A GEM-SET AND DIAMOND 'PINOCCHIO' PENDANT, BY MICHELE DELLA VALLEThe articulated pinocchio set with circular-cut rubies, tsavorites and brilliant-cut diamonds, the eyes and belt accented with black enamel, mounted in 18K gold, signed MdV for Michele della Valle, numbered, maker's case designed in the shape of a whale, length 5.9cmSee Michele della Valle, Jewels and Myths, Woodbridge, 2014, pg. 207 for an illustration of a similar pendantMichele della ValleMichele della Valle was born in Rome and began designing costume jewellery at the age of 16. During a trip to Burma in 1976, della Valle bought his first stone, which he showed it to revered stone dealer Roger Varenne, who suggested he take it to Hans Nadelhoffer at Christie's. This proved to be a life changing moment as it led to the development of della Valle’s career as a precious stone dealer and jewellery designer. In 1976 he worked for a year at Fürst Jewellers (representative of Harry Winston) in Via Veneto, Rome and in 1978 he opened his own workshop at Rome’s Piazza di Spagna. At this point, he began frequently travelling to Asia in search of precious stones and he started collaborating with Bulgari on special orders, leading to his recognition as a designer by famous Italian clientele of film stars and opera singers. Still a rarefied name in the world of jewellery, della Valle presents ideas and designs to clients, by appointment only, in his studio. The finished jewellery piece is then commissioned and meticulously handmade by sixteen highly skilled craftsmen in his atelier in Rome. Della Valle has become one of the most sought-after contemporary jewellers in the world. He developed a distinctive style, conjuring up lyrical compositions from a treasure trove of envious gemstones. This approach stems from his personal passion for opera and his own early training as a dramatic tenor. Nature remains his greatest inspiration, as he reinterprets classic jewellery iconography - soft, silky, light feathers and ethereal flowers. He dreams in colour, the vibrant grass greens, flaming orange and lilting blues of sea and sky are the colours of jewels for which he has become celebrated.His travels have an enormous influence on his creativity “I don’t understand how a jewel can be created without the magic of a trip to India or to the Far East in search of stones. The stones give birth to the design, and not the other way around.”
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6x 45s US northern soul originals JIMMY CASTOR - JUST YOU GIRL/MAGIC SAXOPHONE US 1967 Smash Records S-2084, THE THRILLERS - DETROIT CITY/DO THE TRAIN US 1968 Grove City GC 101, BETTY BAKER AND THE JAXSIS - LOVE SHOW SOME PITY ON ME/MARCHING OUT OF YOUR LIFE US 1974 Quicksand Records 101, AL GREENE & THE SOUL MATE'S - BACK UP TRAIN/DON'T LEAVE ME US 1967 Hot Line Music Journal Records 15,000, HARVEY SCALES & THE 7 SOUNDS - THE SOUND OF SOUL/DON'T YOU EVER LET IT END US 1969 Magic Touch Records 2072 and EDDIE HOLMAN - SOMEWHERE WAITS A LONELY GIRL/STAY MINE FOR HEAVEN SAKE US 1967 Parkway P-133
A Large Cycloidotrope Magic Lantern Slide, in brass and mahogany, with adjustable rack and pinion mechanism in lacquered brass, in fitted mahogany case, and including additional etched discs, slide 34cm as photographed. Note: The instrument etches complex geometric patterns on glass applied with carbon black or black lacquer. Condition: Complete and in working order, catches to case missing.
Collection of French Negatives & Magic Lantern Slides Mainly French, C1900 and later, negatives in a wooden case showing French town scenes, case labelled 'Villes Bretonnes et Normandie, Plages' and three large sets of magic lantern slides with various topics including shipping, military and architectural and other, 4 cases
Queen - British Rock Band - an incredibly rare fully signed / autographed ' Live Magic ' LP vinyl record. The gatefold record being signed to the centre by Freddie Mercury (adding ' Lots and lots of love to my sweet friend '), Brian May, Roger Taylor (adding ' Queen - Rock On!!') and John Deacon. Signed in black pen, largely to light areas of the central image. LP present. An incredibly rare fully signed album. Provenance: ex-Christies ' Popular Culture: Rock & Pop Memorabilia ' Auction 24th June 2010.
Retro Gaming - Sega Mega Drive console, 2 x controllers, manual, power cable and leads, 14 x games featuring cased Quackshot, Jungle Strike, Hand Ball III, Super Monaco GP, PGA Tour Gold II, LHX Attack Chopper, Winter Olympics, Mega Games I, Marko's Magic Football, Wrestle War, Madden NFL 94, unboxed Batman with manual, Comix Zone, World of Illusion with manual
Box of Over 180 Religious & Other Part Sets of Magic Lantern Slides. To include 2 interesting Imperial Airways images. 9x 'In the Workhouse', 19x 'Our Folks' ( a Boer War soldier's allegory tale) , 'Slaves of Drink' (2 different Gamages sets of 12); 22x 'Blossom and Fruit', 36x 'Nurse Lily's Victory' (one broken) 29x 'For Mother's Sake', plus over 50 various subjects etc. (various conditions from average to very good).
Steam Train Related & Other Magic Lantern Slides. To include 17/18 slides 'In the Signal Box'. A cautionory tale set on Sheffield and Stocksmoor stations of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway; a set of 12 slides 'Excelsior' by H W Longfellow; 11/12 slides 'Santa Claus and His Visit on Christmas Eve' , with reading.
Rare Set of Twenty Six Magic Lantern Slides 'A Walk Through the White City', 1908. At the time, the 1908 Franco-British Exhibition was the largest exhibition ever held in the UK. It was situated around the Wood Lane and Shepherds Bush area in West London, later to be better known as White City, due to the number of white buildings erected. A cross between an Edwardian Kew Gardens for flower beds and parks, the 'Great Exhibition' for education and Blackpool Pleasure Beach with impressively engineered rides like the famous Flip Flap, it was extremely popular, but not so well known today. A couple of slides cracked, but a fantastic coloured set of detailed views. Also a set of eight 'Views of London', one cracked.
Group of Eight Magic Lantern Slides Featuring The Dajak Head-hunters of Borneo. Each in a protective sleeve and titled in Dutch/Afrikaans; Gesnelde Koppen (severed heads); Dajak met Gevijlde tanden (Dajak with filed teeth); Kloppen van Boomschors (Beating of Tree Bark); Dajak uit Centraal Borneo (Dajak of Central Borneo); Oorversiering bij Vrouuen (Women with Ear Adornments); Dajaks uit het Boven Kapoeasgebied (Dajaks from the Upper Kapoeas area); Terugroepen van de Ziel (Recall of the Soul) [shaman?]. Exposures vary.
CLASSIC ROCK / HARD ROCK / SCORPIONS / VAN HALEN / RAINBOW / GILLAN / JUDAS PRIEST / GARY MOORE / HAGAR / UFO AND RELATED - LPs/12"s. Shakin' collection of 57 x LPs with 9 x 12"s. Titles include Send Me An Angel, Savage Amusement, World Wide Live, Animal Magnetism, Tokyo Tapes, Difficult To Cure, Down To Earth, Long Live Rock N' Roll, Rising, Ritchie Blackmore, Live...In The Raw, I'll Wait, Panama, Women And Children First, Van Halen II, Accidentally On Purpose, Toolbox, Magic, Double Trouble, Future Shock, Glory Road, Painkiller, Ram It Down, Unleashed In The East, Walking Myself, Fallin In Love With You, Corridors Of Power, Oh Pretty Woman, After The War, We Want Moore!, Empty Rooms, Live In Japan, Voa, Standing Hampton, Musical Chairs, Danger Zone, Street Machine, Mechanix, No Place To Run, A Double Live Album, Lights, No Heavy Petting, Force It, Phenomenon, Flying, Hysteria, Call Of The Wild, Ted Nugent. Condition is generally VG+ to Ex+.
POST PUNK/NEW WAVE/80s - LPs. Cracking titles with these 55 x LPs with 2 x 12". Artists/titles include Lemon Kittens - We Buy A Hammer For Daddy (U.D.02. 1980 original - Ex+/VG+ with lyric insert), Joy Division - Closer (UK original 'stock' black vinyl, FACT 25 A1/B1 OLD BLUE? etched - fine and glossy Ex record/with printed inner/VG+ some discolouration on the reverse), Magazine - Secondhand Daylight, Tuxedomoon - Desire, The Flying Lizards - Fourth Wall, The Danse Society, Kate Bush - The Sensual World, Blondie, Yellow Magic Orchestra (AMLH 68506), Weekend - La Varieté (ROUGH 39), The B-52's, Was (Not Was), Torch Song, Enya, Random Hold, Thomas Dolby, David Byrne, Frank Chickens, Ultravox, Visage, U2, The Tubes, Tom Tom Club, Pauline Murray, Ian Dury and OMD. Fantastic titles. Condition is generally VG to Ex.
MICHAEL RABIN WITH THE HOLLYWOOD BOWL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA - THE MAGIC BOW - LP (UK STEREO ED1 PRESSING - SP 8510). Excellent copy of this original UK pressing. The record is VG+, only has a few marks on both sides, mainly on side 1. The sleeve is Ex with some wear on the bottom edge and some light peeling to the laminate.
QUEEN AND RELATED - LPs. Great selection of 9 x LPs. Titles/artists include Queen (EMC 3006, YAX 4624-3U AGAIN!, VG+/G+), Queen At The Beeb (BOJLP001, VG+/VG+), Live Killers (1A 154-62792/3, Ex/VG+), Hot Space, Live Magic, The Miracle, The Works, The Game, Freddie Mercury. Condition is generally VG to Ex.
SOUL / FUNK / DISCO - LPs. Nice collection of about 60 x LPs. Titles/artists include Richie Havens On Stage, A State of Mind, Sly & The Family Stone, Stand!, Sam & Dave, Double Dynamite, Wilson Pickett, O.C. Smith, La La Peace Song, Brenton Wood, Gimme Little Sign, Isaac Hayes, Hot Buttered Soul, To Be Continued, P. P. Arnold, A Christmas Gift For You, Black Magic Night, Hand Clappin' Foot Stompin' Funky-Butt... Live!, Geno Washington & The Ram Jam Band, Stax Soul Explosion, This Is Sue!, Shake A Tail Feather Baby!, Hipsters Flipsters Finger-Poppin' Daddies!, Marsh Hunt, Running Wild, Rocking The Foundations, James Carr, Green Onions, Get Ready, Booker T & The MG's, Aretha Franklin, Lady Soul. Condition is generally Ex to Ex+/archive.
60s - ROCK / POP & OTHERS - LPs. Ace collection of about 60 x LPs. Titles/artists include Rock 'N' Rolling Stones (SKL.5149, Ex+/VG+), Beatles For Sale (PCS 3062, 2x EMI boxes, Ex/VG), The Electric Prunes, The World Of David Bowie, Captain Beefheart and his Magic Band, Just For Fun, Chuck Berry, Tin Tin, Blame It On The Bossa Nova, Eydie Gorme, Herman's Hermits, Twist and Shout, Dusty Springfield, Moog!, Tremeloes, The Weekend Starts Here, Cameo Parkway Sessions, Harmony Grass, 1910 Fruitgum Co. and Ohio Express, Beach Boys, Oliver Again, The Shadows, Big Dee Irwin, Swinging On A Star, Little Eva, Bobby Vee, The Music Of John Barry, David and Jonathan, Chuck Berry, Honey Hit Parade, David McWilliams, REmember the Pirates, The Platters, Brian Hyland, You Were Mad For Me. Condition is generally VG to Ex.
ROCK / POP / SOUL / FOLK - LPs. Varied collection of about 340 x LPs. Titles/artists include Queen inc. A Kind of Magic, Greatest Hits and The Miracle, Genesis, U2, The Who, Fleetwood Mac, Lennon Plastic Ono Band, Jimi Hendrix, Freddie Mercury, Blondie, David Bowie, Kate Bush, Howard Jones, Moody Blues, Donovan, Billy Joel, Elton John, Wings, Dire Straits, Tears for Fears, The Mission, Ultravox, The Police, Barbra Streisand, Stylistics, Neil Sedaka, The Righteous Brothers, Lionel Richie, Jim Reeves, Charley Pride, Bobby Vee, Cliff Richard, The Shadows, Boney M, Sarah Vaughan, Andy Kirk, Cilla Black, Beach Boys, Frank Sinatra, Elkie Brooks, Mary Wells, Eddie Cochran, Andy Williams, Slim Whitman, Dionne Warwick. Condition is generally VG+ to Ex.
THE FOURMOST / DEMOS - 7"s. Excellent selection of 7 x 7"s demos. Titles include How Can I Tell Her (R5157), Auntie Maggie's Remedy (R 5528), Baby I Need Your Loving (R 5194), Everything In The Garden (R 5304), Girls Girls Girls (R5379), La La La (DB 7535), Magic Carpet (R 5064). Condition is generally VG+ to Ex.
A large archive compiled by George Twyman relating to the Martin Brothers, including a magic lantern projector with case by Perken Son & Co Ltd, used by Ernest Marsh for illuminated lectures, The Martin Brothers Potters by Malcolm Haslam, Gorgeously Grotesque Worthing Museum and Art Gallery catalogue, Martin Brothers Pottery Exhibition catalogue, Richard Dennis Gallery, 1978, a catalogue of the Frank Knight collection of Martinware and a large collection of photographs relating to the Martin Brothers, William Staite Murray and their contemporaries including ephemera from Ernest Marsh, (a lot) Provenance The George Twyman Collection of Martin Ware

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