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Click here to subscribeFOUR BOXES OF TOYS AND GAMES ETC, to include battery operated robots, diecast vehicles including a boxed Corgi Casino Royal car and playing card set, a boxed Goldfinger DB5, a boxed LaFerrari and a boxed Spitfire 007 collecting cards, games include Notability, Masquerade, Monopoly etc, assorted Disney ephemera etc (4 boxes)
Peter Cook, a signed 10x8 The Hound of the Baskervilles (1978) film photo, with Cook playing Sherlock Holmes. An English satirist and comedy actor, Cook was also one half of the popular comedy duo, Pete and Dud with Dudley Moore. Good condition. All autographed items 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
1880, FRENCH: French-style cylinder music box playing 8 ayers (tunes) with a 16cm (6 - 1/4") disc and 3 bee-striking saucer bells. Simple walnut cabinet without inlay, maker unknown. The walnut cabinet shows little wear, with just minor surface abrasions. The mechanics of the music box work well, and the tonal quality is very good. The mechanics show light oxidation and there is not a complete tune card. No keys. Height: 21,5 cm. Width: 46,5 cm. Depth: 28 cm. Condition: Very Good. Location: The Netherlands, Tilburg.
† HILARY BROCK (born 1933); a porcelain figure of a woman in Edwardian costume playing a cello, painted B mark, gallery sticker, height 12cm, and a couple seated in a rowing boat, the man playing a banjo (2).Provenance: Purchased from Peter Dingley Gallery, Stratford-upon-Avon.Condition Report: End of cello bow broken off, otherwise appears good with no further signs of faults, damage or restorations.
Sir William Rothenstein (British 1872-1945), a sketch of Mrs Patrick Hamilton playing a violin, pencil on paper, signed 'WR 1922 for Miss Russell 1935' in pencil, page size 29cm x 40cm, unframed. Born Bradford 1845, Rothenstein became a key and influential figure in British art and society in the first half of the 20th Century. A master draughtsman, who was also a war artist in both World Wars & became principle at the Royal College of Art 1920 to 1935. He influenced many prominent artists including, Edward Burra, Henry Moore, Evelyn Dunbar, Edward Bawden, Eric Ravilious and John Piper.
Don McKinlay (British 1929-2017) Seated nude female playing the recorder Signed and dated '79, watercolour and pencil.74.5cm x 54.5cm (29.25in x 21.5in)Artists’ Resale Right (“droit de suite”) may apply to this lot.The painting is in very good, original condition. There is some cockling across the sheet and one or two small spots of foxing. There are pinholes in the upper left and lower right corners of the paper. The painting is ornately framed and glazed.
Tom Brown (British 1933-2017) Northern street scene with children playing football Signed, pastel.33.5cm x 45cm (13.25in x 17.75in)Artists’ Resale Right (“droit de suite”) may apply to this lot.The drawing is in very good, original condition with no obvious faults to report. The drawing is ornately framed and glazed. The frame has some minor scuffs and scratches commensurate with age.
A VICTORIAN SILVER CIGAR BOX by Stuart Clifford, London 1882, of plain design, the lid engraved with tiger passant armorial and worded 'Confido in Probitate', 17.5cm wide and an Edward VII silver cigarette box by William Henry Sparrow, Birmingham 1903 and containing two packs of playing cards
A VICTORIAN SILVER CHRISTENING TANKARD by Cohen & Charles, Birmingham 1879, embossed with flowers, 8cm high, weight 2.9 tr. ozs, retailed by Hamilton & Co, Calcutta, in fitted case, two other silver christening sets, cased, a set of six Elizabeth II silver coffee spoons, cased, a part dessert service comprising six fork and six knives with mother of pearl handles, in oak case and a set of four enamelled silver 'Playing Card' propelling pencils, cased (6)
A collection of 19th century hand painted playing cards, presumably for a parlour game, each painted with a caricature portrait or genre scene, mostly titled to verso, The Wizard of the North; Single Blessedness, "Love me, Love my cat"; The Village School Visitor; others, watercolour, each 6.5cm x 9.5cm (6)
A 2007 Gibson limited edition SG Special SG-3 electric guitar. One of only four hundred manufactured as part of Gibson's 'Guitar of the Week' series in 2007, the SG-3 features three single coil blade pickups.Made in USA,Finish: Ebony,includes the original combination hard case,S/N 021371XXX.The guitar is in very good condition with no signs of any damage or structural repair. There are only some very minor light scratches to the back of the body, these are barely noticeable and the only issues worth noting.The guitar has been played and tested. It is in great playing condition with no signs of any warping to the neck.
A Late 19th century Paillard & Co, drum and bell music box. Featuring a 23.5cm cylinder playing ten airs, stop/start and repeat controls, a six-beater drum and four bells, three of which are struck by an array of enamelled butterfly strikers, the drum and bell mechanisms can be switched off. The movement is contained within a polished veneered case with banding and marquetry to the lid, maker's label to the interior of the lid. Height 23.5cm, width 53cm, depth 30.5cm.There is some wear to the cog that starts the mechanism when winding the lever. On closer inspection, there appear to be a few missing and repaired pins. The tune sheet is also missing. The bells may require attention, as two of them have a fairly dull sound. In spite of these points, the box plays well and has a lovely sound.
A Fender Rustler six string electro acoustic banjo. A closed back resonator banjo guitar. Includes two packs of Pyramid banjo guitar strings and a Thomann hard case, an unusual thing in great condition.There is some wear to the banjo skin from previous playing, there is also some minor wear to the finish on the back cover. Apart from these issues, the banjo is in very good playing, structural, and cosmetic condition. On closer inspection, a microphone has been added inside the banjo to be used with a jack cable.
§ Peter Kuhfeld (British, b. 1952), 'Boys Playing' (1987), oil on board, signed lower right, 34 x 22cm, framed and glazed.Provenance: with Jonleigh Gallery, Surrey. Please note that Artist's Resale Right may be additionally payable on top of the hammer price for this lot, where the price is above the threshold of Euros 1,000, up to a maximum of 4% of the hammer price. Please visit www.dacs.org.uk for more information.
Anton van Wouw (South African, 1862-1945)Skapu Player, 1907 inscribed, signed and dated 'Joh.burg/A van Wouw/1907.sculpt' (to the base); further inscribed 'G. Nisini Fuse/ Roma' (lower back)bronze37 x 30 x 26 cm (14 9/16 x 11 13/16 x 10 1/4 in) (including base)Footnotes:LiteratureDuffey, A.E., Anton van Wouw: The Smaller Works, (Pretoria, 2008), another edition illustrated pp. 59-60The Skapu Player was first exhibited in van Wouw's Johannesburg exhibition in 1908. The work 'shows a young African man sitting cross-legged on a rock, playing his 'sekgapa' with a fiddlestick, while he absent-mindedly listens to his monotonous tune. His upper body is naked; he is only wearing wide trousers and is barefoot. The contrast between the sheen of the skin of the nude upper part of the body and the coarse texture of the flap trousers is heightened by the ingenious use of light and dark brown patinas.' (A.E.Duffy,2008:pp. 59-60)Working from life, Van Wouw created varied naturalistic forms performing tasks and activities of natural life such as hunting and, in instance, music in his bronze works. Assisted by Giovanni Nisini's dexterous European foundry, 'Nisini', Van Wouw was able to achieve the detailed and meticulously executed sensitivity of the human body. The present lot demonstrates very fine modelling, particularly evident in the fiddlestick in the figure's right hand, the way the long bow of the skapu is finely fixed to the calabash, and the detailing in the knot securing the trousers, all typical of the Roman castings of The Skapu Player. Indeed, the present lot can be established as owning the qualities that Duffy prescribes as 'minute detailing but also and inner power and monumentality' that occupies the sculptor's opus.(A.E.Duffy,2008:p. 77)BibliographyA. E. Duffey, Anton van Wouw: The Smaller Works, (Pretoria, 2008)This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Yusuf Adebayo Cameron Grillo (Nigerian, 1934-2021)Blind Minstrel inscribed, signed, titled and dated '15/BLIND MINSTREL/OIL ON BOARD/by/Y. GRILLO/ 1966' (verso)oil on board90 x 53.5cm (35 7/16 x 21 1/16in).(framed)Footnotes:ProvenanceAcquired in Lagos in the 1960's;A private collection. ExhibitedLagos, Goethe-Institute, (9-31 December 1966), 15.London, Commonwealth Institute Art Gallery, Contemporary Nigerian Art, (20th June - 21st July 1968), 62.LiteratureIkpakronyi, Simon O., Master of Masters, Yusuf Grillo: His Life and Works, ed. Paul Chike Dike & Patricia Oyelola, (Nigeria: National Gallery of Art, 2006), pp. 65-66. (illustrated)Commonwealth Institute Art Gallery, Contemporary Nigerian Art, An exhibition assembled by the Society of Nigerian Artists, (London: Commonwealth Institute Art Gallery, 1968) (illustrated) Simon O. Ikpakronyi identifies the subject of this work as 'Kokoro', a blind musician who became well known in Lagos. Ikpakronyi documents him as travelling around neighbourhoods, knocking on doors and collecting money. With some people paying him lots of money in order to support him, it can be concluded that Kokoro became a familiar face of the community. Remembered today in music circles Kokoro, who became blind from the age of 10, left a legacy in Yoruba music circles, particularly for being an early pioneer for juju, a popular music genre, singing about urban life, love, poverty, and conflict.It could be concluded that, in line with the artist's own love of music and interest in musical instruments, Grillo saw KoKoro as an appropriate subject given his fascination with social documentation, as he said:'I used to go close, watch and join the music, look at the dancers and join them too. They made a very, very strong impression, an indelible impression. And what interests me most is what the drummers do when they are not actually playing. That is, when they have an interval at which time they try to re-tune their instruments, that is, the drum skins, which they place over a small fire. They wold get some rough paper together, light it and place the drum over it so that the skin would be taut. The fact is that when they have been drumming, the skin goes a little slack, so the sound is not what it should be. Hence, they do all that just to warm it and make it taut, to bring back the desired sound. These are some of the things in traditional drumming that interest me most.' (Professor Yusuf Grillo, 13th November 2005). Indeed, the role of the male drummer is a recurring theme within the artist's work as seen in 'Drummers and Dancers' 1964, throughout his career to Lead Drummer (2003-09). In respect to the prior mentioned paintings, a commonality is detectable within these works in that the drummers are usually male figures in groups. Thus, the present work is rare example under this subject matter as it is a portrait of a strikingly identifiable character within the artist's body of work. Grillo's seemingly preferential use of the drum above other instruments may be due to its rhythmic interplay as with Yoruba language, hence why the traditional drum iya ilu translates to the 'talking drum'. Therefore, the artist's patronage to his Yoruba heritage may also indicate his desire to include a musical and performative element of specifically the drum to this work. Furthermore, in keeping with the iconic blue palette that distinguishes the artist from his contemporaries, Blind Minstrel holds a prominent and important position in the artist's oeuvre. A fantastic example of his geometrically compositional works, where by planes of blue hues assemble to create an image, the present work is indicative of the dynamism that is catalysed by Grillo's love of mathematics and art. BibliographySimon O. Ikpakronyi, Master of Masters, Yusuf Grillo: His Life and Works, ed. Paul Chike Dike & Patricia Oyelola, (Nigeria: National Gallery of Art, 2006)Toyin Falola, Culture and customs of Nigeria, (London: Greenwood Press, 2001)This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
MANUSCRIPT. - Ina Mary WEBB. [A diary written by a student at boarding-school. Bedford: N.p.:] January-July 1902, 59pp., manuscript, 8vo (215 x 128mm.) Unnumbered pages in a single legible and tightly written hand on lined paper detailing the daily activities of Ina and her friend's lives at Howard College, Bedford, numerous blank leaves to rear. (Toning, some offsetting of ink.) Original maroon buckram (sunned to spine, inner hinge weakening). Note: in addition to the daily whirl of school activities, Ina and her best friend Flossie have agreed to each keep a diary of their year at school. There are many certainties in their world, every hour is filled with improving lessons in needlework, music, Shakespeare and painting and any spare time is spent playing games of salta, whist and ping-pong. There is barely any time for reflection but occasionally Jamesian details seep through ('Mr Mott came to dinner. He had Harry Royce's umbrella with him'), occasionally the regressive drama of teenage life is expressed ('I went to bed at 8pm, found I wasn't well (how awful). I felt very much like dying, but got on alright'). On the 22nd of July the diary suddenly ends: 'Flossie's father was ill and she had been sent for so I helped her dress'. Maybe they both stopped writing their diaries after this news. Or, maybe, Ina stopped because, ever practical, she knew that on the 25th July, 'we go home'.Buyer’s Premium 24.5% (including VAT @ 0%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 5% (including VAT @ 0%) of the hammer price.
Norman Stansfield Cornish(1919-2014)"Children Playing Football Near 'Prefab' Garages, Spennymoor",signed,watercolour and Flo-Master pen,21.5 x 27.5cms, framed.Provenance: Stone Gallery, 1970Private Collection, Hexham, Northumberland, 1970-1998Dean Gallery Christmas Exhibition, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, 1999Private Collection.
An ornate 19th Century ormolu mantel clock, the enamelled roman dial with maker's name 'Heinrich Stach, Hannover', with two train movement striking on the hour and half-hour, with outside count wheel, the case modelled as a classical male playing a flute by a tree with dog at his side, the arched movement cover with hat and cape adornments, the platform base with classical scene of putto and animals, on circular feet, with glass dome and ebonised base, height of clock 36cms, height with glass dome 46cms, with pendulum.From the Leslie Southall Collection.
Coronation interest items belonging to Sir William Strang, G.C.M.G., K.C.B., M.B.E. (1893-1978), including: 1937 King George VI Coronation 1937 Staff Officer's baton and armband; 1953 Queen Elizabeth II Coronation medal, boxed stamped 'Civil', and playing cards; and Coronation Naval Review Spithead S.S. Orcades playing cards.
A Victorian rosewood card table stamped ‘Gillows Lancaster’, the ‘D’ shaped folding swivel top with applied gadrooned border opening to reveal a baize lined playing surface, anthemion tablet to frieze, on reeded column with concave sided platform with substantial lappet, scroll and paw feet, on castors, 92 x 46 x 74cms high.
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