorative newspapers, magazines, etc. (14)

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Platinum wedding anniversary photographic coin collection, Charles Dickens first day cover commemorative coin, five RMS Titan

Mitchells

Lot 192

Platinum wedding anniversary photographic coin collection, Charles Dickens first day cover commemorative coin, five RMS Titanic £5 commemorative coins and some empty Titanic centenary commemorative covers

Live Auction

Quantity of GB coins - George V one pennies, Edward VII pennies, Britains first decimal coin folder

Mitchells

Lot 297

Quantity of GB coins - George V one pennies, Edward VII pennies, Britains first decimal coin folder

Live Auction

Box of coin collections - Isle of Man decimal coins, United States of America bicentenial coins, first coinage of The British

Mitchells

Lot 215

Box of coin collections - Isle of Man decimal coins, United States of America bicentenial coins, first coinage of The British Virgin Islands proof set, quantity of brilliant uncirculated £1 coins and boxed set of Isle of Man millenium crowns

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Franklin Mint - The First Two Hundred and Fifty Dollar Solid Coin of Barbados, 21ct 6.6g, in Franklin Mint wallet with COA

Ryedale Auctioneers

Lot 506

Franklin Mint - The First Two Hundred and Fifty Dollar Solid Coin of Barbados, 21ct 6.6g, in Franklin Mint wallet with COA

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Collection of 11"-11.5" Star Wars themed action figures from Hasbro to include 6x boxed/unopened/factory sealed examples (Rey

Ryedale Auctioneers

Lot 97

Collection of 11"-11.5" Star Wars themed action figures from Hasbro to include 6x boxed/unopened/factory sealed examples (Rey, Kylo Ren, First Order Stormtrooper, Finn, Poe Dameron and Darth Vader, boxes in good though slightly dusty condition), plus 3 unboxed examples in excellent though dusty condition (9)

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Westminster - History of World War II Coin and First Day covers in 5 folders (approx. 79)

Ryedale Auctioneers

Lot 642

Westminster - History of World War II Coin and First Day covers in 5 folders (approx. 79)

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First Comics - mixed collection of First comics to inc. Starslayer, Warp, Team Yankee, Zero Tolerance, Whisper, etc. (approx.

Ryedale Auctioneers

Lot 825

First Comics - mixed collection of First comics to inc. Starslayer, Warp, Team Yankee, Zero Tolerance, Whisper, etc. (approx. 96)

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Collection of Coca-Cola related models and items to include large scale Matchbox 1940 delivery van, a limited edition Xonex 1

Ryedale Auctioneers

Lot 369

Collection of Coca-Cola related models and items to include large scale Matchbox 1940 delivery van, a limited edition Xonex 1/3 scale pedal delivery truck, 1925 Mack AC depot truck by First Gear, cased Oxford Diecast 1/76th scale vehicles and mobile trailer, small Lesney delivery van, modern repro mirror (30x21cm), metal sign (40.5x31.5cm), 2 coin banks etc. Models from excellent to mint condition, qty

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Two large boxed radio controlled Dalek models from Character (larger example previously used but re-tied into fair box and in

Ryedale Auctioneers

Lot 123

Two large boxed radio controlled Dalek models from Character (larger example previously used but re-tied into fair box and in excellent though slightly dusty condition, the other mint and unused, still tied in excellent condition factory sealed box), an unboxed 12" Cyberman action figure (fair/good previously displayed condition) and a 50th anniversary Action Man Action Soldier figure (box opened but contents complete and in mint condition, box excellent). Also included 3 previously used plastic play guns, all A/F, a Dalek comic album (copyrighted 1964) and a copy of Sinister Tales No 130 (incomplete, first page missing) (9)

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Fourteen boxed diecast bus models to include 8x 1/64 scale limited edition double decker's from Corgi (models mint and most s

Ryedale Auctioneers

Lot 324

Fourteen boxed diecast bus models to include 8x 1/64 scale limited edition double decker's from Corgi (models mint and most still factory tissue wrapped/un-displayed, boxes at least near mint), 2x 1/76 scale Corgi Original Omnibus Company models (one box sealed/unopened, other box outer card in poor condition, see photos though model mint) and 4x 1/76 examples from Exclusive First Editions (models mint in at least very good boxes)

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Three officially licensed full size Rambo movie replica bowie knives from First Blood, First Blood Part II and Rambo III by U

Ryedale Auctioneers

Lot 75A

Three officially licensed full size Rambo movie replica bowie knives from First Blood, First Blood Part II and Rambo III by United Cutlery, all in at least excellent condition with unused survival kits where included, boxes very good

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Folder cont. 8 Westminster Coin First day Covers

Ryedale Auctioneers

Lot 632

Folder cont. 8 Westminster Coin First day Covers

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First Comics - mixed collection of First comics to inc. Sable, Shatter, Sensei, Pyschoblast, etc. (approx. 123)

Ryedale Auctioneers

Lot 826

First Comics - mixed collection of First comics to inc. Sable, Shatter, Sensei, Pyschoblast, etc. (approx. 123)

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Davo Liechtenstein stamp album, 2 stamp albums cont. various world stamps, Davo USA stamp album and 2 folders cont. USA cover

Ryedale Auctioneers

Lot 628

Davo Liechtenstein stamp album, 2 stamp albums cont. various world stamps, Davo USA stamp album and 2 folders cont. USA covers and first day covers (6 folders)

Live Auction

Collection of signed and unsigned coin and First Day covers in 6 folders (146 signed/multi-signed covers)

Ryedale Auctioneers

Lot 644

Collection of signed and unsigned coin and First Day covers in 6 folders (146 signed/multi-signed covers)

Live Auction

Large and Impressive one owner collection of Queen Elizabeth II stamps, First Day Issues, Royal Mail Mint stamps, etc. from 1

Ryedale Auctioneers

Lot 634

Large and Impressive one owner collection of Queen Elizabeth II stamps, First Day Issues, Royal Mail Mint stamps, etc. from 1970s to 2000s in 20 folders, folder cont. British Antarctica Stamps covering Falklands, South Georgia, Ross Dependency, etc., folder cont. London 2012 Team GB Gold Meal Winners Stamp Collection and 3 empty stamp albums

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First and Capital Comics - mixed collection of First and Capital comics to inc. Nexus, etc. (approx. 121)

Ryedale Auctioneers

Lot 817

First and Capital Comics - mixed collection of First and Capital comics to inc. Nexus, etc. (approx. 121)

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Ten large Star Wars 'Big Figs' Imperial figure models by Jakks Pacific, all 18"-20" tall to include Deluxe Darth Vader (facto

Ryedale Auctioneers

Lot 87

Ten large Star Wars 'Big Figs' Imperial figure models by Jakks Pacific, all 18"-20" tall to include Deluxe Darth Vader (factory bound to packaging, sound function not working, likely batteries), 2x Death Troopers (one unopened/factory sealed, the other loose and missing blaster), 2x Pilots (1 factory bound to packaging), 2x Sand Troopers, Storm Trooper, First Order Storm Trooper and Scout Trooper (all white figures at least partially factory bound to packaging, some discoloration to white, see photos), most with outer clear protective plastic bags

Live Auction

Assorted collection of British Coin and First Day covers in 4 folders (119 covers)

Ryedale Auctioneers

Lot 643

Assorted collection of British Coin and First Day covers in 4 folders (119 covers)

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VIENNA WALL CLOCK, LATE 19TH CENTURY with twin train eight day movement, the white enamel dial with Roman numerals, subsidiar

McTear's

Lot 306

VIENNA WALL CLOCK, LATE 19TH CENTURY with twin train eight day movement, the white enamel dial with Roman numerals, subsidiary seconds dial, contained in a glazed pillared walnut case, along with another Vienna wall clockthe first 110cm high

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PAIR OF ARTS & CRAFTS BRASS AND GLASS HALL LANTERNS, LATE 19TH / EARLY 20TH CENTURY each with chain suspension, over four spl

McTear's

Lot 294

PAIR OF ARTS & CRAFTS BRASS AND GLASS HALL LANTERNS, LATE 19TH / EARLY 20TH CENTURY each with chain suspension, over four splayed supports to cylindrical glass shade (the first wrythen, the second honeycomb moulded), wired for electricityeach 39cm diameterQty: 2Each with age related wear. Surface scratches. White stains to some areas. Each would benefit from a clean. Additional images now available.

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OAK ROLL TOP PEDESTAL DESK, EARLY 20TH CENTURY the tambour front enclosing an arrangement of drawers and pigeon holes, each p

McTear's

Lot 182

OAK ROLL TOP PEDESTAL DESK, EARLY 20TH CENTURY the tambour front enclosing an arrangement of drawers and pigeon holes, each pedestal fitted with four drawes140cm wide Roll top is stuck in upper section. Top part does come off. All drawers appear intact. Some drawers appear jammed. First image shows the desk sitting squarely on the floor. Additional images now available.

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VICTORIAN MAHOGANY DRESSING TABLE MIRROR, the oval glass on barley twist supports over a serpentine base to bun feet, along w

McTear's

Lot 275

VICTORIAN MAHOGANY DRESSING TABLE MIRROR, the oval glass on barley twist supports over a serpentine base to bun feet, along with another 19th Century dressing table mirrorthe first - 66cm high

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PAIR OF BRASS CANDLESTICKS, EARLY 20TH CENTURY stamped 'THE KING OF DIAMONDS' to base, along with three further pairs and a s

McTear's

Lot 276

PAIR OF BRASS CANDLESTICKS, EARLY 20TH CENTURY stamped 'THE KING OF DIAMONDS' to base, along with three further pairs and a single candlestickthe first pair - 32cm highQty: 9

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BRASS CORINTHIAN COLUMN TABLE LAMP, EARLY / MID 20TH CENTURY on a stepped base, along with a further Corinthian column brass

McTear's

Lot 268

BRASS CORINTHIAN COLUMN TABLE LAMP, EARLY / MID 20TH CENTURY on a stepped base, along with a further Corinthian column brass table lamp and an oak barley twist table lampthe first - 56cm highQty: 3Heights: 55.5cm, 47cm and 59cm high. Age related wear. Additional images now available.

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CONTINENTAL ART GLASS FISH, CIRCA 1970s in mottled tones, along with further glass fish by the Malta Decorative Glass studio,

McTear's

Lot 263

CONTINENTAL ART GLASS FISH, CIRCA 1970s in mottled tones, along with further glass fish by the Malta Decorative Glass studio, a Czeckoslovakian glass bowl and an irrediscent glass vasethe first fish - 56cm long

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JAPPANED TIN DEED BOX, EARLY 20TH CENTURY by Milner's of Liverpool, Manchester and London, with hinged cover and swing handle

McTear's

Lot 45

JAPPANED TIN DEED BOX, EARLY 20TH CENTURY by Milner's of Liverpool, Manchester and London, with hinged cover and swing handles, along with two further boxesthe first - 48cm wideQty: 3

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TWO SEWING MACHINES, LATE 19TH / EARLY 20TH CENTURY the first by Wilcox & Gibbs sewing machine Co of New York, the second

McTear's

Lot 48

TWO SEWING MACHINES, LATE 19TH / EARLY 20TH CENTURY the first by Wilcox & Gibbs sewing machine Co of New York, the second marked G.N & Co, both with hand crank mechanismthe larger - 36cm wideQty: 2

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VICTORIAN OIL LAMP, LATE 19TH CENTURY with cranberry and vaseline glass shade over a twin handled brass burner, along with an

McTear's

Lot 267

VICTORIAN OIL LAMP, LATE 19TH CENTURY with cranberry and vaseline glass shade over a twin handled brass burner, along with another columned oil lampthe first lamp 40.5cm highQty: 2In overall good condition. Each with age related wear and surface scratches. Bottom rim of shade with very small rough areas. Burner with white spots. All would benefit from a clean. Additional images now available.

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TWO VINTAGE PICNIC SETS, EARLY / MID 20TH CENTURY one by Brexton, the other unmarked, the first with fitted interior, housing

McTear's

Lot 39

TWO VINTAGE PICNIC SETS, EARLY / MID 20TH CENTURY one by Brexton, the other unmarked, the first with fitted interior, housing dishes, storage containers and flatware, the second with smaller selection of dishesthe Brexton - 22cm wideQty: 2

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A first period Belleek porcelain lidded match box with moulded basket decoration and striker under lid - sold with a similar

Rendells Auctioneers & Estate Agents

Lot 1341

A first period Belleek porcelain lidded match box with moulded basket decoration and striker under lid - sold with a similar trio with cup, saucer and plate with moulded grass decoration and black first period mark

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Matchbox Superfast MB Series, a boxed group of Models to include, MB38 Ford Model A "Silvo", MB43 Stem Locomotive, LL-111 My

Vectis Auctions Ltd

Lot 266

Matchbox Superfast MB Series, a boxed group of Models to include, MB38 Ford Model A "Silvo", MB43 Stem Locomotive, LL-111 My First Matchbox and others similar. Conditions appear Excellent Plus to Mint in generally Fair to Excellent window boxes. (22)

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Matchbox Models of Yesteryear Unreleased Code 3 issues - Y12 1912 Ford Model T Vans "Metroplan" to include Pre-production fir

Vectis Auctions Ltd

Lot 479

Matchbox Models of Yesteryear Unreleased Code 3 issues - Y12 1912 Ford Model T Vans "Metroplan" to include Pre-production first Trial models P1 & P2 - these have black cross doors & BJT 01" number plates, all further models have "BJT 02" & 3 vertical lines with telephone number added. Lot also includes 4 x low number issues & 6 x standard numbered issues), plus 15 x wooden plinths - mostly Near Mint to Mint in Excellent or better white modified "25th Anniversary" boxes (12 models + 15 plinths).

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Matchbox, Models of Yesteryear a mixed boxed group of Straw/Maroon boxes to include Y-21 1930 Ford A van with  Factory E

Vectis Auctions Ltd

Lot 427

Matchbox, Models of Yesteryear a mixed boxed group of Straw/Maroon boxes to include Y-21 1930 Ford A van with Factory Error of no two-tone wood effect on both sides, with YY60 Connoisseur Limited Edition Gift Sets containing 6 models in wooden presentation box with inner packing, certificate, plastic cover and key also included is Matchbox book "The First Forty Years" and others similar. Conditions appear Excellent to Mint in generally Fair to Excellent boxes.

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Matchbox Superfast a mixed boxed group of assorted models to include, SC15 Super Trucks "Big Pete", Matchbox Lightning LR750,

Vectis Auctions Ltd

Lot 284

Matchbox Superfast a mixed boxed group of assorted models to include, SC15 Super Trucks "Big Pete", Matchbox Lightning LR750, LL-113 My First Matchbox and others similar. Conditions appear Excellent to Mint in generally Fair to Excellent blister packs/boxes. (13)

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Matchbox Superfast No.17 Londoner Bus "Silver Jubilee 1952-1977" a group of 28; plus 2 others; 3 x blister pack issue models

Vectis Auctions Ltd

Lot 231

Matchbox Superfast No.17 Londoner Bus "Silver Jubilee 1952-1977" a group of 28; plus 2 others; 3 x blister pack issue models - 5a Lotus; 30b Beach Buggy; 66b Mazda RX500 - bubbles loose on card; a Loose My First Combine Harvester - generally Mint on Fair to Excellent blister cards . (34)

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A 1917 Nurse wartime sketch album used by a WW1 nurse to aid traumatised soldiers, lost to the world for more than 100 years,

Hansons Auctioneers and Valuers

Lot 3301

A 1917 Nurse wartime sketch album used by a WW1 nurse to aid traumatised soldiers, lost to the world for more than 100 years, page after page is taken up by sketches and words put there by heroes from the trenches, one cartoon, drawn by soldier Pte Coles, shows a wounded man, bandaged from head to foot and on crutches, talking to a nurse. He says, ‘I’m feeling a lot better today’. She replies, ‘And you’re looking much better too’. The album, a forgotten piece of military history, belonged to Jean Thomson, a nurse at Merryflats War Hospital in Govan, Glasgow, during 1917/18, formerly a poorhouse, it was requisitioned in 1914 as a military hospital. Jean encouraged patients to draw and write in the album to aid rehabilitation. According to family she worked with soldiers who’d suffered shell shock sparked by battle stress. Symptoms included tremors, loss of sight or hearing and extreme fatigue. Jean’s album shows she was no stranger to ‘trench foot’ either. This horrible condition, first reported during combat in Russia in 1812, occurred when soldiers wore tight boots for prolonged periods in damp conditions. Fungal infections led to tingling, itching, swelling and, at worst, decay. However, the bulldog spirit shines bright again in a cartoon entitled ‘Trench Feet’. It depicts a dog sporting an enormously swollen and bandaged paw alongside the words, ‘It’s better to be a good old has been than a never was’. Humility comes to the fore with every turn of the page. In 1917 Pte Smith wrote a prayer, ‘Grace After Meals - Thank the Lord for what we have had. But if there had been more we should have been glad. But as the times have been so bad we will make a shift for what we have had - Amen. Further details: Fantastic provenance, and only age related wear to the album and pages, minor loss and wear etc. A true piece of History!

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Stamps: A quantity of mainly GB stamps to include 1988 and 1997 yearbooks, presentation packs , first day covers, mint stamps

Hansons Auctioneers and Valuers

Lot 3351

Stamps: A quantity of mainly GB stamps to include 1988 and 1997 yearbooks, presentation packs , first day covers, mint stamps.

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Lot includes - yellow potpourri enameled container with gilt handle decorated with fruit bowl and vine decoration; 50 marked

Lion and Unicorn

Lot 270

Lot includes - yellow potpourri enameled container with gilt handle decorated with fruit bowl and vine decoration; 50 marked on lid, colored in deep blue with gilt stars and hinged lid and commemorative box for First Birthday of Prince William of Wales 21st June 1983. Halcyon Days backstamp. Largest piece: 3"L x 2.75"W x 3.25"H. Two items have original boxes: 3"L x 3"W x 1.25"H and 3.5"L x 2.5"W x 1.5"H. Issued: 20th centuryDimensions: See DescriptionManufacturer: Halcyon DaysCountry of Origin: EnglandCondition: Age related wear.

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Three folders of mainly military related first day covers.

Unique Auctions

Lot 617

Three folders of mainly military related first day covers.

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An album of first day covers.

Unique Auctions

Lot 676

An album of first day covers.

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Two Harry Potter first day covers.

Unique Auctions

Lot 884

Two Harry Potter first day covers.

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BLIGH, William (1754-1817). A Voyage to the South Sea ... in his Majesty's Ship The Bounty ... Including an Account of the Mu

Bellmans

Lot 36

BLIGH, William (1754-1817). A Voyage to the South Sea ... in his Majesty's Ship The Bounty ... Including an Account of the Mutiny, London, 1792, 4to, 7 plates and charts (lacks portrait of Bligh), contemporary paper-backed boards. FIRST EDITION.BLIGH, William (1754-1817). A Voyage to the South Sea, Undertaken by Command of His Majesty, for the Purpose of Conveying the Bread-Fruit Tree to the West Indies, in his Majesty's Ship The Bounty, commanded by Lieutenant William Bligh. Including an Account of the Mutiny on Board the said Ship, and the Subsequent Voyage of part of the Crew, in the Ship's Boat, from Tofoa, one of the Friendly Islands, to Timor, a Dutch Settlement in the East Indies. London: Printed for George Nicol, 1792. 4to (317 x 250mm). 7 engraved plates and charts, 5 of which folding, with the printed account of the mutiny commencing at p.154 (lacking the engraved frontispiece portrait of Bligh, but supplied in later facsimile, some heavier staining at upper margins of the first few text leaves and occasionally others, not affecting letters, some mainly marginal spotting and staining, a few darker spots). Contemporary or probably original publisher's paper-backed blue paper boards, uncut and partly unopened (parts torn away from the spine resulting in the loss of most of the old manuscript title, corners rubbed and bumped, some light staining). The plates and charts are titled as follows, with the wording often at variance with the wording on the list, and bound in the following order and not in the same order as the list: 1) "Sections of the Bread Fruit"; 2) "Sketch from recollections and anchor-bearings of the North Part of Otaheite from Point Venus to Taowne Harbour ... by William Bligh", with his facsimile signature (folding); 3) A Copy of the Draught from which the Bounty's Launch was built" (folding); 4) "Chart of Bligh's Islands", incorporating smaller inset "Chart of the Northern Part of the New-Hebrides ..." (folding); 5) "NE Coast of New Holland"; 6) "Track of the Bounty's Launch from Tofoa to Timor" (folding, bound in upside-down); and 7) "Plan & Section of part of the Bounty Armed Transport, shewing the manner of fitting and stowing the Potts, for receiving the Bread-fruit plants" (folding). Provenance: Holbrook Gaskell (19th-century signature on front pastedown). Holbrook Gaskell (1813-1909) was a British industrialist and an art and plant collector. He was the cousin of the Unitarian minister William Gaskell, husband of the eminent novelist Elizabeth Gaskell (1810-65), commonly referred to as "Mrs Gaskell". FIRST EDITION of this account of the first Bounty expedition and of the mutiny in its entirety; "... one of the most heroic sea voyages ever made ..." including "... a slightly revised version of the text of Bligh's narrative of the mutiny, previously published at London in 1790 ..." (Hill). The author's own printed "Advertisement" at the beginning of the book describes how the work took on its present form in order to incorporate the account of the now infamous mutiny: "At the time I published the Narrative of the Mutiny on Board the Bounty, it was my intention that the preceding part of the Voyage should be contained in a separate account. This method I have since been induced to alter ...". Brunet I, 364; Cox II, 305; Du Rietz 93; Ferguson 125; Kroepelien Bibilotheca Polynesiana 93; Hill 135; Mendelssohn II, 7; Parks Collection 12; Sabin 5910; Spence 104; Wantrup 62a.

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RAVEN, Simon (1908-2001). Alms for Oblivion, London, 1964-76, 11 vols. including one duplicate, 8vo, original cloth; and 3 ot

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Lot 194

RAVEN, Simon (1908-2001). Alms for Oblivion, London, 1964-76, 11 vols. including one duplicate, 8vo, original cloth; and 3 others by the same author. ALL FIRST EDITIONS, in dust-jackets, two inscribed by the author. Please see the full listing below. (14)RAVEN, Simon (1908-2001). The Alms for Oblivion sequence, listed in order of the date of publication, comprising: The Rich Pay Late (London, 1964), Friends in Low Places (London, 1965), The Sabre Squadron (London, 1966, TWO COPIES, one a PRESENTATION COPY, the front free endpaper inscribed, "Robin Maugham, With best wishes, From Simon Raven, September, 1966"), Fielding Gray (London, 1967), The Judas Boy (London, 1968), Places Where They Sing (London, 1970), Sound The Retreat (London, 1971), Come Like Shadows (London, 1972), Bring Forth the Body (London, 1974) and The Survivors (London, 1976), all FIRST EDITIONS published by Anthony Blond, in dust-jackets; together with 3 other books by the same author, namely, The Feathers of Death (London, 1959, THE AUTHOR'S FIRST NOVEL, SIGNED "Simon Raven, September, 1981" and further signed by the publisher, "Anthony Blond, 24.12.97"), Brother Cain (London, 1959) and Doctors Wear Scarlet (London, 1960), all FIRST EDITIONS, in dust-jackets. "There are some people who consider the greatest cycle of twentieth-century novels to be Anthony Powell's A Dance to the Music of Time. These people are wrong. Widmerpool and his joyless accomplices are as nothing compared to the characters in Simon Raven's majestic, scurrilous and scabrous Alms for Oblivion cycle" (from a later review in The Guardian). Provenance: from the Collection of the late Robert Michael Booth (1945-2024), publisher, writer, collector and broadcaster. (14)

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CONAN DOYLE, Arthur (1859-1930). The Case for Spirit Photography, London, [1922], 8vo, 16 photographed plates, original wrapp

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Lot 73

CONAN DOYLE, Arthur (1859-1930). The Case for Spirit Photography, London, [1922], 8vo, 16 photographed plates, original wrappers (lacks backstrip, frayed with some loss). FIRST EDITION. RARE. With 2 books of related interest. (3)CONAN DOYLE, Arthur (1859-1930), and others. The Case for Spirit Photography ... [From upper wrapper:] With Corroborative Evidence by Experienced Researchers and Photographers. London: Hutchinson & Co., [1922]. 8vo (216 x 140mm). Half title, 16 photographed plates, one-page announcement by the "Society for the Study of Supernormal Pictures" at the end (a few leaves and plates loose, some spotting and light browning to text leaves). Original wrappers printed in green (lacks backstrip but replaced with later tape, frayed with some loss of letters to lower wrapper). Provenance: W. H. Smith (signature on title). FIRST EDITION. RARE. "The publicity given to the recent attacks on Psychic Photography has been out of all proportion to their scientific value as evidence. When Sir Arthur Conan Doyle arrived in the country, after his successful tour in America, the controversy was in full swing. With characteristic promptitude he immediately decided to meet these negative attacks by a positive counter-attack, and this volume is the outcome of that decision" (from Fred Barlow's Preface). The "recent attacks" mentioned in the preface refer to Harry Price's exposure of William Hope's forgeries in February 1922. Hope was a prominent member of the spiritualist group known as the "Crewe Circle" and a leading practitioner of "spiritual photography". Price, who, being a member both of the Society for Psychical Research and the Magic Circle, was well-qualified to adjudicate on such matters, wrote of him in his SPR report, "William Hope has been found guilty of deliberately substituting his own plates for those of a sitter ... It implies that the medium brings to the sitting a duplicate slide and faked plates for fraudulent purposes." Green & Gibson B31a. With 2 other books of related interest, namely Baron Von Schrenck Notzing's Phenomena of Materialisation. A Contribution to the Investigation of Mediumistic Teleplastics (London, 1923, original cloth, lacks spine, "Reissue of the First English Edition") and Private Dowding. With Notes by W[ellesley]. T[udor]. P[ole]. [From the upper wrapper of the jacket:] A Plain Record of the After-Death Experiences of a Soldier Killed in Battle (London, 1943, 8vo, original cloth, dust-jacket, "Fifth Edition (Enlarged)" [first printed in 1919]). Provenance: from the Collection of the late John Anthony Benjafield (1938-2023). (3)

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LEIBOVITZ, Annie (b.1949). Annie Leibovitz, New York, Taschen, 2014, "SUMO" size, i.e. very large 4to (690 x 500mm), 240 phot

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Lot 137

LEIBOVITZ, Annie (b.1949). Annie Leibovitz, New York, Taschen, 2014, "SUMO" size, i.e. very large 4to (690 x 500mm), 240 photographed plates by Leibovitz, boards, Whoopi Goldberg dust-jacket. ONE OF 10,300 COPIES, SIGNED. With the stand by Marc Newson.LEIBOVITZ, Annie (b.1949, photographer). Annie Leibovitz. New York: Taschen, 2014. "SUMO" size, i.e. very large 4to (690 x 500mm). Half title, preface by Steve Martin titled "The Preface No One Will Read", 240 coloured photographed plates by Annie Leibovitz, 8 of which folding, many double-page. Original coloured pictorial buckram boards, burgundy endpapers, dust-jacket with a photograph of Whoopi Goldberg in a bath of milk (some scuffing to the lower wrapper of jacket). FIRST EDITION. The limitation leaf, which is SIGNED BY ANNIE LIEBOVITZ, states: "This book is copy number 8092 in an edition of ten thousand copies plus three hundred artist's proofs." A few remaining copies of this limited edition are available from Taschen priced at £7,500 each. The book was issued with a choice of four different dust-jackets. With the original tripod bookstand designed by Marc Newson (b.1963, leading Australian industrial designer and artist who is, according to Alice Rawsthorn, "one of the most influential designers of his generation"), and the accompanying booklet (4to (358 x 265), original coloured pictorial wrappers) which includes introductions by Graydon Carter and Annie Leibovitz, an interview with the photographer by Hans Ulrich Obrist, and a full index of each photograph with descriptive text, the text in English, German and French. "I like the idea that you can leave the book open to a page and let it stand for days and then change it. It's a collection of prints, although there are rhymes in the pagination. There are riffs. The first two pictures, the portrait of Queen Elizabeth and the photograph of Richard Nixon's helicopter lifting off from the White House lawn after Nixon had resigned as President, were placed where they are because I began thinking of them as bookends for my entire career" (from Annie Leibovitz's introduction). "This much we know: Annie Leibovitz is one of the truly great photographers of our time. Her pictures, superlative in their honesty, range from spontaneously captured reportage to exactingly prepared conceptual portraits, exquisite in their delicate intimacy, but also often deeply visceral in impact" (from the introduction to Hans Ulrich Obrist's interview). The following photographs are illustrated: photograph no. 1) Richard Nixon leaving the White House after his resignation as President, Washington, D.C., 1974; 2) Queen Elizabeth II, The White Drawing Room, Buckingham Palace, London, 2007; 8) Andy Warhol, New York City, 1976; 15) Donald and (a pregnant) Melania Trump, Palm Beach Airport, Florida, 2006; 56) Virginia Woolf's writing desk, Monk's House, Rodmell, East Sussex, England, 2009; 57) The River Ouse, Rodmell, East Sussex, England, 2009, where Virginia Woolf took her own life by drowning on March 28, 1941; and 65) John Lennon and Yoko Ono, New York City, December 8, 1980, the photograph taken just a few hours before John Lennon was fatally shot outside his residence in New York. The original packaging for the bookstand is included in the lot.

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CHESSER, Eustace (1902-73). Live and Let live, London, 1958, 8vo, cloth, dust-jacket, FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY, inscr

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Lot 69

CHESSER, Eustace (1902-73). Live and Let live, London, 1958, 8vo, cloth, dust-jacket, FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed, "To Valerie with nice thoughts, Eustace, Feb. '58". With 11 other books by the same author, some PRESENTATION COPIES. (12)CHESSER, Eustace (1902-73). Live and Let Live. The Moral of the Wolfenden Report ... With a Foreword by Sir John Wolfenden. London: Heinemann, 1958. 8vo (183 x 125mm). Half title (some large spots to pp.38 and 39). Original brown cloth gilt, dust-jacket with price of 8s. 6d. unclipped (jacket with a piece torn away from the upper wrapper, some fraying). FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY, the half title inscribed, "To Valerie with nice thoughts, Eustace, Feb. '58." (From p.57 (printed): "If every act which the church considers sinful were treated as a crime - as Calvin wished - we should have to build prisons instead of houses.") With 11 other books by the same author, namely Unquiet Minds (London, 1952, original cloth, without the dust-jacket, FIRST EDITION), Love and Marriage (London, Pan Books, 1957, 8vo, paperback), Women. A Popular Edition of 'The Chesser Report' (London, 1958, original cloth, dust-jacket, FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed on the half title [after the printed title Women], "& you! Eustace Chesser, '58"), The Psychology of Everyday Living (London, 1958, paperback, "Advance Copy"), Odd Man Out: Homosexuality in Men and Women (London, 1959, original cloth, dust-jacket, FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed on the half title, "To Eddie with all good wishes, from Eustace, '59"), An Outline of Human Relationships (London, 1959, original cloth, without the dust-jacket, FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed on the half title, "To Valerie & Eddie, with all good wishes, Eustace, '59"), Sex and the Married Woman (London, 1968, original cloth, dust-jacket, FIRST EDITION), Is Marriage Necessary? (London, 1974, original cloth, dust-jacket, "Proof Copy"), Who Do You Think You Are? (London, 1970, original cloth, dust-jacket, FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed on the title, "With loving thoughts, Eustace, '70"), The Human Aspects of Sexual Deviation (London, 1971, original cloth, dust-jacket) and Reich and Sexual Freedom (London, 1972, original cloth, dust-jacket, FIRST EDITION). Eustace Chesser was a renowned, and sometimes controversial, Scottish psychiatrist, social reformer, sexologist and author. (12)

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