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Click here to subscribeThree 19th century hand painted magic lantern glass slipping slides of Joseph Grimaldi:, one of him beside his own gravestone, another of him seated on a cannon, the third of him caught stealing a goose, all unsigned, together with a slipping slide of Mr Punch playing cards with a demon and another of a Chinese acrobat (5)
A 19th century hand painted magic lantern double slipping slide of an anthropomorphic monkey smoking a pipe with moving eyes:, a slipping slide of a monkey clown dunking a cat, another of a monkey stealing a woman's bonnet, a double slipping slide of an elephant dunking a monkey into a river with a crocodile to one side and a double slipping slide of a man with humorous hair and proboscis (5)
Édouard Léon Cortès (French, 1882–1969)Le Moulin Rouge, Place BlancheSigned 'EDOUARD [sic] CORTÈS.' bottom right; also with 'copyright' stamp verso, oil on canvas13 x 18 in. (33 x 45.7cm)Executed in 1956.PROVENANCE:Galerie F. Clair, Paris (1956).Acquired directly from the above on January 2, 1957.Herbert Arnot Inc., New York, New York.Acquired directly from the above on January 18, 1957.The Haussner's Restaurant Collection, Baltimore, Maryland.Sotheby's, New York, sale of November 2, 1999, lot 132 (B).Acquired directly from the above sale.Hammer Galleries, New York, New York.Acquired directly from the above in 2000.Private Collection, Bronxville, New York.EXHIBITED:Hammer Galleries, New York, New York, 2000.LITERATURE:Hammer Galleries, An Exhibition Catalogue, 2000, no. 26869-002, p. 28.Nicole Verdier, "Paris 1940-1969," in Édouard Cortès, Catalogue Raisonné de l'Oeuvre Peint, Vol. II, Contexte, Paris, 2002, no. 865, p. 204, (illustrated).NOTE:Édouard Cortès was born in the small village of Lagny-sur-Marne in 1882. The son of famous Spanish court painter Antonio Cortès, he trained in his father's studio from the age of thirteen. Although his hometown was sparsely populated, its proximity to Paris attracted many Parisian artists associated with the Barbizon school, who came to paint its adjoining forests. It also enabled the Cortès family to travel to the capital and keep up with the latest artistic trends.By 1900 Cortès had executed his first series of Paris street scenes, all marked by a dark, dramatic lighting. At the time, Paris was the center of the art world, a bustling international city that attracted artists, dealers, and collectors from around the globe. City scenes were particularly in demand, and Cortès, alongside painters like Jean Béraud and Eugène Galien-Laloue, wisely decided to make this genre his niche. Through his bold brushstrokes and colorful palette, Cortès was able to render the City of Lights with an Impressionistic delicacy, at the same time respecting the fundamental rules of perspective and composition he had learned from his father.He became the most famous poetic recorder of the city's ever-changing beauty, and in a career spanning more than sixty years captured its fashionable inhabitants, busy market stalls, and iconic monuments. Biographer David Klein writes: "Paris changed during the years that Cortès painted it; and the changes appear in his paintings. Horses and carriages disappear in favor of cars and trams; women's hourglass silhouettes and picture hats give way to boyish figures in short skirts and little furs, gas streetlights turn into neon signs and glaring headlights. But despite two world wars and the introduction of the machine age, the Paris of Cortès remains primarily the city of the Belle Époque. His paintings are often filled with nostalgia for the period." (David Klein, Édouard Cortès: Le Poète Parisien de la Peinture, Detroit, 1999 quoted in Mary Manion, "Esteem is Rising for Édouard Léon Cortès" in Antique Trader, September 14, 2018).After a lifelong dedication to capturing the magic of Paris during its transition from the Belle Époque to the modern era, Cortès ultimately retired to his hometown, where he continued to paint more picturesque scenes until his death in 1969.Since the Moulin Rouge opened its doors to the public in 1889, the famous cabaret in Montmartre has drawn large crowds of fashionable Parisians in search of guilty pleasures nowhere else accessible. Of the many Parisian views that Édouard Cortès completed, often depicting Notre Dame, Opéra Garnier or Boulevard de la Madeleine, only a handful of paintings and studies feature the Moulin Rouge. This excitingly rare work is one of the finest and earliest examples of Cortès’ bold, painterly style. Executed some ten years before the artist’s death, the painting skillfully captures the glowing red exterior of the cabaret juxtaposed against a dark sky, offering a glimpse of the temptations to be found within. The windmill’s striking silhouette, surrounding street lamps, and nearby facades inundate the passersby in the foreground with a warm, golden light that compels them to enter the Moulin Rouge, perhaps also tempting the viewer to leap into the picture plane and join them.
J&G MEAKIN 'TREND' PART DINNER SERVICE, including two tureens, two gravy boats and stands, six dinner plates, four breakfast bowls and four breakfast plates, together with a limited edition Bilston enamel plaque 74/200, Franklin Mint stein, a vase 'The Journey of the Heavenly Tortoise', a Stuart Anderson 'The Birds and Flowers of the Orient' tea pot and stand, and two Myth and Magic ornaments
Classical Box Set / SXL 2215-7, Mozart - Die Zauberflote (The Magic Flute) - 3 LP Boxed Set - Original UK ED 1 Stereo release 1960 on Decca (SXL 2215-7), The VPO and VSOC conducted by Karl Bohm - Wideband Grooved labels with 'Original Recording By' text round rim - With libretto and FFSS Inners - Laminated Box cover - All in Excellent condition
Qty of photo glass negatives, photographic items, SAnderson Camera, Sanderson enlarger & tripod, Magic lantern 2 railway cameras, phone items. Provenance- all photos taken by William George Medwell (medals in auction family lots 282/283/284/285), there may be photos of the telescope at Royal Observatory taken with Sanderson camera, he was granted private permission to photo the telescope. should be negative of 'Sammy the Seal' that came up the Thames. WWI hospital photos from UK/France etc
Early 20th century pine work table, rectangular top above single drawer, raised on square supports, fitted with marmalade cutter stamped 'Magic marmalade cutter' (108cm x 65cm, H77cm) together with painted pine side cupboard with panelled door, (W48cm) Condition Report & Further Details Click here for further images, condition, auction times & delivery costs
The Magic Porch in Manorbier signed, titled and dated 1988 to the reverse oil on canvas, unframed (Dimensions: 111 x 113cm)(111 x 113cm)Condition report: Oil on canvas which is attached to a wooden stretcher with a horizontal cross bar. All keys are present but unsecured. The canvas is in plane with good tension. The paint layer is in a good condition overall, there are minor scuffs and scratches at the corners. The frame has broken into two parts.
A collection of 36 Glass Magic Lantern Slides featuring scenes from New Zealand, 1870 -1920. Includes Cricket match, Gold Mining, Gum Digging, Kauli Tree logging, Dairy Farming, Sheep Shearing, Wellington Dockyards, New Zealand workers, City life in Christchurch, Auckland, Wellington, Tauranga, Cold Mining, Caving, Steamships. Includes some slides by Josiah Martin.
A quantity of J K Rowling Harry Potter books, all 1st editions except for one Ted Smart Goblet of Fire edition, to include four in adult covers and two Goblet of Fire's, one without dust wrapper, Its Magic, box set of the first three books in the series, along with two Robert Gabbraith, (pseudonym for J K Rowling) Cornmoran Strike novels (20)
CORNISH MINING LANTERN SLIDES. Six boxes of early 20th century magic lantern slides depicting Cornish miners, mines & mining views & subjects. Includes images underground by J. C. Burrows from 'Mongst Mines & Miners' published in 1893, views of mines & above ground mining processes etc. Total 51 slides.
A box of new wave, early electronic, indie and rock LP and extended play 12" vinyl records to include Sky, NRBQ, Dum Dum Boys, Was not Was, Orange Juice, Edwyn Collins, Blue Peter, Fiction Groove, The Smiths, KLF, David Bowie, Prince, Sigue Sigue Sputnik, Psyche, Pere Ubu, Scritti Politti, The Woodentops, Red Noise, Yellow Magic Orchestra, Giorgio, The Blue Nile, Space Lab, INXS, Kevin McDermott Orchestra, Primevals, Joy Division (Closer), China Crisis etc Condition Report: Available upon request
Accurist; A Gent's Wristwatch, the signed dial with line markers on a strap, two further modern gent's wristwatches, box, three ladies wristwatches, including Timex, Regency and magic sound, together with a large "Gold Plated" Commemorative Winston Churchill coin, also a "Britain's First Decimal Coins" souvenir wallet, with enclosed coins, and a novelty "The Smallest Bottle of Scotch Whiskey in The World", including the two handled basket.
A 2009 model Apple iMac desktop computer in good condition having a 20 inch screen display with a intel core 2 duo, 2.4GHz and 4 GB memory. Together with a selection of other Apple products to include a Magic Trackpad, AirPort Express Base Station, Apple Battery Charge (Appears unused), various leads / cables and other items etc.
A collection of vintage Barratt / Bassett collectors trade cards trade cards in full sets stored within plastic sleeves within an album. Sets include Football 1981-82, Football Candy Sticks, Wise Cracks, Bassett's & Beyond, World Locomotives, Victoria Cross Heroes in Action, Magic Roundabout, World Record Breakers, Play Cricket 1980, Zoo Pets, Tarzan, Pirates and Buccaneers, T.V.'s Sea Hunt and The Wild Wild West.
FOOTBALL, selection, inc. books (18), Rothmans Non-League Yearbook 1981/2 (1st issue), The Magic Sponge by Shepherdson, World Cup, 1958, 1962 & 1966; Finney on Football; Internationals, Sheffield, European; Rothmans Non-League Yearbooks, 1981/2 (1st issue), 1982/3 & 1983/4; two scrapbooks of mainly football, 1932 FAC Final, Arsenal Floodlights opening; ephemera re Welsh referee John Meade (1930s-1940s) etc., FR to VG, Qty.
Motoring interest - a 38th International Motor Exhibition 1953 Official Catalogue including RAC page marker; Floyd Clymer's Historical Scrapbook Vol. 1; The Book of the Rudge by L.H. Cade & F.Anstey, 4th Edition; Rudge Motor Cycles by R.P. Ransom; Trojan Important Service Book Part No. 01169 19th Edition; Riley Elf Driver's Handbook; Modern Motorcycle Maintenance by Bernal Osborne; Pass Your Driving Test by A.F. Kilgour; The Motor Year Book 1954; Motor-Cars To-Day; The Magic of a Name The Rolls-Royce Story The First 40 Years, Part Two & Three by Peter Pugh in slipcase etc.
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