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Lot 6
THE LIONS Blended Scotch Whisky Bottled to celebrate Livingston FC winning the CIS League Cup in the 2003/04 season, bottle no. 23 of 974. 70cl, 40% volume, in box. ST MIRREN FC 125TH ANNIVERSARY Blended Scotch Whisky Bottled in 2002 to celebrate the 125th anniversary of St Mirren FC. 70cl, 40% volume. THE FAMOUS FINAL GAME Blended Scotch Whisky A special edition Famous Grouse bottled for the Scotland V South Africa rugby match on 25th August 2007, one of around 600 bottles. 70cl, 40% volume, with match programme, and letter of authenticity. 3 bottles. CONDITION REPORT: Good.
Lot 200
A good mixed lot to contain a quantity of fabrics, framed prints, coin counter, air pot,hot and cold drinks dispenser, food processor, photo frame mini wall plaques, board game and similar (2) - This lot MUST be paid for and collected, or delivery arranged, no later than close of business on Tuesday. Please do not bid if you are unable to comply
Lot 138
CROWLEY ALEISTER: (1875-1947) English Occultist, Ceremonial Magician & Poet, a notorious figure whom, during his lifetime, was denounced in the popular press as "the wickedest man in the world". A.L.S., in the rare form 666, four pages, 8vo, Barton Brow, Barton Cross, 11th April n.y. (c.1941) to Frieda [Harris]. Crowley opens with the Thelemic greeting ‘Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the law’, and continues to write in regard to the solicitors Hooper and Wollen, stating, ‘I begin to understand your reactions to certain things, realizing the sort of half-hearted blackmail to which you must be constantly exposed. This is a most impudent attempt to involve you in a matter which in no way concerns you. Please ignore it; or, if you feel that you must answer, ask your lawyer to write an emphatic disclaimer. The bill is ridiculous, false in almost every item. No inventory was ever taken, and the whole contents of the flat would not have fetched £10 at auction (I must admit, however; to being much intrigued by the “hand-worked Duchess”! “Ruined”, too! Can they refer to the late Mrs Simpson?) Apart from this, the letter is a gross libel; and I feel, at present, inclined to collect.’ Crowley further writes ‘It is now almost a year since I gave MS of Liber LXV to Mrs Upton (not Ashton). A pity she can’t average three pages a week! Would a prod in the panties do good? If she has finished the typing, I could write in the Hebrew myself’ and also asks ‘Would you please give the “Joys of Italy” to Percy? I do have lapses into human frailty. I am ashamed all right; but I can’t help feeling that I could be so much more useful to mankind if I were gently levered into my proper place as a poet. And prophet’. He further informs Harris ‘Also, it is surely abstract justice that those who saw in 1923 what England painfully sees now shall have a little credit and consideration. It is shaking hands with thieves and treacherous murderers that leads to trouble (Yes, I do hate the political game!) Besides, the vision and forethought which I had in ’23 might still be useful to the world in this catastrophe’, also remarking ‘A very sad appeal from L. I wrote 8pp + a P.S. to Bucks. It’s all in Sir Palainede the Saracen: “Wakes to the glass of his fool’s face” and my hymn to Aristotle is really a complete answer to the letter. I suppose we have all been through it. It is the attainment of 8° = 3# that supplies the only permanent cure.’ Crowley concludes by writing ‘I do not fake P.G.s. The idea of the Abbey is that we are all P.G.s: each gives all his wealth of whatever kind, money, work, skill, service, and so on; and each gets what he needs to carry on with his True Will…Of course this is very embryonic so far; but the Magical Gesture has been made & this is the one important fact…’ A letter of intriguing content and with an amusing reference to the Duchess of Windsor. Two small pin holes to the upper left corner of each page and very minor rust stains and with one edge of each page slightly irregularly torn, not affecting the text or signature, otherwise VGFrieda Harris (1877-1962) British Artist, best known for her design of Crowley's Thoth tarot deck.Crowley’s reference to what he saw in 1923 refers to the establishment of the Abbey of Thelema on Cefalù in Sicily. Stories of the Abbey and its rituals began to reach the English press, with John Bull proclaiming Crowley ‘the wickedest man in the world’ and ‘a man we'd like to hang’. The Fascist government of Benito Mussolini learned of Crowley's activities and in April 1923 he was given a deportation notice forcing him to leave Italy; without him, the Abbey closed. In 1941 Crowley explored the possibility of using Barton Brow at Barton Cross, not far from Plymouth, as a potential meeting place for the Abbey of Thelema.
Lot 140
HAMILTON EMMA (1765-1815) Lady Hamilton. English Mistress of Lord Nelson and wife of Sir William Hamilton. A.L.S., Emma Hamilton, three pages, folio, Caserta, Italy, 19th November 1797, to a Gentleman. Hamilton informs her correspondent, in part, 'I take the liberty of enclosing a letter (no longer present) for Miss Emily Hill… We often think and speak of you all and we are now so comfortably fixed at Caserta you wou'd like I am sure to be with us. I have made a present of the dice box to those more worthy of it than myself… I tell you sincerely it was only a moment of vice that came over me & which was bought on to countenance others whose hearts are really engaged in this most shocking & disgracefull (sic) game & which I feel myself most terribly regraded in my own mind for ever having given to it & I don't doubt but others also must judge me severely for… Sir William feels most happy at my voluntary giving it up & cons(oling) me most kindly when fits of shame & remorse comes over me for my want of prudence. I am sorry for those I have left deeply in it… Prince A. entre nous loses of a night a thousand francs… I study very hard my musick (sic), walk a good deal & now have a reasonable life…' With signs of a former mounting to the verso, otherwise GIt was in Naples that Emma Hamilton’s affair with Nelson flourished, from devoted maid to becoming his mistress. For 18 months Nelson lived in a ménage-à-trois with the Hamiltons, moving them at a time of trouble, along with the King and Queen of Naples to the relative safety of Palermo. It was here in 1798, not long after the present letter was written, that Sir William Hamilton began to be concerned by his wife’s drinking and increasingly indiscreet behaviour. It appeared to him that Emma was always at the gambling table with Nelson seated directly behind her, seemingly egging her on. These profuse habits led her into debt, with the money she would inherit upon the death of her husband and later, of Nelson, only leading to more gambling and extravagance. Hamilton would spend a year in prison for these debts, and upon her release in 1813, escaped her creditors in England for refuge in Calais. She died there in distress if not in want in 1815.
Lot 182
EDWARD, DUKE OF WINDSOR: (1894-1972) King of the United Kingdom January - December 1936. A highly important T.L.S., Edward, two pages, 4to, Boulevard Suchet, Paris, 13th March 1939, to Lord Beaverbrook ('My dear Beaverbrook'), on the Duke's personal monogrammed stationery, marked 'Private and Confidential' and with four holograph additions to the text. The Duke announces 'I feel it both important and urgent to draw your attention to the comments on the Duchess and myself which appeared in the Londoner's Log of yesterday's issue of the "Sunday Express"'and adds that while he appreciates the general tone of the article, it contained two definite misstatements which 'confuse the whole situation', further explaining 'Knowing that it is not your intention that anything published in your newspapers should create a false impression which could react adversely upon the Duchess and myself, I think that you may wish to dispel the one created in yesterday's Sunday Express, as soon as and in whatever form you judge to be consistent with "good timing" and dignity.' The Duke continues 'Of course you know as well as I do, that it is for no other reason than for fear lest the attitude my mother and sister-in-law seem likely to adopt towards my wife may provoke some controversy in England and adverse criticism of them in America, that I have been advised to postpone our projected visit to England this Spring, until after the King and Queen's official journey to Canada and the United States. In accordance with the policy of playing my brother's game, I have agreed to another postponement, but, believe me, for the last time.' He concludes 'I know I need not stress the highly confidential nature of this letter, or the grave danger of the information it contains ever being traced back to me. But as I look upon you as one of our staunchest supportest (sic) I am anxious that you should know the truth.' Together with an enclosure originally accompanied by the letter, being a typescript of the two misstatements contained in The Londoner's Log of the Sunday Express which the Duke refers to in his letter, and with his responses, in full, '1. "He lives as a refugee in France not because of the laws of England prevent his return, but because he wishes to do so". While the Duchess and I have received the greatest courtesy in all the countries, especially France, where we have resided since our marriage, I have not lived out of England for over two years by preference. It is true that there exists no law to prevent my returning to my country whenever I wish to do so, but I have remained away out of deference to my brother in order to leave the field clear for him to establish himself on the throne, which it is admitted he has succeeded in doing. 2. "The Duke has set his own conditions of return. He requires that the Duchess of Windsor shall be accorded the title of Royal Highness, and that she shall be received by both the Queens. Until these requests are granted, the Duke has announced that he will not set foot in England". I have never made any such announcement nor would I ever set conditions upon my return to England. Regarding the two stipulations I am alledged (sic) to have made, I wish to say firstly, that while naturally the matter of witholding (sic) the title of Royal Highness from the Duchess is an insult which I as her husband and a member of the Royal Family have always resented far more deeply than she has, we have too many other more important interests to worry over such a triviality. Secondly, whatever may be the behaviour of Queen Mary and Queen Elizabeth towards the Duchess, it would in no way affect any plans we might make for going to England.' A letter of truly remarkable historical content written in the years following King Edward VIII's abdication and subsequent marriage to Wallis Simpson, and demonstrating that the Duke was under absolutely no illusions as to the attitudes of his mother, Queen Mary, and sister in law, Queen Elizabeth, towards the Duchess of Windsor. Each with two file holes to the left edge, not affecting the text or signature, and with a very slight, extremely minor paperclip rust stain to the upper left corner of the first page. Otherwise VG Max Aitken (1879-1964) 1st Baron Beaverbrook. Anglo-Canadian Business Tycoon, Politician & Writer, owner of the Daily Express and London Evening Standard newspapers.
Lot 105
An 18th Century Ivory Brisé Fan, with very slender guards, with the addition of tortoiseshell thumb guards, carved with figures and flowers and painted with small portraits in other panels. The inner twenty-eight sticks are pierced and gilded, with a central painting of a courting couple, observed by another lady, watched by a game bird. The remainder of the sticks are painted with small portraits and groups of people in different scenarios. The verso is a mirror image outline. Olive green ribbon. Guard length 21.5cmThe original painting has small losses but the whole fan has been overpainted in a strong orangey varnish
Lot 47
The Toy Seller: An Unusual 18th Century Fan, with a tortoiseshell monture, the upper guards heavily carved and pierced with a sunflower, this section both silvered and lightly gilded on the flower, the gorge sticks ornately gilded and silvered, some being inlaid foil, with touches of green to the centre. The first three sticks in from the guards are not pierced, but are carved so as to form a deep V, each of these sticks with its own pattern variation. The central sticks are pierced so as to form a lattice up which meandering flowers and leaves climb. The leaf, of silk, shows a mother and her small son choosing new toys from a merchant, a miniature donkey and carriage at their feet, a horse and turbaned rider being considered, more toys within a basket at their feet. Two further vignettes, all three being bordered with gold sequins, sewn into place, show a lady playing a cup and ball game and a young man pulling the vanes on a windmill with a string. The verso is simply decorated with flowers in pale pink and blue, each spray inside the reverse of the front vignettes. Guard length 25cmSome rubbing to the leaf folds, some loss to the foil and gilding.
Lot 86
A Circa 1740's Mother of Pearl Fan, with carved and pierced sticks, the gorge with figures, the guards similar. The head is particularly finely carved giving a frilled effect when open, and the rivet contains a red stone. The silvered double paper leaf is also découpé along the top of the leaf and in vertical panels, quite a complex découpage, the scene one of several figures engaged in different activities, all dressed in Chinese clothing. Two men to the left are in discussion, centrally two young boys, seated on the floor, play some kind of written game or puzzle, an adult supervising, and a side table to the right displays a vase of flowers and a fixed fan. The verso is also silvered paper and has a simple central floral spray in deep plum, with green foliage. Guard length 27cmThe lower guard is broken half way down the upper section. Slight loss to the carved Mother of Pearl in the gorge to the right, above the head of one figure.
Lot 89
A Late 18th Century Ivory Fan, the slender sticks delicately painted with pink and blue flowers, some gold highlights, two painted plaques to the upper section of the guard. The double paper leaf shows three oriental ladies grouped around a low table, regarding a chequered game board, a blue pot containing perhaps gold counters to the right. To their right, a collection of coloured wide necked pots, which may relate to the fishing scene far right. To the left, a low table at which a female attendant is preparing refreshments. A delicate gold border compliments the stylised landscape and trees. The verso is painted very simply with thin leaves and ginger flowers. Guard length 26.5cmSlight staining to verso, perhaps glue residue.
Lot 585
Gomes Madeira Sercial Solera 1839 - Gifted by Alfred Alves (a steel works owner in Lisbon) in 1974 to the vendor's fatherJust over two decades shy of being two centuries old, dating from 1839, the year in which the first photograph of the moon was taken and the very first game of baseball was played in the USA. Madeiras are more delicate than Port, no ABV/Volume stated
Lot 1079
Chambers, W&R - "Golfing - A Handbook to The Royal and Ancient Game with List of Clubs, Rules &c Also Golfing Sketches and Poems' 1st ed 1887 publ'd W & R Chambers Edinburgh c/w frontis of Tom Morris from the drawing by Thomas Hodge c/w tissue cover - illustrated plates by Ranald M Alexander and others original decorative red cloth decorative boards and gilt spine some slight soiling to the edges otherwise overall (G)
Lot 1080
Clark, R - "Golf - A Royal and Ancient Game" - scarce presentation copy bound in full leather with gilt ribbed spine - 1st ed 1875 publ'd by R & R Clark Edinburgh - c/w various illustrations with tissue covers - spine and boards rebound and some slight discolouration to the edges of only one or two internal pages - c/w presentation label laid down to the front inside boards overall impressive looking book hence (G)
Lot 1107
Huguier Charles & Andre Cailleau - "New Rules for The Game of Mail - Concerning the manner of playing it properly, and of deciding the various points which may arise in the Game" published 1910 English edition facsimile of the 1717 French edition. 24mo. 74pp.4x plates -full red calf with gilt title and decoration on spine. All edges gilt. Decorative endpapers. Green cloth bookmarker. Introduction by Andrew Lang. Illustrated with four plates - some slght wear to the top and tail of spine otherwise (G) N.B This French game is similar to Scottish golf.
Lot 1529
Interesting collection of European PGA golfing tournament related items: Lancôme Golf Tournament bag and 5x Eau de Toilette fragrance in the original boxes (not for sale to the public); 2x 1970 European Bronze medals in original cases; Seve Ballesteros European Open set of Bridge Playing cards unused and boxed;1975 Carnoustie Open Golf Championship glass butter dish; Woburn Golf Club Money Clip and Pitch repairer in original box;2x Heineken Open golf caddie and staff pin badges; Golf dice game c/w instructions; Dunlop style reproduction brass Caddie bell; quantity of BT Open Golf Championship phone cards still in their wrappers: 1940's Elgin American Co cigarette case; Radio Shack computer golf game in original box; Bob Hope Music Box et al and Craftsman Quality Lockers makers light stained wooden wall clock (needs attention) - overall 15.5" dia - all ex Brian Bellinger US and PGA Tour caddie (35plus#)
Lot 1656
Gene Sarazen signed 1935 Masters Augusta National golf signed display - comprising signed photograph showing Sarazen holing a putt on the 9th green during his playoff with Craig Wood - comes also with a facsimile printed scorecard for all 4 days and facsimile signature - note Sarazen was the only player who could possibly catch Wood on the final which he achieved with one of the greatest shots in the game achieving a double eagle on the 15th par 5 when he holed his second shot - mf&g overall 23 x 19"
Lot 217
1936 How To Play Lawn Tennis Booklet edited by S. Wallis Merrihew, illustrated from motion picture of the Great masters of the game in action, together with 1947 News Review with Tennis to front cover plus 1926 Lawn Tennis and Badminton Magazine - overall condition mixed F/G some minor faults present throughout (3)
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