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Click here to subscribePietro Rava - Juventus F.C. - 1936/39 - Bronze participation medal from the 1936 Berlin Olympics (diameter 70 mm - approx. 100 grams) - Includes: official badge with the athlete's registration number and a maroon ribbon related to the discipline of football, Juventus player card for the 1938-1939 season, and an autographed photographic print by him. Provenance: Pietro Rava's family
Livio Berruti - Nazionale Italiana di Atletica - Olimpiadi 1960 - Outfit consisting of a blue G. Sasso jacket and cream-colored Ermenegildo Zegna trousers worn by Livio Berruti when parading at the 1960 Rome Olympics. Along with these, a team-official size 57 Panama hat and a pair of gray trousers are included. Livio Berruti was the gold medalist in the 200-meter sprint and held the world record in the event from 1960 to 1963. Provenance: Livio Berruti.
MARVEL TREASURY EDITION LOT (9 in Lot) - (1974/1976 - MARVEL - US & UK Price Variant) - Includes CONAN THE BARBARIAN #4 (1975) + HULK ON THE RAMPAGE #5 (1975) + CONAN THE BARBARIAN #15 (1977) + CONAN THE BARBARIAN #19 (1978) + CONAN THE BARBARIAN #23 (1979) + SPIDER-MAN VS HULK AT THE WINTER OLYMPICS #25 (1980) + THE RAMPAGING HULK #26 (1980) + THE SENSATIONAL SPIDER-MAN #27 (1980) + SUPERMAN AND SPIDER-MAN #28 (1981) - Flat/Unfolded
Victor Vasarely 1906 Pécs - 1997 Annet-sur-Marne bei Paris LLA. 1968/1973. Acryl auf Leinwand. Rechts unten signiert. Verso auf der Leinwand zweifach signiert (davon einmal in Druckbuchstaben), datiert '1968-73' und betitelt sowie mit '2612' und den minimal abweichenden Maßangaben bezeichnet. 124,5 x 69,5 cm (49 x 27,3 in). Die Datierung bezieht sich zum einen auf das Jahr der Ideenfindung zu dem genannten Werk und zum anderen auf das Jahr der Ausführung. • Victor Vasarely zählt zu den Mitbegründern und wichtigsten Vertretern der Op-Art. • Mit seinen psychedelisch-bunten Bildern irritiert der Künstler die Sinne des Betrachters und ruft eine beeindruckende Wahrnehmungstäuschung hervor. • In Farbigkeit, Format und Formenkanon spiegelt das Werk u. a. das berühmte 'Olympia-Plakat' für die 1972 in München ausgetragenen Olympischen Spiele wider. • Zwei der drei Gemälde des Künstlers mit den höchsten Auktionsergebnissen sind in den 1970er Jahren entstanden. Mit einer Fotoexpertise von Pierre Vasarely, Präsident der Fondation Vasarely, allgemeiner Vermächtnisnehmer und Inhaber der Urheberpersönlichkeitsrechte Victor Vasarelys, ausgestellt im Mai 2021. Die Arbeit wird in das in Vorbereitung befindliche Werkverzeichnis der Gemälde des Künstlers, bearbeitet von der Fondation Vasarely, Aix-en-Provence, aufgenommen. PROVENIENZ: Galerie Heseler, München. Privatsammlung Süddeutschland (in den 1990er Jahren vom Vorgenannten erworben). 'Hypnotische Motive, pulsierende Formen und flimmernde Muster: Der Meister der optischen Täuschung stellt das Sehen auf die Probe.' Text zur Ausstellung 'Vasarely. Im Labyrinth der Moderne', Städel Museum, Frankfurt a. Main, 26.9.2018-13.1.2019. Der ästhetische Ansatz Victor Vasarelys beruht unter anderem auf der Tradition des Konstruktivismus und der geometrischen Abstraktion, deren Grundgedanken er jedoch innerhalb seines kreativen, innovativen Schaffens völlig neue, facettenreichere Dimensionen verleiht. Mithilfe einer auf möglichst wenige und einfache Grundformen reduzierten Bildsprache, der nach den Regeln der perspektivischen Darstellung leichten Verzerrung der geometrischen Elemente sowie einer ausgeklügelten Anordnung und farblichen Nuancierung der verwendeten Formen gelingt es dem Künstler, auf der planen Fläche der Leinwand Räumlichkeit zu evozieren und somit beeindruckende optische Täuschungen zu erzeugen. Es entstehen komplexe Gebilde, die das Wahrnehmungs- und Vorstellungsvermögen des Betrachters herausfordern. Auch in der hier angebotenen Arbeit wird der Blick des Betrachters so manipuliert, dass sich die plane, zweidimensionale Bildfläche zu einer komplizierten, geometrischen Architektur aus aufeinandergestapelten und nebeneinander geschichteten Würfeln und damit in eine dreidimensionale Komposition verwandelt. Nach einer größtenteils monochromen Schaffensperiode in den 1950er und frühen 1960er Jahren findet Vasarely in der darauffolgenden Zeit zu ganz neuartigen, außergewöhnlichen und vielschichtigen Farbvariationen von großer Leuchtkraft und Intensität, welche auch in unserem Werk zur Darstellung kommen. Mit ebendiesem so charakteristischen, farbkräftigen Kalt-Warm-Kontrast, aber auch der Verwendung der einfachsten geometrischen Grundformen – Kreis, Quadrat und Dreieck –, dem Verschwimmen von Fläche und Plastizität und der daraus resultierenden Irritation der Sinne des Betrachters weiß das Werk die für Vasarely so bahnbrechende, äußerst erfolgreiche Zeit um 1960 beispielhaft zu visualisieren. [CH] Aufrufzeit: 08.12.2023 - ca. 13.54 h +/- 20 Min. Dieses Objekt wird regel- oder differenzbesteuert angeboten, Folgerechtsvergütung fällt an.ENGLISH VERSIONVictor Vasarely 1906 Pécs - 1997 Annet-sur-Marne bei Paris LLA. 1968/1973. Acrylic on canvas. Signed in lower right. Verso of the canvas twice signed (once in printed characters), dated '1968-73' and titled as well as inscribed '2612' and with minimally differing dimensions. 124.5 x 69.5 cm (49 x 27.3 in). The date refers to both the year the work was conceived and the year it was realized. • Victor Vasarely was one of the founding members of Op-Art and one of its most prominent representatives. • His psychedelic colorful pictures vex the observer with their perceptual illusion. • In terms of color, format and form the work reflects the famous 'Olympic Poster' of the 1972 Munic Olympics. Accompanied by a photo expertise from Pierre Vasarely, president of the Fondation Vasarely, universal legatee and holder of Victor Vasarely's moral rights, issued in May 2021. The artwork will be included in the forthcoming Catalogue Raisonné de l’Oeuvre Peint de Victor Vasarely, which is currently compiled by the Fondation Vasarely, Aix-en-Provence. PROVENANCE: Galerie Heseler, München. Private collection Southern Germany (acquired from aforementoned in the 1990s). Hypnotic motifs, vibrant forms and flickering patterns: The master of optical illusion puts our vision to the test.' From a text for the exhibition 'Vasarely. Im Labyrinth der Moderne', Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main, September 26, 2018 - January 13, 2019. Victor Vasarely's aesthetic approach is based on, among others, the traditions of Constructivism and geometric abstraction. However, in his innovative work, he lends completely new, multi-faceted dimensions to the basic principles. With the help of a pictorial language reduced to as few and simple basic forms as possible, a slight distortion of geometric elements according to the rules of perspective, and a sophisticated arrangement of the forms, the artist succeeds in evoking spatiality on the flat surface of the canvas, thus creating impressive optical illusions. The results are complex structures that challenge the viewer's perception and imagination. In the work offered here, the viewer's gaze is also manipulated in such a way that the flat, two-dimensional image area is transformed into a complicated, geometric architecture of stacked and juxtaposed cubes and thus into a three-dimensional composition. After a largely monochrome creative period in the 1950s and early 1960s, Vasarely found completely new, extraordinary and complex color variations of great luminosity and intensity in the following period, which we also find in the present work. With this very characteristic, colorful cold-warm contrast, but also the use of the simplest basic geometric forms - circle, square and triangle -, the blurring of surface and plasticity, as well as the resulting bewilderment of the viewer's senses, the work is a prime example from the extremely successful period around 1960. [CH] Called up: December 8, 2023 - ca. 13.54 h +/- 20 min. 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Fifteen United States of America silver one dollar coins, including nine eagles Official Coins of the United States of America cased, Peace 1922, Olympics 1984, Liberty 1987, Congress 1989, USA94, D-Day 1991-1995, together with 1893 Columbian half dollar, 1946 Booker T. Washington Memorial half dollar, George Washington 1982 silver half dollar, Carver-Washington 1952 half dollar, Elizabeth II D-Day Alderney silver £2 etc (20+)
A RARE 1910 FRENCH INTERNATIONAL RUGBY UNION MATCH-WORN JERSEY BEARING OLYMPIC RING CRESTPale blue with white collars having three buttons, white neckline and with shield shaped crest having a rope-frame and bearing interlocking blue and red Olympic rings, interior label for Williams & Co, ParisPreserved with other important jerseys and caps by Charles Meyrick Pritchard (1882 – 1916) which form a collection entered to this auction by Charlie Pritchard’s great-grandson. In recent years the collection has been archived and exhibited at the World Rugby Museum at Twickenham Stadium. The jersey swapped after Wales versus France, played on New Year's Day, 1910 at St Helen’s, Swansea. This was the only time that Charlie Pritchard played against France and the first match for France in the extended Five Nations Championship which had previously been reserved for the four British Isles nations. It was only four years on from France’s first ever International match against The Original All Blacks.Charles Pierre de Frédy, Baron de Coubertin (1863-1937), the co-founder of the International Olympic Committee, its second president and ‘the father of the modern Olympic Games’ was influential in the sport of rugby union too and did much to develop the sport in France. He refereed the first French Championship final in 1892, between Stade Francais and Racing Club. He would have been delighted when his twin passions of the Olympic movement and rugby football collided at the 1900 Paris Olympics, and even more so to see France win Olympic gold, against Moseley Wanderers the representing side for Britain. The adoption of the Olympic ring crest for the French rugby jersey would have been due to Coubertin’s considerable influence.The 1910 Wales v France match saw Billy Trew’s Welsh team kick-off the defence of their Home Nations title with a crowd of over 12,000 witnessing a Welsh victory at 49-14. Trew’s side had won the Grand Slam in 1908 and 1909 and were on a run of 10 successive victories. The win over the French made it 11, and they did it in real style, scoring nine tries and notching the highest score in the history of the tournament.It can only be speculated as to which of the French XV, Charlie Pritchard swapped his Wales jersey with, for this exceptionally rare Olympian example, on January 1st, 1910. But there is a high chance that the player died a young man, with six of the French XV from that match, dying with Charlie Pritchard in the First World War
David Hockney R.A. (British, born 1937)Los Angeles 1984 Olympic Games (Baggot 105) Offset lithographic poster, 1982, on wove paper, with complimentary signature in pencil, from the edition of 750, published by Knapp Communications Inc., Los Angeles, for the Los Angeles Olympics 1984, with full margins, framedSheet 915 x 611mm (36 x 24in)Footnotes:ProvenanceBonhams, Los Angeles, Sunset Estate Auction, A Collection of David Hockney Posters from the Estate of Paul Bartel, 27 February 2011, lot 7114.Acquired from the above by the present owner.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ARAR Goods subject to Artists Resale Right Additional Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A fine Great War ‘Third Battle of the Scarpe’ M.C. group of four awarded to Major A. W. Lavarack, Royal Fusiliers, who was decorated in 1917 for his part in the capture of Oppy, near Arras, commended by the C.O. of the 17th Royal Fusiliers for his ‘suggestions’ and ‘coolness’ during the Battle of Cambrai, and wounded in action during the German Spring Offensive Subsequently appointed Secretary and later President of the English Golf Union, Lavarack selected and accompanied two gifted amateur golfers to Baden Baden Golf Club in Germany in the aftermath of the 1936 Berlin Olympics, successfully masterminding a last-minute victory in the Golfpreis der Nationen Trophy, more commonly known as the ‘Hitler Trophy’ over the much-fancied young German pairing Military Cross, G.V.R., the reverse privately engraved ‘Oppy Village. Major A. Whitley Lavarack. 17th. R.F. June. 1917.’; 1914-15 Star (2. Lieut. A. W. Lavarack. R. Fus.); British War and Victory Medals (Major A. W. Lavarack.) nearly extremely fine (4) £1,400-£1,800 --- M.C. London Gazette 4 June 1917. Arthur Whitley Lavarack was born at Willesden, Middlesex, on 25 December 1883. Given the nickname ‘Tiny’ on account of his 5 foot 2 inch stature, Laverack spent his childhood and teenage years in Hendon and Austria, devoting his time to engineering and invention. Granted a patent in America for a ‘recreative switchback apparatus’ bearing a heavy resemblance to a Cornish wheelhouse of the 1800s, his creativity was only stifled by the outbreak of the Great War. Appointed Second Lieutenant in the Royal Fusiliers on 4 November 1915, he is recorded by author Edward Wyrall as one of the original contingent of the 17th (Service) Battalion. Sent to France on 16 November 1915, Lavarack joined 30 officers and 994 other ranks in the Annezin, and later Cuinchy, sectors. According to Wyrall, life at Cuinchy was pretty miserable: ‘In the front line, water and mud - anything from waist to knee deep - produced a condition almost indescribable. The hours men spent crouching against the walls of the trenches (for to show one’s head meant almost certain death from a sniper’s bullet) were passed in dull agony... shell holes and mine craters frequently overlapped one another, mostly full of stinking water, foul from decaying bodies which still lay beneath the turgid surface.’ Engaged at Guillemont and the Battle of the Somme, it was said that a subaltern’s life in the Royal Fusiliers at this time was worth only about a week’s purchase, so dreadful were the casualties among the officers. At the Battle of the Scarpe on 3-4 May 1917, two ‘fresh’ companies of the 17th Royal Fusiliers moved forward to assist the Canadians, one to Arleux Loop and the other to the old British line west of the loop. Noted as present by Wyrall, Lavarack was awarded the Military Cross. Oppy proved a turning point for the Battalion, for as Wyrall noted: ‘The old Battalion which had landed in France in 1915 was becoming extinct’. The surviving officers were now in command of inexperienced men, with strong leadership being ever more vital. On 30 November 1917, the Germans launched a savage rain of shellfire onto the Bapaume-Cambrai Road. Keen to retake the salient held by the Royal Fusiliers near Vendhuille, prodigious numbers of infantry left their trenches at 9 a.m. and began to swarm around British front line units. Holding back the surging masses of grey-clad figures, Captain W. N. Stone and Lieutenant S. Benzecry were both recommended for the V.C., the former being posthumously awarded the decoration in the London Gazette of 13 February 1918. Wyrall notes that the Commanding Officer of the 17th Battalion was keen to praise others: ‘...to Captain and Adjutant A. W. Lavarack, for the suggestions that he made and the coolness which he maintained which were of invaluable assistance to me, especially as both my signalling and intelligence officers were wounded earlier in the fighting.’ The early days of the Spring Offensive brought further challenges for Lavarack and his comrades. Facing a ‘grey avalanche’ at Miraumont, Courcelette, Le Sars and Loupart Wood, Wyrall notes an onslaught no less in magnitude than that faced by Stone and Benzecry in the Rat’s Tail a few months previously. Wounded in action, Lavarack was fortunate to reach the sanctuary of a casualty clearing station. Returned home at the cessation of hostilities, he then determined to spend the next 40 years enjoying the manicured fairways of the best golf courses up and down the breadth of the British Isles - in somewhat marked contrast to the Western Front. Appointed Paid Secretary to the English Golfing Union in 1934, Lavarack soon found himself meeting the German Führer who was considering a ‘spin off’ spectacle after the Berlin Olympic Games: ‘A difficult interview with Hitler is one of the odder golfing memories of Major A. Whitley Lavarack, who succeeds Mr. Alan Sowden, of Ilkley, as president of the English Golf Union at the Union’s annual meeting in London today. Major Lavarack, who has been secretary of the Union since 1925, spent much of his early life in Austria. When Hitler came to power, there was some talk that he would ban golf in Germany. Herr Heinkel (sic), the then president of the German Golf Union, asked Major Lavarack to use his influence to put over the golfers’ point of view. An interview was arranged. After Major Lavarack had explained the game and extolled its health-giving virtues, Hitler said impatiently: “If I allow my people to play golf it must be arranged that we win everything.” Major Lavarack said diffidently that this was not always possible. Hitler replied sharply: “If we do not win all the time I shall plough up the courses”.’ (Recollections of Major Lavarack, published in the Yorkshire Post and Leeds Mercury, 10 March 1954). It is difficult to understand why mid 1930s Germany held any interest in golf or golf tournaments at all, more so why the Führer would spend his own reichmarks on an amber-laden plate trophy. Germany had no golfing tradition, nor champions, and only around 50 courses. More pointedly, author Alan Fraser in his book The Hitler Trophy notes that ‘Hitler was to golf at that time what Tiger Woods is to painting today’. With time at a premium, the Head of the German Golf Union successfully sourced two talented amateur players, but was unable to convince the I.O.C. to admit golf into the programme for the 1936 Olympic Games. Instead, Karl Henkell arranged what he hoped would be a prestigious addendum, an international tournament that would be close enough in time, if not place, to be recognised as part of the Olympiad; christened Der Grosse Preis der Nationen, the tournament was designed to allow golf to wrap itself around the Olympic flag, offering further spectacle for the top German dignitaries. Emboldened by the success of a pre-Olympic tour of America, Henkell sent invitations to 36 countries inviting them to compete at Baden Baden Golf Club; 28 immediately declined. With an increasing awareness of German clubs expelling Jewish players, Switzerland and Sweden soon followed. This left England under the stewardship of Lavarack as one of the remaining half-dozen to accept, alongside France, Italy, Czechoslovakia, Hungary and the Netherlands. Accompanying Lavarack to Baden Baden were English golfers Tom Thirsk and Arnold Bentley. A seasoned pair, they faced 72 holes of strokeplay with the combined scores of both players determining the winner. From the calm surrounds of his Black Forest digs, Lavarack sent telegrams to his men: ‘Bes...
A George IV brass bound rosewood rectangular campaign writing box, fitted interior, flush military handles, c.1825. Including Holy Bible, Book of Common Prayer, and leather and hand-painted wallet and business cards belonging to former owner. The box and contents formerly belonged to Lieutenant-Colonel John Hopton (Dutton Hunt), 1858-1934. Hopton was known to have had one of the best rifle shots in his day and competed in the the 1908 Summer Olympics for rifle shooting. He was also director of the Royal Academy of Music and composed a popular standard of the early 20th century, Ceylon Whispers, Waltz. Hopton resided at Canon Frome Court, Herefordshire.
A collection of eighty plus late 20th century UK currency 50 Pence / fifty pence coins. To include 50th Anniversary of the D-Day Landings (1994), 50th Anniversary of the National Health Service (1998), 150th Anniversary of the Public Libraries Act 1850 (2000), 100th Anniversary of the formation of the Women's Social and Political Union (2003), 50th Anniversary of the first four-minute mile by Roger Bannister (2004), 250th Anniversary of Samuel Johnson's Dictionary of the English Language (2005),150th Anniversary of the institution of the Victoria Cross (2006), Centenary of the Foundation of the Scouting Movement (2007), Celebrating 100 Years of Girlguiding UK (2010), Celebrating 50 years of the work of the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) (2011), Glasgow Commonwealth Games (2014) Battle of Britain (2015),Battle Of Hastings (2016), 300th Anniversary of Sir Isaac Newton's Gold-Standard Report / Mrs Tiggy Winkle / Squirrel Nutkin / Peter Rabbit / Mr Jeremy Fisher / Tom KItten (2017), Sherlock Holmes / 100th Anniversary of the Representation of the People Act (2018), Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (2020), Along with Great Britain hosting the 2012 Summer Olympics - Boxing, Badminton, Hockey, Shooting Aquatics, Athletics, Archery, Table Tennis, Canoeing, Sailing, Equestrian, Wheel Chair Basketball, Tennis, Handball, Rowing amongst many other pieces / coins. Includes eleven two pound coins to include The First World War, Underground, Olympics, Golden Guinea, Shakespeare, Commonwealth Games, Slavery, Magna Carta and English Commonwealth games.
A collection of UK circulated £0.50p coins to include:- 2011 Football – Offside Rule, 2016 Olympics Swimmer, 2011 Triathlon x 2, 2011 Gymnastics, 2011 Badminton, 2011 Wheelchair Bowls Boccia2011 Cycling, 2014 Commonwealth Games Glasgow x 2, 2006 Victoria Cross Heroic Acts x 2, 2017 Benjamin Bunny x 2, 2016 Mrs Tiggy-Winkle. 2017 The Tale of Peter Rabbit, 20051850-2000 Public Libraries, 2003 Suffragettes Give Women the Vote, 1907-2007 Be Prepared Scouting x 2, 2006 Victoria Cross x 2, 2010 Celebrating 100 years of Girl Guides, 2008 Gibraltar – Capture of Gibraltar 1704, 1994 D-Day.
Percy G. H. Fender cricket archive: 1921-22: A George V silver cigarette case, engraved inscription ' P.G.H.F, 'Best of Skippers' Surrey C.C.C. Season 1921-22, From R.O.E. "The Junior Sub" ', maker's mark Robert Chandler, Birmingham 1919, 105 grams.In 1920 Cyril Wilkinson was appointed Captain for Surrey, however, he also played in the British Men's Summer Olympics Hockey Team and along with a leg injury this made him unavailable to play for Surrey throughout that season. Fender's aptitude for captaincy was unsuspected. After breaking his leg severely in 1919 and being unable to play through that year. In 1920 he was back to full health and was called when Wilkinson was unavailable. By 1921 it was obvious that a new captain at Surrey was needed.
A group of signed postcards and ephemera comprising, Margaret THATCHER: Signed first day cover, 15 Nov 1978; Plus: Henry A KISSINGER: Full signature on a White House card. Photography, Berlin Olympics, etc: A Pictorial Souvenir and History of the First Battalion, the Queen's own Royal West Kent Regiment, Poona, India, 1926. Published by British Historical and Art Publishing Co., n.d. c. 1926. Illustrated with 35 photographs pasted onto 27 thick card pages. Oblong Folio; covers rubbed and the whole volume warped; Photograph Album: Mesopotamia & India, 1916-19; Die XI. Olympiade Berlin 1936. With colour cards, looks complete; Die Deutsche Wehrmacht. Vollständig ! Not all cards pasted in, but with a pack of cards loosely included. (6)
Var. countries, early to late 20th cent., mounted in 14 binders/ albums. Incl. series of a.o.: advertorial series for var. food items, companies and grocery stores, pin-ups, military, sports (incl. football, rowing and the 1972 Munich Olympics), windmills, ships, lighthouses, hot air balloons, hotels, animals, (incl. deer, gazelles, cats, parrots, swans, sharks, dogs, birds and Ohioan birds and butterflies), comics (incl. Suske en Wiske, Jerom and Bessy), alcohol, playing cards, airlines, alcohols, oriental designs, trams, the zodiac, trains, the alphabet, mushrooms, flowers, Dutch provinces, cars, bicycles, traditional clothing of var. European countries, USSR matchbox labels and Japanese and Chinese matchbox labels. Duplicates. A colourful, extensive collection. (total approx. 3000 in 14 albums)
Olympics. Sir Steve Redgrave Signed 10 x 8-inch Colour Photo Showing Gold Medal Celebrations in Sydney 2000. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99
Hitler, Adolf; Mein Kampf, Franz Eher Nachfolger, central publishing house for the NSDAP, Munich 1939, frontispage with portrait and facsimile signature protected with paper insert, two volumes in one edition, comprising 781 pages in Fraktur script followed by publishers list, half leather bound with gilt-tooled spine, in plain card slipcase; together with Wolff, Dr, Paul; Was ich bei den Olympischen Spielen 1936 sah (What I saw at the Olympic Games 1936), Karl Specht Verlag, Berlin 1936, appears complete with black and white photographic prints, cloth boards with gilt detailing, lacking dustjacket; and Mandell, Richard D., The Nazi Olympics, Souvenir Press, London 1972, in dustjacket (3)
A 1924 PARIS OLYMPICS GREAT BRITAIN TEAM ENAMEL LAPEL BADGE By Fattorini & Sons, Bradford Provenance: Harry Dingley, Glaswegian featherweight boxer and quarter-finalist in the 1924 Paris Games. Dingley was later selected as a reserve member of the Amsterdam 1928 Olympic squad. Please note: newspaper article and portrait photograph included in images are for context only and are not included with the lot. Together with a Glasgow silver fob medal featuring Glasgow City Crest, engraved verso "4 St. 7 Boys, Amateur Ch'ship Runner Up, Henry Dingley, V.A.C. 8-6-14", probably by Robert Scott (2) Condition Report:Available upon request
OLYMPICS A miscellany including 1948 World Sports August 1948 and Picture Post Magazine 3/7/1948 and 14/8/1948, splits on the spine, slightly worn and minor paper loss, 1960 two World Sports magazines August and September 1960, 1972 softback book guide by Tom McNab, 1984 Olympics hardback book and dust cover printed by Jarrold and Sons Limited, 1996 Olympics 96 hardback Ladybird book and softback book, The Guinness Book of Olympic Records 1972. fair to generally good
A scarce 1936 Berlin Olympics commemorative book produced by the Icelandic company O. Johnson & Kaaber, 'Hinir XI. Olympisku Leikar I Berlin 1936', containing 138 tipped in colour illustrations from photographs of athletes competing in the games, various elements of the ceromonies and stadia, various dignitaries, many of them Third Reich, etc., athletes pictured include Jesse Owens, Archie Williams, Gunnar Hockert, Harald Whitlock, Forest Towns, Glen Hardin, Naoto Tajima, Lutz Long, Tilly Fleischer, Helen Stephens, Franco Riccardi, Louis Hostin etc etc, oblong 4to (27 x 33cm), original quarter cloth. The Reykjavik wholesale company O. Johnson & Kaaber was formed in 1906 and predominantly imported and produced coffee and ersatz coffee in the 1930's, as well as exporting a few items such as wool, lamb hides and cod liver oil. During the 1930's the British government was alarmed by Germany's growing interest in Iceland. When WWII began, the Kingdom of Iceland declared itself to be neutral, however it did not closely enforce limitations within its territorial waters and even slashed funding for the Icelandic Coast Guard, and many Axis merchant vessels sought shelter within the neutral waters around Iceland. The German diplomatic presence in Iceland, along with the island's strategic importance, alarmed the British, and after a few failed diplomatic attempts to persuade the Icelandic government to join the Allies, the British invaded Iceland on 10 May 1940, one month after the German invasion of Denmark.
Twenty three Olympic Games programmes 1948-1960, comprising 5 Athletics programmes London Olympics 1948, July 30th & August 2nd, 4th, 5th, 6th; 3 Helsinki Olympics 1952, Athletics July 23rd and 27th, Swimming July 27th; 15 Rome Olympics 1960, Swimming programmes 1-8 August 26th-September 3rd, Athletics progs. 6-8 September 6th-8th, Gymnastics programme September 5th-10th (2), Equestrian Sports/Closing Ceremony programme September 11th (2), all original stapled printed wraps (23)
Simon Bull (contemporary) "Blue Evening", a vibrant, bold, multi layered abstraction enhanced with gold leaf, monoprint etching, signed and titled, in double card mount and parcel gilt frame under glass, 49 cm x 52 cm overall [Bull is the 2019 official artist for the National Cherry Blossom Festival in Washington DC, was official artist to boxing legend Muhammad Ali and the official artist for the 2002 Winter Olympics. He also won the Artist Print Award for the top-selling printmaker in the United Kingdom.]
Simon Bull (contemporary) "On the wings of the night", a nude study of a reclined female figure enhanced with gold leaf, monoprint etching, signed and titled, in double card mount and gilt frame under glass, 69 cm x 59 cm overall [Bull is the 2019 official artist for the National Cherry Blossom Festival in Washington DC, was official artist to boxing legend Muhammad Ali and the official artist for the 2002 Winter Olympics. He also won the Artist Print Award for the top-selling printmaker in the United Kingdom.]
Simon Bull (contemporary) "Soaking, soaking in it all", a vibrant, floral abstraction enhanced with gold leaf, monoprint etching, signed and titled, 1/1, in double card mount and parcel gilt frame under glass, 62 cm x 66 cm overall [Bull is the 2019 official artist for the National Cherry Blossom Festival in Washington DC, was official artist to boxing legend Muhammad Ali and the official artist for the 2002 Winter Olympics. He also won the Artist Print Award for the top-selling printmaker in the United Kingdom.]
Simon Bull (contemporary) "Your eyes will be opened", a bold, geometric abstraction enhances with silver leaf, monoprint etching, signed and titled, in double card mount and parcel gilt frame under glass, 49 cm x 91 cm overall [Bull is the 2019 official artist for the National Cherry Blossom Festival in Washington DC, was official artist to boxing legend Muhammad Ali and the official artist for the 2002 Winter Olympics. He also won the Artist Print Award for the top-selling printmaker in the United Kingdom.]
Simon Bull (contemporary) "Vapours constantly change the face of Blencathra while sun strikes the lover fells", a study of the Lakeland fell enhanced with gold leaf, monoprint etching, signed and titled, 1/1, in double card mount and parcel gilt frame under glass, 62 cm x 66 cm overall [Bull is the 2019 official artist for the National Cherry Blossom Festival in Washington DC, was official artist to boxing legend Muhammad Ali and the official artist for the 2002 Winter Olympics. He also won the Artist Print Award for the top-selling printmaker in the United Kingdom.]
Omega- a gentleman's automatic steel cased Speedmaster wristwatch, circa 1960's, comprising a signed round black dial with applied lume baton indices, lume inserts to hour and minute, centre seconds, dtri subsidiary dials, outer seconds tack, black Tachymeter bezel, case approx 40mm, logo crown winder, to a bracelet link strap with fold over logo clasp, along with original box, Mexico Olympics along with original parts and service papers, Omega red travel case General condition: working at time of report, some fine scratches to glass, case and bracelet commensurate with wear Note: regarding watches/pocket watches please note movements untested, functionality untested, for more information request a condition report with specific questions or please view in person
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