Sign in
Register
notifications_none notifications Alerts

We found 209236 price guide item(s) matching your search

Refine your search

Year

Filter by Price Range
  • List
  • Grid
  • 209236 item(s)
    /page

Dominic Winter Auctions
Lot 37

Negi (T. Jadh Singh Bagli). Himalayan Travels, 1st edition, Calcutta: Chuckervertty, Chatterjee & Co., 1920, 2 folding maps and 5 pages of errata at rear, ex library from the Vedanta Society of Chicago with several ink stamps and labels to front and rear endpapers, 2 preliminary leaves near detached, original cloth, rubbed and some marks to spine from previous library label removal, a few nicks to joints, 8voQty: (1)NOTESA rare Victorian travelogue by an Indian, published in India by a little-known publisher, the work concerns travels in the Kumaon and Garhwal Himalayas in the 1890s by a deputy collector and settlement officer who was a native of the region.

More details

Dominic Winter Auctions
Lot 4

Birken (Sigmund von). L'Origine del Danubio con li nomi antichi, e moderni di tutti li Fiumi, & Acque, che in esso concorrono, Venice: S. Zulian, 1685, 43 engraved plates, 19 folding plates, contemporary vellum, hinges cracked, adhesive tape to outer joints, spine extremities worn, 12moQty: (1)NOTESAn extremely rare example, published in 1685 in Venice. Worldcat can only locate one copy at the Hungarian Academy of Sciences Library. This edition seems to have been expanded from other editions, featuring 42 plates and 20 folding maps of Eastern Europe.

More details

Dominic Winter Auctions
Lot 5

Briggs (Henry George). The Cities of Gujarashthra: Their Topography and History Illustrated in the Journal of a Recent Tour; with Accompanying Documents, 1st edition, Bombay: The Times' Press, printed by James Chesson, 1849, plan on p. 277, Appendix at rear, a few pinhead worm holes to lower margins not affecting text, a little soiling and light browning, modern two-tone cloth gilt, 4to (28 x 22 cm)Qty: (1)NOTESA rare Bombay imprint.

More details

Dominic Winter Auctions
Lot 8

C[airncross] (W.M., editor). The Record Flight from London to Calcutta: Being the Experiences and Adventures of Lieutenants Raymond Parer and John Cowe McIntosh (Australian Flying Corps) on their most Remarkable Flight, 1st edition, Development, 1920, black & white illustrations from photographs and commercial adverts, original cloth-backed printed boards, slightly browned and soiled, some edge and corner wear, 8voQty: (1)NOTESA rare publication concerning the first pilots to fly a single-engine aircraft from England to Australia. By the time they reached Calcutta they had run out of money and decided not only to fly advertising flights for whisky and tea companies over Calcutta but also to publish this account setting down the record of their flight thus far in order to help raise funds. They did eventually reach Melbourne and their aeroplane survives as part of the Australian War Memorial Collection in Canberra.

More details

Dominic Winter Auctions
Lot 87

Brookshaw (George). Groups of Flowers, drawn and accurately coloured after nature, with full directions for the young artist; designed as a companion to the Treatise on Flower Painting, 2nd edition, London: Thomas McLean, printed by Turner and Hadley, Minerva Press, Cheltenham, 1819, bound with Groups of Fruit, 2nd edition, 1819, and Six Birds, 2nd edition, 1819, 3 parts bound in one, half-titles and advertisements not present, 18 hand-coloured stipple-engraved plates after Brookshaw, and 18 uncoloured duplicates of the same plates (6 hand-coloured and 6 uncoloured duplicates to each part, forming a total of 36 plates), each subject with accompanying leaf of text describing the species and giving guidance for drawing and colouring, some scattered, mostly light, spotting and minor offsetting (first title with somewhat heavier spotting), all edges gilt, bookplate of C. Robert Bignold to front pastedown, contemporary gilt-decorated straight-grained red full morocco, rubbed and a little scuffed, some marks and surface tears repaired, old reback, with original gilt decorated spine laid down, folio (sheet size 36 x 26 cm, 14.25 x 10.25 ins)Qty: (1)NOTESDunthorne 53, 55 & 54; Oak Spring Flora 91 (Groups of Flowers); Oak Spring Pomona 41 (Groups of Fruit); Nissen IVB 150 (Six Birds). Complete set of Brookshaw's finely illustrated series of natural history drawing manuals in contemporary morocco binding. Oak Spring Pomona 41 "exceedingly rare".

More details

Dix Noonan Webb
Lot 279

Four: Lieutenant F. R. Blair, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve 1914-15 Star (Lieut. F. R. Blair, R.N.V.R.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Lieut. F. R. Blair. R.N.V.R.); Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R., with Second Award Clasp (6 F. R. Blair, C.P.O., R.N.V.R.) mounted court style for display, very fine and better, rare (4) £600-£800 --- Provenance: John Tamplin Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, December 2008. Only 65 Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Long Service and Good Conduct Medals awarded during the reign of Edward VII, of which 8 subsequently had clasps. Frank Robertson Blair was awarded the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 20 December 1910. During the Great War he was granted a Temporary Commission as a Sub-Lieutenant on 15 January 1915, and from 29 January 1915 he held the command the yacht Maire of the Motor Boat Reserve- this vessel he commanded as the only officer aboard for a total of three years. On 28 July 1915 he was promoted to Lieutenant on the Permanent List of the R.N.V.R., and in March 1918 he was borne as an Additional for special service on the submarine depot ship H.M.S. Pactolus. For his services during the Great War Blair was Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazette 24 May 1919) ‘for services in the Auxiliary Patrol between 1st July and 11th November 1918’. He was placed on the Retired List at his own request on 29 July 1919 when he was demobilised, and was awarded a Second Award Bar to his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 18 January 1922.

More details

Dix Noonan Webb
Lot 318

Pair: Private V. Richards, Monmouthshire Regiment British War and Victory Medals (61014 Pte. V. Richards. Monmouth. R.); together with a Llandebie Tribute Medal 1914-19, silver and enamel (hallmarks for Birmingham 1921), the reverse inscribed ‘Presented by the People of Llanderbie to Pre. V. Richards K.S.L.I.’, minor enamel damage to last, generally very fine, the last rare (3) £140-£180 --- Vincent Richards was born in Llandebie, Carmarthenshire, on 27 November 1898 and attested for the Monmouthshire Regiment at Carmarthen on 27 October 1916. He served with the 1st Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 22 October 1918, transferring to the 1st Battalion King’s Shropshire Light Infantry on 29 October 1918, and was demobilised on 4 February 1919. He died on 21 September 1994, aged 95. Sold with copied research.

More details

Dix Noonan Webb
Lot 369

Pair: Miss M. E. Burgess, British Red Cross Society General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Malaya, G.VI.R. (Miss. M. E. Burgess.); U.N. Korea 1950-54, unnamed as issued, mounted as worn, nearly extremely fine, rare (2) £140-£180

More details

Dix Noonan Webb
Lot 395

The rare Naval General Service Medal for the attack on Malaga in April 1812 awarded to Clerk J. M. Hoffmeister, Royal Navy, who was afterwards Paymaster of the Detroit in the British squadron on Lake Erie which was captured and destroyed by Commodore Perry’s superior American squadron on 10 September 1813, Paymaster Hoffmeister losing a leg in the action Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Malaga 29 April 1812 (J. M. Hoffmeister, Clerk.) minor edge bruises, otherwise nearly extremely fine £9,000-£12,000 --- Provenance: Payne Collection 1911; Sotheby, November 1981. John M. Hoffmeister is confirmed as a Clerk aboard H.M.S. Goshawk in the attack on Malaga, 29 April 1812. Only 18 clasps issued for this action which resulted in the capture of the French privateers Brave and Napolean. John Matthew Hoffmeister was born in Portsmouth on 19 February 1792. He entered the Royal Navy in H.M.S. Goshawk as a Volunteer from Portsea on 28 July 1810, serving as a Clerk. He was promoted to Acting Purser on 5 May 1812, and confirmed as Paymaster on 9 March 1813. He was appointed Paymaster of the Detroit 19, Captain Robert Heriot Barclay, the senior officer of a small, miserably equipped squadron of six sail on Lake Erie, carrying altogether 63 guns (yielding a broadside weight of 478 lbs.) and 345 men, the greater part of them nondescripts, he was further present in a most desperate action which terminated in the capture of the whole by an American force under Commodore Perry, consisting of nine excellently appointed vessels, carrying 54 guns (throwing 928 lbs. in broadside weight of metal) and 580 picked men. The battle of Lake Erie took place on the morning of 10 September 1813, starting at 11:45 a.m. and lasting until 3:00 p.m. At 11:45 Detroit opened fire on Commodore Perry’s ship Lawrence and 30 minutes later the Lawrence, supported by two schooners, came to close action with the Detroit. Havoc and destruction was heaped on all vessels involved and continued with great fury until 2:30 p.m., when Commodore Perry transferred his flag to the Niagara, which vessel was at this time perfectly fresh, and shortly afterwards the Lawrence struck. Perry, supported by his small vessels, now bore up and passed within pistol shot of the now defenceless Detroit, which had suffered badly from the raking fire of the American gunboats. On board the Detroit, the first lieutenant, John Garland, was mortally wounded and Captain Barclay so severely wounded that he had to leave the deck and pass command to Lieutenant George Inglis, who continued the action until further resistance became impossible. Paymaster Hoffmeister played an active part in the action as reported in Captain Barclay’s subsequent despatch of 12 September 1813 (London Gazette 8 February 1814): ‘Every officer in the Detroit behaved in the most exemplary manner. Lieutenant Inglis shewed such calm intrepidity, that I was fully convinced that, on leaving the deck, I left the ship in excellent hands; and for an account of the battle after that, I refer you to his letter which he wrote me, for your information. Mr. Hoffmeister, purser of the Detroit, nobly volunteered his services on deck, and behaved in a manner that reflects the highest honour on him. I regret to add, that he is very severely wounded in the knee.’ The British squadron had 3 officers, 38 men killed, and 9 officers, 85 men wounded. The loss sustained by the Americans was 27 killed and 96 wounded. Hoffmeister was listed as dangerously wounded and in fact had his leg amputated. He was granted a pension for wounds on 28 May 1821. At a subsequent court-martial held at Portsmouth in September 1814, for the loss of the Lake Erie flotilla, Captain Barclay was adjudged to be ‘most fully and honourably acquitted.’ Paymaster Hoffmeister died at Southampton in January 1865 and was buried on 3 February 1865, in Northwood Cemetery, Cowes, Isle of Wight.

More details

Dix Noonan Webb
Lot 410

Waterloo 1815 (Arm. Sergt. D. Farnsworth, 3rd Bat. 1st Foot. or R. Scots) last letter of unit obscured by replacement silver ball and bar suspension, generally very fine and a rare rank £2,400-£2,800 --- Armourer Sergeant David Farnsworth served in Captain James Cowell’s No. 1 Company at Waterloo. No other regiment in the British army suffered greater casualties amongst its officers at Quatre Bras and Waterloo, as a percentage, than the Royal Scots. Of the 42 officers of this regiment at Waterloo, only nine remained unwounded, these including the Paymaster, the Surgeon and the two Assistant Surgeons. Seven officers were killed. Most of these casualties occurred at Quatre Bras where the regiment distinguished itself in a particular manner, receiving repeated attacks from the lancers and cuirassiers whilst formed in square. According to the muster lists Farnsworth was still serving when the battalion was disbanded at Canterbury on 24 April 1817. It appears that he was afterwards transferred to the 1st Battalion Royal Scots and made his way to London where he was robbed of a substantial sum of money, most likely his final pay settlement from the 3rd Battalion. At the Old Bailey on 21st May, 1817, ‘Sarah Margaret Austin was indicted for stealing, on the 15th of May, from the person of David Farnsworth, one purse, value 6d.; four guineas, one half guinea, one 7-shilling coin [third-guinea], six £5 bank notes, and twenty-two £1 bank notes, his property.’ David Farnsworth made the following statement in court: ‘I am a Sergeant in the 1st Regiment of the Royal Scots. On the 15th of May, about a quarter before one o’clock in the morning, when I got to my lodgings at the Eagle and Child, in St Martins-le-Grand, they were gone to bed - I had the money in my possession. I knocked at the door, and the prisoner came up to me, and said, as I was locked out, I had better go along with her. I told her she had better go home. She caught hold of me, and put her hand into my pocket, took out my purse, and ran away down a passage. I went after her, but lost her. The watchman came up - I went to the watch-house with him, and described her to him - They said they knew her well, and went to her lodgings, and found a padlock on the door. The next morning, I saw her talking in the street to another woman, and gave her in charge. Nothing was found on her. I am positive she is the woman. I never saw her before - I knew her by her voice and person. I lost £57-1s-6d in all - £52 in notes, and the rest in gold - my purse was in my left-hand pocket.’ After further statements from watchmen and others, Sarah Austin, aged 26, was pronounced guilty and transported for seven years. Nothing further is known of Sergeant David Farnsworth. Sold with copied medal roll entry and Old Bailey trial details.

More details

Dix Noonan Webb
Lot 412

‘I have never witnessed a more gallant charge than was made upon the enemy’s infantry by the heavy brigade of the King’s German Legion under major-general von Bock, which was completely successful, and the whole body of infantry, consisting of three battalions of the enemy’s first division, were made prisoners.’ (Wellington) ‘The boldest charge of cavalry in the whole war.’ (French General Foy) The important and rare ‘Garcia Hernandez 1812’ casualty Waterloo Medal awarded to Lieutenant Augustus Fumetty, 2nd Light Dragoons, King’s German Legion, who was wounded in this historic cavalry action when he led his troop, with that of Captain Baron von Marschalck, in charging a ‘third square’ formed of those who had escaped from the destruction of the first two squares, which they broke and completely overthrew; upon the wreck of these routed battalions making another stand, ‘Marschalck and Fumetty led their troopers a second time to the charge, but their little force had become too much reduced, and the horses were too fatigued to admit of any impression being made upon the enemy... Captain von Uslar was killed, Lieutenant Fumetty was wounded, and several men and horses were struck down.’ Waterloo 1815 (Lieutenant Fu[m]ette, 2nd Reg. Light. D[ra]g. K.G.L.) fitted with silver clip and small ring suspension, dark toned, considerable contact marks commensurate with a long serving cavalry officer, a few letters of the naming now weak but still discernable, otherwise nearly very fine and the only named medal to an officer casualty of the historic action of Garcia Hernandez £8,000-£10,000 --- Augustus Fumette, so named in the Army List of 1810, or Fernetti [A.L. 1815], or Fumetti [A.L. 1817, 1821, 1830, and in Beamish’s history of the K.G.L.) was henceforth, from the Army List of 1840 to the announcement of his obituary in the Army List of 1862, styled as Joannes Justinus von Fumetti or Fumetty. Fumetti served as an N.C.O. in the 2nd Heavy Dragoons K.G.L. (designated Light Dragoons from 1813) in the Baltic campaign of 1807. He was commissioned as a Cornet on 27 February 1809, and promoted to Lieutenant on 24 March 1812. He served in the Peninsula and South of France from January 1812 until April 1814, being present in 1812 at the combats of Castrejon (18 July), Salamanca (22 July), Garcia Hernandez (23 July), Venta del Pozo (23 October), San Munoz (17 November), and in 1814, at Vic Bigorre (19 March) and the battle of Toulouse (10 April). He afterwards served in the Netherlands in 1814 and the campaign of 1815 including the battle of Waterloo. He was slightly wounded at Garcia Hernandez on 23 July 1813, or, as it was termed in the London Gazette, ‘an Affair with the Enemy’s Rear-Guard near La Serna’. Garcia Hernandez Following the bloody victory at Salamanca on 22 July 1812, the allied troops designated to pursue the French General Foy were under the command of Major-General Eberhardt Otto George Von Bock, who had taken temporary command of the Cavalry Division after Le Marchant had been killed and Stapleton-Cotton wounded. These troops consisted of Baron Von Bock's Heavy Brigade, comprising 1st Heavy Dragoons K.G.L. (3 Squadrons, each of 100 men) and the 2nd Heavy Dragoons K.G.L. (3 Squadrons, each of 100 men); and General George Anson's Light Brigade, comprising the 11th Light Dragoons (1 Squadron of 105 men) and the 16th Light Dragoons (1 Squadron of 105 men). The action that followed on the 23rd of July is best described by N. Ludlow Beamish’s classic History of the King’s German Legion: ‘The French infantry and artillery being at first, concealed by the inequalities of the ground, the brigades were ordered by Lord Wellington to attack the cavalry, and their pace was accordingly increased to a gallop. The German regiments, confined by the narrowness of the valley, had been unable during their progress through it, to move upon a larger front than sections of threes, and now, being an echelon of squadrons, they attempted to form line upon the first squadron. Who without waiting hurried forward, however, by the excitement of the moment, the leading squadron of the first regiment under Captain Von Hattorf - having also in front General Bock; the field officers of the regiment and Lt. Col. May of the English artillery, who had brought the order from Lord Wellington - dashed on without waiting for the remaining squadrons, and made straight for the enemy's cavalry.’ ‘The left wing of the French horsemen retired from the charge of Anson's brigade and those in front went about on the approach of Hattorf's squadron; but in pursuit the flank of the squadron became exposed to the fire of the infantry on the heights, by which Colonel May and several men and horses were wounded, and the pursuit was discontinued.’ ‘Captain Gustavus Von Der Decken, who commanded the third or left squadron of the regiment, seeing that if he advanced according to the order given, his flank would be exposed to the fire of a dense infantry square, formed the daring resolution of attacking it with his single squadron.’ ‘This square stood on the lower slope of the heights and obedient to the signal of their chief, the German troopers advanced against it with order and determination, while a deafening peel of musketry from the enemy greeted their approach. Arriving within a hundred yards of the point of attack, the gallant squadron officer, struck by a ball in the knee, fell mortally wounded, and Lieutenant Von Voss, with several men and horses, were killed; but instantly, Captain Von Uslar Gleichen, who commanded the left troop, dashing forward, placed himself at the head of the squadron and re-animating his followers by words and example, while another shower of bullets carried destruction among their ranks, the intrepid soldiers forced onward and bringing up their right flank, appeared before the enemy's bayonets on two sides of the square.’ ‘The two front ranks, kneeling, presented a double row of deadly steel, while in the rear of these, the steady muskets of four standing ranks were levelled at the devoted horsemen. At this critical moment, when the sword was about to be matched against the firelock, and the chivalrous horsemen against the firm foot soldier - when victory hung yet in equal scales - an accidental shot from the kneeling ranks, which killing a horse, caused it and the rider to fall upon the bayonets - gave the triumph to the dragoons!’ ‘For a path was now opened, and the impatient troopers rushing in amid the blazing fire, while men and horses fell fast before the muskets of the French infantry, their firm formation was destroyed, and the whole battalion were either cut down or taken prisoner.’ ‘Captain Von Reitzenstein, who commanded the second squadron, seeing the success which had attended the daring onset of his comrades on the left, and being also impeded in his forward movement by the difficulties of the ground, decided upon following up the discomfiture of the infantry, and attempting the second square, which stood on the edge of the heights. He was received with a steady and destructive fire, by which Lieutenant Heugel was killed and Lieutenant Tappe severely wounded; but the moral force of the French infantry had been shaken by the fearful overthrow which they had just witnessed, and some timid individuals leaving their ranks, Reitzenstein rushed in with his ready followers; the square broke, and the greater part of the battalion was cut down or captured.’ ‘A third square was instantly formed by those few who had escaped from destruction, and some cavalry came to thei...

More details

Dix Noonan Webb
Lot 444

Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, undated reverse, 1 clasp, The Nile 1884-85 (T. Christopher, A.B.) light pitting and minor edge bruising, otherwise very fine and rare £180-£220 --- Tom Christopher was born at Sytchett Minster, Dorset in November 1865 and entered the Royal Navy as a Boy Second Class in February 1882. Advanced to Ordinary Seaman in November 1883 and to Able Seaman in March 1884, he was awarded his Egypt and Sudan Medal for services in the Nile Flotilla during the Gordon Relief Expedition. Christopher transferred to the Royal Fleet Reserve as a Petty Officer First Class in November 1903, but was recalled on the outbreak of hostilities in August 1914. He subsequently served at the Rosyth depot ship Columbine from December of the same year until March 1916; at the Devonport torpedo school Defiance from October 1916 until February 1917; and, latterly, from June 1918, at the Devonport training establishment Powerful. He was finally demobilised in May 1919.

More details

Dix Noonan Webb
Lot 561

‘Today’ Gallantry Fund Medal, silver, 38 mm, the reverse inscribed (James Rowley, Decr. 15. 1894) in fitted case of issue, good very fine and very rare £200-£300 --- Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, September 1998. The following report was published in the 10th November 1894 issue of Today, written by the editor Jerome K. Jerome, author of Three Men in a Boat and other popular titles: ‘I am sending three guineas from the Gallantry Fund (and a medal will follow) to James Rowley, an employee at Mr Whiteley’s, who was instrumental, a little while ago, in saving four lives at Sheerness. Mr Rowley is an expert swimmer, but he had to plunge into deep water with all his clothes on, and to rescue four struggling people - two lads and both their parents - none of whom could swim, and who were naturally in a state of mortal terror. The fear was that he would become exhausted before he could possibly land the whole of them, or that they in their frantic efforts would pull him down; but the gallant fellow seems never to have thought of that, and to have stuck to his task till everyone was safe on shore.’ A letter from the un-named father of the family praising Rowley’s heroics appeared in the 8th September 1894 West London Observer under the headline - ‘Gallant rescue from drowning.’ ‘Being on a visit to Sheerness, I took my wife and seven children onto the beach near the War Department fortifications on Friday last, to give my two sons James aged 12 and Edward aged 11 a bathe. They both undressed and got into the water. James got over the breakwater and suddenly found himself in deep water. Edward seeing him struggling went to his assistance, but he was soon placed in the same position. I at once went out to try and save my boys, but being unable to swim and not knowing of this sudden depth of water, was like them struggling in the water for my life. My wife, who was by this time frantic, left the other children on the shore and rushed into the water to try and help us, but like us also getting into deep water, was like ourselves in danger. Mr James Rowley, an artist and expert swimmer of No. 6 Saunders Road, Notting Hill, also on a visit to Sheerness, seeing us all struggling in the water, took off his coat and swam towards us. He succeeded in getting us all to shore, where willing hands were ready to receive and assist my unconscious wife. We were all taken home and medically attended to, but my wife is now in a critical condition. Now, if bravery ever deserved to be recognised by the Royal Humane Society, I consider that shown by Mr James Rowley ought not to pass by unnoticed.’ Rowley’s case was considered by the Royal Humane Society, who awarded him a ‘Testimonial on vellum.’ Besides the silver medal the Today newspaper also awarded him the sum of 3 guineas. The actual date of the gallant act was the 31st August 1894, so the date engraved on the medal must be the date of award or sanction. Sold with additional research (on paper and CD) making the case for the recipient to be (Albert) James Rowley, later an important figure in the Arts and Crafts Movement. However, his father was also named James and was by profession an ecclesiastical carver and muralist. When interviewed by the press after his heroics at Sheerness in 1894, he described himself as an ‘Artist’, a profession which could apply to either man, as A. J. Rowley, who set up the Rowley Gallery in 1898, always certainly considered himself to be an artist.

More details

Dix Noonan Webb
Lot 565

Glorious First of June 1794, engraved coin, a William III Halfcrown, rev engraved with three-masted ship sailing left, ‘The Glorious Firft of June’ above, ‘1794’ below, obv engraved ‘H. Gibb. Queen’ in two lines divided by a potted plant, a salmon above, plain edge, 33mm, 12.55g (Comfort -) fine and very rare £300-£400 --- Comfort only describes one engraved coin commemorating Earl Howe’s victory over the French fleet on 1 June 1794. H.M.S. Queen, a 98-gun second rate of 1,876 tons, was launched at Woolwich in 1769. The vessel took part in the relief of Gibraltar in 1782-3 and, as the flagship of Admiral Alan Gardner, she led the van in the engagements that led up to the battle of 1 June 1794, closing with the Jemappes, a French man-of-war, and in the battle that followed disabled her, forcing the Jemappes to strike her flag in token of surrender. However, before the Jemappes could be taken as a prize, a full squadron of the French fleet swept down upon Queen fore and aft. Surrounded by the French men-of-war she was exposed to fierce fire from all quarters. Her captain, John Hutt, fell mortally wounded upon her quarterdeck and her first officer, Mr Mitchell, and 36 seamen also died while 67 seamen lay wounded on her decks. Disdaining the enemy's summons to surrender, the survivors fought back gallantly until finally Lord Howe's squadron came to the assistance of the Queen and drove off her attackers, although the vessel was seriously damaged. Sold with a transcript of a letter from Jno. Wilkinson, steward to the ward room on Queen, written from Spithead in July 1794, in which he describes the action, as well as further background information on the life of the ship, which was broken up in April 1821.

More details

Dix Noonan Webb
Lot 567

Nelson Testimonial Medal 1844, by E. Avern, obv. bust of Nelson facing left, enclosed by a garter, ‘England Expects Every Man Will do His Duty’; rev View of the Column in Trafalgar Square, with the National Gallery and the Church of St. Martin-in-the-Fields in the background, ‘To Commemorate the Opening of the Nelson Testimonial in Trafalgar Squ.’; exergue, ‘21 October 1844’, 60mm., pewter, pierced for ring suspension (Hardy 97; MH 531) nearly extremely fine and very rare thus £400-£500 --- Provenance: Goodwin Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, September 2009. The ‘Gentlemen of the Parish of St. Martins’ had raised a subscription for the purpose of giving a dinner to veteran sailors on the occasion of the ceremonial opening of Nelson’s Column. Unsuccessful in this regard, the fund was instead used to strike a commemorative medal to be awarded to the veterans together with a gratuity of 10 shillings. The medal was duly struck and presented on 2 April 1845 to eligible In-pensioners of Greenwich Hospital, being awarded to 39 veterans who had served at Cape St. Vincent, 35 from the Nile, 45 from Copenhagen and 238 who had fought at Trafalgar - total of 357 awards. Milford Haven states that the medals were struck for presentation to the Royal Marine guard-of-honour who were present at the ceremonial opening of the monument but this is unsubstantiated (Ref: Remember Nelson, by Thomas A. Hardy, 2005 and Naval Medals 1793-1856, by K. J. Douglas-Morris, 1987).

More details

Dix Noonan Webb
Lot 570

Hanbury Rifle Volunteers Marksmans Prize Medal 1870, 41mm, silver, the obverse featuring two Rifleman, one kneeling and taking aim, the other standing at ease, ‘In Defence’ around, the reverse engraved ‘The Hanbury Medal Marksmans Prize 1870’ within laurel wreath, the edge engraved ‘3rd Mon of Hanbury Rifle Volunteers Captn. Commandant A. Hair’, with silver scroll suspension, edge bruising, suspension claw loose, otherwise very fine and rare £80-£120

More details

Dix Noonan Webb
Lot 572

Norwich Tribute Medal 1899-1901, 32mm x 26mm, silver, the obverse featuring a shield bearing the city arms, ‘Presented by Mayor and Citizens of Norwich’, within laurel wreath around, the reverse inscribed ‘Pro Patria Norfolk Volunteers South Africa 1899-1901’, and contemporarily engraved ‘Pte. E. Ingate 5606’, lacking ring suspension, nearly extremely fine, rare £200-£240 --- Referenced in Hibbard, A19.

More details

Dix Noonan Webb
Lot 573

The Poignant, Historically Important Manuscript Journal, Peking Siege Commemoration Medal and Archive of Doctor Wordsworth Poole, who was Mentioned in Despatches for his devoted and gallant services as Physician to the British Legation during the Siege at Peking, having previously served as Principal Medical Officer in Central Africa and Southern Nigeria. Poole’s Journal, lavishly illustrated by sketches, diagrams, and tables, is a fascinating account of the rising tension between the foreign Legations and the Qing Court, the appearance of anti-foreigner ‘Boxers’, and the daily struggles of the defenders of the International Legations, all from the perspective of ‘the fighting doctor’ who set up and ran the improvised International Hospital and was a close confidante of, and advisor to, Sir Claude Macdonald, British Minister to the Qing Emperor, and his wife Ethel, Lady Macdonald. i) Peking Siege Commemoration Medal, 57mm, bronze, the obverse featuring the Ch’ien Men engulfed in flames, in the exergue a cannon, ‘junii xx - augusti xiv’, the reverse featuring Britannia and Germania standing facing, clasping hands, a Chinese female standing behind; below a dragon, ‘mene. mene. tekel. upharsin. ichabod!’ impressed on the edge (Dr Wordsworth Poole C.M.G.) ii) Dr Poole’s Personal handwritten Journal (marked ‘Private’) in two volumes, the first (rebound) running from January 1896 to May 1901, the second covering the period May 1901 up to November 1901, when he fell ill prior to his death in January 1902, the several hundred pages of acute observation and commentary contain much of historical, medical and mental health interest iii) Dr Poole’s personal photograph album, covering the period 1895-1901, a fascinating companion to the Journal, 26 pages with hundreds of images in excellent condition, annotated and covering many of the personalities and places mentioned in his Journal and letters, including the Siege of the Legations iv) Dr Poole’s personal letters to his family, mostly typed transcripts but some of the later ones from 1900 onwards are handwritten originals v) Two framed original portrait photographs of the recipient vi) Obituaries, notices, and much other ephemera relating to Wordsworth Poole, generally very good condition and an important and rare archive (lot) £12,000-£15,000 --- Dr Poole’s medal group, comprising The Order of St. Michael and St. George, Companion’s breast badge; Central Africa Medal 1891-98 with clasp Central Africa 1894-98; East and West Africa Medal 1887-1900, with clasp 1897-98; and China Medal 1900 with clasp Defence of Legations, was sold in these rooms in March 2021. Wordsworth Poole was born at St. Paul’s Cray, Kent, on 7 December 1867, the son of Samuel Wordsworth Poole, an M.D. of Aberdeen and Vicar of St. Mark’s, Cambridge, and the grandson of Richard Poole, an eminent physician, psychiatrist and phrenologist, who practised in Edinburgh. He was educated at St. Olave’s School, London, where he won several scholarships, and St. Catherine's College, Cambridge. Completing his medical training at Guy’s Hospital, an organisation to which he developed a lifelong loyalty, qualifying as an M.B. and B.C.H. and serving time as house surgeon, he went overseas in search of adventure, first to Africa, then to China. Africa Poole kept a private Journal and wrote many letters to members of his family, providing a rare insight into an important period of British rule in the interior of Africa, dealing with the final overthrow of the armed forces of the African and Arab leaders who conducted a huge traffic in slaves. They also contain much of interest from a medical and mental health perspective and many references to the life led by the early Europeans in the interior of Africa (and subsequently, China). One of Poole’s first tasks was to make and fit a prosthetic for an African whose leg had been bitten off by a crocodile. Poole found his work with the indigenous peoples highly rewarding; he considered many of the European missionaries and soldiers less likeable as patients and companions. The sickness and mortality rate amongst the Europeans must have been one of the highest in the world, an overall annual death rate of around 10%. The death rate among officials was particularly high. In 1897-98 out of the total of 65 in the country around Lake Nyasa there were 12 deaths (18%), practically all in the prime of life. Kinetic injuries abounded, especially in rural areas. Dr Poole joined Major C. E. Edwards on his campaign against Zirafi, a powerful slaver chief based on a steep, easily defended hill covered with boulders, which was tough to approach ‘with people potting at you from good cover.’ The skirmishing en-route was described by Poole in a letter to his mother: ‘I and my hospital carriers were passing a clearing when about 70 yards away from us two guns blazed off from behind rocks. The porters threw down their loads and hooked. My boy ran up to me with my rifle, and I was trying to catch sight of someone to fire at (I’m fairly steady with the rifle now) when I saw a flash and some smoke, followed by another, and a bullet fell near my feet, knocking up dust into my face.’ Poole performed several operations in the field: ‘Last Saturday I took off a man’s hand. He had been shot through the wrist by one of Zirafi’s men about six weeks ago. Since then he has had Tetanus… He is doing well now and it has all healed up by primary union.’ On 24 November 1895, Poole accompanied Major Edwards, Smith and Bradshaw of 35th Sikhs on the German Steamer S.S. Hermann von Wissman on their way up to subdue the Arab slaver strongholds of Mloze, Kopa Kopa and Kapandanser; their force of 400 soldiers arriving in detachments. Stopping on the way at Likoma, a missionary station, Poole reflected on the psychology of Europeans who came to Africa: ‘There is a peculiarity about the men who have been in Africa some time. You get into a groove of your own and can’t bear anyone else to be running the show with you. Look at Livingstone and his fearful temper and quarrels with other white men. Kirk, Stanley and all of them the same. One’s temper must become ruined. It is so noticeable with every head of out-stations; they are all bears in one way and brook no interference. I see that one must make enormous allowances for people out here. The circumstances are so adverse. There is no public opinion and such a fierce light of criticism beats upon the actions of a handful of white men out here.’ Poole described in his letters the appalling outbreaks of severe dysentery, malaria and blackwater fever and the difficulties he had in dealing with them single-handed: ‘Just now there is a great deal of sickness about. In the last fortnight I have had about 40 cases of very acute dysentery, some cases of pneumonia and other minor ones.’ He too succumbed to recurrent bouts of fever in the Nyasa region and in Nigeria, to extent that he had to return to England as a convalescent. He recorded his options in his Journal on 6 June 1899: ‘1. Another billet from Colonial Office in a healthy climate. Such a billet as would be worth my while accepting would probably be a long time turning up. 2. Stay at home and try and get on Tropical School of Medicine - but pay poor. 3. Foreign Office said there was a possibility of post of physician to Legation at Peking falling vacant. Worth about £700 a year. Climate good. Drawbacks to this appointment not allowed private practice… and no further advancement. But an easy well-paid billet. My prospects in Nigeria were good...

More details

Dix Noonan Webb
Lot 578

Baronet’s Badge of Nova Scotia, a fine and rare Georgian silk neck cravat, 80mm (3.25in) wide, 850mm (34in) overall length, complete with gold split ring for attaching badge and full-width 2-part gold ribbon fastening clasp, extremely good condition for age £200-£300

More details

Dix Noonan Webb
Lot 637

Canadian Royal Air Force Set of Insignia c.1920. A rare Officers Cap Badge KC and wing, CAF to the centre mounted on copper maple leaf, bottom scroll ‘sic itur ad astra’, with red /blue velvet backing to the rear; another, as before but smaller size for side cap or collar; and a rare Officers Pilots Wing, CAF to the centre mounted on copper maple leaf, lugs to the rear; together with four Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm gold wire badges, generally good condition (7) £400-£500

More details

Dix Noonan Webb
Lot 138

A particularly fine post-War M.B.E., Second War ‘1941’ A.R.R.C., and rare Red Cross Florence Nightingale Medal group of nine awarded to Lieutenant H. J. Cholmeley, Territorial Army Nursing Service, who served as part of the B.E.F. in France 1940, and was evacuated via Calais having had an eventful escape in an ambulance, 25 May 1940. She went on to serve with distinction in the hostile environments of Malaya and Kenya, before being recognised for her work with children in equally volatile Cyprus during the troubles there The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Civil) Member’s 2nd type breast badge, silver, on lady’s bow riband, in Royal Mint case of issue; Royal Red Cross, 2nd Class (A.R.R.C.), G.VI.R. 1st issue, silver and enamel, reverse dated ‘1941’, on lady’s bow riband; 1939-45 Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Malaya, G.VI.R. (Miss. H. J. Cholmeley.) surname partially officially corrected; Africa General Service 1902-56, 1 clasp, Kenya (H. J. Cholmeley); Voluntary Medical Service Medal, with Additional ‘Geneva Cross’ Award Bar (Miss Helen J. Cholmeley, M.B.E. ARRC. SRN. RSCN.) with the Florence Nightingale Medal, gilt and enamel, reverse engraved ‘Miss Helen Joyce Cholmeley MBE., ARRC., SRN., RSCN. 12 May 1973’, with miniature in case of issue, a number of Red Cross badges, a Territorial Army Nursing Service Badge, a Nurse’s League of St. Bartholomew’s Hospital lapel badge, and riband bar, medals mounted or wear, generally very fine or better (9) £1,200-£1,600 --- M.B.E. London Gazette 13 June 1964: Matron of the Home for Sick Children, Kyrenia, Cyprus. A.R.R.C. London Gazette 1 July 1941. Presented with the Florence Nightingale Medal by the International Committee of the Red Cross in 1973, the recommendation for which states: ‘Miss Cholmeley who is a State Registered Nurse and a Registered Sick Children’s Nurse, took her General Training at St. Bartholomew’s Hospital, London, on completion of which she was appointed Charge Nurse, Theatre, at the hospital. She later became Theatre Sister at Willesden General Hospital and after that Theatre Sister at The London Clinic. In 1939 Miss Cholomeley was mobilised in the Territorial Army Nursing Service and served in France, Mauritius and East Africa until 1945 when she was demobilised with the rank of Sister equivalent to that of a Ward Sister in a General Hospital. On demobilisation she was appointed Associate Royal Red Cross. She then served as Sister with the UNRRA Plastic Surgery Team in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, for 11 months in 1946. From 1947 to 1949 she was Theatre Sister at The London Clinic. After temporary duty as Relief Sister at Freeland House Auxiliary Hospital near Oxford, Miss Cholmeley was selected for service in Transjordan from June 1949 where she served as Theatre Sister and Acting Matron until June 1950 when it became the policy to employ local Palestinians and Jordanians and other contracts were terminated. Whilst awaiting another Overseas posting with the B.R.C.S., Miss Cholmeley worked at the Birmingham and Midland Hospital for Women and also at the King Edward VII Hospital for Officers, London. In April 1952 Miss Cholmeley served as a Field Officer with the B.R.C.S. Team during the emergency in Malaya, returning home in May 1954. She was posted to Kenya during the Mau Mau emergency in August 1954, returning to the UK in October 1956. From December 1956 until April 1957 Miss Cholmeley was posted to the Red Cross Hostel for British Nationals from Egypt following the crisis in Suez. In May 1957 Miss Cholmeley went out to Cyprus as Matron of the Red Cross Home for Sick Children then situated in Saittas. She was largely responsible for organising the move to a new Home in Kyrenia where she remained as Matron until April 1967. From April 1967 until May 1970 Miss Cholmeley was Matron of Queen Alexandra House, Folkestone - a home for elderly retired nurses. As will be seen from her record of service, Miss Cholmeley has served with distinction in many different countries, often in extremely dangerous and difficult circumstances. Her work in Malaya and in Kenya in particular took her to remote areas where she relied only on the reputation of the Red Cross for protection against subversive elements. In Malaya she was responsible for running Clinics in the resettlement villages where she treated thousands of people and, by gaining their respect and confidence, contributed greatly to raising their morale as well as looking after their physical needs. Similarly in Kenya where her work lay mainly among Kikuyu women and children, she helped to build confidence and prepare the way for a return to normal conditions. In Cyprus it is no exaggeration to say that by her outstanding leadership and example Miss Cholmeley was responsible for the Red Cross Children’s Home at Kyrenia becoming known as the happiest place on the island during all the troubles there. It was also a unique institution in that the staff of Greek, Turkish and Armenian Cypriots worked well together in caring for the children who were also drawn from all communities, which was a situation not possible at the time anywhere else in the island. miss Cholmeley and her staff won the admiration of all the various United Nations Forces stationed in Cyprus, as a result of which the Home received invaluable financial support and other services given free by the Forces such as the planning and equipping of the swimming pool and gymnasium for the poliomyelitis and other patients.’ Helen Joyce Cholmeley was born in Hull, Yorkshire in June 1909, and trained as a nurse at St. Bartholomew’s Hospital, London, 1929-33. She enlisted as a Staff Nurse with the Territorial Army Nursing Service in April 1939, and served as a Sister during the Second War stationed at the 17th British General Hospital, Camiers, France, from 9 January 1940. Cholmeley’s personal account of her evacuation from France is held by the National Archives (WO222/2143), in which she states: ‘However that night orders came to move again but in spite of several false alarms we did not go until morning May 23rd. We left the unit and with our Padre and Driver started by ambulance for Dunkirk. Because of a recent air raid we could not get to the docks and were then sent on to Calais, but at Gravelines the bridge had been blocked so we spent some time at a camp until they decided which way we were to go. We were taken round by a smaller bridge and here the roads were very blocked by refugees. There was no boat that day so we went to the H.Q. of the Area Commandant at Calais. The next day we went aboard the City of Christchurch which had come bringing tanks the day before - and the day after reached Southampton on May 25th.’ Cholmeley’s ARRC was invested by the King at Buckingham Palace, 10 February 1942. She was commissioned Lieutenant in February 1951 (with seniority 4 April 1939), and the British Red Cross Society Report for 1954 gives additional details of her service in Kenya: ‘Two teams flew to Kenya in April to work in the forest villages among the resettled women and children of the Kikuyu tribe. Miss Margaret Robinson, S.R.N., and Miss Joan Priest, Welfare Officer, work together at Nyeri. Miss Evelyn Bennett worked principally among the children in a police camp and, later, in Nairobi. Another welfare, Miss Henley Colgate, is at Fort Hall. These teams were reinforced in September by Miss Helen Cholmeley, S.R.N.... Reports indicate that all the teams are doing outstanding work under difficult circumstances. Even in so short a time they have succeeded in gaining the confidence of many of the villagers and being of real service ...

More details

Bamfords Auctioneers & Valuers
Lot 295

A rare French hard paste porcelain saucer, probably Brancas-Lauraguais factory, painted in the famille rose taste with scattered flowers in polychrome enamels, pink lobed and feathered border, iron red rim, 13.5cm diam, incised BL mark, 1764-1768See the collection of the British Museum for a similar plate, object no. 2003,0702.1

More details

Bamfords Auctioneers & Valuers
Lot 387

A rare French experimental hard paste porcelain plate, probably Brancas-Lauraguais, painted in the famille rose taste with scattered flowers in polychrome enamels, wrythen-fluted borders in low relief, iron red rim, 23cm diam, incised initials, 1764-1768A similar dish was sold by Mellors & Kirk, Two Day Fine Art Sale, 25th November 2010, Lot 177.

More details

Moore Allen & Innocent
Lot 177

A rare 19th Century volume containing various letters, documents and cuttings to and from The India Office relating to Tibet, in marbled board binding with tooled and gilded leather spine inscribed “China – Cooper, Baber, Hosie”, including Times cuttings relating to The English Mission to Yarkand, map of the Singpho-Kampti Country or neutral ground between India and China, to illustrated a paper read before the Asiatic Society Benghal, 1st March 1882, by Charles H Lepper, together with reports by Mr Baber on the route followed by Mr. Grovesnor’s Mission between Tali-fu and Momein 1878, with map of the road from Yunnan-fu, another similar report by Mr. Hosie on a journey through central Ssu-ch’uan in June and July 1884 presented to both Houses of Parliament by Command of Her Majesty 1885, etc., etc.

More details

Warren & Wignall
Lot 315

A collection of comedy and music LP's including a rare Tony Hancock (the blood donor) Morecambe & Wise, Bob Newhart, and six Blaster Bates albums + Glenn Miller and others

More details

Warrington & Northwich Auction
Lot 318

Rare ACME Manchester Ship Canal whistle. P&P Group 1 (£14+VAT for the first lot and £1+VAT for subsequent lots)

More details

Cuttlestones Auctioneers
Lot 331

A BOXED RARE JAPANESE MADE ARNAGE MODELS 737C, NUMBER 86, 1/43 SCALE TOGETHER WITH A BOXED SHINSEI MINI POWER SNORKEL CHEMICAL FIRE ENGINE, A BOXED VINTAGE SOLIDO NO. 1031, 1/43 SCALE BMW M1 AND A BOXED SOLIDO 226 GERMAN ARMOURED RECONNAISSANCE CAR

More details

Cuttlestones Auctioneers
Lot 332

BOXED RARE BUDGIE 236 AEC ROUTEMASTER BUS GOLDEN JUBILEE OF LONDON TRANSPORT AND BOXED DINKY 383 CONVOY NATIONAL CARRIERS TRUCK

More details

Cuttlestones Auctioneers
Lot 83

GEORGE FRIEL - 'THE BANK OF TIME', first edition published by Hutchinson of London in their 'New Authors' Series, 1959, no dustjacket. This is George Friel's first book, he went on to write 'Mr Alfred M. A. ', his fourth novel which was listed in the top 100 Scottish books of all time. Although readily available in paperback it is very rare to find a first edition of this novel.Condition Report:No dustjacket, scratches on back cover, otherwise very good

More details

Cuttlestones Auctioneers
Lot 88

L. M. MONTGOMERY - 'THE WATCHMAN AND OTHER POEMS', London Constable & Company Ltd. 1920, possibly the British first edition of this rare work by the author of "Anne of Green Gables"Condition Report:No dustjacket, scratched spine, foxing throughout.

More details

Chaucer Auctions
Lot 64

2021 Rare Concorde Cover Signed by Barbara Harmer Concorde Female Pilot flown 22 No 01 Heathrow Concorde Cover New York - London Flown Personally Signed Senior First Officer Barbara Harmer Female Concorde Pilot. Barbara Joined the Concorde Fleet in 1992 and her elevation in 1993 to First Officer on Concorde Barbara Harmer, who left school at 15 and became a trainee hairdresser. A few decades later, she became the first woman to pilot Concorde, after obtaining her type rating on the supersonic jet on March 25, 1993, Died 20 February 2011 age 57. Details enclosed. Certified Copy no 2 of 9 . Good Condition. All autographs are genuine hand signed and come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99

More details

Chaucer Auctions
Lot 85

Rare 50st Anniv Air Raid Pearl Harbor Signed Hirata Matsumura Japanese Bomb Aimer. 7 Dec 1991 - Mildenhall CDS pmk. 50st Anniversary Air Raid Pearl Harbor - This is No Drill showing Curtiss P-4O aircraft added cachet 07. 58 (Local Time) Emergency broadcast by Commander Logan C. Ramsey from Marine Air Base at Ewa Ford Island, Air Raid Pearl Harbor - This is No Drill. Personally Signed in English and Japanese by Hirata Matsumura. Officer in command of Torpedo carrying aircraft Japanese Carrier Hiryu/ Pearl Harbour 7 December 1941. Photo copy of letter in Japanese. Good Condition. All autographs are genuine hand signed and come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99

More details

Chaucer Auctions
Lot 86

Rare 50st Anniv Air Raid Pearl Harbor Signed Col Philip Rasmussen managed to get airborne during the attack Pearl Harbour. Personally signed by Col Philip Rasmussen 4 Victories. On 7 December 1941 six Pilots managed to get their planes airborne during the attack Pearl Harbour, Philip Rasmussen was one, and Shot down one Japanese aircraft with Curtis P - 36. Good Condition. All autographs are genuine hand signed and come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99

More details

Martin & Pole
Lot 368

A rare and unusual 925 silver combined vesta and glass ashtray, as found

More details

Chaucer Auctions
Lot 110

Rare Good Content Letter Signed by George Darley Battle of Britain Pilot. ( not happy with Bader) Rare 2 Page Hand Written Letter dated 22 Aug 94, Personally Signed by George Darley Battle of Britain Pilot. ( not happy with Bader) In the letter he wrote On several occasions 12 Gp were asked by 11gp to reinforce them but were refused based upon Bader's theory of 'big Wings' On the other hand 10 group always responded often by me as OC 609 Sqn etc. Good Condition. All autographs are genuine hand signed and come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99

More details

Chaucer Auctions
Lot 159

Rare multiple signed Victoria Cross winners signed cover. Six VCs in Charles Upham VC and Bar, Learoyd VC, Ian Fraser VC, Edward Kenna VC, A. R. Cutler VC, K. Payne VC, US WW2 aces Col Abner M. Aust, Donald McPherson and 1 other signed Martin Baltimore 40th Anniversary of VJ Day cover. Flown in Boeing 737 from London Gatwick to Malta and return. Good Condition. All autographs are genuine hand signed and come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99

More details

Chaucer Auctions
Lot 348

WW2. A Black and white Original 1943 Deutsche Kraftfahrt Transport Magazine. Written in German Language. 42 pages. A rare unique item. Good Condition. All autographs are genuine hand signed and come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99

More details

Chaucer Auctions
Lot 445

Rare Vulcan bomber cover. Grp Capt John Ward 1962 World Record holder London - Aden signed Avro Vulcan flown RAF bomber cover. Good Condition. All autographs are genuine hand signed and come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99

More details

Fieldings Auctioneers
Lot 672

A collection of twenty six Beatles picture discs, to include part 1-3 Rare interview with the Beatles, Anniversary discs, later reissues etc, together with twenty six 7 inch singles, first and later presses. (52)

More details

Fieldings Auctioneers
Lot 681

An Elvis Presley record 'Rock 'N' Roll No. 2', UK original HMV issue, LP CLP 1105, a rare copy of the 1957 1st pressing release of Elvis's second album release, Matrix G2-WP-7207-2N, G2-WP-7208-IN.

More details

Fieldings Auctioneers
Lot 714

A 2004 Martin & Co. OM-41 Special acoustic guitar,  serial no. 1066**07 (2004/2005), the top Solid Sitka Spruce and the sides and back Indian rosewood, with fingerboard position inlays, style 45 Snowflake/pearl, sold with hard carry case. NB - The Martin & Co. OM-41 Special was made in limited numbers between 2004 - 2005. 'Special' guitars branded this by the manufacturer are considered rare and a precursor for the OM-42.

More details

Bloomfield Auctions
Lot 441A

RARE BRITISH PARACHUTE REGIMENT 2 PARA COLOUR SERGEANTS 68 PATTERN PARA SMOCK

More details

Antony Cribb Ltd
Lot 145

A GOOD CASED 54-BORE FIVE-SHOT PERCUSSION KERR REVOLVER, 5.75inch sighted octagonal blued barrel stamped with proof marks and LAC to the left flat, the sighting rib engraved LONDON ARMOURY CO, JAS KERR & CO, Successors, 36 KING WILLIAM ST EC, blued cylinder engraved with the serial no. 11, 293 and the face of the cylinder stamped 775, border engraved back action lock stamped LONDON ARMOURY, the frame engraved KERR'S PATENT 11293, chequered wooden grip, the butt plate with lanyard ring, contained in its green baize lined oak case, the lid with matching maker's trade label, complete with commensurate accessories comprising extremely rare Kerr tool, LAC bullet mould, cleaning rod, bullet and cap tins, oil bottle, clean lacquered Sykes flask, spare nipples and key to case. The gun retains approximately 90% blued finish and good traces of case colour hardening, hinge stops pushed over.

More details

Antony Cribb Ltd
Lot 182

A RARE MARTINI HENRY BAYONET TRAINING RIFLE, of characteristic Martini form and constructed from a stripped down MKII rifle, the right side of the action stamped with a crown over VR over BSA MCO over 1877, various Ordnance stamps, chequered butt plate, sprung bayonet push rod. Some losses to left side of fore-end.

More details

Antony Cribb Ltd
Lot 186

A RARE .577 CAPPING BREECHLOADING CAVALRY SERVICE CARBINE, 21inch sighted five groove rifled barrel fitted with rear leaf sights, the lock stamped F T BAKER 88 FLEET STREET LONDON, the top of the receiver faintly engraved GREEN PATENT 1861, full stocked with regulation brass mounts, swivel cleaning rod. Half a dozen examples of the rare trials rifle are believed to exist but this is the only carbine sized one that I have seen. This carbine is basically a Pattern 1858 percussion cavalry carbine with the addition of the patented breech loading system submitted and accepted for trials in August 1864. Split to stock behind lock - pinned.

More details

Antony Cribb Ltd
Lot 318

A RARE 19TH CENTURY LANARKSHIRE REGIMENT OFFICER'S DIRK, 30.5cm fullered blade with faceted back edge, regulation carved basket weave hilt with white metal mounts decorated with thistles, the pommel set with a stone, the grip set with white metal studs, contained in its white metal mounted leather scabbard decorated to match, the upper mount with regimental badge, complete with companion knife and fork, contained in its purple velvet lined case.

More details

Antony Cribb Ltd
Lot 328

A RARE REGIMENTAL PATTERN OFFICER'S MAMELUKE TO THE 19TH LANCERS, 79cm clean clipped back blade etched with scrolling foliage, laurel wreaths, crowned stands of arms, battle honours, NIAGARA, SERINGAPATAM, ASSAYE, regimental motifs crossed lances over XIX LANCERS, regulation copper gilt hilt, the crossguard decorated with a stand of arms and an elephant to the front, two-piece riveted ivory grips, small repair, contained in its steel scabbard. A scarce mameluke to a regiment that only existed between September 1816 and September 1821.

More details

Antony Cribb Ltd
Lot 329

A RARE REGIMENTAL OFFICER'S MAMELUKE TO THE 21ST ROYAL SCOTCH FUSILIERS, 73cm curved blade with clipped back tip, decorated with thistles, roses and shamrock, highlighted in gilt, to one side and crowned regimental motif and a thistle flanking the regimental title XXI ROYAL SCOTCH FUSILIERS, on the other side, regulation copper gilt hilt with two-piece riveted ivory grips, contained in its copper mounted steel scabbard.

More details

Antony Cribb Ltd
Lot 359

A VERY RARE REGIMENTAL PATTERN COFFIN HILT SABRE TO THE 10TH (PRINCE OF WALES'S OWN) LIGHT DRAGOONS, 78cm clean curved blade, regulation steel hilt with large diamond shaped langets, D-shaped knuckle guard with slightly downturned quillon, coffin-shaped pommel set with the Prince of Wales feathers in gold and brass, spirally fluted ebony grip, the whole set with and highlighted with polished faceted studs of graduated size, contained in its openwork steel scabbard, the three open panels trimmed in fishskin, some losses. It is suggested, given the fine quality and obvious stature of the hilt, that it was made for the commanding officer of the Regiment who at that time was in fact George, Prince of Wales.

More details

Antony Cribb Ltd
Lot 398

A RARE 1897 PATTERN TEESSIDE SAPPERS AND MINERS ROYAL ENGINEERS VOLUNTEER OFFICER'S SWORD, 81.5cm blade etched with scrolling foliage, crowned VR cypher, TEES. DIVISION S.M.R.E. VOLS and owner's initials, maker's panel for HOBSON & SONS, regulation pierced steel hilt, wire bound fishskin grip, contained in its field service scabbard.

More details

Antony Cribb Ltd
Lot 402

A RARE WIVR REGIMENTAL PATTERN INFANTRY OFFICER'S SWORD TO THE 43RD (MONMOUTHSHIRE) REGIMENT OF FOOT, 82.5cm pipe backed blade with spear point, etched with a crowned WIVR cypher, a crowned strung bugle horn over XLIII over a laurel wreath and maker's panel for OSBORN, regulation copper hilt with D-shaped knuckle guard, wire bound fishskin grip, contained in its steel scabbard. Small repair to fishskin.

More details

Antony Cribb Ltd
Lot 404

A VERY RARE ROYAL NAVAL AIR SERVICE OFFICER'S SWORD, 78.5cm clean blade etched with scrolling foliage, crowned R.N.A.S. motifs, crowned Royal arms, owner's name J. B. White and maker's panel for GILLOTT & HASELL, regulation copper gilt hilt incorporating the R.N.A.S. motif, folding side guard, lion's head pommel, wire bound fishskin grip, contained in its engraved copper gilt mounted leather scabbard complete with knot cord. A Captain James Butler White, DFC, served with the Royal Naval Air Service piloting Sopwith Camels with No. 8 Naval Squadron and secured twelve victories, qualifying as an ace, during the First World War.

More details

Duke's Avenue Auctions
Lot 240

AN 18TH CENTURY MOULDED GLASS MEDICINE JAR a small but rare bottle or jar, moulded inscription FRIERS DROPS BY THE KINGS PATENT GRANTED TO R GRUBB 1777

More details

Duke's Avenue Auctions
Lot 518

AFTER MEMLING WITH RARE PRESSED TIN FRAME a late Victorian copy, oil on board, with very unusual Holbeinesque frame of pressed tin

More details

Gildings Auctioneers
Lot 298

Hennessy VS Cognac, 1L, 40% vol, together with two bottles of Three Barrels VSOP Rare Old Brandy 5 Star, 40% vol, 70cl, one in carton.

More details

Special Auction Services
Lot 171

An Alliance Roll Film Camera Company 'The Scout' Box Camera, circa 1903, 6 x 6cm, a rare British copy of the original Kodak Brownie box camera made by Alliance, a company associated with Houghtons, wooden body G-VG, shutter working

More details

Lawrences Auctioneers of Crewkerne
Lot 1016

A RARE LATE ELIZABETH I STEEPLE CUP AND COVER with a deep conical bowl, chased with a row of scallop shells below fleur-de-lys and a vacant shield cartouche against a matt ground & above a calyx of alternating stiff leaves and fruit, the baluster stem with adornment, supported on a bell-shaped foot, chased with fleur-de-lys above a formal moulded border, the domed cover chased with a row of scallop shells above row of fleur-de-lys against a matt ground, the steeple chased with chevrons and terminating in a turned finial, flanked by three scrolls, inscribed under the foot "EX DONO IO: WALTON ARCHIDIACONI DERBIE 1603", the whole with traces of gilding, maker's mark "AB" conjoined, London 1602; 10.9" (27.7 cms) high to rim; 16.9" (42.7 cms) high overall; 23.4 oz Provenance: This cup was presented to the owner's grandfather as the prize, when his horse "DON SANCHO" won the Irish Grand National in 1928 and sold with the cup is a small inscribed disc relating to its presentation. It was also catalogued as part of a Loan Exhibition of Old English Plate and Decorations and Orders at 25 Park Lane and Seaford House, in March 1929 (catalogue No. 794)

More details

Lawrences Auctioneers of Crewkerne
Lot 1033

A RARE VICTORIAN WINE LABEL in the form of a fouled anchor incised "SHERRY", with a rope-work neck ring, by William Stocker, London 1882; 5.25" (13.2 cms) overall drop; 1 oz

More details

Lawrences Auctioneers of Crewkerne
Lot 1036

SIX VARIOUS ANTIQUE SAUCE LABELS:- "ANCHOVY", London 1814, a smaller "ANCHOVY" (maker's mark only "IR"), a similar "SOY", an Irish "ANCHOVY SAUCE" by James Le Bas, Dublin 1828, a "CHILI VINEGAR" (marks indistinct) and a rare small "STOUT" label by C. Rawlings & W. Summers, London 1862; the latter 0.9" (2.3 cms) long; 0.85 oz (6)

More details

Lawrences Auctioneers of Crewkerne
Lot 1052

A RARE GEORGE III "MADEIRA" WINE LABEL in the form of a shaped crescent, by Peter & Jonathan Bateman, London c.1790 (no date letter); 1.75" (4.5 cms) long; 0.2 oz

More details
Loading...Loading...
  • 209236 item(s)
    /page

Recently Viewed Lots