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Click here to subscribeCD's - Genesis Turn It On Again Ltd Edition flight case box set No 141/250. This collector's box set includes all 22 Genesis Encore Series 2007 in 2-CD sets from the 2007 European Tour, a mini tour program and an autographed card from Phil Collins, Mike Rutherford and Tony Banks all in a miniature road case. This collector's item is hand-numbered and limited to 250 pieces. Outer case is grubby but otherwise Ex, contents Ex
A Lanber 12 bore, over and under shotgun, 1200kp/cm, LB 279765, 12-70, 18.5 62 1470 gmos, manual safety, interchangeable chokes, recoil pad fitted, hammerless ejector, comes with "Gunmark" gunslip. The stock is ornately decorated, the receiver features eye catching engraving, the trigger is selective which is achieved via a button incorporated into the sliding tang safety, slide it left and it exposes a single dot indicating you are about to fire the top barrel, sliding it right exposes two dots for the bottom barrel, and made in Spain*not tested*shotgun certificate required to purchase this item.
dating: circa 1600 provenance: Italy, Made of iron, guards worked with oblique grooves and fine in-the-round carvings, mouthpiece articulated with fretwork rivets featuring heart-shaped holes, complete with chains, curb chains and rings. A similar item in Stibbert Museum in Florence, Italy. length 40 cm.
dating: 1561 provenance: Germany, Richly pierced, carved with a big rosette at the front, the head with floral motifs and writings decorated with dragons, dragon's heads and a lizard at the center under the date '1561', a double row of writings at the back, under five ramifications linked at the center. Despite some missing parts and damages from rust, it is a very captivating item. length 20 cm.
dating: 18th Century provenance: Ottoman Empire, Rare scissor of Ottoman manufacture. Made of steel, the upper part forged in brass in calligraphic form (?) and with the steel part decorated with remains of gold damask. It was used to cut parchments and, in case of emergency, as a weapon. An identical item was found in Jerusalem, in the Israel Museum, exhibited in the 'Shrine of the Book' (the exhibition of the Dead Sea Scrolls). length 28 cm.
dating: third quarter of the 13th Century provenance: Europe, Straight, double-edged blade, slightly converging towards the rounded tip. A fuller on about three-quarter of its length, on both sides. Remains of a slightly relieved decoration with Greek cross featuring forked arms at the forte, on both sides; remains of brass-colored inlays on one side. The surface of the blade with several exfoliations and encrustation. Iron quillon shaped as a parallelepiped, the quillons, slightly reducing towards the outside. Flat tang, slightly tapering upwards. Fine, iron pommel shaped as a Brazilian nut, of well-marked shape. Length of the quillon: 22.5 cm. Length of the blade: 84,2 cm. Weight: 1280 grams. Rare and interesting item of a legendary era. length 100,5 cm.
dating: 1620 - 1640 provenance: Germany, Straight blade of hexagonal section, with pitting and some spikes at the tip, the forte featuring a mark on both sides depicting a well visible King's head and remains of the motto 'SOLI DEO GLORIA' (not clearly legible). Iron hilt. The two solid valves with a rhombus decoration and open-works linked by a joining element at the ring-guards and on the quillon guards. Right quillons with counter-curved and buttoned ends on the blade. Grip with moor's heads and iron wire binding (later?). 'Soli Deo Gloria' is one of the five Sola (fundamental principles) of the Protestant reform. Interesting item, maybe dating back to the Thirty Years' War. length 109,5 cm.
dating: Third quarter of the 19th Century provenance: France, Straight, double-and undulated-edged blade, of hexagonal section, marked 'DELHAXHE', folding. Grip with white metal rings with the back engraved with leaves and small floral decorations on the sides. Curious item made by the well-known French manufacturer of folding apache revolvers. length open 16,6 cm.
dating: circa 1800 provenance: Tuscan-Emilian area, Flat, curved plate, with oblique borders. Tang engraved with floral engraving, the central part with a fine, floral decorations from which a monster's head comes out, the throw of the hammer carved at the borders and engraved en suite. The comb shaped and engraved as a monster's head. The head of the hammer's screw shaped as a curled mask in relief. The base of the batterie engraved with racemes. External click of the hammer. The back with the initials 'FA' and number 'J830' (o 1830?). Cfr: for the same typology, see an item from a private collection, signed by Cassiano Zanotti (end of 18th century), with very similar decorations on the mask, on the comb, on the hammer's throw and on the pan, illustrated in 'Fuochi d'Anghiari' by D. Diotallevi, pp. 46-47. length plate 13,8 cm.
An 18/19th century Ottoman dagger with a jade hilt set with precious stones, and a gilt hand-worked scabbard. Blade inscribed with 'hafez' meaning 'guardian'/ 'protector' in Arabic. Materials:Jade, gold, silver, rubies, emeralds (?) and Steel. The hilt is formed of a single block of Jade with absolutely no faults. The colour is not the traditional green, but rather of a light white colour. The pommel is inlaid with a thick and bright layer of gold vines and flowers. These vines are crafted to precision and to house the en suite rubies that form the flower heads. The gold work and red rubies encapsulate royalty and provide a splendid contrast to the light hilt and the present example has profound comparable examples in the Metropolitan Museum of Art (Accession Number: 23.232.1). ...flamboyant gem-studded weapons that were probably made in Istanbul in the waning years of the Ottoman Empire. Their traditional shapes and luxurious materials were intended to evoke romantic notions of the exotic orient, Arabian Nights, or perhaps the sultan's treasury. (The Met Museum, Accession number 23.232.6a, b) At the forte of the serpentine shape blade, there is elegant, and greatly preserved, gold damascened work, with kofgari design and Quranic script. The accompanying scabbard is also very fine with an intricate, handworked chased design with applied gold decorations at either end. Overall, this is a rare type of dagger. It is in very fine condition with a fantastic gem-set and gold embossed Jade hilt. The blade is also immaculate. A rare collectible item. Dimensions: 11 inches (length with scabbard) 7.5 inches (scabbard length)
A PAIR OF GEORGE II STYLE MAHOGANY ARMCHAIRS IN THE MANNER OF THOMAS CHIPPENDALE 19th century, the shaped cresting rails over carved and pierced back splats, with out turned arms, on moulded block legs, 95cm high x 66cm wide x 60cm deep (2)For the comparable 18th century example see: https://www.stanleyweiss.com/item/sw02123
Central Bank of China, photograph of a de Havilland DH.91 Albatross in flight, with annotations on the reverse “Aeroplane used on 5 Yuan note back”, referring to the 5 Yuan of 1942. Interestingly, the aeroplane in question is a very specific type, of which only seven were ever built, and none of which were ever flown anywhere near China. Other elements of the photo were also adapted to fit the banknote design, with the sheds and hangers engraved at an entirely different angle. Several folds, very fine, a fascinating and strange item for the advanced collector, who might like to consider why the Chinese authorities thought this was an appropriate subject for their notes Pick 244 for type £150-£200
United Kingdom of Great Blessings and Joyland, an entirely hand painted Christmas and New Year card in the likeness of a Treasury £1, dated Christmas 1924, serial number 1925, signature of the artist, Alexine Thorpe, with imagery including a turkey, sausages and a Christmas pudding on the obverse and Father Christmas in a wheeled sled powered, seemingly, by Shell Motor Spirit, on reverse, truly beautiful and a very touching item, very fine and unique £150-£200 --- Alexine Thorpe (born Alexine Sara Tinne Berthon, born 1865) is listed in the 1911 census as a miniature painter and retired concert singer in Selsey, near Chichester, and was clearly an artist of some skill. This meticulously crafted and well imagined Christmas note is both charming and brilliantly executed. She died in 1935. Alexine came from a remarkable family, with her sister, Ellen Margaret Tinne Berthon M.B. (London), being amongst the first women to gain a full medical degree at the Royal Free University in London. She became an assistant physician in Clapham Maternity Hospital at a time when this was unheard of for a woman.
Manchester & Gibralter Bank, for the Governor of the Gibralter Hotel, Pall Mall, a note promising to pay the bearer 2 Pence for winnings at Bagatelle, Manchester, 17 January 1810, serial number 1639, signed by William Murray, with a very nicely printed and ornate vignette of a contemporary steam train in a crowned frame at top left, partially stuck on card, very good, extremely rare and a wonderful item Outing unlisted £240-£300 --- Bagatelle was a very popular 19th century precursor to Bar Billiards, and this note may actually be serious in promising to pay the bearer two pence for winning at it. The reasons for the naming of the note, and the subject matter of the vignette are unclear, but there was once a Gibralter Street in Manchester, and it was right next to the new Victoria Railway station in 1840. There may have been a Hotel on or near the street. Alternatively, it is possible that the Gibralter Hotel may have been on Pall Mall in London, and the ‘winner’ of the note might have had to catch the train to Manchester to cash in his almighty prize of 2 pence. Alternatively, and most likely, the note is simply nonsense, or was some kind of in-joke that we now lack the context to understand.
Currency Commission, Irish Free State, partial die proof printed in green for 10 Shillings, ND (1928), Brennan and McElligott signatures, backed on thick card, otherwise as produced, very rare and a lovely looking item with the usual exceptional Waterlow printing quality PMI LTN 1s, Pick 1A £800-£1,000 An image of this remarkable item is featured in the Acknowledgements section of Paper Money of Ireland, first edition
Richard Snyder (American, born 1951), 'The Cabinet of 3 7/8 Wishes', 1992, mahogany veneered plywood, with accompanying postcard from the artist confirming completion and the title of the work, dated 1992213 x 71 x 70cm Provenance: Purchased directly from the artistFootnote: American designer, Richard Snyder, was one of a group of artists who created furniture for Rick Kaufman’s New York gallery, Art et Industrie. Initiated in the late 1970s by cultural impresarios Kaufman and Tracy Rust, the Art et Industrie collective brought together exceptionally gifted artists, designers, and craftspeople to produce unique, often handmade, items in extremely limited runs. Rather than being purely functional, the pieces executed under the auspices of Kaufman and Rust aimed to create a new language of ‘art furniture’ and to interrogate the boundaries between the disciplines. In a postcard addressed to the current owners of the present lot, Snyder joked that he had titled the piece “The Cabinet of 3 7/8 Wishes”, a deviation from the official title “The Cabinet of 4 Wishes”, as he had to adapt the piece to fit their home. A very similar example of the present lot can be found at The Art Institute of Chicago (item 1990.399).
Malcolm de Chazal (Mauritian 1902-1981) View of the Thien-Thane Pagode, Mauritiussigned 'Chazal' (lower left)gouache, unframed78.5 x 58cmFootnote: Although his works effervesce with the fauvist zeal and naivety of Matisse, Derain and Van Gogh, the paintings of Malcolm de Chazal are unlike those of any other artist. An alchemist of word and image, poet, writer and artist, Malcolm de Chazal was born to a long-established aristocratic land-owning French family in Mauritius in 1902. It was not until 1940, after several years working as an agronomist on sugar plantations and later for the Office of Telecommunications, that Chazal instigated his career as a writer and poet. Best known for his seminal works, Pensées and Sens-Plastique, Chazal’s written works gained widespread critical acclaim, prompting André Breton to hail Chazal as a surrealist and W.H. Auden to dub him ‘the most original and interesting French writer to emerge since the war.’ At the suggestion of Georges Braque, in 1950, Chazal began painting. Utilising bold, volumetric forms and a naive, joyous palette, the present lot is characteristic of Chazal’s larger body of work.Condition report: The item comes with a backboard, but is not glazed. The black passages of paint show a number of scattered white specks, and there yellow stripes at the top show some small, scattered brown accretions, there is some overall surface dirt commensurate with age, but is otherwise clean. There are some places in the yellow stripes and on the white steps to the pagode where some small networks of fine cracks have appeared in the paint layer and there are a few small areas of paint loss, for example at the top of the fifth stripe from the left hand side, on the petal of the yellow flower and on the left hand edge above the signature. Where there is no paint on the surface, the paper shows typical age toning and discolouration. Above the signature, there is a very small tear and some further small nibbles and knocks to the lower edge of the sheet. There is a rip and loss to the lower right hand corner, please see added images. Otherwise, a good image with strong colours.
Fünf lateinische Bücher in drei BändenBellum Catilinarium et Juguthinum [...], C. Sallustius Crispus, Frankfurt und Leipzig bei Joh. Nicolai Andreae 1706, 349 S. und 29 S. Index (nicht komplett); de Rebus Gestis Alexandri Magni Libri X, Quinticurtii Rufi, supplementum novum, Leipzig und Coburg bei Pauli Gunther Pfotenhauer 1708, 800 S.; de Differentiis Verborum Libri IV Item de usu antiquae locutionis Libri II, Ausonii Popmae Frisii, Leipzig & Dresden bei Jo. Christoph Zimmermanni & J. N. Gerlachium 1734, 404/140 S.; Kurze Einleitung zu den hier vornehmsten Quellen der Historie [...], August Friedrich von Zanthier, Leipzig und Goßlar bei Joh. Christoph König 1730, 110 S.; alle Bücher im Format Kl. 8° und im ungeprägten Schweinsledereinband aus der Zeit, guter altersgemäßer Zustand.
An Edwardian mahogany and satinwood banded octagonal book stand, with spindle turned divisions, on carved supports, 50.5cm wide Provenance: From the Estate of Patrick Dockar-Drysdale Condition report: Condition: some of the spindles/supports are loose, surface scratches to top. could do with a clean. 'light' ring mark to top. would describe this item as “delicate“ furniture in its design, rather than“club"
RAF Original Piece of Madapolam Fabric Covering From de Havilland DH98 Mosquito Prototype W4050 on Presentation Sheet. Limited Edition 528 of 5000. Unusual Item. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99
WW2 German WW2 Pilot Walter Schuck Signed Hardback Book Titled Abschuss! Also signed by Walter Wolfrum, both signed on a Luftwaffe Bookplate. 248 pages. Good Condition Overall. Unusual Item. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99
WW2 Collection of 2 RAF Tales from the Crew room and XV Sqdn Disbandment brochure. Tales From The Crew room, these are tales from WW2 to Afghanistan by Pilots, a Fantastic Item. 2nd item in this lot is a brochure relating to XV (Reserve) Squadron Disbandment on 31st March 2017. Wonderful Lot. Good Used Condition. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99
A German Second World War Luftwaffe Schellenbaum Banner Top. One of the very impressive banner tops of the Third Reich era is the banner top for the Luftwaffe marching band known at the Schellenbaum. This very tall composition of many pieces including a unit flag surmounted by this Luftwaffe eagle, the wing span of the eagle is 640mm, this is the 1st model banner top with the droop tailed eagle in the most superb condition. A lot of the original silvering within the lower field of the wings, to the exterior of the wings it has toned to a blued finish overall, the eagle sits upon a large swastika that is half surrounded by a wreath. For transportation ease the eagle is removable from the swastika and is held in place to the swastika by a short grub screw. This has been mounted for display on a non-contemporary wood base, on the upper talon of the eagle the talon is designed with a pre prepared hole through the talon for the attachment of a small loop and ring for the fitting of the small Schellenbaum flag, which are highly desired items in their own right. There is no damage anywhere on this item, extremely good condition £4,000-£5,000
An octagonal stone garden water fountain with lion reliefs, 120cm high x 90cm wide x 90cm deep Condition Report:The fountain is in good condition overall. It is constructed in five sections: base, basin, lions' head spouts, top arched section and finial. There is internal plastic piping to feed the lions' head spouts. Generally weathered and mossy. This is a very heavy item.
A PAIR OF CHINESE IMARI JARDINIERES (2)Qianlong (1736-95)Slighty tapered cylindrical form, painted in underglaze-blue, iron-red and gilding with flowers including lotus and chrysanthemum, the everted rim painted with four flower panels reserved against a diaper pattern ground, 35cm highCondition report:Both have distinct repairs at the base.One has nine glued pieces, also visible on the outside and a large crack. Some discolouration and spotting due to age.The other has two glued pieces with a large crack. This covers half the item and has been extensively stapled and is very visible from the outside. Also has flaking repair paintwork on the rim.Glue residue inside and out on both.
A WHITE AGATE AND GOLD SEAL CONVERTED FOR WEAR AS A RINGThe oval intaglio carved as a classical portrait, the mount in an openwork design, ring size M and a half, gross weight 6.9 gmsWe can confirm that the stone is agate and not glass.Size of stone 2.1cm x 1.8cm. The intaglio is in good condition, there is lettering below the bust, looks as though it is BURCH.INV.T, minor abrasion to the inner edge at the back, this item is a Georgian fob seal, later converted to a ring, the intaglio portrait is in good condition, with one or two tiny chips around the edge of the hair.
A pair of palm tree table lamps,of recent manufacture, the stylised palm tree leaves above an urn, each on square section stepped base, 71cm highCondition report: Minor marks to painted base, due to the nature of the item small losses are to be expected to palm tree leaves.Resin and pressed metal.
An Edwardian silver four piece tea service,by John Round & Son Ltd, Sheffield 1909 and 1910, comprising a teapot, 17.5cm high, hot water jug, 19cm high, creamer, 9.5cm high and twin-handled sugar bowl, 17cm wide, all of bulbous ovoid form, with flared and foliate pierced rim, on four cabriole legs44.8ozt (4)Condition report: Tarnishing, marks and wear throughout. The legs of the sugar bowl and water jugs are bent, causing them to wobble. Visible join lines along the base of each item.
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