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Click here to subscribe1960S US SOUL PROGRAMMES. Eight US programmes circa 1960s, chiefly for 'Murray The K' events, with acts featured across the collection to include: Martha and the Vandellas, Stevie Wonder, The Lovin Spoonful, The Temptations, The Four Tops, Wilson Pickett, The Moody Blues, The Ronettes, Dionne Warwick, Jackie Wilson, Little Eva and more. Condition generally very good.
SOUL / FUNK / REGGAE - 7". Shakin' collection of 115 x 7", including some promos. Artists/titles include The O'Jays (Promo, PIR 3296), J. J. Barnes (CS 2123), Richard Temple (CS 9040), Soul Brothers Six (K 10204), Count Prince Miller (x3), Latimore, James Brown, Dee Clark, The Contrasts, Soul Survivors, Third World, Oscar Toney Jr., Gene Chandler, Staple Singers, Guardian Angel, Jermaine Jackson, Johnny Nash, Tina Charles, Aretha Franklin, Betty Everett, Natalie Cole, Carol Douglas, Smokey Robinson, The Platters, Dean Parrish, Isley Brothers, The Stylistics, Spinners, The Casualeers, Wayne Gibson, The Rudies, Bruce Ruffin, Roy Head, The Delfonics, Major Harris, Bobbi Martin, Frankie and The Classicals. Condition is generally VG+ to Ex+.
BLUES & PSYCH-ROCK - LPs. Wicked selection of 10 x original title LPs. Artists/titles are Fleetwood Mac - Then Play On (US original Reprise tri-steamboat label, RSLP 9000 - Ex+ or 'NM' record, only a couple of very faint and wispy paper marks/Ex very well presented sleeve, light edge/shelfwear), Groundhogs - Split (orig Portuguese pressing, LBG 83401 - VG+/Ex+ or 'NM' sleeve), Steamhammer - MKII (CBS S 63694), Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band - Mirror Man (US BDS 5077, die-cut g/f), Jefferson Airplane (x2) - Surrealistic Pillow (early 2nd pressing US pressing, RCA Victor black deep grooved labels LSP 3766, matrix endings -15S & -17S - Ex/Ex) and Volunteers (US LSP-4239, early 6s/6s matrix endings - Ex+/Ex+ great copy), Steppenwolf - 7 (DSX 50090), Curved Air (K 46092) and Grand Funk - We're An American Band (yellow vinyl). Condition elsewhere is typically VG+ to Ex+.
THE VELVET UNDERGROUND/LOU REED - LPs. Expert collection of 11 x classic LPs. Velvet Underground titles are The Velvet Underground & Nico (US original sleeve V6-5008, please note this one has been peeled - otherwise VG+ condition with some light foxing/please note housed with UK MGM RE 2315056, record is Ex condition), The Velvet Underground (UK early 70s RE, MGM 2353022 - Ex/VG+), White Light/White Heat (UK MGM early 70s RE, MGM 2353024 - Ex/Ex), Loaded (US Cotillion, early pressing SD 9034, matrix/runout: ST-CTN-702029-A AT OJB 2 & 70230-A AT OJB W - nice and clean Ex record/VG+ solid sleeve, some foxing that is usual with these US sleeves), VU (K 30022) and Velvet Underground Live (6641 900). Lou Reed titles are New York (WX 246), Live In Italy, Live and Rock N Roll Animal (Canadian). Condition is often clean Ex to Ex+ (records) and VG+ to Ex+ (sleeves).
60s ROCK 'N' ROLL / R&B / POP + BEAT - EPs - 'K - L' . Keepin' it real cool with 21 EPs running from the K and L artits. Artists/titles include The Kalin Twins (x2) inc. When and The Kalin Twins, Johnny Kidd (x2) inc. Shakin' All Over and Johnny Kidd, THe Kingsmen (x3) inc. Louie Louie, Mojo Workout (NEP 44040, VG+/VG+) and Fever, Buddy Knox, Don Lang & His Frantic Five (7EG 8208, VG+/VG+), The Lawson-Haggart Rockin' Band, Brenda Lee (x4) inc. Love You Till I Die, Pretend, Speak to Me Pretty and All Alone Am I, Little Richard (x7) inc. Little Richard and His Band Vol. 1 to 7. Condition is generally VG+ to Ex+, unless graded.
70s (ROCK & POP) - 7" COLLECTION WITH DEMOS. Expert collection of 17 x 7" with 1 x 7" box set including demos. Artists/titles include The Rolling Stones - The Rolling Stones Singles Collection (promo 1980 box set with 12 x 7" - records/sleeves Ex+/VG outer box, some of the glue has come unstuck, an easy repair), Bob Dylan - Watching The River Flow (CBS 7329 - Ex a few light storage marks), Fleetwood Mac (x4) inc. Black Magic Woman (S CBS 1722 promo - Ex+) and For Your Love (K 14315 promo - Ex+), ELO (x3) inc. Rockaria! (UK promo UP 36209) and Mr. Blue Sky (UK blue vinyl promo UP 36342), The Moody Blues - Steppin' In A Slide Zone (F 13790 promo), Procol Harum, Denny Laine (DM 227 demo), The Kinks - Sweet Lady Genevieve (RCA 2418 demo - Ex+) and T. Rex. Condition is often Ex to Ex+ though some may have light storage marks (easily cleaned).
BLUES-ROCK - LPs. More super condition LPs with this pack of 6. Titles are Wynder K. Frog - Out Of The Frying Pan (1st UK original Island orange/black bullseye ILPS 9082 - Ex+ or 'NM' record, a couple of very light and faint hairline marks/Ex+ or 'NM' sleeve, very light laminate wear), Canned Heat - Vintage (NSPL 28129 - Ex+/Ex+), Joe Cocker - Joe Cocker! (UK original Regal Zonophone SLRZ 1011 - superb Ex+, 'NM' or archive copy throughout, 'Factory Sample Not For Sale' sticker on side 2 label) and Cocker (EST 2009) and Blues Roots - John Mayall (ROOTS 8) and Savoy Brown (ROOTS 7). Elsewhere condition is typically Ex+ or 'NM'.
BLUES/SOUL - LPs. Electric collection of 16 x LPs full of essential long players. Artists/titles include Brunning Sunflower Blues Band - I Wish You Would (UK 1970 orig, SAGA 8150 - Ex/VG+, bottom seam split, an easy repair), Various - Raw Blues (harder to find orig stereo SCL 1220 - Ex+/Ex), Booker T & The M.G's (x5) - Soul Dressing (UK orig ATL 5027 - VG+/VG+, a neat copy), Soul Limbo (SXATS 1001- Ex+/Ex), And Now! (589002), Green Onions (HA-K 8182) and The Hip Hug-Her (US STAX S 717), Ramsey Lewis - Wade In The Water (UK orig CRL 4522), Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac (EMB 31036 RE), Billy Preston - Wildest Organ In Town! (ST 2532 UK), Various - Guitar Heroes (SLP 166), The Drifters and The World Of Blues Power and John Mayall. Condition is generally VG+ to Ex.
70s ROCK & POP - LPs. All the classics with this collection of around 119 x LPs. Artists/titles include Fleetwood Mac - Tusk (K 66088), Little Feat - Feats Don't Fail Me Now(K 56030), Jethro Tull - Aqualung (original UK ILPS 9145 with Island logos - VG/VG+), The Pirates - Skull Wars, Bloodstone, Jim Capaldi - Let The Thunder Cry, Rocky Burnette, Rickie Lee Jones, Lynyrd Skynyrd inc. S/T, Street Survivors and First And..., Steely Dan - Pretzel Logic, Country Joe And The Fish - I Feel Like I'm Fixin' To Die, Blood, Sweat & Tears, Sensational Alex Harvey Band (Without Alex), Poco, The Old Grey Whistle Test, Spyro Gyra (US band), Peter Green, Climax Blues Band - Gold Plated, Shine On and Stamp Album, Steve Miller Band, Steve Winwood, Be-Bop Deluxe, Jethro Tull - Aqualung, Eagles inc. Their Greatest and Hotel California, Elton John, 10CC, Robert Palmer (x12) inc. Maybe It's Live, Some People Can Do What They Like, Addictions, Double Fun, Clues, Don't Explain, Pride and Pressure Drop and Sneakin' Sally Through The Alley, Bread, Cliff Bennett, Foghat, Boxer, Chicago, Dr. Hook, Faces and Kiki Dee. Condition is generally VG to Ex.
DANCE / HOUSE - 10"/12". Great collection of 44 x 12" and 6 x 10". Titles/artists include Lamb, Blue Boy, Prodigy, The Cassandra Complex, Evans & Fisher, Lee Combs, D'Andra, Ed Rush, Sub Focus Flamenco, Dinky, Alex K, Skint, Arthur, Sound System, Guerrilla, Ritmo de la Noche, Adeva, Nobody Like You, Flip & Fill, Northstarz, Francesca, Frisco, Scooter, Agria, Big Beats, UFO, Bernadette Washington, Bjorn B, Chaka Demus & Pliers, Jennifer Lopez, The Best Dance, Smash Hits, Urban Hype, Anita Adams, Honky, Black Betty, Work Your Body, The Times Lundi Bleu, Karu, Rhonda Parris, MAZE, 20 Fingers, Madonna. Condition varies.
BLUES-ROCK / PSYCH ROCK - 7". Killer bundle of 15 x 7". Artists/titles include Julian Covey - A Little Bit Hurt / Sweet Bacon (WIP-6009, Ex), Aynsley Dunbar Retaliation - Warning / Cobwebs (3109, Ex+/G), Wynder K. Frog, Fleetwood Mac (x4) inc. Black Magic Woman, Man of The World, I Believe My Time Ain't Long, Albatross and Need Your Love So Bad, The Chicken Shack (x2) inc. It's Okay with Me Baby and I'd Rather Go Blind, Love Sculpture, Savoy Brown, John Mayall, Ten Years After, Juicy Juicy. Condition is generally Ex to Ex+.
JONI MITCHELL - LPs. Really neat collection of 12 x LPs from Joni. Titles are For The Roses (SYLA 8753), Ladies Of The Canyon (RSLP 6376), Out Of The City... (K 44051), Clouds (K 44070), Court And Spark (SYLA 8756), Mingus (K 53091), Miles Of Aisles (SYL 9021), Don Juan's Reckless Daughter (K 63003), The Hissing Of Summer Lawns (SYLA 8763), Wild Things Run Fast (GEF 25102), Chalk Mark In A Rain Storm (WX 141) and Dog Eat Dog (GEF 26455). Condition is primarily Ex to Ex+.
PROG - LPs. Cracking titles with this collection of 65 x LPs. Artists/titles include Jethro Tull - Stand Up (UK 2nd pink label white 'i' ILPS 9103 - glossy VG+, a few light surface marks/VG+ pop-up section clean, minor discolouration on the reverse), Yes (x5) - Fragile (plum UK orig 2401019 - top Ex+ condition record, a couple of very faint and wispy marks/Ex small paper tear on the reverse, booklet attached), Yes (K 40034 RE), Close To The Edge, Tales From Topographic Oceans and Going For The One, Uriah Heep - Return To Fantasy and Salisbury (Bronze RE), ELP (x7) - S/T (nice pressing package, 3 copies including the 1st pink label/white i', ILPS 9132 - extremely neat Ex record/with promo 'In Concert' booklet and some newspaper cuttings/Ex a couple of light creases, also with the pink rim and Manticore reissues), Pictures At An Exhibition, Trilogy, Tarkus and Brain Salad Surgery, Curved Air, ELO, Steve Hillage, Bachman Turner Overdrive, Rick Wakeman, The Moody Blues, Camel, Manfred Mann, Barclay James Harvest, Jon And Vangelis, Rush and Colosseum. Condition is generally VG to Ex+ though some van vary.
PUNK/NEW WAVE - LPs. Absolutely blistering collection of 83 x (almost all) LPs to get blasting out your speakers! Artists/titles include Ramones (x4) - Rocket To Russia (UK orig 9103 255 - VG, should clean/VG, w/printed inner), It's Alive (SIR K 66087 - Ex+ and VG+ records/VG+), Animal Boy (BEGA 70 - VG copy with inner) and Pleasant Dreams (SRK 3571), The Specials - More Specials (UK orig CHR TT 5003 - VG copy), The Selecter - Too Much Pressure, The Pogues, Siouxsie And The Banshees (x8) inc. Nocturne (EU 815 979-1), The Scream (POLD 5009), Peep Show (SHELP 5), Superstition (847731-1), A Kiss In The Dreamhouse, Juju and Through The Looking Glass, Talking Heads - Remain In Light, The New York Dolls - S/T (comp) The Stranglers - Black And White (UAK 30222, no 7"), La Folie, Feline (no 7"), The Raven, Live (X Cert), IV, No More Heroes and 10, Stiff Little Fingers - All The Best, Blondie, The Mission - Children and Carved In Sand, Adam And The Ants - Kings Of The Wild Frontier, The Alarm, Lou Reed - Retro, The Cult, Fischer-Z, The Motors, Generation X, Madness, Elvis Costello (x8), Ian Dury & The Blockheads, Big Audio Dynamite and Billy Idol. Condition generally falls between VG and Ex+ though some may vary.
PSYCH/ROCK CLASSIC LPS - BEEFHEART/ZAPPA/DOORS. Absolutely essential listening with these 9 x LPs. Titles are Frank Zappa - Hot Rats (1st UK tri-steamboat Reprise label, RSLP 6356 - glossy Ex, a few light surface marks/VG+ bottom edge seam split, repaired on one side), Captain Beefheart (x6) - Strictly Personal (orig UK blue label Liberty LBS 83172 - fine and glossy Ex/VG+ with a light paper tear on the inside right section), Clear Spot (REP 54 006), Unconditionally Guaranteed (FA 3034), 'The Captain Beefheart File' (FILD 008), Safe As Milk (MAL 1117 RE) and 2 Originals Of (K 84006) and The Doors (x2) - L.A. Woman (ELK 42090 EU RE) and '13' (EKS-74079). Condition is primarily Ex to Ex+ or 'NM'.
70s - 80s ROCK / POP - LPs. Amazing clean collection of 87 x (mainly) LPs. Artists/titles include ORB - The Orb's Adventures Beyond the Ultraworld (BLRDLP 5, A1/B1C2/5D, Ex+/VG+), Nektar - Remember The Future (UAG 29545, Ex/VG+), The 5000 Spirits (K 42001, Ex+/Ex), The Electric Light Orchestra (x7) inc. E.L.O. 1 & 2, The Night THe Light Went On In Long Beach, Time, Discovery, Greatest Hits, Ole Elo, Bruce Springsteen, Queen, Mike Oldfield (x3) inc. Tubular Bells, Hergest Ridge and The Complete, Phaedra, Abba (x4) inc. Arrival, Super Trouper, Greatest Hits and Absolute, ABC, A-Ha, Marc Almond, Bananarama, Boney M (x2) inc. Nightflight To Venus and Love For Sale, Bee Gees (x3) inc. Spirits Having Flown, You Win Again and The Best of, Colin Blunstone, Communards (x2), Culture Club (x4). Condition is generally VG+ to Ex+/archive.
Kammer & Reinhardt - a closed mouth character doll , Model Number 117a, the head made by Simon & Halbig for Kammer & Reinhardt, with sleeping blue eyes, closed mouth. curly brown hair,composite body, jointed wooden limbs, impressed Marks, K & R, Simon & Halbig, 117a. wearing a white dress and brown boots, approx 59cm high
A Kammer & Reinhardt/Simon & Halbig bisque head character doll, German, circa 1910, with weighted blue glass eyes, painted lashes and brows, closed mouth, long light brown wig with ringlets, on a fully jointed wood and composition body, wearing a purple cotton dress, bonnet, underclothes, socks and brown leather shoes, incised K star R, Simon & Halbig, 117, 57cm tall
1st-3rd century AD. A very fine fragment of statue of a hero, athlete, god or emperor, formed as the lower part of the belly and pelvis; very fine modelling of the anatomy; the central part with the navel is still well preserved, as well as part of the right thigh and the genitals; a melting vent for the bronze fusion is visible at the height of the attachment of the right thigh; the upper and lower parts, at the upper part of the left thigh, are cut in a very regular way, with a saw edge, probably conceived for the assemblage of the missing parts; good green patina. See Cooley A.E., M.G.L. Cooley, Pompeii and Herculaneum, New York, 2014; Kleiner, F.S., A history of Roman art, Wadsworth, 2010; Poehler, E., Flohr, M., Cole K. Pompeii, art, industry and infrastructure, Oxford, 2011; the piece shows compositional similarities with the late second/early third century AD statue of Emperor Septimius Severus, preserved in the Cyprus Museum, Nicosia (Kleiner, 2010, p.234, fig.16.5"). 2.6 kg, 35cm (13 3/4"). Property of a British gentleman; formerly in a private collection since the early 1970s; previously acquired on the London art market in 1970; accompanied by an expertise of Dr. Raffaele D’Amato. Statues representing athletes, gods, emperors and heroes adorned public and private buildings in the Roman world. A good example is Pompeii where the amphitheatre was filled with statues within niches. Fine condition.
9th-11th century AD. A hollow ceramic vessel with conical body, intended to be filled with explosive liquid and a wick, and used as a hand grenade; conical in form with stepped shoulder and incised diaper pattern. Cf. Arendt, W. Irene Granaten des 13-14. Jahrhunderts, die an der Wolga gefunden sind, Zeitschrift fur Historische Waffen-und Kostumkunde, 11 (1926-8), p.42; Arendt, W. Die Spharisch-konischen Gefasse aus Gebranntem Ton, ibid.; Ayalon, D. Gunpowder and Firearms in the Mamluk Kingdom, London, 1956, p.16. 266 grams, 88mm (3 1/2"). Property of a North West London gentleman; part of his father's collection formed during the 1980s; accompanied by an academic paper by military specialist Dr Raffaele D'Amato, date 15 July 2019 and entitled Eastern Roman Empire - Greek Fire Bomb or Hand Grenade (??????? k???????) 9th-11th century AD. [No Reserve] Fine condition, chipped.
1st-2nd century AD. A substantial gold finger ring with tapering hoop, rectangular bezel with inset sapphire cabochon. 12.19 grams, 23.84mm overall, 17.42mm internal diameter (approximate size British K, USA 5 1/4, Europe 9.95, Japan 9) (3/4"). Property of a London gentleman; acquired before 1970. Very fine condition.
Early 14th century AD. A Western Middle Age iron longsword, possibly from Italy, of Oakeshott's Type XVI.2, cross style 2, pommel style K, showing a slender triangular blade with deep fuller and acute point; narrow lower guard with flared ends; on both sides along the edges strong signs of battle nicks, that have reduced the width of the blade; long grip with slight taper, disc pommel with chamfered edges, shiny brown patina, no serious pitting; nice example of a well employed sword, with the point of the balance well down towards the point, ideal for a weapon designed to deal powerful cutting and thrusting blows. See E. Oakeshott,The sword in the Age of the Chivalry, Woodbridge, 1964 (1994); Dufty, A.R.,European swords and daggers at the tower of London,London, 1974; Oakeshott, E.Records of the Medieval Sword, Woodbridge, 1991; similar to a specimen preserved in the Tower Armoury (Dufty, 1974, pl.4a); other very similar specimen (maybe the most similar) is the sword in the Royal Armouries (inv. IX.1083), formerly d’Acre Edwards (Oakeshott, 1991, p.149"). Another sword from the River Thames, found in Westminster opposite the Houses of the Parliament (Oakeshott, 1991, p.148) shows the same point with the lower flat blade tapering strongly, and a very stout diamond-section reinforced point. 804 grams, 1.02m (40").From an important private family collection of arms and armour; acquired on the European art market in the 1980s, and thence by descent; accompanied by an academic report by military specialist Dr Raffaele D'Amato.This blade form developed as a direct offensive answer to the newly developed, reinforced mail armour of the period 1300-1350 AD. It was broad and flat in section enough, to provide an efficient cutting edge, but the lower part, below the end of the fuller, was nearly always of a stiff-flattened-diamond in section, with a strong median ridge, making it suitable for thrusting as well. The fact that not all the swords of this category have a ridged lower blade, makes sometimes difficult to distinguish the blades of type XVI from the blades of type XIV. These blades are quite often visible in the medieval art, especially in Italian early 14th century AD paintings (Oakeshott, 1991, p.147, lett. Iii and ii"). These are paintings from the Saint Gimignano Cathedral, whose artists copied the swords from real life, like all the artists of the Middle Age: soldiers at the Killing of the Innocents, soldiers at the Road to the Calvary and at the Crucifixion of Our Lord, warriors at the Killing of the sons of Lot. They show as this kind of sword was very popular at the beginning of 14th century in Italy, where maybe the typology was born. They highlight also about the way in which the grips were done: in grey, red or black leather, while the scabbards are mostly black and grey. Such swords are also visible in medieval English art, like in the sword kept from Saint Peter on a roof-boss in the Exeter Cathedral (dated 1328 AD"). The most striking thing about these blades is that they seem very clearly to be made to serve the dual purpose of cutting and thrusting. The upper part of the blade was in the old style, but the lower part was acute enough, and stiff enough to thrust effectively. Thus it may have been equally useful against the armour prevalent in the first half of the 14th century—mail, mixed mail and plate (or 'splinted armour'), or complete plate. Froissart describes two episodes in which the point was so acute to penetrate a plate armour: writing about an incident during the pursuit after the battle of Poitiers (1356 AD) he says: 'When the Lord of Berkeley had followed for some time, John de Hellenes turned about, put his sword under his arm in the manner of a lance, and thus advanced upon his adversary who, taking his sword by the handle, flourished it, and lifted up his arm to strike the squire as he passed. John de Hellenes, seeing the intended stroke, avoided it, but did not miss his own. For as they passed each other, by a blow on the arm he made Lord Berkeley's sword fall to the ground. When the knight found that he had lost his sword, and that the squire retained his own, he dismounted and made for the place where his sword lays. But before he could get there the squire gave him a violent thrust, which passed through both of his thighs so that he fell to the ground.' At the same time there was enough width and edge at the 'centre of percussion' or 'optimal striking point' to enable the blade to strike a very powerful shearing blow. These swords were therefore designed and intended to cut through mail and pierce plate. We may reasonably date the type to the period when all the kinds of armour, previously mentioned, were in use together, so at the beginning of 14th century AD, a period in which, in Italy, together with the early plate armours, great use of the very hard to penetrate protections in cuir bouilli, widely visible on the graves of the Angevine knights in South Italy and in the over mentioned paintings of San Gimignano.Fine condition, restored.
16th century AD. A gold finger ring with slender hoop, scroll detailing to the shoulders and conical bezel, inset diamond. 3.03 grams, 23.26mm overall, 15.87mm internal diameter (approximate size British K, USA 5 1/4, Europe 9.95, Japan 9) (1"). Property of a UK gentleman; acquired from a London gallery in the late 1980s; formerly from a private European collection, formed in the 1960s and 1970s. Very fine condition.
Early 13th century AD. An iron longsword of Oakeshott's Type XIIIA, cross style 1, pommel type H; a 'Bastard' sword (sword that can also be used with two hands), with long tapering blade, cutting edges running nearly parallel to the tip; just below the hilt, before the edges begin their virtual straight running to the point, the blade is swelling slightly in width; the narrow fullers extended for two-thirds of its length; the lower guard is simple and straight; the grip is longer than usual of type XIII allowing for the off-hand to be used for extra leverage and power; the pommel is highly decorated with two different inlays, from one side a circular space divided in eight sections, the other side with a possible heraldic symbol, representing a triangular shield decorated with embossed annulets surmounting a kantharos from which water is springing; both images are inscribed inside a golden circle; some corrosions on the lower edges but no evidence of traces of fighting nicks, both cutting edges are well preserved; German or English manufacture. See Petersen, J., De Norske Vikingsverd, Oslo, 1919; Shetelig, H., Scandinavian Archaeology, Oxford, 1937; Oakeshott, E.,The archaeology of the weapons, arms and armours from Prehistory to the age of Chivalry, Woodbridge, 1960 (1999); Oakeshott, E., The sword in the Age of the Chivalry, Woodbridge, 1964 (1994); Oakeshott, E., Records of the Medieval Sword, Woodbridge, 1991; the sword, belongs to the type of 'war sword' and finds a good correspondence with various swords of the first half of the 14th century, like some specimens preserved in the Museum Art Gallery of Glasgow (Oakeshott, 1991, pp.103 n.7; 105, nn.10-11); for what concern the cross-guard, it is of a simple and obvious form, a straight bar tapering slightly toward the ends; first found in Viking graves of the 10th century (s. Shetelig, 1937), and called by the Vikings Gaddhjalt (Spike-Hilt, s. Petersen, 1919), it was still in use in the Renaissance (Oakeshott, 1994, p.113 and plates IC, 6A and 46B), generally square in section, it may sometimes be circular, or in rare, late cases octagonal; pommel forms vary very often on the survival specimens, though the wheel shape from H to K predominate; crosses both on surviving example and those shown in the art are nearly always straight, generally of type 1 or 2; there are some excellent pictures of these swords in an English manuscript of the early years of the fourteenth century (B.M. MS. Roy. 19.B.XV, an Apocalypse of St. John (Oakeshott, 1994, fig.89-90); nearly every German military tomb effigy of the period between about 1280-1350 AD has one of these big swords and several are shown on English effigies, as for instance at Astbury in Cheshire; one very good example on an English tomb is difficult to see—a little mounted figure high up on the canopy of Edmund Crouchback's tomb in Westminster Abbey; Edmund was the Earl of Lancaster, second son of Henry III, and died in 1296. It is possible to see it if you climb up into the Islip Chapel in the North Choir aisle, for this is raised about 30 ft. above the level of the floor; look across the aisle over the parapet of the chapel which spans the arch containing it and there is this small knight with a great war sword girt to his waist (Oakeshott,1994, fig.92); another of an earlier date is to be found in an admirable little drawing of a knight fighting a giant upon a page of a small Psalter made for the eldest son of Edward I of England, Alphonso, who died in 1284 (Oakeshott, 1994, fig.91"). 1.3 kg, 1.03m (40 1/2").From an important private family collection of arms and armour; acquired on the European art market in the 1980s, and thence by descent; accompanied by an academic report by military specialist Dr Raffaele D'Amato.A long double-handed sword, Oakeshott type XIIIa; the most beautiful element of this sword is its decorative pommel, of type H in the Oakeshott classification (Oakeshott, 1994, p.95"). This is one of the commonest of all medieval pommels, where the edges of the disc are chamfered off on each face, giving a low prominence on either side, the inner, flat faces being about a quarter less in diameter than the outer rim. It is found on swords of every type from the 10th century until the early 15th century AD, and after three-quarters of a century of apparent unpopularity it appears again, rarely, between c.1500-1525. What is extraordinary is not the pommel in itself, but the inlaid decoration over it. The shield with annulets ('little rings' in heraldry) visible on one side is a common charge, which may allude to the custom of the prelates to receive their investiture per baculum et annulum i.e. 'by rod and by ring', and can also be described as a roundel that has been 'voided' (ie. with its centre cut out"). In medieval English heraldry, annulets could represent a fifth son. The shield is surmounted by a pot from which water is springing, an obvious connection with the biblical passage: 'Jesus answered: Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again, but whoever drinks the water I give them will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give them will become in them a spring of water welling up to eternal life'' (John, IV,13-14"). The solar disc on the other side of the pommel evokes Christ's ancient monogram. These references to Christian symbolism suggest that the owner of the sword was an clergyman, maybe the fifth son of an aristocratic English family.Fine condition. Very rare.
4th century BC. A gold finger ring of parallel hoops with applied piriform cell, granules to the rim and inset garnet cabochon. 5.83 grams, 20.94mm overall, 18.31mm internal diameter (approximate size British K, USA 5 1/4, Europe 9.95, Japan 9) (3/4"). From a UK private collection. Very fine condition.
9th-11th century AD. A hollow ceramic vessel with conical body, intended to be filled with explosive liquid and a wick, and used as a hand grenade; circumferential ribbing below the equator, panels to the shoulder separated by deep vertical slots, impressed annulets, stepped neck. Cf. Arendt, W. Irene Granaten des 13-14. Jahrhunderts, die an der Wolga gefunden sind, Zeitschrift fur Historische Waffen-und Kostumkunde, 11 (1926-8), p.42; Arendt, W. Die Spharisch-konischen Gefasse aus Gebranntem Ton, ibid.; Ayalon, D. Gunpowder and Firearms in the Mamluk Kingdom, London, 1956, p.16. 419 grams, 11cm (4 1/4"). Property of a North West London gentleman; part of his father's collection formed during the 1980s; accompanied by an academic paper by military specialist Dr Raffaele D'Amato, date 15 July 2019 and entitled Eastern Roman Empire - Greek Fire Bomb or Hand Grenade (??????? k???????) 9th-11th century AD. [No Reserve] Fine condition.
17th century AD. A gold finger ring with split shoulders, cell with inset garnet cabochon. 5.49 grams, 19.96mm overall, 15.84mm internal diameter (approximate size British K, USA 5 1/4, Europe 9.95, Japan 9) (3/4"). Property of a London gentleman; acquired by his father in the 1970s; thence by descent. Fine condition.
1st-3rd century AD. A life-size solid bronze right hand in open position, the five fingers raised as a stop sign, the hand and finger lines well marked, detailed nails, a strong socketted circular opening for the insertion of the staff, joined by a fixing hole opened on the palm, possibly the top of a military standard or a cult object. Cf. a similar item from Martigny, in Zürich, Schweizerisches Landesmuseum, Inventory Nr. 41434, see Von Gonzenbach, V. Fides Exercituum, Eine Hand aus Vindonissa, in JberProVindon 1951/52,, pp.5 ff.,nachgedruckt in Von Gonzenbach, V., Schriften zu Vindonissa und seinen Truppen, in VGesVind 10 Basel 1991, pp.69 ff. 83f.; Toepfer K. M., Signa Militaria, Die römischen Feldzeichen in der Republik und im Prinzipat, Mainz, 2011, catalogue n. NZ 52. 1.2 kg, 22.5cm (9"). Property of a London gentleman; acquired London art market, 2000s. This item can be interpreted in two possible ways, It may have been used as the top of a military standard (signia), carried at the head of a century. The image of a hand with phalerae in shape of a patera is attested in a military context, such as the signia of Alexandrus, represented on his stela from Ramleh, in Bulak (Nicopolis, near Alexandria"). An open left and right hand are at the top of two standards decorated with seven phalerae. Alexandrus was a Macedonian Roman citizen, serving in the Legio II Trajana Fortis (Toepfer, 2011, pl.112, nr. SD68"). Conversely, Toepfer suggests that similar bronze hands were maybe too small for an attachment at the top of a massive military standard, they had no noble -metal coating and differed from the hands shown in representations (the fingers being significantly less extended), so they were maybe intended for cult use. Fine condition. Rare.
9th-11th century AD. A hollow ceramic vessel with conical body, intended to be filled with explosive liquid and a wick, and used as a hand grenade; piriform type with tall stepped nozzle, band of impressed laurel-leaf decoration to the equator. Cf. Arendt, W. Irene Granaten des 13-14. Jahrhunderts, die an der Wolga gefunden sind, Zeitschrift fur Historische Waffen-und Kostumkunde, 11 (1926-8), p.42; Arendt, W. Die Spharisch-konischen Gefasse aus Gebranntem Ton, ibid.; Ayalon, D. Gunpowder and Firearms in the Mamluk Kingdom, London, 1956, p.16. 822 grams, 18cm (7"). Property of a North West London gentleman; part of his father's collection formed during the 1980s; accompanied by an academic paper by military specialist Dr Raffaele D'Amato, date 15 July 2019 and entitled Eastern Roman Empire - Greek Fire Bomb or Hand Grenade (??????? k???????) 9th-11th century AD. [No Reserve] Fine condition.
12th-10th century BC. A bronze Troy type sword or rapier blade, leaf-shaped in plan; the midrib extending to the short tang with curved lateral extensions to the shoulders, tang with flattened finial to accept the hilt. Cf. Branigan, K. Aegean Metalwork of the Early and Middle Bronze Age, Oxford, 1974, pl.11, item 483 ascribed to Troy (Anatolian Troad"). 391 grams, 54.5cm (21 1/2"). Property of a North West London gallery; formerly in a 1980s collection. Fine condition.
Early 3rd century AD. A double-edged longsword (spatha) of Lauriacum Hromówka typology; well preserved blade, with four blood channels running three quarters of its length, wider and parallel cutting edges tapering towards the triangular point; inlaid decoration at the height of the sword’s shoulders, showing on one side the figure of Mars Ultor, standing in armour (statos), shield (aspis) and plumed helmet (galea), holding a spear with the left arm, on the other side the aquila of the Legion flanked by two military standards (signa), fitted with four phalerae and with at the top a wide hasta pura. See Biborski, M.,‘Miecze z okresu wp?ywów rzymskich na obszarze kultury przeworskiej’, in Materia?y Archeologiczne XVIII, 1978, pp.53-165; Robinson, H.R., What the soldiers wore on Hadrian’s Wall New Castle on Tyne, 1976-1979; Czarnecka, K.,‘Two newly-found Roman swords from the Przeworsk culture cemetery in Oblin, Siedlce District, Poland’ in JRMES 3,1992, pp.41-56; Bishop, M. C. – Coulston, J.C.N., Roman military equipment, from the Punic wars to the fall of Rome, London, 1993; Biborski, M. ‘Römische Schwerter im Gebiet des europäischen Barbaricum’, in JRMES 5, 1994, pp.169-198; Southern, P., Dixon, K.R., The Late Roman Army, London, 1996; Dautova Ruševljan V., Vujovi?, M.,Roman Army in Srem, Novi Sad, 2006; Biborki, M./Ilkjar J., Illerup Ådal 12. Die Schwerter. 1. Textband. 2. Tafeln und Fundlisten, Moesgard, 2006; Miks, C., Studien zur Romischen Schwertbewaffnung in der Kaiserzeit, I-II Banden, Rahden, 2007; Cascarino, G.,Sansilvestri, C.,L’esercito romano, armamento ed organizzazione, vol.III, dal III secolo alla fine dell’Impero d’Occidente, Rimini, 2009; Radjush, O.,‘New armament finds of the Scythian wars' epoch in the northern Black Sea region’ in Busch, A. W. and Schalles, H.-J. (eds.), Waffen in Aktion. Akten des 16. Internationalen Roman Military Equipment Conference (ROMEC), Xanten, 13.-16. Juni 2007, Xantener Berichte 16, Darmstad, 2009, pp.183-8; Guillaud I., Militaria à Lugdunum: étude de l’armement et de l’équipement militaire d’époque romaine à Lyon (1er s. av.-IVe s. apr. J.-C.), Archéologie et Préhistoire, Lyon, 2017; D’Amato, R., Roman army Units in the Western Provinces, Oxford, 2019; for very similar specimens see Miks, 2007, n.A146,3; A146,10 (Ejsbol); A384 (Krasnik-Piasti); A595 (Pontoux); A830 (Sisak); A620 (Rezeczyca Dluga); A586 (Pododlow); A676 (Sobotka); A211 (Kielce"). 832 grams, 74cm, 6cm wide (29").From a Cambridgeshire private collection since 2008; formerly in a Nottinghamshire collection since the 1980s, accompanied by an expertise from the military specialist Dr. Raffaele D’Amato.Although in Latin literature the late Roman sword was often still conventionally called gladius (Ammianus Marcellinus, Historiae, XIX, 6; Passio SS. Rogatiani et Donatiani,1859, p.323), the main kind of blade of the Roman third and fourth century soldier belongs to the so-called spatha type (Scriptores Historia Augusta, Divus Claudius, XXV, 7, 5; 8, 5) which derived directly from the long cutting Celtic sword of the La Tène III period, already used by the cavalrymen and Auxilia of the previous Ages. The great spatha (spathì) of the Roman heavy infantryman was considered by Julius Africanus (Fragm., I, 1, 53) as the main weapon of the armoured legionary of Alexander Severus. The frequent clashes with Germanic warriors armed with long swords and the increased recruitment by the Roman army lead to the growth of spatha use by the milites legionarii (DautovaRuševljan-Vujovi?, 2006, p.50"). These longer swords slowly replaced the shorter gladius, the double-edged sword of the imperial infantry, for all troops. Vegetius (Epitome de re military, II,15) calls the spatha a gladius maior, i.e. a great sword, sometimes a metre long. A wide range of spathae have been found dating from the late second to the late fourth century AD (D’Amato, 2019, p.14"). There are today several hundred attested Roman longswords scattered throughout Europe. Specimens of Roman spathae of the second and third centuries have been found in large numbers in the Danish bogs (Nydam, Straubing, Thorsberg, Illerup"). These swords show a great deal of variability, in terms of shape and dimensions; today a typological framework is well-established, thanks to the work of academics including Ulbert, Biborski and Miks. This particular type is the Lauriacum-Hromówka of which more than 30 specimens have been found in Poland.Fine condition. Scarce.
A copy of the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, rendered into English verse by Edward Fitzgerald with illustrations by Edmund Dulac, Hodder & Stoughton, printed by Turnbull & Spears, Edinburgh, with dust jacket, together with a copy of the Nursery Rhymes of England by James Orchard Halliwell, printed by Frederick Warne & Co, 1886. Condition Report: 12 tipped in plates all present, overall condition good with tracing paper intact,k though some staining to tracing paper on page 176.
24x Corgi OOC buses & coaches. Including; Neoplan Cityliner, Hallmark. Plaxton Palatine, Kentish Bus. Volvo Olympian, Orpington. MCW Metrobus, Maidstone. Optare Solo, Wilts & Dorset. Bristol L6A, Maidstone. Bristol K6A, Hants & Dorset. Bristol K Utility, Chatham. Burlington Seagull, Happiways. Plaxton Premiere, Oxford City Link, etc. All boxed, minor/some wear. Contents VGC-Mint. £50-70
Cortebert Kriegsmarine pocketwatch. Plated case, snap back, 51mm diameter. Serial 543312. Flawless porcelain dial, signed K M Cortebert, luminous material on dial appears all original and intact, blued hands potentially refinished. Unable to open case so movement unknown, in running condition. Includes outer storage case. VGC
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