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Click here to subscribeA George III mahogany linen press, the swan neck cornice with a Greek key moulding and inlaid with faux flutes and fan paterae, with kingwood banding, the oval recessed panel doors enclosing four slides, above two short and two long graduated drawers, on shaped bracket feet, the back of the cornice inscribed in black paint 'S C No. 3', 210.6cm high, 125cm wide, 60.4cm deep.
Edward VIII (Jan-Dec 1936), half-silver matte Proof Threepence, 1937. Bare head left, HP below for designer T Humphrey Paget, Latin legend and toothed border surrounding, EDWARDVS VIII D: G: BR: OMN: REX, rev. struck en medaille, three interlinked rings of St Edmund, lower legend THREEPENCE, upper legend :FID: DEF: : IND: IMP: 1937, edge plain (Giordano P5b; cf Bull 4015 R7; ESC -; S.p.512 note; cf KM.Pn125). Toned with some light flecks and spots, practically as struck, the only known example with a matt finish, in NGC holder graded PF 61, of the highest rarity thus. Estimated Value $55,000 Ex Dr Alfred Globus, Stacks, New York Coin Convention Auction, 1st December 1999, lot 1003.Ex Portraits of a Prince, collection of Joseph S Giordano, Spink Auction 206, 21st October 2010, lot 186. NGC certification 696286-002. The matte proof coins of this period are of the highest rarity as they were only produced for photographic purposes for internal use within the Mint to go toward promoting the eventual coins to the press when released. As Edward VIII's coinage was never issued it seems only a few individual matte proofs of the smaller denominations, had been produced by the time of the abdication. This coin is therefore unique at the current time and was last sold publicly at auction in Stacks of New York in the late 1990s. For further reading of how the proposed coinage progressed from start till the King's abdication please see "The Proposed Coinage of Edward VIII" by G P Dyer, published by HMSO 1973. Maurice Bull did not list the matte proof for the silver threepence.
Charles I (1625-1649), gold Double crown or Half-unite of Ten Shillings. Nicholas Briot's first milled coinage (1631-32), crowned draped bust left with jeweled crown, value .X. behind, all within inner beaded circle, initial mark daisy with B to left, pellet stops in Latin legend and outer toothed border surrounding, CAROLVS. D:G. MAG. BRITAN. FRAN. ET. HIB. REX, rev. inverted die axis, crowned garnished quartered shield, crowned C and lozenge to left, crowned R and lozenge to right, inner beaded circle surrounding, lozenge stops in Latin legend and outer toothed border surrounding, initial mark .B. to left of crown, CVLTORES. SVI. DEVS. PROTEGIT, weight 4.57g (Schneider 279; Brooker 710; N 2295; S 2720; Fr 254; KM 169). Slight adjustment marks on King's face and hair, more adjustment visible as parallel striations on reverse shield, light red tone, in PCGS holder graded AU 53, Pop 2; tied for the finest examples graded at both services. Estimated Value $20,000 Ex Alderman H. Hird, Glendining, 30 May 1961, lot 90. Bought Spink, July 1997. Ex Spink Coin Auction 206, 2nd December 2010, lot 944. PCGS certification 34312651. Nicholas Briot the Engraver general to the mints of France, introduced his mechanized mill press to the Tower Mint in 1631, and produced at the 22 carat standard two small issues of gold coins in 1631 and 1638, concurrent with the regular hammered issues. The milled issues were engraved to a very fine quality by Briot, like the coin offered here. Briot had gained the King's favor in 1626 after having moved to England in 1625, the King wanting to improve the artistic merit of the nation's coinage, which led to Briot's official appointment as mint engraver in 1634.
Fendi, a black clutch bag, with a black leather loop handle, the flap opening to a green satin interior with a single zip pocket, 15 x 27 x 3cm, with a Fendi dust bag; and a Prada black leather clutch bag, with a leather loop handle and flower decoration, press button fastener opening to a black satin interior with a single zip pocket, 12 x 28 x 4cm, with a Prada dust bag
'Fruits and Flowers', 20th century portfolio of prints after Pierre-Joseph Redoute pub. Ariel Press, London 1955 - three prints have been individually framed from the book 40cm x 30cm and Low Gate Hull, colour print after Roger Davies signed in pencil 23cm x 30cm (4) Condition Report Click here for further images, condition, auction times & delivery costs
Mary May Morris (British, 1862-1938): A Satirical Work, inscribed ''Central Depot. 2 Cavendish Sq: July.5.1918. `A good method of com/un}pressing delegates.' By one of them in admiration! [Dictionary note on `Compress' = V.A. (very!) `To press together by external force; to drive into a narrower compass; to crowd; to squeeze; to condense. ! * ! * ! * ! * ! * !!!'', pen and ink, signed Morris QM.NG (Queen Mary's Needlework Guild) Nuneaton. 1918, 21cm by 15.5cm label to verso FROM ABBOTT & HOLDER 30 Museum Street, WC1A 1LH and Mary Morris
CAGNEY JAMES: (1899-1986) American Actor, Academy Award winner. T.L.S., Jim, two pages, 4to, Verney Farm, Stanfordville, New York, 2nd September 1972, to Ann, on the personal printed stationery of Cagney. An informative letter in which Cagney enquires of his correspondent '…Did you see Sammy [Davis Jnr] throw his arms around President Nixon… I'll bet Richard was surprised. He didn't seem like the hugging kind.' Continuing 'Regarding my autobiography, as I told you I knew I would never get around to it, so my son-in-law stole the march on me… He drove me East and slipped a tape recorder between us in the car, and every time I opened my mouth he flipped the recorder on and I did 14 hours… The Regnery Press in Chicago has accepted a book written by somebody unknown to us entitled "Cagney". The lawsuits are building and I wanted to have the most prestigious company in the business backing up those suits so I called Ken McCormick… Please keep this all under your hat…' Further adding '…"Change Your Act Or Go Back to the Woods" was done by Victor Moore and Emma Littlefield and I saw them about 1925 or 26. Miss Littlefield died shortly after that I think. Then Moore went into "Of Thee I Sing" not too long after that. His last wife was an 18 year old girl. Do you suppose it was a love match?' Concluding 'P.S. Had a call from Art Carney yesterday. He's in a hit called "Prisoner of Second Avenue", and he told me that he enjoys going to the theatre nightly because the play is such a comfortable vehicle. You can't beat that.' EX Sammy Davis Jnr (1925-1990) American Entertainer, a member of the Rat Pack. Cagney, by Ron Offen, published by Regnery, Chicago, 1973 Art Carney (1918-2003) American Actor, Academy Award winner.
ISHERWOOD CHRISTOPHER: (1904-1986) Anglo-American Novelist. Book signed, an unbound edition of A Single Man, comprising eleven, 12-page deckle edged sections, folded and loosely collated, published by The Land Press, London, 1980. Signed by Isherwood in bold black ink with his name alone to the concluding free endpaper. Limited edition of 400 copies of which this copy is un-numbered. About EX The current unbound book possibly represents a proof copy, the final published edition being presented in hard covers and in a slipcase, with 400 numbered copies signed by Isherwood, with a further 25 copies reserved for a special issue in a leather binding by James Brockman.
MINDSZENTY JOZSEF: (1892-1975) Hungarian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church, Prince Primate of Hungary and Archbishop of Esztergom 1945-73. Mindszenty was imprisoned by the pro-Nazi Arrow Cross Party during World War II and was later given a life sentence in a show trial in 1949. He was freed in the Hungarian Revolution of 1956 and finally allowed to leave the country in 1971. Signed 6.5 x 8.5 photograph of the Cardinal in a head and shoulders pose wearing his religious robes. Mindszenty holds his head in his hands and several microphones appear on the table before him. Photograph by John Fairfax & Sons of Sydney, captured at a press conference in Sydney in the early 1970s shortly after his release from asylum in the United States embassy in Budapest. Signed ('+ Mindszenty') in bold blue ink with his name alone to the lower white border. About EX
PANKHURST SYLVIA: (1882-1960) English Campaigner for the Suffragette movement, daughter of Emmeline Pankhurst. T.L.S., E. Sylvia Pankhurst, one page, oblong 4to, Woodford, Essex, 13th December 1943, to Mr. Hebron at Westminster Abbey, on the printed stationery of the Princess Tsahai Memorial Hospital Fund. Pankhurst writes, in full, 'I enclose two alternative descriptions (no longer present) of the Abbey Service, which I propose to use for the press, and I should be glad if you would by return furnish me with the approved version'. A very slight, minor paperclip rust stain to the upper left corner, not affecting the text or signature, VG
A LARGE VICTORIAN COMPACTUM the bow fronted central section with a pair of panelled doors enclosing three sliding press trays and with three graduated long drawers under flanked by a pair of hanging cupboards with bevelled mirror doors and deep drawers under and raised on bun feet, by 'Jas. Shoolbred & Co', height 224cm width 228cm depth 76cm
Chelsea FC, approximately thirty programmes mainly recent cup finals, three press photographs winning league, finals, Munich 2012 programme and complete ticket, Moscow 2008 all travel documents, FA cup final 1997 programme and ticket stub, approximately a dozen ticket stubs for recent cup games, pennant commemorating last FA cup final at old Wembley plus other items
An early 19th century Central American hardwood side chair, of Spanish Colonial influence, shaped ladder back, rawhide seat, the stretchers with visible construction, 85cm high, New Mexico; another, similar (2) For a similar example see: Vedder (Alan C.), Furniture of Spanish New Mexico, revised edition, Sunstone Press, Santa Fe 1982, page 79
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