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Lot 585
Steve Bell, (b. 1951) 'I pledge allegiance to th'constitution of th'Yurpeen Union...' signed and dated 'Steve Bell 2004. 2059.30.5.04' (lower left) and inscribed 'I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE/TO TH'CONSTITUTION OF/TH'YURPEEN UNION,/ONE YURP UNDER BUSH,/SO HELP ME GEORGE' (UPPER RIGHT) PEN AND BLACK INK AND WATERCOLOUR HEIGHTENED WITH WHITE, UNFRAMED 9 1/8 X 12 1/8 IN. (23.3 X 30.7 CM.); AND TWO UNFRAMED CARTOONS OF 'CARTOONS ON THE RADIO' AND 'THE TODAY PROGRAMME' BY THE SAME HAND (3) View on Christie's.com
Lot 602
Interesting collection of wrapped recessed golf balls to inc Radio Golf Ball (N.Y) and Mystery (NY) both retaining some of the original wrapping and labels, 2x Dunlop Sixty Five incl an early 1.68" both fully wrapped, Spalding Kro-flite Dimple wrapped and a Slazenger 1.62 yellow wrapped golf ball – all in an original Dunlop Blue Flash golf ball box
Lot 805
A rare Second World War K.C.B., Great War Greek mainland operations D.S.C. group of seventeen awarded to Admiral Sir Arthur Palliser, Royal Navy: having been decorated for his command of a seamen company in a costly action in Athens in December 1916, he rose to senior command in the 1939-45 War - including service as a Chief of Staff to the C.-in-C. Far East at the time of the loss of the Prince of Wales and Repulse The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, K.C.B. (Military) Knight Commander’s set of insignia, comprising neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, and breast star, silver, with gold, gilt and enamel centre, in its Garrard & Co. case of issue; Distinguished Service Cross, G.V.R., hallmarks for London 1918; 1914-15 Star (Lieut. A. F. E. Palliser, R.N.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oakleaf (Lieut. A. F. E. Palliser, R.N.); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Africa Star; Pacific Star; Defence Medal 1939-45; War Medal 1939-45, M.I.D. oakleaf; Jubilee 1935; Coronation 1937; The Netherlands, Order of Orange Nassau, Grand Officer’s set of insignia, with swords, comprising neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, and breast star, silver, with gilt and enamel centre, in its case of issue; France, Croix de Guerre 1914-1915, with bronze palm, together with a set of related miniature dress medals, and three sets of mounted tunic ribands, the centre-piece of the Orange Nassau breast star chipped, otherwise generally good very fine or better (Lot) £3500-4000 K.C.B. London Gazette 1 January 1945. D.S.C. London Gazette 23 March 1917. The original recommendation states: ‘Lieutenant A. F. E. Palliser was in charge of a detachment of Exmouth’s seamen at the Zappeion.’ Arthur Frances Eric Palliser was born in Richmond, London in July 1890 and was educated at Bradfield College, and the R.N.Cs Dartmouth and Greenwich. Appointed Sub. Lieutenant in March 1910, and advanced to Lieutenant one year later, he was commanding the destroyer H.M.S. Albacore on the outbreak of hostilities in August 1914. Shortly thereafter, however, he came ashore to an appointment at the gunnery establishment Excellent, but he returned to sea in the flotilla leader Exmouth in February 1915, and witnessed active service in the Dardanelles. So, too, in the landing at Piraeus, Greece on 1 December 1916, when he had charge of the seaman company which came under fire from Greek troops, an incident described in detail in Blumberg’s Britain’s Sea Soldiers. On that day, an Anglo-French force comprising 3,000 seamen and marines landed at Piraeus in the early morning hours, and proceeded inland to occupy a variety of prominent defensive features - Palliser and his men were charged with taking possession of the Zappeion, about one kilometre east of the Acropolis, a task successfully accomplished in spite of intermittent fire throughout the day. Indeed local opposition proved costly, the Allied force suffering casualties of 60 officers and men killed, and 167 wounded, prior to a negotiated withdrawal back to the harbour at the end of the day. Palliser was awarded the D.S.C. and remained actively employed in the Exmouth until returning to the gunnery establishment Excellent in September 1917. His final wartime appointment was in the cruiser Comus, in which capacity he was employed from February 1918 until the end of hostilities. Gaining steady advancement between the Wars - thus to Commander in December 1924 and to Captain in June 1931 - he served as Chief of Staff to the C.-in-C. China 1936-38, and, on the renewal of hostilities in September 1939, was once more serving at the gunnery establishment Excellent. Then in May 1940, he was appointed to the command of the battleship Malaya, in which capacity he witnessed extensive action in the Mediterranean, up until March of the following year, when his command was seriously damaged by a torpedo strike delivered by the U-106 - due to heavy flooding, the battleship took on a list of 7 degrees, but Palliser managed to nurse her into port in Trinidad. In the interim, the Malaya had escorted assorted Malta convoys and carried out bombardments of Italian positions at Bardia in August 1940 and of Genoa harbour in February 1941, on which latter occasion one of her 15-inch armour piercing shells hit the south-east corner of the Genoa Cathedral’s nave - luckily the relatively soft masonry failed to detonate the fuse and the shell remains on view in the nave to this day. With Malaya effectively out of action for repairs, Palliser was advanced to Rear-Admiral and appointed Chief of Staff to the C.-in-C. Far East, in which capacity he remained employed until 1942, a period encompassing the loss of the Repulse and the Prince of Wales. Much has been written about the loss of Force Z, so, too, of Palliser’s role as Chief of Staff to Admiral Sir Tom Phillips, who was flying his flag in the Prince of Wales. To all intents and purposes, it fell to Palliser to “read” the movements being made by his senior at sea, radio contact being prohibited until the enemy had been joined in battle, and to provide his senior with intelligence reports. In the circumstances, therefore, Palliser actually performed his duties adequately, and, in fairness, the fateful decision not to engage the support of the Royal Air Force rested more heavily on the shoulders of Phillips - a conclusion reached by Patrick Mahoney and Martin Middlebrook in their definitive history - Battleship: ‘It is sometimes suggested that Rear-Admiral Palliser, Phillips’s Chief of Staff at Singapore, was the one to blame for the disaster that followed, having failed to read his commander’s mind and to arrange for air patrols to be over Force Z at Kuantan that morning. We cannot agree with this view. Palliser and Phillips had been together for six weeks, and Phillips had had ample opportunity to ensure that Palliser was ‘tuned in’ to his likely movements and needs. No one in Prince of Wales has ever stated that Admiral Phillips showed any sign of disappointment that Palliser failed to provide fighters for him that morning ... ‘ Appointed to the Staff of the C.-in-C. India later that year, Palliser was awarded the Grand Officer’s grade of the Order of Orange Nassau for his services to the Dutch Navy while on detachment to the Staff of Admiral Hart, U.S.N. (London Gazette 19 January 1943); a “mention” for his good work in S.W. Pacific (London Gazette 2 February 1943), and the C.B. for his subsequent work as Flag Liaison Officer in Delhi (London Gazette 2 June 1943). Having then briefly commanded the 1st Cruiser Squadron, Palliser was advanced to Vice-Admiral in February 1944, and served as a Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty and Chief of Supplies and Transport 1944-46, work that led to his appointment to K.C.B., which insignia he received at an investiture at Buckingham Palace on 8 February 1945. Latterly C.-in-C. East Indies Station, Palliser was advanced to Admiral in May 1947 and was placed on the Retired List in the following year. He died in Kensington, London in February 1956. Sold with Twelve Years’ Military Adventure, Volume I (London, 1829), with ink inscription, ‘A. F. E. Palliser, London, 1951’, together with The Order of Merit, by Stanley Martin (London, 2007), with author’s presentation inscription to Bridget Rendel.
Lot 148
* Malay Peninsula and Falklands Trio awarded to Radio Signalman Richard Fairweather, Royal Navy: Campaign Service Medal 1962, 1 clasp, Malay Peninsula (072704 R: Fairweather. R.O. 3. R.N.), South Atlantic Medal 1982, with rosette (RS R Fairweather D072704T NP 1870), Royal Naval Long Service and Good Conduct, Elizabeth II (RS R. Fairweather D072704T HMS Rooke), mounted for wearing, good very fine, with photocopied Certificate of Service (3)
Lot 234
SMYTH, Henry DeWolf (1898-1986). A General Account of the Development of Methods of using Atomic Energy for Military Purposes under the auspices of the United States Government 1940-1945. Washington: For the War Department, 1945. 4° (264 x 198mm). Lithoprint version, diagrams in text. Original plain wrappers, stapled (very light spotting to covers). Provenance: E.L. Brady (signature on upper cover dated in a different hand October 1945). ADVANCE PRINTING OF THE FIRST DESCRIPTION OF THE TECHNICAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE NUCLEAR BOMB, published on 12 August 1945, only six days after Hiroshima. Up to this point the research and development had been undertaken in conditions of the utmost secrecy and the report was also prepared in secret. However, the British and American governments decided that the widest dissemination of this 'remarkably full and candid account' (PMM) was in the public interest, and this first edition was distributed to journalists for radio use on 11 August and for press use the next day. This first edition is described as a 'lithoprint' and was printed in the Adjutant General's office in the Pentagon from a typescript (it is a 'true edition', the text retyped from the duplicated drafts which were circulated for corrections and comments). A printed edition of 60,000 copies was quickly prepared and published in mid-September and immediately became a bestseller. Norman 1962; Princeton University Library Chronicle 37, p. 206; PMM 422e. View on Christie's.com
Lot 186
Maugham (William Somerset).- Radio Pictures Ltd. 1933-1934 Programme with full-page promotion for the 1934 film Of Human Bondage starring Leslie Howard plus various other wonderful examples of graphical art including RKO advertisements some with cut-outs or fold-out parts original cloth-backed boards [1934]; and 5 other movie periodicals with references to Somerset Maugham v.s. (6)
Lot 779
Property of a Retired Solicitor 1951 BENTLEY MK VI SALOON registration no 482 BYC, chassis no B135KL, engine no B167K, black standard steel coachwork with cream leather upholstery and walnut dashboard and door cappings, 4257cc six cylinder engine with twin SU carburettors, manual transmission and the original Radiomobile Model 4050 radio (not installed) and spare wheel Introduced in 1946 the Bentley MK VI was Rolls Royce`s first post war model. This example, which has covered 108,000 miles was acquired by the present owner in April 2001. It has been regularly used for `fine weather` motoring and is sold with a file which includes the original Owner`s Handbook (stained) and instructions for the radio, MOT certificate (expires 2 June 2011) and SORN form V11.
Lot 162
A scratch built pond yacht, mid 20th century with single mast and weighted keel the mahogany lined to simulate planking, the keel held on a rectangular stand, 125cm long, 171cm high NOTE: This yacht was built by a Mr Charles Evans of Dagenham, Essex, whom worked at the King George V dock, he built the yacht to his own design constructing the main body from a redundant mahogany table leaf, the sail hand sewn from dress makers material. Mr Evans successfully sailed the yacht on a pond local to Onestead, carried by him and his son in a motorcycle side-car the yacht was later retro fitted with a radio control but has not been sailed since its last voyage by Mr Evans and his son.
Lot 100
MACMILLIAN CANCER SUPPORT SIGNED BOTTLES Money raised from these bottles will donated to Macmillian Cancer support. ROYAL LOCHANGAR-12 YEAR-OLD Signed by Kenny Dalglish MBE. Kenny Dalglish is a former Scotland international footballer, capped 102 during which he scored 30 goals. He played for Celtic, making 204 appearnces and scoring 112 goals before moving to Liverpool, making 355 appearnces and scoring 118 goals. CRAGGANMORE-12 YEAR-OLD Signed by Tony Roper. Tony Roper has starred in a number of classic televison comedies such as Scotch & Wry, Naked Video and Rab C. Nesbitt. He has also written a number of books and the classic television comedy The Steamie. BALLENTINES-12 YEAR-OLD Signed by Jackie Stewart OBE. Jackie Stewart is the former Formula One motor racing driver, known as the Flying Scot. He won the World Drivers` Chapionship 3 times in 1969, 1971 and 1973. GLENDRONACH-15 YEAR-OLD Signed by Murdo MacLeod. Murdo MacLeod is a former internation footballer who made 20 appearnces for his country, scoring once. He played for Dumbarton, Celtic, Borussia Dortmund, Hibernian and Partick Thistle. DALWHINNIE-15 YEAR-OLD Signed by John Beattie. John beattie is a former Scottish international rugby union player, capped 25 times for his country. He is now a top commentator with BBC Radio Scotland and commentateson TV during Six Nation Rugby matches. GLENFIDDICH-15 YEAR-OLD Signed by Chic Young. Chic Young is a professional football pundit who regularly appears for BBC Scotland on radio and TV in shows like Sportsounds and Sportscene. MACALLAN-10 YEAR-OLD Signed by Tam Cowen. Tam Cowen is a Scottish Football journalist, radio and TV presenter. He formerly presented the Scottish football comedy TV show `Offside` AUCHENTOSHAN-21 YEAR-OLD Signed by Robert Carlyle OBE. Robert Carlyle is a Scottish Film and TV actor. His films include Trainspotting, The World is Not Enough and The Full Monty. LOCH LOMOND Signed by Nigel Benn. Nigel Benn is a former British boxer who held world titles at middleweight and super middleweight in the 1990`s. Known as the `Dark Destroyer` he won 42 of his 48 fights, 35 by knockout. GLENMORANGIE-10 YEAR-OLD Signed by Heather Reid OBE. Heather Reid is a Scottish meteorologist and former weather presenter for BBC Scotland. BALLENTINES-21 YEAR-OLD Signed by Steve Cram MBE. Steve Cram is a former British middle distance runner who was dominant in the 1980`s. During his career he achived 1 Silver Olympic medal, 1 Gold World Championship medal, 2 Gold and 1 Bronze European medals and 3 Gold Commonwealth medals. GLEN GARIOCH-10 YEAR-OLD Signed by Mike Bannister. Mike Bannister was the former Chief Pilot of Concorde, a post he held from 1995 until the aircraft`s withdrawl from service in 2003. He flew more hours on Concorde than anyone else, ending with the last ever flight on 26th November 2003. 12 Bottles
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