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A Chinese Republic Ceramic Spill Holder Decorated with Children Playing 26 Cm High.

Japan, Edo Period, middle 19th century CE. Very fine lacquer inro with inner black lacquer compartment with gold paint. Exterior decorated with front and back panels of playing monkeys in red and green; amber obi, and ivory netsuke in the form of two monkeys wrestling. Quite spectacular! Size: Inro 2-5/8" H, netsuke 1-5/8" H (6.7 cm x 4.1 cm).Bidders should be aware of the changing laws regarding commercialization of ivory and other product containing endangered species both on the Federal and State levels. This lot will be accompanied by a signed affidavit from the client that this object was in the United States prior to January 18, 1990, and is to the best of their knowledge and ability made prior to February 26, 1976 in accordance with Federal law. Ivory cannot be shipped out of the United States or to New York or California. Provenance: Estate of Paul & Louise Bernheimer Condition: Choice All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back. A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany all winning bids. We ship worldwide and handle all shipping in-house for your convenience. #111419

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Nayarit, Ixlan Del Rio ca. 200 BCE to 300 CE. This is a large seated pottery figure playing a rasp. The figure wears a wide banded headdress and has a crescent form nose ring and ear ornaments. He is decorated with a red-brown pigment and some black pigment. This figure would have been placed in a shaft tomb dug out beneath a household as part of the West Mexican shaft tomb culture. Size: 10" H x 6-1/4" W (25.4 cm x 15.9 cm). Provenance: Ex-Private New York Collection, ex-Florida collection. Condition: Intact, with dirt staining/deposits; some original pigment remains. All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back. A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany all winning bids. We ship worldwide and handle all shipping in-house for your convenience. #110782

A NEAPOLITAN GROUP depicting a young boy and girl playing dice

19TH CENTURY FRENCH SCHOOL A Minstrel Playing a Lute and Singing in an Interior Oil on Panel 17cm x 12cm

Murano glass clown playing a concertina circa 1950-60

Late 19th century oil painting - A Study of Two Children Playing by a river with cattle and hills in the background. Signed Harry Sticks '96'. 34 x 52 cm

Approximately eighty long playing records including The Sandpipers, Gilbert and Sullivan and Supersonic

An unsigned Oil on canvas of a rural scene with children playing, 24'' x 26''.

A Silver Cigarette Case and a Silver Ashtray decorated with playing cards

DU MAURIER DAPHNE: (1907-1989) British Author. A.L.S., Daphne, six pages, 8vo, Steeple Aston, Oxford (although on the printed stationery of Old Rectory House, Frimley, Surrey), n.d. ('Wednesday'), to [Foy Quiller-Couch]. Du Maurier announces 'Congratulations on wonderful strategy', remarking 'And then people say minds work slowly in the West Country!' and continues 'The thought of our Committee of Little Ladies intrigues me immensely, and I look forward to the meeting. I can see ourselves walking the countryside with pamphlets, and it will be more embarrassing than any General Election which is rather typical of us both, but nevertheless we will WORK FOR THE CAUSE'. Du Maurier further states that she is sure they will raise £550 ('even if you and I and Miss Dove have to dance a jig in Trevalgan Square to the strains of wireless from Charles Poole's shop - I see myself playing the lute to an Alexandrine potentate, while he hands me a ruby in exchange - while you, more prosaically perhaps, broadcast an appeal (with loudspeaker) from Ready Money Beach to crowd of indifferent trippers…') and further urges Quiller-Couch to obtain an essay by Max Beerbohm on Dr. Johnson and a clergyman, explaining 'I switched on the wireless last night and found this thing being read by Clinton Baddely (sic) He did not say what book it came from, simply an essay by Max Beerbohm; but I'm sure Father would know. It was absolutely perfect, all about a little clergyman….who was bold enough to ask Dr. Johnson a question at an evening party, and he was annihilated in consequence. I believe the essay is famous, but I have never read it before. I feel Father must know it, and if not, would wallow in it. But it really ought to be read aloud'. A couple of very minor, small stains to the edges of a couple of pages, not affecting the text or signature, VG Foy Quiller-Couch - daughter of British writer Arthur Quiller-Couch (1863-1944), and a life-long friend of Du Maurier. Indeed, Du Maurier was accompanied by Foy Quiller-Couch when she became inspired with the storyline for her novel Jamaica Inn. In 1930, apparently around the time of the present letter, the two ladies were staying at Jamaica Inn and went riding on Bodmin Moor. They became lost in bad weather conditions and apparently sheltered for some time in a derelict cottage on the moor but were eventually led back to Jamaica Inn by their horses. Max Beerbohm (1872-1956) English Essayist, Parodist and Caricaturist. His essay, A Clergyman, to which Du Maurier refers to in the present letter, was first published in 1918. It has been written that the essay captures Beerbohm 'at his funniest, most humane and most tender'.

EDWARD VIII: (1894-1972) King of the United Kingdom January - December 1936. Later Duke of Windsor. A fine, long A.L.S., David, (twice; at the conclusion and again at one interval in the letter), twelve pages, 4to, at sea, 5th - 11th August 1919, to his mistress Freda Dudley Ward ('My very own darling darling beloved little Fredie'), on the printed stationery of H. M. S. Renown. The Prince writes his letter, in pencil, over a period of six days at the start of his tour to Canada, beginning in a romantic vein, 'it's hell for me to-night (& is going to be till my return) loving you, wanting you & missing you! You just can't think what a huge whole in my life our parting & your absence makes sweetheart & I now have to face "the great blank" & feel so so terribly lost & lonely without you darling & the thought that I can't see you for over 3 months!! I'm so so miserable to-night & am on the verge of crying. It's a cruel separation as we both love each other & it all seems so unnatural somehow after the last 5 months when we hardly missed a day that we didn't meet at least once!! And this last 3 weeks has been heaven angel the most marvellous weeks of all don't you think?….we both mean every thing to each other, everything that really matters….I just can't tell you how much more than ever your crying & being so upset at our parting has made me love you love you sweetheart mine. How I loathe myself now darling for seeming so cold about it all as I know I did the last 24 hrs in London; I can't think what came over me as I was so crammed full of love….you were so divinely sweet to really mind my leaving England had a little to do with my pulling myself together so as not to be too "sloppy" as I didn't want to upset you any more!! My last sight of you sweetheart is more divinely marvellous than any that man could hope for parting from the woman he loves….its such a joy to think that the last bed I got into in England was yours, I couldn't get into mine at St. James's Palace yesterday at 6.00 & I'm so so glad that I didn't now!!', continuing to apparently refer to a keepsake from his mistress, 'Mrs. Thpider is worrying me to death from my watch chain trying to get back to Mr. Thpider in his house & she is vewy angwy with me for taking her away from him. Sweetheart I'm so so happy with all my precious sacred little souvenirs of YOU; first all my photos, then all my 3 rings, my disc which you've scratched & bitten & my cigarette case with your divine scratches & last but not least that lovely match box which I love so & then there's your sweet little sponge…' and further writing 'This is a marvellous ship & I have a very comfortable & luxurious cabin….the officers seem a nice lot tho' I haven't seen much of them as I've been keeping away from every body as much as possible….got some exercise after tea playing "medicine ball" on the quarter deck…I must keep fit for Canada, otherwise I shan't be any good.' (6th August), 'I've only just got away from the ward room sweetheart where I dined this evening; they are a nice cheery crowd & we've been bear fighting & playing vewy wough games ever since. 2 films of the ship's cinema (one even Charlie Chaplin) which were put on directly after dinner!!…I'm learning such a lot in this marvellous ship or rather rubbing up my scanty naval knowledge, it bores me stiff really darling…' (7th August), 'I'm more bored & restless & lonely than I've ever been in my life!! I'm just longing to get across & land on the other side & to start work; speeches etc. will keep me busy & I shall welcome them as they will help me in my loneliness & prevent my brooding a little tho. not much….oh! I am a thoroughly hopeless case for which there is only one cure & that is to be returned to England at once!!….Piers Legh is keeping (& is going to keep) the staff diary my copy of which I'm going to send you sweetheart to keep for me; he asks to be remembered to you darling….he's far more of a friend to me than Claud Hamilton is or ever could be!! Claud is so cold & hard & he just doesn't know that the word sympathy exists!!…'(8th August), '…we've only been steaming at 16 knts. since we left England on account of the "Dragon" & to-night we are only doing 10 knts. as we expect to see ice bergs in the early morning & shall be amongst them all to-morrow. I wonder if you've ever seen one sweetheart?….this afternoon we had some revolver practice & there was the cinema going after dinner as usual….you have my very latest programme haven't you sweetheart? I'm really hopelessly vague about it all & don't know the sequence of the cities, towns & places I am to visit let alone the dates!! But I don't care & am not worrying about anything much….except perhaps all the _ _ speeches I shall have to make everywhere & they won't be any worse than in England I don't suppose!! But its going to be hell having to make them far from my darling little mummie, a thing I've never had to do before; oh! why are fate & the way of the world so unkind sweetheart to prevent us living & travelling about together TOI et MOI!!….this is my very first ocean trip sweetheart I'm ashamed to say & so altho brought up in the Navy its all a new experience for me!!…' (9th August), '….its…been Sunday & I've been & am so terribly home sick beloved one thinking of last Sunday & I'm more lonely and miserable than ever; what a divine day that was & my memories of it are as sacred as all my memories of very own darling precious little Fredie Wedie….I simply loathe being separated from YOU like this sweetie its too bl_ _d_ for words & is so terribly depressing & I do feel so hopelessly lost….' (10th August), 'I enclose all the photos & the diary (no longer present) written up to yesterday tho the latter is too ridiculously pompous for words darling & will bore you to death; in fact I know you won't even read it tho I only send it to you to keep for me as it will be a useful record. It's more or less official & is sent to H.M. tho' I call it balls!!…to think that but for a hard fight on my part (knowing it was the right thing for me to do) I shld. never have set out on this trip at all. But I suppose we all have a job in the world tho mine is a bl­_ _d ­_ one & no mistake & how I loathe it & all these camouflaged stunts & having to do the dud hero!! It does go against the grain…' and concluding 'Mrs. Thpider joins me in all I say & hopes that Mr. Thpider is not going out too much during her absence. She is nearly as jealous as I am darling….Bless you bless you for ever & ever sweetheart all all my great huge love which is far more desperate than ever. Your loving & devoted & adoring & upwardly heartbroken & miserable little David tho deep down he's the happiest man in the whole wide world knowing that his Fredie Wedie loves him!! But if only SHE would read HIS heart!!' (11th August). Accompanied by the original envelope hand addressed by the Prince in ink and bearing a black wax seal to the verso. A letter of excellent content. VG Freda Dudley Ward (1894-1983) Marquesa de Casa Maury. English Socialite, the mistress of Edward, Prince of Wales from 1918-23. Ward remained a close confidante of Edward's until 1934 when his relationship with Wallis Simpson began. Piers Legh (1890-1955) British Soldier and member of the Royal Household, equerry to the Prince of Wales from 1919-36. Lord Claud Hamilton (1889-1975) British Soldier and Courtier, equerry to the Prince of Wales from 1919-21.

EDWARD VIII: (1894-1972) King of the United Kingdom January - December 1936. Later Duke of Windsor. A fine, long A.L.S., David, (twice; at the conclusion and again at one interval in the letter, and a further three times with his initial D at other intervals in the letter), fourteen pages, 4to, Calgary, Banff and other places, 15th - 21th September 1919, to his mistress Freda Dudley Ward ('Fredie darling darling one'). The Prince writes his letter, in bold pencil, over a period of a week whilst travelling by train across Canada during his official tour, stating, in part, 'I really am down & out to-night sweetheart & feeling like death as I've never taken such a hopelessly miserable & despondent view of life as I do now!! It's hell beloved one & all on account of having had to do the P of W stunt & play to the gallery till I can do it no more!! This trip has been a huge success up to the present, I'll take a little credit for that as I have worked hard & no mistake; but its partly fear of not being able to keep it up & letting down the staff & spoiling the whole trip which has put me in this hopeless state of mind!! I feel….that I'm not ½ big enough man to take on what I consider is just about the biggest job in the world!! Can't you picture your poor little boy….struggling with a long & important speech for tomorrow which he knows he's going to crash over & so spoil his reputation!!….Your little boy is quite silly to have cracked just now when the worst stunts are over & he's going to have a very easy & perhaps pleasant week before reaching Vancouver…I like Calgary…I was taken straight to church where I had to dedicate a war memorial; then we lunched at the golf club tho it was too maddening not to be able to play on the fine course & all I got was a mouldy walk!!….I've just got away from a very wet & noisy dinner at the Ranchman's Club, though I think the title implies tight men doesn't it darling? They are a fine crowd of Westerners, but God they drink….it was stiff cocktails & scotch to-night followed by dirty songs. I guess I was lucky to escape before midnight having only been roughly handled by one drunken tho it was kind roughness…' (15th September), '…we rode off to the "round" up of cattle which was an amazing stunt; I rode a nice locally bred horse in a "stock" saddle…We were in time to help the cowboys & Indians round up the last odd hundreds of cattle & they collected close on 2000.…it was quite good fun & I got lots of hard riding doing my best imitation of a cowboy….it's a real good life that ranching darling tho a very hard one & one's got to be real tough to take it on as a living….I've been listening to the queer & funny experiences of the whole staff who all had an adventure or experience with one or more women to-night'. (17th September), 'Of course I'm as usual terribly sad & lonely sweetheart tho only on top tho that is the part of me that I work on; the deep down part is always always the same blissfully happy because WE love each other!! I ask for nothing in this world except that my precious darling beloved little Fredie Wedie shld love me as I know SHE does….I owe my Mama 2 letters & my father 3 tho they do write such balls that they are hardly worth answering tho I suppose I shall have to make an effort soon!!….I had a good game of golf with Godfrey this afternoon & was playing better; a nice 9 hole course tho he beat me 3 up but only because I messed up the last 3 holes!!…There are ½ dozen nice Canadian girls here darling all of them hideous but good dancers & cheery & gt fun & good for any thing I shld say tho that doesn't interest this little boy….' (18th September), '…I was on the verge of tears reading all the marvellous divine things you say to me sweetheart & did want you want you beloved one & just held out my arms (I did really!!) tho alas nothing happened & I felt more hopelessly lonely than ever!!….Oh!! Its useless my trying to tell you what your last letter & everything in it means to your vewy vewy own devoted adoring little David…I had 2 rounds on the 9 hole course at Banff yesterday morning tho I was hopeless on account of a gale of wind & being worried by people coming up to shake hands or snap me; & the limit came when a hideous Yank girl in huge spectacles came up to me & called me "dear sweet child" to my face just after I had missed a long drive shot & was using the foulest language!!….But this is a marvellous spot….& I adore it because you do & because you've been here & I figured out your divine lovely little face on the glacier at the end of the lake. We've been dancing….to-night with those Canadian girls who I'm ashamed to say we brought up in our train from Banff & we had them to dinner again…don't be thulky Fredie darling & we only gave them a lift as they missed the train having planned to come on here anyway & if only you could see them you wouldn't possibly be thulky!!…I got more than fed up & bored with those very plain girls we've had more or less in tow since Calgary & am glad to be quit of them!!!!….I enclose a few more photos (no longer present) angel which may amuse you; that Indian rig (complete with feathered head dress) was given me by the Stony Indians yesterday when they made me a "chief" and called me "Morning Star"…did anyone ever feel less like a star in the morning than your little boy darling; such an inappropriate name to give me!!' (19th September), '…You see I tell you every thing as you know beloved one & as I promised to; of course there have been funny incidents the whole time particularly at the queer parties we go to tho. they don't happen to me only to the staff!! But these women out here are as hot as hell most of them & one has to be more than on one's best behaviour and never release oneself a scrap when dancing or talking to them as they are merely waiting for the least hint for a flirtation & they squeeze one's hand & say the most amazing things tho all that merely revolts me. They don't get any change out of your little boy sweetheart….I can't possibly reach England before 20th Nov & my visit to the States is still very vague…New York is going to be cut out….I shld like to have spent a few hrs in N.Y. having heard so much about it merely to see the amazing city….' (20th September), 'We spent a terrible 4 hrs….yesterday afternoon as after all the balls we were solemnly driven up to the top of a bl_ _d _ mountain (1 ½ hrs) in cars to unveil some mouldy tablet to commemorate my visit!! Christ! Your little boy was peeved & fierce over the whole stunt as it didn't do any good to anyone & it was a case of "Gud I'm cold" when we might have had a good climb by ourselves!!….Bless you sweetie mine for this last divine letter & for Mr. Thpider's photo on that angellic (sic) seal which I love & which has made me so happy & Mrs. Thpider is delighted wiv it too & says it's a good photo!! How you do spoil me Fredie darling & its so so sweet of you to have put Mr. Thpider on yr. pearl necklace….everything you've given me is sacred sweetheart, yr. photos & sponges….And we use the same scent, soap & tooth paste etc. so that I'm only thinking of YOU darling one even when I'm cleaning my teeth!!….I feel more & more strongly that its absolutely legitimate to lie & that we are more than within our rights to do so when it concerns our own private affairs angel. There can't possibly be a 3rd party, if there is we are done so that we mustn't think twice about lying all we can!….I don't trust a sould except YOU beloved one  OWING TO RESTRICTIONS IMPOSED BY THE-SALEROOM WE CAN NOT PUBLISH A COMPLETE DESCRIPTION OF THIS LOT - PLEASE CONTACT IAA LTD DIRECTLY FOR A FULL DESCRIPTION

[CHURCHILL WINSTON S.]: (1874-1965) British Prime Minister 1940-45, 1951-55. Nobel Prize winner for Literature, 1953. MARSH EDWARD (1872-1953) British Polymath & Civil Servant, Private Secretary to Winston Churchill for many years. Autograph Manuscript, unsigned, three pages, 8vo, The Palace, Khartoum, 24th December 1907. Marsh’s manuscript recounts the funeral of Scrivings, which had taken place earlier that evening, in part ‘The funeral procession left the Civil Hospital at 5.30. It was headed by the band of the Royal Dublin Fusiliers; then followed a detachment of the men; and after the coffin, which was placed on the gun carriage and covered with the colours, then walked Mr. Churchill, Col. Wilson, Mr. Marsh, Capt. Dickinson, an officer who had accompanied Mr. Churchill through Uganda and down the Nile…..Mr Churchill had put a cross of white chrysanthemums & other flowers on the coffin. The cemetery is about half a mile from the hospital & the procession went at a foot’s pace, the band playing Chopin’s Funeral March….the coffin was placed on the shoulders of six men of the Royal Dublins, who carried it to the grave. Mr. Gwynne proceeded to read the burial service, during which the sun set and darkness came gradually on. At the end, the Last Post was sounded on the bugles, and three volleys of blank cartridges were fired into the air’. Some light age wear and a few neat splits at the folds, only very slightly affecting a few words of text. Together with three A.Ls.S. by Marsh (‘E Marsh’), five pages (total), 8vo, [Khartoum] & Whitehall, 1st February (1908) - 19th May 1911, all to Mrs. Scrivings, on the printed stationery of the Colonial Office and the Home Office. Marsh writes on behalf of Winston Churchill, sending his correspondent some photographs and a letter (none present), stating that Churchill has carefully considered her request and writing ‘He thinks there would be a great deal of risk in committing the annual pension by a lump sum now. You might invest it in a business which wd not prosper & you wd then be left without any support at all….Mr Churchill knows that you are a very good cook, & he cannot understand why, with the testimonials you have received & the recommendations which he is quite prepared to renew, you cannot keep a good situation….’ and in another letter sending a cheque (no longer present) for £25 on behalf of Churchill. Further including an interesting Autograph Manuscript Signed by Frederick Temple Barrington-Ward, a barrister and the Recorder of Hythe, two pages, folio, 24th June 1909, being an Opinion on Churchill and stating, in part, ‘This is a case which naturally arouses in any one who reads the papers relating to it the greatest possible sympathy for Mrs. Scrivings in her unfortunate position. There can be no doubt at all but that Mr Churchill and some of his relations made definite promises to provide for the widow of his former valet and the only question for consideration is whether or not such promises are valid in law - Being promises made otherwise than by deed they are not binding unless there is sufficient consideration to support them - if the first proposal made by Mr Churchill came after his servants death I fear that there is no consideration at all for his promise and that it is only morally binding in the court of conscience alone. If on the other hand it should be that Mr Churchill induced Scrivings to accompany him to Africa by a promise to provide for his wife and children in case anything should happen to him while away from England - then I think that the subsequent promise would be supported by the consideration of Mr Scrivings undertaking the risks upon the faith of Mr Churchill’s word……In any event it is quite clear that a gentleman of Mr Churchill’s position should be given an opportunity of doing what is morally right towards the widow of his former servant and the first step I should advise is for Mrs Scrivings to write a letter in her own language putting the matter before Mr Churchill in a respectful manner and asking for an early reply.’ The lot also includes a small number of A.Ls.S. and documents relating to Mrs. Scrivings etc., being letters of testimonial etc., one written by an official at the Board of Trade on 27th July 1909 on behalf of Churchill and informing Scrivings that ‘the matter is receiving attention’. Some light overall age wear, generally G to about VG, 12 George Scrivings accompanied Winston Churchill on a journey to East Africa in 1907 but was never to return as he caught an illness and died there.

[CHINA]: Small selection of original vintage postcards from China, c.1915, most with photogravure images depicting various aspects of Chinese life, including a fortune teller, a Chinese General with his regiment, a Chinese lady in traditional dress, a group in Shanghai eating dinner and playing a finger game, several of Chinese prisoners in cangue, a Chinese funeral procession etc., none postally used, together with twelve Japanese postcards, largely of the same period, some with holograph messages in Japanese (one apparently being an order for political books), and a later postcard depicting the reconstruction of Hiroshima, and also including a small selection of printed ephemera including a Christmas greetings card from John F. Kennedy with facsimile signature, vintage folio engravings of Frederick, Duke of Schonberg, King James I, Anne Boleyn, engraved street plans of various London parishes published from Stow's Survey of 1755 etc. Some light age wear, FR to G, 32

WORLD WAR I: A series of thirty-two A.Ls.S., Reg, by Walter Reginald Hughes (1898-1963), a Gunner in the Royal Artillery, Royal Horse Artillery and Royal Field Artillery during World War I, sixty pages (total), 8vo, 4to and some on correspondence cards, various places (most In the Field in France, some from a military camp in England etc.), 1916-17, to various family members in the West Midlands including his Aunt (21) and younger brother Arthur (5), some on printed stationery of the Y.M.C.A. On Active Service with the British Expeditionary Force. Hughes, writing in pencil, sends a series of largely social letters back home, conveying his thanks for socks, gloves, boots, cocoa and cigarettes, although also discussing various aspects of his life with the army, in part, 'We have had one of the latest guns come up to our camp & the shell travels 1820 ft. per sec. Some pace….', writing of a boxing match at the YMCA, 'I got a….man about 6-4 & very big with it, like hitting a haystack, but came off best on points', and of his time training at Cosham in Hampshire, 'I was on guard last night on the front on Portsmouth on the sands. You can see lots of searchlights….I was on from 1am to 5am, it nearly killed me but I suppose you must get used to it', 'We had a big parade on Friday to celebrate the 200th year of the RFA. Most camps had a half holiday but we had a hard days work' and 'We had a military funeral this afternoon, a fellow that died of wounds from France. I was in the firing party….while we are firing [the band] plays the last post, altogether it is a fine thing if it were not for the sadness of the thing….we are still waiting further orders, waiting with kits packed to go to Woolwich & getting very fed up', and of his arrival in France, 'I have been put into the trench mortars….and don't much like the idea of going in the trench after we have had 3 months training with the guns. France is a very nice place' (25th June 1916) and of his time fighting in France, 'I got the fags and very nice they were too. I think you can trust the newspapers that say things are moving all along the line….the other day they asked for 50 men to go up the line…I was one…& this morning they took 10 of the tallest fellows & they are going up the line tonight', 'Both sides have been shelling hard all day but none have got to our village yet. I went up the line last night with some shells….at nights the battle field is lit up with star shells', 'If we get much marching in our new boots there will be some sore feet as they are very hard', 'Much to our dislike we have had to have our hair all off, but it feels nice & cool but looks rotten', 'I don't blame Cyril for keeping out of it if he can. I've had quit [sic] enough of it', 'There is no news & I am sure the war's not over yet….at present they are busy shelling us', in one letter also briefly referring to soldiers having witnessed the Angels of Mons, and in another reporting on a football match in which he had been involved, 'We played K Battery R.H.A., they have 5 prows [sic] playing for them. I played….& had Barns (?) for West Bromwich against me….so I had my work cut out any how he was the only forward that did not score...for the last 20 minutes played centre half as we had a man knocked out & then I had an officer & a Sgt to mark, both international men, the officer got his cap in 1913 & the Sgt got his last year, they were hot...they were A1. I think we did very well. We had a Leeds City man playing for us, he is good but not a patch on their men...'and in one of the final letters Hughes writes from hospital, 'I am a stretcher case....I am not building my hopes on Blighty so as not to get disappointed, but one never knows....It seems funny that just as I come out of action the weather picked up, it makes a chap think of the poor fellows he left behind when he gets in a comfortable place'. An interesting series of letters. Some light overall age wear and a few letters with areas of paper loss. Generally G to about VG, 32

BRITISH THEATRE: An interesting selection of A.Ls.S., some T.Ls.S., by various British stage actors, Music Hall artists, a few playwrights etc., each written to amateur writer A. Leonard Summers regarding various plays, songs and sketches etc., including Lottie Collins, Ada Reeve, Brandon Thomas, Henry Ainley, Laurence Irving (in part 'I do not think “The Nerve Test” would be suitable to myself. The interest of the play centres in the situation & the mechanical effect, not in the characters; also I seem to remember a piece very closely resembling it called “The Ghost of Jerry Bundler”….', 1908), Lyn Harding (3; in part 'I thoroughly enjoyed reading your little play “The Nerve Test”, and am of the opinion it would be a success if thoroughly well done…' , 1909), Seymour Hicks, Huntley Wright, Sydney Grundy, R. C. Sherriff, Owen Nares, Gerald du Maurier (in part, 'Your letter….is one of the most offensive letters I have ever read, and I certainly do not care to read any play of yours….', accompanied by a carbon typed copy of the letter to Du Maurier, 1928), Godfrey Tearle (in part 'I am sorry but I fear this type of play does not appeal to me. I always feel like a bull in a china shop when I am playing light comedy', 1928), Robert Loraine, Marie Lloyd, George Gray, Billy Merson, George R. Sims (4; in one thanking Summers for sending an autograph 'which I shall add to my collection, and prize', 1906) etc. Most are accompanied by various related newspaper clippings (a few lightly laid down to the letters). Some age wear, generally G, 30

CHAPLIN CHARLES: (1889-1977) English Film Comedian, Academy Award winner. Vintage signed sepia 10 x 8 photograph, the image showing Chaplin seated in a half length pose, in semi-profile, playing a violin. Photograph by Witzel of Los Angeles. Signed ('Faithfully, Chas Chaplin') in bold fountain pen ink to a light area at the base of the image. Some heavy overall surface and corner creasing and some light mottling to the image, FR

BRITISH COMEDY: Small selection of A.Ls.S., a few T.Ls.S., by various British Music Hall comedy actors etc., each written to amateur writer A. Leonard Summers regarding various plays, sketches etc., comprising Harry Nicholls (3; in part 'I have read your play, and I find the principal comic situations are too like those in “Charley's Aunt“….to warrant my taking it up with a view to playing in, or producing it', 1909), Arthur Roberts, George Robey, Joe Elvin, T. E. Dunville, Will Evans, Robertson Hare, Norman Wisdom (responding to an offer of purchasing an autograph collection, in part, 'I…am afraid that my interests and hobbies do not extend to the above, and I am not therefore interested in the purchase of any of these letters', 1954), Arthur Askey (in part, 'At the present moment I am playing in a farce that is doing terrific business. But I don't want to do another. I like music with my shows', 1953). Most are accompanied by various related newspaper clippings. Generally G, 11

LENNON JOHN: (1940-1980) English Musician, a member of The Beatles. Vintage blue ink signature ('John Lennon') on a small 12mo page removed from an autograph album, matted in black and cream (the matt incorporating Lennon's surname) alongside an engraved plaque and beneath a large photograph of Lennon playing a guitar. Framed and glazed in a plain black frame to an overall size of 23 x 27. VG

STARR RINGO: (1940- ) English Musician, Drummer with The Beatles. A.L.S., Ringo xxxx, four pages, 8vo, Admiral Grove, Liverpool, n.d. (30th October 1961), to Doreen Walker. Starr thanks his correspondent for their photograph and letter and enquires as to how she is, further writing 'I cannot tell you about Butlins because I have forgoten (sic) what happened the last month nothink (sic) exiting (sic) just the usual laying in bed swimiming (sic) playing music sun bathing playing with my -GUN-', and commenting on his work, 'We have been playing all round Liverpool and the outscerts (sic) since we came home allso (sic) we may be playing in Manchester soon so you will have to come and see me and the group of cause (sic)', as well as his appearance, 'I don't no (sic) wether (sic) I started to grow a beared (sic) while you were there but I have got one now'. Starr concludes his letter 'It is 2-30 o'clock in the morning and Cleo Lane (sic) is just singing (YOU'LL ANSER [sic] TO ME) I still lead the same type of life, bed beetween (sic) 2 and 4 and up at 12 or 2 or 5 when I feel lazy….Lots of Love and Luck'. Beneath his signature Starr again signs his name ('Ringo Starr') as part of his address and, in a postscript, remarks 'Just thinking I have a car now so I could come up and se (sic) you one weekday and night, we play weekends'. Accompanied by the original envelope (P; extensive tears to the edges and some heavy staining) hand addressed by Starr. Some light water staining to the upper and lower left corners of each page, very slightly affecting some words of text but not the signature. G Ringo Starr and Doreen Walker first met when she was on a Butlin's holiday in Pwllheli in North Wales in the summer of 1961. The drummer was performing at the holiday camp with Rory Storm and the Hurricanes and the sixteen year old was introduced to Starr by a friend, who at the time was dating Rory Storm. Starr and Walker struck up a friendship which continued through letter writing and visits to Manchester where Doreen lived. Starr accompanied Rory Storm and the Hurricanes during many performances at Butlin's holiday camps, their first engagement having been in July 1960 at Pwllheli where they played in the Rock 'n' Calypso Ballroom for £25 each per week. Starr had initially been unsure about the gigs, until Storm put forward the idea of "Starr-time" (a solo spot) with Starr singing songs like Boys by The Shirelles, and the drummer finally agreed when Storm told him about how many women would be "available". It was also during this season that Starr changed his name to "Ringo"

STARR RINGO: (1940- ) English Musician, Drummer with The Beatles. A.L.S., Ringo xxxxxxx, three pages, 8vo, Admiral Grove, Liverpool, n.d. (28th November 1961), to Doreen Walker. Starr thanks his correspondent for her letter and remarks 'Well I have done what you said about speeding the letter up instead of three month you have only had to wait three weeks for this one, not bad…', explaining 'It is not that I do not want to wright (sic) to you more often it is just that I am a terable (sic) letter writer and don't no (sic) what to put down.' Starr further writes of his work and life, 'The group is doing alright we play 5 or 6 nights a week….I have taken up modern painting I have only done three at the moment but you would be supprized (sic) how difficult it is. The first was or is a free impresion (sic) of a thourt (sic) second is colours third is my life of man or what is in store for us (NOTHING) my painting I meen (sic) not us as you said one never nos (sic) what happens through letters. We were playing in Leigh last week is that verry (sic) far from you because we will be playing there again soon' and concludes 'I have enclosed a photo (no longer present) not a verry (sic) clear one but it has got the camp name on pleas (sic) send me one of yourself close up….Lots of Love and Luck'. Accompanied by the original envelope (FR, some tears) hand addressed by Starr. A few small, light circular water stains to each page, only very slightly affecting a few words of text, but not the signature, otherwise VG Ringo Starr and Doreen Walker first met when she was on a Butlin’s holiday in Pwllheli in North Wales in the summer of 1961. The drummer was performing at the holiday camp with Rory Storm and the Hurricanes and the sixteen year old was introduced to Starr by a friend, who at the time was dating Rory Storm. Starr and Walker struck up a friendship which continued through letter writing and visits to Manchester where Doreen lived. By the time of the present letter Rory Storm and the Hurricanes had established themselves as one of Liverpool's leading groups and had been the headline band at the first 'Beat Night' in the Orrell Park Ballroom in March 1961.

STARR RINGO: (1940- ) English Musician, Drummer with The Beatles. A.L.S., Ringo xxxx, four pages, 8vo, Fontenet, France, n.d. (April 1962), to Doreen Walker. Starr thanks his friend for her letter and informs her 'We the group Rory and the Hurricanes Have come to France to play at the U.S.A. bases for two months, then we come home for Billy Butlins Skegness for three months home for one month and back to France for three to six months', further commenting 'The camp we are on now is fab there is a great crowd of chaps who come into the club and they buy us beer and short drinks so we don't do so bad the only thing wrong is we are playing to an all male audyance (sic) and it feels a bit strange for this job we have a girl singer with us shee (sic) is verry (sic) good and goes down a bomb' and writing of the hotel and town where he is staying, 'there isn't many girls hear (sic) in fact we have not even seen any we are all turning queer cweer (sic) (Ha Ha)', as well as a recent sight seeing trip, 'we had a fab laff laught (sic) on the beach ther (sic) was a girls school down there and we all went mad. They must have thorght (sic) we were crazy droowling (sic) over them but how would you feel if you hadnt seen a boy for over a week'. Starr concludes his letter 'Well so much for me comming (sic) to see you and I was so looking forward to it but never mind there will be another time if your (sic) not married by then.....Lots of Love'. Accompanied by the original envelope hand addressed by Starr. VG Ringo Starr and Doreen Walker first met when she was on a Butlin's holiday in Pwllheli in North Wales in the summer of 1961. The drummer was performing at the holiday camp with Rory Storm and the Hurricanes and the sixteen year old was introduced to Starr by a friend, who at the time was dating Rory Storm. Starr and Walker struck up a friendship which continued through letter writing and visits to Manchester where Doreen lived. As the present letter illustrates Starr accompanied Rory Storm and the Hurricanes on a tour of US Air Force bases in France, an opportunity which the band had secured following successful seasons at Butlin's Holiday Camps. It has been reported that their experiences in France were a little unpleasant, Starr claiming 'The French don't like the British; at least I didn't like them'.

STARR RINGO: (1940- ) English Musician, Drummer with The Beatles. A.L.S., Ringo xxxxxxxxxxxx, three pages, 8vo, Admiral Grove, Liverpool, n.d. (1962), to Doreen [Walker]. Starr thanks his friend for her letter, remarking 'It was a supprize (sic) getting one off you I thourght (sic) you had given me up' and continues to inform her 'A lot has happened since I last wrote to you. I went back to Germany for two month January and Febuary (sic) had a fab time I did not go with Rory and the Hurricanes I was playing with Tony Sheradan (sic) and Roy Young....also we did a TV show in Germany....I had to come back at the end of Feb because of the floods they were terrable (sic) It was fab going and comming (sic) back I done it in style FLEW both ways the boss of the club payed (sic) £18-0-0 each way by jet I was made up it was the first time I had ever been in a plane', further writing 'But hear (sic) I am back again in Liverpool I was wondering if I could come and see you some time. I have plenty of time I dont work in the day....have you a phone I haven't. Also I have my car I dont know if I told you about the first one a Standard Vangard (sic) well anyhowe (sic) I sold it and bourght (sic) a new Ford ZODIAC its a fab car and I can come up to see you in it....' Some light creasing and age wear and a few small tears and areas of paper loss to the edges and some folds, only very slightly affecting a few words of text, but not the signature, about G Ringo Starr and Doreen Walker first met when she was on a Butlin's holiday in Pwllheli in North Wales in the summer of 1961. The drummer was performing at the holiday camp with Rory Storm and the Hurricanes and the sixteen year old was introduced to Starr by a friend, who at the time was dating Rory Storm. Starr and Walker struck up a friendship which continued through letter writing and visits to Manchester where Doreen lived. On 30th December, 1961 Starr had left for Germany to back Tony Sheridan at the Top Ten Club in Hamburg, enticed by the lure of a large fee, a flat and the use of a car. However, he found Sheridan's eccentric style of performing too hard to cope with (he'd often change songs in the middle of a performance without telling his backing band) and returned to the Hurricanes. The present letter would have been written shortly before Starr played with Rory Storm and the Hurricanes at their third season at Butlin's Holiday Camp in Skegness. It was during Starr's time there that John Lennon and Paul McCartney famously turned up one day and offered Ringo £25 a week if he'd join them. The deal was sealed and Ringo agreed to become a Beatle as from August 1962.

CLAPTON ERIC: (1945- ) English Rock Guitarist & Singer. A printed 4to set of souvenir lyrics for Layla, signed by Clapton in bold blue ink with his name alone at the base. Together with a 4to printed copy of the sheet music for Tears in Heaven signed by Clapton in bold blue ink with his name alone to a clear area of the front cover image depicting Clapton standing in a three quarter length pose playing his guitar. VG to EX, 2

HENSCHEL GEORGE: (1850-1934) German Composer, Conductor, Pianist & Baritone. A good series of twenty eight A.Ls.S., George Henschel, and others slightly abbreviated, some signed with his initials, fifty six pages, largely 8vo (a number on correspondence cards), various places (Aviemore, London, Villefranche etc.), 1914-25, all to Louis Fleury. Henschel writes an interesting series of letters, largely with musical content concerning a composition for his correspondent, in part, 'I have not forgotten my promise to write some variations for your instrument and shall commence as soon as I have finished an Organ Prelude on a Hymn of All Saints on which I am at present engaged. I shall endeavour to make it worthy of your beautiful art' (11th June 1919), 'At last I am quite in earnest working on those variations! I have abandoned the idea of the Scottish Folksong and made a simple theme of my own which I herewith send you as I want to know if you like it….is the Key of E agreeable? I have already 3 variations sketched…' (30th July 1920), 'You will see I have changed the key to F which is really better in every respect. I hope you will agree with me…I shall take the liberty of dedicating the little work to you' (9th August 1920), 'I have made a note of your suggestion regarding the rests for respiration. There will be seven variations in all, the whole thing lasting about 8 or 10 minutes. I am greatly looking forward to hearing you play my little work' (23rd August 1920), 'Lady Sheffield, our dear hostess, would love to come and hear the piece (she is a charming woman & very musical) and I hope it will suit you' (6th November 1920), '…with an interpreter like you, my little work is sure to be a success' (30th November 1920), 'It is very good of you to play my little variations at your various concerts & I am greatly obliged to you & hope you will have a great success….As to the publication of the variations - - not a word from Chesters! Do you think a Paris publisher would take the little work?' (23rd January 1921), 'I am truly delighted the variations - thanks to your exquisite playing - have met with such success and thank you very much' (4th May 1921), 'I do hope you will be in England in October. It would be awfully nice to have that little concert at Broadway and I should love to hear you play the Bach, and my flute variations' (4th August 1924), 'I have just read Mme. Navarro's letter again and am sorry I did not follow my first impulse….and told you that, although she accepts your terms she finds them rather high. "Higher" (she writes) than Suggias or any other of the artists that play and sing here for me…." I think therefore it would be a very gracious thing on your part - and good policy too for the future if in writing to her you would say that…..you will be very glad to accept fifteen guineas….After all, Mme de N has been a very famous artist herself and all the best musicians love to play & sing for her' (17th August 1924), 'I send you here a little sicilienne with which Casals (it is originally for cello) has had a huge success in New York' (27th August 1924). Several of the letters are written in French and seven of them incorporate musical quotations of various lengths, each being corrections and suggestions to Henschel's composition and submitted to Fleury for this thoughts and comments. Also including a further three Autograph Musical Quotations, unsigned, by Herschel, again each being corrections and suggestions sent to Fleury (and referred to in some of the letters). A number of the letters are accompanied by the original envelopes hand addressed by Herschel. An interesting archive. Some light age wear, generally VG, 31 Louis Fleury (1878-1926) French Flautist.

MENUHIN YEHUDI: (1916-1999) American-born British and Swiss Violinist and Conductor. T.L.S., Yehudi Menuhin, one page, 4to, Los Gatos, California, 7th June 1954, to Miss Muriel Frost. Menuhin states that he has received his correspondent's letter, remarking 'and I, too, pray that this may not be your last letter from an office which brought us together and contributed so much to my feeling of friendship and peace of mind in England', further adding that his wife is writing to her independently, although inviting Frost to stay with them in Gstaad in September, explaining 'your presence would be of inestimable value in handling my correspondence and freeing me to care for the rather important work I have at that time'. Menuhin concludes 'Many thanks for attending to all the different chores I have you. I do hope that the next weeks will provide you with relaxation and clear the mind from the myriad of petty problems you have had to face these last months.' Together with an A.N.S., Yehudi Menuhin, on an oblong 12mo card (most likely originally accompanying a gift or flowers), n.p., December 1954, to Miss Frost, 'celebrating a long and happy companionship'. Also including an A.L.S., Yehudi Menuhin, three pages, 8vo, London, 29th May 1955, to Miss Muriel Frost, on the printed stationery of Claridge's. Menuhin announces 'I will long recall the particular quality which your blend of devotion and ability conveyed to a relationship which has spanned the greater part of my life - a constant, unfailing element of support and comfort' and continues 'Amid a shifting background and standing often as a lonely pillar in a sea of debris, you guarded intact the life-lines and the essential parts of the matter' and concluding by remarking 'I only hope that you will bring your friendly and lively face often to see me'. Accompanied by the original envelope. Further including a vintage signed and inscribed postcard photograph of Menuhin in a head and shoulders pose playing his violin. Photograph by Fayer of Vienna. Signed by Menuhin in dark fountain pen ink to the lower white border and dated December 1955 in his hand and a signed and inscribed hardback edition of Yehudi Menuhin - The Story of the Man and the Musician by Robert Magidoff, First Edition published by Doubleday & Company Inc., New York, 1955. Signed by Menuhin in bold blue ink to the half title page, 'To dear Miss Frost, recalling our happy hours in London together Dec-Jan 1956, Yehudi Menuhin'. Accompanied by the dust jacket (some extensive wear, creasing and areas of paper loss). The lot also includes Diana Menuhin (1912-2003) British Ballerina, second wife of Yehudi Menuhin. A.L.S., Diana Menuhin, two pages, 4to, Los Gatos, California, 10th September n.y. (late 1950s?), to Miss. Frost. Most likely writing following the death of her third child shortly after birth, Menuhin thanks her correspondent for their 'sweet & sympathetic letter' and continues 'It was a stupidly cruel shock and I am fighting hard to overcome the anguished feeling of emptiness & waste. I have, though, so much in life that I would be a very ungrateful & egoistic (sic) creature if I could not conquer my sadness, and I have such a loving family and friends that I know myself to be very fortunate', concluding by hoping that they will be able to meet for lunch or dinner in London in the future, and further features a series of sixteen vintage Christmas greetings cards from the Menuhin family, the majority inscribed by Diana Menuhin and signed by her on behalf of her husband and family, the stiff oblong small 8vo folding cards dated 1943, 1954 (2), 1956-59, 1961-67, 1969-70, each of the cards featuring different images (some colour, a few now detached although present), most depicting the Menuhin's children although some also including Yehudi and Diana. G to generally VG, 22

ROGER GUSTAVE: (1815-1879) French Tenor. A.L.S., G Roger, one page, 8vo, n.p., n.d., to Leroy, on his blind embossed monogrammed stationery, in French. Roger announces 'It isn't possible for me to practice all day', explaining that he may be able to come in the evening although he has a bad eye which has been bandaged, and continuing 'since I am not playing L'Amour it would be unnecessarily tiring: I predicted this yesterday, I spoke of it to Riletta (?) who saw my eye and my bad luck...and excused me'. Lightly mounted and with some extremely minor age wear, otherwise VG

Two vintage children's books - 'Fourteen Songs From When We Were Very Young' by A.A. Milne pub. Methuen & Co. 1928, 'Over the Hills' by E.L.Shute pub. Frederick Warne & Co.,'Zoo Quest' board game, 'Autobridge' playing board, student's microscope (boxed) and a frame containing two early 20th century postcards

A rare early 18th century miniature of probably George II and Queen Caroline with an accompanying set of seven talc overlays Standing arm in arm the gentleman wearing red knee breeches, stockings a frilled chemise and full bottomed wig; the lady a blue mantua gown and a crown, her hair short with curls. watercolour on paper. Each 'talc' transparent mica sliver overlay painted with different costume details in opaque colour, housed in a circular ivory box, the screw fitting cover lined with a watercolour on paper of a gentleman in a landscape accompanied by a seated female figure playing an instrument. 4cm diameter Provenance the Lambert family of Woodmansterne, Surrey and thence by descent.

A late Victorian Sheraton Revival painted occasional table, the top with wavy edge and projecting D shaped ends painted to centre with an oval panel depicting a reclining classical maiden holding a tambourine accompanied by a putto playing the pipes, on square tapering legs with spade feet united by an oval platform stretcher. 76 x 45 x 66cm high.

Vintage Wills cigarette playing cards in original box and packaging

19th century stained glass window depicting Angels playing musical instruments taken from a church in Keighley, Yorkshire, in the 1970s in the manner of James Powell & Sons 120 cms x 55 cms

Plated tankard, forks, playing cards, leaf sauce boat, chamber stick

Group of six early 20th century Sitzendorf porcelain figures including two pairs of girls playing tambourines, 18cm high, and a pair of gallants, standing on oval bases, 17cm high. (6)

An early 20th Century German hallmarked silver casket of rectangular outline, the hinged cover with embossed panel depicting a winged figure attended by putti within a pierced border, the base with pierced and embossed panels depicting putti playing and boating against a landscape setting, the whole raised on four swan feet, weight 9.6oz, length 11.7cm, pseudo Hanau hallmarks for Georg Roth and Co Hanau 1891 - 1919.

Collection of Playing Cards, Dice Shakers, etc and a Box of Mixed Items including Wallets, Lighters, etc

Olive Wood 'Flowers and Views of the Holy Land' Jerusalem Book, 'The Book of Ornamental Alphabets' published by Crosby Lockwood 1901, Quantity of Glass Plates together with Various Postcards and Packs of Playing Cards, etc

Group of Vintage Books and Pamphlets including Mrs Beeton's Household Management, Liverpool Football Club Handbook 1949 - 50, Various Folded Geographica Cloth and Other Maps, RAF Acklington 1943 Christmas Greeting, Punch Book, Bovril Ltd Cased Playing Card Set, etc

Hunter Ale Bentley;s Brewery Advertising Pub Mirror together with Pair of Humorous Pears Prints of Gentleman Playing Cards

A 19th century Swiss musical box, playing twelve airs in an inlaid and ebonised case, no, 4236, 65cm

Hardy and Sons Playing Cards - duty one shilling 1828 - printed with George and Dragon on reverse 51/52 Condition report: Ace of spades missing, play worn

Five clockwork toys including kitten playing ball, snail, tortoise, etc.

A quantity of miscellanea including some First Day Cover stamps, old Postcards and Playing Cards

A pretty continental Cup and Saucer, with green borders having gilt highlights, the cup oval panel decorated with young boy seated playing a pipe, the saucer with central panel decorated with bagpipes, Sevres style blue underglaze mark to base

AN EARLY 20TH CENTURY JAPANESE BLUE & WHITE HIRADO PORCELAIN SAUCEBOAT, painted with playing boys; 5.5in long; together with a similarly decorated porcelain soap bowl and cover, 3.6in diameter & 3in high; and a pair of blue and white prunus decorated porcelain vases, 9.3in high

A PAIR OF CHINESE BLUE & WHITE PORCELAIN JARS & COVERS, each flaring body decorated with a multitude of playing boys, 9in high overall.

Tomas Ndombele (XX) - stylized African female nude playing lute - 74x54cm bronze plaque, stamp to bottom right T Ndombele 83 CONDITION REPORT: good condition

SELECTION OF VINTAGE BOOKS including 'The Adevnture of Peregine Pickle' dated 1787, 'The Universal History & State of All Nations' by M. De Voltaire dated 1758, a 19th century book on the Italian Sculpture Collection of the South Kensington Museum, a pack of Art Deco Cunard playing cards, two early Lion annuals etc.

COLLECTION OF LLADRO AND NAO FIGURES including a Lladro Geisha figure,a nao figure of a child, a pair of nao figures of a man and a women playing croquet and three Casades Geisha figures (8)

DAVID BARROW (b. 1959) Framed, signed, dated June 2015 verso, oil on card with cut out relief, Naïve Northern School, showing figures playing in park, with terraced houses and smoking chimneys behind, titled and inscribed, 'Collecting Bomi', verso, see artist`s label verso, 29cm x 29cm.

A group of seven WW1 military related Crested Ware items to include; fire place with black cat and motto 'We've kept the Home fires burning' by Arcadian with Royal Leamington Spa crest, map of Blighty oranament with verse to lower body reading 'Take me back to dear Old Blighty, put me on the train for London Town, drop me anywhere Liverpool, Leeds or Manchester, i don't care' with Forest Row crest by Carlton China, Scottie dog in a dog house with 'The Black Watch' and Edinburgh crest by Caledonia China, Tommie dugout somewhere in France ornament with Oulton Broad crest by Carlton China, Scottie dog with hat and Arms of Reading crest by Willow Art China, soldier next to tent playing acordian with motto 'Blighty! is the place for me-e-e', with City of Leicester crest by Shelley and a three piece cruet set depicting Union Jack, cannons and tents by Goss. (7)

J. ROYBAL. Four framed, signed, Contemporary oils on canvas, two showing figures playing musical instruments and two showing figures on bikes, 40cm x 29.5cm, (4).

RICHARDS - AN EARLY 20TH CENTURY TILE GROUP, decorated with Dutch children holding hands and playing a musical instrument, framed, 16 x 42 cm Buyers - for shipping pricing on this lot, visit www.cuttlestones.co.uk/shipping

RECORDS - ASSORTED Approximately sixty-one long-playing records, circa 1970s-80s, by Eric Clapton, Led Zeppelin, The Rolling Stones, David Bowie, and others, (two cases).

RECORDS - ASSORTED Approximately fifty long-playing records, circa 1960s-80s, by Led Zeppelin, Neil Young, The Rolling Stones, Fat Mattress, Foghat, and others, (box).

A GAMES COMPENDIUM late 19th or early 20th century, comprising a set of chess pieces (one replaced), dominoes, draughts, playing cards, and other items, all contained in a fitted mahogany box, 39cm long.

A quantity of old board games including Monopoly, set of dominoes, playing cards and Lotts Stone puzzle

VIETNAMESE CARVED FIGURE OF A WARRIOR clutching a guan dao, on a naturalistic base, 29cm high; an East Asian deity playing a musical instrument standing on a lotus leaf base, 18.2cm high; and a Japanese Samurai warrior in resin, 26cm high

HINDU GODDESS seated cross legged on a decorative plinth, 26.5cm high; an East Asian deity sat on a lotus leap plinth, 13.5cm high; a Chinese woman playing a flute, on a circular plinth, 18cm high; and a Polynesian head of a gentleman constructed as naked ladies, 10cm high, all in resin (4)