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A pair of 19th Century Italian oak and satinwood inlay hall chairs, globe shaped finials on square support back centred with carving detail in a gothic manner, square seating with moulded circular inlay, raised on square supports united with square stretchers. (2)

An 18ct gold converted watch chain, set with twenty five mixed gold charms, including Spanish matador tunic, 9ct gold globe, a Greek Parthenon medallion, an 18ct gold Maltese cross, gold and enamel Swedish Royal Crown medallion and three loose charms, 79g

VINTAGE RELIEF DECORATED GLOBE ON WOODEN STAND, APPROXIMATELY 52cm HIGH

An unusual French gilt metal mounted veined marble cartographic library clock, 8cm dial with Arabic numerals, twin-winding holes, fourteen-day movement striking on a bell, surmounted by a figure cast after Rosseau, La Terre, she stands, holding a 4" terrestrial globe by Emile Bertaux, Delamarche, Paris, 78.5cm high, c.1900

A Royal Crown Derby 1128 pattern Millennium globe clock, commissioned by Sinclairs, limited edition, 293/1,000; a similar Millennium barometer, certificate, 2931,000; Millennium thermometer, certificate, 293,000 (3)

A Royal Crown Derby Millennium Globe clock, decorated in the 1128 Imari palette, specially commissioned by Sinclairs, limited edition 903/1000, 18cm, printed marks, certificate, boxed; an accompanying 1128 pattern Millennium globe thermometer and barometer set, limited edition 903/1000, 13cm, boxed (3) Condition Report: All good condition, first quality - no certificate for the thermometer and barometer

A Baccarat opaline glass vase, circa 1880, of footed globe and shaft form with flared rim, decorated with relief moulded fruiting vines, height 35cm.

A Moorcroft Pottery vase decorated in the Foxglove pattern designed by Rachel Bishop, height 18cm together with a Moorcroft Pottery vase of globe and shaft form decorated in the Isis pattern designed Emma Bossons, height 16cm both with printed marks, both marked as seconds (2)

Globe Wernicke bookcase

Charles J Lundgren (New York, Connecticut, 1911 - 1988) "U.S.S. New Hampshire" Signed lower right. Original oil on Masonite painting. Provenance: Collection of James A. Helzer (1946-2008), Founder of Unicover Corporation. This painting originally appeared on the Fleetwood Commemorative Cover for the U.S.S. New Hampshire. Completed as the Great White Fleet circled the globe, the U.S.S. New Hampshire was commissioned on 19 March 1908 with Captain Cameron M. Winslow in command. As one of her first duties, U.S.S. New Hampshire carried a Marine Expeditionary Regiment to Colon, Panama in June, 1908. She then participated in the Naval Review by President Theodore Roosevelt in Hampton Roads 22 February 1909 welcoming home the "Great White Fleet." Through the next eighteen months, she exercised along the East Coast and in the Caribbean. She departed with the Second Battleship Division for Cherbourg, France and Weymouth, England on 1 November 1910. U.S.S. New Hampshire returned to the United States to run training missions for Naval Academy midshipmen off New England. Her training service was interrupted when she was called to patrol off strife-torn Hispaniola in December 1912. She was similarly called to protect American interests along the Mexican coast on 15 April 1914. There, she supported the occupation of Vera Cruz which helped restore stability to the tumultuous Mexican government. She was again called to quell a revolution in December, 1916 in Santo Domingo. During World War I, U.S.S. New Hampshire provided invaluable gunnery and tactical training for the American Expeditionary Forces. Image Size: 13.5 x 15.75 in. Overall Size: 20.5 x 21.75 in. Unframed. (B10951)

Charles J Lundgren (New York, Connecticut, 1911 - 1988) "U.S.S. California" Signed lower right. Original Oil on Masonite. Provenance: Collection of James A. Helzer (1946-2008), Founder of Unicover Corporation. This painting originally appeared on the Fleetwood Commemorative Cover for the U.S.S. California. The nuclear-powered Guided Missile Cruiser U.S.S. California ranks among the most modern ships in the U.S. Navy. Designated CGN 36, she was launched on 22 September 1971 and commissioned on 16 February 1974 with Captain Floyd H. Miller, Jr. in command. After completing her shakedown cruise during 1975, the U.S.S. California was assigned to the Sixth Fleet. She departed for the Fleet in the Mediterranean on 7 July 1976, and sailed between the Mediterranean and Norfolk Shipyard several times during the next five years. On 14 April 1981, the U.S.S. California left Norfolk for the Mediterranean, and, in company with the U.S.S. America, she transited the Suez Canal to the Indian Ocean. Later on this same voyage, she became the first nuclear-powered U.S. vessel to circumnavigate the globe since the U.S.S. Enterprise had done so seventeen years earlier. During this voyage, on 15 July 1981, while in the Arabian Sea, she was called to rescue thirty-nine crewmen from the Greek freighter Irines Sincerity. Returning to Norfolk 20 November 1981, she was scheduled for a major overhaul and refitting. She was later re-assigned from Norfolk to Alameda, California and the Pacific Fleet. After 1984, the U.S.S. California has participated in numerous maneuvers throughout the Pacific including calls on ports in the Philippines, Australia and British Columbia, while operating out of Alameda. Image Size: 13.5 x 15.75 in. Overall Size: 20.5 x 21.75 in. Unframed. (B11077)

GLOBE COCKTAIL CABINET, in the form of an antique globe on stand with rising lid, 110cm H.

Four Victorian cut glass shaft-and-globe decanters, one other Victorian decanter and several associated stoppers

A 19th Century antique Grand Tour bronze plaque of oval form having relief decoration depicting Cherubs in flight among clouds. One holding wreaths with over led down and the lower example using a globe. Measures: 42cm x 32cm.

A 19th Century French antique bronze table desk inkwell having a globe shaped inkwell holder with hinged lid opening to reveal removable inkwell section raised on tripod carp feet over white marble circular base with twist border. Measures: 20cm tall.

A SMALL DESK GLOBE ON BASE APPROXIMATELY 24CM HIGH

A brass oil lamp, with amber glass reservoir and etched glass globe. Height 63cm.

A globe with an associated wooden base, diameter of globe 13.5cm.Condition report: This modern reproduction is complete and has the cartouche of Robert de Vaugondy (Paris, 1745)

3 HORNSEA POTTERY SPOTTED GLOBE VASES BY JOHN CLAPPISON

BRASS OIL LAMP WITH GLOBE SHAPED SHADE

BRASS OIL LAMP WITH GLOBE SHAPED SHADE

2 glass fronted Globe Wernicke stacking bookcase cabinets in need of some attentionOne has the Globe Wernicke label in the back

A 19th Century Carved French Ivory Novelty in the Form of Seated Metamorphic Monkey Wearing Cloak and Sailors Hat Holding Globe Set on Turned Wooden Stand. 8cms High

An American walnut sectional bookcase, The Globe-Wernicke Co Limited, Office and Library Furnishers, London, in six divisions, four flap front sections, serpentine outlines and rounded fluted ends, Ingle drawer to the plinth, width 94cm, height 176cm.

An American walnut sectional bookcase, The Globe-Wernicke Co Limited, Office and Library Furnishers, London, in six divisions, four flap front sections, serpentine outlines and rounded fluted ends, Ingle drawer to the plinth, width 94cm, height 173cm.

An oak sectional bookcase, Globe-Wernicke Limited, in eight divisions, six flap-front sections, width 86cm,height 206cm.

Globe Wernicke Type 4 Shelf Book Case:

NO RESERVE Trade Catalogue.- Catterson & Sons, Ltd. (S.P.), London. 1909-10 Gas Fittings Catalogue. Section A (Globes, Chimneys, Burners, Mantles and Inverted Shop Lamps), 1909; 1909-10 Lamp Catalogue, 1910 § Cars, Ltd (B.) Venus Gas and Electric List 1924-25, List No. 321, 50% discount slip in green tipped in, 1924, illustrations, original printed wrappers, the first two cloth-backed and with advertisement slip for other catalogues tipped to upper cover (the second dated 1910-11), rubbed and soiled, the first a little chipped at edges; and 2 other rather worn and defective catalogues on lamps, 4to (5)⁂ S.P.Catterson, manufacturer of lighting and heating products was established at the Globe Lamp Works, Newington Causeway, London SE1 in 1856 and continued until at least the late 1930s.

Third Reich Ministry of Occupied Eastern Territories (R.M.B.O) Leaders Peaked Cap, fine example with high form shape. Light brown body with chocolate brown central band. Cap is piped with celluloid gold piping to the crown and bordering the central band. Embroidered celluloid Diplomatic service insignia in gold on brown backing. Cap cords with two side buttons. Interior with brown leather sweatband, red cloth lining and tailors diamond for “Rekord” with eagle over globe emblem. Some staining and wear.please make sure you have read and understood the information in the auction information pagePLEASE MAKE SURE YOU HAVE READ AND UNDERSTOOD THIS INFORMATION BEFORE BIDDINGThis auction comprises a private European collection of Third Reich militaria, mostly consisting of cloth headdress and steel helmets. This collection has been put together over a period of time from private house buys, flea markets (flohmarkt) and internet auction sites.We have been requested by the estate of the collector to offer all lots at a start price of £100, all items are sold on a "sold as viewed basis and are not subject to return". All items offered in this auction are not covered by our usual guarantee of authenticity of items from this period in history. We ask that all interested bidders, study photographs provided or ask for any others they require, these requests must be made at least 24 hours prior to the auction. All bidders must satisfy themselves with what they are bidding on and buying. Many of the items in this collection, if not original, may have been produced using original parts. Buyers must satisfy themselves with what is original and what is not.

Magnus Maximus silver siliqua dating c. AD 383-388. Mint of Trier. Obverse: DN MAG MAX-IMVS PF AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right. Reverse: VIRTVS RO-MANORVM, Roma enthroned facing, head left, holding long sceptre and globe. Mintmark in ex: -//TRPS. Good Fine, striking crack at c. 12 o'clock on obverse face. Scarce. Diameter: 18mm. Weight: 1.91g. RIC vol. IX, no. 84b. Discussion: Magnus Maximus, commander in Britain, seized power from Gratian in AD 383. Given official rule over Britain and Gaul by Theodosius I, he over-stretched his ambitions towards the end of his reign and invaded Italy in AD 387, being defeated by Theodosius at the Battle of the Save in AD 388. His rule in Britain coincides with an apparent exodus of military power, transferring many troops to Gaul. He features notably in much Breton and Welsh folklore as the legendary figure 'Macsen'. Provenance: found Coombe Bissett, Wiltshire, 2017. Recorded on the PAS as HAMP-D9A49B. 

Faustina I Silver DenariusObverse: Draped bust right, DIVA FAVSTINA.Reverse: AETERNITAS, Providentia standing left holding globe and grasping veil which billows out behind her head.Minted, Rome after AD 147. Size: 17.50 mm, Weight: 3.31 grams.Reference: RCV 4578.Ex John Wells Collection, Ex Essex Coins.

Rare Revolt of Vindex in Gaul Silver DenariusObverse: SALVS GENERIS HVMANI, Victory standing right on globe, holding wreath, left arm pointing at caduceus below?.Reverse: S P Q R /OB /CS in three lines within Oak-wreath. Minted, Vienne AD 68. Size: 16.81 mm, Weight: 3.07 grams.Reference: Variant of RIC 77.Ex John Wells Collection, Ex Essex Coins.

Caracalla Silver DenariusObverse: Laureate and draped bust right, ANTONINVS PIVS AVG BRIT.Reverse: PROVINTIAE DEORVM, Providentia standing left holding rod and sceptre. Globe at feet.Minted, Rome AD 213. Size: 18.98 mm, Weight: 3.32 grams.Reference: RIC 227, RSC 529.Ex John Wells Collection, Ex Essex Coins.

Postumus Bronze Double SestertiusObverse: Radiate and draped bust right, IMP C M CASS LAT POSTVMVS P F AVG.Reverse: P M TR P COS II P P S C, Postumus standing left holding globe and resting on spear.Minted, Cologne AD 261. Size: 28.66 mm, Weight: 13.90 grams.Reference: RIC 106. Ex John Wells Collection, Ex Essex Coins.

Flavius Victor Silver SiliquaObverse: Diademed and draped bust right, D N FL VICTOR P F AVG.Reverse: VIRTVS ROMANORVM, Roma enthroned facing head left, holding globe and resting on spear. AQ PS in ex.Minted, Aquileia AD 387-8. Size: 15.92 mm, Weight: 1.54 grams.Reference: RIC IX, p 105; 54b. RSC 6Ad.Ex A. Smith Collection.

A fitted drinks cabinet, Atlas supporting the globe. H.83cm

A heavy bronze table lamp in the form of a cobra on marble base with coloured glass globe shade.

SELECTION OF MIXED COLLECTABLEScomprising of a mother of pearl photograph frame, a wooden dish with one shilling coins inset to the rim, a vintage globe, a Good Year ashtray, a wooden framed mirror, a small handmade stool decorated with a footballer, a page turner with carved handle, a paper knife, the handle with eagle finial, etc.

TWO LEAD CRYSTAL DECANTERS, both with gilded panel decoration, the square spirit decanter has a globe stopper, the tapering one a mushroom stopper (2) Condition report: Age estimate mid to late 20th century.  Both – condition is good, not cloudy, 24cm to top of stopper. 

A "CHARLES FRODSHAM" BRASS GLOBE FORM TABLE CLOCK, banded by a silvered chapter ring with Roman numerals, serial no. 0106-5000, 27cm high

A musical gas lighter, a globe table lighter and a collection of lighters.

STANLEY GLOBE AND PROPELLER ORNAMENT TOGETHER WITH BRASS COMPASS AND BRASS ATLAS CARRYING WORLD

An original 1960's retro vintage space age atomic gyro ball vanity mirror of vibrant orange plastic construction with yellow bands. Comprising of two separate parts with central circular mirror panel globe top raised on pedestal base. Completely dismantles and stores within itself. Measures: 29cm x 24cm x 18cm.

A group of ten Harmony Kingdom resin novelty figurines / boxes to include 'Holding Court II' snow globe, a dog in a treasure chest, a perched bird, a cat box, Mickey and Minnie Mouse at Christmas etc. 

A vintage 20th century large terrestrial globe having semi precious stone inlay. Black stone ground with brass mounts and compass base.

A vintage retro 20th Century Portmeirion coffee pot having an orange body with angular handle and black lid, together with a retro novelty Basil Brush money box and a steel desktop world globe having engraved details set within a gimbal raised on a round base. 

A collection of vintage and antique collectable, sewing and stationery items to include an early 20th Century wooden gavel, a novelty tin in the form of a train, turned wooden dice box, vintage globe pencil sharpener, an art deco early plastic pin dish, two antique ceramic eggs, tape measures, dice etc. 

Ancient Order of Foresters 'Powys Court' Sash, one of a number of Friendly Societies which existed in Wales from the late 18th century. It is known that the Ancient Order of Foresters 'Court Powys' met in Welshpool. Three vintage red silk sash's for in red silk with woven silk design showing a stags head above bow and quiver, a shield, two figures with a dog and a globe.  Probably dating from 1890s -1920. 

Hugh Grant signed 8x12 colour photo. British actor and film producer has received a Golden Globe, a BAFTA, and an Honorary Cesar for his work. Good Condition. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99.

A LATE 19TH CENTURY BLACK SLATE MANTEL CLOCK, with bronze surmount in the form of a late 18th Century gentleman seated beside a globe, book and scroll, the slate case with concave front corners, circular enamel dial with Roman numerals named 'W. De Haan A LAHAYE', the eight day movement marked Japy Freres, bell strike, glazed door to movement, foliate cast gilt metal and black slate plinth style base with wide fluted gilt metal concave feet, with key, pendulum and bill of receipt from 1982, height approximately 58cm (condition: dial has stained cracks, especially around winding holes and numeral VIII, clock winds, chimes and heard ticking)

Original vintage advertsing poster for the XII Berlin International Film Festival held between 22 June and 3 July 1962 (XII Internationale Film Festspiele). Great design by Atelier Doftal Eggert showing a film reel with flags pointing to Berlin on the globe on one side while the Berlin flag (with its three stripes red-white-red and a black bear in the centre) is displayed on the other side. That year (1962), the Golden Bear award for Best Film was awarded to the British film A Kind of Loving directed by John Schlesinger.This design was created for the first edition of the festival in 1951 and was recurrently used until the XIV edition of the festival in 1964. The Berlin International Film Festival, usually called the Berlinale, was founded in West Berlin in 1951, and is one of the "Big Three" alongside the Venice Film Festival and Cannes Film Festival. Condition: Good condition, small paper loss, pinholes,staining, small tears.. Country of printing: Germany, designer: Atelier Doftal Eggert, size (cm): 84x59.5, year of printing: 1962.

Original vintage Chinese propaganda poster - Resolutely Support the Anti-Imperialist Struggles of the People of Asia, Africa and Latin America / Soutenir fermemnt la lutte anti-imperialiste des peuples d'Asie, d'Afrique et d'America latine / Firme Apoyo a la lucha antiimperialista de los pueblos de Asia, Africa y America Latina. Great image by Chinese artist Zhou Ruizhuang showing anti-imperialism fighters from around the globe charging into battle wielding rifles and guns. Condition: Excellent condition.. Country of printing: China, designer: Unknown, size (cm): 53x77, year of printing: 1960s.

Original vintage circus advertising poster for the Ringling Circus and Barnum & Bailey, an American traveling circus company billed as The Greatest Show on Earth that ran from 1817-2017. Known as Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Combined Shows, the circus started in 1919 when the Barnum & Bailey's Greatest Show on Earth, a circus created by P. T. Barnum and James Anthony Bailey, was merged with the Ringling Bros. World's Greatest Shows. The Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus pushed through many hardships, including the Great Depression, World War II, and the devastating Hartford Circus Fire. With weakening attendance, many animal rights protests, and high operating costs, the circus performed its final show on May 21, 2017, at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum and closed after 146 years. The poster artwork features a hippopotamus in a river, with its mouth stretched wide open. Set against a strong yellow background, bold navy blue text and a globe in at the bottom right corner. Condition: Excellent condition, linen backed. Country of printing: USA, designer: Unknown, size (cm): 106x71, year of printing: 1942.

Official Soviet 1968 vintage re-issue of the 1924 poster taken from an official government series of best poster designs re-issues - The immortal leader of the October Revolution, Lenin showed us the path to victory, to the 7th anniversary of the October victory. Long live Leninism - Great image shows people walking across a globe waving Soviet flags, with bold stylised lettering below. Condition: Excellent condition.. Country of printing: Russia, designer: Unknown, size (cm): 42x29, year of printing: 1968.

Original vintage music advertising poster for a concert by Quicksilver Messenger Service at the Avalon Ballroom in 1967. Supporting acts featured The Other Half and Melvin Q. The event was organised by Family Dog Productions. The Avalon Ballroom was a music venue in the Polk Gulch neighborhood of San Francisco, California. The space operated from 1966 to 1969, at the height of the counterculture movement. Quicksilver Messenger Service (sometimes credited as simply Quicksilver) is an American psychedelic rock band formed in 1965 in San Francisco. The band achieved wide popularity in the San Francisco Bay Area and through their recordings, with psychedelic rock enthusiasts around the globe, and several of their albums ranked in the Top 30 of the Billboard Pop charts. They were part of the new wave of album-oriented bands, achieving renown and popularity despite an almost complete lack of success with their singles (apart from "Fresh Air", which reached number 49 in 1970). Though not as commercially successful as contemporaries Jefferson Airplane and the Grateful Dead, Quicksilver was integral to the beginnings of their genre. With their jazz and classical influences and a strong folk background, the band attempted to create an individual, innovative sound. Music historian Colin Larkin wrote: "Of all the bands that came out of the San Francisco area during the late '60s, Quicksilver typified most the style, attitude and sound of that era." Member Dino Valenti drew heavily on musical influences he picked up during the folk revival of his formative musical years. The style he developed from these sources is evident in Quicksilver Messenger Service's swing rhythms and twanging guitar sounds. After many years, the band has attempted to reform despite the deaths of several members. In 2009, original members Gary Duncan and David Freiberg toured as the Quicksilver Messenger Service, using various backing musicians. Condition: Excellent condition. Year of printing: 1967, country of printing: USA, designer: Jack Hatfield, dimensions (cm): 50.5x35.5.

Original vintage map poster Our Flying Ambassadors and Their Routes - Great design features portraits of Charles Lindbergh, Lt. Lester Maitland, Com. Richard Byrd, William Brock, Eward, Schlee, Clarence Chamberlain, and Lt. Albert Hegenberger, along alongside an illustration of planes and an eagle. Two maps show routes taken by early aviators, one is a northern polar projection and the lower map is titled "Lindbergh's Aerial Tour of Latin America." A key gives details for the travel routes including - 1924-US Army Aviators Circumnavigate The Globe, 1926-Overflying the North Pole--Byrd-Bennett Spitzburgen to Teller, Alaska, 1926-Amundsen-Ellsworth-Nobile -- Polar overflight, 1927-Charles Lindbergh--New York to Paris, 1927 Chamberlin-Levin--Germany to New York, 1927 Maitland-Hegenberger--San Francisco to Honolulu, 1927 Byrd-Noville-Acosta-Balcheu--New York to Ver-Sur-Mer, France, 1927 Brock-Schlee--Newfoundland to Tokyo, 1927-28 Lindbergh Pan-American Tour. Published by C. S. Hammond & Co and The Pittsburgh Press. Condition: Acceptable condition, staining, folds, tears, creasing.. Country of printing: USA, designer: Unknown, size (cm): 58x38, year of printing: 1929.

Original vintage advertising poster for the legendary Italian-crafted engine Ciccolo, one of the first postwar cyclemotor engines on the market, powering one of the first Ducatis. Prototypes were first marketed in 1947, and it quickly became the most highly regarded motor. The cyclemotor won several tourism and sporting competitions, including the 18,000 kilometer Paris-Tokyo ride in 1949 and reached the world speed record at Monza in 1950. In France, M. Rocher supplied Cucciolo engines and made their own Cucciolo-powered cyclemotors, which were then sold by Seine-based ERIAC, an approved dealer licensed to sell the frames ready-supplied with Rocher's Cucciolo engines. An art deco style design featuring a man on a motorcycle, with a background of a star studded space, globe and eagle at the top. Condition: Good condition, tears restored, linen backed. Country of printing: France, designer: Unknown, size (cm): 116x78.5, year of printing: 1947.

Original vintage Chinese propaganda poster - Resolutely Support the Anti-Imperialist Struggles of the People of Asia, Africa and Latin America / Soutenir fermemnt la lutte anti-imperialiste des peuples d'Asie, d'Afrique et d'America latine / Firme Apoyo a la lucha antiimperialista de los pueblos de Asia, Africa y America Latina. Great image by Chinese artist Zhou Ruizhuang showing anti-imperialism fighters from around the globe charging into battle wielding rifles and guns. Condition: Excellent condition.. Country of printing: China, designer: Unknown, size (cm): 53x77, year of printing: 1960s.

Original vintage sport poster published by Levi Strauss for the 1980 Moscow Summer Olympic Games featuring a dynamic artwork depicting a football player volleying the ball into orbit with the globe behind highlighting the South American continent. This poster is part of a series of six posters commissioned by Levi's, the San Francisco blue-jeans manufacturer, to promote their official sponsor status of the US team for the 1980 Olympic Games. The campaign was titled “Levi’s Olympic Opportunity Sweepstakes" and each poster emphasized the sport associated with one of the six continents: Skiing (North America); Gymnastics (Asia); Swimming (Australia); Track & Field (Africa); Soccer (South America); Cycling (Europe). However, when the USSR invaded Afghanistan in the 1979, President Carter cancelled the US participation in the Moscow Olympics as a protest and Levi Strauss, hence unable to provide apparel to the members of the US team, decided to abandon the campaign and withdrawn the posters because of the US boycott of the games. Condition: Excellent condition. Country of printing: USA, designer: Unknown, size (cm): 61x46, year of printing: 1979.

Original vintage sport poster at the 1952 Tour De France, with advertising logos from Le Parisien and L'Equipe. The 1952 Tour De France was the 39th edition of the event, and was won by Italian cyclist Fausto Coppi. He won the Tour De France twice and was the dominant international cyclist of years each side of the Second World War. The Tour de France is an annual men's multiple stage bicycle race primarily held in France, while also occasionally passing through nearby countries. Like the other Grand Tours (the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta a España), it consists of 21 day-long stages over the course of 23 days. It has been described as "the world’s most prestigious and most difficult bicycle race". The race was first organized in 1903 to increase sales for the newspaper L'Auto and is currently run by the Amaury Sport Organisation. The race has been held annually since its first edition in 1903 except when it was stopped for the two World Wars. As the Tour gained prominence and popularity, the race was lengthened and its reach began to extend around the globe. Participation expanded from a primarily French field, as riders from all over the world began to participate in the race each year. The Tour is a UCI World Tour event, which means that the teams that compete in the race are mostly UCI WorldTeams, with the exception of the teams that the organizers invite. It has become "the world's biggest annual sporting event." A women's Tour de France was held under different names between 1984 and 2009. Since 2014, the La Course by Le Tour de France is held for women in a one- or two-day format during the men's race. Condition: Good condition, small tear at the top. Country of printing: France, designer: Unknown, size (cm): 45x56, year of printing: 1952.