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Click here to subscribeWade figures to include Dougal from the magic roundabout marked number 1, Humpty Dumpty (hand written to base approved for shape and decoration by customer 14/9/98 to base) and baby smurf, These items were removed from the archives of the Wade factory and are possible prototypes or colour samples. (3)
Lead crystal figurine part of the Magic of Dance trilogy. Title plaque was designed to accompany the figurine. Figurine measures: 3â€W x 9â€H. Plaque measures: 2.75â€W x 1.25â€H. Swarovski etched backstamp. This item has its original box. Large box measures: 6.5â€L x 11’W x 5.75â€H. Small box measures: 3.5â€L x 3.75â€W x 2.25â€H. Artist: Martin ZendronIssued: 2003Manufacturer: SwarovskiCountry of Origin: AustriaCondition: Age related wear.
STAR WARS: THE COMPLETE SAGAFan Club Complete Kit & Fan Club Poster & Gala Poster (Various); C-3PO Style & Style A (Empire)Mint Rolled; Artist Rick Sternbach & Troy Alders & Roger Kastel Official Star Wars Fan Club & Smithsonian, 1980 & 1983 & 1997Offered in this mint lot is a rolled exhibition poster for Star Wars: The Magic of Myth (23" x 35"), which was a national traveling exhibition created by the Smithsonian Institute, featuring props and costumes used in the Star Wars films. A fan-favorite Star Wars character, C-3PO, adorns the poster. Also included is a rolled Return of the Jedi Official Star Wars Fan Club Poster (20" x 27") by Rick Sternbach, PLUS a complete Fan Club Kit from The Empire Strikes Back, which includes a rolled 20" x 27" Roger Kastel artwork poster without credits, six 8" x 11" rolled scene posters, one pencil, one Darth Vader Sticker, 1 patch, 1 membership cards, a letter, and five membership flyers. Everything offered in this lot is unused and in mint condition.George Lucas' ground-breaking space opera defied all expectations to change the film industry forever. Inspired by Flash Gordon serials, Westerns, samurai films, and World War II movies, Lucas crafted a new, hugely popular mythology in "A galaxy far, far away" while setting a new standard for visual effects.This lot will be auctioned on Friday, December 8th. The auction will begin at 9:30am PST and lots are sold sequentially via live auctioneer; tune in to the live streaming broadcast on auction day to follow the pace. Note other lots in the auction may close on December 7th.
§ CHARLES OPPENHEIMER R.S.A., R.S.W. (BRITISH 1876-1961) ON THE GRAND CANAL, VENICE Signed, oil on canvas Dimensions:76cm x 76cm (30in x 30in) Note: Though his name is inextricably linked with the Kirkcudbright School of artists, the half-German, Manchester-born-and-raised Oppenheimer did not in fact settle in this region until the end of World War One. Over time he became a respected stalwart of the Scottish art world and a Royal Scottish Academician. His oeuvre is firmly and famously associated with the depiction of Galloway. Less well known perhaps is the fact that, as his biographer Euan Robson puts it, “Italy was as much his muse as Galloway”. As a body of work, they are much less frequently seen outside private collections comparative to his Scottish subject matter. Lyon & Turnbull are therefore delighted to offer a scarce and significant Italian painting by the artist, the most monumental in scale and sophistication to be seen on the market for some years.Oppenheimer’s love affair with Italy was a long and enduring one. In 1896 at the age of 21 he won a funded prize to travel to Florence and Venice. A deep passion for the country began. He was, in fact, retracing the steps of his father Ludwig Oppenheimer, a diversely talented individual who reputedly studied mosaic design and manufacture in Venice in the 1860s. It is thought the artist and his wife Connie travelled to Italy on honeymoon in 1903 and continued to do so frequently after the interlude of WW1, visiting throughout the 1920s and 30s. Verona and Venice were his main destinations of choice. This makes great sense: Oppenheimer was a master of depicting water and the play of light and shadow, and Venice especially with its canals and densely arranged architecture would have provided endless compositional inspiration to tempt his brush.In 1913 Oppenheimer exhibited Italian pictures at Doig, Wilson and Wheatley gallery on George Street, Glasgow, as well as at the RSA. It was a significant exhibition and he received numerous positive reviews. The Glasgow Herald’s critic remarked: “Mr Oppenheimer’s work impresses by way of its distinguished draughtsmanship and a refined sense of colour…[The painting]…possesses exhilarating sparkle and there is a subtle restraint in colouring: there are none of those lurid splashes which give some pictures of Italy the effect of mere garishness.”These words could quite easily be applied as a descriptor to the later painting of c.1928, On the Grand Canal, Venice, that we offer now for sale. Here we have a tranquil depiction of Venice’s most famous waterway, quiet and calm in the afternoon heat, the only sounds evoked being the lap of water against stone. Redolent, as the critic would have it, “…[of]…the drowsy felicity which belongs to life in these pleasant places.” The water is masterful; ripples and reflections rendered with comprehensive realism and skill. The light and heat of the day glare and glance off the stone walls whilst darkened alcoves and interiors coolly and enticingly recede into cleverly described shadow. Oppenheimer, as the Herald critic alluded, did not have a hyperbolic artistic vocabulary. This is attested to by the subtle tonalities of the palette here, which allow Venice to weave its romantic magic simply and on its own terms, free from excessive artistic licence.Oppenheimer’s artworks were sketched en plein air, indeed sometimes painted outdoors too before finishing in the studio from earlier studies. One certainly senses that immediacy here; the plein air approach almost certainly responsible for rendering this painting so very transportive and truthfully evocative. One such working sketch for this painting is recorded in Robson’s monograph of the artist (Euan Robson, Charles Oppenheimer: From Craftsman to Artist, Atelier Books, Edinburgh, 2012, p.73, pl.s39), a watercolour c.1928, held now in a private collection.The subject, Palazzo Contarini Fasan, is an unusual 15th-century Venetian gothic structure. It is also known as Casa di Desdemona for its famed associations with Shakespeare’s Othello. Legend has it that Nicola Contarini, a famous heroic leader in the wars against the Turks in the 1500s, once lived in the palazzo. He was said to have had dark skin, subsequently nicknamed "Moor". Contarini's wife, Palma Querini, was the inspiration, possibly, for the character of Desdemona. Exhausted by the brutal jealousy of her husband, she fled the marriage to return to her family. Furthermore, John Ruskin wrote in his The Seven Lamps of Architecture that the palazzo was "the most elaborate piece of architecture in Venice." Little wonder then, that the romanticism of the building’s legendary history and its unusual and beautiful façade captured the attention of Oppenheimer, who afforded it a substantially sized stretch of canvas.
William Spooner, British, 1796-1882, three framed lithographs with hand-colouring, c.1831-50, comprising: 'Mount Vesuvius' and 'The Magic Lantern' from Spooner's Protean Views, and 'The Microscope' from Spooner's Transformations, each with printed caption, held in double-sided birdseye maple frames, 21.5 x 21cm and 22.5 x 16.5cm (3)
Herrenarmbanduhr "Black Magic Classic Fusion", Hublot. Schwarzes Edelstahlgehäuse und Zifferblatt mit Strichindizes, Datumsfenster. Automatikwerk mit verglastem Boden. Serien-Nr. 1374549. Hublot, Schweiz, 2020 (laut Garantie-Karte der Hublot Boutique, Berlin). D. 4 cm. Schwarzes Kautschukarmband mit Faltschließe, Hublot. In Box mit Garantie-Karte von 2020 und extra Rubber Strap von Hublot. Aktueller Neupreis € 9.800,-.
An Attic black-figure chimney lekythos with Medea and King Pelias Attributed to the Manner of the Haimon Painter, circa 500-480 B.C.27.5cm highFootnotes:Provenance:Raphaël Collin (1850-1916) collection, Paris.The Senator William A. Clark (1839-1925) Collection, acquired from the above in 1911. Bequeathed to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., 1925. Deaccessioned and gifted to the American University Museum at the Katzen Arts Center, Washington D.C., 2014.with Sands of Time Ancient Art, Washington D.C., 2021. Beazley Archive no. 331424. Published: R. Collin, Collection of Antique Grecian, Egyptian and Etruscan Statuettes, Vases, Tanagras, Etc., Paris, 1911, p. 24, no. 171.Original Clark Catalog, Part II, p. 249, no. 171.The Illustrated Handbook of the W.A. Clark Collection, The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., 1928, p. 123, no. 2673 (and in the 1932 edition of the same name).J.D. Beazley, Attic Black-Figure Vase-Painters, Oxford, 1956, 551.330. J.D. Beazley, Paralipomena, Oxford, 1971, p. 270.The William A. Clark Collection: An exhibition marking the 50th anniversary of the installation of the Clark Collection at the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., April 26-July 16, 1978, The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., 1978, p. 25, fig. 16. H. Meyer, Medeia Und Die Peliaden: Eine Attische Novelle Und Ihre Entstehung: Ein Versuch Zur Sagenforschung Auf Archaologischer Grundlage, Rome, 1980.Lexicon Iconographicum Mythologiae Classicae, Zurich, 1994, pp.275, no. 16.c. Exhibited: Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., 'The William A. Clark Collection,' 26 April-16 July 1978.This lekythos depicts Medea demonstrating to King Pelias and his daughters that she can turn an old ram young again by cutting it up and boiling it. Not shown on the vase is Pelias's daughters who, trusting in Medea's magic, proceeded to cut up their father and boil him alive, believing he would emerge rejuvenated. This incident leads to the banishing of Jason and Medea from Iolcus, Jason's homeland.The Haimon painter was known for painting on lekythoi and was part of the group who popularized the 'chimney' neck lekythos.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Harry Clarke RHA (1889 - 1931) The Magic Glasses c.1927-9 Pencil and watercolour, 23 x 7.5cm (9 x 3") Harry Clarke’s Geneva Window, created for the International Labour Organization and completed in 1930, was a triumph of Clarke’s artistry, skill and imagination – but also a personal tragedy for him as it was never installed. The rectangular window comprises Clarke’s interpretations of fifteen of his favourite excerpts by contemporary Irish writers.[1]This preliminary design is inspired by George Fitzmaurice’s The Magic Glasses, a short one-act play which had been produced at The Abbey Theatre in 1913, a production Clarke most likely would have seen, not only because he was an avid theatre goer but also because the producer was his close friend, Lennox Robinson. The watercolour, in pinks/reds and blues, is a tell-tale indication that Clarke planned to make this panel – like the other panels for the Geneva Window that comprise it – from two pieces of flashed glass, one of ruby glass, one of blue glass, which when ‘acided’ and plated (carefully registered together), would create myriad shades of purples and violets, and with judicious additional application of silver stain would add hues of yellow and green.The title of the play is derived from three sets of glasses which Shanahan received from a mysterious woman (‘It’s the pleasure and diversion of the world you’ll hear and see in them magic glasses’); each set is coloured differently and came with their own properties. Clarke decided to feature the red glasses which show nubile naked females: ‘the purtiest women was ever seen on the globe’.As with all preliminary iterations, it is interesting to note what Clarke originally had in mind, and what evolved when the panel was made. In the sketch, the principal figure, curly-haired, angelic Jamoney Shanahan appears mildly inebriated and distracted as he allows his champagne glass gently slip within his slim fingers, whereas in the panel as executed, Shanahan, is rougher-looking, hands planted firmly in pockets, and depicted with his eyes rolling about, drunk and possibly delirious. The sketch design features a total of eighteen naked females, some frolicking in glasses of champagne, some with wild unkempt hair, and one stretching to whisper enticements in his ear – decorous nymphs, they are not. One can see from this sketch and the panel as executed, along with some of the other vignettes in the Geneva Window, how the Irish government of the day became uneasy about Clarke’s selection of texts and even more so his daring treatment of imagery.Dr David Caron, November 2023[1] See Bowe, Nicola Gordon, Harry Clarke – The Life and Work (1989); also, Kennedy, Róisín, ‘The Geneva Window’ in Harry Clarke and Artistic Visions of the New State (eds A. Griffith, M. Helmers, R. Kennedy (2019)
John Shinnors (b.1950) Black and Green Scarecrow, Maidstone Bridge Oil on linen, 60 x 80cm (23½ x 31½") Signed and inscribed with title versoGreen is not quite one of the core colours in John Shinnor’s exceptionally spare palette, but when he turns to it, he uses it to great effect. This parsimony with green is quite an achievement, given that he lives on an island celebrated for its forty shades. Shades and nuances, but of blacks, greys and whites, dominate his paintings - he habitually uses five different hues of black, he noted once - with red, yellow and subtle blues in support.Shinnors delights in moments of visual ambiguity and confusion, something he traces back to a moment when, having established himself as a virtuoso painter of magic realist compositions, he became dissatisfied. One morning at a fishmongers he was transfixed by the sight of mackerel laid out on a tray, translated into an abstract arrangement of pattern, light and contrast. It was as though he was really seeing them for the first time. The idea of the familiar, tangible world transformed into a complex pictorial abstraction, while retaining the power of the source image, stayed with him.In his work since, as well as adhering to a tight colour palette, he has been drawn to an eclectic repertoire of motifs: those fish, swallows and other birds, Frisian cows, cats, zebra crossings, Loop Head lighthouse, kites and scarecrows. He has written of how he grew up in a sexually repressive environment, created not just by conservative, Catholic Ireland but by his forbidding, puritanical father. Still a child, he happened upon a fetishistically arranged mannequin in a remote haggard on a farmer’s land, something that haunted him later as a symbol of a society that banished expression of sexuality and the body. Scarecrows in various forms recur in his paintings.After just one year at art school in Limerick he set off for England, taking whatever employment he could - including being a postman - and busking at weekends. In all his time in England he made just one drawing, he later noted, but when he arrived back in Limerick began painting, without any great ambition of being an artist.This painting combines two motifs in a striking, abstracted arrangement. The vertical green of the almost cruciform scarecrow form on the left is echoed in the red bridge or crane-like form on the right and along the top, with a black-white rhythm running across the composition and opening up depth. Characteristically, Shinnors offsets the potential symmetries: the green band is skewed, but its drift to the left is anchored by the firm red structure, its diagonal bands recalling steel bracing - of the rail bridge mentioned in the title?. It’s notable that green, rather than the more forceful red, provides the dynamism in the composition.Aidan Dunne, November 2023
Sarcar. A lady's 18ct gold and diamond set bracelet watch with mystery style dial Magic Moon, Circa 1985 Quartz movement, glazed exhibition dial with signed mother-of-pearl and gold centre, rotating diamond set wave form faux rotor, gold case with diamond set bezel, the case-back engraved 'patent pend' and numbered 466-8, setting button in the case-back, diamond set integral brushed gold link bracelet, with European convention hallmarks to the snap buckle, dial signed 22mm diameter (VAT charged on hammer price)Please note that Roseberys do not guarantee working order or time keeping of any automatic, mechanical, quartz or other timepieceCondition Report: Gross weight 70.36 grams.
Lego - an original Lego Model Team set No. 5581 Magic Flash. The set rebagged, with instructions and original box. From a large private collection of Lego sets. Where a set is not factory sealed, the vendor assures us that contents are 100% complete, although no guarantees are offered and sets remain unchecked by us.
This annual edition Antonio is the second one that is part of the trilogy Magic of Dance. Antionio is made of clear crystal. The brim of his hat and his headband are made of red crystal. Etched Swarovski backstamp. This item has a base included with measurements 6.5"L x 3"W x 2.5"H. Artist: Martin ZendronIssued: 2003Dimensions: 3.5"L x 3.5"W x 8.5"HManufacturer: SwarovskiCountry of Origin: AustriaCondition: Age related wear.
4th-8th century A.D. With conical body, the inner face bearing concentric rings of inked magical Aramaic text, repaired. Cf. The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, accession number: 80.001.0001. 357 grams, 19 cm wide (7 1/2 in.).Ex Family collection, London, UK, pre 1988.Aramaic incantation bowls are particular to the Sassanian period and have been found in regions of modern Iraq. These simple ceramic bowls, also known as magic bowls, each contain an Aramaic inscription, written in ink, which spirals from the centre. The bowls seem to have played an important part in domestic life. For example, during excavation in Nippur in 1889, one or more incantation bowls were found in each house together with domestic artefacts, most often in doorways or under floorboards in the corner of rooms. The bowls are predominantly apotropaic, and the inscriptions tend to protect their owners from misfortunes such as those faced in child-birth, illness and evil spirits.
The Magic Roundabout - Robert Harrop - x2 boxed figurines / statues: MR02 Florence. Highly detailed resin statues based on the classic children's television programme. Figurines appear mint, with no damage. Boxed. Note; from a large collection of Robert Harrop & other statues / figurines. Condition is stated within each description, however buyers are reminded that such statements are not forensic reports and all items will remain sold 'as is'. As a rule, statues do appear mint and undamaged, but this is not guaranteed. Boxes range in condition, and some have wear from storage. In all instances buyers are required to satisfy themselves. Certificates / paperwork are present if photographed, if there are no photographs of certificates then one isn't present.
A large collection of vintage 20th century 45 RPM singles vinyl records. To include; Beatles - Beatles for Sale No.2, Rolling Stones - The Last Time, Pink Floyd - Another Brick in the wall, The Stranglers - Go Buddy Go, Uriah Heep - Love Stealer, Dexy's Midnight Runners - Gino, Madness As the Nutty Boys - The Return of the Los Palmas 7, Thin Lizzy - Whiskey in the Jar / Sarah, The Kinks - You really Got Me, Eagles - Pretty Maids All in a Row, The Man - Hey You Get Out Of My Bed (Larry Whitehurst), The Undertones - Julie Ocean / kiss in the Dark, Elvis Costello & The Attractions - High Fidelity / Getting Mighty Crowded, The Mama's & The Pappa's - California Dreaming, Paul McCartney & Wings, Roxy Music, Michael Jackson - Ain't No Sunshine, Peter Gabriel, Elton John - Crocodile Rock, Moody Blues - Nights in White Satin, Gladys Knight & The Pips - Street Brother / Part Time Love, Donna Summer - Love's Unkind / Autumn Changes / Once Upon a Time, Boomtown Rats - Rat Trap, The Cure - The Hanging Garden / One Hundred Years / Killing an Arab / Lost in a Forest, The Undertones - True Confessions / Emergency Cases / Teenage Kicks / Smarter Than U, UB40 - One in Ten / King, ELO - Evil Woman / Strange Magic / Can't Get You Out of my Head, Adam & The Ants - Stand & Deliver / Ant Rap / Ant Music / Red Scab, Heaven 17 - I'm Your Money, Candi Staton - Nights On Broadway / You Are and Fun Boy Three / Bananarama - It Ain't What You Do amongst many others.
1960s onwards toy collection, generally excellent to good, with Rupert (6), 1968 TV21 and 1974 Star Trek annuals, Magic Roundabout pop-out models and playscraps, Teddy Ruxpin, Ideal Tammy doll, Palitoy Tressy doll, Disney Bendy Toys (3), Amanda Jane doll wooden Wardrobe by Beechwood including clothes, Pedigree Rupert teddy, etc. Contents unchecked for completeness or correctness and viewing recommended. Qty approx. 35+ (3B)
An ecstatic journey of a boy transformed into a girl for one day, and her erotic adventures in Amsterdam, magic centrum. Photogr. by G. Gordon, written by W. Levy, des. by A. Beeke. The Hague, Bert Bakker, 1972. 72 p. Orig. stapled wr. Folio. Added: (1) Wet Dreams. Festivals presented by Suck, that European Sexpaper. W. Levy, ed. Des. by W. de Ridder. Amst., Joy Publications, 1973. 263 p. Orig. pictorial limp boards. Sm. folio. (2) Knijp no. 1-4 (=all publ.), 1967. All w. some signs of wear. (total 6)
First half 20th cent. and later. Comprising: (1) Tin toy Golliwog Ferris wheel w. suspended acrobatic puppets, attached to a tower w. winding mechanism and bell, total height 17 cm. Bent, lacking winding key. (2) Plastic Golliwog puppet shaped like the puppets on the revolving wheel, w. moving eyes and dress, height 25 cm. Face dented. (3) Col. porcelain jazz band, consisting of a singer/ violinist (height 9 cm, lacks part of his right arm), saxophone player, accordeonist, drummer, cello player and banjo player. -and 22 others, incl. a pair of bookstands and 7 magic lantern plates. (total 30)
All first editions in good condition. (1) Dokumente Documents Documenti. Hamburg, Merlin Verlag, 1971. Green faux-leather portfolio bound accordion-style, bound with cloth ties, 28 x 20.5 x 3 cm. Eight manilla envelopes, each containing a set of documents/printed material by Spoerri, Emmett Williams and Pierre Alechinsky. (2) An Anecdoted Topography of Chance. New York, Something Else Press, 1966. Hardcover, 214 pp. (3) The Mythological Travels of a modern Sir John Mandeville, being an account of the Magic, Meatballs, and other Monkey Business Peculiar to the Sojourn. New York, Something Else Press, 1970. Hardcover, 278 pp. (4) Gastronomisches Tagebuch. Itinerarium für zwei Personen auf einer ägaischen Insel nebst einer Abhandlung über den oder die Keftedes. Neuwied/Berlin, Luchterhand, 1970. Hardcover, 201 pp. Text in German with an interpretive drawing by André Thomkins. Light wear to wrapper, else very good. (total 4)
Custom-shaped printed silver mylar balloon, 72 x 49.5 cm, inflated 25 x 6.5 x 25 cm. Self-published, signed and numbered 47/100 in black marker. 'General Idea Magic Bullet' printed on the balloon. The installation Magic Bullet comprised of 1500 helium-filled balloons and was first shown in General Idea's exhibition at Stux New York in 1992. Fine copy, folded.
1940/60s, almost all comic related. Incl. several series such as: (1) Breysse, F.A. Oscar Hamel et Isidore. SOS. 23-75 éditions Filmostat vol. I-X in orig. boxes. (2) Idem. L'Idole aux yeux d'Émeraude vol. I-XVI (no. 6701-6716). -and 98 other magic lantern movies incl. Kapitein Rob, Eric de Noorman, Panda, Prince Valiant, Donald Duck, Mickey Mouse, etc. (total 160)
12 BOTTLES AUSTRALIAN RED WINERunning with Bulls Tampranillo 2021; The Lane 19th Meeting Cabernet Sauvignon 2019; Kirrihill Cabernet Sauvignon 2019; Beresford Cabernet Sauvignon 2016; Eagle Rock Mourvèdre Barossa 2017; Feather Plucker's Daughter Merlot 2021; The Butterfly Effect Cabernet Sauvignon Shiraz 2020; Mount Langi Ghiran Cliff Edge Shiraz 2019; Claymore Wines Black Magic Woman Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve 2020; Casella Cabernet Sauvignon 2018; Wolf Blass Platinum Label Cabernet Sauvignon 2016; d'Arenberg Cabernet Sauvignon 2018
MGA Bratz Kidz and Babyz dolls x four: (1) Bratz Kidz Jade with two complete outfits, boxed; (2) Bratz Super Babyz Jade Superhero doll with Pet, boxed; (3) Bratz Babyz Storybook Collection Yasmin’s Holiday Home, boxed; (4) Bratz Babyz Storybook Collection Chloe’s Magic Mirror, boxed; Near Mint to Mint, within Good to Excellent packaging; (4).
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