The Cooper Car Co's Last-Built Single-Seater, the Ex-Peter Rehl Daytona Road Race of Champions-winning1969 Cooper-Chevrolet T90 Formula A/5000 Racing Single-SeaterChassis no. F1C/3/69*Final Cooper Single Seater model*One of only three cars built*Period race winning career, including 'Road Race of Champions'*Exquisitely restoredFootnotes:This remarkable Formula A/5000 Cooper-Chevrolet has tremendous historic significance in that it is the very last single-seater competition car ever to be built by the legendary Cooper Car Company in its late-period home factory at Canada Road, Byfleet, Surrey in the south-east of England.It is the last of only three Formula A/5000 5-litre Cooper T90s constructed for 1969, two of which exhibited at that January's Racing Car Show in London, neither of which initially sold there. The design was based around a robust light-alloy-skinned monocoque hull derived from Cooper's contemporary T86B Formula 1 chassis. While the prototype T90 'F1C/1/68' was subsequently campaigned in three late-year British Formula 5000 rounds by Chris Warwick-Drake – later passing to Andrew Goodfellow for hill-climbing in 1972 – the second chassis 'F1C/2/69' would only become active in 1970, in the hands of Aston Martin development engineer/driver Peter Hawtin who sadly crashed fatally in his car at Oulton Park in September, 1971.Meanwhile this now exquisitely rebuilt, third and last Cooper-Chevrolet T90 – chassis 'F1C/3/69' – became the only one to find an immediate home. It was with American Cooper enthusiast – and already well-known driver of an always well-prepared Formula B Cooper single-seater – Peter Rehl. He contested not only Continental Championship Formula A (the US equivalent of 5-litre British, European, Antipodean and South African Formula 5000) but also a busy programme of more minor 'club-level' US events. At the National level he not only won two frontline races, at Lime Rock and Bryar, but also dominated the end of season SCCA Championship Run-Offs at Daytona International Speedway.The frontline racing record of Peter Rehl's Cooper-Chevrolet T90 now offered here is as follows:July 6, 1969 – SCCA National, Lime Rock – Peter Rehl – Cooper-Chevrolet T90 – FIRSTJuly 20, 1969 – Badger '200', Elkhart Lake - Peter Rehl – Cooper-Chevrolet T90 – 7thAugust 2, 1969 – Schaefer Grand Prix, Lime Rock - Peter Rehl – Cooper-Chevrolet T90 – 9thAugust 31, 1969 – SCCA National, Bryar Motorsports Park - Peter Rehl – Cooper-Chevrolet T90 – FIRSTSeptember 1, 1969 – Lime Rock Grand Prix - Peter Rehl – Cooper-Chevrolet T90 – 7thSeptember 7, 1969 – Ste Jovite (Canada) - Peter Rehl – Cooper-Chevrolet T90 – Retired '27th'November 29, 1969 – Road Race of Champions, Daytona - Peter Rehl – Cooper-Chevrolet T90 – FIRSTApril 19, 1970 – Riverside Grand Prix - Peter Rehl – Cooper-Chevrolet T90 – 24thWhen he advertised the car for sale in 1971 Peter Rehl amusingly derided the US West Coast-based Formula A opposition that he had faced, for claiming 500bhp or more from their Chevrolet engines as tuned for them by such specialists as Al Bartz and Traco Engineering. His Cooper had simply blown them all away during the Daytona run-offs which he had won so handsomely.In new hands 'F1C/3/69 – the last-ever 'real' Cooper – subsequently contested several National events and one more professional Formula 5000 race before beginning a long sojourn in a private collection in eastern Massachusetts. Once acquired by the present vendors, this evocative and potent racing Cooper has benefited from extensive yet sensitive restoration, respectful to its unique history. Those who contributed craftsmanship, experience and detail knowledge to the project not only included original owners Peter Rehl and Dick Yagami, Pat Prince of Prince Racing, John Grubb at J&J Racing, Phil Harris at TrueChoice and Bill McCurdy of Williams Racing, but also Bob McKee of McKee Engineering and original Cooper Car Co specialist Tony Whitburn who led this car's original build at Canada Road, Byfleet back in 1969.The seller reports that the car has been run infrequently post restoration, and subsequently carefully 'pickled'/drained of fluids such that it is ready for its next outing. Accompanying the car are its original wheels, which might serve as decoration than use, and the original alloy nose piece, itself an appealing item.The Cooper Car Company's final closure was announced on May 22, 1969. It had been a terrific ride, and Cooper cars today are still campaigned very competitively in Historic Formula 1, 2 and 3, Formula B and Atlantic, plus sports-racing car form almost every weekend somewhere in the world. This Road Race of Champions-winning Cooper-Chevrolet T90 has been beautifully restored to rejoin that venerable coterie.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: * N* VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.N If purchased by a UK resident, this machine is subject to a NOVA declaration, undertaken by Bonhams upon a successful sale, to facilitate the registration of the machine here in the UK.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
We found 150138 price guide item(s) matching your search
There are 150138 lots that match your search criteria. Subscribe now to get instant access to the full price guide service.
Click here to subscribe- List
- Grid
-
150138 item(s)/page
Speed Magazine; bound Volumes I to IV (1935-1939),a complete run of issues 1-46, in green leathercloth bindings with gilt tooling, bound with covers and trimmed. (4)This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Russell Hayes: The Aston Martin V8 1969-2000; limited edition published by Palawan Press 2019,Quarter Leather Edition bound in dark grey buckram and orange leather spine, limited edition numbered 134/300, 530 numbered pages, well illustrated history of the model, in good clean order, complete with dark grey buckram slipcase and with original carton packaging. This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Robert Mermet (French 1896-1988), a bronze bust of a racing driver, mid 20th Century,faintly signed 'RobMermet' under left shoulder, patinated 'cire perdue' cast bronze sculpture of a race driver in peaked helmet with goggles, 17.5cm high, loose mounted on a stepped base. This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: Ω ARΩ VAT on imported items at the prevailing rate on Hammer Price and Buyer's Premium.AR Goods subject to Artists Resale Right Additional Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Offered from The Alps to Goodwood Collection1964 Alfa Romeo 2600 Spider with HardtopCoachwork by Carrozzeria TouringChassis no. AR191207*Alfa Romeo's Classiche certification*Elegant styling by Carrozzeria Touring*Delivered new to the USA*Accompanied by rare removable hardtop*Registered in SwitzerlandFootnotes:'An Alfa which goes as splendidly as it looks is the Alfa Romeo 2600 Spyder (sic), an exciting convertible with graceful coachwork by Touring of Milan and the six-cylinder engine in three-carburettor form.' – Cars Illustrated. Introduced in 1962, Alfa Romeo's 106-Series '2600' range was a direct replacement for the preceding 102-Series '2000' cars. Carrozzeria Touring and Carrozzeria Bertone were responsible for the 2600 Spider and Sprint Coupé respectively; both of which looked like their 2000 predecessors. The latter's chassis design and body styles were retained, with minor revisions and improvements, but in place of the old, long-stroke, 2.0-litre four was a new, 2,584cc, twin-cam six-cylinder engine clearly descended from that of the immensely successful Giulietta. A maximum output of 145bhp was claimed for this unit when installed in the Sprint coupé and Spider, good enough for a top speed of around 125mph. Cars Illustrated magazine reckoned this magnificent power unit 'one of the smoothest, quietest running sixes, irrespective of the speed at which it is running, in our experience'. A total of approximately 2,255 Spiders and 6,999 Sprint Coupés were produced between 1962 and 1966, and today these rare and hitherto under-appreciated models are becoming increasingly sought after by discerning Alfisti.This gorgeous Alfa Romeo 2600 Spider was built for the United Sates market with 2+2 seating and a removable hardtop, as confirmed by the accompanying Alfa Romeo Classiche certification. Offered with Swiss registration papers, this pristine Alfa Romeo soft-top is ready to delight the fortunate next owner.Should the vehicle remain in the UK, local import taxes of 5% will be added to the hammer price.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: * N* VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.N If purchased by a UK resident, this machine is subject to a NOVA declaration, undertaken by Bonhams upon a successful sale, to facilitate the registration of the machine here in the UK.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A BARC Brooklands 1920 Fifth Lightning Long Handicap winner's sterling silver trophy, for victory by Harry Hawker in Sunbeam,twin handled trophy with lid by Charles & Richard Comyns, hallmarked London 1920, engraved with BARC Brooklands emblem to one side, the other side engraved with race details 'The Fifth Lightning Long Handicap - 1st Prize - 24th May 1920', measuring 35cm high overall and weighing approximately 1,970 grams including lid. (2)Footnotes:This trophy was awarded to famed Australian aviator and racing driver Harry Hawker for victory in the 24th May 1920 Whitsun meeting, driving the 1919 4.9 Litre Indianapolis Sunbeam, achieving an average speed of 101.25mph in the Long Lightning Handicap race, ahead of E.H.Lees in the Vauxhall, and alongside his earlier victory in the Short Lightning Handicap race.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
The Official Formula 1 Opus: Classic Edition; published 2012,limited edition numbered 19, large format title in cloth-bound hard covers with checkered flag design front cover and black leather spine, signed by Bernie Ecclestone to title page, 845 numbered pages, well illustrated with many full colour images, contained in black cloth presentation library box (side panels loose), with original carton packing. This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: • ◊◊• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.◊◊ £50 + VAT uplift and storage at £10 + VAT per lot per dayFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Offered from The Alps to Goodwood Collection1931 Invicta 4½-Litre S-Type Low Chassis Sports 'Simplon'Coachwork by CarbodiesChassis no. S90*One of the finest sports cars of the Vintage eraInvicta works car*Ards TT and Brooklands race history*Known history from 1931 to the present day*Present ownership since 2000*Extensively campaigned*Extensive professional restoration in 2011*Highly eligible for the most prestigious events worldwide, including the Mille MigliaFootnotes:In an era when most cars stood tall, the 4½-litre S-Type Invicta, with its dramatically lowered chassis, caused a sensation: few sports cars before or since have so looked the part. The Invicta Company's origins go back to 1924 when Noel Macklin and Oliver Lyle, both of whom had motor industry experience, got together to create a car combining American levels of flexibility and performance with European quality and roadholding. Like the contemporary Bentley, the Invicta was produced to an exemplary standard. Price was only a secondary consideration, a factor that contributed largely to both firms' failure to weather the Depression years of the early 1930s. The final Invicta left the factory, appropriately enough, on Friday 13th October 1933, though a handful of cars was assembled at the company's service depot between 1934 and 1936. It is estimated that approximately 1,000-or-so Invictas of all types were made. Apart from a handful of prototypes, all Invictas were powered by the tireless six-cylinder engines made by Henry Meadows. Launched at the 1930 Olympia Motor Show, the S-type featured an new under-slung chassis that achieved a much lower centre of gravity by positioning the rear axle above the frame rails instead of below as was normal practice at the time. Like most low-revving engines, the 4½-litre Meadows delivered ample torque in the lower and middle speed ranges. Indeed, the Invicta can be throttled down to 6-8mph in top gear, despite its relatively high 3.6:1 final drive ratio, and will then accelerate rapidly and without complaint when the accelerator is depressed. The popular '100mph Invicta' tag notwithstanding, standard cars had a – still impressive – top speed of around 95mph with more to come in racing trim. However, it must be stressed that the S-type Invicta was primarily a very fast but comfortable high-speed touring car, its greatest attribute being an ability to cover a substantial mileage at high average speeds with no strain, either to driver or the machinery. Invictas are about as indestructible in normal use as a car can be. Approximately 68 of the 75-or-so S-types built are known to survive and most are in excellent order, testifying to the fact that they have always been regarded as high quality motor cars. Indeed, in pre-war days there was a club dedicated exclusively to the model and members famously christened individual cars with names like 'Scythe', 'Scrapper' and 'Sea Lion'. 'S90' was named 'Simplon'.'Simplon' was built in the early summer of 1931 and retained by the works as a competition car for regular Brooklands competitor Dudley Froy. In a letter to Motor Sport (June 1988 edition) A F Rivers Fletcher, who had first-hand knowledge of the works Invictas in period, says he believes that Froy's S-Type was completed using components taken from the car Sammy Davis had crashed at Brooklands. Although prepared for Dudley Froy, the Invicta was driven to a class win in the Ards TT on 22nd August 1931 by Tommy Wisdom and L Cushman, Froy having been sidelined with a broken arm. In October of that year 'Simplon' was driven in the BARC Closing Meeting at Brooklands by Mrs Wisdom. At the 1932 Easter Norfolk Lightning Mountain Handicap, Froy lapped Brooklands at 108.03mph on his way to a brace of 3rd place finishes, and later that year at the Brighton Speed Trials the famous lady racing driver Mrs Kay Petre set the fastest time of the day. Froy then rounded off a successful season with a 4th place finish at Brooklands on 10th September. On 6th December 1932 Froy registered the Invicta for the first time, the number allocated being 'JJ 332'. In 1933, 'Simplon' was offered for sale by William Arnold in Manchester (copy advertisement on file) and sold to dealer Jack Elliot. The car next belonged to David Lewis of London in 1936, followed by R Wyman, London in 1939. Major Granville Taylor then took 'Simplon' to the USA where it was owned by Hollywood superstar Tyrone Power. Offered for sale by Lubrication Automotive Service of Los Angeles, California, the Invicta was next owned, from the mid/late-1940s, by John H Haugh of Tucson, Arizona. The car's next four owners were Charles P Smith of Tucson, Arizona (2nd January 1955); Edverne B Harrington of Phoenix, Arizona (30th January 1959); Walter H C Boyd of Toronto, Canada (April 1959); and Dr John Robson of Mount Pleasant, South Carolina (November 1985, bill of sale and CoT on file). There are two letters on file from David Lewis to Dr Robson, both written in 1988, concerning the car's early history, and another from John Haugh to Walter Boyd dated 21st August 1960 which relates the Tyrone Power connection (perusal recommended). Boyd was restoring the 'Simplon' at the time. As well as the aforementioned correspondence, there are numerous copies of in-period photographs on file. During the war a Buick engine had been installed, and it was Edverne Harrington who replaced it with with current engine, '7411', which had left the factory in chassis number 'S33'. (The original engine's number is not known.) This engine was replaced in 2000 during the ownership of Dr Robson for the current engine numbered '7348'. A full report on the car's provenance, compiled in 2001 by marque expert Derek Green, is on file. By this time Dr Robson had relocated to the UK, settling in the Isle of Man where 'Simplon' was registered in 1999. In March 2001 he offered the Invicta for sale at a UK auction, and later that same year the car was acquired by the current vendor, a prominent private collector in Switzerland. Upon arrival in Switzerland the car benefitted from extensive work by well-known specialists Garage Portmann in 2002 and again in 2004. Since then Simplon has been extensively campaigned throughout Europe, participating in prestigious events such as the Mille Miglia (2002, 2003, 2004); Ralllye des Alpes (2002-2006); Gran Premio Nuvolari (2003); Rallye Sanremo Rally (2003-2007); Grand Prix Suisse, Bern (2009); Rallye Solitude (2011); and the Gaisberg Hill Climb (2014). In total there are some 70 events listed in the massive history file, the last of which was the Invicta Tour of July 2019. Such a demanding schedule has required careful ongoing maintenance, and in 2011 extensive work was undertaken by vVintage car specialist David Ayre of Berkshire, UK. The Low Chassis Invicta S-Type is now regarded as one of the most desirable pre-war sports cars, sought after by collectors for its exceptional driving abilities, style and sheer presence. A guaranteed entry at the most prestigious rallies, concours events and race meetings around the world, the Low Chassis has an enviable reputation amongst connoisseurs and examples are to be found in some of the most important private collections.Should the vehicle remain in the UK, local import taxes of 5% will be added to the hammer price.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: * N* VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.N If purchased by a UK resident, this machine is subject to a NOVA declaration, undertaken by Bonhams upon a successful sale, to facilitate the registration of the machine here in the UK.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Offered from The Alps to Goodwood Collection1926 Bentley 6½/8-Litre 'Le Mans' TourerChassis no. WB2565*2007 Peking-Paris Rally Gold Medal winner*Matching engine*Known ownership history*Present ownership since 2000*Extensively campaigned worldwide*Accompanied by an extensive selection of spares and rally adaptationsFootnotes:With characteristic humility 'W O' was constantly amazed by the enthusiasm of later generations for the products of Bentley Motors Limited, and it is testimony to the soundness of his engineering design skills that so many of his products have survived. From the humblest of beginnings in a mews garage off Baker Street, London in 1919 the Bentley rapidly achieved fame as an exciting fast touring car, well able to compete with the best of European and American sports cars in the tough world of motor sport in the 1920s. Bentley's domination at Le Mans in 1924, 1927, 1928, 1929 and 1930 is legendary, and one can only admire the Herculean efforts of such giants as Woolf Barnato, Jack Dunfee, Tim Birkin and Sammy Davis, consistently wrestling the British Racing Green sports cars to victory. W O Bentley proudly unveiled the new 3-litre car bearing his name on Stand 126 at the 1919 Olympia Motor Exhibition, the prototype engine having fired up for the first time just a few weeks earlier. Bentley's four-cylinder 'fixed head' engine incorporated a single overhead camshaft, four-valves per cylinder, and a bore/stroke of 80x149mm. Twin ML magnetos provided the ignition and power was transmitted via a four-speed gearbox with right-hand change. The pressed-steel chassis started off with a wheelbase of 9' 9½', then adopted dimensions of 10' 10' ('Standard Long') in 1923, the shorter frame being reserved for the TT Replica and subsequent Speed Model. Rear wheel brakes only were employed up to 1924 when four-wheel Perrot-type brakes were introduced.In only mildly developed form, this was the model that was to become a legend in motor racing history and which, with its leather-strapped bonnet, classical radiator design and British Racing Green livery, has become the archetypal Vintage sports car. Early success in the 1922 Isle of Man Tourist Trophy, when Bentleys finished second, fourth, and fifth to take the Team Prize, led to the introduction of the TT Replica (later known as the Speed Model) on the existing 9' 9½' wheelbase, short standard chassis. However, by the middle of the decade the 3-Litre's competitiveness was on the wane and this, together with the fact that too many customers had been tempted to fit unsuitably heavy coachwork to the excellent 3-Litre chassis, led to the introduction in 1926 of a larger car: the 6½-Litre. Known as the 'Silent Six', the latter perpetuated the 3-Litre's mechanical theme but with greatly increased refinement. Although the 6½-Litre had been conceived as a touring car to compete with Rolls-Royce's New Phantom, in Speed Six form it proved admirably suited to competition: in 1929 Barnato/Birkin's Speed Six won the Le Mans 24 Hour Race ahead of a trio of 4½-Litre Bentleys, while Barnato/Kidston repeated the feat in the following year's Grand Prix d'Endurance at the Sarthe circuit ahead of similarly-mounted Clement/Watney. Small wonder then, that the fast yet refined 6½-Litre Speed Six was W O Bentley's favourite car. The 6½-Litre was produced for four years, during which time 544 chassis were completed, the standard/Speed Six split being 362/182. According to Dr Clare Hay's authoritative work, Bentley: The Vintage Years, this particular 6½-Litre, registration number 'YP 7937', is one of 97 erected on the ST2 (12') standard chassis; most (242) of the standard cars being built on the longer (12' 6') frame. Chassis number 'WB2565' was completed in August 1926 and bodied as a saloon by the obscure coachbuilder, Surbiton Bodies. The car was supplied via Jack Withers & Co of North London and the first owner was one Ulrich Charles Pusinelli of London. Early in its life 'YP 7937' was one of a group of Bentleys photographed on the seafront at Cannes (copy on file). The car continued to be serviced by Bentley until the outbreak of war, the last entry in the record (copy on file) being dated 2nd March 1939. By this time 'YP 7937' belonged to J O Kastner-Walmsley (its fourth owner), the second and third owners being T Miller Jones and S K Troman respectively.The next three known owners are, in order: H A Booth (1968); Paul Bentley (1972); and J C Wardell (1976). The Vanden Plas-style 'Le Mans' tourer body was fitted in 1972, and the car was in this form when it appeared in Clarendon's advertisement in Thoroughbred & Classic Cars magazine's June 1977 edition. Clarendon described the car as a 'Vanden Plas type 4-seater. Open Tourer coachwork, magnificently well finished. Tonneau and weather gear supplied. The overall appearance and performance of this vehicle are outstanding'. 'YP 7937' was next owned by David Findlay (1986) followed by Spencer Flack (1989-2000) and from then onwards by the current vendor, a prominent Swiss private collector. Restored in 1988, the Bentley is finished in British Racing Green with matching upholstery, while the original engine ('WB2562') has been enlarged to 8 litres. Figures quoted for this engine are a maximum output of 240bhp at 4,550rpm and 334lb/ft of torque at 2,950 revs, while the car is said to have a top speed in excess of 110mph. 'YP 7937' has been campaigned extensively while in the vendor's care, taking part in some of the toughest historic motoring events worldwide. These include the Peking to Paris Rally in 2007 (class winner, VSCC Award, Gold Medal); Carrera Sudamericana (2006); Vintage Bentley Tour of South Africa (2001 and 2006); and the New Zealand Vintage Tour (2002). It has also participated in the Liège-Rome Rally; Grand Prix de Tunis; Gran Premio Nuvolari; Rallye des Alpes; Ennstal Classic; Copperstate 1000; and the California Mille. The Bentley's most recent outing was at the Rotary Rally in September 2019. 'YP 7937' comes with a comprehensive history file, which among other items includes photographs of HRH Prince Charles driving it at Brands Hatch.The car is accompanied by numerous accessories designed and built with endurance rallying in mind, including but not limited to: tool cases built for the running boards; secondary water radiator and fans; custom made seats; desert air filters; and a customised bonnet. A full list of the adaptations and spare parts is available on request. In addition, the car is fitted with a 140-litre safety fuel tank. As legend has it, Ettore Bugatti once dismissed W O Bentley's products as 'the world's fastest lorries', but their inherent robustness made them ideally suited to the arduous long-distance events of their era. This car's exceptional rallying career in the hands of its current enthusiast owner amply demonstrates that W O got it absolutely right. Was there ever any doubt?Should the vehicle remain in the UK, local import taxes of 5% will be added to the hammer price.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: * N* VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.N If purchased by a UK resident, this machine is subject to a NOVA declaration, undertaken by Bonhams upon a successful sale, to facilitate the registration of the machine here in the UK.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Rolls-Royce sterling silver ink blotter by Saunders & Shepherd, presented as a Christmas gift for 1932,hallmarked London, 1932, with Spirit of Ecstasy figure handle mounted on machine decorated main base, with engraved initials 'R.S.G' to one end, 14cm wide. This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ΩΩ VAT on imported items at the prevailing rate on Hammer Price and Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Offered from The Alps to Goodwood Collection1987 Cadillac Allanté ConvertibleCoachwork by PininfarinaChassis no. 1G6 VR3 171 H41 005 30*Landmark collaboration between Cadillac and Pininfarina*Delivered new to Switzerland*Two owners from new*Fewer than 12,000 kilometres coveredFootnotes:If you think the Cadillac Allanté looks like the product of a European manufacturer you'd be more than half right, for the body and interior were styled and produced by Pininfarina in Italy. Indeed, at the time of its launch Sergio Pininfarina remarked that working with Cadillac had been 'the realisation of a lifelong dream', although this was not the first occasion on which the two companies had collaborated. Introduced in 1987, the Allanté was a luxury two-door convertible. Bodies were built at Pininfarina's factory in Turin and then shipped to General Motors' Hamtramck assembly plant in Detroit where the drive train and running gear were installed. Specially modified Boeing 747s took 56 bodies at a time. Of front-wheel drive configuration, the Allanté was powered by a tuned version of the 4.1-litre fuel-injected V8 engine as found in other Cadillacs, while the suspension was independent all round by MacPherson struts. Bosch anti-lock brakes were standard, and all Allanté models featured a fully electronic instrument and control panel. The leather trimmed interior featured Recaro 'memory' seats and came in a choice of two colours: Burgundy or natural saddle. Other standard features included a removable aluminium hardtop and a Delco Remy/Bose Symphony sound system. The Allanté's aerodynamic wedge-shaped body had a commendably low drag coefficient of only 0.34, and Cadillac General Manager John Grettenberger claimed that 'owners will find that even with the top down they will be able to carry on a conversation in normal tones'. With a base price of $54,700, the Allanté was the most expensive model in the Cadillac range by a considerable margin. Production ended in July 1993 after 21,430 had been built: a mere drop in the ocean by Cadillac's standards.This example of an exclusive Cadillac model rarely seen in Europe was delivered new to Geneva, Switzerland. Possessed by a feeling of nostalgia, the current vendor bought the car in 2017 from the original owner, having owned and enjoyed driving an Allanté while he was working in the USA. Registered in Switzerland, the car has covered fewer than 12,000 kilometres from new and is presented in commensurately excellent condition.Should the vehicle remain in the UK, local import taxes of 5% will be added to the hammer price.Lot to be sold without reserve.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: * N* VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.N If purchased by a UK resident, this machine is subject to a NOVA declaration, undertaken by Bonhams upon a successful sale, to facilitate the registration of the machine here in the UK.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Offered from The Alps to Goodwood Collection1959 Jaguar XK150 3.4-Litre RoadsterChassis no. S830451*Delivered new to the USA*Resident in Switzerland since 1987*Professionally restored by XK Engineering (1988/1989)*Considerable subsequent expenditure*Overdrive transmission*Registered in SwitzerlandFootnotes:What would turn out to be the final glorious incarnation of Jaguar's fabulous 'XK' series of sports cars arrived in 1957. As its nomenclature suggests, the XK150 was a progressive development of the XK120 and XK140, retaining the same basic chassis, 3.4-litre engine, and four-speed Moss transmission of its predecessors while benefiting from a new, wider body that provided increased interior space and improved visibility courtesy of a single-piece wrap-around windscreen, replacing the XK140's divided screen. Cleverly, the new body used many XK120/140 pressings, the increased width being achieved by means of a 4'-wide central fillet. A higher front wing line and broader radiator grille were other obvious differences, but the new model's main talking point was its Dunlop disc brakes. Fade following repeated stops from high speed had been a problem of the earlier, drum-braked cars, but now the XK had stopping power to match its prodigious straight-line speed. Introduced in the spring of 1957, the XK150 was available at first only in fixed and drophead coupé forms, the open roadster version not appearing until the following year. At 190bhp, the engine's maximum power output was identical to that of the XK140 so performance was little changed. 'Special Equipment' and 'S' versions came with 210 and 250bhp respectively. Overdrive and a Borg-Warner automatic gearbox were the transmission options, the latter becoming an increasingly popular choice, while a Thornton Powr-Lok limited-slip differential was available also. Steel wheels remained the standard fitting, though XK150s so equipped are a great rarity, as most were sold in SE (Special Equipment) specification with centre-lock wire wheels. The much-admired chromed Jaguar mascot was made available as an optional extra on an XK for the first time. This XK150 Roadster was sold new to the USA and was imported into Switzerland in 1987 by its former owner, Marco Halter. During 1988/1989 the car was totally restored by renowned specialists XK Engineering of Atherstone, UK at a cost £40,000 (see photographic record on file). The current owner bought the XK in 2006 and had it prepared for historic rallying by Seegarage Portmann (reinforced suspension, under-body protection, etc) at a cost of CHF 20,000. In 2017 the car was completely overhauled again (gearbox rebuilt, overdrive installed, etc) at a cost of CHF 20,000. Accompanying documentation consists of Swiss registration papers and a Jaguar Heritage Certificate confirming matching numbers.Should the vehicle remain in the UK, local import taxes of 5% will be added to the hammer price.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: * N* VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.N If purchased by a UK resident, this machine is subject to a NOVA declaration, undertaken by Bonhams upon a successful sale, to facilitate the registration of the machine here in the UK.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
DRACULA LIVES # 22 - SIGNED CHRISTOPHER LEE - (1975 - BRITISH MARVEL COMIC) - Signed by CHRISTOPHER LEE - As collectors of Lee & Hammer memorabilia it is rare for Lee to sign a Dracula piece as he tried to distance himself from the character - Full signature to front cover in red biro beneath the 'Dracula' in the title - Flat/Unfolded - a photographic condition report is available on request - This Lot is accompanied by an Excalibur Auctions Certificate of Authenticity
Two very uncommon and highly collectable antique miniature duelling pistols with movable parts including one with ivory coloured grips having break-action and top hammer and with a hexagonal barrel 19.5 mm long having a calibre of approximately 2.0 mm and which appears to be rifled and with recess for diminutive pin-fire ammunition. The hammer is present and has spring action however the trigger appears seized and requires easing. 2" / 50 mm long overall including the butt suspension ring. One grip is cracked. Weight 6.25 gms. / .22 oz. approx. The other having white metal grips nicely engraved with scrollwork and having break-action, the top hammer missing but the trigger moving against a spring and with hexagonal barrel 19.5 mm. long having a calibre of approximately 2.0 mm and which appears to be rifled and with a recess for diminutive pin-fire ammunition and with the remains of a copper cartridge case in the breach. 2" / 50 mm. long overall including the butt suspension ring. Weight 6.45 gms. / .23 oz. approx.
FERNAND KHNOPFF (1858-1921)Étude de femme signed 'Fernand Khnopff' (lower right)pastel and pencil on paper16.6 x 10.4cm (6 9/16 x 4 1/8in).Executed circa 1919Footnotes:The authenticity of this work has kindly been confirmed by Madame Gisèle Ollinger-Zinque. This work will be included under no. 616 bis in the forthcoming Fernand Khnopff catalogue raisonne, currently being prepared.ProvenancePrivate collection, South Africa.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
TAKANORI OGUISS (1901-1986)Venezia, Palazzo Soranzo Van Axel, Rio de Ca'Widmann signed 'Oguiss' (lower left)oil on panel33.3 x 23.5cm (13 1/8 x 9 1/4in).Painted in 1959Footnotes:The authenticity of this work has kindly been confirmed by Les Amis D'Oguiss.ProvenanceMr. Baszanger Collection (probably acquired directly from the artist in the 1950s).Mrs. Roch Collection.Mrs. Frey Collection (by descent from the above).Mrs. Binggeli Collection.Private collection, Geneva (acquired from the above).This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
LÉONARD TSUGUHARU FOUJITA (1886-1968)Sakurajima signed and dated 'Foujita 1935' and further signed and inscribed in Japanese (lower right) oil on canvas32.3 x 41.5cm (12 11/16 x 16 5/16in).Painted in 1935Footnotes:The authenticity of this work has kindly been confirmed by Madame Sylvie Buisson. This work will be included in Vol. IV of the Léonard Tsuguharu Foujita catalogue raisonné currently being prepared.ProvenancePrivate collection, Singapore.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: * AR* VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.AR Goods subject to Artists Resale Right Additional Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
MAURICE DE VLAMINCK (1876-1958)Village signed 'Vlaminck' (lower right)gouache, watercolour, brush and India ink on paper49 x 58.8cm (19 5/16 x 23 1/8in).Executed circa 1925Footnotes:This work will be included in the forthcoming Maurice de Vlaminck Digital Database, currently being prepared under the sponsorship of the Wildenstein Plattner Institute, Inc.ProvenanceGalerie Simon, Paris. Acquired from the above by the previous owner (in 1994); their sale, Christie's, London, 24 June 2004, lot 358. Private collection, Geneva (acquired at the above sale).This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: * AR* VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.AR Goods subject to Artists Resale Right Additional Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
MAURICE UTRILLO (1883-1955)Le restaurant 'Aux Vignobles de France' signed and dated 'Maurice, Utrillo, V, 1922,' (lower left); signed and inscribed 'Rue Campagne Première (Paris, 14 Arrt) Maurice, Utrillo, V,' (on the stretcher) oil on canvas46 x 38cm (18 1/8 x 14 15/16in).Painted in 1922Footnotes:The authenticity of this work was confirmed by the late Monsieur Jean Fabris.ProvenanceRoland Caillaud Collection, Paris.Private collection (by descent from the above); their sale, Christie's, Paris, 1 December 2011, lot 61.Private collection, Geneva (acquired at the above sale).LiteratureP. Pétridès, L'oeuvre complet de Maurice Utrillo, Vol. II, Paris, 1962, no. 951 (illustrated p. 355).This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
HENRI MARTIN (1860-1943)L'église de Labastide du Vert et son reflet au soleil couchant signed 'Henri Martin' (lower right)oil on canvas105.5 x 66.8cm (41 9/16 x 26 5/16in).Painted circa 1910Footnotes:The authenticity of this work was confirmed by the late Monsieur Cyrille Martin. This work will be included in the forthcoming Henri Martin catalogue raisonné, currently being prepared.ProvenancePrivate collection, France (acquired in the 1920s).Private collection, Paris (by descent from the above); their sale, Christie's, Paris, 3 December 2013, lot 22.Private collection, Geneva (acquired at the above sale).ExhibitedLimoges, Société des amis des arts, 1927.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Rare 19th Century Rhino horn walking stick with metal tip end, of circular tapering section, length 91cm, weight 252.2g approx. This item is subject to Cities Regulations, buyers outside the EU are recommended not to bid on this item as an export licence is unlikely to be granted unless the hammer price reaches 100 dollars per gram in weight.
A group of five walking sticks pertaining to hiking Various dates 19th/20th century Comprising a Basque white metal and medlar wood makhila walking stick, the engraved handle unscrewing to reveal ice pick, the shaft carved, the mount above ferrule signed "AINCIART LARRESSORE.1920," with pointed ferrule; a horn and briarwood mountaineering cane, the carved horn handle unscrewing to reveal pick, the enlarged collar with mosaic applied mirror and turned wood bobbin for length of twine, possibly a systems to attract birds or insects, with sharply pointed steel ferrule, probably Swiss; a Swiss horn and faux grained alpine cane, the brass ferrule unscrewing to reveal 2-inch blade; a steel and birch hammer cane, with modern rubber ferrule; a steel cane with pick-form handle. (5).L: 36 1/2 in. (longest) PROVENANCE: The collection of award-winning independent film director Larry Clark, New York.
Pierre JeanneretBench, model no. PJ-SI-38-B, designed for the High Court, Chandigarh, circa 1955Teak, leather.90 x 140 x 60 cmFootnotes:ProvenanceHigh Court, Chandigarh, IndiaLiteratureEric Touchaleaume and Gerald Moreau, Le Corbusier, Pierre Jeanneret: The Indian Adventure – Design-Art-Architecture, Paris, 2010, p. 567Galerie Patrick Seguin, Le Corbusier, Pierre Jeanneret: Chandigarh, India, Paris, 2014, p. 282This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: † TP† VAT at the prevailing rate on Hammer Price and Buyer's Premium.TP Lots denoted with a 'TP' will be moved to an offsite storage location (Cadogan Tate, Auction House Services, 241 Acton Lane, London NW10 7NP, UK) and will only be available for collection from this location at the date stated in the catalogue. Please note transfer and storage charges will apply to any lots not collected after 14 calendar days from the auction date.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Ettore Sottsass JR.Vase, model no. 582, from the 'Colaggio' series, 1962-1963Glazed ceramic.23.5 cm highProduced by the Società Ceramica Toscana di Figline for Galleria Il Sestante, Italy. Underside signed in white marker 'SOTTSASS/IL SESTANTE/582 ITALY' and with gallery's paper label printed arform/Genève. Footnotes:Provenancearform, GenèveAcquired from the above by the present ownerLiterature'Ceramiche a colaggio, per la serie, Ettore Sottsass jr.' Domus, no. 422, January 1965, pp. 53-54 Fulvio Ferrari, Ettore Sottsass Tutta la Ceramica, Turin, 1996, p. 99, fig. 374This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret'Advocate and Press' armchair, model no. LC/PJ-SI-41-A, designed for the High Court, Chandigarh, circa 1955Teak, original vinyl. 93 x 52.5 x 69 cmFootnotes:ProvenanceHigh Court, ChandigarhLiteratureLe Corbusier, My Work, London, 1960, p. 241'Chandigarh 40 Years After Le Corbusier', ANQ document (Architectura & Natura Quartly), Amsterdam, 2006, illustrated p. 31Eric Touchaleaume and Gerald Moreau, Le Corbusier, Pierre Jeanneret, The Indian Adventure: Design-Art-Architecture, Paris, 2010, pp. 168-69, 567Galerie Patrick Seguin, Le Corbusier, Pierre Jeanneret: Chandigarh, India, Paris, 2014, pp. 136-39, 282, 323This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: † TP† VAT at the prevailing rate on Hammer Price and Buyer's Premium.TP Lots denoted with a 'TP' will be moved to an offsite storage location (Cadogan Tate, Auction House Services, 241 Acton Lane, London NW10 7NP, UK) and will only be available for collection from this location at the date stated in the catalogue. Please note transfer and storage charges will apply to any lots not collected after 14 calendar days from the auction date.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Pierre Jeanneret'Writing table for junior officers', model no. PJ-BU-14-A, from the Secrétariat and administrative buildings, Chandigarh, 1957-1958Teak, aluminum.72.5 x 182.5 x 181.5 cmFootnotes:ProvenanceChandigarh, IndiaLiteratureEric Touchaleaume and Gerald Moreau, Le Corbusier, Pierre Jeanneret, The Indian Adventure: Design-Art-Architecture, Paris, 2010, pp. 198-199, 576Galerie Patrick Seguin, Le Corbusier, Pierre Jeanneret: Chandigarh, India, Paris, 2014, p. 288This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: † TP† VAT at the prevailing rate on Hammer Price and Buyer's Premium.TP Lots denoted with a 'TP' will be moved to an offsite storage location (Cadogan Tate, Auction House Services, 241 Acton Lane, London NW10 7NP, UK) and will only be available for collection from this location at the date stated in the catalogue. Please note transfer and storage charges will apply to any lots not collected after 14 calendar days from the auction date.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Le Corbusier and Pierre JeanneretPair of 'Advocate and Press' armchairs, model no. LC/PJ-SI-41-A, designed for the High Court, Chandigarh, circa 1955Teak, leather. Each: 92 x 63 x 65 cm Footnotes:ProvenanceHigh Court, ChandigarhLiteratureLe Corbusier, My Work, London, 1960, p. 241Eric Touchaleaume and Gerald Moreau, Le Corbusier, Pierre Jeanneret, The Indian Adventure: Design-Art-Architecture, Paris, 2010, pp. 168-69, 567Galerie Patrick Seguin, Le Corbusier, Pierre Jeanneret: Chandigarh, India, Paris, 2014, pp. 136-39, 282, 323This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: † TP† VAT at the prevailing rate on Hammer Price and Buyer's Premium.TP Lots denoted with a 'TP' will be moved to an offsite storage location (Cadogan Tate, Auction House Services, 241 Acton Lane, London NW10 7NP, UK) and will only be available for collection from this location at the date stated in the catalogue. Please note transfer and storage charges will apply to any lots not collected after 14 calendar days from the auction date.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret'Committee' table, model no. LC/PJ-TAT-14-B, designed for the Assembly and Administrative Buildings, Chandigarh, 1963-1964Teak-veneered wood, teak.74 x 362 x 137 cmFootnotes:ProvenanceThe Assembly, ChandigarhLiteratureEric Touchaleaume and Gerald Moreau, Le Corbusier Pierre Jeanneret, The Indian Adventure, Design-Art-Architeture, Paris, 2010, pp. 246-47, 582A UNIQUE HARMONY by architect John O'SheaBuilding the future'It was a matter of occupying the plain. The geometrical event was, in truth, a sculpture of the intellect ... It was a tension ... a battle of space, fought within the mind. Arithmetic, texturique,1 geometrics: it would all be there when the whole was finished' (Le Corbusier, Modulor 2).Following Indian Independence and the resulting partition of India and Pakistan in 1947, a new administrative capital was needed for the Indian Punjab. Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru proclaimed that the building of the new city of Chandigarh was to be 'symbolic of the freedom of India, unfettered by the traditions of the past ... an expression of the nation's faith in the future'. The commission was originally awarded to the American architect Albert Mayer, but after he withdrew from the project, Le Corbusier was approached to work on a masterplan for the new city. Here was the opportunity the great architect had been waiting for since the 1920s: to construct an entire city and thus fully realize his thesis on urban design. After complex negotiations, Le Corbusier agreed to accept the commission on condition that his cousin, and collaborator since 1922, Pierre Jeanneret serve as project architect: 'In 1922 I joined forces with my cousin, Pierre Jeanneret. With loyalty, optimism, initiative and persistence, with good humour ... and in league with the resistance forces of the age we set to work. Two men who understand each other are worth three who stand alone. By never pursuing lucrative goals, by refusing to make compromises, but, rather, being in love with our passionate quest, which is what makes life worth living, we have managed to occupy the entire field of architecture, from the minutest detail to the vast plans of a city' (Le Corbusier, Design 3).The team had a colossal task: to deliver the masterplan, which included infrastructure, landscaping and buildings for uses related to education, government, healthcare and recreation, as well as housing for all of the city's new inhabitants. Le Corbusier saw himself as the 'Spiritual Director' of the project and appointed himself two main tasks: shaping the masterplan and designing the Capitol Complex, the group of buildings dedicated to governance. Jeanneret's role was to run the site office at Chandigarh, overseeing the design and construction of the city as an integrated whole. The MasterplanFaced with the challenge of planning a new city for 500,000 people on a vast rural site, Le Corbusier turned to geometry and his recently patented invention, the Modulor, a proportional system for design based on a set of measurements – relating to the 'golden section' (a ratio of approximately 1:618) – taken from a 'universal' human form, Modulor Man. 'On the 28th March, 1951, at Chandigarh, at sunset, we had set off in a jeep across the still empty site of the capital – Varma, Fry, Pierre Jeanneret and myself. Never had spring been so lovely, the air so pure after a storm the day before, the horizons so clear, the mango trees so gigantic and magnificent. We were at the end of our task (the first): we had created the city (the town plan). I had noticed then that I had lost the box of the Modulor, of the only Modulor strip in existence, made by Soltan in 1945, which had not left my pocket in six years ... A grubby box splitting at the edge.4 During that last visit of the site before my return to Paris, the Modulor had fallen from the jeep onto the soil of the fields that were to disappear to make way for the capital. It is there now, in the very heart of the place, integrated in the soil. Soon it will flower in all the measurements of the first city of the world to be organized all of a piece in accordance with the harmonious scale' (Le Corbusier, Modulor 2).The principles of Albert Mayer's original plan for Chandigarh that aligned with Le Corbusier's theories on urban planning were retained: differentiated zones for civic functions, with residential, industrial, business and governance activities separated by a circulatory transport system. The most radical of Le Corbusier's departures from Mayer's plan was the implementation of an ordered rectilinearity to the masterplan grid. This ordering was governed by the dimensions of a residential sector, a basic unit of 800 x 1200 meters derived from his mathematical system. Each of these sectors was designed as a self-sufficient neighborhood for living, working and leisure, and whose dimensions meant a person could walk to its centre from any point within ten minutes. The sectors were subdivided into 'villages' of around 150 houses – the size of a typical Punjabi village. At Chandigarh, the polemic plans of Le Corbusier's early speculations are tempered by the realities of the site and local context. The iconic towers of the utopian model are replaced with low-slung residential superblocks, and the traffic systems are designed to accommodate native modes of transport including rickshaws and camels. The Capitol ComplexWe are in a plain; the chain of the Himalayas locks the landscape magnificently to the north. The smallest buildings appear tall and commanding. The government buildings are conjugated with one another in a strict ratio of heights and sizes ...' (Le Corbusier, Modulor 2).Le Corbusier envisioned the city as an organism and articulated the layout of Chandigarh accordingly. The Capitol Complex was analogous to the head, the commercial centre to the heart; the university and industrial areas at the city's peripheries were conceived as the limbs, and the green spaces the lungs, with everything connected by the 'arteries' of the transport network. A Complete Work of Art'I say it with pride. Finally, here at 67 years of age ... I was able to erect an architecture which fulfils day to day functions, but which leads to jubilation' (Le Corbusier, Sketchbook 3). The Chandigarh project was Le Corbusier's most important commission, a rare opportunity to create a Gesamtkunstwerk: a 'total work of art' encompassing masterplan, neighborhood layout, landscaping, construction, interiors and furnishings. In the very fabric of the city, and at every scale, lie Le Corbusier 's two great inspirations and disciplines: geometry and symbolism. The arithmetical ratios of the Modulor ensure a harmonious relationship between elements, but it is at the intimate human scale of Chandigarh's furniture, its interior 'equipment', that we can most directly experience the exactitudes and harmony of elegant proportions.The Committee TableThe other great source of Le Corbusier's inspiration was symbolism. Le Corbusier often distilled his design philosophy into elemental symbols. The recurring forms found in the architect's art and buildings were often inspired or directly generated by metaphor, symbol or figurative reference. The enamel-clad doors that form the entra... This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: † TP† VAT at the prevailing rate on Hammer Price and Buyer's Premium.TP Lots denoted with a 'TP' will be moved to an offsite storage location (Cadogan Tate, Auction House Services, 241 Acton Lane, London NW10 7NP, UK) and will only be available for collection from this location at the date stated in the catalogue. Please note transfer and storage charges will apply to any lots not collected after 14 calendar days from the auction date.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Pierre Jeanneret'Public bench', model no. PJ-SI-37-B, circa 1960Teak, leather.85 x 140 x 60 cm Footnotes:ProvenanceHigh Court, ChandigarhLiteratureEric Touchaleaume and Gerald Moreau, Le Corbusier, Pierre Jeanneret, The Indian Adventure: Design-Art-Architecture, Paris, 2010, pp. 162-63, 566Galerie Patrick Seguin, Le Corbusier, Pierre Jeanneret: Chandigarh, India, Paris, 2014, pp. 156-57This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: † TP† VAT at the prevailing rate on Hammer Price and Buyer's Premium.TP Lots denoted with a 'TP' will be moved to an offsite storage location (Cadogan Tate, Auction House Services, 241 Acton Lane, London NW10 7NP, UK) and will only be available for collection from this location at the date stated in the catalogue. Please note transfer and storage charges will apply to any lots not collected after 14 calendar days from the auction date.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Pierre JeanneretFolding Screen, model no. PJ-DIVIDERS-01-A, designed for the Secretariat, the Assembly, and the Punjab University administrative buildings, Chandigarh, 1957-1958Teak, fabric upholstery. 164 x 157.5 x 2.5 cm fully extended Footnotes:ProvenanceChandigarh, IndiaLiteratureEric Touchaleaume and Gerald Moreau, Le Corbusier, Pierre Jeanneret, The Indian Adventure: Design - Art - Architecture, Paris, 2010, pp. 248, 597Galerie Patrick Seguin, Le Corbusier, Pierre Jeanneret: Chandigarh, India, Paris, 2014, pp. 136, 289This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: † TP† VAT at the prevailing rate on Hammer Price and Buyer's Premium.TP Lots denoted with a 'TP' will be moved to an offsite storage location (Cadogan Tate, Auction House Services, 241 Acton Lane, London NW10 7NP, UK) and will only be available for collection from this location at the date stated in the catalogue. Please note transfer and storage charges will apply to any lots not collected after 14 calendar days from the auction date.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Juan and Paloma Garrido'Ondas' table, 2009Nickel-plated silver.Each: 47 x 61.6 x 47 cmNumber 1 from the edition of 10. Base with metal label impressed with Juan and Paloma/Garrido/1 / 10.Footnotes:ProvenanceBarry Friedman Ltd., New YorkExhibition'Heavy Metal', Barry Friedman Ltd., New York, 15 September–29 October 2011This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: * TP* VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.TP Lots denoted with a 'TP' will be moved to an offsite storage location (Cadogan Tate, Auction House Services, 241 Acton Lane, London NW10 7NP, UK) and will only be available for collection from this location at the date stated in the catalogue. Please note transfer and storage charges will apply to any lots not collected after 14 calendar days from the auction date.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Juan and Paloma Garrido'Prisma' table, 2009Nickel-plated silver. 74 x 58.5 x 62 cmNumber 3 from the edition of 10. Base with metal label embossed JUAN Y PALOMA/GARRIDO/3 / 10.Footnotes:ProvenanceBarry Friedman Ltd., New YorkExhibition'Heavy Metal', Barry Friedman Ltd., New York, 15 September–29 October 2011This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: * TP* VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.TP Lots denoted with a 'TP' will be moved to an offsite storage location (Cadogan Tate, Auction House Services, 241 Acton Lane, London NW10 7NP, UK) and will only be available for collection from this location at the date stated in the catalogue. Please note transfer and storage charges will apply to any lots not collected after 14 calendar days from the auction date.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Pierre JeanneretPair of 'Easy' armchairs, model no. PJ-SI-29-A, 1955-1956Teak, cane.Each: 78 x 53 x 60 cmFootnotes:ProvenancePunjab University, ChandigarhLiteratureEric Touchaleaume and Gerald Moreau, Le Corbusier, Pierre Jeanneret, The Indian Adventure: Design-Art-Architecture, Paris, 2010, pp. 342-43, 352-55, 375, 563This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: † TP† VAT at the prevailing rate on Hammer Price and Buyer's Premium.TP Lots denoted with a 'TP' will be moved to an offsite storage location (Cadogan Tate, Auction House Services, 241 Acton Lane, London NW10 7NP, UK) and will only be available for collection from this location at the date stated in the catalogue. Please note transfer and storage charges will apply to any lots not collected after 14 calendar days from the auction date.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Pierre JeanneretSet of eight 'Office' armchairs, model no. PJ-SI-28-D, designed for the administrative buildings, Chandigarh, 1953-1954Teak, cane.Each: 80 x 50 x 55 cmFootnotes:ProvenanceChandigarh, IndiaLiteratureEric Touchaleaume and Gerald Moreau, Le Corbusier, Pierre Jeanneret, The Indian Adventure: Design - Art - Architecture, Paris, 2010, p. 563Galerie Patrick Seguin, Le Corbusier, Pierre Jeanneret: Chandigarh, India, Paris, 2014, pp. 197, 283This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: † TP† VAT at the prevailing rate on Hammer Price and Buyer's Premium.TP Lots denoted with a 'TP' will be moved to an offsite storage location (Cadogan Tate, Auction House Services, 241 Acton Lane, London NW10 7NP, UK) and will only be available for collection from this location at the date stated in the catalogue. Please note transfer and storage charges will apply to any lots not collected after 14 calendar days from the auction date.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Juan and Paloma Garrido'Cúspide' mirror, 2011Mirrored glass, silver-plated nickel. 98 x 133 x 7 cmNumber 1 from the edition of 10.Footnotes:ProvenanceBarry Friedman Ltd., New YorkExhibition'Heavy Metal', Barry Friedman Ltd., New York, 15 September–29 October 2011This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: * TP* VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.TP Lots denoted with a 'TP' will be moved to an offsite storage location (Cadogan Tate, Auction House Services, 241 Acton Lane, London NW10 7NP, UK) and will only be available for collection from this location at the date stated in the catalogue. Please note transfer and storage charges will apply to any lots not collected after 14 calendar days from the auction date.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Juan and Paloma Garrido'Cúspide' mirror, 2011Mirrored glass, nickel-plated silver, gold-plated nickel. 95.3 cm diameter Number 1 from the edition of 8. Footnotes:ProvenanceBarry Friedman Ltd., New YorkExhibition'Heavy Metal', Barry Friedman Ltd., New York, 15 September–29 October 2011This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: * TP* VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.TP Lots denoted with a 'TP' will be moved to an offsite storage location (Cadogan Tate, Auction House Services, 241 Acton Lane, London NW10 7NP, UK) and will only be available for collection from this location at the date stated in the catalogue. Please note transfer and storage charges will apply to any lots not collected after 14 calendar days from the auction date.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Juan and Paloma Garrido'Block' table, 2009Nickel-plated silver.Each: 60 x 64.1 x 46.4 cmNumber 2 from the edition 10. Footnotes:ProvenanceBarry Friedman Ltd., New YorkExhibition'Heavy Metal', Barry Friedman Ltd., New York, 15 September–29 October 2011LiteratureModern Magazine, Fall 2011, n.p.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: * TP* VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.TP Lots denoted with a 'TP' will be moved to an offsite storage location (Cadogan Tate, Auction House Services, 241 Acton Lane, London NW10 7NP, UK) and will only be available for collection from this location at the date stated in the catalogue. Please note transfer and storage charges will apply to any lots not collected after 14 calendar days from the auction date.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Pierre JeanneretPair of low chairs, model no. PJ-SI-36-A, designed for the High Court and P. U. Student residences, Chandigarh, 1955-1956Teak, fabric upholstery.Each: 91 x 56 x 73 cm Footnotes:ProvenanceHigh Court and P. U. Student residences, ChandigarhLiteratureEric Touchaleaume and Gerald Moreau,Le Corbusier Pierre Jeanneret, The Indian Adventure, Design-Art-Architeture, Paris, 2010, pp. 362-63, 565This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: † TP† VAT at the prevailing rate on Hammer Price and Buyer's Premium.TP Lots denoted with a 'TP' will be moved to an offsite storage location (Cadogan Tate, Auction House Services, 241 Acton Lane, London NW10 7NP, UK) and will only be available for collection from this location at the date stated in the catalogue. Please note transfer and storage charges will apply to any lots not collected after 14 calendar days from the auction date.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A 5 shot 120 bore Bentley type self cocking open frame percussion revolver, 9" overall, barrel 4" with rammer on the left, B’ham proved, the hammer having Bentley’s Patent safety catch, the frame with traces of scroll engraving, and with chequered walnut grips. GWO & C (lightly worn) Plate 33 £350-500
An 80 bore double barrelled over and under turnover percussion boxlock sidehammer pistol by Chas. Osborne, 6¾” overall, one piece slab sided octagonal barrels 2½” with B’ham proofs; scroll engraved frame and hammer, signed “CHAS.OSBORNE, LONDON”; the chequered walnut butt stamped with serial number “80-93” on either side of the rectangular silver escutcheon, and having steel butt cap with trap. VGWO & C (the barrels re-blued); in a fitted baize lined mahogany box with reproduction trade label of Thomas Osborne, containing a copper flask, bullet mould, and modern cap tin. GC (one side of box slightly damaged) Plate 33 £600-900
A rare .41" rimfire American Williamson’s Patent derringer pistol with reloadable steel percussion cartridge, 4¾” overall, flat topped round barrel 2½”, the top flat impressed with an arrow pointing forwards, the left side marked “WILLIAMSON’S PAT OCT.2.1866.NEW YORK” (faint); with scroll engraved bronze frame and trigger guard, and simple walnut fullstock with small chequered panels. Good Working Order and Condition (barrel and hammer reblued). Plate 8 £900-1000
A good double barrelled 36 bore over and under turnover percussion boxlock pocket pistol, by Rigby of Dublin, 6" overall, turn off barrels 1½”, the muzzles starred for barrel key, finely foliate scroll engraved breeches and frame, signed in gothic script “Wm & Jn Rigby, Dublin”, the lower grip strap numbered 9954, with engraved hammer, hidden trigger, and rounded partly chequered walnut butt with silver escutcheon and small oval silver butt cap. Good Working Order and Condition, the metalwork quite sharp with pleasing dark patina (a few small dents to the butt) Plate 8 £800-1200
A 6 shot 60 bore self cocking bar hammer percussion pepperbox revolver, by Wilkinson, 8" overall, fluted barrels 3½” with Birmingham proofs; with scroll engraved German silver frame and butt strap, signed “WILKINSON & SON, LONDON”, and numbered “164”; the bag shaped butt having plain dark walnut grips. Good Working Order and Condition (the nipples and hammer rest ring slighted knocked); in its original blue velvet lined fitted mahogany case with brass lid escutcheon, containing Sykes copper powder flask, steel pincer mould (worn), turnscrew, pewter oil bottle, small cap tin (worn), bristle brush, and key to case. Good Condition Plate 10 £800-1200.
A pair of 34 bore double barrelled over and under percussion boxlock side hammer pistols, by Wilkinson, 7" overall, barrels 2½” with swivel ramrods and London proofs, the top flats signed “WILKINSON, LONDON”; scroll engraved frames with safety bolt, and “elephant trunk” hammers; finely chequered walnut grips with rectangular silver escutcheons and steel butt caps with trap. GWO & C (slight bruising to one side of one grip); in their original green baize lined brass bound fitted oak case, with brass lid escutcheon, having trade label of James Wilkinson & Son, 27 Pall Mall, London, containing a short loading/cleaning rod, French copper flask embossed with leaves and tendrils, with central panels depicting a goat beneath a tree, nipple key (AF), and key to the case. Good Condition (lining worn) Plate 11 £1500-1800
A French 6 shot 12mm Lefaucheux Model 1855 single action pin-fire revolver, number 23313, round barrel 157mm (6¼) with etched panel inscribed in gothic script “E. Lefaucheux Bte. a Paris”, the fluted breech, frame, hammer and trigger guard chiselled and engraved with panels of flowers and foliage overlaid in gold, with ejector rod, spur trigger guard, plain ebony grips, and lanyard ring. Good Working Order and Condition, with dark brown patina (some wear to the gold overlay) Plate 14 £400-600
A Belgian double barrelled 20 shot 7mm double action pinfire revolver, c 1860, round over and under barrels 150mm (6”); Liege proved; the cylinder having two rows, each of 10 chambers, the hammer having two noses which strike an upper and lower chamber alternately; with folding trigger, chequered walnut grips, lanyard ring, and no means of ejecting the cartridges. Good Working Order and Condition (slightly worn overall with some light pitting and with no visible markings) Plate 15 £600-700
Loading...-
150138 item(s)/page