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Click here to subscribeThunderbirds - David Graham - a rare autographed FAB 1 pressed metal full size number plate (a replica of the one found on Lady Penelope's FAB 1 car in the series). Signed by Graham in silver ink to a dark portion of the plate. An impressive display piece. Obtained in person by the vendor. Measures approx; 52cm long.
Private Collection of Julian Glover - a collection of x6 assorted autographed ' Limited Edition ' trading cards from a variety of Mr Glover's rolls in Films & Television. The cards include; Unstoppable Cards Ltd ' The Avengers 50 ', James Bond ' For Your Eyes Only ,' Strictly Ink ' Hammer Horror ,' Strictly Ink ' The Avengers ', Artbox ' Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets ', and Armored Cavalry ' Star Wars ' trading card. All hand signed by Mr Glover in blue / black ink. As issued in select packed of trading cards. Rare.
Harry Potter - Daniel Radcliffe (Harry) and Kenneth Branagh (Professor Lockheart) - a rare dual signed autographed 8x10" colour photograph from The Chamber Of Secrets. Signed by both stars in black ink to the lower portion of the image. Obtained in person by the vendor at a UK premiere in London. With certificate. Rare piece of Harry Potter memorabilia.
Doctor Who - An impressive multi-signed autographed 11x14" colour photograph from the series, signed by x20 stars who appeared in the series. Autographed by; Caroline Munro, Philip Voss, Sheila Reid, Philip Jackson, Barry Noble, Leslie Ash, Daniel Peacock, Michael Kilgarriff, Cheryl Rowlands, John Leeson, Rula Lenska, John D. Collins, Colin Spaull, Ray Brooks, Christopher Ryan, Victoria Alcock, Prentis Hancock, Francois Pandolfo, and Paul Bazely. Each signed in silver ink to a dark area of the photo. A superb display piece, and a rare piece of Dr Who memorabilia. All obtained in person.
A WORCESTER PLATE, CIRCA 1780, with scallop edge, blue printed with the rare Classical Ruins Dessertwares Group pattern, disguised numerals marks, 21.7cm diameter, (chipped); together with A WORCESTER DISH, CIRCA 1770-85, shaped oval with gadrooned edge, blue printed with the Pine Cone Group pattern, hatched crescent mark, J & S Wyatt collection label, 26cm wide. (2)Provenance: The Chris Crabtree Collection, North Yorkshire.
A RARE GEORGE III PAUL STORR SILVER TEA URN ON STAND, London 1802, the removable lid with wrythen adjustable pierced finial, the gadrooned tapered body with ribbed twin handles and lion mask motifs, the ebonised tap with lion mask motif below an engraved armorial, raised upon a gadrooned pedestal square section base with four paw supports. 38cm by 37cm by 35cm, 184 troy ouncesThe absence of a Condition Report does not imply that a lot is without imperfections. Please note carefully the exclusion of liability for the condition of lots contained in the Conditions of Sale.Each piece with matching makers mark. The lid and the base with matching date letters. The internal element lacking date letter but with makers mark. Marks are slightly rubbed but legible. Some minor wear and surface scratches. Tap appears to function correctly. No signs of repair. In generally very good condition commensurate with age.
STANLEY WEBB DAVIES (1894-1978)A RARE OAK EXTENDING DINING TABLE, 1929, the rectangular panelled top with six inset panels and two further rectangular panels in the draw leaves, raised on octagonal-section legs joined by a chamfered X-form stretcher, pegged construction, stamped and dated 1929. 73.5cm high, 183cm long (extended), 107cm square (closed)The absence of a Condition Report does not imply that a lot is without imperfections. Please note carefully the exclusion of liability for the condition of lots contained in the Conditions of Sale.Minor surface wear commensurate with age. The leaves slightly lighter in colour, but difference is not too distinct. Some wear around the stretchers and feet, commensurate with use. In generally good condition and ready to use.
A rare set of five early 18th century green-painted and lacquered salon chairs; each shaped top rail decorated with a central flower above a vase-shaped splat with further flowers, drop-in seats and cabriole front legs decorated at the knees with further flowers and terminating in small pad-style feet (105cm high to tip of top rail x 53cm widest)
A rare late 18th century Chinese hard paste porcelain bowl, hand-decorated with various Masonic symbols including crescent moon with face, sun, stars and interior decoration of two temple pillars with stylised sun, further Masonic-style motifs to the outside of the body, raised on short circular foot (hairlines and small chips) (11cm in diameter), together with related ephemera and letter dated 7th October 1994 signed by John Sandon (Phillips Auctioneers)
A rare WWI British patriotic propaganda doll of Lord Horatio Kitchener of Khartoum; with painted china head, hands and boots, the doll wearing a period officer's uniform and complete with puttie leg straps, brass buttons, leather belt and medal ribbons etc. (A rare of doll of Lord Kitchener, one of the earliest known 'Celebrity' dolls, Kitchener was one of the most celebrated war heroes of the late Victorian period)(overall length 48cm)
A rare late 18th/early 19th century oval gold vinaigrette; the large hand-cut citrine with faceted edge set within the cover and opening to reveal a very finely engraved pierced grille decorated with flower heads etc., the grille also hinged and on conforming oval base (3.5cm wide)This has not been tested and no hallmarks but it has been shown to a jewellery specialist with qualifications from London and she has pronounced it as gold.
A large and rare mid-19th century Chinese porcelain sleeve vase; enamelled and gilt and painted in underglaze blue with precious objects above a band of Buddhist symbols, the base decorated with four iron-red bats in flight interspersed with peony against a green key fret, the neck with stylised bamboo leaves below ruyi (damage and reparations) (56.75cm high, the lip 26.25cm diameter)The rim of the vase has some glaze fritting and a large V shape section damaged and re-applied (see image). The gilding to the rim is also rubbed and the body has minor abrasions.
A pair of wayang klitik puppets, Yogyakarta, Java, Rama 49cm high, Sinta 37cm high) Wayang klitik puppets are constructed from thin pieces of wood and are used as shadow puppets. They are relatively rare and found in the neighbourhood of Yogyakarta. The name of these figures is onomotopaeic, from the sound klitik-klitik, that these figures make when worked by the puppet master.
A collection of nine Ornithology titles, mainly association copies, comprising [William Warde Fowler]: 'A Year with the Birds', Oxford, 1886, (500), signed and inscribed presentation copy from author to Prof. J.W. Mackail, Fellow of Balliol College, Oxford, whose famous translation of Vergil's Aeneid is quoted in this book (p.112), original cloth gilt; M. Hiesemann: 'How to Attract and Protect Wild Birds', 1908, signed and inscribed to title page by Sir Philip Manson-Bahr (1881-1966), ornithologist and author, original cloth backed pictorial boards; J.A. Walpole-Bond: 'Bird Life in Wild Wales', 1904, 2nd impression, signed and inscribed by author to frontis, and further inscribed by him to FFEP, original pictorial cloth; F.W. Headley: 'The Flight of Birds', 1912, inscribed by author to FFEP, original cloth gilt; H.A. Gilbert & Arthur Brook: 'The Secrets of the Eagle and of Other Rare Birds', 1925, 1st edition, signed by Gilbert to FFEP in pencil, original cloth gilt, dust wrapper; A.W. Seaby: 'The Birds of the Air', 1931, signed piece attached to front paste down "25 Sept 1931 A.W. Seaby to Prof Percival", original cloth gilt; John Barlee: 'Birds on the Wing', 1947, 1st edition, signed to title page, otiginal cloth; George E. Lodge: 'Memoirs of an Artist Naturalist', 1946, 1st edition, signed and inscribed by author verso FFEP "Cradock Nichols with best wishes from his old friend George Lodge", 16 coloured plates as called for, original cloth, dust wrapper; E.C. Arnold: 'Bird Reserves', 1940, 1st edition, signed and inscribed by author to an A.H. MacDonald, and with a further autograph letter signed from author to same recipient loosely inserted, frontis + 20 plates as called for, original cloth gilt; plus one other similar (10)
An interesting group of toys, mostly boxed and carded including a rare Tonka Batman Forever Chasers RC Car and Helicopter set, A Power Rangers copy carded set 'Super Rangers Engine Force', two boxed tinplate track sets 'Mechanical Police Patrol Car' with police car and two keys. Together with Alien/UFO toys, a battery operated singing Naughty monkey, a large boxed Matchbox Gerry Anderson Stingray model, an unboxed Hasbro Batman Micro Play set with Batmobile and a WWF Chris Jerico Smack Down! Skateboard, also unboxed (12)
5 vintage Star Wars figures on ESB Empire Strikes Back cards - all still sealed: Imperial Commander, AT-AT Driver, Star Destroyer Commander (incredibly rare on ESB 30-back card - we can't find any record of another existing on this card, possibly rarer than the VCJ?!), Yoda (with orange snake) and IG-88 (Bounty Hunter).CONDITION REPORT:All cards still sealed, all cards slightly warped due to storage in damp conditions. Yoda bubble slightly crushed. ATAT Driver bubble slightly yellowed, card with original price label. Star Destroyer Commander also has original price label. IG-88 bubble has slight factory imperfection in the bubble which reaches all the way round approx. 1mm from the top of the bubble.
2 vintage Palitoy Star Wars Jawa figures still sealed on 12-back cards, both unfortunately have had the names cut out of the card for the mail order offer. One is standard cloth-cape Jawa, the second is the incredibly rare Palitoy 12-back vinyl-cape Jawa.Condition Report: Vinyl Cape Jawa: Name plaque cut out and Hamleys price sticker stuck upside down. The card is slightly scuffed around the corners but only very minor. The card is slightly curved due to being stored in damp conditions.
Palitoy Star Wars Jawa with rare Vinyl Cape on 12-back card. One of the rarest carded Star Wars figures in existence on this card variation - less than 10 known in the world. Our most exciting toy find in 15 years trading as Toy Auctioneers. Card is slightly curved but could easily be flattened by somebody with the correct knowledge. Colours of the card are fantastic and the bubble has not suffered any yellowing - probably because this item appears to have been sitting in a bin bag with other figures since it's purchase in the 1970's.Last example to sell at auction in the UK made £21,600 in 2017. NO RESERVE !!!!
Antiquarianism and Miscellaneous - [Neale (John Mason) and Russell (John Fuller)], A Few Hints on the Practical Study of Ecclesiastical Architecture and Antiquities, For the Use of The Cambridge Camden Society, fourth edition, Cambridge: University Press, 1843, original wrappers, 8vo, (1); Owen (The Rev. Elias, M.A.), Old Stone Crosses of the Vale of Clwyd and Neighbouring Parishes, together with some Account of the Ancient Manners and Customs and Legendary Lore, London: Bernard Quaritch, 1866, 20th century blue buckram, 4to, (1); Botany, Tyas (Robert, editor), Popular Flowers [...], With Twelve Coloured Portraits [...], Third Series, London: Houlston and Stoneman, 1854, contemporary cloth, 8vo, (1); Fellowes (W.D.), Historical Sketches of Charles the First, Cromwell, Charles the Second, and the Principal Personages of that Period [...], London: John Murray, 1828, illustrated with lithographs, ex-lib, institutional buckram, 4to, (1); The British Numismatic Journal, five volumes: Volumes 55, 1985; 57, 1987; 63-65, 1993-1995, green buckram, 4to, (5); Maple & Co. Ltd., an early 20th century antiques trade catalogue, Illustrations of Old Furniture, China and Stoneware, Glass and Enamel, Oriental Porcelain and other Rare, Curious and Interesting Objects, London: [n.d., c. 1925], 4to, (1); early 20th century and later antique reference; The Diary of Colonel Peter Hawker, 1802-1853, two-volume set, 8vo, (2); English Historical Society's publications, including volumes of Kemble's Codex Diplomaticus Aevi Saxonici; British Royal Court history, politics; etc., [39]
Miscellaneous - Medicine, Culpeper (Nicholas), The English Physitian (sic) Enlarged: With Three Hundred, Sixty, and Nine Medicines, made of English Herbs that were not in any Impression until this: The Epistle will Inform you how to know This Impression from any other./Being an Astrologo-Physical (sic) Discourse of the Vulgar Herbs of this Nation: Containing a Compleat (sic) Method of Physick (sic), whereby a man preserve his [...] Health; or Cure himself, being Sick, for three pence Charge, with such things only as grow in England, they being most fit for English Bodies [...], rare and early posthumous edition, 'Gent. Student in Physick and Astrology' impression, [London: Printed by Peter Cole [...], 1656], title-page printed within a double fleur-de-lis border, pp: [3] (torn losses affecting title-page imprint and Cole's advert), [xvi], complete but incorrect pagination: 1-173, 284- 398, [16] Table of Diseases, [4] (blanks), page 396 illustrated with an astrological figure of heaven, rebacked and relayed contemporary calf boards, traces of blind tooling and fillets, refreshed endpapers, 12mo, (1); Hagiography, Cave (William, D.D., Chaplain in Ordinary to His Majesty), Apostolici [...], first edition, London: Printed by A.C. for Richard Chiswel, 1677, title-page printed in black and red within double-line borders, half-title/imprimatur leaf but lacking engraved title, some plates also lacking, elaborately blind-tooled Provincial Regency brown calf over marbled boards, indistinct ink MS ownership contemporary to rebinding, folio, (1); Theology, Owen (The Late Reverend John, D.D.), Meditations and Discourses on the Glory of Christ [...], London: Printed by A.M. and R.R. for Benjamin Alsop, 1684, engraved portrait frontispiece, contemporary calf, 18th century lettering piece and ink MS ownership inscriptions, 8vo, (1); [Patrick (The Right Reverend Simon, Lord Bishop of Ely)], A Commentary upon the First Book of Moses, Called Genesis, third edition, London: Richard Chiswel, 1704, title-page supplied in facsimile, some repairs and marginal loss, rebacked contemporary blind-tooled reverse calf, 4to, (1); [Ovid] and Burman (Pieter the Elder, editor), P. Ovidii Nasonis Operum Tomus III [...], Trajecti Batavorum [Utrecht]: Apud Guilielmum Vande Water, 1713, contemporary calf gilt boards, marbled edges, rebacked to style, early 19th century crested bookplate to verso of title-page, probably Charles Cameron (1745-1812), 12mo, (1), [5]
A Queen's South Africa medal with four bars (Cape Colony/Orange Free State/Transvaal/South Africa 1901) awarded No.6192 Pte.J.Rowe 2nd D.C.L.I. together with rare Cornwall Yeomanry Volunteers 1900-1901 silver and enamelled medal and copy service papers (1st VB D.C.L.I. from St Just, Penzance)
A rare archive of original sales brochures, photographs and paperwork relating to the Clyde Cycle & Motorcar Company of Leicester and Wait & Co Ltd Leicester Motorworks including original 1897 Clyde Cycles sales brochure; 1898 Clyde Cycles sales brochure; similar original sales brochure for 1899 and 1901; 1902 Clyde Peregrine Cycles & Motors sales brochure and 1902 booklet for the Clyde Motor-bicycle; 1903 Clyde & Peregrine Cycles & Motors sales brochure; 1907 Clyde & Peregrine Cycles cycle list; 1908 Clyde Cycles sales brochure; 1910 Clyde Motors sales brochure and other relating pamphlets; two sales brochures by Wait & Company Ltd circa 1924 illustrating Clyde and other cycles and vehicles; 1897 Clyde Cycle & Motorcar Company Ltd share certificate, brochures by GH Wait and two further share certificates for 1903 together with prospectus and paperwork; various original photographs including photograph of the Clyde Works 1893 with staff, various photographs of Clyde motorcycles and cars; various Victorian sports programmes for the Leicester area featuring bicycles including 1891, 1886, 1885, etc; scrap book of various newspaper cuttings and illustrations relating to the Clyde Cycle & Motorcycle Company; album of photographs relating to the Wait family with numerous photographs of vehicles & shows; various veteran car club Gazette programmes; a volume "Practical Treatise on Gearing" dated 1900, formerly the property of GH Wait; four veteran Car Club Rally pennants; and a large selection of various newspaper cuttings, adverts, paperwork and research relating to the Clyde Motor Company
A collection of Coldstream Guards badges and insignia including Victorian embroidered wire sash badge, Foreign Service helmet plate with enamelled centre, brass Foreign Service helmet plate, various cap badges, Colour Sargents Rank insignia, brass waist belt clasp, a selection of Guards Armoured Division insignia with rare Battalion numerals, Officers silver plate cap badge, Officers silver and enamelled service dress cap badge, etc
The Norfolk Anthology. A Collection of Poems, Ballads, and Rare Tracts Relating to the County of Norfolk. Brixton Hill: printed for private circulation only, 1852, 4to, one of 80 copies signed by Adlard the printer, some foxing and spotting, bookplate of Robert Walpole of Waborne Hall, contemporary cloth
Journal of the Resolution's Voyage, in 1772, 1773, 1774, and 1775. On Discovery to the Southern Hemisphere ... also a Journal of the Adventure's Voyage, in the years 1772, 1773, and 1774. London: for F. Newbery, 1775, 8vo, 5 engraved plates, 2 engraved folding maps, title slightly foxed, FIRST EDITION of the rare first published account of Cook’s second voyage, and the first book to contain information on the Antarctic regions based on first-hand knowledge. Marra was an Irish gunner’s mate whom Cook picked up in Batavia. His story was published about a year and a half before Cook’s official account became available. Much of the material covered in this account was excluded by Cook. The plates include the first views of the Antarctic. Rosove, 214.A1.a; Spence, 758. New Discoveries concerning the World and its Inhabitants. In two parts. Part I. Containing a circumstantial account of all the islands in the South-Sea, that have been lately discovered or explored... Part II. Containing a summary account of Captain Cook's attempts to discover a southern continent... London: J. Johnson, 1778 ,8vo, 2 engraved folding maps and 2 engraved folding plates. Both volumes in later matching full polished calf gilt
Frank Batt - A rare, extensive collection of personal photographs relating to the career of Camera Department Crew member Frank Batt, who worked on many well known films including Star Wars, A Bridge Too Far, Life of Brian, The Return of the Pink Panther, Dragonslayer, Gorky Park & many others. These photographs show him on set, with actors, setting up production sets & travelling all over the world from his base at Shepperton Studios, 200 approx. Provenance: From the personal collection of Frank Batt who worked at Shepperton Studios.
Three rare and collectable Velvet Underground 12 inch vinyl records, including an UK mono 1967 1st press VLP.9184 Velvet Underground & Nico in non-gatefold flipback sleeve, with label misprint V500B (VG+ vinyl), MGM 2353024 White Light / White Heat (VG+ vinyl) and SRM-2-7504 V.U. Live (VG vinyl).
20 rare avant garde and punk vinyl records in very good order, consisting of first or very early pressings. Artists include The Clash, John Otway & Wild Willy Barrett, John Cooper Clarke, Brinsley Schwarz, Eddie and the Hot Rods, Flamin’ Groovies, OMD, Magazine, Joy Division, The Cure and The Smiths. Vinyl media condition report: VG+
55 rare progressive, psych, classic and hard-rock vinyl records, consisting mainly of first or early pressings. Artists include Nektar, Golden Earring, Cat Mother, Pink Floyd and solos, David Bowie, Pretty Things, Black Sabbath, Hawkwind, Led Zeppelin, Fairport Convention, Deep Purple, Pavlov’s Dog, Yardbirds, Yes and UFO. Vinyl media condition report: F – EX
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