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A good Royal Mail stamp album of mint stamps relating to Olympics, 184 first class stamps, total face value of £139.84

2012 London Olympics - Two limited BMX bikes / bicycles used in the 2012 London Olympics opening ceremony. Each having black painted frames with applied light strips throughout with each being signed and numbered in silver marker pen, one 22/30 and the other 25/30 with both having official memorabilia stickers. Each measures approx; 98cm x 73cm x 152cm.     

Olympic Interest - An original vintage sport event poster for the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico / Juegos de la XIX Olimpiada. The designers started with the central Mexico ‘68 logo and then developed it to create line motifs inspired by the artworks of the indigenous Huichol Indians. Country : Mexico, year of printing believed: 1967, designer: Lance Wyman & Pedro Ramirez Vázquez, size (cm): 80x58The 1968 Summer Olympics (Spanish: Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1968), officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event held in Mexico City, Mexico, from October 12th to the 27th. These were the first Olympic Games to be staged in Latin America and the first to be staged in a Spanish-speaking country. They were the first Games to use an all-weather (smooth) track for track and field events instead of the traditional cinder track. The 1968 Games were the third to be held in the last quarter of the year, after the 1956 Games in Melbourne and the 1964 Games in Tokyo. The Mexican Student Movement of 1968 happened concurrently and the Olympic Games were correlated to the government's repression.Lance Wyman (b. Newark, New Jersey, 1937) is an American graphic designer. He is known for his work under Pedro Ramirez Vazquez, design concept and direction, in developing applications of the Mexico 68 logo in Ramirez Vázquez's personal office in Mexico City. Lance Wyman is regarded by many as one of the greatest graphic designers of our time. Describing himself as a product of the ‘Mad Men’ era, he grew up fascinated with clever ways to communicate ideas and concepts that really grab you. Hailed for his role in developing the field of environmental graphics, his specialism lies in logo design and creating wayfinding systems for cities, events, institutions and transport. Many of his logos are instantly recognisable, including his iconic work for the 1968 Olympics – design that set a high benchmark for every Olympics games that followed.

A Tokyo Olympics silver coin dish; together with six silver mounted glass perfume bottles and white metal egg box.

Nadia Comaneci signed 10x8 inch colour photo. Nadia Elena Comaneci Conner, born November 12, 1961, known professionally as Nadia Comaneci is a Romanian, retired gymnast and a five-time Olympic gold medalist, all in individual events. In 1976 at the age of 14, Comaneci was the first gymnast to be awarded a perfect score of 10. 0 at the Olympic Games. At the same Games, 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, she received six more perfect 10s for events en route to winning three gold medals. At the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Comaneci won two more gold medals and attained two more perfect 10s. During her career, Comaneci won nine Olympic medals and four World Artistic Gymnastics Championship medals. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99

Franz Klammer 15x11 approx mounted signature piece includes signed album page and a superb colour photo of the Austrian Skiing legend. Franz Klammer, born 3 December 1953, is a former champion alpine ski racer from Austria. Klammer overwhelmingly dominated the downhill event for four consecutive World Cup seasons, 1975-78. He was the gold medalist at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, winning the downhill at Patscherkofel by a margin of 0. 33 seconds with a time of 1:45. 73. He won 25 World Cup downhills, including four on the Hahnenkamm at Kitzbühel. He holds the record for the most victories, four, on the full course at Kitzbühel. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99

Dame Kelly Holmes Hand signed Book Titled 'My Olympic Ten Days'. First Edition Hardback Book. Signed on Front Cover. A Double Gold Medalist at Athens Olympics in 2004. Very Iconic. Superb Signature. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99

A collection of Royal Mail presentation packs to do with the Olympics, Paralympics, sports to include football, cricket, tennis racehorse. Twenty one presentation packs and four books of stamps on general sports. Twenty two Olympic/Paralympic presentation packs and a collection of signed Gold medal winners first day covers plus books of stamps, etc.

* Bannister (Roger, 1929-2018). British middle-distance athlete and neurologist who ran the first sub-4-minute mile. The non-running Nero Lemania stopwatch used by (unofficial) timekeeper and stadium announcer Norris McWhirter on the occasion of Roger Bannister's world record, the first sub 4-minute mile, Iffley Road, Oxford, 6 May 1954, rubbing and metal tarnishing, 8 cm, preserved in an old pigskin leather case, together with a small archive of related photographs and papers, including 7 photographs of Bannister including one of him crossing the line at Oxford, 5 May 1954, pencil inscription to window mount, 8 x 10cm, photograph of the Bannisters with their two young children and baby, signed 'To Carol & Norris, from The Bannisters', 15 x 10cm, contemporary press photo of the 1954 record day showing Roger Bannister and pacesetter Chris Chataway just before the final lap, 25 x 20cm, plus a later print of similar and three other photos; two autograph letters signed from Roger Bannister to Norris McWhirter and the latter's carbon copy replies, May/June 1951, in one letter McWhirter mentions the 4-mnute mile after watching Bannister in a race, '… Those blistering finishes must be extremely painful. I am convinced that the over-all output of energy comes very close to the magic four minutes', plus an earlier carbon copy letter from McWhirter, 4 May 1951, in which he writes 'I was delighted to see that you have disclaimed all intention of attempting the 4-minute mile until after the Olympics…', plus a related letter from Bannister's 'secretary' Joyce, various typed and photocopied notes on Roger Bannister and the 4-minute mile by McWhirter, plus some related cuttings and sundry items including a much later autograph letter signed from Bannister to McWhirter, 13 January 2001Qty: (Stopwatch & a folder)Footnote: Provenance: From the family of Norris Dewar McWhirter CBE (1925-2004). Norris McWhirter and his twin brother Ross were known internationally for the founding of The Guinness Book of Records, which they wrote and annually updated together for over two decades. McWhirter came to public attention while working for the BBC as a sports commentator. On the day of Bannister's record there were five official timekeepers: W.C.A. Findlay, C.S. Hill, R.G. Hudson, L.R. Richards and W.J. Burfitt, of which Hill and Burfitt's stopwatches have previously been sold at auction. McWhirter, a close friend and training ally of Bannister, also kept time with the stopwatch offered here, and was the stadium announcer. After the race McWhirter famously declared: “Ladies and gentlemen, here is the result of Event Number Nine, the One Mile. First, Number Forty-One, R.G. Bannister, of the Amateur Athletic Association, and formerly of Exeter and Merton Colleges, with a time which is a new meeting and track record, and which, subject to ratification, will be a new English native, British national, British All-Comers', European, British Empire and world record. The time is three [at which point the rest of the announcement was lost in the roar of the 1,200 crowd] minutes, fifty-nine point four seconds."

Zátopek (Emil, 1922-2000). Czech long-distance runner and winner of 3 Olympic gold medals in 1952. Emil Zátopek in Photographs by Frantisek Kozik, with a Preface by Emil Zátopek and an Epilogue by his Physician, 1st edition in English, [Prague]: Artia, [1954], black & white plates from photographs, author's signed presentation inscription in blue ballpoint pen to half-title, 'To Mr Harold Abrahams with the best regards, Emil Zátopek, London, 13.10 1955', original cloth in slightly frayed and soiled dust jacket, 4toQty: (1)Footnote: Provenance: Norris McWhirter (1925-2004), by family descent. Norris McWhirter was a British writer, political activist and television presenter, known most famously for founding, with his brother Ross, the Guinness World Records, which they wrote and annually updated together between 1955 and 1975. Emil Zátopek is a legendary long-distance runner, best known for winning three gold medals at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki. He won gold in the 5,000 metres and 10,000 metres and, more remarkably, he won the marathon having decided to run this first one at the last minute. Harold Abrahams (1899-1978) was an English athlete who became Olympic champion in 1924 in the 100 metres, a feat made famous in the 1981 film Chariots of Fire. Norris McWhirter commented that Abrahams 'managed by sheer force of personality and with very few allies to raise athletics from a minor to a major national sport'. A wonderful association item.

A quantity of assorted silver, to include a hip flask, a capstan inkwell, a four piece condiment set with 4 salt spoons, a Geo III cream jug (distressed), a cigarette case, a white metal oval dish and three french white metal tasse du vin, one engraved to the rim ' J P Antoine 1836', a pair of butter knives, a pair of sugar tongs, a childs food pusher, a claret bottle label, a proof silver coin, 4 x silver Munich Olympics 1972 10 Marks and a trowel form book mark, various dates and makers, a plated hip flask and letter knife and a Christofle ice bucket, 1092g of weighable silver and white metal (excluding the capstan inkwell)

Including Benefit Events: Help for Russia May 1942, NFS Welfare Fund, Spitfire Fund May 1941, NFS Feb 1943, ATC A63 Squadron April 1943; another Feb 1940 'No Admission without gas mask' and others (over 100, most in the form of handbills) together with three German newspapers relating to the 1936 Berlin Olympics and a photograph of various people with the Olympic flag (possibly the German Team?)

Olympics, Linford Christie signed Medal Heroes Commemorative Cover post marked 1st October 2010, London. Christie is a Jamaican born British former sprinter. He is the only British man to have won gold medals in the 100 metres at all four major competitions open to British athletes: the Olympic Games, the World Championships, the European Championships and the Commonwealth Games.Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99

A pair of vintage wooden Nordic skis, to/w bamboo poles - reputedly used by Col Robert Redhead in the British Biathlon Team at the 1948 Olympics

MERRYTHOUGHT; five teddy bears comprising WWI Centenary bear, 2012 Olympics Bear, Evacuee Bear, Churchill Bear, and Battle of Britain Bear, with a Danbury Mint Benjamin Valentine's Day Bear.

Swatch watches. A 12 inch display clock in the form of a watch celebrating the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games. Together with 21x special edition straps for 1964 Tokyo Olympics, 1996 Atlanta, 1960 Rome, etc. 19x watch holders. 16x bezels. GC-Mint, stock as new, slight damage to clock. £50-70

A collection of modern GB Coins 50p-£5 including 50p Snowman, Wallace & Gromit, 2019 Stephen Hawking, £2 2017 Jane Austin, 2019 Samuel Pepys, £5 2018 Pride of England, 2012 Queens Diamond Jubilee and 2012 London Olympics along with two 2019 and one 2018 £2 Isle of Man TT Coins

The Whisky Connoisseur - Sport Series, a complete set of six miniature whiskies, single Highland malt, the labels depicting:Winter OlympicsThe AshesThe World CupTour de FranceFive NationsThe Openeach 5cl, 40%, in a presentation box. Qty: (1)

Original 1936 Berlin Olympics enamel car badge - dimensions 5.5cm height x 5.5cm wide approxApprox 1 pieces

Four 1968 Olympics commemorative coins, 0.720 silver

The Royal Mint London 2012 'A Celebration of Britain' silver proof five pound coin set, eighteen coins each bearing the coloured London Olympics 2021 logo, cased with certificates (damage to the case)

Longines; A Modern Olympics Gent's Wristwatch, L2 649 4, the signed black dial with three subsidiary dials, (movement unseen) the case back also numbered "31590490", on Longines brown alligator strap, in original box with International Guarantee card dated 09 12 05 and booklets.

Torvill and Dean 20x11 approx mounted signature piece includes signed Cinderella promo flyer and a superb Bolero colour photo mounted to a professional standard. English ice dancers and former British, European, Olympic and World champions. At the Sarajevo 1984 Winter Olympics the pair won gold and became the highest-scoring figure skaters of all time for a single programme, receiving twelve perfect 6.0s and six 5.9s which included artistic impression scores of 6.0 from every judge, after skating to Maurice Ravel's Bolero. One of the most-watched television events ever in the United Kingdom, their 1984 Olympics performance was watched by a British television audience of more than 24 million people. Good condition Est.

Franz Klammer 15x11 approx mounted signature piece includes signed album page and a superb colour photo of the Austrian Skiing legend. Franz Klammer (born 3 December 1953) is a former champion alpine ski racer from Austria. Klammer overwhelmingly dominated the downhill event for four consecutive World Cup seasons (1975-78). He was the gold medallist at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, winning the downhill at Patscherkofel by a margin of 0.33 seconds with a time of 1:45.73. He won 25 World Cup downhills, including four on the Hahnenkamm at Kitzbühel. He holds the record for the most victories (four) on the full course at Kitzbühel. Good condition Est.

Only Fools and Horses original yellow Reliant Regal Supervan prop. This prop appeared in the 2012 Olympics closing show featuring Rodney and Del Boy's memorable characters of Batman and Robin who appeared from the vehicle. The vehicle was fitted with pyrotechnics to coincide with a countdown by Michael Caine with the iconic statement 'You were only supposed to blow the bloody doors orf', which it memorably did in true Trotter style. The London Olympics were watched by the Royal Family along with 21 million viewers. The car is complete with Olympic 2012 accessories. The Reliant Regal Supervan is 336 cms in length x 147 cms width.   

Royal Doulton London Olympics 2012 diving figurine, boxed

Olympics Kelly Holmes signed 10x8 inch colour photo. Dame Kelly Holmes DBE OLY, born 19 April 1970, is a retired English middle distance athlete. Holmes specialised in the 800 metres and 1, 500 metres events and won a gold medal for both distances at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. She set British records in numerous events and still holds the records over the 600, and 1, 000 metre distances. She held the British 800 metre record until 2021. Good condition Est.

Olympics Valeria Adams signed 6x4 inch colour photo. New Zealand double Olympic Gold medallist in the shot put at the 2008 and 2012 Games she also won silver at the 2016 games. Good condition Est.

Olympics Anyike Onuora signed 6x4 inch colour photo. British Olympic bronze medallist in the womens Athletic 4x400 metres event at the 2016 Games. Good condition Est.

Olympics Team GB 2020 multi signed 10x8 laminate. Team GB signatures include Big Frazer Clarke Bronze medallist boxing, Galal Yafrai Gold boxing, Joseph Choong Gold Men's modern pentathlon, Kate French Gold women's modern pentathlon, Lauren Price Gold medallist boxing and Kariss Artingstall bronze boxing. Good condition Est.

Olympics Heike Drechsler signed 6x4 inch colour photo. Olympic Gold medallist East Germany/Germany she won a silver and two Bronze for East Germany at the 1988 games and Gold for Germany in the long jump at the 1992 and 2000 games. Good condition Est.

MOSCOW OLYMPICS 1980 PROOF COIN SET

to include two 20008 Olympic Handover Piedfort £2; an Olympics and Paralympics £5 piedfort and with various other proof coins from £2 – 50p

Postcard, Advertising, Nazi Germany, Olympics, 1936, advert card for Lufthansa by Hohlwein, continental size, cancelled on Olympic stamp 'Berlin int Kanulager' 1 Aug 1936 (vg) (1)

Postcards, Olympics, Athens 1906, three artist drawn advertising cards showing classic male runners, discuss & wrestling scene (slightly marked), 1 postally used 1906 (gen gd) (3)

Postcards, Olympics, Athens, 1906, Denmark, three cards, a photographic card showing the Danish Team marching at Opening Ceremony, plus printed cards showing the Men & Womens Team (sl cr) at the event (all unused, gen gd) (3)

Olympics, USA, Los Angeles, 1932, programmes from Opening Ceremony together with entrance ticket (unused) (gd/vg) (2)

Football, a collection of 47 modern metal lapel badges for International Teams, Tournaments, Olympics etc also 5 small exchange pennants, FA Accreditation badges for England (4 inc. Portugal 2009) also Tour Entry badges for Maracana & Bernabeu Stadiums also inc. Tour booklet for the latter (vg)

Trade cards, USA, a large quantity of mostly part-sets, mainly modern and featuring Baseball, American Football, Basketball, etc, various manufacturers, sold with 3 reference books, Beckett Football Card Price Guide No 13, Baseball Cards Vol 1, No 1, Spring 1981, & Sportscards News & Price Guides No 2 Dec/Jan 91/92. The lot also includes a Rushmoor Olympics 1990 pennant (hundreds of cards all vg/ex)

Sweet cigarette packets, a collection of 30 packets, hulls only, inc. Primrose Space Patrol, Amos Burke, Star Trek, Action Man, Laurel & Hardy, Popeye, Flintstones, Kane Products Hawkeye, Barratt's, Age of the Dinosaur, The Conquest of Space, UFO, Goodies Olympics etc (mostly gd/vg)

German 1936 Olympics - Band II Press Photographs, a collection of 100+ Propaganda photographs of the Olympics, 'Sammelwerk Nr. 14 Olympia 1936 - Band II Bild Nr. 200 Gruppe 60 Band II'. Some rare photographs showing the Athletes of the different countries and the spectacle the regime put on for the world to see.

1980 Moscow Olympics Poster copyright 1976, Litho, the organising committee of the 1980 Olympic Games, Moscow 48cm x 68cm, very fine. Laminated onto board, presented to an Olympic Appeal County Committee

FOUR BOXES AND LOOSE OLYMPIC MEMORABILIA, VINTAGE TINS, TOYS, PICTURES, CLOCK ETC, to include commemorative items from the London 2012 Olympics, Mandeville, Wenlock and Pride the Lion soft toys (with tags), Coca Cola items, BBC boxset of the games, Top Trump cards (boxed), diecast plane (boxed), boxed tumblers and mug etc, assorted biscuit and tea tins to include a 1951 Festival of Britain tin, horse brasses, Garrison kettle, a box of mainly McDonalds Happy Meal Toys including Disney, a Birmingham Police leather cased notebook dated 1949 (has officers name but otherwise empty), a boxed Manolo Blahnik for Habitat shoehorn, a 20th Century wooden cased mantel clock with key, various prints largest frame measures approximately 62cm x 33cm (sd) (4 BOXES + LOOSE)

A collection of 28 50p coins to include Beatrix Potter, scouts, Olympics etc.Condition ReportCirculated.

A 9ct yellow and white gold Bracelet, set with nine pale blue stones, approx total weight 3.6g, together with a quantity of costume jewellery, including a Links of London silver scent bottle, some Links of London 2012 Olympics commemorative silver cufflinks with 'cyclist' fronts, other silver and gilt metal cufflinks, other bead necklaces, earrings, pendants etc., (a lot)

Stamp Collection of Great Britain contained in Albums(22) from 1840 1d Penny Black used, value in decimal commemoratives, mint often in pairs, First Day Covers 1966-2013, PHQ Cards, 2012 Olympics Mint Stamps, few coin covers.

Olympics: A London 1908 Olympic Games participation medal, 'In Commemoration of the Olympic Games held in London 1908'. Manufactured by Vaughton. Designed by B. Mackennal. Weight approx. 60g. 5cm diameter.

Football Ronnie Simpson 16x12 overall Celtic mounted signature piece includes a signed album page and a superb black and white photo. Ronald Campbell Simpson (11 October 1930 - 19 April 2004) was a Scottish football player and coach. He is mainly remembered for his time with Celtic, where he was the goalkeeper in the Lisbon Lions team that won the European Cup in 1967. Earlier in his career, Simpson had won the FA Cup twice with Newcastle United. He also played for Queen's Park, Third Lanark and Hibernian. Simpson represented Great Britain in the 1948 Olympics, but was not selected for Scotland until 1967. He made his international debut in the famous 3-2 victory against England at Wembley. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99

Olympics Jonny Brownlee signed 8x4 Adidas colour promo card. British Olympic Gold, Silver and Bronze medallist in the Triathlon events at the 2012, 2016 and 2020 games. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99

A Second War German picture card album "Die Deutsche Wehrmacht", complete and a 1936 Berlin Olympics picture card album, complete (2)

A COLLECTION OF DOCUMENTS & EPHEMERA from Germany in the late 1930's & '40's including stocks and bonds, two photographs, two banknotes & a document pertaining to the 1936 Berlin Olympics Condition Report: Available upon request

GRAND DUKE DMITRI PAVLOVICH: (1891-1942) Grand Duke of Russia, grandson of Tsar Alexander II and first cousin of Tsar Nicholas II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. Dmitri spent part of his youth in company of Tsar Nicholas II. A fine equestrian, he competed in the Olympics Games of 1912. A good bold black fountain pen ink signature with cleanly written inscription `Dmitri´, to an 8.5 x 10.5 (21,5 x 27 cm) page removed from an autograph album, 21st January 1938, in Cyrillic. Inscribed `It happened once.. It will happen again! Bless you!´. Small overall minor age toning to edges, otherwise about VG    Through his friendship with Felix Yusupov, the Grand Duke Dmitri took part in the assassination of the mystic Grigori Rasputin. Grand Duke Dmitri escaped the Russian Revolution and emigrated to Western Europe. In the 1920´s he lived in Paris, where he lived a notorious love affair with French fashion designer Coco Chanel. Provenance: The present page originates from the personal autograph album of Marina Chaliapin (1912-2009), the daughter of Russian opera singer Feodor Chaliapin (1873-1938), widely regarded as one of the finest bass singers of the 20th century, and his mistress Marina Petsold (1882-1964) who became the singer's second wife in 1927. Chaliapin's daughter was married to Luigi Freddi (1895-1977) the Italian journalist and politician who edited the journal Il Popolo d'Italia and who was also hugely influential in Italian political cinema in the second half of the 1930s and beginning of the 1940s.

MONTESQUIOU-FEZENSAC MARIE JOSEPH: (1855-1921) Comte de Montesquiou-Fézensac. French Aesthete, Poet and art Collector. Also called the “Dandy Count”. Montesquiou is reputed and famously remembered for having been the inspiration for the Baron de Charlus in Marcel Proust´s A la Recherche du temps Perdu. Count of Montesquiou also won a bronze medal at the 1900 Olympics. Three signed documents, including a very attractively written A.L.S., `Comte Robert de Montesquiou´, two pages, oblong 4to, attractive paper with printed drawing to the upper left corner showing several bats flying, n.p., n.d., 1909, in French. To the front page Montesquiou writes what could be considered a statement about generosity, entitled and underlined Pavillon des Muses (“Muses Pavilion”), stating `Qu´aurait-dit le graphologue de ces belles oriflammes qui accompagnent vos paroles écrites? Peut-etre qu´elles signifient expansion, main ouverte, moins pour prendre que pour tendre, en un mot Générosité.´ (“What would the graphologist have said of these beautiful bright ideals which accompany your written words? Maybe they mean expansion, open hand, less to take than to extend hand, in a word Generosity”) To the second page Montesquiou continues with his message full of symbolism and literary expressions. Together with an A.N. to both sides of his personal printed visiting-card, Le Comte Robert de Montesquiou Fezensac, Bois de Boulogne, being a kind, clean and attractively written message; also including an A.N.S., one page, 8vo, dated March 1889. VG,3   

[JFK’S NAZI SPY LOVER]: [ARVAD INGA] (1913-1973) Danish journalist and Hollywood gossip columnist who (falsely) claimed to have had three personal meetings with Adolf Hitler and who also (accurately) entered into a romantic relationship with John F. Kennedy during World War II. These two matters led to J. Edgar Hoover and the FBI investigating Arvad as a potential Nazi spy. A fascinating group of T.Ls.S., some of them carbon typed retained copies, etc., all relating to the Nazi’s own investigation of Inga Arvad within the Reichs Chancellery and of claims (published in various articles Arvad authored) that she had been received by Adolf Hitler on several occasions, including (in chronological order) a carbon typed retained copy of a letter from Dr. Helmuth von Feldmann, a senior member of Joseph Goebbels’ Ministry of Propaganda staff, one page, 4to, Berlin, 26th March 1936, to the German Embassy in Copenhagen, replying to their request of December 1935, via the foreign office, for further information regarding Arvad and informing them that she was crowned as a Beauty Queen in 1932, then married ‘a supposed Egyptian prince [Kamal Abdel Nabi; in fact a diplomat] in Paris, who was imprisoned soon after’, returned to Copenhagen penniless and worked as an amateur journalist writing novellas for women’s magazines before developing a relationship with the Jewish filmmaker [Paul] Fejos, obtaining a leading role in a film which failed in Denmark, and also stating ‘In Germany she allegedly had relationships with Mrs. Goebbels and Mrs. Goring’ and that ‘Danish correspondents were astonished to report that she received an interview with the Fuhrer, even though she had no assignment and no relationship with Berlingske Tidende’, and in concluding adding that the Foreign Office has also been informed; a T.L.S. by Herluf Andersen, a Danish journalist, one page, 4to, Copenhagen, 17th August 1936, to Adolf Hitler, in German, explaining that he has been invited to attend the Nazi Party Rally in Nuremberg, and is currently working for the right-wing Berlingske Tidende, and would like to take the opportunity of his visit to meet Hitler for a personal interview, adding that the questions will be submitted ahead of time so that Hitler can decide whether he answers all of the questions or not, as well as choosing any other topics he may want to discuss. With two official stamps, one from Adolf Hitler’s Private Chancellery, to the head, and accompanied by two further related covering letters; a carbon typed retained copy of a letter from Georg Ferdinand Duckwitz (1904-1973, German diplomat who served as an attaché for Nazi Germany in occupied Denmark during World War II and who was instrumental in Danish resistance groups rescuing 95% of Denmark’s Jewish population ahead of their intended deportation in 1943), three pages, 4to, Copenhagen, 10th September 1936, in German, expressing the view that the embassy has always rejected requests for interviews with Hitler from Danish press representatives, and complaining of the underhand tactics used by Inga Arvad following one brief meeting she had with Hitler in November, remarking that she is only regarded as a casual journalist in Denmark ‘who knows how to turn occasional interviews and articles into a business’ and that she had offered the article following her meeting with Hitler to the highest bidder from the major newspapers, adding that there is outrage and a mood of incomprehensibility within journalistic circles of how it was possible that Arvad, married to a Jew, managed to obtain an unauthorised interview with Hitler, and concluding that Herluf Andersen would be a more suitable candidate to interview the Fuhrer; and a brief T.L.S. by Wilhelm Wolf (1897-1939, Austrian politician and historian, the last Austrian foreign minister before the de facto annexation of Austria by the Nazi German Empire in 1938), one page, 4to, Berlin, 18th September 1936, to the Secretary of State and head of the Presidential Chancellery, in German, returning various enclosures, and with various pencil annotations, one stating, in full, ‘For the attention of the office. According to the report here from Copenhagen, Frau Arvad is supposed recently to have had an audience with the Fuhrer. Do we hold any information about this?’, to the verso of Wolf’s letter is a T.L.S. by Werner Kiewitz (1891-1965, German diplomat, a ministerial adviser in the Reichs Chancellery), one page, 4to, Berlin, 1st December 1936, in German, stating, in part, ‘The files of the Presidential Chancellery show no evidence that the Danish woman, Frau Inga Arvad, asked for, and had, a conversation with the Fuhrer and Reich Chancellor. Jung, a counsellor in the Reich Chancellery, informed me, in answer to a telephone enquiry, that – according to papers held there – Frau Arvad was merely received by the Fuhrer at the end of 1935, but that, on the other hand, there is no trace of an audience in September 1936 on the files. The Reich Chancellery has, in addition, obtained from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs a copy of a report from the German embassy in Copenhagen, dated 10th September 1936, and as a result, is now in the picture as to the background of the journalist Frau Arvad. Care is to be taken that Frau Arvad is not received again. It is also impossible to tell from the files whether the Dane, Herluf Andersen, perhaps had an opportunity to talk to the Fuhrer, on the occasion of the Reich Party Rally, to which – according to his letter – he was invited. It can certainly be seen from the above that there are further steps to be taken in this matter’. An intriguing group of documents linking two of the 20th century’s most famous political leaders, Adolf Hitler and John F. Kennedy, via a Danish journalist who may have been a Nazi spy. Each of the documents with file holes to the left edges, some tears, a few small areas of paper loss, and light overall age wear, generally G, 6 The life and career of the Danish journalist Inga Arvad would appear to be a tangled web of fact and fantasy. Her claim of having been Hitler’s guest at the 1936 Summer Olympics, and of having been received by him personally on three occasions, are simply not true based on the evidence of the present documents. In one article she wrote her description of Hitler was later translated into English as ‘You immediately like him….The eyes, showing a kind heart, stare right at you. They sparkle with force’. Another source claims that, on meeting Hitler, Arvad asked the Fuhrer whether he was wearing a bullet proof vest. His response (one that seems totally unlikely and without foundation) was ‘Frisk me’, which Arvad claimed to have done, and found that he was not wearing any such protection. The Beauty Queen also claimed that Hitler had told her that she was a ‘perfect example of Nordic beauty’. Owing to restrictions imposed by The Saleroom we are unable to display the full description for this lot. Please contact us directly for a complete description, or visit our website.

Royal Mint gold layered Olympics 2012 ingot set, cased with certificate

Royal Mint London 2012 Olympics gold plated £5 silver proof crown, cased with certificate, together with a silver B.U Olympic Cycling 50p coin in presentation pack with certificate

Elizabeth II (1952- ), Decimal issues, Silver Proof Ten Pounds, 2012, London Olympics. As struck [slabbed NGC PF 70, one of the first 1,000 struck] £200-£300

Swimmer David Wilkie signed 1973 Canadian Olympics FDC. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99

Sport, mixed, five signed items. Arthur Wint, a signed cut piece attached to a 7x5 page. Jamaican sprinter who won 2 gold and 2 silver medals at the 1948 and 1952 Olympics. He was the first Jamaican gold medallist. Joe Hitchcock, famous early darts player. A signed 7x5 page, dated 1948, also signed by dart player George Connelly. Cliff Morgan, a signed and dedicated 8. 5x6. 5 photo. Gareth Edwards, a signed and dedicated white postcard. Sue Barker, a signed and dedicated 6x4 BBC Sport photo. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99

Football Stuart Pearce 16x12 overall Nottingham Forest mounted signature piece includes signed album page and colour photo pictured in action for Nottingham Forest. Stuart Pearce MBE (born 24 April 1962) is an English football manager and former player. He is a first team coach for Premier League club West Ham United. Pearce was the manager of the England national under 21 team from 2007 to 2013 and also managed the Great Britain Olympic football team at the 2012 Olympics. He was appointed as caretaker manager of the England national team for one game in February 2012, following the resignation of Fabio Capello and prior to the appointment of Roy Hodgson. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99