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Lot 1039
Having survived two near fatal air crashes in Africa, Hemingway asserts –‘….tell the boys nothing is bad if you say to it go fuck yourself’ HEMINGWAY ERNEST: (1899-1961) American novelist, Nobel Prize winner for Literature, 1954. An excellent A.L.S., Papa, two pages, (separate leaves), 4to, Gritti Palace Hotel, Venice, 8th April 1954, to Leonard Lyons ('Dear Lenny'). Hemingway writes a detailed letter, just a few months after having been almost fatally injured in two successive plane crashes with his wife, 'Miss Mary is fine now. Her ribs ok. She was banged worse than she knew but she is very brave and has the guts of a badger. After a proper examination they found I bought it pretty thoroly (sic) Full concussion; loss sight left eye (optic nerve is regenerating ok) loss hearing left ear, ruptured right kidney, ditto liver and spleen, intestines collapsed, paralysis of sphincter etc. couldn't shit for 22 days then I had 62 movements (complete with cramps in 20 hours) all standing up. If sit down lower intestine comes out…..was urinating kidney cells that looked sort of like black quill tooth picks. Only semi soft. So will skip the atrocities. But tell the boys nothing is bad if you say to it go fuck yourself', adding that he would have appreciated joking with Lyons ('Lenny you get very fond of your friends when you are up shit creek'), continuing with a further account of his recent misfortunes, this time during a fishing expedition undertaken in February, '….Ray [Marsh, his pilot] and [I] land on a beach with the Cessna. This is a little show boat but a little bit good too. So what happens? It is very dry again and wind force 7 and I am in bed and a bush fire starts right behind the camp and will burn out a place……so we have to turn it and try to canalize it. You know that is very rough with primitive methods. But the system is the same. So I get 2nd degree burns on legs, abdomen, chest and mouth. Had burned on left hand and right forearm. You can see the tendons and the bone. We keep this out of the papers on acct no reporters……and we don't have to make a report because we win. But everything breaks loose inside again and everyone is judging how we do on the burns by how I smell. Patrick [Hemingway's son] has shoved back to Tanganyika. Young Denis, my partner has an attack of amoebic and can't move, Miss Mary is crazy as a goat but doesn't know it. It is a magnificent situation. So Miss Mary takes the safari to Mombassa (sic). At this time she is in her watch buying epoch and she gives a watch to every game scout and gun bearer that is worth more than they make in a year. They are all in love with her anyway and she doesn't have to give watches. But she has just pranged in a couple of kites and burned in one and watches are the smallest things she can think of. She starts with Omegas and goes through the Rolex Oyster perpetuals', and also writing of his passage to Europe and future travel plans, 'I bring the chartered ship back….in to the old anchorage at Fort Jesus (very easy) and stay aboard 4 days while we wait for the Lloyd Triestino boat. It is very pleasant in the old harbour. Never thought would make Venice but made it OK. All wounds healed good and sound. Here there exists always certain problems. Fine, beautiful, lovely problems. Tomorrow we go to the country. Then Paris to pick up a couple of clothes and bet 6 horses. Then to Spain to try to get in shape. Very good RAF doctor told me I could live 2 months if I kept my mind on it. Could live 2 years if I made it a career. We figure to beat him by ten. But lost so much blood, internal, that must pace myself and so will skip NY and come straight home. Tell Toots and the mob that will come up quiet, I don't want to see some jerk like Billy Rose when I still have a concussion and think you can use the portable gallows. The objectives now are Paris, Madrid, Santiago de Compostella (sic) and the Finca [Vigia] and Black Dog…..Read this letter to Toots would you mind, or Sherm too. Fuck 21 and all their…..air-force colonels'. Accompanied by the original envelope hand addressed by Hemingway and signed ('E Hemingway') by him in the upper left corner above the printed emblem and name of the Gritti Palace Hotel. A letter of rich content written in the year that the writer was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. VGLeonard Lyons (1906-1976) American newspaper columnist for the New York Post where his columns, The Lyons Den, became a New York institution covering theatre, movies, politics and art. In January 1954 Ernest and Mary Hemingway were on safari in Africa when the novelist chartered a sightseeing flight over the Belgian Congo as a Christmas present to his wife. The plane made an emergency landing and a report printed in the New York Times at the end of January declared the cause of the crash in the blue and silver single-engine Cessna to have been a result of the pilot having to dive at low altitude to avoid hitting a flying flock of ibises - jungle birds large enough to smash the canopy of the aircraft. The article continued 'Mr. Hemingway said that to miss the ibises the plane had to land either on a sandpit where six crocodiles lay basking in the sun or on an elephant track through thick scrub. Mr. Marsh chose the scrub and landed the plane with minor damage. They spent Saturday night around a camp fire surrounded by the elephant herd and caught a ride yesterday morning in a launch filled with tourists back to Butiaba on Lake Albert. When the second plane ground-looped and caught fire Mr. Hemingway said he butted open the rear door and scrambled out. His wife and the pilot also escaped, but all their luggage was destroyed. Even when the first crash stranded them overnight in the jungle, Mr. Hemingway said he was not worried. "We had emergency goods, but were short on water," he said. "We took turns going to the river, but the elephants were very stuffy about it. There were a lot of hippos and crocs wandering around the river bank."'Hemingway's two plane crashes had brought about worldwide press coverage, including reports of his death, and whilst spending two weeks recuperating the writer read his erroneous obituaries. Hemingway's biographer, James Mellow, wrote that the novelist 'had coveted the Nobel Prize', which he received in October 1954, but that 'there must have been a lingering suspicion in Hemingway's mind that his obituary notices had played a part in the academy's decision'. Still suffering from pain from the African accidents, Hemingway decided against travelling to Stockholm to be presented with the Nobel Prize.
Lot 1215
MIYAMOTO SHIGERU: (1952- ) Japanese video game Designer, Producer and game Director at Nintendo. Signed colour 5 x 7 photograph of Miyamoto, seated in a three-quarters length pose. Signed ('Miyamoto') in bold black ink, with his surname only, across the image, incorporating a doodle of a face into the conclusion of his signature. EX
Lot 1475
MIKHAILOVICH MICHAEL: (1861-1929) Russian Grand Duke, a grandson of Tsar Nicholas I of Russia. A.L.S., Grand Duke Michael, to one side of his attractive personal printed correspondence card, n.p. (Paris), n.d. ('Tuesday'; October 1894), to [Richard] Winslow, in English. The Grand Duke writes, in full, 'I am writing to say that our dinner will be not in “Café-Rick's” but at “Voisin” at 7 ½'. Together with a 12mo table place card for a separate dinner given at the Grand Duke's villa in Cannes, bearing a small gold embossed crown to the upper left corner and annotated Mr. Winslow in the Grand Duke's hand in bold, dark fountain pen ink. Accompanied by two fragments of pages from an album kept by the American socialite Richard Winslow and annotated in his hand with various comments regarding the dinners, the first hosted by Grand Duke Michael at the Café Voisin in October 1894, listing several other individuals present and noting that they went to see Falstaff at the Opera Comique, and the second in Cannes observing that afterwards they participated in a game of whist. G to VG, 4
Lot 35
50 LP records, mainly 1970s-1980s rock and pop, including; 2x Eddie Hazel; Game, Dames and Guitar Thangs (one still in shink wrap). Gryphon; Treason. Plus albums by Godley Creme, Peter Green, Woody Guthrie, Daryl Hall and John Oates, George Harrison, Debbie Harry, Heads, Hands & Feet, etc. VGC. £40-60
Lot 353
Modern Mainly TV and Film Related Toys, various examples, all boxed, Mattel Barbie B2993 Sponge Bob Square Pants, Character Games 95111 The Simpsons 3-D Chess, Playmates 66044 electronic King Kong arms, factory sealed TLC CD ROM Scooby Doo games SPK8AB Phantom of the Knight, SGW8AB Showdown in Ghost Town, Harry Potter Spearmark 8057 factory sealed cardboard treasure chest, Mattel 42880 Mystery at Hogwarts game, also factory sealed, University Games 01351 factory sealed Sorcerers Stone game, Duracell Drumming Bunny battery operated (untested), Pelham puppet Dutch Girl and unboxed Nintendo DS Lite (untested) with eight cased games includes CSI, Millionaire and manual, G-E, packaging F-E, (Qty)
Lot 319
STAFFORDSHIRE FLATBACK GROUP - late 19th century, well coloured, huntsman with dead game and dog by his side, 41cms H, two other 19th century Staffordshire flatback groups 'Lovers', 33cms and 29cms H, a pair of continental porcelain figures of a huntsman and his wife, 28cms H and a China figure of a young lady, 20cms H
Lot 345
A Star Wars Superclass ISD Executor VHS box set; together with various books relating to Star Wars, including: The Complete Vader, by Ryder Windham and Peter Vilmur; Episode I: The Visual Dictionary, by David West Reynolds; The Star Wars Archives, by Mark Cotta Vaz and Shinji Hata; and others; Star Wars novels based on the films, including: The Queen’s Amulet, by Julianne Balmain; The Paradise Snare, by A. C. Crispin; Rogue Planet, by Greg Bear; Tales from the Republic, by various authors, edited by Peter Schweighofer and Craig Carey; and others; together with A New Hope, The Empire Strikes Back, and Return of the Jedi book and cassette sets; and various other cassettes, CDs, and videos relating to the films; Various Star Wars memorabilia, collectibles, and figures, including: a Clone Wars pinball game; a Millennium Falcon foam glider; a Boba Fett Funko Pop; a special edition The Ghost of Obi-Wan Kenobi figure; a BB-8 plush toy; a Lego Star Wars Character Encyclopaedia; a Lego Yoda keyring; and others; and Star Wars talking banks, including: Episode I Obi-Wan Kenobi; Darth Vader; Episode I Qui-Gon Jinn; Episode I Darth Maul.
Lot 510
A 9ct white gold charm bracelet, with French platinum and diamond set clasp and hung with nine assorted charms, eight set with diamonds, including cross, bear, question mark, game bird, crown and ruby set openwork charm, 19cm, gross weight 20 grams.***CONDITION REPORT***Some wear to the rhodium plating on the links, otherwise in good condition, commensurate with age and some use.PLEASE NOTE:- Prospective buyers are strongly advised to examine personally any goods in which they are interested BEFORE the auction takes place. Whilst every care is taken in the accuracy of condition reports, Gorringes provide no other guarantee to the buyer other than in relation to forgeries. Many items are of an age or nature which precludes their being in perfect condition and some descriptions in the catalogue or given by way of condition report make reference to damage and/or restoration. We provide this information for guidance only and will not be held responsible for oversights concerning defects or restoration, nor does a reference to a particular defect imply the absence of any others. Prospective purchasers must accept these reports as genuine efforts by Gorringes or must take other steps to verify condition of lots. If you are unable to open the image file attached to this report, please let us know as soon as possible and we will re-send your images on a separate e-mail.
Lot 141
A set of six Chinese ‘Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove’ saucer dishes, Kangxi marks but late 19th century, seven of the sages observing a game of weiqi at a table, the other holding aloft a calligraphy brush, 12.3cm diameter***CONDITION REPORT***Typical minor glazed imperfections, no chips, cracks or restoration detected.PLEASE NOTE:- Prospective buyers are strongly advised to examine personally any goods in which they are interested BEFORE the auction takes place. Whilst every care is taken in the accuracy of condition reports, Gorringes provide no other guarantee to the buyer other than in relation to forgeries. Many items are of an age or nature which precludes their being in perfect condition and some descriptions in the catalogue or given by way of condition report make reference to damage and/or restoration. We provide this information for guidance only and will not be held responsible for oversights concerning defects or restoration, nor does a reference to a particular defect imply the absence of any others. Prospective purchasers must accept these reports as genuine efforts by Gorringes or must take other steps to verify condition of lots. If you are unable to open the image file attached to this report, please let us know as soon as possible and we will re-send your images on a separate e-mail.
Lot 16
Playstation: A boxed Playstation 2 black console, together with two controllers and cables; as well as fifteen Playstation 2 cased games (all appear complete in box), mostly racing genre; together with four Playstation 1 games, boxed; a sealed Xbox One Sega Mega Drive Classics game; sealed Playstation 3 MotorStorm Pacific Rift game; and a sealed Playstation 3 Racedriver Reloaded. (one box)
Lot 348
Mixed lot: 4 boxed model car kits which appear un-started comprising Mazda Savannah by Tamiya, BMW M1 by ESCI, 2 x BMW CSL by EIDAGRIP, together with a Grand Prix Championship game, a boxed pond yacht by Skipper Yachts, 3 boxed Matchbox 'Superfast' cars, model BMW kit by Autodrome, Boxed model Bugatti Grand Prix 1935, small Bugatti metal plate, boxed remote control helicopter (untested) etc
Lot 68
Monopoly Greenmaster - Cardinal - Four boxed board games. Lot consists of DC Original Monopoly; Dragonball Z Monopoly; Zpocalypse Zmergency - all three presumed Mint being in factory sealed packaging; with The Twilight Sage New Moon Board Game - open appears Mint unchecked for completeness in Fair Plus box with fading. (4) (This does not constitute a guarantee)
Lot 175
Sony - A boxed Sony Slim & Lite PSP in Vibrant blue # PSP-3003 VB. The console looks in Near Mint condition but the battery has started to swell. The Harry Potter game is still factory sealed. The box is Very Good. Also comes with 5 x other games which appear in Very Good condition. (This does not constitute a guarantee) (2)
Lot 99
Captain Scarlet - Grandstand - LCD Game. A selection of Three LCD games from Grandstand including Manhunt, Renegade Rocket and Lunarville. Items are sealed as new with slight discolouring to the plastic. Unable to confirm working due to them being sealed. Items appear in Excellent condition as have not been opened. (This does not constitute a guarantee).
Lot 65
Star Wars - DC - Hasbro - Funko - Transformers - Others - A mixed collection of predominately boxed action figures and action figure themed collectibles. Lot includes a Hasbro #55 Star Wars 'The Black Series' 6" Rose Tico (Resistance Tech); DC Direct 'The Dangerous Seven-Piece PVC Set - Danger Girl'; Game of Thrones 'Ice Sword Letter Opener'; Funko Star Wars The Force Awakens 'Rey' vinyl bobble head and similar. Boxed items appear Mint in packaging ranging Fair Plus - Very Good with fading to some and general storage imperfections. Unboxed items including a small group of Transformers Power Core Combiners show play wear appearing Fair Plus - Good overall and are unchecked for completeness. (This does not constitute a guarantee)
Lot 69
Mezco - Hasbro - Others - A mixed collection of boxed action figures in various scales, games , toys and collectibles. Lot includes Mexco 'Breaking Bad' 'Heisenberg'; Hasbro Star Wars Talking Finn; Star Wars 'Escape from the Death Star' game and similar. Majority of items appear Mint being in sealed boxes / packaging which ranges Fair - Excellent with fading and storage imperfections to some. (This does not constitute a guarantee)
Lot 379
Grandstand, B and A, Matchbox - A boxed #18616 vintage Grandstand 'Invader From Space' electronic game. Vintage game includes instruction manual however is in need of AA batteries. Lot also includes a boxed B and A bowls game which appears to have all of the parts to the game included, however, this is not a guarantee. A boxed Matchbox Models of Yesteryear #Y-3 'UD Engineering Co' Ford Modele T van. Boxes range from good to very good condition with minor storage wear. Items appear in excellent condition. (This does not constitute a guarantee)
Lot 515
ONE BOX OF VINTAGE POSTCARDS, BOOKS AND GAMES, to include a boxed set of Lotto by Glevum Games, Kan-U-Go crossword game, a small reproduction Bru Jeune 9 porcelain doll handmade by Lyn Stephenson 1990, a vintage pack of Grandfather's Whiskers and Lexicon, part 1 and part 2 of The Popular Encylopedia Of Gardening by H.H Thomas, together with late 19th and early 20th century family group photo postcards, approximately twenty first World war postcards including a Field Service Post Card, ten 'Bystander's' Fragments From France series 2 and 5 and over one hundred holiday postcards from Malvern, Clacton on Sea, Llangollen, Cornwall, Wales, Bournemouth, Edgbaston, Moseley, Birmingham, etc.
Lot 378
SEVEN FRAMED VICTORIAN PRATTWARE STAFFORDSHIRE POT LIDS, Country Quarters, The High Life, The Snow Drift, The Game Bag, Low Life, The Thirsty Soldier and Shrimping, in wooden frames, largest frame diameter 19cm (7) (Condition Report: one frame quite heavily chipped, Country Quarters has a hairline across it, Shrimping has a chip verso, all others having enclosed backs, all have crazing commensurate with age, otherwise appear ok)
Lot 457
A LARGE QUANTITY OF PALISSY 'GAME SERIES' DINNERWARES, comprising three sandwich plates, three serving dishes, one covered soup tureen, two oval meat plates, five cereal dishes, eight fruit dishes, eleven salad plates, twelve side plates, twenty dinner plates, thirteen biscuit plates, eighteen saucers (two chipped), eleven tea plates, ten tea cups (two chipped), two breakfast cups, five saucers (125) (Condition report: some signs of light to medium use, scratches and crazing on some pieces)
Lot 368
Football, Ireland senior international football, goalkeeper jersey, bench worn by substitute Colin Doyle in the European Nations League game between Ireland and Wales at the Millennium Stadium, Cardiff on 6 September 2018 (Ryan Giggs' first competitive match in charge of Wales). Features competition-exclusive sleeve patches, C. Doyle #1 to the reverse, and team flags and game date and venue information below the FAI crest.
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