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Click here to subscribe1 x 18" guitar amplifier speaker cabinet, fitted with a Goodmans Axiom 18" speaker; together with a Crate Vintage Series E15 speaker, made in USA, fitted to a front grille panel (2) *Please note: Gardiner Houlgate do not guarantee the full working order of any electrical items. Do not assume that this lot or any other electrical item is fully working. Please ask for a condition report before placing any kind of bid
Hughes & Kettner Switchblade 50 guitar amplifier, with foot switch *Please note: Gardiner Houlgate do not guarantee the full working order of any electrical items. Do not assume that this lot or any other electrical item is fully working. Please ask for a condition report before placing any kind of bid
1960s Sound City Pro Artiste 30 guitar amplifier, made in England *Please note: Gardiner Houlgate do not guarantee the full working order of any electrical items. Do not assume that this lot or any other electrical item is fully working. Please ask for a condition report before placing any kind of bid
Kustom Sienna 65 guitar amplifier; together with a Stagg CA100B/210 guitar amplifier and a Laney Hardcore Max HCM15R guitar amplifier (3) *Please note: Gardiner Houlgate do not guarantee the full working order of any electrical items. Do not assume that this lot or any other electrical item is fully working. Please ask for a condition report before placing any kind of bid
Vox AC4C1 guitar amplifier; together with a Futurama Solid State M10 guitar amplifier (2) *Please note: Gardiner Houlgate do not guarantee the full working order of any electrical items. Do not assume that this lot or any other electrical item is fully working. Please ask for a condition report before placing any kind of bid
Ferrograph Super 7 reel-to-reel tape recorder, with remote and operators handbook *Please note: Gardiner Houlgate do not guarantee the full working order of any electrical items. Do not assume that this lot or any other electrical item is fully working. Please ask for a condition report before placing any kind of bid
Electro Harmonix Soul Food guitar pedal, with Klon Centaur mod, boxed *Please note: Gardiner Houlgate do not guarantee the full working order of any electrical items. Do not assume that this lot or any other electrical item is fully working. Please ask for a condition report before placing any kind of bid
Studer CDS Series A730 compact disc player, within heavy duty flight case *Please note: Gardiner Houlgate do not guarantee the full working order of any electrical items. Do not assume that this lot or any other electrical item is fully working. Please ask for a condition report before placing any kind of bid
Loco Box CH-01 stereo chorus guitar pedal, boxed; together with a Korg DTR-2 digital rack tuner and a Boss TU-12 chromatic tuner (3) *Please note: Gardiner Houlgate do not guarantee the full working order of any electrical items. Do not assume that this lot or any other electrical item is fully working. Please ask for a condition report before placing any kind of bid
1382 Boss VB-2 Vibrato guitar pedal, made in Japan, black label, boxed *Please note: Gardiner Houlgate do not guarantee the full working order of any electrical items. Do not assume that this lot or any other electrical item is fully working. Please ask for a condition report before placing any kind of bid
Blackstar Amplification Fly 3 watt mini amplifier, boxed *Please note: Gardiner Houlgate do not guarantee the full working order of any electrical items. Do not assume that this lot or any other electrical item is fully working. Please ask for a condition report before placing any kind of bid
Boss 40th Anniversary SD-1 Super Overdrive guitar pedal, boxed *Please note: Gardiner Houlgate do not guarantee the full working order of any electrical items. Do not assume that this lot or any other electrical item is fully working. Please ask for a condition report before placing any kind of bid
MID 19TH CENTURY MAHOGANY CHEST OF THREE SHORT OVER THREE LONG OAK LINED DRAWERS having cockbeaded edging and turned wooden knobs with diamond shape ivory escutcheons, reeded and turned front detail, the turned detail repeated to a shaped apron on swept corner front supports, 114cms H, 122cms W, 55cms D Provenance: private collection Wrexham(GOV.UK Ivory content- to comply with current regulation - self-declaration form completed for the sale of this item - Submission reference 1NGFHJHT)
NORTH WALES ANGLESEY OAK BREAKFRONT DRESSER, having a wide boarded back three-shelf rack over a base section of three opening pine lined drawers and three lower central blind drawers, flanked by twin opening cupboard doors, all having fancy brass back plates with swan neck handles, brass door knobs and ivory escutcheons, quarter cut pillar detail to the breakfront centre on shaped corner bracket feet, 217cms H, 171cms W, 54cms D Provenance: private collection Denbighshire(GOV.UK Ivory content- to comply with current regulation - self-declaration form completed for the sale of this item - Submission reference (CZD8C3ZW)
NORTH WALES OAK BREAKFRONT DRESSER CIRCA 1850, having wide backboards to a three-shelf rack and a run of six opening spice drawers, with brass knobs, the breakfront base section with a T arrangement of six opening pine lined drawers, having cockbeaded edging, round brass pommels and swan neck handles with ivory escutcheons, and two inset panel cupboard doors, panel sided with canted detail to the corners, repeated to the central drawer flanks, on shaped corner bracket feet, the dresser complete with a harlequin set of willow pattern blue and white plates, 33-pieces, to include 8 x meat platters, 45 x 36cms the largest, 209cms overall H, 196cms W, 57cms D Provenance: private collection Conwy. The dresser is known to the family to have come from a farm in Cae Llwyd, Cefn Meiriadog, St. Asaph.(GOV.UK Ivory content - to comply with current regulation - self-declaration form completed for the sale of this item - Submission reference KTVB9NUM)
Romano-British, bronze dice (3), first with red and green enamel dots; second with pointed ends, 4 sides marked with 9, 6, 3 and 1 dot (Celtic & Roman Artefacts RB355, this item); third marked with IV, X, single spot, nine-branched leaf, five-branched leaf (Celtic & Roman Artefacts RB357, this item); together with a bronze counter with 12 dots arranged in 3 rows (Celtic and Roman Artefacts RB358, this item) [4]. All very fine £100-£150 --- Roman dice were normally thrown together in threes, but later in the Roman period they were thrown in pairs from a conical container (fritillus). Another feature of dice this period is that the opposite sides often do not add up to seven, which is typical of medieval and later dice.
"The Pocket Watch Collection" thirty-five modern reproduction pocket watches in a three drawer display case, ring binder with corresponding magazines published by Hachette.Condition report:The cabinet has dimensions of 39cm x 20cm x 12cm. This item can be shipped to a UK address for £40, including VAT
Film promotional item from films such as Men in Black (balloons), Independence Day 4 (t-shirts, hat, badges), Drive (Nextel flip phone promo device). Also included are some Beano items to include a XXL tshirt, joke book, Beano beanie hat, and two duplicate comics. Other mixed items include a metal triumph display, a 1994 Pirelli Calendar featuring Kate Moss, a Casio Data Bank and more.
REGGIE KRAY & PETE GILLETT 7" VINYL - I Began To Notice 1990 Bold Reprieve Label BRM 035., PLAYBOY VINTAGE 1960's FULL SET OF PLAYING CARDS IN BLACK VELOUR BOX - Train Robber Biggs had these on his 2009 Prison release, THE KRAY TWINS LONDON WALK - 2002 Tour Guide Book Showing Walking Route in East London, THE GREAT TRAIN ROBBERY 12" VINYL - Rare To Find - Buster Picture Cover Record Number AUG8 (Rare, 1966 PRESS BOOKLET FOR GREAT TRAIN ROBBERY FILM - Four Page Booklet Published by Gala Film Distributors Ltd (Very Rare, THE MAIL TRAIN JOB BOOK - Very Rare 1985 Klett Publication ISBN 3-12-542300-7 - (Very Rare, 1974 THE SUNDAY TIMES MAGAZINE - WAITING FOR THE TRAIN ROBBERS (On Cover) Rare, THE TYRELL CORPORATION 7" VINYL - Train Robber Ronald (Buster) Edwards on Cover 1992, THE TYRELL CORPORATION CD - Train Robber Ronald (Buster) Edwards on Cover 6-Track CD 1992, 1981 SUNDAY PEOPLE NEWSPAPER - TRAIN ROBBER BIGGS KIDNAPPED - Complete Newspaper Number 5175 ​(Very Rare, 50th ANNIVERSARY POSTAGE STAMP/ENVELOPE - Limited Edition 020 Out Of 200 Covers The Train Robbery 50th Anniversary Stamp/Envelope From BFDC (British First Day Covers, VINTAGE 1960 PLAYBOY CARDS IN BLACK SUEDE BOX - Ronnie Biggs own Personal item when Released in 2009 (Very Rare, THE GREAT TRAIN ROBBERY BOOK - First Edition Hardback 1964 By John Gosling and David Craig Published by WH Allen, ALLAN SMETHURST (AKA THE SNGING POSTMAN SINGS THE GREAT TRAIN ROBBERY) - 1966 4-Track EP Picture Cover on Ralph Tuck Promotions label, DAILY EXPRESS APRIL 1970 RONNIE BIGGS STORY - Newspaper Story with Biggs Four Years before his Re-arrest in Brazil, 1974 (Rare), 1993 REAL LIFE CRIMES MAGAZINE - The Great Train Robbery Number 20., TRAIN ROBBER RONNIE BIGGS PRESS PHOTOGRAPH - 10x4 B&W Photograph Showing Biggs at The Rio Carnival (From Reputable Film Dealer, PAUL FREEMAN RIO PRESS PHOTOGRAPH - 10x4 B&W Showing Freeman who played Ronnie Biggs in Film 'Prisoner of Rio' (From Reputable Film Dealer), MURDER CASEBOOK MAGAZINE (THE KRAYS) - 1990 Number 14 Published By Marshall Cavendish, HMP NORWICH BAG (RONNIE BIGGS PRISON NUMBER) - Biggs given on Prison Release in 2009 from HMP Norwich, VINTAGE 1965 POSTCARD - R167253 12054 Relating to Train Robber Biggs wife while Biggs was on The Run, TRAIN ROBBER RONNIE BIGGS - First Edition Hardback (Now Out Of Print) 2009 Signed By The Author ISBN 1-906358-59-1, SINGLE PLAYING CARD - The Great Train Robbery, Eight Rose Of England RO19, MAILBAG BLUES CD GATEFOLD ALBUM - Train Robber Ronnie Biggs Story By Bruce Henri Including Booklet 2004 What Music Label.
A early 20th century Bristol Pountney's Cock & Hen pattern pottery tea service set. Comprising of teapot, vase, stem tapering vase, serving plate, cup, mug, sugar bowl, milk jug. designed by George Stewart, being hand painted with makers marks to base. George Stewart was known for his work with Wemyss. Largest item measures approx. 13cm
A Japanese bronze okimono,19th-20th century, of a warrior in full armour standing on a rock with his right hand raised, a scroll in his left hand, all on a square plinth,37cm highCondition ReportSurface scratches and dents.Figure a bit loose to base. Item missing from right hand. Base not flat.Small holes in various locations.
An Edwardian mahogany, boxwood and ivory inlaid stool,the hinged stuff-over seat opening to reveal a void interior, raised on X-frame,47cm wide38cm deep53cm highIMPORTANT NOTE This lot contains elephant ivory material. Please be advised that several countries, including those in the EU and the USA, now prohibit the importation of ivory items unless under specific conditions. Accordingly, prospective buyers should familiarise themselves with the relevant customs regulations of their country and ensure they are able to import this item prior to bidding. This item has been registered as exempt from the UK Ivory Act 2018. Ivory declaration submission reference: 8RE16SPWCondition ReportSlight play in frame but doesn't need addressing. One repair present to one side.Upholstery in good order.Minor nibbles to frame throughout commensurate with age and use.
A George III silver teapot,by Joseph Angell I, London 1808, with a gadrooned edge and ivory insulators, 16.5cm high22.8oztIMPORTANT NOTE This lot contains elephant ivory material. Please be advised that several countries, including those in the EU and the USA, now prohibit the importation of ivory items unless under specific conditions. Accordingly, prospective buyers should familiarise themselves with the relevant customs regulations of their country and ensure they are able to import this item prior to bidding. This item has been registered as exempt from the UK Ivory Act 2018. Ivory declaration submission reference: 9415GQZUCondition ReportHandle slightly loose where one of the insulators meets.
A coromandel and ivory inlaid work table,19th century, with gilt lined border details, a single drawer, wool box with tooled Moroccan panels and undertier, on brass collared castors,53cm wide41cm deep72cm highIMPORTANT NOTE This lot contains elephant ivory material. Please be advised that several countries, including those in the EU and the USA, now prohibit the importation of ivory items unless under specific conditions. Accordingly, prospective buyers should familiarise themselves with the relevant customs regulations of their country and ensure they are able to import this item prior to bidding. This item has been registered as exempt from the UK Ivory Act 2018. Ivory declaration submission reference: CXUE5ANTCondition ReportSome scratches to the morroco panels of the wool box
(...) item Itinerarium Hierolsolymitanum (...). Magdeburg, P. Donat for A. Kirchner, 1587. 2 parts in 1 vol. 60; 50 lvs. Woodcut ornaments & initials. Contemp. vellum w. manuscript title on spine. Sm. 4to. Former library shelf number upper pastedown, vague stamp on title-p. Browned. The first combined edition of two important travel accounts to the Holy land by the German Dominican friar Monte Sion and the jurist and protonotary of the Papal Curia Saligniaco. Monte Sion was one of the last pilgrims to the Holy Land before the fall of the Latin Kingdom in 1291; his account is the most detailed description of the Holy Land from the 13th cent.
(1) Invitation card for Mack's first solo show outside of Germany, in the legendary experimental exhibition space founded by Manzoni and Enrico Castellani (with some help of Lucio Fontana). 9 x 19 cm, printed white on translucent plastic sheet. This card is lacking a black sheet which seems to have been glued onto the back, making the white lettering stand out. Incomplete, but extremely scarce item. Added: (2) Invitation card Mack Galerie Schmela Dusseldorf, 25 November 1960. 21 x 15 cm, very light rubbing to corners, fine copy. (3) Mini Expo Mack bei Galerie Reckermann Cologne, 1969. Large fold-out card printed silver on thick black stock, 18.5 x 60 cm, in very good condition. (total 3)
(1) Dylaby, Dynamisch Labyrint. Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, 1962. Softcover, 19 x 26 cm, 22 pp. with photographic ills. by Ed van der Elsken. Participating artists were Rauschenberg, Raysse, de Saint Phalle, Spoerri, Tinguely, Ultvedt. Contains the often lacking fold-out exhibition plan, loosely inserted. Light age soiling to cover, fine copy. (2) Tinguely & Co, Forum No XXIV-2. Hilversum/Amsterdam, Architectura et Amicitae, 1973. Edited by Anthon Beeke, Tjeerd Deelstra, Swip Stolk and Ad Petersen. Special issue for Forum magazine. Elaborate eight-fold poster on yellow paper. 93 x 60 cm. Features printed coloured texts and doodles by Tinguely, some on pink paper. With added photos and text fragments to be pasted on the poster. Photo contributions by Ed van der Elsken and Ad Petersen among others. Rare item, fine copy. (total 2)
Rotterdam, Galerie Delta, 1967. Soft cover, 22.5 x 22.5 cm, 12 pp. with loose inserted extra sheet featuring Andy Warhol's 'Selfportrait' on silver coated paper, with a text on Warhol by Hans Sonnenberg at the backside. Striking catalogue published for a group show by Allan D'Arcangelo, Yoyoi Kusama, Claes Oldenburg, Larry Rivers and Tom Wesselmann. Profusely illustrated with documentation of work by the above artists, and two bright colour reproductions of Warhol's Flowers. Booklet and interior in very good condition. Selfportrait sheet shows light edge wear on right side of the print, else in good condition. Scarce item.
for music performances at Judson Hall New York, October 12 1962. 28 x 11 cm, printed black on textured beige paper. Design and intricate drawings/writing by Marian Zazeela. Announcement for La Monte Young's 'String Trio' and 'Composition 1960 #7' performed by La Mar Alsop, William Schoen and Charlotte Moorman. The text introduces the artist and mentions that the performed scores (will) appear in several Fluxus publications such as 'An Anthology', Kalenderrole and Décollage. Scarce item in mint condition.
(1) Balletabend, 5 October 1960, dance by Carolyn Brown, Merce Cunningham, Piano by John Cage and David Tudor. Brochure, 29.5 x 21 cm, 4 pp. folded twice. Programme and programme notes by John Cage in English and German. 'Though some of the dances and music are easily enjoyed, other are, to certain people, perplexing for they do not unfold along conventional lines.' Among the performances are Suite for Two, Lavish Escapade and Hands Birds (with costumes by Rauschenberg). Scarce item with age wear, tear on the programme notes sheet. (2) Kompositionen. Invitation card for 4 performances by Cage, Young and Paik on October 6, 1960. Performed were John Cage's Cartridge music with Solo for Voice 2 and Music for Amplified Toy Pianos, a poem by La Monte Young and Nam June Paik's Etude for Piano. Card, 10.5 x 15 cm, printed b/w, with fold and rust mark from a paperclip. (total 2)
London, Indica Gallery, 1966. Original covers featuring b/w photos of the artist performing the event 'Hide Mouth'. Stapled softcover, 28 x 14.5 cm, 24 pp. with 8 photo plates by Iain Macmillan on perforated leaves with adhesive backing to be torn out and pasted to their corresponding place in the catalogue (6 contained in this copy). Edited by Ono on occasion of her first exhibition. The booklet is ingeniously designed into a separate upper and lower section. The upper section is meant to tip in the reproductions of the exhibited objects. The lower section presents catalogue texts and event scores by Yoko Ono. This is the original publication, holding 18 of the 24 images to be tipped in. Due to water vapour these pages were stuck together and were professionally separated by a paper restorer. For this reason the images are no longer gum-backed. The pages have been unhinged and are laid loosely into the publication. The 18 images present in this copy comprise: Draw Circle Painting / Add Color Painting + Kitchen Piece / Ceiling Painting / Mend Painting / Draw Circle Object / YOU + ME / Apple / Pointedness / Forget It / Water Piece / Parts of Light House / Balance Piece / Cleaning Piece / Chess Set (Play It By Trust) / Mend Painting / Temporary Cabinett / Object in Three Parts / Eternal Time / Ceiling Painting. The catalogue has slight water damage on lower pages, else in fine shape with traces of use. Extremely rare item. *The exhibition marks Ono's first encounter with John Lennon. During the installation of the show he mistakenly ate an apple that had been one of the exhibits (titled 04 Apple 1966 in the catalogue).
Works - Concepts - Processes - Situations - Information. Bern, Kunsthalle Bern, 1969. First edition featuring the legendary exhibition of new tendencies in art, organized by Harald Szeemann in cooperation with Wim Beeren’s show 'Op Losse Schroeven' at the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam. Printed cardboard portfolio with metal clip binding and alphabetized tabs, ca. 200 pp. Prof. ills. in b/w with texts and documentation of works by 65 artists. Text mostly in English. Featured artists comprise: Andre, Anselmo, Barry, Beuys, Bochner, Boetti, Darboven, Dibbets, Van Elk, Hesse, Kosuth, LeWitt, Long, Nauman, Oppenheim, Panamarenko, Serra, Wegman et al. Scarce item, important source. Cover shows some edge-wear, else in very good condition.
Thick brown cardboard covers, 23 x 31.5 cm, 42 pp. Catalogue for the exhibition curated by Sam Wagstaff, one of the earliest group shows presenting cutting-edge avant-garde artists of the 1960s and 70s, such as Lynda Benglis, Dan Flavin, Nam June Paik, Carl André, Jo Baer, Walter de Maria, Jean Dupuy, Dan Flavin, Hans Haacke, Michael Heizer, Fred Sandback, Richard Tuttle, William Wegman et al. Designed by Bill Butts, profusely illustrated with project and installation images printed in brown-violet on cream coloured glossy paper. Includes the exhibition history for each artist in the form of type-written and hand-annotated CVs. Corners with dents, and some wear to paper edges, generally in fine condition. Very rare item.
Gallery Sum, Reykjavic (Iceland), 1972. Softcover, 27 x 20.5 cm, 150 pp. with photo documents and facsimile handwriting and drawings. Texts by the artists mainly in English, editorial texts in Icelandic. The exhibition presented about 200 works by 58 artists from 16 different countries. The artists' collective SÚM (1965-1978) organized various events in Iceland and abroad, and was active in the global Fluxus and conceptual art scene. The catalogue shows artists' contributions by Bas Jan Ader (documentation from the performance 'The Boy who fell over Niagara falls' and text clippings), Jon Gunnar Arnason, Vito Acconci, Felipe Ehrenberg, Robert Filliou, Hreinn Fridfinnsson, Kristjan and Sigurdur Gudmunsson, Dorothy Iannone, John Latham, Dennis Oppenheim, Geza Perneczky, Dieter Roth, Carolee Schneemann (Road Animation for Reykjavik), Ben Vautier and many others. Scarce item in fine condition.
Los Angeles, Self-published, 1971. Staple bound, 22.5 x 15 cm, 12 pp. Offset printed b/w. First edition. Artist's book produced in conjunction with Ruppersberg's installation 'Al's Grand Hotel' in which the artist converted a two-floor craftsman house in Hollywood into a functional hotel with seven themed rooms. The 'catalog' lists the items in the various rooms that are for sale, such as a blue neon sign 'Al's Grand Hotel', a wedding cake from the Bridal Suite, 7 life size photo cut-outs of the artists ($ 100 each) and a restaurant booth with plates, menus etc. from the Breakfast room. Covers and interior sheets show age toning (as is usual with this item), small abrasion on back cover. Generally a good copy. Rare.
A man climbs a mountain because it is there / a man makes a work of art because it is not there. Mönchengladbach, Städtisches Museum, 1968. Multiple/catalogue for Andre's solo exhibition. Cardboard box with transparent lid, 21 x 17 cm. Contains a folded linen table runner, which unfolds to 400 x 16 cm, with silkscreened text by Johannes Cladder in German, as well as a booklet, 20.5 x 16.5 cm, 12 pp. with colophon and an interview (by André with André), all printed in the artists' facsimile handwriting. Numbered edition of 660, this one numbered 624. This box is part of the famous series of cassette catalogues produced by The Städtisches Museum Mönchengladbach. Cardboard box shows light soiling and creases, the plastic lid has some tearing along the corners (as usual with this item), pristine booklet with some loose pages, cloth in mint condition.
Amsterdam, Galerie Swart, 1974. Blank cardboard portfolio with flaps, 30.5 x 30.1 cm. Contains a printed title leaf, and 12 original relief prints, 30 x 30 cm on thick white paper sheets. The prints are made in a limited edition of 10 copies, signed Hilgemann, dated '74 and numbered 2/10 in pencil on the title sheet. The work is identified as G 1974 series 174/2 nos. 1-12. All prints and the title panel are in mint condition. The portfolio shows toning and wear along the margins, with some abrasions on the rear board. Scarce item by German-Dutch artist Ewerdt Hilgemann (born 1938), who was represented by the prominent Amsterdam based gallery Swart in the late 1960s and early 1970s, featuring a new type of abstract constructivism. His paper and sculptural reliefs and his later 'implosion' works are in numerous public and private collections worldwide, such as Louisiana Museum of Modern Art Humlebæk, Muzeum Sztuki Lodz, Kunsthalle Bremen, Museum for Konkrete Kunst Ingolstadt, Kröller Müller Museum Otterlo, Stedelijk Museum Schiedam and Elgiz Museum of Contemporary Art Istanbul.
(1) Gerhard Richter, Verkündigung, nach Tizian. Genova, Galleria La Bertesca, 1973. Stapled softcover, 28 x 18 cm, 16 pp. with 5 b/w ills. Catalogue for the exhibition at Galleria La Bertesca, December 5 - 31 1973 in Milan. Text by JC Amman, interview with the artist by Peter Sager, texts in Italian. Fine copy with light spotting and rusty staples. (2) Gerhard Richter. Milan, Editioni Masnata-Spagnoli, 1976. Softcover, ill. cardcovers, 21 x 15 cm, 34 pp. Features 12 striking b/w illustrations of Richter works. Texts by the artist in Italian and English and Giorgio Cortenova in Italian. Foxing on inner title page, else a very fine item. Scarce. (total 2)
(1) Quadrat-Print / Quadrat-Blatt / Feuilles-Cadrat / Kwadraat Blad. Daily Mirrors Book. Hilversum, Steendrukkerij De Jong, 1965. Cardboard sending case, containing 60 loose printed sheets, 25 x 25 cm printed both sides, featuring greatly enlarged newspaper clippings. With a 4 page editor's note by Pieter Brattinga in English, French, Dutch and German. Paper somewhat browned due to the newsprint paper, cardboard case shows light handling wear. (2) Boeken: Dieter Roth. Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, 1975. Exhibition catalogue in the form of an artists’ book, printed in black on newsprint, saddle stapled, 33.5 x 23 cm, ca. 128 pp. With stamp of edition Hansjörg Mayer on cover. Minor creasing to right margin, in good condition which is unusual for this item. (total 2)
Multimedia magazine of the arts published by Phyllis Johnson from 1965 to 1971, editors and designers changed for each issue. The magazine came in a customized box filled with booklets, phonograph recordings, posters, postcards. Included in this lot are: (1) Aspen 5 + 6, for Stephane Mallarmé (aka The Minimalism Issue), 1967. Boxed edition consisting of 28 numbered elements edited and designed by Brian O’Doherty, with art direction by David Dalton and Lynn Letterman. Contributions by Susan Sontag, Roland Barthes, William Burroughs, John Cage, Marcel Duchamp, Merce Cunningham, Dan Graham, Sol LeWitt et al. Two-part box, with all items present except item 15 in photocopy (Michel Butor poem) and missing item 24, the often lacking 8 mm film reel that was meant to be send after publication but never made it to this copy (replaced by the publisher's note that the reel was to follow separately). Box a bit soiled and with small repair. (2) Aspen 6A: The Judson Manipulations (aka The Performance Art issue). This was an extra number only distributed to the subscribers, focused on the performance art scene around New York’s Judson Gallery. The contents are kept in a paper folder, missing the original mailing envelope (a photocopy of the front of the envelope is added). (3) Aspen 7, the British issue. Cardboard box with die-cut colour cover design by Richard Smith. Works by Ossie Clark, Eduardo Paolozzi, Peter Blake, Ian Hamilton Finlay, John Furnival, David Hockney, as well as two flexi-disks - one has John Lennon playing Radio Play and the other contains Yoko Ono's Song for John. Fourteen items as issued (not as described on box). Box with wear, item 13 (Finlay's poem) is trimmed 1 cm, all other contents fine. (total 3)
Promotional postcard set of Keith Haring’s Fertility Suite, published by Tony Shafrazi Gallery, New York, 1983. Includes the complete set of six postcards, offset lithograph on card stock, each 12 x 13.7 cm and the original pink/red envelope wrap, 12.5 x 14 cm. Envelope with some edge wear and a dedication by former owner, cards are mint. Rare item, only produced in an edition of ca. 200.
(1) Keith Haring: Paintings, drawings and a velum. Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, 1986. Stiff illustrated wrappers, 26 x 31 cm, 84 pp. ills. in colour and b/w. Introduction by Wim Beeren. Text in English and Dutch. Loosely inserted is an appendix, in Dutch. Scarce item, fine copy. (2) Keith Haring, Coloring Book. Amsterdam, De Harmonie, 1986. Second printing. Staplebound, 30 x 30.5 cm, 20 pp. with full page b/w colouring plates. Published at the occasion of the Keith Haring exhibition in the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam in 1986. The cover has been coloured in, not by Haring unfortunately, other sheets clean and bright. (total 2)
Cardboard envelope, 28 x 20 cm, with mounted black card addressed in gold handwriting to 'The Beautiful Documenta 7 'Fuchs' Kassel Germany'. Verso reads 'Werner, 25 Gertrudenstr. 5 Köln Germany' (the address of Michael Werner gallery). Contains 4 red painted sheets with rounded top, 62 x 21 cm, folded in four, featuring handwritten text and drawings in gold. The text is difficult to decipher but partly reads 'only white suits from now on?' and 'Lets make the red show red on both sides to be d most bewtiful classical show. same red? (..) great paper ?'. Also includes a folded circle of thick paper, 59 cm in diameter, painted red both sides (tear along 1 side and wear along folds). Without detectable writing, possibly a colour/paper sample for the project mentioned in the letter. Splendid item deriving from the collection of Rudi Fuchs, Amsterdam.
San Francisco, Steven Leiber, 1998. Fascinating sales catalogue alluding to the famous Documenta 5 catalogue (1972) with cover design by Edward Ruscha. This copy features a similar orange plastic ringbinder with a composition of ants spelling out SL (Steven Leiber) in lieu of Documenta's '5' on the cover, titled on spine (both printed on stickers). Three-ring binder, 29.5 x 27.5 cm, with numerous unnumbered photocopied pages, separated into sections by 4 dividers. Profusely illustrated in b/w with reproductions of artworks, posters, newspaper clippings, flyers etc. Contains 508 priced items, listed in the following sections: Artists' Books & Publications; Exhibition Catalogues & General Reference Multiples; Prints, & Drawing Material; Primary Documents. Published in an edition of 100 copies. Rare item in fine condition.
DFA Animated Displays automaton clown character, electrically operated (untested), plastic plaque to wooden base DFA Animated Displays, paper printed label to underneath of base- DFA DISPLAYS THE GROVE TRADING ESTATE DORCHESTER, hand written in black pen- 80/012/001, composition head, hands and feet, painted features, auburn wig, wire armature frame body, wearing red, blue, green and yellow trousers, white shirt, body moves from side-to-side and arms move up and down, UNTESTED, some cracks / chips / repair to composition, Good to Good Plus, 37"/94cm. NB: Probably used as a shop display / point of sale item.
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