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Lot 1113
Wells tinplate Tipp Lorry with Trailer - scarce ex shop stock example from the Pre-war or immediate Post-war period, green cab, yellow roof, detailed tinprinting, with red chassis, balloon wheels and a matching tinplate Trailer - both vehicles have opening tailgates, the Lorry has a working tipping action with ratchet, very light wear to edges and particularly to running board on right hand side of Lorry - otherwise Excellent to Excellent Plus bright examples in a Good card box with colourfully illustrated lid, a rare combination, 47cm long.
Lot 1249
Burnett (UK) tinplate clockwork General B Type Bus - very rare example of this 1920s opentop Vintage Double Deck Bus - red, grey, with detailed tinprinting, uniformed driver, steerable front wheels, with contemporary advertising e.g. Ideal Milk, Bovril, Colmans Mustard etc, with open staircase to rear and interior seating, detailed radiator grille, permanent key, the clockwork is in working order, light wear to some of the raised edges with very slight surface corrosion and to the wheel edges but still otherwise a Good Plus example, the first such model Vectis have had, 23cm long.
Lot 1305
Wells Brimtoy a group of clockwork Dancers (1) Cinderella and Prince Charming - the Prince has a red tunic, Cinderella has blue and white clothing, (2) rare Spanish Dancer - black, with castanets and clicking sound - clockwork motors in Excellent working order, 14cm high in Fair to Good boxes. Also included is an unboxed Cinderella and Prince Charming, he has a dark blue tunic and she has a blue dress - Good Plus to Excellent working order. (3)
Lot 1629
SFBJ rare bisque pouty character Doll, French, c.1910, impressed 25210, weighted blue eyes, closed, pouty mouth, replacement wig - pate not removed, five piece curved limb composition body, top of head (from wig rim to ears) extensively hair lined and cracked, large chip to top of wig rim at rear, however face and neck socket remains undamaged - still would display well, finger missing from left hand, 18"/46cm.
Lot 1710
Pedigree rare Little Princess hard plastic doll, 1953, unusual dark brown wig, weighted blue eyes, open mouth, fully jointed, bent knee, re-dressed in knitted outfit together with Little Lady Party Frock Creation pattern, Good Plus, 14"/36cm. N.B. This doll was presumably made to resemble Princess Ann. Introduced in Coronation Year, normally with pale blond curly hair, her original dress was designed by Norman Hartnell (designer to the Queen).
Lot 1763
Deans Rag Book, rare Grumpy velveteen Dog, 1930s, celluloid comical brown and black eyes, large floppy ears, two-tone brown and beige velveteen, unjointed in seated position, repair to left shoulder extending to hip where cloth has been inserted, otherwise Good example of a rare item which is hard to find in any condition, 9"/23cm. N.B. As illustrated in 1930s Deans Catalogue.
Lot 3078
Joustra (France) "6 in 1" plastic Truck set which consists of Truck, cab and chassis enabling 6 different versions to be assembled including Trailers, fixed wheel Cranes, Log Lorry and Breakdown Truck. All pieces appear to present except logo load. All in red plastic with wooden loads of planks and cable drum, all set in yellow internal packing piece with colourful lid to box. Appears not to have been used and contents are generally Excellent to Near Mint in Excellent box. Rare set.
Lot 39
A rare Japanese bottle vase, mid 17th century, of pear form painted in underglaze blue with a crane and pine tree, others flying above, and two deer, chips, 30.7cm high This vase poses problems. The mouth is not what one would expect and it seems most likely that the original everted rim was damaged in the firing. To save what had been a considerable investment in potting and painting, they used part of a comparable piece and luted it on. It was then refired, the glaze forming a bond. Unusually, it was thrown in six sections. The painting is also exceptional in that it is almost entirely pencilled and without the use of washes. We can find no parallel in the literature.
Lot 304
A rare Fukien blanc de chine group of `Governor Duff and his family`, c.1680, eating and drinking, a monkey and hound at their feet, chips repairs, 14cm, and a letter from Spink to Lady Loch regarding the group The group could not depict Duff`s family as he was Governor of the Dutch East India Company four decades later, but the name has stuck. A similar group is illustrated by Rose Kerr and John Ayers, Blanc de Chine, no.38 and Donnelly, 117, a.
Lot 314
A rare pair of teabowls and saucers, Kangxi (1662-1722), each painted with underglaze blue sea-life including jellyfish and crabs, the underside pale celadon and with an hua leaves, rui fungus marks, one saucer with brown rim, frits (4) The pale celadon with incised decoration is very unusual and was probably a special order.
Lot 251
5 Kenner Star Wars ROTJ boxed sets - Endor Forest Ranger, Ewok Assault Catapult, Tri-Pod Laser Cannon, Radar Laser Cannon and Vehicle Maintenance Energizer; JusToys Star Wars Bend-Ems Gift Set; 3 carded Star Wars figures; Palitoy Action Man Radio, boxed; 2 boxed Star Wars Ewok Foam Bath & Soaps Sets; 5 rare mint and carded Wilton Star Wars cake candles; with a selection of unboxed Star Wars vintage vehicles etc.
Lot 12
Purbach Novae Theoricæ Planetarum 1537 edited by P. Apianus many woodcut astronomical diagrams including 1 large to title woodcut printer`s device to verso of final f. ink stains to D1 verso and D2 recto occasional light soiling or spotting mostly marginal contemporary limp vellum some worming [Adams P2274] 8vo Venice Ioan. Anto. de Nicolinis de Sabio sumptu Melchioris Sessæ 1537. ***A rare edition. Purbach has been called the father of mathematical and observational astronomy in the West.
Lot 46
* Dornier Do. 335 “Pfeil”. A good collection of photographs of this rare aircraft type, some original Dornier, Harold Martin, U.S. Air Force, and other images including examples from the collection of John W. R. Taylor, many ground portraits, air-to-air aicraft portraits, captured examples and others of similar interest, approx. 40 images, some showing signes of damp damage, most captioned to verso (approx. 40)
Lot 72
* Messerschmitt Me 163 “Komet”. A fine collection of Luftwaffe and other photographs from many sources of this tail-less rocket-powered interceptor, most captioned to verso, many from the William Green collection, images include early prototype and production aircraft KE & SW shown at rest, take-off and in-flight, others comprise a group showing a V-series DH+111 landing after a test flight, aircraft being towed out to the flight line, the dangerous procedure of fuelling, pilots climbing aboard, fitting the take-off trolley, aircraft portraits, captured examples, surviving machines, technical details and others, including a rare image of a Russian tandem-seat training aircraft, a few showing signs of damp damage, approx. 140 images (approx. 140)
Lot 75
* Spanish Civil War. An important and rare collection of photographs of aircraft supplied from the Third Reich for use in this conflict, many from original private albums, others from official sources, aircraft depicted include BŸcker Bu. 133, Dornier “Wal”, Heinkel He 46, He 50, He 111, He 112, Henschel He 123 and 126, Junkers Ju.52, 87 and Messerschmitt Bf.109, each captioned to verso, some unusual images of aircraft line-ups with armament crews and ground personnel, approx. 60 images (approx. 60)
Lot 102
* North American B-25 Mitchell. “The Story of the Battle”, a collection of photographs, compiled from various official and private sources of the B-25 in action during WWII, some good air-to-air and formation images, this aircraft with air crews and in action, over mountainous terrain, low level over the sea, nose-art, and others similar, together with a rare group of photographs of Free French Air Force operated Marin B-26 “Maurader” aircraft, formerly in the Scutts collection, approx. 50 images, contained in a folder (approx. 50)
Lot 126
Bader (Douglas). Reach for the Sky. Biography by Paul Brickhill, reprinted 1973, autographed by the legendary Battle of Britain hero Douglas Bader, together with period newspaper clippings relating to his rehabilitation back into the RAF in 1939, after the accident in which he lost his legs in 1931, and being shot down over France in 1941, together with a facsimile signed photograph, and a rare 78rpm record of the “Reach for the Sky” Film Theme Music, by the Band of the Royal Air Force, plus Fight for the Sky - the Story of the Spitfire & Hurricane, by Douglas Bader, soft-covers published by Fontana Books, 1975 (8)
Lot 140
Jane (Fred T., ed.). All The World’s Air-Ships (Flying Annual), 1909, with a Special Chapter on Aerial Engineering by Charles de Grave Sells, 1909, 374 pp. + single addenda leaf at end (sellotaped to inner margin), numerous b&w illusts., after photos, with oval library inkstamp to half-title of the King Edward VII Hospital, Windsor, endpapers renewed, orig. blue cloth gilt, rubbed and some marks, frayed to corners and extrems., oblong folio. The first annual issue of Jane’s Airships. Rare. (1)
Lot 298
* Bearman (Robert). A North American P-41 Mustang of the famous Tuskegee Airmen, orig. acrylic, signed on the mount by four “Red Tails” viz. Leo R. Gray, 100 FS, Alexander Jefferson, 301 FS, William H. Holloman III, 99 FF and E.E. Haig, 99 FS, with four other paintings, comprising a Fairey Battle, as flown by Eddie Whelan DFC, 150 Sqdn., Newton & Stradishall, 1940; a Hawker Hurricane as supplied to the Russian Air Force, the mount signed by four Russian pilots from 1, 176, 122 & 32 Sqdns. who visited Great Britain for the first and only time c. 2006/7 making this a rare signing; a Boulton Paul Defiant in its night fighting colours, as flown by F/Lt Bill Wild, 256 Sqdn., Squires Gate, Blackpool, 1941-42, signed on the mount by Wild; a Fairey Swordfish, the mount signed by Stanley Brand, Q Flight, 836 Sqdn., Lt. Commander Edgar Lee DSO VRD RNR, 825 Sqdn., Ark Royal, 1944, and B. Duckingfield, 501 Sqdn., all images approx. 20 x 30cm, signed by the artist (5)
Lot 315
Aug.C.Gomes & Cie. AŽroplanes, Automobiles, Canots Automobiles, Cerfs-Volants, Petits AŽroplanes, Fournitures AŽronautiques (Trade and Export), n.d., c. 1910-11, a very rare 32 pp. manufacturer’s catalogue of early aircraft and engines, including Farman, Sommer, BlŽriot, Tellier, Voisin, Antoinette, R.E.P., Hanriot, orig. pict. paper wrappers, frayed and chipped at edges (1)
Lot 326
Bleriot (Louis). Recherches AŽronautiques. L. BlŽriot. IngŽnieur des Arts & Manufactures, 16, Rue Duret, 16, Paris, 1909, 48 pp., num. illusts., orig. apple-green paper wrappers, upper wrapper printed in black and gold, some minor fraying to edges, (23 x 18cm). An excellent copy of Louis BlŽriot’s first catalogue. A rare item. (1)
Lot 330
Brooklands Flying Club. A very rare pre-war promotional brochure, published in conjunction with Brooklands Aviation Ltd 1939, providing full details of club amenities, school of flying, commercial enterprise, training & leisure activities, sales etc., art-deco styled graphic artwork with photographic illustrations, soft-covers with tipped-in embossed illustration to front depicting DH Tiger Moth in Flying Club livery (1)
Lot 331
Chateauroux Aviation School. A group of three rare b & w photographs showing pilots and mechanics under tuition c. 1915, each approx. 12 x 15cm, together with another b & w photograph captioned “Le Cine-aerophot monte. Incidence maxima a l”Helice”, a little creased and chipped at edges, 23 x 17cm (4)
Lot 335
* Doncaster, Oct 15-23, 1909. An illustrated souvenir booklet for the first aviation meeting held in England, pub. J. Weiner, London, 1909, cover design and pilot portraits after the original drawings by Dudley Hardy, 16 pp., together with an official programme including a list of Aviators and colour Code of Signals, 8 pp., printed by J. Weiner and a rare souvenir crepe-paper illustrated handkerchief, pub. Mrs S. Burgess, London, 37 x 37cm square (3)
Lot 336
* Graf Zeppelin. An extremely rare original passenger ticket (no. 5254), Hamburg-Amerika Linie, issued in the name of Ignaz Anton Tierne(?), for a round trip flight from Pernambuco, [Brazil], starting on 21 October 1931, printed in blue and black, with manuscript additions, creased where previously folded, split along centrefold with old sellotape stains, 31 x 19cm. Count Von Zeppelin, the inventor of the rigid airship, was almost 62 when his LZ1 first flew on 2 July 1900. When LZ127 appeared in 1928, the new liner of the air was called Graf Zeppelin in his memory. For almost a decade, this giant carried passengers and cargo, crossing the Atlantic many times and, in 1929 flew around the world at an average speed of 113 kph (70 mph). (1)
Lot 344
* National Air Races Cleveland Ohio. A rare original First Day Cover, flown from the event by the famous Aviatrix Ruth W. Stewart and autographed in green ink by the pilot, decorative colour lithograph designs frontis & verso with applied 5 cents postage stamp, franked dated September 4th 1931, minor tear to sealed flap, 4 x 9in (10 x 24cm). Ruth Stewart one of America’s finest women private-pilots tragically lost her life a year later on a routine flight, when her plane crashed in dense fog near Harrisburg PA in January 1932, flying in adverse conditions when persuaded against her instincts by fellow-aviators to make the trip against the clock. (1)
Lot 351
Rheims Aviation Meeting, 1909. A group of three rare “Verascope Richard” glass stereo slides showing pioneer aviators, early flying machines and spectators at this historic meeting, each image is captioned in English “Tissandier’s Wright machine”, “Mme. Delgrange”, “A group [of spectators]”, each 4 x 10cm. The “Grand Semaine de Champagne” was the first international aviation meeting in the world. It was a spectacular affair, financed by the cathedral city of Rheims and the neighbouring Vintners. The ten-square kilometre flying field boasted hangars, grandstands, barber shops, florists, and a sixty-seater terrace restaurant. (3)
Lot 355
Wolseley “Viper” Aero Engines. A rare original instruction manual for the Hispano Suiza patent motors Type W4A, dated January 1918, engines, built under licence by Wolseley Motors, and fitted to SE5A and other machines of the Royal Flying Corps during the Great War, cloth-covered card-boards, comprehensively illustrated with photographs & colour-plates and cutaway diagrams etc, 84 pp. with marbled end-papers, some rubbing and wear to covers, otherwise clean condition (1)
Lot 381
* Compass. A rare WWI period Creagh Osborne Aero Compass, patent no. 256 no. 534, the liquid filled globe-form compass bowl enclosing the compass circle in suspension, divided 090deg-180deg-270deg with black background, 270deg-360deg-090deg with red black ground, luminous primary degrees with each 10deg interval as an index, each 1deg with index in white, with glazed sighting window secured by a brass ring, 13.6cm diameter, the aluminium suspension ring with shock absorbing mounts, maker’s embossed trade label and casing containing magnetic adjusting rods, on stand, overall height, 22.8cm (1)
Lot 409
* RAF, Royal Navy & Fleet Air-Arm Aircraft Serviceability Board. A rare warning sign for aircrew and air-mechanics etc., c. 1930s-1940s, flat metal “Duralloy”, twin-sided with hinged-over flaps to top variously inscribed, to indicate state of serviceability of aircraft under repair, used in conjunction with “Form 700” (“535” prior), painted olive drab with black panels for aircraft registration numbers etc, and brass hanging chain affixed to top, stores ref. 4A/44 21386/32. Initially used by the RAF and subsequently adopted by the Navy & Fleet-Air Arm, these boards were in regular use on aircraft carriers during WWII. The over-painted serial number on this panel indicates the last aircraft serviced using this board was K3516 Fairey Seal 1933, first assigned to No1 Flying Training School, thence to No2 A.A. Unit, finally to C-Flight at Lee on Solent, struck-off charge in 1940. Also indistinctly inscribed in pencil verso with names of flight-crew members including F/O Dennis, Cpl Harvey, A. Barnett, D. French and Mitchell. (1)
Lot 423
* RAF WWII. A rare large Pilot doll by Norah Wellings, created for the RAF Comforts Fund, c. 1940s, dressed in a one-piece “Sidcot”-pattern flying suit over RAF uniform, having pilot’s “Wings” brevet to left breast, cream felt with detail accessories of zip-fastened flying-boots, gauntlets, and flying-helmet etc., the ensemble complimented by a parachute-pack with harness, to back, with red, white & blue parachute intact, uniform tunic of mid-blue velvet with felt collar and brass buttons to front, with grey cotton shirt and black tie beneath, flying suit with faux-fur collar trim to helmet, pocket has applied blue felt flash, inscribed “Wrekin”, the collar having applied label inscribed “Royal Air Force Comforts Fund - regd. design no. 337533”, the lady-pilot has blond hair under helmet, with impressed & painted facial features on pink felt with blue eyes and red lipstick, shows minor tears and a little moth activity, minor discoloration to face and other surfaces from age and use, 30 ins (77cm). A Special Edition doll created to raise funds for the Royal Air Force Pilots” Charitable Organisation; which provided relief for POWs, or families of pilot’s who gave their lives in service during the Battle of Britain and the Air War 1939-45; with regard also to Women Pilots of the RAAF, and those delivering and ferrying fighters & bombers throughout the Second World War. (1)
Lot 431
* Roberts Aero Engine. A very rare early 20th c. pioneer aeroplane engine, Type 4X 50HP by Roberts Motors Ltd, Sandusky Ohio, USA c. 1910, four-cylinders in-line, water-cooled two-stroke motor, of lightweight aluminium and special alloys construction, having separate cast cylinders surmounting a crankcase jointed along the crankshaft centre-line, featuring exposed gear-train to rear for magneto-drive, water-pump and other ancillaries, having engraved maker’s plate to no.1 cylinder-barrel inscribed “Model 4X 50hp No 135” appears good condition and almost complete with all internals, fitted with Bosch Magneto type 4DU model 2, inlet manifold (lacking carburettor), and mounted upon a painted steel display frame. Roberts Motors Ltd founded by Edwin Roberts pioneered the use of lightweight aluminium and secret magnesium alloys of his own conception designated “Aerotite” and “Magnalium” in the construction of these engines of his own advanced design. Based on the lakeshore at Sandusky in Ohio, his engines were initially used in early float-planes and hydroplanes built by the nearby Curtiss Aeroplane Company for private and military purposes. Another constructor Thomas Benoist flew his own float-plane powered by this type of motor on an early record-flight from Omaha to New Orleans in 1912. Surviving examples of this type can be seen in the Smithsonian Institute and National Air & Space Museum, in the USA. (1)
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