JOHNNIE WALKER blue label blended Scotch whiksy, Robert Burns special commemorative bottling with etched bottle "25th January 1759, For William To celebrate on this day the birth of your first born, Robert. He'll hae misfortunes great an sma, but ay a heart aboon them a He'll be a credit till us a we'll a be proud o Robert. John Walker." 70cl 43% vol., the bottle was given out at a dinner in 2006, this bottle comes with the invitation printed as a page of The Dumfries Journal and the programme itinerary and menu of the dinner signed by Alex Orr, Susan Braid, Gordon Rintoul etc
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GB, an album containing vic 1d penny black SA red Maltese cross cancel, 8 1d penny red imperf, 2d tuppenny blues imperf, 136 1d penny red perf, five vic penny lilac with control letter bottom margins S,V W, W and O, 10/- blue, 5/- rose, 2/6 brown, half penny corner block of two with P control letter in margin, block of four half penny blue, George V corner block of four three pence with W35 control in the margin, corner block of four three halfpence brown with U34 control in the margin, George V seahorse set 10/-, 5/- and 2/6, etc. also some usable decimal stamps 1971-1985
Extensive Exakta Varex IIa Camera & Lens Outfit. Comprising camera with Domplan 50mm f2.8 lens, Primotar 180mm f3.5, Rolmax 35mm f3.5, Trioplan 100mm f2.8, Soligor 300mm f3.5, Telemegor 400mm f5.5 and Beroflex 400mm f6.3 lenses. Also a Photax 500mm f8 T-mount lens (no mount). All items condition 6F to 7G).[O]
Large Selection of Film Cameras, Lenses & Accessories. To include Nikon F-801 body with well-used 135mm lens, EOS10 body, Praktica & EXA bodies (need attention), Olympus OM40 with motor drive and OM 35-70mm lens, Canon, Sony & other extension tube sets, remote cords etc. All in a LARGE metal case - VERY heavy! [O]
HUGE Collection of Photographic Accessories in Several Large Boxes. To include tripods & heads (one good Manfrotto multi-angle head), various bellows units, plus flash units, filters (lots), hoods, caps, adapters etc. Also several digital & vintage film cameras, 2 Dallmeyer enlarging lenses etc.[O]
Zenith Photosniper Outfit & Other Cameras. To include Photosniper outfit (condition 4/5F) plus a Zenith E with Focal Guide (not pictured) plus various lenses and accessories. Also a black Pentax Spotmatic SP (not firing) fitted with a FAST Super Takumar 50mm f1.4 M42 screw mount lens (condition 5F).[O]
RARE Complete Set of View Master Chinese Art 3D Reel & Viewer Pack. William Gruber, inventor of the View Master 3D system was very interested in the then fairly unknown world of early Chinese art. In 1960/2 his interest piqued when it was announced that the Imperial Collection of Chinese art was to tour the USA. He had tried to photograph similar objects before but was not happy with the colours the then slow Type A Kodachrome produced under artificial light. At around this time Kodak announced an up-dated version of Kodachrome with better colour rendition and twice the ASA rating of the original. Gruber knew this was exactly what he had been waiting for and arranged to photograph the collection. In addition he travelled to the UK to photograph various examples in public collections. Although Gruber died in 1965 his project finally came to fruition in 1969 when 1,260 of his 3D photos were published in an impressive 4-volume set, containing a total of 180 View Master reels. Although Volume 1 states that the issue was limited to 1,000 sets, it is thought that in reality the number is unlikely to exceed 500, possibly as few as 350. When launched the 4-volume set of reels was accompanied by a "3-Dimension Viewing System" pack. Unusually this lot is comprised of both sets. The pack of reels is literally as new and only one volume has been carefully opened to ensure the reel are still in good condition, which they are. Unfortunately the viewing pack had a custom foam insert which always degrades into a sticky residue. This pack has been cleaned but the result is that the Model D viewer, although still in working order, its' cosmetically in poor condition, as is its' custom designed stand. The reel can still be viewed in 3D with any View Master viewer. Each of the two packs is still contained in the original outer shipping boxes.[O]
Basil Blackshaw HRHA RUA (1932-2016), The Lovers, After CourbetOil on canvas, 70 x 111cm (27½ x 43¾'')Signed versoExhibited: Tom Caldwell Gallery, Belfast, One Man Show, March 1981; label verso with title 'After Courbet'.Literature: 'Basil Blackshaw - Painter' edited by Brian Ferran, Illustrated Plate 108, pg. 102Basil Blackshaw once told me “I steal from good artists and bad artists. It’s what you do with the theft is what matters. Even a bad artist can help you to resolve a problem.” he said. ‘The Lovers’ or should we rename the painting ‘Gráinne agus Gráinne’ is Blackshaw at his mischievous best - stealing an idea yet uniquely giving his ‘otherness’ to Courbet’s interpretation of the same subject.The work has an echo too of Irish artist Michael Farrell in his interpretation of Boucher’s sexually erotic and provocative ‘Mademoiselle O’ Murphy..’Blackshaw’s painting is very much in the vein too of the Donegal Gaeltacht seanchaí Neidí Franc who habitually started his storytelling seisiún with the refrain.. “Ní raibh mé riamh gan aon scéal ach dá mbéinn gan aon scéal do chumfainn m’féin scéal” but suddenly ‘duende’ took hold and lifted the performer and listener into a celestial world.Basil has created his own story in this painting. It too invokes thoughts of eroticism inspired by ‘Baudelaire’s ‘Fleurs du Mal’ poetry. The physical presence is temporary ... the viewer enters another world once the eye falls on the lovers whose depiction is ephemeral and emotionally charged. Herein rest the foundations for a thesis on this most érotique oeuvre by Basil Blackshaw.Eamonn Mallie, March 2019A renegade and cowboy of the Irish art scene, Basil Blackshaw is known for pushing the boundaries of art and representation. Blackshaw made a career from depicting the shunned and marginalised of society, bringing to the fore subjects that many might have considered ‘tasteless’. In this, the painter found a comrade in Gustave Courbet, a French Realist and radical working in the 19th century.Despite his daring approach, Courbet ushered in a new reign of art in France and, for this, he would have gained respect from Blackshaw. One of Courbet’s more scandalous works was his ‘Sleepers’, commissioned in 1866 for a wealthy Turkish diplomat. Although erotic pieces were already in circulation, Courbet shocked the critics and viewers with this piece as, unlike previous images of the subject, Courbet painted his work on a grand scale, affording it an importance which was hitherto unprecedented. Such was the outrage at this lurid display, ‘Sleepers’ was mentioned in a police report of 1872 after its exhibition in a window and was used to demonstrate the lack of morality and principle held by the artist.In his ode to Courbet, Blackshaw has taken his work one step further. Unlike Courbet, who titled his work ‘Sleepers’, Blackshaw removes any pretence of ambiguity and boldly declares the piece as ‘The Lovers’. He strips away the non-essential elements of luxury; the flowers, the discarded jewellery and the prettily painted glass, disallowing any distraction from his main subject. In a wash of white and pink, the tousled bedsheets become inextricably linked to the bare flesh that so disrupted them, whilst the figure of one woman blends into that of the second, highlighting the intimacy of their tryst. The broad, confident brushstrokes, indicative of Blackshaw’s style, unapologetically lay bare the physicality of this scene and force us to confront one of the key characteristics of human nature. Nestled unashamedly in their comfort, ‘The Lovers’ lift the veil on a topic often considered as indecorous and glorify a subject that, in terms of Blackshaw’s work, would have walked hand in hand with the disparaged of society.Helena Carlyle, March 2019
A COLLECTION OF GEM SET DRESS RINGS, comprising an opal and diamond five stone ring, 18ct gold mounted, two diamond and red stone rings, also 18ct gold mounted, a diamond panel ring, stamped '18ct & plat', and a cabochon set ring, together with an 18ct gold panelled ring, inscribed, first ring size O½ (6)
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