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Lot 294
Palitoy, Star Wars - A boxed vintage Palitoy Star Wars Empire Strikes Back Slave I - Bobba Fett's Spaceship. Item appears to be in Good overall condition with signs of play and use and also comes with its original instruction sheet, a sheet of decals together with 'Frozen Han Solo'. The original box is in Fair Plus - Good overall condition with some creasing, tears and general storage wear.
Lot 352
Horikawa (SH Toys) Japan - A boxed tinplate battery operated 'Fighting Robot' by Horikawa of Japan. The Robot in gunmetal grey measures approximately 29cms in height, and has a clear plastic chest cover over tin printed detailing to the body and a protruding plastic gun, together with a plastic gear compartment to the head. The robots does have some corrosion mainly to the rear of the body, plus front of left leg. The battery compartment has also suffered from corrosion. The rocker switch at the bottom of the clear chest compartment is broken, but the parts are present. The illustrated lift off lid box appears in Very Good condition with some minor taping, creases, a scuff to one side plus general wear. A desirable, and displayable item!
Lot 73
A large selection of model kits including Yamaha, Monogram, Tamiya, Revell, Academy and Hobby Craft - Tamiya Yamaha XC1600 RoadStar Scale 1/12 CV 1600. Monogram Duesenberg SJ Roadster Scale 1:24 Scale 1934 Luxury Sports Car, Tamiya Royal Navy Sea Harrier FRS.1 Scale 1:48 Item No 61026, Pacific Coast Models Inc. Fiat G.55 Series 1 Centauro Scale 1:32, Revell Handley Page Halifax B Mk. I/II, GR.II Scale 1:72, Academy Model Hobby T-33A Shooting Star Scale 1:48 F1017-10000 2185, Hobby Craft Decals for USAF Starfire All Weather Interceptor F-94B Starfire Scale 1:48 No HC 1598. Models may appear part built, or not as illustrated / described and may also contain extra components of unassociated kits. Suitable for model makers.
Lot 2
NO RESERVE Natural History.- Quinby (Jane) & Allan Stevenson. Catalogue of Botanical Books in the Collection of Rachel McMasters Miller Hunt, 3 parts in 2, one of 400 facsimile reprints, New York, [1995] § Fussell (G.E.) Old English Farming Books 1523-1793, 2 parts in 1, one of 500 facsimile reprints, Collieston, 1978 § Southampton University Library. Catalogue of the Walter Frank Perkins Agricultural Library, Southampton, 1961 § Rothamsted Experimental Station, Harpenden. Library Catalogue of Printed Books and Pamphlets on Agriculture published between 1471 and 1840, second edition, with 1949 supplement loosely inserted, 1940, some foxing, original cloth, the last with nick to head of spine, the second with dust-jacket (foxed); and c.30 others on natural history, agriculture and field sports, mostly catalogues including the Bibliothèque Cynégétique du Verne and the Jean Berger, Kurt Lindner, Sir Joceyln Stevens, and Jeffrey Norton hunting and fishing collections, 8vo & 4to (c.35)⁂ The Rothamsted agricultural library listed in the last item was sold by Forum Auctions on 10th & 11th July 2018 for a total of £1,747,200 hammer, with every lot sold.
Lot 289
Pokemon cards, comprising Trainer Imposter Oak's Revenge., Electrode., Trainer Pokemon Trader., Dragonite., Trainer Item Finder., Lpras.,Butterfree., Trainer Recycle., Horsea., Dodrio., Dark Weezing., Weezing., Lapras., Aerodactyl., Trainer Goopgastack., Omanyte., Trainer Digger., and Omastar. (18) Auctioneers Note: We have specific vendor instructions to sell WITHOUT RESERVE.
Lot 32
Patek Philippe & Cie, Geneve, No. 974694, case No. 672626, Ref. 2404, sold on the Dec. 22, 1952. Fine and rare rectangular 18-carat gold gentleman's wristwatch. Purchased in 1989 from Antiquorum "The Art of Patek Philippe" auction. C. massive, polished, hooded lugs. D. mat silver with applied gold "Baton" indexes + auxiliary seconds dial. "Baton" gold hands. M. 9'-90, tonneau, rhodiumed, "fausses-cotes" decoration, 18 jewels, lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance, Breguet balance-spring, micrometer regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. The reference 2404 was first introduced in 1945. We believe that not very many examples were made and one can only find either yellow or pink gold examples. The present watch is a very appealing reference 2404 and has been kept in very original and most attractive condition. Certificate of Authenticity comes with the watch. Face Dimensions: 38 x 22 mm. Overall Weight: 37.4 g / 24 dwt Length: 9 in. - All watches are sold for display purposes only. We cannot guarantee working order after item leaves premises. - All silver, gold and/or jewelry lots or invoices containing said lots MUST be paid for via WIRE TRANSFER, no other forms of payment will be accepted
Lot 46
Important Tiffany & Co. Champleve/Onyx 3 Piece Clock Set. "Tiffany & Co. New York" and "D'Argent Medaille" stamped on interior. With two champleve enameled onyx garnitures. Dimensions: 17 x 12 x 7 in. / 12.25 x 4.25 x 4.25 in. - All clocks are sold for display purposes only. We cannot guarantee working order after item leaves premises.
Lot 616
Italy 1917 Commemorative postcard for the Express Airmail route Torino-Rome, Rome-Torino dated (19 May) 1917, Italy cancelled airmail Torino-Rome May 1917 on S.G. 102 25c overprinted stamp for the service, stamped GT flight cancelled 20/5/1917 and 2 other indistinct cancels. Some staining to card but an important postal history item
Lot 52
Book - Die Chinesische Armee in ihrer Neu-Organisation und Neu-Uniformierung, J.C.Hill, Published Leipziz c. 1890. 24pp., and excellent folding coloured plates of uniforms, swords, badges, accoutrements etc. Unusual stamp of M.Berman Film Costumiers Cranbourn Street London, Neat stamps throughout and brown taped support to binding. Rare item (1),
Lot 1400
Berlin 1948-77 - schöne postfrische Sammlung im Lindner Ringbinder mit guten Anfangswerten. Schwarzaufdruck, Rotaufdruck, 64/67, 42/60, hier fehlt nur die 80er. Block 1 II mit beiden Plattenfehlern (Katalogwert 2500 €). Weiter kleine Lücken, aber doch sehr vollständig. Da die Aufdruckwerte und der Block nicht geprüft wurden, erfolgt die Abgabe ohne Obligo. Bitte besichtigen. Berlin 1948-77 - nice mint collection in Lindner book with good beginning values. Black imprint, red imprint, 64/67, 42/60, here the 80 is missing.For this values we can't give an open item, because there aren't checked. Please visit.
Lot 66
A 'half set' of six late 18th century Italian patinated and parcel gilt bronze busts of Roman Emperorsprobably Roman and by Francesco Righetti (1749-1819) each clad in drapery on circular-waisted soccles below integral cartouche plaques, inscribed: AVGVSTVS, CALLICVIA, GALBA, OTHO, VESPASIANVS and TITO ,the smallest 29cm high, the largest 31cm high. (6)Footnotes:ProvenanceProperty of an important Spanish noble family, El Retiro, Churriana, Málaga, SpainRelated LiteratureDESCRIPCION DE LA CASA DE CAMPO DEL RETIRO DEL CONDE DE VILLALCAZAR. MALAGA, 1814, pp. 8-9 The entry in the 'Gallery of the Emperors' stating 'Among the works of sculpture, there is a bust of Vitellius in bronze of great merit, and six more heads, which are Augustus, Caligula, Galba, Otho, Vespasian and Titus.', the later six heads apparently being the 'half set' of busts which constitute the present lot with the first head being a larger and separate but perhaps related bust of Vitellius -now lost.Comparative LiteratureFrits Scholten [ed.], Willem van Tetrode, sculptor, exh. cat., Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam / Frick Collection, New York, Ansterdam / New York, 2003, p. 116, no. 6Bertrand Jestaz, Copies d'antiques au Palais Farnese: Les fontes de Guglielmo della Porta', in Melanges de l'Ecole Francaise de Rome: Italie et Mediterranee, vol. 105, 1993, 1, pp. 7-48, esp. pp. 30-41, figs. 17-28Charles Avery, Soldani's mythological bronzes and his British clientele, in Sculpture Journal, XIV, 2005, pp. 8-29The tradition of producing sets of roughly half life-size busts depicting Suetonius's series of Twelve Roman Emperors began with a dozen (27cm. high) made in bronze for oval niches on the front of an elaborate wooden studio-cabinet - with other statuettes - by Willem van Tetrode (c. 1525-1580). A Dutch immigrant - as part of his journeyman years as a sculptor / bronze-founder - he had travelled to Florence (to work with Cellini) and then on to Rome, with Guglielmo della Porta. In the latter's post-mortem inventory of 1575, a dozen emperors are listed and they are thought to have been based on a set of life-size marble busts carved by Tomasso della Porta for Alessandro Farnese. The details of their cuirasses and the fall of their togas are more carefully differentiated than those on the present series, but the bases are simpler, having only small squarish cartouches below with indications of their names, e.g. 'N' for Nero (unlike the present, elaborate, baroque, cartouches with their full names given in relief in capital letters).No other sets by Tetrode are known, but - following the trail of Tetrode's later return to his native Netherlands - a silversmith in Delft, Thomas Cruse (who died in 1624) owned a number of Tetrode's models, among them sets of piece-moulds for twelve emperors. Such an artist might well have fashioned the then 'modern' curlicues round the name-labels shown on our set and spelt out their names for 'northern humanist collectors'.The famous Florentine sculptors seem not to have indulged in series of small emperor-busts during the long post-Michelangelo period, which was otherwise dominated initially by Bandinelli and Bandini (whose sculptures and busts of the Medici closely resembled ancient ones) and by the Flemish immigrant Giambologna (1529-1608). Nor have any been attributed to his followers in bronze, the two Susinis or the two Taccas, whose work stretched far into the 17th century.One has to wait until early in the following century evidence for the further distinct production of such busts in series of a dozen, with their empresses too, this time in Florence once more: a letter of 22 November 1707 from the Grand-ducal Chamberlain to the Medici Grand-dukes, Lorenzo Magnolfi, who also acted as a high-level art-agent for grandees, furnishes the names of three pioneer patrons among the British for Soldani in the role of sculptor. It was addressed to one of them, Sir John Perceval of Burton, County Cork, later Earl of Egmont (1683-1748), who spent six months in Italy while on his Grand Tour: 'you may order Messrs Arundel and Bates to reimburse me for the said heads, and for the busts and statues you did order to Signor Massimilano Soldani which are already done and packed up; and there are twenty four heads and three statues, and I hope you will be pleased with them since they are very well done ...'. Judging from this bald description, as well as from Perceval's intention expressed elsewhere that his works of art be for 'the use of an accademy (sic) of painters which he purposed to forward the erecting in Ireland', one might infer that they were after ancient prototypes. The high, even, number of twenty-four indicates probably that a set of the usual 'Twelve Caesars', with their wives, was being supplied. Soldani did indeed produce a few accomplished life-sized, highly polished busts after the antique, but so high a number suggests that these were not life-size. Disaster befell both of Perceval's shipments. They were captured by French privateers in 1707 and 1709, the spoils presumably being fed into the art market in France, unless they were melted down to make cannon. No such busts on a reduced scale - suitable for the tops of desks, cabinets or bookshelves in British libraries - are known. Thereafter, with the advent of Neo-classicism and the ever-increasing flood of adolescent British boys - steeped in the Classics, owing to the need to help create a new British Empire, the equivalent of Rome's - the onus of producing such attractive and eye-catching sets of emperors reverted to Rome. By the 1790s, ingenious goldsmith/bronze-founders in the Eternal City were producing pseudo-antiquities in commercial quantities and distributed printed price lists of their product. One from Francesco Righetti - in the international diplomatic language of French - included, among his 'Bustes avec leur Base Doree, en tout, hauts d'un palme, cinq onces', an item, 'Les douze Cesars a 12 sequins l'un' - or 144 sequins for the set. Their height - in Roman palms and inches - was therefore the same as the present series, while their surfaces and patina were meant to imitate antiquities, such as were then being excavated in Pompeii and Herculaneum: this clinches the probability that they date from the second half of the 18th century and were made in Rome. Righetti may well have fallen back on older models from the late Renaissance or early Baroque periods, such as have been described above, in order to produce his set speedily and economically.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 2013
SCHUCO zwei Mercedes-Montagebaukästen, bestehend aus "Montage-Grand-Prix" 1936, Nr. 2098 und Montagekasten 190SL, Art.-nr. 01875, unmontierte Bausätze, wohl vollständig, Schachteln min. besch. SCHUCO two Mercedes-kits, consisting of "Montage-Grand-Prix" 1936, no. 2098 and assembly box 190SL, item no. 01875, unassembled kits, probably complete, boxes min. dam.
Lot 230
DODGSON (CHARLES LUTWIDGE) 'Lewis Carroll'A Charade, FIRST EDITION, AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED 'Hilda Margaret Johnson from the Author. A memento of Dec. 19 1889', cyclostyled pamphlet, 4pp. (one blank), 2 illustrations in the text, loose as issued [Madan and Green 100, 'A singular and rare piece'], 8vo, [Privately printed], 1878; Christmas Greeting. [From a Fairy to a Child], first separate printing, PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED 'Hilda Margaret Johnson, from Lewis Carroll. A memento of Xmas, 1889', one sheet [Madan and Green 162], 16mo, [Macmillan, 1884]--An Easter Greeting to Every Child Who Loves 'Alice.', PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED 'Hilda Margaret Johnson, from Lewis Carroll. Eastertide, 1890', 3pp. [Madan and Green 90.7], 16mo., [?1885]; 'Imagination', AUTOGRAPH MIRROR-WRITING RIDDLE, 7 lines, comprising title and 3-line question and answer, written in mirror-writing, inscribed on reverse 'Hilda Margaret Johnson with the affectionate regards of Lewis Carroll, Ap. 16. 1890', in original miniature envelope addressed by Dodgson to 'Miss H.M. Johnson', 53 x 53mm., [16 April 1890], all inscribed in purple ink (4)Footnotes:'WHAT! DON'T YOU KNOW YOUR ALPHABET? - AN AUTOGRAPH RIDDLE IN MIRROR-WRITING, inscribed in purple ink by Dodgson, along with a group of ephemeral works, to a seventeen-year old schoolchild involved in a performance of Alice in Wonderland. The riddle, reading 'Imagination. Q. But what does 'followed by a bird' mean? A. What! Don't you know your Alphabet?', can be read when held up to a mirror, and is held in a miniature envelope. Charmingly illustrated Dodgson's Charade is described by Madan and Green as 'a singular and rare piece'.Hilda Margaret Johnson helped in a theatrical production of 'Alice in Wonderland' put on at the Edgbaston High School for Girls (Birmingham) on 19 December 1889, at which Dodgson was present. He noted in his diary for that day, 'I rashly offered to tell 'Bruno's Picnic' afterwards to the little children, thinking I should have an audience of 40 or 50, mostly children, instead of which I had to tell it from the stage to an audience of about 280, mostly older girls and grown-up people!... The evening began with some of 'Julius Caesar' in German. This and 'Alice' were really capitally acted, the White Queen being quite the best I have seen... I was introduced to Alice and a few more, and was quite sorry to hear afterwards that the other performers wanted to shake hands' .Provenance: Hilda Margaret Johnson (1873-1959), each item inscribed by Dodgson, retained in an old envelope addressed to Mrs Hilda M. Rendall (Hilda's married name), with a note in her hand 'Lewis Carroll sent me these in remembrance of E.H.S.S. Xmas performance of Alice in Wonderland. I was a producer'; by descent to the present owner.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 251
LAWRENCE (T.E.)Three autograph letters signed ('T E Lawrence') to Lieutenant Colonel Sir Henry McMahon, regarding the commission of a portrait for inclusion in Seven Pillars of Wisdom, comprising: (i) Autograph letter signed ('T.E. Lawrence'), mentioning he '...wrote a yarn of the Arabian effort – in no sense a history, but a personal narrative. You figured in it, just a little, at the opening...', and is '...collecting illustrations for its eventual publication (no present intention that way, though sometimes I'm tempted to publish part of it)...', asking McMahon if he would sit for a portrait and suggesting '...a powerful young artist called Roberts. He's very young, very callow: like a hollow oyster: but draws wonderfully. He was a Cubist...', and apologising for the odd request ('...It's rather like head-hunting, & a thousand times worse than autographing: but I've made the same request to several other of my victims, & have got callous over it...'), and for his handwriting ('...I'm in a boy's camp, writing on a crazy bed!...'), 2 pages, 8vo (174 x 113mm.), 14 Barton St., S.W.1, 25 August [19]22(ii)Autograph letter signed ('T.E. Lawrence'), writing after the sitting to ask McMahon's opinion of the picture ('...The first writing to one newly drawn is like going to congratulate an oriental, when you don't know if it was a boy or a girl... It's very severe & structured, wickedly like you, wickedly unlike: technically of course nearly a great piece of work. Lady McMahon, if she saw it, is no doubt furious: yourself I expect are mildly amused: & your critical self is probably pleased. He's a very uncommon youth, that little oyster-artist, & will make a name for himself...'), and comments on Roberts' portrait of Robin Buxton ('...An astonishing thing, more modelled than yours, but less individual...'), 1 page, 4to (220 x 177mm.), [no place], 17 October [19]22(iii)Autograph letter signed ('T.E. Lawrence'), arranging to meet, 1 page, on Colonial Office embossed headed paper, 8vo (188 x 115mm.), Colonial Office, 3 March [19]22Footnotes:'I WROTE A YARN OF THE ARABIAN EFFORT – IN NO SENSE A HISTORY, BUT A PERSONAL NARRATIVE': LAWRENCE COMMISSIONS THE PORTRAITS FOR SEVEN PILLARS.To illustrate his 'yarn of the Arabian effort', Lawrence commissioned the 'uncommon youth, that little oyster-artist' Slade-trained William Roberts, a self-described 'English Cubist' who had spent the war as firstly a gunner at the front and latterly as an official war artist. He was also to undertake an oil painting of Lawrence wearing his RAF uniform, the sittings taking place 'in a room I was using at Coleherne Terrace, Earl's Court' (Roberts' memoir Early Years).Roberts was a very suitable choice. The powerful personalities Lawrence depicts in his book demanded a powerful artistic style such as Roberts could offer, and Lawrence described McMahon's portrait as 'absolutely splendid: the strength of it, and the life: it feels as though at any moment there might be a crash in the paper and the thing start out' (21 October 1922) (quoted in www.englishcubist.co.uk/mcmahon). What McMahon thought of it is not known, neither seemingly is the current whereabouts of the original, but Lawrence notes with wry humour that McMahon's wife would be less than impressed with the depiction. The portrait was exhibited at the Leicester Galleries in 1927 as item 1 in a selling exhibition of illustrations from the book. In the preface to the exhibition catalogue, Bernard Shaw explains how Lawrence '...made up his mind to lose money... He set able painters to work to make portraits... and imaginative draughtsmen... He had paper specially made, and directed the printing himself in the manner of Morris or Caxton...' and urges people to purchase the pictures for 'extravagant sums' to benefit a Trust set up to firstly cover the costs of publication and thereafter benefit 'a fund for the relief of the Belisariuses of the Air Force. Not one farthing of the price of Arabia's independence and her timely aid to England will ever go into the pockets of the Prince of Damascus...' (Catalogue of an Exhibition of Paintings, Pastels, Drawings and Woodcuts illustrating Col. T.E. Lawrence's book 'Seven Pillars of Wisdom', The Leicester Galleries, 5 to 21 February 1927).Sir Henry McMahon, first high commissioner for Egypt, is perhaps best known for the McMahon-Hussein correspondence, a secret correspondence with the sharif of Mecca on behalf of the British government encouraging an Arab uprising against the sultan-caliph. He is described by Sir Ronald Storrs (his papers sold in these rooms 26 June 2019, lot 223) as ''slight, fair very young for 52, quiet, friendly, agreeable, considerate and cautious'' but quite out of his depth, lacking 'any knowledge of Arabic... forced to deal with a complex political situation... In return for an Arab rebellion McMahon loosely promised independence in certain areas of the Middle East, but he failed precisely to stipulate which parts... The extreme vagueness of the often confused and ambiguous correspondence between McMahon and Hussein... caused almost immediate controversy between the Arabs and the British empire over its differing interpretations, especially about whether it included Palestine...' (T.R. Moreman, ODNB), thus sowing the seeds of discord for years to come. In Seven Pillars, however, Lawrence praised McMahon's 'shrewd insight and tried, experienced mind' and his success in having 'achieved our foundation stone, the understanding with the Sherif of Mecca', writing that McMahon was kept in the dark about the British government's real intentions and was not to blame. Lawrence's guilt over his own part in what he saw as a British and French betrayal of the Arabs was to haunt him for the rest of his life. This correspondence is unpublished and has remained in the McMahon family until now.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 36
CHARLES I AND II - STONEYWOOD BIBLEThe Holy Bible, Containing the Old Testament and the New, OT and NT titles within typographical border, lacks additional engraved title [ESTC S122140; Herbert 513], Cambridge, Thomas Buck and Roger Daniels, Printers to the Universitie, 1637; The Genealogies Recorded in the Sacred Scriptures, title within typographical border with decorative ornament, double-page map of Canaan, 2 leaves frayed at fore-margin [ESTC S124878], [Printed by Felix Kingston, 1632-1635?]; The Whole Book of Psalmes: Collected into English Metre, title within typographical border, lacks final leaf [ESTC S122393], Cambridge, Thomas Buck and Roger Daniel, 1637, bound with an incomplete Book of Common Prayer, together 4 works bound in 1 vol., contemporary embroidered binding with stumpwork design in silver thread on blue velvet, central panel with the Prince of Wales' feathers and crown within Garter badge, incorporating a banner with the motto 'Honi soit qui mal y pense' surmounted by a large crown flanked by the initials 'C.P.' (altered to 'C.R.'), and with rose and thistle at lower inner corners, embroidered palmette design outer order, spine comprising six compartments with floral embroidery in each, rebacked retaining original spine, some wear (mostly to central banner with loss of some of the lettering to the motto), rear pastedown with remnants of eighteenth century notes (including unclear mention of names Jean Erskine and 'Moire'), loosely inserted a blue silk bookmark with a design in silver and gold thread (split at centre with some loss); housed in a nineteenth century velvet-lined morocco case, covers with 3-line fillet border, gilt roll tool inner border and thistle cornerpieces, simple lozenge centre panel with circular decorative border enclosing a large device of an upturned crown, broken sceptre and axe above a banner proclaiming 'Remember', the decorative gilt spine lettered 'Holy Bible 1637. Charles Rex. Beheaded 30th Jany. 1647', with Scottish thistle and English rose devices, and the crown and axe emblem (as on cover), edges fully gilt, rubbed, small losses to leather on spine, without key and lock-catch, the whole preserved in a nineteenth century glass-panelled display case by Drew & Cadman, Holborn (signed on handle), 4to (the Bible 220 x 155mm.), sold as an association itemFootnotes:'THE BIBLE OF KING CHARLES THE FIRST USED BY HIM ON THE SCAFFOLD DURING HIS LAST MOMENTS...' - THE STONEYWOOD BIBLE, BOUND FOR KING CHARLES II, but long reputed to have belonged to Charles I, and to have been presented by him 'upon that awful occasion to Juxon, Bishop of London who assisted the devotions of his unfortunate Monarch' (manuscript note on box). The Royal Collection holds a 1638 Book of Common Prayer with an almost identical binding, described as 'bound for King Charles II when he was Prince of Wales...' (RCIN 1047677, see Royal Collection Trust website for image, noting that Queen Victoria loaned the volume to the Burlington Fine Art Club Exhibition of Fine Binding, 1891).The Bible is in an exceptionally fine embroidered binding, decorated with the emblem of the Prince of Wales and the initials 'C.P.' (altered to 'C.R.', for Carolus Rex'), and passed through generations of the Moir and Skene families (see below), during which time several narratives, recorded in The Story of the Stoneywood Bible (1949), were attached to it: 'The Bible was kept in the chest of Stoneywood [near Aberdeen]. One day it disappeared. With it went the 'luck' of the Moirs... One of the family's maid-servants was the thief... but [whilst other valuables were lost]... the Bible was secretly returned... One morning it was found under a chestnut tree near the entrance to the Moir mansion'. A further adventure is recorded in a note, probably by its nineteenth century owner James Skene, a close friend of Sir Walter Scott, pasted to the box in which the Bible is housed: '...The Bible remained in perfect preservation untill [sic] the Rebellion [of] 1745 when it was stolen, and afterwards found in the its present dilapidated state concealed in a hole underground'.In his Horae subsecivae (1858) the celebrated Scottish essayist John Burns noted 'The family of Stoneywood seem from the earliest record down to their close, to have been devotedly attached to the house of Stuart. In the old house there long hung a portrait of Bishop Juxon, who attended Charles 1. on the scaffold, and through this prelate must have come a still more precious relic, long preserved in the family, and which is now before us, the Bible which the doomed King put into the hands of the Bishop on the scaffold, with the word 'Remember,' having beforehand taken off his cloak and presented it and the insignia of the Garter to the same faithful minister and friend... We have the sacred and royal book before us now,—a quarto, printed in 1637, bound in blue velvet, and richly embroidered and embossed with gold and silver lace. There is the crown and the Prince of Wales' feathers, showing it had belonged to Charles II when prince. He must have given it to his hapless father, as the C.P. is changed into C.R.'.Further literature: Charles Roach Smith reproduced an image of the Bible in his Collectanea Antiqua (1848-1880), stating 'There is so much external evidence of the genuineness of this very beautiful and interesting relique, that no doubt that no doubt can exist to its perfect authenticity'. This image, and a version of the story, also appeared in The Illustrated London News, 26 January 1850, at which time the Bible was in the possession of Robert Skene, of Rubislaw; Illustrated (captioned 'Prayerbook of Charles I') in Felicia Skewes of Oxford. A Memoir by E.C. Rickards, 1902; A manuscript (MS. 20478), titled 'Reminiscences and notes concerning the Moir family Bible which had belonged to Charles I' by James Skene is held by the National Library of Scotland.Provenance: Bound for Charles II, when Prince of Wales; reputedly given by Charles I to William Juxon (1582-1663), Bishop of London; bequeathed by him to Patrick Scougall [or 'Scorgie'] (1607-1682), Bishop of Aberdeen, as told in The Story of The Stoneywood Bible, reprinted from The Aberdeen Press and Journal, 26 January 1949 (a copy of which is included with the lot); William Scroogie, Bishop of Argyle, whose daughter Mary married James Moir II, of Stoneywood (1659-1739) in 1683; Moir family, subsequently through the marriage of Jean Moir to George Skene (1736-1776) of Rubislaw, Aberdeen; James Skene (1775-1864); by descent to the present owners.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
Lot 100
French - Early 19th Century Superb Quality - Signed Portrait Miniature on Ivory of A French Noble Lady. Signed to Bottom Right. The Miniature Painting Is Inlaid to Cover, of a Superb Quality Carved Ivory Ladies Powder Bowl, Dating From Around the 1850's or Earlier. All Aspects of this Item Shows Top Quality. Size Top Cover Painting on Ivory 4.5 x 4.5 Inches - 11.25 x 11.25 cms. Height of Box 2 Inches - 5 cms. This Item Cost £1,500 In The 1990's and Is Offered at Low Estimate.
Lot 1402
The Godfather Promo Maxi Poster Signed By Francis Ford Coppolla. This item is very special indeed, and a must for any movie fan. It is a portrait maxi promo poster (36” x 24”) for‘The Godfather’. It was signed at a 2006 Paramount Pictures charity event by award winning director FrancisFord Coppolla.
Lot 1403
Richard Dreyfuss Signed Rare Mr Hollands Opus Quad Plus Composer. This item is very special indeed, and a extremely rare it is a must for any film or music fan. It is a first editioncinema quad poster for ‘Mr Hollands Opus’. It was signed at a London BAFTA event in 2000 by Richard Dreyfuss, it was later signed in 2001 by the late great composer Michael Kamen.
Lot 1404
Bladerunner 2049 Harrison Ford Promo Poster Cast & Crew Signed. This item is very special indeed, and a must for any Sci-fi or movie fan. It is a Columbia Pictures maxi promo poster (36”x24”) for ‘Bladerunner 2049’. It was signed at the films London Premiere and press junkets by Harrison Ford, Ryan Gosling, Ridley Scott (Producer) and composers Hans Zimmer and Benjamin Wallfisch.
Lot 1405
Richard Attenborough Rare Signed Quad Miracle On 34th Street Plus Director & Composer. This item is a very rare & special item, and a must for any movie fan. It is a first edition cinema quad poster for ‘Miracle on 34th Street’. It was signed at a private event in Ghent 2003 by Santa Claus himself Lord Richard Attenborough. It was later signed in LA by producer John Hughes and composer Bruce Broughton.
Lot 1406
Harry Potter Fantastic Beasts Crimes Of Grindelwald Quad Fully Signed Inc J K RowlingThis item is a very rare & special item, and a must for any Harry Potter fan. It is a first edition cinema quad poster for ‘Fantastic Beasts Crimes Of Grindelwald’’. It was signed at the films UK Premiere and a number of marketing events by Johnny Depp, Jude Law, Eddie Redmayne, James Newton Howard (Composer), David Yates (Director) and creator/writer J K Rowling.
Lot 1407
Les Miserables Quad Signed By Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe, Anne Hathaway & Rare Composer. This item is a very rare & special item, and a must for any movie or music fan. It is a first edition cinema quad poster for ‘Les Miserable’. It was signed at the films UK Premiere and an international BAFTA event by Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe, Anne Hathaway and director Tom Hooper. At a private event the same year thecomposer Claude Michel Schonberg added his signature making this quite sought after.
Lot 1484A
Gene Hackman The French Connection Rare Poster Book Page Proof SignedThis item is very special indeed, it was a gift from the vendor's early career in the PR world…..it was signed for him and presented as a unique gift. He was involved in the marketing of a 70's classic cinema poster book published officially in 1998. Prior to thisoriginal proofs were done of various pages (each proof is 22.5 x 30cms in size) and were signed by some legendary people. The signatures were collected between 1997 when the proofs came out up to 2009 at various BAFTA events, press junkets, private fuctions and charity fund raisers.Each page proof (including this one) comes with an e-COA, Framed this would look STUNNING.
Lot 273
1920S/1930S RUDGE WHITWORTH (BY APPOINTMENT TO HIS MAJESTY THE KING) LIGHTWEIGHT STEP THROUGH BICYCLE MODEL 701 ROADSTER WITH ORIGINAL MAKERS PLAQUES WICKER BASKET STORAGE RACK AND A WHITE PAINTED REFLECTIVE PANEL ON THE REAR MUD GUARD PROBABLY RELATING TO THE WWII BLACK OUT REGULATIONS SUPERB DISPLAY ITEM/DECORATORS PIECE
Lot 311
* Wallis (Barnes Neville, 1887-1979). Autograph Letter Signed, 'Barnes', Portsmouth, 13 August 1895, written as a boy to his father in a juvenile but very neat and large hand, saying that the water was colder than the baths at home, cousin Arnie came and played with them yesterday and hoping that he and his mother and the baby are quite well and concluding by remarking that they may be going to Portchester Castle next Saturday, 2 pages with blank integral leaf, a little dust-soiling, a little split at head and foot of vertical folds, final blank page somewhat soiled, 8vo, together with Barnes Wallis's soft leather pocket photograph wallet containing 2 small snapshots, the first very faded of Barnes Wallis and his mother Edith, with a note to verso by Barnes that it was taken when he was up for matriculation, 12-17 June 1911, small split at head of photograph, 5 x 6 cm, the facing photograph a small oval three-quarter length portrait of Barnes's smiling wife Molly, 5 x 3 cm, plus 2 modern photographic reproductions of each photo, wallet size 7 x 5.5 cmQty: (2)NOTESProvenance: From the family of Barnes Wallis, by direct descent. Two unusual items, the first a very early letter written just before his eighth birthday, the second a very personal item that he carried with him always.
Lot 398
* Marlborough (John Churchill, 1650-1722, First Duke of). An indenture on vellum, signed by the Duke of Marlborough, 2nd November 1714, indenture in brown ink on vellum, an agreement between John Churchill, first Duke of Marlborough, George Townesend of Lincolnes Inne, and Edward Bearcroft, Gentleman, St. Andrew Holborn, for the sale of land in south-west london, including parts of Nonsuch Great Park and Little Park [the former site of Henry VIII's Nonsuch Palace, demolished by Barbara Villiers, Countess of Castlemaine in 1683-84, after the site had been given to her by Charles II in 1670], signed by the Duke of Marlborough, George Townesend and Edward Bearcroft, witnesses Oximbridge Harwood and Richard Phillips, sealed and delivered in the presence of G. Widmore, A. Isaakson, and Lan. Jones, the document now divided and cut up into 10 portions which have been inlaid to a late 19th century folio album (showing both sides of each portion), with extensive biographical manuscript notes by J. C. Westley, dated 1898, including a transcript of most of the text of the indenture, the original document with some marks and stains, some words faded or not legible (sold with all faults), together with Churchill (Sarah, 1660-1744, Duchess of Marlborough, wife of the first Duke of Marlborough). A manuscript and printed document, signed by the Duchess of Marlborough and others, for the repayment by King George II, of a loan of £5000 from the executors of John, Duke of Marlborough, dated 9th May 1727, printed document on laid paper, addressed at head of the document in ink to 'The most noble Sarah, Dutchess Dowager of Marlborough, the Right Honorable Francis Earl of Godolphin, William Clayton and John Hanbury Esqrs. Executors in trust of the noble John Duke of Marlborough', with similar manuscript insertion to the text, signed by Robert Walpole, William Yonge, and George Dod[d]ington, additionally annotated and signed at foot by Lord William Powlett for the payment in full of the loan and interest (dated 19 and 20 September 1728), and signed in brown ink to verso '25 Sepr. 1728. Recd in full S: Marlborough, Godolphin, J. Hanbury', the document cut into two portions, the lower half laid down on later album leaf, the upper portion inlaid to album leaf to show both sides, with further extensive biographical notes by J. C. Westley, the whole album comprising 44 leaves in total, including an article from Pall Mall Magazine for August 1894, entitled Blenheim and its Memories on 12 leaves, an autograph letter by the 9th Duke of Marlborough, on Trinity College cambridge headed paper, dated March 7th 1893, to a Mr. Gilderd, and a printed article from The Graphic, Saturday November 9, 1895, on the marriage of the Duke of Marlborough to Miss Consuelo Vanderbilt (pasted on 5 leaves), outer paper wrappers with maroon morocco spine, manuscript title to upper cover, some light soiling, folio (34 x 21 cm, 13.2 x 8.25 ins)Qty: (1)NOTESProvenance: Each of the three documents in the album (Duke of Marlborough signed indenture, Duchess of Marlborough signed document, and 9th Duke of Marlborough autograph letter) has a signed declaration of gift pasted into the album, from Henry Thomas Scott, M.D., Oxford, dated 1898 or 1897, to Revd. J. C. Westley, of New Amsterdam, Berbice, British Guiana. The first item being obtained from the collection of Colonel Mollineaux of Warren Lodge, Wokingham, the second from John Waller Esq of Westbourne Grove, and the third from Mr. A. C. Lewis of Craven Park Road, London. The second document provides evidence of the reliance of King George II on the financial assistance of the duke of Marlborough. On the duke's death his property and investments were estimated to be worth about £1,000,000, half of which was invested in short-term loans to the exchequer; this sum remained in a trust managed after his death by trustees, who included the duchess, Marlborough's two former business associates, William Clayton and William Guidot, and his three sons-in-law: the earl of Sunderland, the duke of Bridgewater, and the duke of Montagu.
Lot 561
Title: A French silver coffee and tea set, 950/000, second half of the 19th C.Description: H 27 - 14,2 cm (the tallest and the smallest item)Ê Total weight: 1974 gÊ Ê All four items marked with a 'Minerva head' with number '1' (950/000).Ê Ê Provenance:Ê - Sotheby's, Amsterdam (Mak van Waay), 20 December 1983, lot 4102.
Lot 69
A Small late 19th century cast Iron fire insert depicting Japanese mons. 15" x32" A superb Cast Iron small Fireplace designed by the great Thomas Jekyll and made by the Norwich Ironfounders Barnard, Bishop and Barnard who gave their name to William de Morgan’s BBB tiles… Made around 1873. The central decorative section and outer vertical rails are classic Jekyll/BBB Japanesque Mons - very crisp and clear. Reverse has 'REGISTERED' a BBB mark and registration Diamond for 1873. 30 inches wide overall and 31.5 inches high - the central section is 15.75 inches wide and the lower bars are 1 inch across.Slider section (with original knob) functions and the item is 30 inches wide overall and 31.5 inches high - the central section is 15.75 inches wide. across.The condition of is very good - metal is sound and straight and has not suffered any hits. A similar item was sold by Woolley and Wallis of Salisbury in their Arts and Crafts Auction on 6 October this year as Lot 308 – hammer price was £350 + BP of 30%. A link to that Lot is shown below:
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