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Lot 588
A very rare Frog flying scale model Hawker Hind Biplane RAF Trainer, finished in yellow and silver, registration K2497, with Lewis gun, instructions for winder, oil bottles and band (perished), in original box with 'Haker Hind' printed on lid sides and factory-adapted Hart Label on top of lid, circa 1938, E, never flown, box G; his model was originally purchased at Hill's in Blackpool in early 1941; see Frog Model Aircraft, Richard Lines and Leif Hellström, New Cavendish Books, p-37 and p-41; the model illustrated is described as 'the sole known surviving specimen of the flying Hind'
Lot 612
A German fine, rare commercially-built travel agency model of a Junkers Ju52 Airliner, tri-motor with low cantilever wing, constructed in wood with corrugated aluminium foil silver finish, wingspan 980mm, length 600mm,fine details include window glazing, well-detailed Pratt and Whitney Wasp rotary engines with copper exhausts, NACA cowlings on wing engines and shallower Townend cowling on centre engine, cast aluminium undercarriage legs and tailwheel assembly, believed to have been on display at Dusseldorf Airport and given to a retiring employee of Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) 25 to 30 years ago after a fire in the airport lounge, probably circa 1935, F-G, some damage, lacks two propellers, other damaged, one aileron detached, one wheel broken, nose section weak ( parts in bag)
Lot 577
Pair of Rare and Unusual 19th Century French Wall Mounted Kingwood Parquetry Inlay Etageres with Fitted Breche d'Alep Marble Shelves. Unsigned. Minor Losses to Veneer Throughout and Rubbing to Surface Consistent with Age and Use Otherwise Good to Very Good Condition. Each Measures 79-1/2 Inches Tall and 13-1/2 Inches Wide and 6-1/2 Inches Deep. Shipping: Third Party. (estimate $2250-$3750)
Lot 45
KLAVDI LEBEDEV (RUSSIAN 1852-1916)Boyarina, 1903oil on canvas85 x 103 cm (33 1/2 x 40 1/2 in.)signed and dated lower rightPROVENANCE Purchased by Leon Leonidoff, Chief Producer of Radio City Music Hall, circa 1937 in Paristhence by descent in the same Family Collection LOT NOTES The present lot is a rare and highly accomplished work by the Russian realist artist Klavdi Vasilievich Lebedev. Klavdi Lebedev was celebrated for his historical and genre compositions, featuring themes of Russian history of the 16th and 17th Centuries. He was especially well known for his paintings of the lives of the Boyars, of which the present lot is a superb example.Lebedev, born into a peasant family, lived and worked in Moscow and later St. Petersburg. He studied at the Stroganov Institute and Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture, and Architecture from 1875-1881, with Perov, Sorokin, and Vladimir Makovsky, with whom his work is often compared. Lebedev later taught at the same schools from 1890, as well as the Imperial Academy of Arts from 1894-1898, where he was named an Academician from 1879, and a member of the Academy from 1906. He was also a member of the Peredvizhniki (Wanderers) artists group as of 1891, with whom he had exhibited since 1884.Boyarina was purchased circa 1937 in Paris by Mr. Leon Leonidoff and his wife Madeleine. Leon Leonidoff was the Chief Producer of Radio City Music Hall in New York City, where he worked from 1932 until 1974. Under Mr. Leonidoff's direction, Radio City Music Hall developed into the legendary theater that it is today, known for its extravagant productions featuring orchestras, choruses, soloists, and of course, the Rockettes. Born in Dubosari, present-day Moldova, to a prominent and well-to-do Bessarabian grain dealer, Mr. Leonidoff was a legendary and widely respected figure in the New York theatre world.
![[ROMANOV FAMILY / WHITE RUSSIANS] AN IMPRESSIVE PHOTO ALBUM WITH APPROXIMATELY 1,700 PHOTOGRAPHS PERTAINING TO THE ROMANOV FA](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/4c5f551b-295e-466e-9ad9-a7fd01525ee8/332f0e83-0932-47de-a0f8-ba98242d7328/468x382.jpg)
Lot 296
[ROMANOV FAMILY / WHITE RUSSIANS] AN IMPRESSIVE PHOTO ALBUM WITH APPROXIMATELY 1,700 PHOTOGRAPHS PERTAINING TO THE ROMANOV FAMILY AND OTHER WHITE RUSSIAN ARISTOCRATIC EMIGRESincluding postcards and rare candid photographs (some reprints), of the Romanov family: especially Maria Feodorovna (Dagmar of Denmark and mother of Nicholas II) and other members of the aristocracy as well as White Russians in emigration, mostly in the 1920s and 1930s. Other photographs depict, for example, the wedding of Felix Yusupov, the Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna, and Queen Alexandra of Denmark. Whole album measuring 49 x 36 cm (19 5/16 x 14 3/16 in.); largest photograph: 18 x 23.5 cm (7 1/16 x 9 1/4 in.); smallest: 5 x 4 cm (2 x 1 9/16 in.) Cover detached, some insect and water damage, mostly intact. Sold in as-is condition.
Lot 105
LEONID PURYGIN (RUSSIAN 1951-1995)Sick Imagination or a Woman with a White Cat, 1975oil on canvas48.5 x 41 cm (19 1/8 x 16 1/6 in.)signed and dated lower right; titled on versoPROVENANCEAcquired directly from the artist in 1975 by Mr. Marshall Brement, Political Counseler for the US Embassy in Moscow in the 1970s and US Ambassador to Iceland from 1981-1986 LOT NOTESThe two Leonid Purygin paintings in this auction are two very rare early works, painted while he was still in his mid-twenties. They were bought directly from Purygin by Mr. Marshall Brement and his wife, who were in Moscow while he was serving at Political Counselor at the US Embassy in the mid-1970s. Mr. Brement, a distinguished career Foreign Services Officer, was working at the US Embassy for the second time in his career, having spent two years there in the 1960s. While in Moscow, Mr. Brement and his wife often entertained "underground" and non-conformist artists in their home, including a young, but already amazingly talented and inimitable, Leonid Purygin.
![[ARMAND HAMMER, AUTOGRAPH COPY] THE QUEST OF THE ROMANOFF TREASURE, ALONG WITH TWO CATALOGUES OF THE RUSSIAN IMPERIAL TREASUR](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/4c5f551b-295e-466e-9ad9-a7fd01525ee8/3a1b3e20-43d8-4e41-dc8c-bc675bf1fd93/468x382.jpg)
Lot 289
[ARMAND HAMMER, AUTOGRAPH COPY] THE QUEST OF THE ROMANOFF TREASURE, ALONG WITH TWO CATALOGUES OF THE RUSSIAN IMPERIAL TREASURES SELLING EXHIBITIONcomprising:(a) Armand Hammer, THE QUEST OF THE ROMANOFF TREASURE, (New York: William Farquhar Payson, 1932), 8vo (210 x 150 mm), decorative cloth hardcover, 241 pages. signed by the author on the front endpaper To Josephine Valeska Kein with best wishes from Dr. Armand Hammer, January 18th 1933. Illustrated throughout the book with black and white photographs.2. Two copies of HAMMER COLLECTION. RUSSIAN IMPERIAL TREASURES, (New York), 12 mo (172 x 127 mm), two identical catalogues of the Exhibition of Russian Imperial Treasures from the Hammers’ Collection, comprising 20 separate black and white photographs. Condition: one set missing one page, replaced by a facsimile. Rare.
![[RUSSIAN ARISTOCRACY / WHITE RUSSIANS] A GROUP OF THREE RARE EARLY 20TH CENTURY BOOKS PUBLISHED BY RUSSIAN EMIGREScomprising:](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/4c5f551b-295e-466e-9ad9-a7fd01525ee8/0e4132a1-3cc2-4670-c641-741e0168f89d/468x382.jpg)
Lot 282
[RUSSIAN ARISTOCRACY / WHITE RUSSIANS] A GROUP OF THREE RARE EARLY 20TH CENTURY BOOKS PUBLISHED BY RUSSIAN EMIGREScomprising:a) ALBOM KAVALEROV ORDENA SV. VELIKOMUCHENIKA I POBEDONOSTSA GEORGIYA B GORGIEVSKOGO ORUZHIYA [Album Of Knights Of Saint Great Martyr And Victorious George And Georgian Armory], (Belgrad: Obschestvo Kavalerov Ordena Sv. Georgiya I Georgievskogo Oruzhiya, 1935), oblong folio, 4to (248 x 348 mm), originally designed cover illustration, soft cover, 198 pp. Text in Russian. Contains photo portraits of Knights of St. George Order and description of their feats and acts of bravery. Condition: last several pages detached.b) BOZHIEYU MILOSTIYU. STARSHAYA LINIYA DOMA ROMANOVYKH POSLE MUCHENICHESKOY KONCHINY IMPERATORA NIKOLAYA II, EGO SEM’IYI I VELIKOGO KNYAZYA MIKHAILA ALEKSANDROVICHA [By God’s Mercy. The Senior Line Of The House Of Romanov Dynasty After The Martyrdom Of Emperor Nikolay II, His Family, and His Brother The Grand Duke Mikhail Aleksandrovich], (Paris, 1957), oblong folio, 4to (216 x 278 mm), soft over, 129 pp. Text in Russian. Entirely consists of black and white photographs with descriptions of the Romanov House.c) Compiler: DENISOV, SVYATOSLAV VARLAMOVICH (1878-1957). BELAYA ROSSIYA. ALBOM N I [White Russia. Album N 1], (New York: Glavnoe Pravlenie Zarubezhnogo Soyuza Russkikh Voennykh Invalidov, 1937), First Edition, oblong folio, 4to (312 x 236 mm), soft cover, 128 pp. Text in Russian. Abundantly illustrated with black and white photographs throughout the album. Presumably signed and inscribed to V.K. Vitkovsky by the author on the back of the title page in 1939.LOT NOTESS.V. Denisov (1878-1957). Colonel, major general, lieutenant general. The Cossack commander S.V. Denisov, who was active in the opposition to Soviet power in South Russia in 1918, was raised at the Lugansk stanitsa in the territory of the Don Cossack Host and, having entered military service in 1896. In the wake of the October Revolution and the disintegration of the old army, Denisov commanded a column of Cossack in rebellion against Soviet power before becoming commander of the Don Army. He resigned from that post on February 1919, when the Krug of the Don Cossack Host passed a vote of “no confidence” in him. Following his resignation, Denisov immediately emigrated. While in emigration, he lived in Turkey and Germany before settling in the United States in 1923. Denisov was a founder and active member of the Cossack Union in the US, serving as a chairman. Denisov died in Stratford, Connecticut.V.K. Vitkovskiy (1885-1978). Colonel, major general, lieutenant general. One of the most dynamic leaders of White forces in South Russia. In the White movement, Vitkovskiy participated in the great march from Jassy to Novocherkassk, commanded the 3rd Infantry Brigade and the 3rd Rifle Division of the Volunteer Army, entered the Russian Army of General P.N. Wrangel, before beign evacuated with his men from Crimea to Gallipoli. Vitkovskiy subsequently lived in Bulgaria (1921-24), as commander of the 1st Army Corps, and as a chairman of the Society of Gallipoliits, before moving to France and then, after the Second World War, to the United States.
Lot 104
LEONID PURYGIN (RUSSIAN 1951-1995)Do Not Eat Animals, 1975oil on panel69.5 x 60 cm (27 1/3 x 23 5/8 in.)signed and dated on versoPROVENANCEAcquired directly from the artist in 1975 by Mr. Marshall Brement, Political Counseler for the US Embassy in Moscow in the 1970s and US Ambassador to Iceland from 1981-1985 LOT NOTESThe two Leonid Purygin paintings in this auction are two very rare early works, painted while he was still in his mid-twenties. They were bought directly from Purygin by Mr. Marshall Brement and his wife, who were in Moscow while he was serving at Political Counselor at the US Embassy in the mid-1970s. Mr. Brement, a distinguished career Foreign Services Officer, was working at the US Embassy for the second time in his career, having spent two years there in the 1960s. While in Moscow, Mr. Brement and his wife often entertained "underground" and non-conformist artists in their home, including a young, but already amazingly talented and inimitable, Leonid Purygin.
Lot 287
CAPTAIN VASILY GOLOVNIN, NARRATIVE OF MY CAPTIVITY, 1818CAPTAIN GOLOWNIN, R.N. (Russian 1776-1831), NARRATIVE OF MY CAPTIVITY IN JAPAN, DURING THE YEARS 1811, 1812 AND 1813; WITH OBSERVATIONS ON THE COUNTRY AND THE PEOPLE, (London: Printed for Henry Colburn, 1818), Volume II of 2. Large 12mo (215 x 128 mm), hardcover, 348 pages. Inscribed on the title page Edward Thompson, 20 August 1854. Very rare, possibly unauthorised reprint of the first German edition, published in 1817. Condition: binding copy. LOT NOTESThis is Volume II in the two volume English language translation of a Russian book published in English in 1818.The set is an account of the voyage of the Russian ship Diana to Japan and the capture of it's Captain and part of the crew by the Japanese. The author and the part of the ship's crew were held captive by the Japanese for two+ years. This is a narrative of that voyage, the captivity and eventual release of the Russians. The first volume is a continuation of Golownin's account of his captivity by the Japanese. The second volume is an account by Captain P. Rikord (Imperial Russian Navy) of his successful negotiations to obtain the release of Golownin and his crew.GOLOVIN, Vasiliy Mikhailovich (1776—1831), trained at the Kronstadt Naval Academy and from 1801 to 1806 served as a volunteer in the British Navy. In 1807 he was commissioned by the Russian government to survey the coasts of Kamchatka, the Kurile Islands and Russian America.
Lot 269
A rare novelty horseshoe granite inlaid silver Guernsey souvenir scent bottle, unmarked, c.1900, the flask with screw top cap, floral & foliate decoration throughout, the obverse with inlaid alternating red & blue granite lettering reading 'Guernsey' within the horseshoe & inlaid blue granite to the centre, the reverse with alternating red & blue granite inlay making the horseshoe design, scent bottle has a suspension chain and thumb ring attached to the sides for safety, 2in. (5.1cm.) high, gross weight 1.3 tr.oz.
Lot 230
A rare English provincial George II silver basting spoon by Sampson Bennet of Falmouth, c.1749, maker's mark SB struck three times plus another unidentified mark to stem, Hanoverian pattern with unusual rounded oblong bowl, tongue form shoe piece, inscribed 'S.I.a.W 1749' beneath terminal, 11 3/8in. (28.9cm.) long, 3.1 tr.oz.
Lot 125
An extremely rare George III Channel Islands silver bodkin, maker's mark GH crowned struck once (George Hamon, Jersey c.1770-1830s), with barleytwist decoration and ear scoop to terminal, inscribed 'F.L.G', 3 3/8in. (8.6cm.) long, weight 2.7g. * Provenance: Richard Mayne Collection. Illustrated plate 62, 'Channel Islands Silver' by Richard Mayne, pub. Phillimore 1985.
Lot 16
A rare George II Channel Islands silver half pint straight sided tankard, c.1750, maker's mark GH, plus date letter K and three other marks below rim, plus unknown mark to handle (Guillaume Henry, Guernsey c.1720-1767), of rare tapered straight-sided form, with hollow, tapered S-scroll handle with shield thumbpiece, single incised line below the rim and flared moulded foot, inscribed 'A.R' beneath, 3¾in. (9.5cm.) high, weight 5.15 tr.oz.
Lot 266
A rare novelty granite inlaid silver horse shoe Jersey souvenir vesta case, Birmingham 1890, maker possibly Thomas Henry Vale, with vacant cartouche within a foliate design to the obverse, the reverse with an alternating red & blue granite inlaid horse shoe design amidst foliate decoration, the hinged lid engraved 'Jersey', 1½in. (4cm.) high, gross weight 0.41 tr.oz.
Lot 183
A rare George II Channel Islands silver soup ladle, c.1740, two versions of maker's mark PA (one crowned), each struck once (Pierre Amiraux, I, II and possibly III, Jersey 1696-1808), Hanoverian pattern, the good gauge bowl with flat edge and slightly everted lip, inscribed with 'J.E' monogram beneath terminal, 12½in. (31.75cm.) long, weight 5.1 tr.oz.
Lot 41
A rare George II Channel Islands silver cream jug, maker's mark GH struck three times to base (Guillaume Henry, Guernsey c.1720-1767), of baluster form with cut card rim with single incised line to edge and scroll handle, finely engraved armorial to front, raised on three scroll supports with three toed feet, inscribed 'M.L.L.C' to base, 3¾in. (9.5cm.) high, weight 2.8 tr.oz.
Lot 149
An extremely rare George II Channel Islands silver chamber stick, maker's mark IG struck once with pellet above in an oval (Jean Gavey, Jersey, c.1715-1775), the urn form nozzle with gadrooned rim and pedestal on a dished circular base, with gadrooned border and loop side handle with reeded thumbpiece, with engraved crest, the underside with three counter form feet on fine foliate cut card mounts, 5½in. (14cm.) diameter, 2¼in. (5.7cm.) high. * This is believed to be the only known example of a Channel Islands silver chamber stick in existence, which was probably a special commission from a client who had seen such pieces in England or on the Continent. Contrary to most English examples, it does not feature a fitting for a separate snuffer.
Lot 220
A very rare Bilston enamel souvenir patch box with Guernsey interest, c.1780, the hinged enamel lid decorated with a central picture of a frigate flanked by the words 'A Trifle from Guernsey', within a border of laurel leaves on a white ground, the brass rimmed lid opening to reveal a mirror and a white enamel void for storage, the main body sky blue in colour, 2in. (5cm.) long.
Lot 218
A rare 18th century Channel Islands pewter flagon, half pint size, Guernsey flagon Type II, unmarked, baluster form with distinctive long neck and low belly, with twin acorn thumbpiece, domed lid, strap handle on oval strut, raised bands to neck and belly and footrim with single incised line, 5 5/8in. (14.3cm.) high. * Provenance: Sticker to base, 'Woolmer Collection, 185, 10/22 700'. Stanley C. Woolmer was author of the authoritative work, 'Pewter of the Channel Islands', pub. 1973.
Lot 76
An extremely rare George II Channel Islands silver gentleman's sword, maker's mark GH struck once to guard (Guillaume Henry, Guernsey c.1720-1767) with tapering 31¾in. steel blade of flattened triangular section, tip replaced, with engraved floral and foliate decoration at the forte, the hilt with double oval shell guard, short single quillon, wire wrapped grip and ovoid pommel with conforming finial, overall length 38in. (96.5cm.), with remnants of leather scabbard. * Provenance: Believed to have been discovered in an attic in Victoria Road, St Peter Port in the 1980s.
Lot 270
A rare silver granite inlaid Jersey souvenir bangle, early 20th century, with alternating inlaid red and blue granite spelling out 'Jersey' within a geometric and foliate border to the front, the back plain, push button clasp for opening, silver not marked, 5.5 x 4.8cm. to outside edges, weight 0.67 tr.oz.
Lot 117
A rare large George II Channel Islands silver loving cup, maker's mark TM struck twice to base (Thomas David Mauger, Jersey fl. c. 1730-1796), in the form of a large Guernsey christening cup, the bell shaped bowl with single incised line below rim, large twin petal capped scroll handles, the lower handle joints on oval mounts, on a flared moulded foot, inscribed with monogram 'EJG' to bowl, 3¾in. (9.5cm.) high, weight 7.45 tr.oz.
Lot 43
A rare George II Channel Islands silver cream jug, maker's mark PM struck three times to base (Pierre Maingy, Guernsey, fl. c.1739-1776), of unusual baluster form with stepped pedestal foot, with cut card rim with single incised line to edge and foliate capped joined scroll handle, inscribed 'I.C.L' to underside of foot, 3 5/8in. (9.2cm.) high, weight 3.15 tr.oz.
Lot 17
A rare George II Channel Islands silver punch ladle, maker's mark PM struck once inside bowl (Pierre Maingy, Guernsey, fl. c.1739-1776), the egg shaped bowl with flat base inscribed 'PRB', on a short tapered stem with heart shaped mount, the handle in turned wood with baluster terminal, 13 3/8in. (34cm.) long, gross weight 2.45 tr.oz.
Lot 11
A rare George I Channel Islands silver push-in necklace or bracelet clasp, maker's mark GH struck once to underside (Guillaume Henry, Guernsey c.1720-1767), of slightly convex oval form, with engraved bird amidst flowers, inscribed 'S.T' to back and 'RQT' to side, the ends with trefoil form clasp and conforming link, 1¾in. (4.5cm.) long, weight 8.2g.
Lot 196
A rare late 17th century Channel Islands silver tasse au vin or tastevin, four part maker's mark with RB below a fleur-de-lys and coronet, plus harp, coronet and A below a fleur-de-lys and coronet (Robert Barbedor, Jersey and Guernsey c.1677-c.1704), of French lobe and ring style, the shallow cup shaped bowl of good gauge and with slightly kicked-up base, inscribed 'E.B' to side, with pierced and chased shell and foliate thumbpiece and plain ring handle, 4¾in. (12cm.) long, weight 3.3 tr.oz.
Lot 146
An extremely rare William & Mary Channel Islands silver lighthouse pepper pot, maker's mark AH struck once to side of body (Abraham Hebert, Jersey c.1660-1700), of Huguenot influenced form, the plain cylindrical body with lower bladed girdle and flared, moulded foot, inscribed 'E.G' to base, the body with large, engraved armorial, the domed, removable cover with dot piercing and bud finial, 3 7/8in. (9.8cm.) high, weight 2.9 tr.oz.
Lot 12
A fine and rare late 18th century Channel Islands silver rococo decorated coffee pot, maker's mark IA struck three times to base (unknown, Guernsey c.1763-1807), with engraved armorial for the Carey family of Guernsey, nicely engraved scratch weight '35 oz' to base, of baluster form with repoussé and engraved flowers and foliage around a scroll bordered cartouche, the hinged, domed and waisted cover with overhanging petalled rim and fluted finial, the spout with shell mount and spout and scroll decoration, the wooden handle also on shell mounts, on a flared flute and reed banded base, 10½in. (26.5cm.) high, gross weight 35.5 tr.oz. * This is believed to be the only coffee pot by the maker IA in existence and probably the finest piece of silver known by the maker, its quality comparable to the best London standard of silverwork.
Lot 263
A rare Victorian novelty silver souvenir compass pendant with enamel 'Guernsey' crest, B. H. Joseph & Co., Birmingham 1891, the obverse with miniature compass, the reverse with Guernsey crest in red and gold enamel on white ground, suspension loop to top, 1in. (2.5cm.) diameter, gross weight 0.28 tr.oz.
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