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Lot 726
Vicke Lindstrand - Kosta - A post war glass Autumn vase circa 1954, of compressed ovoid form with a deep cased wall decorated internally with a stylised tree form in black to each side and flecks of orange, red and green around the body and collected to the base to form stylised fallen leaves, three line acid mark to base and engraved LU 2011, 16.5cm.
Lot 727
Geoffrey Baxter - Whitefriars - A post war glass paperweight internally decorated with Clichy rose style canes surrounding a central ruffle cane with a border of alternating blue and yellow murrine canes and pale blue latticinio canes on a deep blue based cased in a clear crystal printie cut dome, dated 1978, signature cane, diameter 7.5cm.
Lot 736
Mari Simmulson - Upsala Ekeby - A post war Swedish oval trinket box and cover, the flat cover with two incised faces with floral garlands in their hair detailed with glaze pooling, impressed marks, retains original paper label, length 15.5cm together with a small post war oval dish with hand painted stylised decoration, faint incised marks, length 14.5cm (2)
Lot 742
Attributed to Palle and Margrethe Dybdahl - Dybdahl Pottery - A small post war twin handled bowl decorated with hand painted peacock eye decoration, painted mark, diameter 12.5cm together with a similar small candlestick and a Soholm vase of ovoid form decorated with hand painted flowers, height 11cm (3)
Lot 744
Attributed to Einar Johnnsen - Soholm - A post war vase of square form with a squat collar neck decorated with incised mesh panels and glazed in a blue green, printed mark, height 25cm together with two Danish vases, one of square form incised Desiree and the second of bulbous form glazed in a tonal brown, impressed Denmark (3)
Lot 151
Taxidermy: Family of Foxes (Vulpes vulpes), circa 1981, by Emily Mayer Taxidermy, Diss, Norfolk, a family of foxes comprising a vixen and her three kits in playful recumbent position, amongst a natural setting with a rotten fence post and a mouse below, enclosed within a walnut framed coffee table style display with glass top, 84cm by 84cm by 50cm, Taxidermist's full paper trade label to underneath including signaturespecimens are slightly faded , 17/01/18 Rob
Lot 274
SACHSENHAUSEN: A mimeographed copy of the written testimony of 'Blockältester' Karl Schwerbel, former SS member, sent to Sachsenhausen for the crime of homosexuality under §175 StGB of the German Criminal Code, nine pages, folio, Sandbostel, 18th December 1945. The testimony being a first-hand report on the evacuation of the Sachenhausen concentration camp in April 1945, describing the conditions of fellow prisoners, their food rations, guards, encounters and the environment they experienced during the forced march, in part, 'All prisoners who were fit to march were to leave the camp on foot, in marching units of 500… The Children, the sick and those not fit to march, were to stay behind in the camp… When the order to evacuate became known, disturbances, surprise raids, and plundering started… It was impossible, however, to prevent the theft from the camp post office of what were said to be some 2000 Red Cross parcels… Some Russian and Ukrainian prisoners had apparently attacked a truck loaded with provisions, and they had been driven off by shots from an SS NCO…every prisoner had issued to him as a 3 day march ration, 1 army loaf, together with 350 or 500 grams of tinned meat, (¼ of a tin)… To each marching group were allotted, in addition, armed prisoners, who had been picked for the Dirlewanger unit… The group commander, from the side of the Sachsenhausen concentration camp, was the former SS Sturmscharfuhrer Breitling… After a march of about 15kms., we rested… During this time I witnessed the following incident… a prisoner who lingered behind a column which was passing by us was shot by a member of the SS on the open road… the incident was, however, also observed from a car of the International Red Cross… In the evening, we found shelter in barns… Here again we all had cooked potatoes, and some of us buttermilk as well… On 22. and 23.4.1945… we saw also in the ditches on both sides of the road many bodies of male prisoners with shot wounds. There must have been over 20 of them… on 24.4.45… an SS officer - not known to me - who was passing our column on a motor-cycle, shouted out an order from Keindl, the commandant, not to shoot any prisoners, since the sick and the feeble would be taken on in lorries… In Below, there began for the prisoners the most dreadful suffering… no further food for 5 days… Every morning, for this reason, some 50-60 corpses lay close to the edge of the camp. Cases of cannibalism are also believed to have taken place… On account of the ever-worsening situation, Keindl, the commandant, decided to allow a proportion of the prisoners to return home… In addition, the escort was most strictly forbidden to use their firearms against the prisoners… The last three nights of the march were spent under the open sky by prisoners and escort… It frequently occurred that bands of famished prisoners fell upon turnip and potato stockpiles… SS Hauptsturmfuhrer Petri also tried, in one village, to stop a peasant woman from giving milk to prisoners and SS men. On the other hand, I also noticed that the escort personnel secretly gave the prisoners… potatoes, turnips, cigarettes and water… In the afternoon of 2.5.1945, the terrible march of my column came to an end… through its disintegration and flight to safety with the American troops.' With various pertinent words and paragraphs highlighted in red indelible pencil. With two files holes to the left edge and very light age wear, otherwise VGThe Blockältester (block or barracks leader) had to ensure that rules were followed in the individual barracks and also responsible for the prisoners in the barracks.
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Lot 292
[ELIZABETH II]: (1926- ) Queen of the United Kingdom 1952- . Small selection of Post Office Telegrams all from the Queen, sent from Buckingham Palace and Windsor Castle, August 1973 - April 1981, all to Robert Marrington, Sandringham House, Norfolk, being messages of thanks for Marrington's birthday greetings, and one being thanks for his congratulations on the occasion of the Silver Jubilee. Each accompanied by the original envelope. Together with [Prince Charles] (1948- ) Prince of Wales. A Post Office Telegram, sent from Buckingham Palace, 19th November 1991, to Robert Marrington, being a message of thanks for Marrington's congratulations on the occasion of the Prince's birthday. Accompanied by the original envelope. With some minor creasing and light age wear, otherwise VG, 6 Robert C. Marrington, Superintendent of Works at Sandringham House, Norfolk.
Lot 299
WELLINGTON DUKE OF: (1769-1852) Anglo-Irish Field Marshal, the Victor of Waterloo, 1815. British Prime Minister 1828-30, 1834. A good A.L.S., Wellington, three pages, 4to, London, 14th June 1830, to William Smith. Wellington states that he has received his correspondent's letter and enclosure and remarks 'I am much concerned that the prospects of the tunnel are so little promising', further adding 'I confess that I never had a very favourable opinion of Mr. Vignoles' plan; and the security of 15000£ for the safety of the works already performed always appeared to me to be very insufficient'. Wellington continues to add 'You are a Member of the House of Commons and you must be as well aware as I am of the impossibility of either purchasing or making any advance for the tunnel' and also comments 'The tunnel is a magnificent national work which may eventually be very useful. But I know of not one real efficient national economy; that is to incur no expense that it is not necessary or at least useful to the publick. I endeavour to act upon this principle. I never willingly depart from it and I don't think that I should be justified in departing from it in the case of the tunnel'. A letter of interesting content. VG William Smith (1756-1835) British Politician & Abolitionist, a close associate of William Wilberforce and the maternal grandfather of Florence Nightingale. Smith served as Member of Parliament for Norwich from 1802-06 and 1807-30. Charles Blacker Vignoles (1793-1875) British Railway Engineer who had been offered a post as resident engineer for the Thames Tunnel by Marc Brunel in 1826. The offer was withdrawn in favour of Brunel's son, however Vignoles was sent to the Isle of Man on behalf of the Government to survey property. At the time of Wellington's letter all work had ceased on the Thames Tunnel due to repeated flooding and a lack of finances.
Lot 307
THATCHER MARGARET (1925-2013) British Prime Minister 1979-90. Signed 4½ x 6 photograph, the image depicting Thatcher seated in a formal half-length pose. Signed ('Margaret Thatcher') in bold black ink with her name alone to the lower white border. With the original letter, on Downing Street stationery, which accompanied the photograph. Together with a signed First Day Cover commemorating Women of Achievement, featuring a colour photograph of Thatcher dressed in her Baronial robes. Post marked 6th August 1996. Signed ('Margaret Thatcher') in bold blue ink with her name alone to a clear area of the cover. The cover published by Autographed Editions. Also including a second unsigned memorial cover celebrating Margaret Thatcher's life. Post marked 17th April 2013, her funeral date. Both covers are presented in a hardback folder and are loosely held within clear wallets, as produced by The Westminster Collection. About EX, 3
Lot 367
BATTLE OF BRITAIN: A multiple signed First Day Cover commemorating the 40th Anniversary of the Battle of Britain 1940-1980, individually signed by five Battle of Britain pilots comprising Douglas Bader, Johnnie Johnson, Robert Stanford Tuck, John Cunningham and James Lacey. All have signed in bold blue inks with their names alone to clear areas of the cover. Post marked at Biggin Hill, Kent, 5th October 1980. VG
Lot 369
WORLD WAR II: Louis Mountbatten (1900-1979) British Admiral of World War II. Uncle of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. T.L.S., Mountbatten of Burma, with holograph salutation and subscription, one page, 8vo, Broadlands, Romsey, 27th May 1968, to Mr. Arenour (?). Mountbatten thanks his correspondent for their letter, adding, 'How kind of you to send me that nice snapshot (no longer present) taken of my wife with your friend in Singapore during the war.' With two small tears to either side of the horizontal fold. Together with Arthur T. Harris (1892-1984) British Marshal of the Royal Air Force, Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief of RAF Bomber Command during World War II. Signed Commemorative Cover celebrating the 60th Anniversary of No. 50 Squadron and featuring a colour image of Lancaster bombers setting course, 1943. Post marked 15th May 1976. Signed ('Arthur T. Harris MRAF') in bold blue ink to a clear area of the cover. Also including David Stirling (1915-1990) Scottish Officer in the British Army, Mountaineer, and the founder of the Special Air Service during World War II. Signed Commemorative Cover by the Royal Air Forces Escaping Society titled Retour En Tunisie and featuring a colour image of the Tunisian landscape. With a Tunisian stamp postmarked 10th October 1977. Signed by Sterling in blue ink with his name alone to a clear area of the cover. G to VG, 3
Lot 11
ALI & BORGNINE: ALI MUHAMMAD (1942-2016) American Boxer, World Heavyweight Champion & BORGNINE ERNEST (1917-2012) American Actor, Academy Award winner. Signed 10 x 8 photograph by both Ali and Borgnine individually, the image depicting Ali seated in a half length pose, with Borgnine standing by his side, the two surrounded by journalists, in a post-fight scene from the film The Greatest (1977). Signed by Ali in bold blue ink to a clear area of the image, and dated 1984 in his hand, and signed by Borgnine in black ink with his name alone to another clear area of the image. About EX
Lot 187
FLEMING IAN: (1908-1964) British Author, creator of the secret agent James Bond. T.L.S., Ian Fleming, with holograph salutation and subscription, two pages, 4to, Kemsley House, London, 20th June 1956, to Antony Terry ('Dear Tony'), Bonn. Fleming thanks his correspondent for a wonderful evening he and his wife have had, continuing, 'and a miraculous way of explaining to Anne the mythos of Teutonia in the briefest possible time' further continuing to inform of their travels into Bavaria, 'the trip went off well except that I had, as I expect you saw, to scrape the barrel really desperately in order to make anything out of Interpol this year. They clamped down on me very tightly' Fleming further tries to assist Terry in stating, 'Having had a quick glance at Bonn I am very sorry for you having to stay there, and I do urge you to get around Germany and the neighbouring countries as much as you can. We will always welcome any suitable excuse if it is likely to produce good copy for the Sunday Times, and it is just a question of you keeping your eyes and ears open and then sending me a cable proposing some exploit' the author adding a postscript to the conclusion, 'It is clear that you made a great mistake in missing this fancy dress party though I can't, for the life of me, see your resemblance to Himmler.' Together with an unsigned copy of a typed letter to Fleming, n.p., 13th May 1956, from an unknown correspondent. The letter suggests an itinerary for Fleming's visit to Germany, giving the names of hotels, places to visit and eat at, stating, in part, 'The Schaumburger Hof is, of course , old world and mush less luxurious than the Dreesen, but on the other hand the room where Hitler slept ist auch etwas, as the Germans say' and of the food, 'I don't know what you like to eat, but one never starves in Germany, though I often get indigestion from the artificial cooking fats which IG Farben have induced Germans to eat since the war, instead of good old schmaltz or butter or olive oil.' With two file holes to the left edge of each page, none of which affects the text. VG, 2 Anthony Terry (1913-1992) British Journalist, a former European Editor of The Sunday Times who was first hired in 1949 by Fleming (at the time the Foreign manager for the newspaper). Terry's obituary in The Independent stated that he was 'one of the paper's most valuable assets, a one-man listening post, a fastidious checker of facts, a burrower into dark corners and a traveller who never complained of fatigue'.
Lot 204
CROWLEY ALEISTER: (1875-1947) English Occultist, Ceremonial Magician & Poet, a notorious figure whom, during his lifetime, was denounced in the popular press as "the wickedest man in the world". A.L.S., Aleister, his signature incorporating a capital A which, almost certainly deliberately, resembles a phallic symbol, two pages, 4to, Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire, 28th May n.y. (c.1941), to Frieda [Harris], on the printed stationery of the Noel Arms Hotel (Crowley adding an annotation in his hand alongside the illustrated coat of arms, ‘What a ghost!’). Crowley announces ‘Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law’ and continues to inform his correspondent that he sent her ‘Kh. K. K’ yesterday, although was in a hurry to get to the Post Office and realised he had not packed it properly (‘So I got a wrapper and hoped for the best, just like Pharaoh’s Daughter in the bulrushes!’), further adding that he has just received her letter, remarking ‘I had hoped that you knew me well enough to have no doubt of my attitude. I agree most heartily’. The occultist also expresses some concerns, ‘I’m worried, though, about proofs, cards of imitation and (please forgive me for mentioning it!) stipend’ and further writes ‘The moving and paying off small bills has cost about £5. I am dreadfully sorry to be a burden. The worst of it is, at this time of year there is a hiatus of two weeks in my Trustee allowance’, adding ‘And life is going to be very uncomfortable in the cupboard. No chance of doing any work but intensive research, and considerable fear that return to discomfort will mean return to continual illness’. Crowley continues his letter on a different subject, telling his correspondent ‘I appreciate your heroism. But personally I think that you are being bluffed. Since I went for Constable no one has dared to utter a word openly against me. I should like to see the show, anyhow. Cannot I sneak up in disguise towards the end? Or have it fixed for me to see it privately after hours – or before?’ and concludes with the line ‘Love is the law, love under will’ before adding a postscript in which he declares ‘I’m sick of this place: trying to arrange to stay with friends Maidenhead way. If the plan goes, I might want sudden help’. A letter of interesting content and association. Some light creasing and age wear to the edges, otherwise about VG Lady Frieda Harris (1877-1962) English Artist and an associate of Crowley’s, most famous for her design of the occultist’s Thoth tarot deck. Crowley’s reference to proofs and imitation cards in the present letter undoubtedly refer to the designs Harris was working on for the Thoth tarot deck, which had begun in the late 1930s. Some of the surviving correspondence from Harris to Crowley may also offer an explanation as to the show referred to in the present letter. On 26th May 1941 the artist wrote to Crowley, in part, ‘The opposition against you in Oxford is very strong. My business is to get money to publish these cards if possible & this is nearly impossible in the present war-condition. I have been successful thro using what influence I possess in getting at people with money to come & see the Exhibition. This is using my social position foully. If they suspected that the cards were inspired by the Arch Magician of Black Magic (what do they mean?) they would withdraw their patronage. I have had this conveyed to me politely & impolitely. Therefore if you come to the Private View or show up in any prominence this attempt to launch the cards is doomed & all the work & money lost. Can you be so largeminded & detached as to keep away until the thing is launched–If you court notoriety, it is sure to appear ultimately that you are the source because so many people know it & I am really afraid of the avalanche which will fall on me.’ Interestingly, the letter (as with a number of others in the correspondence) commences and concludes with the same sentences as Crowley has used in the present example.
Lot 214
BURTON RICHARD F.: (1821-1890) English Explorer. A.L.S., Richd. F. Burton, two pages, small 8vo, Damascus, 22nd May 1871, to Mr. Williams. Burton writes in his typically small hand, sometimes hard to decipher, and states that he was sadly disappointed to receive his correspondent's letter and to have not seen him in Jerusalem, further asking 'Do you remember our fellow travelers to Paraguay G. M. Curtis & H. A. Palmer?', adding that they had come to Damascus and continuing 'We did not get home till May 19, delayed by Jewish passports….Lucy…writes (April 4) that she saw you and heard that you thoroughly enjoyed your trip'. With blank integral leaf (some light traces of former mounting and two small areas of paper loss). About VG In 1868 Burton had been appointed British Consul in Damascus and it was considered an ideal posting for the explorer due to his knowledge of the region and local customs. However, Burton made many enemies and antagonised much of the Jewish population there because of a dispute concerning money lending. He was recalled from the post in 1871, the same year as the present letter. Burton had visited Jerusalem, a pilgrimage which he refers to in the present letter, in March 1871 accompanied by his wife and the English naturalist and explorer Charles Tyrwhitt Drake (1846-1874). They spent Holy Week in Jerusalem and afterwards visited Hebron, the Dead Sea and other historical spots before returning by way of Nazareth.
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