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Click here to subscribeA mixed lot of vintage 1990s / Early 2000s Spider-Man / Marvel Collectible Trading Card game sets, to include: - 1992 30th Anniversary 1962-1992 Spider-Man II, number 1 - 90, plus 4 extra special edition holographic cards - 1997 Marvel Premium QFX, number 1 - 72 (missing 4 and 5) - 1998 MCC 98, number 1 - 70 (missing 20,25 and 27) - Early 2000s CardPhonatics telephone cards, set of 8 - A small collection of vintage hand-mounted cards from a magazine
A rare ‘Battle of Ginnis 1885’ gold D.S.O. group of four awarded to Colonel William Bennett, The Yorkshire Regiment (Green Howards), one of the best shots in the British Army Distinguished Service Order, V.R., gold and enamels, with integral top ribbon bar; India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, North West Frontier (Lieut. W Bennett 1st Bn. H.Ms. 19th Regt.); Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, undated reverse, 1 clasp, The Nile 1884-85 (Lieut: Col: W. Bennett 1/Yorks: R.); Khedive’s Star, dated 1884-6, some minor chips to wreaths of the D.S.O., otherwise nearly extremely fine (4) £6,000-£8,000 --- D.S.O. London Gazette 26 November 1886: ‘William Bennett, Colonel, Yorkshire Regiment. For the action at Ginnis’. This Gazette announced the very first awards of the newly created Distinguished Service Order, all for the action at Ginnis on 30 December 1885. William Bennett was born 15 November 1835 at Athlone, Ireland, eldest son of Captain Thomas Bennett, 14th Hussars, and of Winifred Bennett, daughter of the late N. Keatinge. He was educated at private schools, and joined the 1st Battalion, 19th Foot in India, as Ensign, in 1858, the battalion in which he afterwards served for 32 years. Shortly afterwards, he passed in Hindustani, and was appointed Regimental Interpreter. In 1862 he obtained a first-class certificate at the school of musketry, Hythe, and held the appointment of Instructor of Musketry to the 3rd Depot Battalion at Chatham, and afterwards to his regiment. He took part in the Hazara Campaign, North West Frontier of India, including the expedition against the Black Mountain Tribes, 1868 (medal with clasp). He married in 1869, Belinda, daughter of the late William Rosher, of Woodfield, Northfleet, Kent. He was promoted Captain in in 1871, and in July, 1877, returned to Hythe as Captain Instructor at the School, and was appointed D.A.A.G. for Musketry at Aldershot on 1 March, 1878, remaining in that position until, getting his Majority in 1881, he rejoined the Yorkshire Regiment at Halifax, Nova Scotia. When on the staff at Aldershot, he founded in 1878 the Annual Aldershot Rifle Meeting. Colonel Bennett always took a keen interest in shooting, being himself one of the best shots in the army, and winner of many important trophies in the matches of the Northern Indian Rifle Association, as well as a successful big game shot in Kashmir. An instance of his fine marksmanship in Target-Shooting was witnessed one day on the rifle range when, as regimental musketry instructor, he was endeavouring to train a batch of third class shots to make the best of the very inferior Lee-Enfield rifles which were at that time issued to the battalions in India. One of the men, after several tries, failed altogether to get a single shot on the target. “How is it, Private Atkins, that you are shooting so badly?” Inquired the instructor, “well Sir” said the man, “I think this ‘ere rifle is a bad one, I can’t make nothin’ of it.” Captain Bennett took the rifle from the man with his right hand only, put it to his shoulder and without touching it at all with his other hand, aimed at the target, and immediately made a bullseye. “I do not think there is much fault to be found with that rifle,” he remarked to the greatly surprised Mr Atkins. After much testing those rifles were ultimately changed for a superior make, with the result that the shooting of the regiment was so good the next year (1871) as to draw forth the following favourable remarks from the Commander in Chief in India: “The shooting is excellent, and evinces a degree of care in the performance of the annual course of musketry which is very creditable to the battalion. The exertions of the officer instructors, Captain Bennett and Lieutenant Emerson, have been reported to His Excellency as being worthy of special commendation, an expression of which Lord Napier of Magdala accordingly desires may be communicated to those officers.” As Major he served in the Nile expedition of 1884-5 and was promoted Lieutenant-Colonel in 1885; he served in the Sudan 1885-86 and commanded the 1st Battalion, The Yorkshire Regiment, in the action of Ginniss for which he was created a companion of the Distinguished Service Order and Mentioned in Despatches. He retired as full Colonel in 1890, after 22 years on the retired list, during which time, being very fond of travelling, Colonel Bennett visited the Holy Land and many parts of Europe and North Africa. He died of pneumonia and heart failure on 2 August 1912, at Whitby, Yorkshire, aged 76. An obituary and photograph appeared in the Green Howards Gazette in September 1912.
Six: Lieutenant-Colonel Arthur Blewitt, King’s Royal Rifle Corps, Egyptian Army and Chinese Labour Corps, who was mortally wounded in France in September 1917 India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, N.E. Frontier 1891 (Lieutt. A. Blewitt 4th Bn. K.R. Rif. C.); Queen’s Sudan 1896-98 (Bimbashi Blewitt 3/Bn. E.A.); British War and Victory Medals (Lt. Col. A. Blewitt.); Ottoman Empire, Order of Mejidieh, Third Class neck badge, silver, gold and enamel; Khedive’s Sudan 1896-1908, 5 clasps, Sudan 1897, Abu Hamed, The Atbara, Khartoum, Sudan 1899 (El Kaim Blewitt Bey. E.A.) clasps mounted in order as listed, nearly extremely fine (6) £3,600-£4,400 --- Order of Medjidieh London Gazette 11 March 1902. M.I.D. London Gazette 25 January 1898: ‘3rd Battalion Egyptian Army.’ M.I.D. London Gazette 24 May and 30 Sept. 1898: ‘brevet Major.’ Arthur Blewitt was born at Pinner, Middlesex, on 19 February 1861. He was educated at Eton and was gazetted to his first commission in the West Yorkshire Militia in 1881 and transferred to the 4th Battalion 60th Rifles later, in 1883 at Ferozepore, India. He served in India and Burma until 1893, having in 1891 taken part in the Manipur Expedition. In 1897 Blewitt was selected for service with the Egyptian Army, and took part in the Nile Expedition of 1897, being present at the action of Abu Hamed (mentioned in despatches), also the Nile Expedition of 1898 and was present at the battle of Atbara and capture of Khartoum (twice mentioned in despatches). He again served in the Nile Expedition of 1899, when he received the third class Order of the Medjidieh. He was selected by Lord Kitchener as Governor of Fashoda 1900-02 and Gezira 1902 - a post he held with much success until 1903, when he re-joined his regiment at Malta and retired in 1905. Blewitt was a keen sportsman, big game hunter and traveller, frequently having shooting expeditions in India, Burma, Tibet, North America, South Africa and New Zealand. He was so attracted to New Zealand that he settled there, buying a farm at Teneko in 1905. Being a gallant Englishman, he returned to England to the call of duty at the outbreak of the Great War and volunteered for service. In September 1914, he was promoted Lieutenant-Colonel to command 13th Battalion, Kings Royal Rifles, which he successfully did in the U.K. until June 1915. He was in charge of training camps and was subsequently sent to China to recruit a team of coolies to work in France, bringing them back to Europe in a chartered steamer. Lieutenant-Colonel Blewitt died of wounds received in an air raid while commanding a Chinese Labour Battalion at Andrique, France on 4th September 1917, aged 56. Sold with research saved to CD and an original portrait photograph by Russell & Sons of Southsea.
Family Group: Four: Private T. Nicholson, Imperial Yeomanry, later 28th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 190229424 Tpr: T. Nicholson. 24th. Coy. Imp: Yeo:); 1914-15 Star (673 Pte. T. Nicholson. 28 Bn. A.I.F.); British War and Victory Medals (673 Pte. T. Nicholson. 28 Bn. A.I.F.) cleaned, nearly very fine and better Three: Private F. Nicholson, 11th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force, who landed at Gallipoli on ANZAC Day, 25 April 1915 1914-15 Star (1028 Pte. F. Nicholson. 11/Bn. A.I.F.) officially re-impressed naming; British War and Victory Medals (1028 Pte. F. Nicholson. 11 Bn. A.I.F.) cleaned, very fine (7) £600-£800 --- Thomas Nicholson was born in Penrith, Westmorland, in 1871 and attested there for the Imperial Yeomanry on 1 March 1901. He served with the 24th (Westmorland and Cumberland) Company in South Africa during the Boer War from 16 March 1901 to 31 August 1902, and was discharged on 7 September 1902. He emigrated to Australia just prior to the Great War, and attested for the Australian Imperial Force at Perth on 8 March 1915. He served with the 28th Battalion in Gallipoli from 10 September 1915, and then to the Western Front. He was admitted to hospital with bronchitis on 6 April 1916, and was evacuated to England. He returned to Australia for home service on 24 June 1916, and was discharged, medically unfit, on 16 August 1916. He subsequently re-enlisted, and having sailed for England was discharged there, medically unfit, on 9 October 1917. He died in Perth, W.A., on 10 December 1938. Francis William Nicholson, the son of the above, was borne in Penrith, Westmorland, on 3 February 1892 and having emigrated to Western Australia along with his father just prior to the Great War attested for the Australian Imperial Force on 17 September 1914, declaring previous service with the 4th Battalion, Border Regiment. He served with the 11th Battalion during the Great War at Gallipoli from the first day of action, 25 April 1915, and was evacuated on 22 July 1915, suffering from a perforated eardrum and a cut hand due to shell concussion. He was invalided home on 16 September 1915, and subsequently served with the S.C.R. Staff Recruitment Section. He died in Albany, W.A., on 24 July 1964. He is mentioned twice in the book Game to the Last by James Hurst. Sold with an Australia Returned Sailors and Soldiers Imperial League badge; and copied research.
Collection of Yu-Gi-Oh trading cards, toys and collectables. Comprising: 45 Ultra Rare trading cards, 35 Staks magnets, 16 Walkers Taz coins, 1996 Dark Magician and Flame Swordsman action figures. Together with 1993 electronic Tomy Meowth Pokémon figure, 1989 Dragonball Gogeta action figure, and 2003 "Yu-Gi-Oh!: Power of Chaos - Yugi the Destiny" PC video game.
A collection of gun and shooting related accessories including light machine gun slip, rifle slings and slips, revolver or pistol cases, ear defenders, game carrier, Beeman pellet pouch, handheld clay trap, shotgun butt protectors, magazines, cartridge belt, revolver grips, Vanguard Quick Stick FM62 folding gunpod etc.
Twenty-five various paper cased collector's shotgun cartridges including Frank Dyke Supreme, Eley Westminster, James Purdey & Sons Purdey's Special, H E Pollard & Co of Worcester Our Game, Adkin's Ajax, Eley Deep Shell, T M Dunnell The Sika, A Sanders of Maidstone Long Tom, Jason Abbot Guns Ltd of Princess Risborough, Wright Brothers of Ashford, Holland & Holland, Page-Wood of Bristol, Eley Extra Long etc, in fitted case with further glazed oak shotgun cartridge display case 80 x 41cm. PLEASE NOTE THAT A VALID RELEVANT FIREARMS/SHOTGUN CERTIFICATE IS REQUIRED TO HANDLE/PURCHASE THIS ITEM.
Larry Grayson signed 6x5 colour photo. Larry Grayson (31 August 1923 - 7 January 1995), born William Sulley White, was an English comedian and television presenter who was best known in the 1970s and early 1980s. He is best remembered for hosting the BBC's popular series The Generation Game and for his high camp and English music hall humour. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99
LUIS TOMASELLO (*La Plata, Argentina 1915 - Paris, 2014)."Objet plastique Nº884.Polychrome wood. Multiple 26/50.Presents stamps and signatures of the coordinator and director of the Museo de arte Contemporáneo Latinoamericano (MACLA), located in La Plata, Argentina.Signed, titled, numbered and justified on the back.Measurements: 42.5 x 48 x 4 cm.This work is made up of more than eighty cubes adhered to the surface, arranged in such a way that they form a rhombus. The finish of each cube is not completely flat, but ends diagonally in such a way that the upward or downward combination of the cube, with respect to the figure it forms as a whole, varies in such a way as to generate a game that creates an optical illusion. The piece shows a great interest in the volumetric study and the incidence of colour on form. Thus creating a sculptural image.Luis Tomasello entered the Prilidiano Peyredon National School of Fine Arts in 1932. From 1940 to 1944 he continued his studies at the Ernesto de la Carcova School of Painting in Buenos Aires and worked in figuration until 1950. In 1945, he made his first stay in Europe and started to work in geometrical abstraction. In 1951, Tomasello made his first trip to Europe and arrived in Sicily to visit the land of his father. He discovered the work of Mondrian. He finally spent six months in Paris. He discovered the medieval stained glass windows of Chartres Cathedral and for the first time had the intuition of colour-light, which was to be decisive in his work. After settling permanently in Paris in 1957, Luis Tomasello carried out his first kinetic experiments in the aeroplane, working with Marino di Teana. The following year saw the appearance of the first reliefs in which, as a pioneer, the artist integrated the effects of the reflection of colour. In 1958 he joined the Galerie Denise René group and since then has continued to develop a body of work entirely focused on the problems of light. Numerous solo exhibitions have been devoted to him all over the world. Most notably, in 1976, a major retrospective at the Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris and, more recently, in 1985, another at the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía in Madrid. Continuing with the plastic research born at the beginning of this century and commonly called "geometric abstract art" or "constructivism", Tomasello is part of this group of so-called kinetic creators who, in the 1950s, wanted to integrate movement into their works. They implemented either virtual movement by multiplying perspectives and other optical illusions (Op Art), or real movement produced by mechanical, electrical or natural forces such as wind. Tomasello explored the effects obtained by the reflection of light in vibrant three-dimensional compositions, very pure, reduced to the essentials.
Boxes & objects - a full set of chess playing pieces in the form of Chinese figures; a vintage cribbage board; a boxed double deck Piatnik & Sons Tudor Rose playing cards; another 1930's Waddingtons advertising Gledhill Cash Registers & Gledhill-Brook Time Recorders; vintage boxed Parker Bros. PIT game; etc.
Ephemera - 19th century Continental, Victorian and later embroided postcards, including WWI embroidered examples, needlepoint cards, scrap book cuttings; Militaria; pop out collectible cards; WWII Victory school publication; an Edwardian black and white photograph of a game of croquet; 1940s film stars and glamour postcards, etc qty
Leeds United / Match Tickets, Leeds United autographs (17) collected at FA Cup tie versus Swindon 1970 including Billy Bremner, Terry Cooper, Mick Jones, Norman Hunter, Alan Clarke and the rest of the famous team on the back of an English Schools' Programme featuring Liverpool and Plymouth with Trevor Francis on the team sheet for Plymouth plus a number of tickets for matches including FA Cup final 1976 x 2, Charity Shield 1976 Notts Forest V Manchester Utd 1963 and a further seven Southampton tickets 1977 onwards that includes the final game at The Dell, good condition
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