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Lot 677

Fender '65 Deluxe Reverb guitar amplifier, made in USA (new/old stock)Please note: Whilst all electrical items sold by Gardiner Houlgate have passed a PAT safety check, this is not confirmation that the item is in full working order. Due to the nature of electrical goods, these items including this lot are strictly sold as seen. We are happy to offer condition reports and advice before the bidder submits any kind of bid.    

Lot 678

Fender Acoustasonic 90 guitar amplifier, made in Indonesia (new/old stock)Please note: Whilst all electrical items sold by Gardiner Houlgate have passed a PAT safety check, this is not confirmation that the item is in full working order. Due to the nature of electrical goods, these items including this lot are strictly sold as seen. We are happy to offer condition reports and advice before the bidder submits any kind of bid.    

Lot 682

Fender Rumble Studio 40 guitar amplifier, made in China (new/old stock)Please note: Whilst all electrical items sold by Gardiner Houlgate have passed a PAT safety check, this is not confirmation that the item is in full working order. Due to the nature of electrical goods, these items including this lot are strictly sold as seen. We are happy to offer condition reports and advice before the bidder submits any kind of bid.    

Lot 686

Fender Bassbreaker 18/30 guitar amplifier, made in Mexico (new/old stock)Please note: Whilst all electrical items sold by Gardiner Houlgate have passed a PAT safety check, this is not confirmation that the item is in full working order. Due to the nature of electrical goods, these items including this lot are strictly sold as seen. We are happy to offer condition reports and advice before the bidder submits any kind of bid.    

Lot 687

Fender Blues Junior IV guitar amplifier, made in Mexico (new/old stock)Please note: Whilst all electrical items sold by Gardiner Houlgate have passed a PAT safety check, this is not confirmation that the item is in full working order. Due to the nature of electrical goods, these items including this lot are strictly sold as seen. We are happy to offer condition reports and advice before the bidder submits any kind of bid.    

Lot 927

Beam DL7-35 valve amplifier, ser. no. H1010, untestedPlease note: Whilst all electrical items sold by Gardiner Houlgate have passed a PAT safety check, this is not confirmation that the item is in full working order. Due to the nature of electrical goods, these items including this lot are strictly sold as seen. We are happy to offer condition reports and advice before the bidder submits any kind of bid.    

Lot 255

**AUCTIONEER TO ANNOUNCE CHANGE TO DESCRIPTION, THIS ITEM IS CITRINE NOT TOPAZ** A citrine and diamond 18ct gold ring, oval set stone with a border of small diamonds, size N1/2, total gross weight approx.  5.7gms

Lot 3020

JOHNNY CASH - A montage of pictures mounted with a newspaper cutting of Johnny Cash Signed / Autographed by him in biro. The complete item measures approx 30 cm by 20 cm ready to frame.

Lot 3059

BRUCE LEE - The famous Martial Arts Film Icon. A colour picture of Bruce Lee - mouted and framed with his signature / autograph at the bottom. In excellent condition a rare item. It measure approx 35 cm by 32 cm 

Lot 3081

A lovely full colour picture of Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy - Mounted with both their Autographs from an Autograph book - Lovely item mounted and ready to frame, It measures approx 39 cm 37 cm

Lot 4106

A 1970s teak veneered dressing table stoolPlease note: this item is being sold without the cushion.

Lot 775

An old white advertising plate (HG DD 4th Aug 1928 on back of plate) & 1 other item

Lot 19

MIDWIFERYGIFFARD (WILLIAM) Cases in Midwifery, 3 folding engraved plates, early ink annotation beside one case study, blindstamp on title, contemporary calf, gilt morocco spine label, spine worn with loss to headband [Blake, p.175; Garrison & Morton 6156.3], B. Motte, T. Wotton, L. Gilliver, and J. Nourse, 1734--CULPEPER (NICHOLAS) The Directory for Midwives: Or, a Guide for Women, in Their Conception, Bearing, and Suckling their Children, title within typographical border, engraved portrait frontispiece, one engraved plate, browning, loss to blank upper margin of frontispiece, small paper flaw touching a couple of letters on one leaf, blindstamp on title and plate, nineteenth century half calf, rebacked [Krivatsy 2957], Printed by Peter Cole, 1651--GRAAF (REGNERUS DE) De mulierum organis generationi inservientibus tractatus novus, engraved allegorical frontispiece, portrait of the author, 27 engraved plates (some folding), blindstamp on title, vellum, Leiden, Ex officina Hackiana, 1672, FIRST EDITIONS, 8vo (3)Footnotes:Three classic works on obstetrics and midwifery. Giffard's work includes a series of 225 case studies of difficult deliveries, containing the first published descriptions of the use of obstetric forceps. The first edition of Culpeper's Directory is rare, with no copy listed on Rare Book Hub since 1938.Provenance: First item, early ink inscription 'it would have been better practice to have left this labour to nature', beside Case 98. 'A Delivery, the Child presenting with the head foremost'; Second item, 'J. Oldham 1783. I bought it for its antiquity not for its merit', inscription on title-page; Joseph J. Hilton M.D., bookplate dated 1938; Third item, Herbert McLean Evens, bookplate. All volumes with blindstamp of Emil J. Krahulik (1896-1992), obstetrician; by descent to current owner.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 26

STAFFORDSHIRE – CHETWYND FAMILY AND INGESTRECalligraphic richly illustrated volume on vellum tracing the deeds and architectural accomplishments of the Chetwynd family of Ingestre Hall, compiled for the antiquary and friend of Sir Christopher Wren, Walter Chetwynd, by his protege Gregory King (later map-engraver to John Ogilby and pioneering economist), with title-page: 'Chetwyndorum Stemma./ sive/ Chetwyndianæ Familiæ/ de Ingestre in Agro Staffordiensi/ Ac olim de Chetwynd in com. Salop./ Successio./ Ex ipsis Autographis/ penes Walter Chetwynd Arm./ deducta./ Et/ Insignis, Sigillis, aliisq., ejusdem Familiae Monumentis/ illustrata./ Ao. Dni. M.DC.LXXXX.', transcribing each deed, including petitions and wills (including, for example, that of Sir Thomas Littleton, 1481: 'Item I will that my wife have a Bason of Silver, in the middest whereof is her Armes and mine, and an Ewer of Silver; two great Salt sellers with a kever, a standinge playn gilt peece, vj bolls of Silver, a standinge peece with a Cover, a flatt low gilt peece with a cover, ij peeces of Silver, one coveringe another, a Powder Box of Silver, a Paxborde, ij Cruets and a Sacring bell of Silver. Item that William Littleton my sonne and heire shall have a deepe washing Bason of Silver...'), illustrated in the margins with nineteen watercolour drawings of seal impressions, and within the text four pen-and-ink studies of monumental effigies, tombs and the like (on pp.22, 64, 66 and 84); two leaves unpaginated, one of which has been left incomplete (between pp.36 and 37 and 82 and 83), a further four leaves unpaginated followed by three blank leaves following p.92 and before the beginning of the second section at p.93; the second half of the volume containing pen, ink and wash drawings of Ingestre and the family property at Grendon (Warwickshire), beginning at p.93 with 'A Prospect of the Front of the Manour house at Ingestre'; followed by 'A Prospect of the South Side of the Parish Church of Ingestre Erected Anno 1677' and 'A Prospect of the West end of the said Church' (p.95); followed by the mural monument 'On the North side of the Chancell of the Parish Church of Ingestre' (p.96), 'On the South side of the said Chancell' (p.97), the wording of the 'Memoriae sacrum Walteri Chetwynd' [then still living] left blank; the inscription repeated on p.98; eight armorial windows 'of the Chancell of the Parish Church of Ingestre', with a key to the families represented (p.99); the mural monument 'In the South Ile of the Parish Church of Grendon' (p.100); and another 'In the same South Ile' (p.101) and 'In the foresaid South Ile' (p.102) [these three erected by Sir Walter Chetwynd, see VCH Warwickshire, Grendon Parish], followed by two blank vellum sheets; bound at the end, on paper, are figures of forty-three seals in pen-and-ink (pp.105-6), with four paper leaves at the end left blank, 114 vellum leaves (102 paginated plus 12 unnumbered or with duplicate pagination), bookplate of Ingestre Hall (with the Talbot crest surrounded by the Garter and surmounted by an earl's coronet, for Charles Chetwynd-Talbot, 2nd Earl Talbot, 1777-1849, created KG in 1844), later endpapers, fine late seventeenth century morocco, elaborately gilt with floral and foliate devices and drawer-handle borders, with the arms of Sir Walter Chetwynd at centre, lightly rubbed, folio (360 x 275mm.), 1690Footnotes:A CONTEMPORARY RECORD OF THE ONLY WREN CHURCH OUTSIDE LONDON, the present volume having been compiled at the behest of Sir Walter Chetwynd FRS, who is thought to have commissioned the church from his friend Sir Christopher Wren; the volume itself compiled for Chetwynd by his protégé Gregory King, later renowned as map-engraver to John Ogilby and pioneer economist. (It will be noted that Chetwynd's own monument, on the south side of Ingestre chancel, has been left blank under the heading 'Memoriae sacrum Walteri Chetwynd': he was to die two years later, on 21 March 1692.)In the words of Sir Nikolaus Pevsner: 'For churches the locus classicus [in Staffordshire] is of course Ingestre, which can with full confidence be ascribed to Wren. It is dated 1676, and in it one breathes an air of harmony and calm not attained by any church in the county for well over a century after' ( The Buildings of England, Staffordshire, 1974, p.28). While the church and its monuments have happily survived, the hall itself was severely damaged by fire in 1882 and largely rebuilt.Although this book was compiled under the aegis of Chetwynd, the actual work was begun, and probably carried through, by Gregory King (1648-1712), who was later to become well-known as a herald, antiquary and map-engraver to John Ogilby. He is now chiefly remembered, however, for his work as the 'first great economic statistician' (Some British Empiricists in the Social Sciences 1650-1900, 1997, p.xxii ): 'King's political arithmetic was highly original and he had no peer until the flowering of the nineteenth-century statistical movement. In the first place he was distinguished by tying his calculations closely to detailed available evidence, often by imaginative use of tax records, though his earlier work as a herald and cartographer was also vital. If King's political arithmetic was more ambitious than that of any other contemporary it was also more securely based' (Julian Hoppit, 'Gregory King', ODNB).The present volume appears to have been, to a large degree at any rate, assembled by King at the start of his career: 'A manuscript compendium of Chetwynd deeds entitled 'Chetwyndorum stemma' and written on vellum is dated 1690. It also contains tricks of seals and drawings of Ingestre Hall, the new church and monuments there and in Grendon church. The first part, which concludes with the Chetwynd pedigree to 1671, is evidently the work for which Gregory King was brought to Ingestre in 1670. Its continuation, which includes further medieval deeds and documents relating to public offices held by Chetwynd from 1662 to 1689, is also probably by Gregory King. Finally in September 1692 the chaplain Charles King stated that Chetwynd had done all that he intended on the antiquities of Staffordshire' (M. W. Greenslade, 'Walter Chetwynd', ODNB). The quality of the work suggests also that Gregory King could well have been responsible for its execution; although his near namesake, Charles, the chaplain, did early antiquarian work for Chetwynd and was also, to boot, a fine botanical illustrator (see Greenslade, op.cit.). Quite how the volume was assembled is not clear. Not only are there several pages bearing duplicate pagination, and others bearing none at all, but one of the final unnumbered leaves bears the pencilled heading, in what appears to be a late seventeenth century hand, 'Before page 93'. While the binding is clearly contemporary, the marbled endpapers are more characteristic of the turn of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. This impressive volume has remained in the family to this day.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 5

BEEKEEPINGWILDMAN (THOMAS) A Treatise on the Management of Bees; Wherein is Contained the Natural History of Those Insects, FIRST EDITION, 3 folding engraved plates, modern half morocco, 4to, for the Author, and Sold by T. Cadell, 1768--WARDER (JOSEPH) The True Amazons: Or, the Monarchy of Bees... Sixth Edition. To Which is Added, a Letter... Concerning a Late Treatise Upon the Subject of Bees, engraved frontispiece, modern half calf, red morocco gilt spine label ('Bees'), John Pemberton, 1726--BONNER (JAMES) A New Plan for Speedily Increasing the Number of Bee-Hives in Scotland, FIRST EDITION, half-title, modern calf, Edinburgh, W. Creech, Bell & Bradfute, 1795--THORLEY (JOHN) Melisselogia [in Greek]. Or, The Female Monarchy. Being an Enquiry into the Nature, Order, and Government of Bees, FIRST EDITION, engraved frontispiece, 3 engraved plates (of 4, the fourth provided in facsimile on old paper), light dampstain to title, modern half morocco, for the Author, 1744--TAYLOR (HENRY) The Bee-keeper's Manual; or Practical Hints on the Management and Complete Preservation of the Honey-bee, second edition, frontispiece, illustrations, publisher's cloth, short tear to upper joint, R. Groombridge, 1839, 8vo (5)Footnotes:Provenance: First item, Boston Society of Natural History, blindstamp on title-page; Third item, James ?Spreall early owner's name on title.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 176

Sports, mixed age selection from various sports inc. cricket, rugby, boxing, speedway, football etc., noted New Brighton Rugby fixtures booklet for 1912/13, 'The Singing Boxer' signed item by Fred Dyer Oct. 1913, other signed items inc. books by JPR Williams, Bill Beaumont, Mike Brearley, Ilie Nastase. Lot also inc. News Chronicle Cricket Annuals for 1950, 53, 54, 55 & 56, copy of Wisden Almanack 1971 etc. (mixed condition fair to vg) (qty. 1 large box)

Lot 572

Cigarette card, Ogden's, Beauties, (no inset), type card, Ogden's book ref item 26, picture no 1 (gen gd)

Lot 152

Suzi Quatro - 1964 Fender Duo-Sonic electric guitar, made in USA, ser. no. L32875; Finish: natural, stripped back with traces of red visible, various scratches; Fretboard: rosewood, mild wear; Electrics: working; Hardware: generally good, top of bridge pickup cover removed, two replaced scratchplate screws; Case: later hard case; Overall condition: fair *Provenance: won by the vendor on Multi-Coloured Swap Shop in February 1977. Suzi Quatro appeared on the show approximately the week of 12th February 1977. All guests took an item to give away and Suzi left the Fender Duo Sonic Guitar. She set the question to viewers of which city and state she was born; the vendor wrote in to the show giving the correct answer of Detroit, Michigan. The following week, probably 19th February 1977, the vendor's name was drawn out of a plastic sphere with all the correct answers in it. That week he received a 'phone call to ask him to go to the show in London to meet Noel Edmonds where Suzi Quatro would present the guitar in person. Suzi appeared on the show with John Miles and other artists as part of a super group performing a song. She presented the guitar live on the show on Saturday 26th February 1977 and it has been kept in its case ever since **Sold with CITES A10 no. 588951/01

Lot 11

Corgi Toys - A boxed Corgi 256 Volkswagen 1200 "East African Safari" The model is in orange and is the left hand drive issue, and features spun hubs, chrome trim, racing number 18 and East African Safari labels on bonnet. The item comes with a Rhino figure. The model appears to be in Mint condition and is presented within Near Mint blue and yellow carded picture box complete with inner pictorial stand which is Near Mint condition. There is no collectors club leaflet.

Lot 151

Norscott, Ertl, Speccast - 3 diecast model farm vehicles predominately unboxed in various scales. Lot consists of Norscott Lexion 590R Combine; Ertl John Deere 9870 STS Combine; and a boxed Speccast John Deere LI Tractor. Boxed item appears to be in Mint condition in a Fair boxed. Unboxed models are in Playworn condition.

Lot 161

Yone - A boxed vintage Japanese tinplate Coffin Bank made by Yone. The item appears to be in Mint condition in an Excellent box with some minor creasing and storage wear.

Lot 628

Chonnradh na Gaedihlge - Gaelic League of Ireland Nodlaig Mhaith Chugat thar saile O'Chonnradh na Gaedilge v nEirinn, Nodlaig 1911, A most attractive Irish printed Christmas Card, signed S. Maxwell, in five colours with Celtic designs, & American flag and eagle. Unusual item. Rare. (1)

Lot 707

Binding: The Key to Heaven, compiled from Approved Sources. 12mo Tournai (Belguim, Desclee Lefebure & Co.) n.d. c. 1890. Text with a profusely decor. border, flowers gilt etc., a.e.g., in attractive full crushed mor., the lower edges and fore-edge, with tooled gilt floral borders & spine by Desclee Lefebure & Co. A very desirable item. (1)

Lot 99

Rare Irish Travel BookCharles Sneyd Edgeworth Copy[Pukcler-Muskau (Hermann Ludwig Heinrich, Prinz Van)] Tour in England, Ireland and France, in the Years 1828 & 1829, [Trans. by Sarah Austin] 2 vols. 8vo L. 1832. First English Edn., 2 hf. titles, advert leaf end of vol. I., orig. cloth, mor. labels. Good copy a scarce item. (2)* Chas. Sneyd Edgeworth's copy, with his book plates. He was son of Richard Lovell Edgeworth.

Lot 653

1916: Irish National Aid Association, Pearse (Patrick H. & William J.) A framed black and white Photograph of the two Brothers seated with bio-pic underneath, "This photograph was presented by Mrs. Pearse to the I.N.A.A.," price three pence, approx. 34cms x 20cms, attractive item. (1)

Lot 384

Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies: Wagner (H.) & O'Baoill (C.)eds. Linguistic Atlas and Survey of Irish Dialects, 4 vols. folio D. 1981 - 1982, orig. cloth, slipcases; & 1 other item sim. (5)

Lot 615

Scarce O'hUigin Item[O'Higgins (Brian)] Glor na Nodlag, 24mo D. (O'Faolaín & Son) n.d. Sole Edition. title & 13pp with Celtic decorated borders, orig. gilt decor. green wrappers. Ex. Scarce. (1)

Lot 680

Co. Westmeath: Manuscript Map - Byron (Sam.) cartographer, A Survey of Ballrowan, Kerynstown, & Clonecully in the Barony of Farbill, Parish of Killucan and County of Westmeath The Estate of the Rt. Hon. Hercules Langford Rowley, 1787. Lg. hd. cold. manuscript map, linen back & rolled. With descriptions of the Different holdings with acreage; 1 other item sim. As a m/ss., w.a.f. (2)

Lot 439

Beaslaí (Piaras) Michael Collins and the Making of a New Ireland, 2 vols. thick 8vo D. 1926. First Edn., 2 cold. frontis & 16 plts., orig. cloth. v. good copy; plus 1 other item. (3)

Lot 661

Wexford Hurlers: A large original coloured Photograph of the Victorious Wexford Hurling Team of 1960, captained by Nick O'Donnell, approx. 38cms x 47cms (15" x 18 1/2) mounted on board, and with a related item, printed by The People Newspaper, Wexford. As a photo, w.a.f. (2)

Lot 718

Illustrated Books: Konig? Cent Vues Suisse, oblong 8vo no title, c. 1820, 99 engd. plts., soiled, some damp stains, orig. mor. backed boards; Rock & Co. - Views of the Colleges & Halls in Cambridge, 8vo Lond. c. 1820, & 36 engd. views on 18 plts. orig. mor. backed ptd. boards, v. clean copy; Souvenir de Geneve, oblong 12mo Frankfurt c. 1850, cold. litho views, include 4 lg. panorama, cloth, good; & 1 other item. As a lot, w.a.f. (4)

Lot 670

Maps: Framed Collage of 5 miniature engraved Maps, Kerry, Tipperary, Cork, Waterford & Clare / Limerick, framed, attractive item. As a map, w.a.f. (1)

Lot 56

Clarice cliff 'Bizarre' 'Rudyard' pattern conical sugar sifter C1933. There are two very small chips to the base of this item (see pictures)

Lot 478

Series 2 Boxer 50 watt combo amp ( untested no leads sold as display / collectable item )

Lot 57

Shelley late Foley lidded casket pot ' Festival of empire' depicting Julius Caesar planning an attack on England (15 x 12)cm. There are two small chips to the base of this item

Lot 526

Vintage Wood Cased radio ( sold as a collectable / display item ) case has woodworm

Lot 401

Vintage Pifco Lamp wiring cut off sold as collectors / display item

Lot 1395

B.O.A.C Collins Radio Company (USA) Aircraft based collectable piece. Period War item.

Lot 1563

Misc diecast group comprising Land Rover issues, RC item plus Corgi Commercials, various scales. Boxed. Excellent to Near Mint.

Lot 1567

Britains 1/32 Land Rover Defender group comprising various interesting issues plus Ertl item. Good to Excellent.

Lot 1811

Old Toy Wooden Compositional Castle with original base box for transport. Well preserved and a fine item.

Lot 1924

Further Eclectic mixed toy group comprising many interesting issues including diecast, lead animals, Bandai Rock Jewels boxed figure, Star Wars, Point of Sale nightmare on elm street item plus much more. Superb mixed lot.

Lot 211

Scratch built 1/32 5 Furrow Plough. Delicate item is generally very good to excellent.

Lot 222

G&B Models 1/32 Hand Built Roadless 115 Tractor. Limited Edition item is excellent.

Lot 272

Raphael Lipkin Plastic Large scale issue of a farm trailer in red and blue. Scarce item is generally VG.

Lot 611

An early George III mahogany shallow bow fronted sideboard of slim proportions the central drawer flanked by deep cellarete drawer as two drawers and two small drawers raised on square tapered and fluted supports CONDITION REPORTS Numerous surface scratches, scuffs, knocks and dents to the wood mainly to the edges and the top. Evidence of old worm to the top. Also some on the drawers and the front and at the back. Fading and discolouration and loss to the varnish to the top. Areas of staining and some gouges to the wood on the top. Some areas of splitting to the wood also to the top. Areas of loss to some of the beading to the front of the drawers. There appears to be some old repairs to the beading in the arched part below the central drawer. Areas of loss to the varnish on some of the drawers. Item has general wear and tear commensurate with age and use. See photos for more details. Height approx 95.5 cm. Length approx 196 cm. Depth approx. 54.5 cm.

Lot 69

A Martin Brothers stoneware mantel clock by Robert Wallace Martin, the eight day movement with white enamel dial, the chapter ring with Roman and Arabic numerals enclosing the inscription "Examd by Lund & Blockley", housed within a blue and brown glazed "cottage" case with pitch roof and floral spray column decoration, inscribed verso "No-10-R.W.Martin 8C-10-74" CONDITION REPORTS Some surface scratches, scuffs, accretions, etc. Numerous firing cracks. A small chip to the corner of one of the roof slabs. Also a small chip to the raised band above the foot. Some discolouration and surface scratches and staining to the clock dial. Chips to the enamel around the edges of the key holes. Item has general wear and tear commensurate with age and use. See photos for more details.

Lot 253

A New Zealand Totara Knot and Hinan wood occasional table, by Johan Marti Levien, second quarter 19th century, the rounded rectangular tilt-top above a faceted baluster support with a foliate carved collar, on a concave-sided platform with scroll feet and castors, 71cm high, 61cm wide 48cm deep, the top of the block bearing a manuscript label 'this wood imported from Wellington - New Zealand - the native names are Totara with Hinan border and manufactured G.D.M Levene, New Zealand House, New Broad St .... London Johan Martin Levien (1811-1871) was born in Barth, a sea-port in Western Pomerania, Prussia where he undertook his cabinet-making apprenticeship, becoming a Master in 1831. He followed this with an extensive period of travel, visiting Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Russia and Hamburg. During his time in Europe he was not only able apply refine his skills but he also attended various schools of drawing and design prior to setting sail for Pernambuco in Brazil in 1837 to set up his own business. Unfortunately the climate did not suit his health, causing him to leave for Rio de Janeiro c. 1840. Here Levien devoted himself to sourcing exotic timber specimens amongst the interior forests. His appetite for collecting rare wood samples lead him to Wellington, New Zealand later the same year where he believed unknown timbers awaited his discovery. These were very early days for settlers which necessitated Levien building his own house with the assistance of local Maoris - a primitive rush construction secured by poles in ground. Once settled he began exploring the hinterland forests to identify suitable cabinet timbers, drawing on the experience he had gained in Brazil. Here he selected a range of native timbers including Hinau, Kauri, Mai, Matai, Rata, Rimu and Totara. This was heavy work as the newly hewn trees had to be carried back through the forest to the base camp before they could be sawn into planks. Some of the trees were over a hundred feet tall with boughs up to twelve feet in diameter. When Levien arrived in Wellington he could neither speak English or Maori but quickly assimilated both languages and built up a rapport with the native tribesmen. He built a beachside store and workshop on what is now known as Lambton Quay and shortly after married an English woman of high social standing. By 1843 he had built a flourishing business as a contemporary report recorded: 'Mr Levien...has been industriously employed in proving the value of our forests, by working native woods in all descriptions of furniture. His work is beautifully executed, and his prices moderate'. The report went on to state 'We are glad to find a considerable quantity of furniture wood being shipped by all the vessels now proceeding from this port to England. Mr Levien...proceeds in the brig Victoria to London, with a view of establishing a warehouse for the manufacture and sale of New Zealand wood ...Mr Levien takes with him a large quantity of choice specimens of our woods, carefully selected by himself, and well seasoned before embarked...'.However Levien was never to return to New Zealand, possibly for a combination of reasons including the unrest in that country arising over land rights and his rapid establishment of a business premises in London. This was located at the New Zealand Company, Broad Street and a letter from London, dated 17 October 1844 testifies to his success. It noted that 'Levien has an order from the Baron of Rothschild to fit up an entire room with totara and hinau; old Mr.Rothschild is about to do the same thing, and Gillow, Doubiggen, and some others of the cabinet-makers have purchased good quantities of his woods'. On 5 August 1846, Levien received a Royal Appointment, recorded in London Sun of 22 August under the heading MR. LEVIEN. HIS SPLENDID WORKMANSHIP FOR THE QUEEN, AND THE FURNITURE WOODS FROM NEW ZEALAND: 'We are happy to announce that her Majesty has been pleased to confer upon Mr Levien the appointment of cabinet-maker to her Majesty, in token of the very elegant specimens of workmanship made by him from the woods of New Zealand. Her Majesty the Queen was the first to patronise him. And he has secured great favour with her Majesty by his workmanship, his skill, and his woods'.One of Levien's most important early patrons was the Prussian Chevalier Bunson (later Baron Bunsen) who introduced him Frederick William IV, King of Prussia. In 1848 the King presented Levien with a gold medal, 'awarded by the Prussian Court to persons of distinguished merits in the arts' and conferred on him a Royal Appointment. This lead to a series of high profile commissions as recorded in the Morning Post 'Amongst the English nobility and gentry, whose patronage he is experiencing, we may also mention Lord Ingestre, Lord Ilchester, Baron Rothschild, John Abel Smith, Stewart Marjoribanks, G. Tomline...' Later in 1848 Levien married again to Mary Ann Willson and moved to new premises at 10 Davies Street, Grosvenor Square. Throughout the 1840s Levien succeeded in swimming against the tide of conservatism as English furniture was almost exclusively manufactured out of mahogany, walnut, rosewood and oak at this time. That Levien had tested each of his woods brought him public confidence and convinced his clientele of the suitability of his chosen New Zealand timbers. He recommended tawhero (Weinnannia sylvicola), for instance, as a substitute for mahogany, and suggested specific purposes for other particular veneers. However, above all Totara Knot was the most easily distinguishable. It was described in a contemporary periodical as 'of a colour something between bird maple and the walnut, bears a high polish, and displays an exquisite grain in fine and various lines of softening tint', and its durability is manifested by the fine condition of pieces of furniture made from it in existence today'.Levien continued to successfully promote his business throughout the following decades and this included his participation in a series of international exhibitions including The Great Exhibition, London 1851; The Dublin Exhibition, 1853, The Paris Exhibition, 1855 (where he received a medal) and The International Exhibition, London 1862. Few pieces of his furniture bear a label or signature, although many pieces are known through exhibition catalogue engravings and other puplications including 'Art Furniture'- Woods of New Zealand, and their adaptability to art furniture, James S. Virtue, London, 1861. Levien's work is recorded in the English Royal collection, and exhibited at The Museum of New Zealand. He continued trading until 1868 when he sold the business and died three years later in 1871. His Totara Knot sideboard, exhibited at The Great Exhibition 1851 sold for £380,000 at Sotheby's in 1998, one of the highest auction prices ever achieved for an item of 19th century furniture.

Lot 9

BLUE NOTE COLLECTION - JAPANESE LPs/12". Stunning collection of 16 x LPs and 2 x 12", including records from series such as Blue Note Collectors' Item Series and World First Appearance. Artists/titles include Kenny Burrell (x2) inc. Freedom (GXF-3057) and Swingin' (GXF-3070), Wayne Shorter - The Collector (GXF-3059), Lou Donaldson - Sweet Lumber (GXF-3068), Curtis Fuller - Two Bones (GXF-3064), Bennie Green (x2) inc. Minor revelation (GXF-3063) and Walkin' & Talkin' (GXK-8217), Ike Quebec (GXK-8228), Blue Mitchell - Down With It! (GXK-8224), Little Johnny C - Johnny coles (GXK 8204), Pete La Roca (GXK-8129, no OBI), Julius Watkins Sextet, Jackie McLean, Duke Pearson Freddie Redd Quintet, The Three Sounds, Cannonball Adderley and Bud Powell. Condition is generally Ex to Ex+/as new.

Lot 214

A poster for the Stray Cats and the Barracudas at Lancaster University -a little tatty on edges but a rare item - rock and roll / new wave interest

Lot 276

A rare framed and signed copy of the Tom Jones and the Squires EP - sleeve is a little tatty but this is a real rare item for collectors of UK Beat and Tom Jones

Lot 353

A book of Led Zep with inserts and facsimile gig posters , flyers and more - a really nice item on offer here

Lot 356

A book of Qujeen interest with inserts and facsimile gig posters , flyers and more - a really nice item on offer here

Lot 559

A Brownie Eight projector sold as collectors item together with a Bell & Howe projector sold as collectors item

Lot 664

A Singer electric sewing machine in carrying case sold as collectors item

Lot 322

Contemporary anglepoise lamp CONDITION REPORT: All electrical items in this lot have been PAT tested for safety and have passed. This does not confirm that the item is in full working order.

Lot 603

Bosch AVS garden vacuum with GardenLine hedge trimmer CONDITION REPORT: All electrical items in this lot have been PAT tested for safety and have passed. This does not confirm that the item is in full working order.

Lot 1090

Ladies silver vintage type engraved bangle 32g CONDITION REPORT: No visible damages or repairs to this item

Lot 1030

925 silver crown wind pocket watch D: 50 mm (please see condition report) CONDITION REPORT: This item was NOT working at the time of lotting.

Lot 470

A Yamaha Kodiak 400 4X4 Road Legal Farm Quad Bike ATV. Please note: we do not offer any guarantee with this item - sold as seen.

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