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Lot 354
A striking collection of three handcrafted art glass paperweights, featuring intricate and colorful designs. Two of the pieces are signed by the artists, Rollin Karg and R. Stuart, showcasing their unique glassmaking techniques. The Rollin Karg (2"H) piece features a vibrant blue abstract pattern with multicolored accents. The R. Stuart (4"H) paperweight presents a mesmerizing swirling multicolored cosmic design with vibrant ribbons of color. The third paperweight, unsigned, showcases delicate pink calla lilies encased in clear glass, adding a touch of nature-inspired beauty to the set.Issued: 1990Dimensions: See DescriptionCondition: Age related wear.
Lot 62
A striking handcrafted pottery vase signed R. Crisanto, featuring a bold contemporary swirl design. The piece presents a dynamic contrast between its smooth, burnished red surface and deeply grooved black sections, creating a flowing, sculptural effect. This unique artistic form highlights the expert craftsmanship and modern aesthetic of the piece. The artist's signature is inscribed along the base.Artist: R. CrisantoIssued: 20th centuryDimensions: 9"HCondition: Age related wear.
Lot 132
Cast from a model by R. Peyre, late 19th/early 20th centuryInscribed R. Peyre. Height 11 inches.No condition report? Click below to request one. *Any condition statement is given as a courtesy to a client, is an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact and Doyle New York shall have no responsibility for any error or omission. Please contact the specialist department to request further information or additional images that may be available.Request a condition report
Lot 138
Model 478, introduced 1910Each of tapering ovoid form, modeled with six graduated bands of stylized leaves, the recesses with sepia colored pigment, bud-form stoppers, signed. Heights 4 1/4 inches.one stopper is stuck; engraved in script R Lalique. Overall condition is very good.one stopper is stuck; engraved in script R Lalique. Overall condition is very good.Any condition statement is given as a courtesy to a client, is an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact and our Organization shall have no responsibility for any error or omission. Please contact the specialist department to request further information or additional images that may be available.Request a condition report
Lot 358
Breeches Bible c1615, later cover and end papers. lacking title page; Samuel Newman 'Concordance to the Bible' c1650, Printed by Thomas Downes and Andrew Crook, later cover using part old leather; John Marchant 'An Exposition on the Books of the Old Testament, c1745, printed by R Walker. (3)
Lot 1262
MARGRETHE II: (1940- ) Queen of Denmark 1972-2024. T.L.S., Margrethe R, two pages, 4to, Christiansborg Palace (Slotsholmen, Copenhagen), 29th January 1979, to the President of the Republic of Bolivia, in French. The Queen writes a diplomatic letter, in full, ´Ayant juge convenable d´accepter la demission de mon ambassadeur extraordinaire et plenipotentiaire aupres de vous, Madame Johanne Nonny Gustava Cecilie Wright, Chevalier du Premier Grade de Mon Ordre du Dannebrog, j´ai du mettre un terme a sa mission. J´aime a croire que Madame Wright, par les qualites qui la distinguent, aura su se rendre digne de votre confiance et meriter votre bienveillance. En vous priant d´etre assure que j´ai vivement a coeur de maintenir et de resserrer les liens d´amitie et de bonne intelligence qui existent si heureusement entre le Royaume de Danemark et la Republique de Bolivie, je saisis avec bien du plaisir cette occasion pour vous reiterer les assurances de haute estime et de constante amitie avec lesquelles je suis´ (Translation: ´Having deemed it appropriate to accept the resignation of my Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to you, Madame Johanne Nonny Gustava Cecilie Wright, Knight of the First Grade of My Order of the Dannebrog, I have had to put an end to her mission. I would like to believe that Mrs Wright, with the qualities that distinguish her, will have made herself worthy of your trust and merit your benevolence. Please be assured that I am deeply concerned to maintain and strengthen the ties of friendship and good understanding which so happily exist between the Kingdom of Denmark and the Republic of Bolivia, and I take this opportunity with great pleasure to reiterate to you the assurances of high esteem and constant friendship with which I am bound´). Countersigned at the foot by Henning Christophersen (1939-2016) Danish politician who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs 1978-79 and as Vice President of the European Commission 1985-95. Two file holes to the left edge of each page, not affecting the text or signatures. VGDavid Padilla (1927-2016) Bolivian General who served as President of Bolivia 1978-79.Nonny Wright (1909-2003) Danish Ambassador who served as Ambassador to Peru and Bolivia from 1976-79.
Lot 1276
ELIZABETH THE QUEEN MOTHER: (1900-2002) Queen consort of the United Kingdom 1936-52 as the wife of King George VI. A.L.S., Elizabeth R, two pages, 8vo, Castle of Mey (Caithness, Scotland), 17th August 1985, to ´Dearest Mollie´, stating ´It was angelic of you & Robert to give me such an enchanting birthday present, and I love the delicious pot-pourri´, and further remarking ´It is a particularly heavenly mixture, and I do want to send you my warmest thanks for your thought of me´. VG
Lot 1261
CAROL II: (1893-1953) King of Romania 1930-40. An excellent collection of correspondence from King Carol II dating from the time he established a royal dictatorship in 1938, through his life in exile during World War II, and up until his death in Portugal in 1953. Also included are two letters from Magda Lupescu (1899-1977) Princess Elena of Romania, the mistress and later third wife of Carol II. All of the correspondence is addressed to the American publisher and literary agent H. Keith Thompson (1922-2002) and the collection further features a number of signed Christmas greetings cards from King Carol and Princess Elena, a large selection of postage stamps, photographs (a few signed) and negatives, as well as printed ephemera related to the KingThe collection is divided into several sections –A) CORRESPONDENCE(i) A.N.S., Carol R, to the verso of a picture postcard depicting Sevilla´s Andalucia Palace and Hotel Alfonso XIII, n.p. (Sevilla), n.d. (6th December 1940), to Harold Keith Thompson, sending thanks for Christmas and New Year greetings. Accompanied by the original envelope hand addressed by Carol II.(ii) Brief A.L.S., Carol R, to the verso of a colour picture postcard of the Hotel Nacional de Cuba, n.p. (Havana), n.d. (9th June 1941), in full, ´Thank you for your kind welcome and good wishes on my arrival in Cuba´. Hand addressed by Carol II.(iii) Brief A.L.S., Carol R, to the verso of a picture postcard of the Student´s Memorial in Havana, n.p. (Havana), n.d. (2nd July 1941), in full, ´Thank you very much for the “first day issue” of the new U.S.A. 6 c air mail stamps´. Hand addressed by Carol II. (xv) an important and lengthy T.L.S., Carol R, four pages (separate leaves), 4to, Estoril, 6th September 1950, providing an interesting insight into the exiled King´s views of world politics prevailing at the time, and in particular in relation to Romania, stating, in part (spelling errors retained) ´As you say we are living again one of those anxious times…..the effective fight against invading comunism has began by the beautifull reply the U.S.A. gave to the Corean aggression. I also fear that it will be a long and strenious strugle which can only end by the final blasting up of the comunist stronghold of the U.R.S.S. What is going on now is only a periferical fight and we can logicaly expect more of these. But they are only prleminary crossing of swords and for this special plague to be done away with it must be uprooted by force. Force is the only thing the Soviets fear. The longer this cancer of comunism continues the worst it is for the entire mankind. News I get from Romania is too dreadfull for words. The tyranny and destruction there is not to be discribed. All the glorious past of my country is being sitematicaly destroyed to build up what? A system of terror, of hate, in which the individual is reduced to the worst kind of slavery evr known in history, and this by means of the most atrocious police system and by systematicaly killing all those who do not work with or for the new regime. Very few are the people I knew who are not either dead, either in prison, either deported to some remote part of Siberia. The horror of the state of affairs there is tha who is not murdered is being moraly and mentaly assasinated. More time passes more things get worse. The only hope of the people is in a war, it is the only way they see the possibility of liberation. That is the sad but real state of things. In none of the countries behind the Iron Curtain are conditions more heart wrenching than in Romania. My country is not a Slav one, we are Latins, it has during the ceturies of history been a constant barrier against the eastern barbarian expansion, therefore it must be destroyed as spirit and as nation. The hate against comunism and the enemy from the East is enormous, there are daily revolts of the peasants against the regime…..I´m certainly very interrested hearing of your intention of writing a study about the years of my reign….You asked me to what degree democracy existed during the constitutional monarchy? Well the answer is a simple one, Romania was a democratical country with every democratical forms, prlament elected by universal suffrage, women voting for the Senate, responsable governement, local elected bodies for municipal and provincial administrations. The most democratical person in the country was the King. All my efforts, as guardian of the constitution was to mantain the real democratical aplication of governement. My belief was that only relying on the people themselfs, especially on the peasants, which in the past, and in the present, are the sanest part of the population, real progress could be achieved. I constantly kept the closest contact with the people, I taveled, a lot, unofficialy about so that I was able to speak directly to the folk without intermediaries. It was a good way of knowing their thoughts and their wishes and controling the aplication of good and impartial administration. In Romania the King was considered, by the people as the supreme chief to whom they could aply directly for their needs big or small, they had faith in his spirit of justice. Many things were corected by this good and patriarhical form of democracy. One has talked about my dictatorship, is is a very false way of explaining the change of constitution in 1938. There was no dictatorship in Romania till Antonescu and the worst is that wich reigns now under the comand of Moscow. The change of constitution, keeping all the parlamentary forms, was caused by the necessity of reinforcing the executive power so as to fight with more possibilities against the extremist terrorist…..Hitler, thanks to the poicy of apeasement…..was incresing his force, Nazism was swamping the eastern world and his understanding with Stalin became a permenant danger for the country. I and my statesmen saw the danger, we cried it out aloud but were not listened to. You also ask me what I consider the most important achievement of my efforts towards social and economic improvements for the welfare of the people….What I believed in most was education; for a nation to progress on real democratical lines I believe that the people must be educated…..Two big institutions were created for this purpose the “Strala Tzerei” an organisation for practical and moral education of the youth using as a base the magnificent principles Baden Powel gave the Boy Scouts. It was a great succes and if I had been able to make it run 10 years a whole generation of children would have been brought up to be good and usefull citizens. The second was the “Social Service” an organisation for educating the peasants in a practical way…..the peasant is the sanest part of the population, to them went my greatest interest, and for their wellfare did I try and do the most…..You ask me also about my efforts on behalf of a Free Romanian movement. During the war the problem was to make the world understand the soul and the interests of Romanian people were on the side of those who were fighting for democracy and that one had to prepare happier day for them when peace came. But peace never came, certainly not for the poor suffering Romanians and to day this fight must be continued, for its success it is absolutely necessary that all Romanians, in free countries should be united in a common stive for the liberation of the Fatherland. Continualy my thoughts are planing what ought to be done, but that is another chapter of history´. OWING TO RESTRICTIONS IMPOSED BY THE SALEROOM THE VAST MAJORITY OF THIS DESCRIPTION CAN NOT BE SHOWN. PLEASE CONTACT IAA EUROPE DIRECTLY FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
Lot 71
KENNEDY GEORGE: (1925-2016) American actor, Academy Award winner for Best Supporting Actor in 1967 for his role as Dragline in Cool Hand Luke. Signed 8 x 10 photograph, the Universal City Studios publicity portrait dating from 1970 and depicting Kennedy in a head and shoulders pose in costume as Joe Patroni from the Aiport disaster film series. Signed in bold black ink to a lighter area of the background. Together with three signed 8 x 10 photographs by several of the Best Supporting Actor Oscar nominees of 1967 comprising John Cassavetes (for his performance as Victor R. Franko in The Dirty Dozen), Cecil Kellaway (for his performance as Monsignor Mike Ryan in Guess Who´s Coming to Dinner; a scarce example depicting the actor in costume from the film), and Michael J. Pollard (for his performance as C. W. Moss in Bonnie and Clyde). All are boldly signed, Pollard in fountain pen ink, to light areas of the images and none are inscribed. Generally VG, 4
Lot 1345
MARCOS FERDINAND & MARCOS IMELDA: Ferdinand Marcos (1917-1989) President of the Philippines 1965-86. Marcos ruled brutally under martial law from 1972 to 1981. T.L.S., `Ferdinad Marcos´, one page, 4to, Manila, 29th May 1970, to Michael Konnick, on the Presidential Malacañan Palace of Manila printed stationery, responding to his correspondent who was seeking for Marcos´ autograph. Signed in bold black ink at the base. Together with Imelda Marcos (1929- ) Filipino politician and convicted criminal who was First Lady of the Philippines, wielding significant political power. She is the mother of current president Bongbong Marcos. A very fine signed and inscribed 8 x 10 photograph, the image showing Imelda Marcos in a close-up portrait pose. Signed and inscribed in bold blue fountain pen ink `With my appreciation, best wishes & love, Imelda R. Marcos, Philippine´, to a clear area of the image, also dated May 2011 in her hand. Accompanied by the original 4to typed letter, signed by Chief of Staff to Congresswoman Imelda Marcos, on the printed stationery of the Republic of the Philippines House of representatives, Manila, 6th April 2011. VG, 2
Lot 1269
GEORGE III: (1738-1820) King of Great Britain and Ireland 1760-1820. A good D.S., George R, a fine example as King, at the head, one page (vellum), oblong folio, Court at Saint James´s, 6th April 1796. The partially printed document, completed in manuscript, is a military commission appointing John Ready to be a Lieutenant in the 64th (or Second Staffordshire) Regiment of Foot commanded by Major General John Leland. Countersigned at the foot by the Duke of Portland (1738-1809) British Prime Minister 1783, 1807-09 and Home Secretary 1794-1801. With blind embossed paper seal affixed. Some very light, minor age wear and a few very small holes, not affecting the text or signatures, VGJohn Leland (d.1808) Irish-born British General and Member of Parliament for Stamford 1796-1808.
Lot 1000
GIGER H. R.: (1940-2014) Swiss artist, a member of the special effects team that won an Academy Award for the visual design of the science fiction horror film Alien (1979). Signed 5 x 7 photograph of Giger standing in a three-quarter length pose holding a taxidermy cat under one arm. Signed ('H. Giger') in silver ink with his name alone to the base of the image. EX
Lot 1280
CAMILLA, QUEEN CONSORT: (1947- ) Queen of the United Kingdom from 2022, the second wife of King Charles III. T.L.S., Camilla R, as Queen, with holograph salutation and subscription, one page, 8vo, Clarence House (London), 14th February 2023, to Christopher. The Queen writes a brief letter, in full, ´So many thanks for your very kind letter and for your generous words of support and encouragement, which were greatly appreciated´. EX
![HUGO VICTOR: (1802-1885) French Poet & Novelist of the Romantic Movement. A.L.S., `Victor Hugo´, one page, 8vo, n.p., [Paris]](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/45b0b23d-f22f-42d7-a7e3-b28a016ddfe5/fc7dd0ad-b544-440b-b164-b28f00b17a09/468x382.jpg)
Lot 1046
HUGO VICTOR: (1802-1885) French Poet & Novelist of the Romantic Movement. A.L.S., `Victor Hugo´, one page, 8vo, n.p., [Paris], 27th April [1872], to a former colleague, in French. Hugo states `Mon cher et ancien collègue, je voudrais bien causer avec vous de Lyon et de la demande qui m´est faite. Si vous voulez bien me faire la grâce de venir dîner avec moi (55, r. Pigalle, 7h) le jour qu´il vous plairait, le dimanche excepté, je serais bien charmé de passer quelques heures avec vous, et de vous serrer la main´ (Translation: "My dear and former colleague, I would like to talk with you about Lyon and the request that has been made to me. If you would do me the favour of coming to have dinner with me (55, r. Pigalle, 7h a.m.) on the day that you would like, except Sunday, I would be very delighted to spend a few hours with you, and to shake your hand.") With blank integral leaf. VGThe present letter could have been written to Louis Greppo (1810-1888) French Republican Politician. Greppo was sentenced to deportation to the penal colony in Guyana, but the sentence was commuted to forced exile. It is said that Greppo was the designer of the coat worn by Queen Victoria at her coronation in 1838. At the 55 rue Pigalle was living Hugo´s mistress, where he joined her on his return from exile.
Lot 989
MUNNINGS ALFRED: (1878-1959) English painter, a member of the Newlyn School from 1912-14, and regarded as one of the finest painters of horses. A good collection of A.Ls.S. (5; one a brief illustrated message on a postcard), a T.L.S., five original pencil drawings, and a few pieces of printed ephemera. The autograph and typed letters signed Alfred Munnings, A. J. Munnings, and with his initials AJ, twelve pages (total), 4to and smaller, various places (Dedham, Essex & Withypool, Somerset), early to mid-1940s, to various correspondents including the portrait painter Maurice Codner. Munnings states, in part, ´I am not sure about the Tissot, as I told that secretary to remove the pictures if the raids started & they should have done so. How awful, that lovely [painting?] which nobody really cared for & which as Lutyens said was ruined by the overlighting of the chandeliers. What a hateful lot of buggers used that room.....& what a disagreable rascañ that Drysdale was wo stood in the way of everything. Damn him, what a pity he wasn´t in the drawing room when the bomb fell. My place in Chelsea has had it - windows out & all glass in frames broken......Winston in chair first dinner. Next Thursday Lord Gort in chair & they all give Winston a snuff box´ (to Maurice Codner, 30th September 1940, accompanied by the original envelope), ´I can´t tell you how glad I was to see that good notice of your work in The Times on Friday. You couldn´t want better and who ever the present (sic; President) is he is a more sane fellow than the last & I find him very good. Far better than the other old blighter - well - I was glad I read it out to Violet who never cares much about critics, & she was delighted. I´ve always seen you gradually gaining & burrowing in. You´re as undefeatable as the Hun. And to think you´re doing this in spite of the bombs & with only one eye......I´ve just written a line to Oswald Birley, poor fellow......I´m losing the will to work´ (to Maurice Codner, 4th November 1941, in pencil), ´What a pity that you could not remain at such a stage of brilliance for the rest of your natural life - or unnatural life, or whatever your present existence may be - Can´t you buy up a quantity of that same sherry & consume at intervals & go on flying through the air like a blazing comet?......Hunting all over England should be stopped. That´s my opinion. People who go wouldn´t if the hounds didn´t. Absolute not. Have you had time to go & see the exhibition of under 20 guinea pictures yet at Trafalgar Square? If not, go & let me know......You & I should go & stay at Bradley Farm up in the woods & hills near here for a month & live on cream & stuff & work.....trees galore & stone buildings & the rest & when it rained we´d do masterpieces indoors - big sitting rooms......write again my lad of wax - any f - g lately?´ (to Maurice Codner, n.d. [c. September 1942], in pencil), ´One day I´ll be round there. On Exmoor now, Army took my house at Dedham´ (to A. R. Blundell, 22nd March 1944), ´The man who did that plate of an old poplar tree is [a] great artist. If you can do such a thing as that although it is uncared for by the crowd is someone to be reckoned with. If only you could [do] an oil like that & as well!! It is superb. I saw it in Emmons´ house at Flatford Mill & looked & looked [at] it again having seen it in the R.A. It is equal to anything of its kind I know´ (to Blundell, 3rd January 1946; actually 1947), the postcard featuring an ink drawing by Munnings of a skier lying face down in the snow, with a mountain, trees and sun in the background, wishing the recipient a Happy Easter and hand addressed by Munnings to Mr. and Mrs. John Napper, April 1956. Together with five original pencil sketches by Munnings, one signed in full, three with initials, and one unsigned, the largest measuring approximately 20.5 x 16.5 cm, the majority depicting horses and one of a cow feeding her calves. All are matted and framed. Also including a small collection of ephemera etc. including printed illustrated 8vo booklets advertising new signed artist´s proofs of the works Going to the Meet, The Whip and A Little Piece of England, a catalogue for a Loan Collection of Pictures by Alfred Munnings exhibited at the Art Galleries of the Norwich Castle Museum, August - September 1928, etc. One letter with some tears and staining (only FR), generally G to about VG, Sml Qty.
Lot 1229
PHILIP V: (1683-1746) King of Spain 1700-24 & 1724-46. Grandson of Louis XIV. A good L.S., `Yo el Rey´, three pages, folio, Linz, October 1732, to the Count of Harrach, in Spanish and Italian. The King refers to a letter received in May 1732 from Carlos Mauri, Minister in Naples of Infante Carlos of Spain, the King´s son and future King Charles III of Spain, and forwards it to his correspondent. The claim refers to ownership properties of the House of Farnese. The King states in part `...al Regio Collaterale Consiglio, come ad´ogn´altro Tribunale a chi spetta in Napoli, per pretendere, o continuare i possessi in nome di detto Serenissimo Reale Infante Duca, di tutti i benicosi feudali, come Burgensatici esistenti in questo Regno, che alla Serenissima Casa Farnese in qualcun modo e maniera spettavovi e si appartenevano e di fare tutti gl´atti necessari per futura cautela della su detta A. R. a cui al presente spettono, e si appartengono in Vigore, e per essecuzione della alleanza conchiusa in Londra a di 18 Agosto 1718 e delle insseguire della eventuale investitura dell 9 Decembre 1723 della pace di Vienna delli Giugno 1725 e del trattato di Vienna delli 22 Luglio 1731. prega incanto a V.E. gl´ordini necessari, perche sia a lui lecito di prendere o continuare detti possessi nel nome di detto Serenissimo Infante Duca, e possa il medesimo godere di tutti i su detti, beni, nella stessa forma e maniera come la serenissima Casa Farnese...´ (Translation: "...to the Royal Collateral Council, as well as to any other Tribunal to which it belongs in Naples, to claim, or continue the possessions in the name of the said Most Serene Royal Infant Duke, of all the feudal patrimonies, as Burgesses existing in this Kingdom, which in some way and manner belonged to the Most Serene House of Farnese and to do all the necessary acts for the future precaution of the said Royal Royal Order to which they currently belong, and for the execution of the alliance concluded in London on 18 August 1718 and of the pursuit of the possible investiture of 9 December 1723 of the Peace of Vienna of June 1725 and of the Treaty of Vienna of 22 July 1731... hereby prays to Your Excellency the necessary orders, so that he may be permitted to take or continue with the said possessions in the name of the said Most Serene Infant Duke, and that the same may enjoy all the said goods, in the same form and manner as the Most Serene House of Farnese....") Addressed to the verso, bearing a large and attractive paper seal affixed. Small overall minor creasing, otherwise G to VGAloys Thomas Raimund, Count von Harrach zu Rohrau (1669-1742) Austrian Politician and Diplomat. Knight of the illustrious Golden Fleet order. He acted as 'Landmarschall' in Lower Austria, and from 1728 to 1733 as Viceroy of Naples.
Lot 1101
DU GARD ROGER MARTIN: (1881-1958) French novelist, Nobel Prize winner for Literature, 1937. A.L.S., with his initials R M G, one page, 8vo, Boulevard Raspail, Paris, 22nd November 1938, to a friend, on the colour printed stationery of the Hotel Lutetia, in French. The novelist sends his friend some information (no longer present) on the rue Ampere hotel and asks that the two sheets be returned when he has considered what interests him, explaining that he will be at the Grand Palais in Nice from Thursday or Friday. Du Gard further writes ´En voici une carte (n'est plus présent) qui vous permettra, en arrivant un peu a l´avance d´entrer au Theatre francais, n´importe quel jour, moyennant une taxe d´une douzaine de francs (contre quoi je ne puis rien...) Et ne vous croyez pas "tenu" d´y aller, surtout!´ (Translation: ´Here is a card (no longer present) which will enable you, if you arrive a little in advance, to enter the French Theatre on any day, for a fee of a dozen francs (against which I can do nothing...) And do not think yourself ‘obliged’ to go, above all!´). A couple of very minor, light creases to one corner, VG
![[BRITISH SLAVERY]: GEORGE III: (1738-1820) King of Great Britain and Ireland 1760-1820. Large upper portion of a D.S., George](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/45b0b23d-f22f-42d7-a7e3-b28a016ddfe5/8b4778f0-ef42-44a3-bb1e-b28b010aabd8/468x382.jpg)
Lot 1303
[BRITISH SLAVERY]: GEORGE III: (1738-1820) King of Great Britain and Ireland 1760-1820. Large upper portion of a D.S., George R, as King (a good, large example), one page, oblong 4to (the original document being folio), n.p. (London?), n.d. (between July and November 1791). The manuscript text would appear to be largely complete, and certainly is in its thought, stating ´Whereas Our House of Commons did on the 6th of July last present an humble address to Us that We would be graciously pleased to give such Directions as We in Our great Wisdom should think proper fotr the relief of a Number of distressed black Persons and Persons of Color now in this Country and for sending them to such Place beyond Seas as should by Us be thought best adapted for that Purpose: and to assure Us that whatever Expence We should incur upon this Account Our said House would make good the same. Outr Will and Pleasure is that by Virtue of Our General Letters of Privy Seal bearing date the 5th of Novem[ber] 1760 You do issue and pay or cause to be issued and paid out of any [of] Our Treasure or Revenue in the Receipt of the Exchequer applicable to the Use of Our Civil Government unto Thomas Cotton Esq, or to his assigns the sum of Two hundred Pounds, six shillings and eight [pence]´. With two blind embossed revenue stamps to the left margin. A document of interesting text in which King George III gives financial support from his own Privy Purse for an abolitionist scheme (under the Sierra Leone Company, which was incorporated by Parliament in July 1791) to send back freed black slaves in Great Britain to West Africa, resettling them in Sierra Leone. Some fraying, a few tears, and small areas of paper loss to the edges, GThe growth of the black population in Great Britain in the eighteenth century eventually led to the abolitionist movement spearheaded by the scholar and philanthropist Granville Sharp (1735-1813). In 1772, slavery on British soil was deemed unlawful, largely due to Sharp´s efforts in the case of Somerset v Stewart. This meant that enslaved people who had been living in Britain (often working in domestic households) were liberated. Some became part of a subsection of people living in London in poverty, referred to as the ‘Black Poor’. The Committee for the Relief of the Black Poor was established in 1786 to offer financial and medical aid. It created a plan for the so-called ‘Black Poor’ to settle in Sierra Leone in West Africa. This scheme was supported by the government, as the present document illustrates. The naturalist Henry Smeathman chose Sierra Leone as a suitable location. The new colony was proclaimed as the ‘Province of Freedom’. However, Smeathman exaggerated its potential. The government encouraged the ‘Black Poor’ to join the resettlement scheme, which was financially supported by the Treasury, and issued each person with a certificate as a free citizen of the ‘Colony of Sierra Leone’. This was necessary because slavery was still in operation in Sierra Leone.
Lot 602
BELUSHI JOHN: (1949-1982) American comedian and actor, one of the original seven members (and arguably the most popular) of the Saturday Night Live ensemble. An extremely rare double signed album record sleeve for a recording of NBC´s Saturday Night Live issued by Arista Recorsd Inc. (AL 4107) and released in 1976. Signed (´Belushi´) by the comedian with his surname to the colour front cover alongside his image (to which he has also drawn two arrows) and again signed (´John Belushi´) with his full signature to the back cover, also alongside his image. Both the front and back covers also feature images of the other Saturday Night Live members including Chevy Chase, across whose portraits (to both sides) Belushi has made ink crosses, owing to the fact that Chase had recently left the ensemble, to be replaced by Bill Murray. Record no longer present. Authentic autographs of Belushi are extremely rare and desirable owing to his tragically early death from a drug overdose at the age of 33. Some very light, minor creasing to the edges, otherwise VGProvenance: The signatures of Belushi are understood to have been obtained in person following his live performance (alongside Danny Aykroyd) at Rutgers University-Camden, New Jersey, on 18th December 1976, and an original admission ticket for the event is included in the lot. The album sleeve is also accompanied by a certificate of authenticity issued by R & R Enterprises on 7th February 1996.
Lot 262
ACADEMY AWARD NOMINEES: A good selection of signed 8 x 10 photographs by various actors, each of them Best Actor Oscar nominees of the 2000s comprising Ed Harris (for his performance as Jackson Pollock in Pollock, 2000), Tom Wilkinson (for his performance as Dr. Matt Fowler in In the Besdroom, 2001), Don Cheadle (for his performance as Paul Rusesabagina in Hotel Rwanda, 2004), Terrence Howard (for his performance as DJay in Hustle & Flow, 2005), David Strathairn (for his performance as Edward R. Murrow in Good Night, and Good Luck, 2005), Ryan Gosling (for his performance as Dan Dunne in Half Nelson, 2006), Peter O´Toole (for his performance as Maurice Russell in Venus, 2006), Viggo Mortensen (for his performance as Nikolai Luzhin in Eastern Promises, 2007), and Jeremy Renner (for his performance as SFC William James in The Hurt Locker, 2009). The majority are boldly signed, many to clear areas of the images, and none are inscribed. Colour (6). VG to EX, 9
Lot 1304
WALPOLE ROBERT: (1676-1745) British Prime Minister 1721-42 & PELHAM HENRY: (1694-1754) British Prime Minister 1743-54. Ink signatures by both Walpole (´R Walpole´) and Pelham (´H: Pelham´) on an oblong 12mo piece evidently neatly clipped from a Treasury document, with several partial lines of manuscript text. Signed by both in their capacity as Lords Commissioners of the Treasury and also signed by a third Lords Commissioner, George Baillie (1664-1738) Scottish politician. VG
Lot 1275
ELIZABETH THE QUEEN MOTHER: (1900-2002) Queen consort of the United Kingdom 1936-52 as the wife of King George VI. Vintage signed Christmas greetings card by the Queen Mother, the stiff folding oblong 4to card featuring a photograph to the inside, being a reproduction of a painting by Peter Biegel depicting three racehorses, Laffy, Double Star, and The Rip, alongside several gentlemen, at Lingfield on 9th December 1961 (on the occasion of all three horses, each owned by the Queen Mother and all ridden by jockey Bill Rees, winning their individual races). Signed (´from Elizabeth R´) by the Queen Mother in black fountain pen ink beneath a printed Christmas and New Year greeting, 1962. With a gold embossed crown to the front cover. About EX
Lot 1120
KOCH ROBERT: (1843-1910) German Physician and Microbiologist. Nobel Prize in Physiology in 1905 for his discoveries of the specific causative agents of deadly infectious diseases including tuberculosis, cholera and anthrax. Koch is regarded as one of the main founders of modern bacteriology. Koch discoveries directly provided proofs for the germ theory of diseases, therefore creating the scientific basis of public health saving millions of lives. For his life's work Koch is seen as one of the founders of modern medicine. Signed 3 x 1.5 small card, `Prof. R. Koch - Berlin´, in bold ink. VG
Lot 34
λ DAME LAURA KNIGHT (BRITISH 1877-1970) TWO THEATRE STUDIES: SONJA HENIE AT THE BLACKPOOL ICE DOME & STUDY FOR "PAVLOVA TAKING A CALL" Black crayon, each study executed on two sheets of paper, the set framed as one Both signed (lower right) Each 19 x 30.5cm (7¼ x 12 in.) Overall (including frame): 68 x 53cm (26¾ x 20¾ in.) The top drawing, depicting Sonja Henie, dates in all probability from circa 1935. Knight executed five other works of Henie at the Blackpool Ice Dome, namely The Skater; Finale Skating Ballet exhibited at The Royal Society of Painters and Watercolours; Arabesque on Skate exhibited at the Royal Academy, London in 1965; Five Ballerinas exhibited at Eastbourne Fine Art in 1966 and The Skating Ballet exhibited at the Royal Watercolour Society in spring 1949. Sonja Henie (1912-1969) was a Norwegian figure skater and actress. At the time, Henie won more Olympic and world titles than any other female figure skater, achieving gold medals in 1928, 1932 and 1936. She was world champion ten times between 1927, when she was only 15, and 1936, and six times European Champion between 1931 and 1936. Henie is credited with being the first ice skater to adopt the short skirt costume in figure skating and made great use of dance choreography. She moved from competitive ice skating into films and in 1936 she joined 20th Century Fox studios in Hollywood. The lower drawing is a sketch and draft for Knight's well known ballet painting entitled Pavlova taking a call from 1920 which was exhibited at the Leicester Galleries in the same year. The present drawing can therefore be safely dated to the same period. We are grateful to R. John Croft F.C.A. for his assistance in cataloguing this lot. The works will be included in the Laura Knight Catalogue Raisonne currently being prepared. Condition Report: Each work is executed on two sheets. Unexamined out of glazed frame. SONJA HENIE AT THE BLACKPOOL ICE DOME There are gaps between the two sheets, where they don't completely align and the edge is not completely straight. Slight undulation to both sheets. Otherwise appears to be in good original condition. STUDY FOR "PAVLOVA TAKING A CALL" There are gaps between the two sheets. The edges are not straight or even and slightly fraying. Sheets are undulating most notable to the centre of the lower edge. Condition Report Disclaimer
Lot 82
λ SIR JACOB EPSTEIN (AMERICAN /BRITISH 1880-1959) THIRD PORTRAIT OF JACKIE (RAGGAMUFFIN) Bronze with gold patina Height (excluding base): 22.8cm (8¾in.)Conceived in 1939. Literature: R. D. Black, The Art of Jacob Epstein, New York and Cleveland, 1942, no. 242 R. Buckle, Jacob Epstein Sculptor, London, 1963, p.254, pl. 391 E. and B. Schinman, Jacob Epstein, A Catalogue of the Collection of Edward P. Schinman, Cranbury, 1980, p. 107 (illustration of another cast) Evelyn Silber, The Sculpture of Epstein, with a complete catalogue, Oxford, 1986, p.188, no. 309(illustration of another cast)
Lot 33
λ DAME LAURA KNIGHT (BRITISH 1877-1970) LAMORNA COVE NO.7 (A STONY BEACH) Oil on canvas Signed (lower right) 45.5 x 51cm (17¾ x 20 in.) Painted circa 1920.Provenance: Westmorland Fine Arts Private Collection, London (probably acquired from the above circa 1970) Thence by descent to the late owner Undated but believed to be circa 1920, being the date of a number of similar scenes painted of Lamorna Cove from this vantage point. There are seven works titled Lamorna Cove, six of which are of very similar scenes of Lamorna Cove harbour and four of which are oil on canvas. The works vary as between each other in depicting slightly different scenes of boys in a rowing boat within the harbour, swimming in the sea and depicting different aspects of the harbour. The artist states in her autobiography "Many studies were done in the cove itself that year, which resulted in a picture called "Lamorna Cove", the little bay being turned to gold by the reflection of the sun shining on the cliff above". The artist is referring to what has been catalogued as #0203 Lamorna Cove No. 2, exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1920. Painted from the top of Trequrnow Cliff, not far from Flagstaff Cottage, where Lamorna Birch lived and not far from the artist's wooden studio shed perched on the rock face, provided by Colonel Paynter who owned most of the land in the surrounding area. Lamorna Cove is flanked by rugged granite cliffs rising to 300 feet. On the eastern flank there are huge piles of quarry spoil, of large chunks of granite that have weathered with vegetation taking hold. The scene reflects what the artist sees in the little bay being turned gold by the reflection of the sun shining on the cliffs, particularly on the crests of the ripples of the sea waves. The scene also depicts a lady and several children sat on the quarry spoil chunks of granite beside the sea. The lady could well be Houghton (Lamorna Birch's wife) and her two daughters together with some other local children gazing at the clear blue waters with its golden reflections. In the background is shown the quarry Count house in front of the quarry worker cottages. We are grateful to R. John Croft F.C.A. for his assistance in cataloguing this lot which will be included in the Laura Knight Catalogue Raisonne currently being prepared. Condition Report: There are a number of very small brown specks to the upper left quadrant and scattered down the right edge, most likely spots of surface dirt. Inspection under UV reveals no obvious evidence of restoration or repair. Overall work appears to be in good original condition. Condition Report Disclaimer
Lot 38
λ DAME LAURA KNIGHT (BRITISH 1877-1970) TWO ROMANY LASSES ON ASCOT HEATH Oil on canvas Signed (lower left) 63.5 x 76.2cm (25 x 30 in.)Provenance: Ian MacNicol, Glasgow John E. Milne Esq., Private Collection, Glasgow, acquired from the above in 1966 John Martin of London, Modern Art from Britain & Ireland, London The Collection of the Bowerman Charitable Trust, acquired from the above in 2001Exhibited: Penzance, Penlee House Gallery & Museum, Laura Knight: In the Open Air,16 June 2012 - 8 September 2012, touring exhibition to Nottingham, Djanogly Art Gallery, 22 September - 4 November 2012; Worcester, Worcester Art Gallery, 17 November 2012 - 10 February 2013 Penzance, Penlee House Gallery & Museum, Laura Knight: A Celebration, 17 May - 16 September 2021 We are grateful to R. John Croft F.C.A. for his assistance in cataloguing this lot which will be included in the Laura Knight Catalogue Raisonne currently being prepared. Gypsy and traveller communities have long cherished the tradition of gathering at racing events, particularly at Ascot and Epsom, as horses have always held significant importance within the traveller community. These occasions, following months of travel, offered a chance for communities to meet and celebrate. The races provided a vibrant backdrop for socialising and an opportunity to display their finest clothes and jewellery. It became tradition to sell flowers and lucky heather to fellow attendees, a tradition that continues to this day. During the 1930s, Laura Knight regularly attended the races at Epsom Downs and Ascot, initially recommended by her friend Sir Alfred Munnings. Her connection with Ally Bert, wife of a circus performer, led to an introduction to Mr. Sully, who owned a garage. Mr. Sully kindly agreed to chauffeur Knight and her companions in his Rolls Royce, which, with its high roof, accommodated Knight's easel and canvas comfortably. Knight would record from life scenes from these meets, capturing the festivities, characters and everyday life providing a unique insight into these historic meets. 'This Royal meeting was a special occasion for the gipsies [sic.]; they came in their bright satin gala dresses, hair elaborately arranged with curls soaped to their cheeks, their sharp black eyes alert for police as they made a round of parked cars which had passengers standing on top. Out came a crystal from a hidden pocket, and a wheedling voice offered to tell fortunes - forbidden by law. They never bothered Laura at her easel in the Rolls; she was a source of money in another way, for now she asked gipsies [sic.] of different ages to pose for her, and paid them. More important still, they knew that she liked and admired Romany folk' (J. Dunbar, Laura Knight, 1975, p. 143) Laura Knight beautifully captures the essence of Romany life through her paintings. Following on from the races, Knight was welcomed into the travelling community, spending time painting direct from life in Iver. She engaged intimately with the community which lends her work a remarkable authenticity and realism that is both honest and romantic. In the present lot, the Ascot racecourse is depicted in the distance, with the Queen Anne Enclosure visible in the upper right corner. The lawn is scattered with groups of people at leisure, relaxing and resting under the trees. Central to the composition are two female figures: one seated and the other lying with her head resting in the lap of the seated figure. The seated figure wears a striking red cape with primary blue sleeves and a yellow tartan skirt, her auburn curls flowing over her shoulders. The figure lying down has jet black hair with a curl resting on her forehead. Her arms are delicately placed on her friend's knee, her right arm gently entwined with her companion's. The soft pastel shades of her patterned dress create a serene and beautiful contrast. Condition Report: The canvas is not relined. Ultraviolet light reveals some scattered spots of retouching to the tip of the upper left corner, along the edges and to the sky as well as a couple of further small spots. Otherwise, the work is in good condition.Condition Report Disclaimer
Lot 35
λ DAME LAURA KNIGHT (BRITISH 1877-1970) THE REHEARSAL: RUTLAND BOUGHTON, GWEN FFRANGCON-DAVIES AND BARRY JACKSON Black chalk Signed with initials and inscribed Rutland Boughton, Barry V.J. + Gwen (lower left) 24.5 x 34.5cm (9½ x 13½ in.)The present work is a drawing backstage at Birmingham Repertory Theatre at the time of a rehearsal of The Immortal Hour, in 1921 or 1922, depicting Rutland Boughton, Barry Jackson and Gwen Ffrangcon Davies. The Immortal Hour was first performed on August 26 1914, at the inaugural Glastonbury Festival. The opera was composed by Rutland Boughton, the music teacher turned composer, and is based on a libretto by William Sharp, who also wrote under the pseudonym Fiona Macleod. The opera was revived by Barry Jackson's Birmingham Repertory Theatre Company in 1921 and was produced by him alternating at both his Birmingham Theatre and also The Regent Theatre, London for the next three years. This work is recorded in the Laura Knight Catalogue Raisonne currently being prepared by R. John Croft F.C.A. under catalogue number D#0245. The Immortal Hour is a musical drama that draws inspiration from Celtic folklore and mythology. The opera's success was due in part to the music, including the Faery Song, and the performance of Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies as Etain, which launched her acting career. Rutland Boughton (1878-1960) was an English composer who became known in the early 20th century as a composer of symphonies, concertos, chamber music, opera and choral music. His best known work was The immortal Hour. Boughton is also remembered for establishing the first series of the Glastonbury Festivals. He was also an influential communist activist of the Communist Party of Great Britain. Barry Jackson (1879-1961) was knighted in 1925. In 1913 he was the founder of the Birmingham Repertory Theatre, Birmingham, Director of the Malvern Theatre Festivals from 1929 to 1937, Director of the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre Stratford on Avon 1945/48. Jackson directed many plays for The Old Vic Theatre London, The Queens Theatre London, and The London Regent Theatre. Many famous actors gained early experience at the Birmingham Repertory company including Laurence Olivier, Peggy Ashcroft, Edith Evans, Stewart Grainger, Ralph Richardson and Protégées of Barry Jackson included John Gielgud, Cedric Hardwick and Gwen Ffrangcon Davies. Gwen Ffrangcon Davies (1891-1992) worked during her life in theatre, television, radio and film. Her first break came in 1914 when Rutland Boughton commissioned her to play in The Immortal Hour as Etain in his opera at Glastonbury Festival and she gained further fame as Juliet with John Gielgud as Romeo. Both Barry Jackson and Gwen Ffrangcon Davies became lifelong friends of the Knights and on occasion going on holiday together. Condition Report: Examined out of the frame. The sheet is taped in the extreme corners to the backboard. There are three holes to the extreme left hand edge of the sheet, consistent with its removal from a sketchbook. Subject to the above the work appears to be in generally good condition. Condition Report Disclaimer
Lot 36
λ DAME LAURA KNIGHT (BRITISH 1877-1970) WILHELM KEITEL & HIS COUNSEL, NUREMBERG TRIALS Charcoal Signed and inscribed Von Keitel & his Counsel (lower right) 34 x 26cm (13¼ x 10 in.)Provenance: Sale, Sotheby's, London, Works by Dame Laura Knight, D.B.E., R.A. (sold by order of the executors), 26 November 1970, lot unknown Knight was commissioned as the sole official artist of the British Government to record the Nuremberg Trials. The sketch was most probably amongst a group of drawings sold as part of the artist's estate.Wilhelm Keitel was head of the Wehrmacht and commander of all German forces during WW2. Keitel was not liked or respected by his fellow officers who referred to him as "Nickgeselle" after the nodding donkey metal toy, implying that he always agreed with what ever Hitler said. However Keitel was a cruel and criminal man, giving orders to his soldiers beyond the established codes of conduct of war and completely ignoring the Geneva Convention. Keitel's legal counsel unsuccessfully tried to defend him by pleading that he was just following orders from his line of command. Keitel was therefore tried as a criminal and as a result was hanged as a criminal, rather than being shot as a soldier at the Nuremberg Trials. We are grateful to R. John Croft F.C.A. for his assistance in cataloguing this lot. The works will be including in the Laura Knight Catalogue Raisonne currently being prepared. Condition Report: Examined out of the frame. The sheet has been laid down and attached to the mount in the four corners. There is light surface rubbing throughout, commensurate with the execution of the work. Subject to the above the work appears to be in generally good condition.Condition Report Disclaimer
Lot 83
λ SIR JACOB EPSTEIN (AMERICAN /BRITISH 1880-1959) EIGHTH PORTRAIT OF PEGGY JEAN Bronze with gold patina Height (excluding base): 26.5cm (10¼in.) Conceived in 1921. Literature: A. Haskell, The Sculptor Speaks, Jacob Epstein to Arnold Haskell, A Series of Conversations on Art, 1931, p.179 R. D. Black, The Art of Jacob Epstein, New York and Cleveland, 1942, p. 233, no. 90 R. Buckle, Jacob Epstein Sculptor, London, 1963, p.425 Evelyn Silber, The Sculpture of Epstein, with a complete catalogue, Oxford, 1986, p.148, no. 118 (illustration of another cast) Peggy Jean, Epstein's daughter, is shown in the present lot at the age of 2 years and 4 months with curly hair. This 'eighth portrait' was part of a series of works that the artist made of his daughter over a number of years.
Lot 641
Minichamps F1 racing cars 1:43 scale, eight various cars including Bar Honda 03 J Villeneuve, McLaren Ford M26 J hunt, Vodafone McLaren Mercedes 2008 showcar, Benetton Renault B197 J Alesi, Toleman TG 1983 B Giacomelli, Stewart ford Sf 1 J Magnussen, Tyrrell Ford R Rosset Tower wing, Ferrari 126 1982 D Pironi, three Quartzo F1s and a Red Bull Sauber Petronas 1997, (all mint boxed), (12).
Lot 199
Three Recent Issue Boxed Tinplate Robots, Horikawa Toy Star Strider Robot, Limited edition, battery operated, R-1 Robot One, 2003 Limited edition, black stipe edition, fully working with certificate and ME200 Thunder Robot, battery operated, light flickers, but motor not working, all in excellent condition. (3 items)
Lot 640
Minichamps F1 racing cars 1:43 scale, eight various cars including Benetton Renault 2001 showcar J Button, Renault 2007 G Fisichella, Prost Mugen Honda O Panis, Jordan Mugen Honda 198 R Schumacher, Ferrari F 300 E Irvine, Mclaren Mercedes M Hakkinen, Tyrrell 003 1971 J Stewart, Sauber Ford Heinz-Harald Frentzen edition, three Quartzo F1s and a Hotwheels F1, (all mint boxed), (12).
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