Puppetry & conjuring.- The Fantoccini, From Sadler's Wells. The Widow Flint and Gyngell's Grand Exhibitions...Deceptions By his unparalleled Dexterity of Hand...Orchestra, Consisting of Eight Automaton Figures..., ink manuscript correction and additions "Mr Humphries Night August 7...at Turnham Green the Dwarf Dance by Mr Humphries", few spots, some horizontal creasing, frayed at foot with loss of text, 380 x 180mm., [c.1795] § At Mr. Flockton's Theatre...By the Facetious Mr. Punch...a Play, call'd, The Frolicks of the Evening...Grand Piece of Clock-Work, call'd The Temple of Arts..., laid down on trimmed album leaf with unrelated ink drawings to verso, 238 x 180mm., [c.1770s] § Mr. Gyngell...Assembly Room, New Inn, Sandwich...Deceptions...Original Fantoccini..., small portion of loss affecting few letters, some light staining to extremities, laid down on larger paper, printed label "Preserved by Mr. Rolfe, Upwards of 40 Years,-- Afterwards Presented to this Collection - By Roach Smith, Esq.-" laid down beneath, playbill 425 x 160mm., Canterbury, Cowtan & Colegate, 27th January 1813, printed playbills; and another playbill relating to fantoccini, v.s. (4) *** John Flockton (d. 1794), a puppeteer and general showman, was said to be the mentor of Gyngell, who inherited his show upon Flockton’s death. A limited number of printed catalogues are available to purchase for this auction. UK: £35 (incl. postage) Rest of World: £50 (incl. postage) Please contact info@forumauctions.co.uk to place an order.
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Magic.- Mr. Matthews...Entertainments of Ancient and Modern Magic, with Illustrations of the Marvellous...Artificial Clairvoyance, or Mesmeric Trickery Unmasked!..., playbill printed in green, one or two tiny nicks to edges, slightly browned, light folds, 385 x 250mm., Reading, Blackwell, 1st & 2nd August 1849 § Temple of Magic!! Mr. I. Hart the Royal Magician...Natural, Artificial, and Mechanical Magic!...Magic Method of Printing...Dissolving Dice!..., hole affecting single letter, some creasing and short tears to extremities, small portion of loss to foot but no text loss, some soiling and light staining, ?very small mount remains to verso, 385 x 170mm., Hartlepool, J. Procter, n.d.; and another magic related playbill, v.s. (3) A limited number of printed catalogues are available to purchase for this auction. UK: £35 (incl. postage) Rest of World: £50 (incl. postage) Please contact info@forumauctions.co.uk to place an order.
Learned dog.- Vorstellung höchst vollkommen dressirter Hunde. Munito, die Phönixe Europa's..., printed playbill in German, lithographed throughout in cursive script, 2 illustrations of dogs with cards in their mouths, short tear to fore-margin with paper repair to verso, light foxing, 390 x 225, 1833; and other printed playbills or handbills in German for a variety of performances, including a "Schewizer Riese" [Swiss Giant], all housed in a worn cloth portfolio, v.s. (c.15) *** Around 1818, Mr Castelli presented the dog Munito throughout Europe, supposedly able to spell, do arithmetic, play cards and dominoes etc. Munito became a sensation, but there is no evidence of any appearances after 1824. From 1827 onwards, another Munito appeared on the scene, generally referred to as 'Munito II' in literature. This bill boasts two dogs, both referred to as 'Munito', perfectly trained by a Mr. Nief. The dogs play cards, tell the time, translate French words, and complete large algebra calculations. A limited number of printed catalogues are available to purchase for this auction. UK: £35 (incl. postage) Rest of World: £50 (incl. postage) Please contact info@forumauctions.co.uk to place an order.
Conjuring.- Monsieur Preau, from Paris...Feats in the Art of Legerdemain. A Sterganographical Operation...He will make an Egg Jump...Surprising Magic Well..., printed playbill, old creasing and few short tears, one longer tear into text affecting few words with small loss, light browning, laid down on larger linen, playbill 438 x 180mm., Kirkby Lonsdale, A. Foster, 17th-21st November 1815 § Mr. Hoare, The Extraordinary Conjurer...A very extraordinary Pistol Shot...Thaumaturgy! And Uncommon Deceptions. The Black Cap and the Flying Monkey..., printed playbill, light creasing and a few nicks to extremities, central fold, small ink-stamp of Guildhall Library Newton Collection to verso with withdrawn stamp, 500 x 185mm., Dailey, 9th April 1838; and 3 others conjuring related, v.s. (5) A limited number of printed catalogues are available to purchase for this auction. UK: £35 (incl. postage) Rest of World: £50 (incl. postage) Please contact info@forumauctions.co.uk to place an order.
Music.- Paganini (Niccolò).- Signor Paganini...Three Grand Concerts, at the Adelphi Theatre..., printed playbill, some light dust-soiling, few tiny tears to extremities without loss, trimmed slightly unevenly at fore-edge, 340 x 198mm., S.G. Fairbrother, 7th, 9th & 11th April 1834. *** Playbills for performances by Paganini are rare at auction. A limited number of printed catalogues are available to purchase for this auction. UK: £35 (incl. postage) Rest of World: £50 (incl. postage) Please contact info@forumauctions.co.uk to place an order.
Boxing.- Art of Boxing (The), engraved frontispiece and title, frontispiece laid down with later ownership name and few scribbles to verso, B2-5 small chip to lower margin with very short tear into text, B4&5 causing loss to couple letters, trimmed at fore-edge affecting border to frontispiece, title imprint and text of few ff., some soiling and light staining, lightly browned, modern half morocco, G. Smeeton, [?1825]; and another, Barrington's New London Spy for 1808 with Treatise on the Art of Boxing by Mr. Belcher, seventh edition enlarged, 16mo & 12mo (2) *** WorldCat records just one copy of the first mentioned in the British Library. A limited number of printed catalogues are available to purchase for this auction. UK: £35 (incl. postage) Rest of World: £50 (incl. postage) Please contact info@forumauctions.co.uk to place an order.
Conjuring.- Deception.- At the Great Room, Chapel Court, Bartholomew-Lane...an Undeceiving Exhibition, With Dissertations on Deception; Discovering the Modes of Deceiving, practiced by Jugglers, Slight-of-hand-men...By Mr. John Mexville..., printed broadside, shaved at foot with loss of imprint, some light surface soiling, laid down on paper, 180 x 255mm., 3rd July 1789. *** Mexville is recorded in Frost's Lives of the Conjurors (1876) under 'Melville, the revealer of conjurors' secrets'; "Whether his elucidations were genuine or satisfactory to his audiences, contemporary records do not inform us" (p.154). ESTC records a similar example to this in the Bodleian. A limited number of printed catalogues are available to purchase for this auction. UK: £35 (incl. postage) Rest of World: £50 (incl. postage) Please contact info@forumauctions.co.uk to place an order.
Pantomime.- Theatre Retford...the Historical Play of Jane Shore...To conclude with a comic Pantomime, in one Act, called Harlequin Traveller, Or, A Peep into the New World...Grotesque Figures...The Trick Can. Magic Tub and Crocodile..., lightly soiled and creased at foot with very short tear but no loss, 270 x 140mm., Retford, Taylor, 23rd March 1810 § Royal Victoria Theatre, Hartlepool...Mr Purvis in the Comic Pantomime of The House that Jack Built...the Hero of Northumbria and Emperor of Clowns...being his Farewell to the Stage..., couple ink corrections, small stain ?tape residue to head and foot, some chips and short tears with small text loss, light browning, 504 x 192mm., Hartlepool, J. Procter, 15th February 1848, printed playbills; and others relating to pantomime or comic theatre, including a copy of the Music Halls' Gazette, v.s. (7) A limited number of printed catalogues are available to purchase for this auction. UK: £35 (incl. postage) Rest of World: £50 (incl. postage) Please contact info@forumauctions.co.uk to place an order.
Illusions.- Theatre-Royal, Newcastle...Charles and Wilson...Novel and Astounding Illusions..., printed playbill, light surface soiling, laid down on larger linen, playbill 435 x 185mm., Newcastle, W.A. Mitchell, 13th February 1829. *** Charles is probably L. Charles, a magician and ventriloquist who flourished in the 1810s-1820s. A limited number of printed catalogues are available to purchase for this auction. UK: £35 (incl. postage) Rest of World: £50 (incl. postage) Please contact info@forumauctions.co.uk to place an order.
Broadside ballad.- Poor Robin's Dream: Commonly called, Poor Charity, woodcut illustration, small and faint damp-stain to upper margin, light creases to extremities, Worcester, J. Butler, [?1780] § Sung by Mr. Suett, in the Choice of Harlequin..., glossary of slang to foot, few tiny puncture-marks not affecting text, some nicks and soiling to extremities, folds, very small repair to fore-edge to verso, [18th century], printed broadside ballads, loose; and other narrative broadsides, broadside ballads, slip-songs etc, some loose, many laid down, v.s. (c.20) A limited number of printed catalogues are available to purchase for this auction. UK: £35 (incl. postage) Rest of World: £50 (incl. postage) Please contact info@forumauctions.co.uk to place an order.
Criminals.- Genuine Life of John Rann (The), Otherwise Sixteen-Strings Jack; Who is now under Sentence of Death, for Robbing Dr. William Bell..., engraved portrait frontispiece, title with repaired tear to gutter and upper corner repaired, light soiling to verso of final f., few light stains, some light browning, modern marbled boards, E. Johnson, [?1774] § Life and Actions (The) of the Noted Jonathan Wild, Thief-taker; William Nevison, Highwayman; John Sheppard, Housebreaker; And Several Others, tenth edition, early ink ownership inscription to front free endpaper and head of A3, few ink scribbles or smudges to title and verso of final f., final f. with small hole not affecting text and couple marginal nicks, some light damp-staining, browning, front free endpapers working loose, later calf-backed boards, loss to backstrip, quite worn, upper cover detached, lower joint cracked but holding, for L. Hawes &c, 1768; and 3 others relating to criminals, including 2 vol. set of the Criminal Recorder (Nottingham, 1815), 8vo & 12mo (5) *** The second mentioned seemingly an unrecorded edition. A limited number of printed catalogues are available to purchase for this auction. UK: £35 (incl. postage) Rest of World: £50 (incl. postage) Please contact info@forumauctions.co.uk to place an order.
Conjuring.- Hocus Pocus, or The Art of Conjuration..., half-title, engraved frontispiece, 19th century ownership inscription to front free endpaper, frontispiece very slightly frayed at gutter, G7 loss to upper corner affecting few words, G8 with small staining, B9, B10 & E5 with short tear into text without loss, few minor marginal defects, some light soiling, old stab-holes to inner margin, contemporary half calf over marbled boards, rubbed with some wear to extremities, [cf. Toole Stott 1081], 8vo, for W. Lane, 1795. *** A rare and charming work on conjuring, this title not listed on ESTC. WorldCat records just 3 copies of both 1792 and 1795 editions respectively (Indiana University; University of California, Los Angeles; University of Alberta). This copy varies slightly from that recorded by Toole Stott, numbering 144pp. (as opposed to 140pp.) and with the addition of half-title and frontispiece. The only copy we can trace at auction was sold in these rooms in 2019, without the frontispiece. A limited number of printed catalogues are available to purchase for this auction. UK: £35 (incl. postage) Rest of World: £50 (incl. postage) Please contact info@forumauctions.co.uk to place an order.
Anatomy.- Catalogue of Dr. Kahn's Anatomical Museum, Now Exhibiting at 315, Oxford Street, 32pp., lithographed portrait frontispiece and one plate, title upper corner creased, plate with small chip to inner margin and working loose at head, light foxing to plates, margins very slightly toned, disbound, W.J. Golbourn, 1851; and an 1851 printed broadside advertising the museum, v.s. (2) *** Opening in London in 1851, Dr. Joseph Kahn's Anatomical and Pathological Museum was one of the 19th century's best-known and most visited public museums of anatomy, composed partly of wax models, and partly of specimens preserved in wax. Kahn’s business was lucrative but dogged by scandal over the obscene nature of his specimens. A limited number of printed catalogues are available to purchase for this auction. UK: £35 (incl. postage) Rest of World: £50 (incl. postage) Please contact info@forumauctions.co.uk to place an order.
Eccentrics.- Corfield's Wonderful Characters, Twelve, viz:- Thomas Cooke, The Notorious Islington Miser..., 12 loose engraved plates by R. Page or R. Cooper, occasional light surface soiling, preserved in original printed paper wrappers, contemporary ink inscription "the set of 12" to upper cover, light soiling, chipped and worn at edges, each plate c.200 x 135mm., [19th century]. *** Characters including Jenney Darney "A Remarkable Character in Cumberland", Peter Williamson "Remarkable for his Captivity & Suffering", Thomas Parr "Who died at the Age of 152 Years", Toby "A well Known Imposter" and others. While Page and Cooper's engravings appear in various works, we cannot trace another example of this particular publication. A limited number of printed catalogues are available to purchase for this auction. UK: £35 (incl. postage) Rest of World: £50 (incl. postage) Please contact info@forumauctions.co.uk to place an order.
Rowlandson (Thomas) and others. Collection of 18 late Georgian caricatures and satirical prints, including 'A Peep into Friar Bacon's Study', 'Witches in a Hay Loft', 'The Orange attempt to Snuff out the Rush light', and others similar, etchings, engravings, many with hand-colouring, various sizes, all unframed, mainly early 19th century (18) A limited number of printed catalogues are available to purchase for this auction. UK: £35 (incl. postage) Rest of World: £50 (incl. postage) Please contact info@forumauctions.co.uk to place an order.
Cruikshank (George).- London Mathews (The); Containing a Copious Narration of all the Celebrated Entertainments of the Inimitable Charles Mathews..., 5 parts in 1, 5 folding hand-coloured etched frontispieces, that for 'Mathews in America' by G. Cruikshank, ?the rest by W. Heath, ink ownership stamp of Pedro Armendariz to rear free endpaper, first frontispiece with loss to image at edges and loose, some frontispieces with tears at folds and repairs to verso and very small loss, few small marginal defects or repairs, some offsetting, some light browning and spotting or staining, later panelled calf, spine gilt, lightly rubbed, upper joint cracked, t.e.g., [Cohn 500], William Cole, [c.1826]; and another copy of the London Mathews Memorandum Book, 12mo (2) *** Five separate works under the heading "The London Mathews", containing his "Youthful Days" (twenty-fifth edition), "Travels in Air, on Earth & on Water" (thirtieth edition), "Mathews in America", "Trip to America" and "Memorandum Book", the last with the imprint William Cole, the others Hodgson & Co. A limited number of printed catalogues are available to purchase for this auction. UK: £35 (incl. postage) Rest of World: £50 (incl. postage) Please contact info@forumauctions.co.uk to place an order.
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Mouth and Foot Painting Artist.- [A small collection of material relating to Sarah Beffin (sometimes Biffin, Biffen)], comprising: Now Exhibiting, at Mr Polley's, No. 17, New Bond-Street...Miss Beffin..., printed handbill, ink date 1800 to head but also 1809 faintly in pencil, portion of offsetting, light surface soiling, some tiny holes along old creases and folds, affecting in particular text along central fold, verso with some paper repairs and strip of tape to inner-edge, 165 x 127mm., E. Spragg, [?1809]; Prodige de la Nature. La célèbre Miss Beffin, née sans mains et sans bras..., printed handbill, exhibit location crossed through and corrected in contemporary ink manuscript, some very light spotting and surface soiling, laid down on slightly larger paper (pencil note to foot, some chips and tears), handbill 215 x 133mm., [France], [early 19th century]; and various clippings relating to the life and death of Miss Beffin, one further handbill and 2 cut signatures (one signed "Miss Beffin" and addressed to Mr Allen, the other signed "Mrs Wright"), all laid down on paper, v.s. (small qty). A limited number of printed catalogues are available to purchase for this auction. UK: £35 (incl. postage) Rest of World: £50 (incl. postage) Please contact info@forumauctions.co.uk to place an order.
Language.- Life and Adventures (The) of Bampfylde-Moore Carew, Commonly called King of the Beggars...and a Dictionary of the Cant Language, Used by the Mendicants, engraved portrait frontispiece slightly offset, bookplate of Edward Jackson Barron and small bookseller's label to pastedown, ink-stamp of H. Carwardine to head of title, final f. very small ink marking to foot to verso, scattered spotting, lightly browned throughout, later half calf, small nick to head of upper joint, extremities rubbed, for John Taylor, 1789 § [Hotten (John Camden)] "A London Antiquary". A Dictionary of Modern Slang, Cant and Vulgar Words Used in the Present Day in the Streets of London..., first edition, frontispiece, 2pp. advertisements, half-title with pencil ownership inscription mostly erased, some spotting and light browning, original cloth, browning to spine, light soiling to upper cover, some very small scattered ink-spots, corners bumped, lightly rubbed, 1859; and a copy of The Surprising Adventures of Moore Carew with Dictionary of Cant Language (1812), 8vo & 12mo (3) A limited number of printed catalogues are available to purchase for this auction. UK: £35 (incl. postage) Rest of World: £50 (incl. postage) Please contact info@forumauctions.co.uk to place an order.
Mont Blanc.- Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly. Programme of Mr Albert Smith's Ascent of Mont Blanc..., 4pp., illustration, slight abrasion to final f. affecting couple letters, few tiny marginal nicks, slight creasing elsewhere, some light surface soiling, [?1852] § The Mont Blanc Gazette, and Illustrated Egyptian Hall Advertiser, 4pp., illustrations, advertisements to final f., February 1858, unbound, 8vo (2) *** Smith opened a stage show dramatising his 1851 climb at the Egyptian Hall in 1852, mixing dramatic description, song, illustrations, and even St Bernard dogs. It was a sensational success, running for six years and did much to stimulate British interest in Mont Blanc and mountaineering. A limited number of printed catalogues are available to purchase for this auction. UK: £35 (incl. postage) Rest of World: £50 (incl. postage) Please contact info@forumauctions.co.uk to place an order.
Blitz (Signor).- Ravels' Benefit...Signor Blitz The Emperor of Magicians...Dance of Six Plates!..., printed playbill, some creasing and folds, light water-staining, 265 x 130mm., Philadelphia, C. Alexander, 15th August [?c.1839]; and another printed handbill for Signor Blitz at the Theatre-Royal Plymouth in 1842, v.s. (2) A limited number of printed catalogues are available to purchase for this auction. UK: £35 (incl. postage) Rest of World: £50 (incl. postage) Please contact info@forumauctions.co.uk to place an order.
Conjuring.- Anonymous (circa 1740s) Londons Conduct stands the Test, or Bristol & Nottingham weighed in the Balance & found Light with the Sketch of a M-l Forge, and the Worcester Magician, satire on differences among parliamentary constituencies instructing their members variously to insist on an investigation into the conduct of Robert Walpole's administration, or to desist and to support new government measures, etching, on thin laid paper with armorial watermark, sheet 247 x 317 mm (9 3/4 x 12 1/2 in), trimmed to or just within the platemark, small marginal tear in the centre right edge, tear and small loss to the lower right corner, unframed, [1742] A limited number of printed catalogues are available to purchase for this auction. UK: £35 (incl. postage) Rest of World: £50 (incl. postage) Please contact info@forumauctions.co.uk to place an order.
Boxing.- Theatre Royal, Dublin...the celebrated Irish Champion Simon Byrne, who is matched to fight Jem Ward the English Champion, will set to with Tom Reynolds..., few neat and small repairs to verso including short tear into text (no loss), some browning, 320 x 190mm., Dublin, J. Hoare, 26th April 1831 § New Surrey Theatre...the Celebrated Irish Champion Langan, who will, with the scientific Reynolds, Give a Grand and Interesting Display of The Art of Self-Defence!!!..., very small hole affecting few letters, short tear into text to fore-edge without loss, light folds, 363 x 220mm., January 1824, printed playbills; and 2 other near-identical playbills for Langan and Reynolds at the New Surrey Theatre, Feburary 1824, v.s. (4) *** Nicknamed "The Emerald Gem", Simon Byrne (1806-33) was an Irish bare-knuckle prize fighter and heavyweight boxing champion of Ireland. His final contest in May 1833 was a gruelling 99 rounds against James Burke that lasted for 3 hours and 6 minutes, the longest ever recorded prize fight. Byrne died three days later as a result of his injuries. A limited number of printed catalogues are available to purchase for this auction. UK: £35 (incl. postage) Rest of World: £50 (incl. postage) Please contact info@forumauctions.co.uk to place an order.
Animated scenery.- Mechanical panoramas.- Topping (Thomas, printer) J.F. Thiodon's Mechanical and Picturesque Theatre of Arts... the scenery will represent the Voyage of Capt. Parry to the North Pole, letterpress playbill, 218 x 130 mm (8 1/2 x 5 1/8 in), minor toning and light surface dirt, nicks and small losses, unframed, 1824 § Shaw (J., printer) 'An Extremely Interesting Pictorial & Mechanical Exhibition Embracing every minute Particular of the Terrific Storm at Sea! in which Grace Darling and her Father Rescued the Sufferers from the Wreck, letterpress, 190 x 110 mm (7 1/2 x 4 1/4 in), with contemporary ink additions, unframed; together with two other playbills and a broadside, the latter 'A Shocking Catastrophe, Or the Wonderful Protection of Innocence and Virtue, through the awful Destruction of Three Horrid Reprobates', another advertising the 'Royal Mechanical and Optical Museum', with a performance by two elegant 'Automaton Rope-Dancers', letterpress, various sizes, all unframed, 19th century (5) A limited number of printed catalogues are available to purchase for this auction. UK: £35 (incl. postage) Rest of World: £50 (incl. postage) Please contact info@forumauctions.co.uk to place an order.
Ventriloquism.- Town Hall, Bridgnorth...Mr. J.B. Wayland the Talented Ventriloquist...On the Life, Character, and Adventures of Pseudo Vox, And the Popular Superstition connected with Ventriloquial Delusions..., printed playbill, one very small hole not affecting text, few spots or very light surface soiling, old central fold, laid down on larger linen, playbill 445 x 287mm., Bridgnorth, Edkins, 8th April 1856. A limited number of printed catalogues are available to purchase for this auction. UK: £35 (incl. postage) Rest of World: £50 (incl. postage) Please contact info@forumauctions.co.uk to place an order.
Scott (Samuel, daredevil).- Rose and Bell, Bankside. Samuel C. Scott the Celebrated American Diver, Is open to all the World, to Leap or Dive with any Man, for the Sum of One Hundred Guineas..., printed broadside, small loss affecting one letter, one letter provided in ink manuscript, short tear into text without loss, light folds to foot, partially laid down on album leaf (leaf chipped at fore-edge), 365 x 240mm., J.W. Peel, [c.1840]. *** Scott was an American diver well-known for his death defying leaps, including a purported 593-foot jump from Niagara Falls. Tragedy struck on 11th January 1841, when Scott inadvertently hanged himself while diving from a scaffold on Waterloo bridge into the Thames, which first involved swinging away from the bridge from a rope wrapped around his neck. A limited number of printed catalogues are available to purchase for this auction. UK: £35 (incl. postage) Rest of World: £50 (incl. postage) Please contact info@forumauctions.co.uk to place an order.
Ware (J. Redding) Mistaken Identities. Celebrated Cases of Undeserved Suffering, Self-Deception, and Wilful Imposture, first edition, title lightly soiled, some light marginal creasing, original pictorial wrappers, upper wrapper with nick to foot affecting couple letters, spine little chipped at ends and with vertical split but holding, surface soiling, Diprose & Bateman, [1886]; and 3 others, of which 2 in original pictorial wrappers, 8vo (4) A limited number of printed catalogues are available to purchase for this auction. UK: £35 (incl. postage) Rest of World: £50 (incl. postage) Please contact info@forumauctions.co.uk to place an order.
Brown (Thomas) The Beauties of Tom Brown...To which is Prefixed A Life of the Author by the Late Charles Henry Wilson Esq., first edition, folding hand-coloured etched frontispiece of gaming house after Rowlandson (paper guard, few short marginal tears and linen-backed), title with tiny hole not affecting text, final f. with marginal paper repairs, some light spotting or soiling, bound in polished calf by Tout, spine gilt and with red and green morocco labels, light rubbing to joints and extremities, upper cover detached, t.e.g., for T. & R. Hughes &c, 1808 § Life High & Low. By the Author of The Greeks..., 6 hand-coloured etched plates by Charles Williams, small stain to title and first few ff., light offsetting, very lightly browned, front free endpaper loose, lower hinge cracked, contemporary calf, rebacked, chips to spine ends, joints and extremities quite worn, for J.J. Stockdale, 1819; and 2 others illustrated, including a sixth edition of The Pigeons with hand-coloured plates by G. Cruikshank, 8vo (4) A limited number of printed catalogues are available to purchase for this auction. UK: £35 (incl. postage) Rest of World: £50 (incl. postage) Please contact info@forumauctions.co.uk to place an order.
Forsythe (J.S.) Demonologia; or, Natural Knowledge Revealed; Being an Exposé of Ancient and Modern Superstitions..., first edition, half-title, folding engraved frontispiece (offset), bookplate of Charles Tennant, the odd spot, bound in polished calf by F. Bedford, spine gilt and with morocco label, very shallow nick to spine head, some slight discoloration to spine and upper joint, corners little bumped, some very light rubbing to extremities, g.e., 8vo, John Bumpus, 1827. *** Section on jugglers (i.e. magicians) at pp. 378-92. A limited number of printed catalogues are available to purchase for this auction. UK: £35 (incl. postage) Rest of World: £50 (incl. postage) Please contact info@forumauctions.co.uk to place an order.
Must de Cartier silver-gilt manual wind wristwatch, burgundy dial, back case No 6 141961, hallmarked, on Cartier burgundy leather strap, with gilt buckle boxed with certificate of origin dated 1981Condition Report:Movement functioning, possibly some fading to dial, a couple of light scratches to glass, back case with some light scratches, hands moving freely, case diameter = 22mm, strap with wear but sound, buckle not signed Cartier
18ct white gold seven stone, round brilliant cut diamond half eternity ring, London 1978, total diamond weight approx 1.05 caratCondition Report:Approx 5.65gm, size P, max depth = 5.1mm, diamonds bright, well matched, good colour approx H-J, with some light inclusions under 10x loop, shank sound
18ct gold seven stone round brilliant cut diamond flower head cluster ring, hallmarked, total diamond weight 1.00 caratCondition Report:Approx 4.6gm, size O, total diamond weight engraved to inside shank, bright with good movement, colour approx J-K, eye clean with some light inclusions under 10x loop, good condition
18ct gold three stone ruby and round brilliant cut diamond ring, London import mark 1973, ruby approx 0.30 carat, total diamond weight approx 0.55 caratCondition Report:Approx 2.5gm, size P-Q, very bright with good movement, very good colour approx G, some light inclusions under 10x loop, approx SI1 clarity
Art Deco platinum amethyst and milgrain set diamond bracelet, the three stone fancy marquise cut and square cut amethyst, within an old cut diamond openwork surround, on a diamond fancy link braceletCondition Report:Approx 21.45gm, tested platinum, length = 17.5cm, amethyst diamond cluster = 4.2cm x 2cm, max bracelet depth = 0.8cm, clasps secure, links good, diamonds bright, well matched with good movement, colour good approx H-I, eye clean, with some inclusions under 10x loop approx SI clarity, amethyst with some rubbing light scratches to top surface - benefit from a polish, colour zoning to amethyst stones
18ct white gold seven stone, round cut ruby and round brilliant cut diamond half eternity ring, hallmarked, total ruby weight 0.40 carat, total diamond weight 0.20 caratCondition Report:Approx 4.05gm, size very approx O-P (shank misshapen), diamonds bright, very good colour approx G-H, with some light inclusions under 10x loop
Early 20th century platinum emerald cut emerald and eight stone single cut diamond ring, stamped PT, emerald approx 0.70 caratCondition Report:Approx 3.4gm, tested platinum, size l, max depth = 9mm, shank slightly bent with some wear to base, emerald good colour with internal flaws and light brown hairline running through middle of stone, nibbles and scratches to surface, corner edges with some rubbing, diamonds bright approx 1mm diameter
George III gilt open face fusee lever pocket watch by John Dwerrihouse Berkley Square, No. 4079, engraved balance cock with diamond endstone, two other fusee lever pocket watches by Strong, London and Thomas Hume, London, one with silver pair case, the other with white metal caseCondition Report:Dwerrihouse and Strong pocket watches functioning and clean movements, dials possibly replacements, gilt pocket watch no glass cover, rubbing to case, Hume not functioning but clean movement, dial with some very light marks, movement loose from silver case, max diameter = 55mm
Pair of 9ct gold round cut garnet stud earrings, hallmarked and an early 20th century 9ct rose gold five pink stone set ringCondition Report:Approx 4.2gm, earrings diameter = 7.5mm, good condition, ring tested 9ct, size K, been re-sized, shank thinning slightly but sound, stones with some light abrasions and some chip outer stones missing
Cartier 18ct white gold single stone, round brilliant cut diamond Anniversary bangle, No. BM 3052, hallmarkedCondition Report:Approx 37.4gm, inner circumference = 16cm, max depth = 0.72cm, would benefit from being re-rhodium plated - rubbing and light scratches, clasp and hinge good, no box or papers
Audemars Piguet gentleman's 18ct gold automatic wristwatch, Ref. 14406 / 002, Cal. 2125, white dial with Roman numeral hour markers and date aperture, on brown leather strap, with original certificate, purchased through Harrods and dated 1997 Condition Report:Approx 40.8gm gross, movement functioning, dial with a few very light marks between 2 and 4 o'clock - not detrimental, case with some light scratches, hands moving freely, date changes, strap not associated, case diameter = 32mm (excluding crown)
18ct gold single stone old cut diamond pendant necklace, diamond approx 1.60 carat Condition Report:Approx 2.4gm, pendant length = 1cm, chain length = 40.5cm, pendant tested 18ct, chain hallmarked 18ct, diamond with very light chip to facet edge - visible under 10x loop, diamond bright, with good movement, medium - large culet, slight yellow in colour approx N-P, eye clean, approx SI1 clarity
Christopher Dresser for Linthorpe, Middlesbrough Art Pottery Bottle Vase Circa 1880, shape no. 200, green glazed earthenware with lustre finish and bands of lightly incised repated decoration, impressed facsimile signature and factory marks to base.20cm highSome light glaze scratches, tightly crazed, no other damage or restoration to note.
Pablo Picasso (Spanish 1881-1973) "Composition (1948)" Signed and dated 7.10.48 within the plate, titled on label verso, lithograph in colours on wove paper from an edition of 3,000.47 x 74.5cm (framed 65 x 91.5cm)Artists’ Resale Right (“droit de suite”) may apply to this lot.The print is in very good, original condition. There is some very light time staining and browning around the edge of the print in some areas, near the mount board. There are one or two minor scuffs and spots of foxing found across the sheet. The print is framed and glazed.
Workshop of Robert "Mouseman" Thompson, Kilburn Oak Octagonal Cheeseboard Circa 1950s/60s, with adzed surface and carved mouse signature to edge.30.5 x 25cmPurchased directly from the "Mouseman" workshop in Kilburn, Yorkshire.To read more about Robert "Mouseman" Thompson and his works at auction visit our Modern Design Directory: https://www.wilson55.com/furniture/mouseman-furniture/Some very light generalised wear but good overall without damage or other issues to note.
Timo Sarpaneva (Finnish 1926-2006) for Iittala Pair of "Bolero" Candle Holders & Five Others Including a set of three "Poppa" candle holders designed by Valto Kokko, all except single "Poppa" bearing Iittala label. "Bolero" candle holders 14.5cm diameter The William "Bill" Davies Collection of Scandinavian Glass. Bill Davies led a very successful career as an architect, primarily working in his native Wales, with his most celebrated project being the Plas Menai complex situated on the Menai Strait which serves as the National Watersports Centre for Wales and has been awarded Grade II and II* status - it was described as 'arguably the most admired and influential building completed in Wales in the last quarter of the twentieth century’ by Professor Richard Weston*. Bill was also commissioned for architectural work by Cardiff University and indeed served as a Lecturer in Design at the institution, playing a major part in developing the course into one of the highest rated in the United Kingdom.His major inspirations were the celebrated American architect Frank Lloyd Wright and the leading Finnish designer Alvar Aalto: from this stemmed Bill's enthusiasm for all aspects of mid-century design with the glass of Scandinavia becoming his particular passion, or rather, obsession. Invariably accompanied by his beloved late wife Maureen, Bill attended glass fairs around the UK and made buying trips to Scandinavia, amassing his extensive collection with a keen eye and canny judgement that pre-empted market trends by decades with his focus on Vicke Lindstrand, Oiva Toikka, Tapio Wirkkala, Timo Sarpaneva and many other notable designers.Wilson55 Auctioneers & Valuers are honoured to have been instructed to bring the William "Bill" Davies Collection of Scandinavian Glass to auction as part of our 4th December Modern Art & Design sale and we hope that you enjoy browsing this fantastic collection.*Credit: Twentieth Century Society Light generalised wear but overall good without damage.
Vicke Lindstrand (Swedish 1904-1983) for Kosta Two "Contour" Vases Circa 1950s, of teardrop and flattened ovoid form, both with internal black trailing, the former and taller signed LH 1238, the latter Kosta LH 1242. The taller 18cm high The William "Bill" Davies Collection of Scandinavian Glass. Bill Davies led a very successful career as an architect, primarily working in his native Wales, with his most celebrated project being the Plas Menai complex situated on the Menai Strait which serves as the National Watersports Centre for Wales and has been awarded Grade II and II* status - it was described as 'arguably the most admired and influential building completed in Wales in the last quarter of the twentieth century’ by Professor Richard Weston*. Bill was also commissioned for architectural work by Cardiff University and indeed served as a Lecturer in Design at the institution, playing a major part in developing the course into one of the highest rated in the United Kingdom.His major inspirations were the celebrated American architect Frank Lloyd Wright and the leading Finnish designer Alvar Aalto: from this stemmed Bill's enthusiasm for all aspects of mid-century design with the glass of Scandinavia becoming his particular passion, or rather, obsession. Invariably accompanied by his beloved late wife Maureen, Bill attended glass fairs around the UK and made buying trips to Scandinavia, amassing his extensive collection with a keen eye and canny judgement that pre-empted market trends by decades with his focus on Vicke Lindstrand, Oiva Toikka, Tapio Wirkkala, Timo Sarpaneva and many other notable designers.Wilson55 Auctioneers & Valuers are honoured to have been instructed to bring the William "Bill" Davies Collection of Scandinavian Glass to auction as part of our 4th December Modern Art & Design sale and we hope that you enjoy browsing this fantastic collection.*Credit: Twentieth Century Society The smaller with a couple of very small surface nibbles, otherwise light generalised wear but no other damage to note.
Licensed "Early Wood Chess Set" Re-Edition After Man Ray Issued by IC Design, Switzerland Produced in Germany in 2012 under license of the Man Ray Trust, crafted in beech wood to Man Ray's original design of 1920, boxed (without board).King 8.3cm highMan Ray designed this radical and pioneering chess set in 1920 based on Euclidean geometric 'ideal forms' with the knight based on a 'found object' displaying the properties of the Fibonacci sequence defining spiral growth patterns, the head scroll of a violin; for reference an original set is held in the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art - https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/480922Light wear to box, set appears unused.
Nils Landberg (Swedish 1907-1991) for Orrefors Group of "Midnight Blue" Series Circa 1960s, comprising three vases and oval bowl, the tallest of shaped shouldered form, signed Orrefors NU 7953/4, the others similarly signed with codes.The tallest 19cm highThe William "Bill" Davies Collection of Scandinavian Glass.One tiny internal blister to the largest, some light generalised wear including some very small surface scratches or marks to the largest, oval bowl with small nick to rim and a few small surface scratches to either side, additional images added for reference.
Per Lütken (Danish 1916-1998) for Holmegaard Three Vases Comprising a large tapered "Smoke" vase and two "May Green" vases, the taller circular and the smaller oval, all signed PL Holmegaard and variously numbered. The tallest 23cm high The William "Bill" Davies Collection of Scandinavian Glass. Bill Davies led a very successful career as an architect, primarily working in his native Wales, with his most celebrated project being the Plas Menai complex situated on the Menai Strait which serves as the National Watersports Centre for Wales and has been awarded Grade II and II* status - it was described as 'arguably the most admired and influential building completed in Wales in the last quarter of the twentieth century’ by Professor Richard Weston*. Bill was also commissioned for architectural work by Cardiff University and indeed served as a Lecturer in Design at the institution, playing a major part in developing the course into one of the highest rated in the United Kingdom.His major inspirations were the celebrated American architect Frank Lloyd Wright and the leading Finnish designer Alvar Aalto: from this stemmed Bill's enthusiasm for all aspects of mid-century design with the glass of Scandinavia becoming his particular passion, or rather, obsession. Invariably accompanied by his beloved late wife Maureen, Bill attended glass fairs around the UK and made buying trips to Scandinavia, amassing his extensive collection with a keen eye and canny judgement that pre-empted market trends by decades with his focus on Vicke Lindstrand, Oiva Toikka, Tapio Wirkkala, Timo Sarpaneva and many other notable designers.Wilson55 Auctioneers & Valuers are honoured to have been instructed to bring the William "Bill" Davies Collection of Scandinavian Glass to auction as part of our 4th December Modern Art & Design sale and we hope that you enjoy browsing this fantastic collection.*Credit: Twentieth Century Society The smallest with fleabites to foot but otherwise light generalised wear, no damage to note.
Tapio Wirkkala (Finnish 1915-1985) for Iittala Large "Ultima Thule" Charger, Two Graduated Bowls and Large "Puro" Centrepiece Bowl Designed in the 1960s, contemporary manufacture.The charger 37.5cm diameter overall, the bowl 23cm high and 21.5cm diameterThe William "Bill" Davies Collection of Scandinavian Glass.The charger with surface dirt, otherwise very light generalised wear but all in good condition.
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