Gerald Rickards (British 20th Century 1931-2006), untitled, oil on canvas, 71cm x 107cm, unsigned, unframed.Gerald Rickards was one of Wigan’s most distinctive and best-loved artists, specialising indepicting buildings in his own distinctive style, from small private houses to large country houses.Meticulous attention to details was an important feature in all his work. Paintings ranged fromsemi-abstract oils, small watercolour studies, reinforced with line, to larger watercolour/gouachecompositions, murals and stained-glass design.Born in Aspull, he lived in Billinge near Winstanley College (previously Up Holland GrammarSchool) where he was Head of Art for 26 years. He was the first Artist in Residence at DrumcroonEducation Art Centre. Following early retirement, he devoted all his time to painting from 1985until his death in 2006.He was a student at Wigan School of Art and Liverpool College of Art followed by a post graduatefellowship at Edinburgh College of Art where he was the prize winner for the most distinguishedwork of college year. A travelling scholarship to study mural painting in Europe followed inaddition to work on the Diaghilev Exhibition for Edinburgh Festival and the Sunday Observer inLondon.Early work (1960-1975) featured semi-abstract oils, linear patterns adapted from plans of largebuildings and some religious motifs. The latter part of the 1970’s featured subjects which wereeasier to recognise including mythological creatures and birds depicted in a decorative two-dimensional manner with lots of detail in linear backgrounds. Later works featured parts ofbuildings, with special attention given to detail, and the relationship between façade andbackground. The traditional approach to perspective was avoided and subjects were oftenrepeated with variations of colour and arrangement.He held over two dozen exhibitions at galleries in the North West, Midlands, Cambridge, London,Salisbury & Norwich Cathedrals. All had a particular theme – National Trust properties, churches,cathedrals, waterside buildings, Oxbridge colleges, Thomas Hardy etc.Large scale works include the 37-foot Charter Mural in the History Shop, Wigan and a floor toceiling panel at Holgate School, Orrell. Other murals included Scottish Scout Headquarters,Manchester Airport, Nantwich Post Office and Warwickshire College (open competition winner inthe last two). Also, a ten-section painting for Newnham College at Cambridge, a collectionfeaturing all the buildings in the Close at Salisbury and seven section painting of Rufford Old Hall.He submitted the winning design for the 25-foot square Preston Guild window, designed andpainted the 15-foot high Queen’s Hall window in central Wigan, a window at Ince St Mary’s and a3-setion stained glass project for Christ Church, Aughton.His work was purchased by several educational establishments, local authorities, BritishWaterways, National Trust, Newnham College, Blackpool Gazette, English Schools AthleticsAssociation and for private collections in many European countries, America and Australasia.Prints were produced from several of the ongoing series, featuring national and local subjects, plusa triptych commemorating the last rugby match at Central Park.Provenance - sold on behalf of the Rickards estate.
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Gerald Rickards (British 20th Century 1931-2006), a group of four large mural designs, gouache, 216cm x 148cm, 178cm x 143cm, 187cm x 148cm & 273cm x 142cm, unsigned, unframed. Gerald Rickards was one of Wigan’s most distinctive and best-loved artists, specialising indepicting buildings in his own distinctive style, from small private houses to large country houses.Meticulous attention to details was an important feature in all his work. Paintings ranged fromsemi-abstract oils, small watercolour studies, reinforced with line, to larger watercolour/gouachecompositions, murals and stained-glass design.Born in Aspull, he lived in Billinge near Winstanley College (previously Up Holland GrammarSchool) where he was Head of Art for 26 years. He was the first Artist in Residence at DrumcroonEducation Art Centre. Following early retirement, he devoted all his time to painting from 1985until his death in 2006.He was a student at Wigan School of Art and Liverpool College of Art followed by a post graduatefellowship at Edinburgh College of Art where he was the prize winner for the most distinguishedwork of college year. A travelling scholarship to study mural painting in Europe followed inaddition to work on the Diaghilev Exhibition for Edinburgh Festival and the Sunday Observer inLondon.Early work (1960-1975) featured semi-abstract oils, linear patterns adapted from plans of largebuildings and some religious motifs. The latter part of the 1970’s featured subjects which wereeasier to recognise including mythological creatures and birds depicted in a decorative two-dimensional manner with lots of detail in linear backgrounds. Later works featured parts ofbuildings, with special attention given to detail, and the relationship between façade andbackground. The traditional approach to perspective was avoided and subjects were oftenrepeated with variations of colour and arrangement.He held over two dozen exhibitions at galleries in the North West, Midlands, Cambridge, London,Salisbury & Norwich Cathedrals. All had a particular theme – National Trust properties, churches,cathedrals, waterside buildings, Oxbridge colleges, Thomas Hardy etc.Large scale works include the 37-foot Charter Mural in the History Shop, Wigan and a floor toceiling panel at Holgate School, Orrell. Other murals included Scottish Scout Headquarters,Manchester Airport, Nantwich Post Office and Warwickshire College (open competition winner inthe last two). Also, a ten-section painting for Newnham College at Cambridge, a collectionfeaturing all the buildings in the Close at Salisbury and seven section painting of Rufford Old Hall.He submitted the winning design for the 25-foot square Preston Guild window, designed andpainted the 15-foot high Queen’s Hall window in central Wigan, a window at Ince St Mary’s and a3-setion stained glass project for Christ Church, Aughton.His work was purchased by several educational establishments, local authorities, BritishWaterways, National Trust, Newnham College, Blackpool Gazette, English Schools AthleticsAssociation and for private collections in many European countries, America and Australasia.Prints were produced from several of the ongoing series, featuring national and local subjects, plusa triptych commemorating the last rugby match at Central Park.Provenance - sold on behalf of the Rickards estate.
JAZZ - BOP/POST BOP/COOL. For all the cool cats here's a top collection of around 103 x LPs with a small selection of 12 x EPs. Artists/titles include The Bill Perkins Octet - On Stage (LAE 12078), The New Billy Taylor Trio (CLP 1231), Cy Touff - His Octet & Quintet (LAE 12040), Maynard Ferguson - Jam Session (US Emarcy MG-36009), Philly Joe Jones - Trailways Express, Gerry Mulligan inc. with Paul Desmond (33CX 10113), Butterfly With Hiccups (SLML 4002), On Tour (with Zoot Sims) and Jeru (BPG 62134), Barney Kessel - Easy Like (Vogue LAC 12082) and Some Like It Hot (LAC 12206), Gary Burton with Stephane Grappelli, Andre Previn, Dizzy Gillespie, Milt Jackson - Ballads & Blues (LTZ-K15064), Conte Candoli, Stu Williamson, Claude Williamson Trio, Oscar Peterson, Stan Getz and Tal Farlow. Though condition can vary, there are certainly titles grading between VG and Ex.
POST PUNK/NEW WAVE LPs. Fantastic selection of 9 x fine LPs to add to any collection! Titles are Joy Division - Still (UK original FACT 40 TOWNHOUSE, etchings THE CHICKEN WON'T STOP/THE CHICKEN STOPS HERE - VG records/with original inners/VG+ gatefold sleeve, no ribbon) and Closer (stock original UK 'solid black' vinyl FACT 25 A1/B1 OLD BLUE? etched - VG+/VG+ some discolouration), New Order - Power, Corruption & Lies (FAC 75 A2/B2), Skids - The Absolute Game (scarce Japanese promo VIP-6968 - top copy Ex+/Ex+ with inserts and obi), New Model Army - Radio Sessions..., Consolidated - Business Of Punishment, Conflict - The Ungovernable Force (MORT 20), OMD - Sugar Tax (V 2648), Shack - Zilch and Subhumans - Worlds Apart. Condition is generally VG to Ex+.
POST PUNK/NEW WAVE - LPs/12". Finely tuned selection of 4 x LPs with 2 x 12" all presented in wicked condition. Titles are Television - Marquee Moon (UK Elektra butterfly original K 52046 A1/B2 - Ex+/strong Ex with printed inner), Suicide - Cheree (limited edition 12" 12 BRO 57 - Ex+/Ex light ringwear), The Cure - Seventeen Seconds (FIX 004 - Ex+/Ex), Magazine - Play (V 2184 - Ex+/Ex a little discolouration), Graham Parker And The Rumour - Heat Treatment (6360 137 - Ex+/Ex+ with bonus 45!) and Depeche Mode - New Life (Re Mix) (12 MUTE 014 - Ex+/generic sleeve).
PUNK/POST PUNK - LPs/12" WITH LIMITED EDITION PICTURE DISCS. Superb package of 8 x LPs/12" including highly limited edition releases. Titles are Blondie - Greatest Hits: Deluxe Redux (double coloured LP set with DVD and poster, NBL5001GR - Mint and sealed) and Parallel Lines (original US picture disc CHP 5001), Ramones - Live, January 7, 1978 At The Palladium NYC (40033-1P), Die Hunns - Long Legs, Charged BGH - City Baby Attacked By Rats (40009 P), Plasmatics - 10 Years Of Revolutionary Rock & Roll (11" picture disc), Dead Kennedys - Live The Old Waldorf 1979 (RSD release) and K.U.K.L. - The Eye (original Crass 1984/1 '£3.00' sleeve - VG with some light heat marks/Ex poster sleeve). Elsewhere condition is generally Ex or Ex+.
A Franco-Flemish oak and walnut four-poster bedstead, 19th Century, incorporating earlier elements, with moulded overhanging cornice, the frieze carved with foliage and supported by Solomonic columns on turned baluster supports, the headboard with scrolled cresting centred by an armorial, 142cm wide/see illustration CONDITION REPORT: This is 19th Century as stated. 197cm long x 240cm high. It does not include the mattress but comes with box spring. The covers/pillows are also not included. Fairly rickety and headboard surmount very loose. Canopy with one replaced panel. Post with stains and other blemishes acceptable with age. Supports badly stained and one castor replaced.
A lifetime's collection of Scouting memorabilia from around the world. Contains two large grey woollen ponchos, a blue sheet and a grey woollen scarf all heavily decorated with scouting badges from the mid 1950's onward representing numerous countries. Six folders of international scout group badges. Loose collections of blanket patches, old UK patrol patches, woggles and belt slides, Sea Scout ribbons from various countries, overseas rank, membership and proficiency patches, plastic pins, metal badges, overseas location patches, UK post 1967 membership rank and proficiency patches, pre 1967 UK membership rank and proficiency patches, old South African proficiency patches. Collection also has two small boxes of duplicate patches. Forty eight penents from the mid 1960's onwards. A complete pre 1967 uniform from the Guernsey 2nd Elizabeth College group and items from other local groups post 1967. Parts of uniforms from numerous American, Australian, Canadian, Irish, New Zealand, Italian and Singaporean scout groups as well as 42 neckerchiefs.
A pair of mabe pearl earrings with yellow metal mounts, stamped 375, post fittings; pair of large pearl stud earrings; pair of simulated pearl earrings on hook fittings and a pair of white metal and pearl cluster drop earrings, all for pierced ears to/w a pair of circular garnet clusters, converted as earrings for pierced ears, 2 cm diam (5)
Roger Cockram, British, b. 1947 - Studio pottery vase decorated with a large butterfly/moth, two circular impressed marks, post 1986, 20 cm high to/w a studio pottery shallow bowl, impressed monogram to base, 27 cm diam. and an ovoid vase with narrow flared neck, indistinctly signed to base, 25 cm high (3) ARR may be applicableBlue vase - small rim chip
HAEMATITE NECKLACE WITH SIMILAR EARRINGS, the necklace formed by five strands of small spherical haematite beads, each 1.7mm diameter and a strand of larger beads each 3.5mm diameter, the larger strand also with gold coloured beads, with an impressive satin finish section clasp marked 14k, approximately 43cm long including clasp, the earrings each formed by a single haematite bead on a post fitting, marked 14K, lacking butterflies
ANGEL BOTELLO (PUERTO-RICAN 1913-1986) Ma Femme Haitienne, circa 1950 oil on burlap 60.5 x 54 cm (23 7/8 x 21 1/4 in.) PROVENANCEAcquired by Maurice Needham, the United States Charge d’Affaires of the American Embassy in Port-au-Prince, Haiti during the 1950sThence by descent in the familyWe are grateful to Juan Botello for his help in the attribution of the painting and his assistance in cataloguing this work.LOT NOTESAngel Botello was a Spanish Puetro-Rican artist, who worked in Latin-American Post-Modernism. After four years at the Äcole des Beaux-Arts, Botello returned to Spain and participated in the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). As a result, he had to flee the country and eventually immigrated to the Dominican Republic, where he was warmly welcomed. In 1944 Botello moved to Haiti and met his wife. In order to capture the beauty of island life, "the Caribbean Gauguin" used vivid, bold colors. To reside permanently, Botello and his family chose San Juan, Puerto Rico in 1953. The 33 years that Botello lived in Puerto Rico are considered the most prolific period in his artistic career. After his death in 1986, Angel Botello left behind an impressive legacy of oil paintings, lithographs, linocuts, serigraphs and bronze sculptures.
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