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Click here to subscribeMatchbox Models of Yesteryear Fred Bronner Toy Imports 1960's retailers card display stand suitable for displaying models Y1 Allchin Steam Engine through to Y16 1904 Spyker - yellow card stands with red outer border "Historic Breath of Yesterday" and featuring Y15 Rolls Royce Silver Ghost does have obvious wear and tear and is generally Fair however a rare stand in any condition.
Matchbox Models of Yesteryear YCH02 (YSS01) The Safe "n" Sound 2001 collectors gift set comprising (1) Ford Model TT Van - light cream body, black chassis, grille and seat, gold parts and 12-spoke wheels, no tampo to base; (2) Ford Model A Van - light cream body, gloss black chassis, brown seats, chrome parts and 12-spoke wheels, no tampo to base - rare set - generally Mint with inner packing Fair outer box and outer card sleeve. (2)
Matchbox Models of Yesteryear Code 2 issue "Commemorating 20 Glorious Years of MICA Conventions" 9th April 2005 2-model chrome set comprising Y1 Allchin Steam Traction Engine and Y21 BMW 507 limited edition #5 of 12 only mounted on wooden plinth with rigid perspex case - rare set with certificate.
Matchbox Models of Yesteryear Giftware Series Y13 1911 Daimler - light gold plated body, maroon seats - Good with some chips to chrome plating around wing edges & windscreen, model also missing plastic grille, mounted on Excellent Plus black ceramic ashtray with Queen's Award for Export Achievement 1966 1968, base of ashtray has "Queen's Award to Industry 1968". Presented by the Board of Directors to each member of the company in appreciation of the combined efforts necessary to obtain the company's second " Queen's Award for Export" rare ashtray which just needs model upgrading.
Vivienne Westwood & Malcolm McLarenAn Original and Rare Pink 'Two Cowboys' T-Shirt, 1975pink jersey t-shirt, labelled with 'SEX Original' label on the inside of the collar, together with a letter of provenanceFootnotes:ProvenancePurchased by the vendor in late 1975/mid-1976 from SEX on the King's Road, Chelsea, LondonFeaturing one of the most notorious and popular of the provocative designs produced by McLaren & Westwood during the punk era. Not only was it worn by members of the Sex Pistols, their coterie and fans during the group and the movement's emergence but it made the front page of The Guardian in 1975 when a customer was arrested for obscene display for flaunting one of the first sold from the shop in public in Piccadilly and was also the subject of an MP's appeal to the Home Secretary.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
SS WEHRPASS (SERVICE) BOOK AND SS RECORD CARD for Adalbert Deutschmann, DOB 21/04/1918. place Landwirtfh, B85 Waffen SS Wehrpass 'Der Fuhrer' rare to find Wehrpass to Hauptscharfuhrer Adalbert Deutschmann with SS Standarte 'Der Fuhrer' and his SS Observation File, entered on April 1 1939 in Klagenfurt, was awarded 2nd class iron cross, a black wound badge, eastern front medal and a bronze infantry assault badge (2) Customers must satisfy themselves prior to sale in regards to conditions and authenticity, viewing is advised, condition reports are available on request
Rare antiquarian book: Montague, James, Bishop of Winchester, 'The Workes of James, King of Great Britain', published by James Bishop of Winton (Winchester), London, Robert Barker & John Bill, 1616. With provenance letter from the National Library of Wales.(B.P. 21% + VAT) In distressed condition.
TRACTTRACT SURRÉALISTE. LETTRE OUVERTE À PAUL CLAUDEL. Paris, juillet 1925. In-8, (pliure et froissage). Très rare tract des Surréalistes contre Paul Claudel, tiré sur le fragile papier rouge sang, sous enveloppe de la librairie Corti rue de Clichy, avec mention de la main d'André Breton . 'Lettre ouverte à Paul Claude.'TRACT SURRÉALISTE. LETTRE OUVERTE À PAUL CLAUDEL. Paris, juillet 1925. Some creases and folds, 8vo.Very rare tract of the Surrealists against Paul Claudel, drawn on the fragile blood red paper, under envelope of the bookshop Corti street of Clichy, with mention in the hand of André Breton. 'Lettre ouverte à Paul Claudel'.Footnotes:ProvenanceCollection particulière, France.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
HENRI LE DOUANIER ROUSSEAU (1844-1910)LETTRE AUTOGRAPHE SIGNÉE à Cher Monsieur. Paris, le 1 avril 1910, 3 pages in-12 à l'encre (légère déchirure et pliures). Rarissime et lettre capitale du Douanier Rousseau expliquant son célèbre tableau Le Rêve dans lequel figure une femme nue sur un canapé dans la jungle. ...'Je réponds à cette aimable lettre afin de vous expliquer le motif pour lequel se trouve le dit canapé en question. Cette femme endormie sur ce canapé rêve qu'elle est transportée dans cette forêt entendant des sons de l'instrument du charmeur'......'Et si j'ai conservé une naïveté, c'est parce que Monsieur Jérôme qui était professeur à l'école des Beaux-arts... m'a toujours dit de la conserver. Et l'on m'a dit aussi que je n'étais pas de notre siècle' ...La lettre est signée Henri Rousseau, artiste-peintre rue Perrel 2 Bis.Le Rêve fut peint en 1910, la femme représentée est inspirée de Yadwgha, polonaise dont il était amoureux. Lorsque Rousseau peint cette toile, Freud lance ses travaux autour du rêve. C'est sur un sofa semblable à celui du Douanier Rousseau que les séances de psychanalyse se tiendront. Le Douanier Rousseau à l'origine de la psychanalyse sans le savoir? Les surréalistes répondront par l'affirmative.L'on joint une note autographe à l'encre rédigée par le concierge de la rue Perrel après le décès du Douanier Rousseau le 2 septembre 1910, l'année de son célèbre tableau Le Rêve. 'H. Rousseau est décédé insolvable à l'Hôpital Necker il n'a même pas laissé de quoi payer les frais des obsèques.'Le Rêve figure à New-York au Museum of Modern Art. AUTOGRAPH LETTER to 'Cher Monsieur', SIGNED. Paris, 1 April 1910, 3pp., ink on paper, some tears and folds, 12mo. Extremely rare and important letter from Douanier Rousseau explaining his famous painting Le Rêve depicting a naked woman on a sofa in the jungle....'Je réponds à cette aimable lettre afin de vous expliquer le motif pour lequel se trouve le dit canapé en question. Cette femme endormie sur ce canapé rêve qu'elle est transportée dans cette forêt entendant des sons de l'instrument du charmeur'......'Et si j'ai conservé une naïveté, c'est parce que Monsieur Jérôme qui était professeur à l'école des Beaux-arts... m'a toujours dit de la conserver. Et l'on m'a dit aussi que je n'étais pas de notre siècle'...The letter is signed Henri Rousseau, artist-painter Rue Perrel 2 Bis.Le Rêve was painted in 1910, the woman depicted is inspired by Yadwgha, a Polish woman the artist was in love with. When Rousseau painted this canvas, Freud was working on the dream. It was on a sofa similar to that of the Douanier Rousseau that the psychoanalytic sessions were held. Is Douanier Rousseau at the origin of psychoanalysis without knowing it? The surrealists would answer positively. We attach an autograph note by the janitor of the rue Perrel after the death of the Douanier Rousseau on September 2, 1910, the year of his famous painting, Le Rêve'H. Rousseau est décédé insolvable à l'Hôpital Necker il n'a même pas laissé de quoi payer les frais des obsèques'.« Le Rêve » is exhibited at the MoMA, New York.Footnotes:ProvenanceCollection particulière, France.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A pair of rare terracotta eagleslate 19th centuryeach with indistinct makers stamp Blanchard Terracotta London64cm highMark Henry Blanchard served his apprenticeship with the Coade Company and around 1839 established his own manufactory in London. It is believed that in 1883 he moved his workshops to Bishops Waltham, to be nearer to the source of clay that he used. By the middle of the century, he had emerged as the leading manufacturer of terracotta in Britain, he was awarded prizes for his exhibit at the Great Exhibition of 1851. Amongst the many properties where his produce can be seen is the South Kensington Museum (now the Natural History Museum).Garden ornamentGarden statue
A rare pair of Coade stone oval plaqueslate 18th centurymodelled in relief with a Roman sacrifice of a bull and Cupid being placed on the altar of lovethe back of both inscribed in pencilFrom Gt Saxham Hall around 177233cm high by 40 cm wide Eleanor Coade (d.1821) opened her Lambeth Manufactory for ceramic artificial stone in 1769, and appointed the sculptor John Bacon as its manager two years later. She was employed by all the leading late 18th Century architects. From about 1777 she began her engraved designs, which were published in 1784 in a catalogue of over 700 items entitled A Descriptive Catalogue of Coade’s Artificial Stone Manufactory. Then in 1799, the year she entered into partnership with her cousin John Sealy, she issued a handbook of her Pedlar’s Lane exhibition Gallery. The firm became Coade and Sealey from this date and following Sealey’s death in 1813, it reverted to Coade and in 1821 with the death of the younger Eleanor Coade, control of the firm passed to William Croggan, who died in 1835, following bankruptcy. Coade’s manufactures resembling a fine-grained natural stone, have always been famed for their durablity.Great Saxham Hall in Suffolk was rebuilt following a fire in the Palladian style by the architect Joseph Patience, a student of Sir John Soane and was finished in 1798. Alison Kelly in Mrs Coade's stone records that plaques and a coat of arms was supplied by the Coade manufactory, most of the plaques were removed circa 1840, however a spectacular Coade gothic folly stamped Coade and Sealy still stands. LiteratureMrs Coade's Stone by Alison Kelly published 1990 pages 169,209,214 and 325 Sculpture
A rare pair of Bitterns by Hutchings of Aberyswyth with labellate 19th century90cm high by 87cm wideHutchings operated in Aberystwyth and he is the best known of all the Welsh taxidermists who were working at the end of the 19th century and start of the 20th. His work is characterised by its high quality and this quality is clearly demonstrated in this case of two bitterns.Taxidermy, Natural history
A pair of rare Handyside cast iron urns on pedestals2nd half 19th centurybearing brass makers plaque A Handyside limited London and Derby114cm high by 104cm diameterAndrew Handyside started the foundry in 1806 and by 1851 the firm had expanded and was operating out of the Britannia Iron Works in Derby. At the Great Exhibition they exhibited a Medici vase, a bacchanalian vase and a bronzed vase decorated with busts of Peel, Nelson, Watt, Wellington, Stephenson, Scott, Shakespeare and Milton, together with a fountain. At the time, the foundry was described as being “from the magnitude of its operations, second to none in England”. They produced two catalogues in 1848 and 1874.This model is illustrated in the 1848 Handyside catalogue no 5a See engraving Garden ornamentGarden planters
An extremely rare Coalbrookdale Osmunda fern pattern cast iron seatcirca 1870fully stamped Coalbrookdale and with diamond registration stamps, registration number and pattern No 57194cm longSee engravingIn 1708 Abraham Darby took over a blast furnace in Coalbrookdale and established perhaps the most famous of names associated with cast iron, the “wonder material” of the 19th Century, namely the Coalbrookdale foundry. The company was responsible for producing the ironwork that made the famous iron bridge across the river in 1779, the first of its type in the world and which has subsequently been designated a UNESCO world heritage site.In the Mid 19th Century the company decided to add decorative castings to their range of products and the new seats, urns, fountains and ornamental gates won great praise as well as several medals at the Great Exhibiton of 1851. The company employed leading designers of the day such as John Bell and Christopher Dresser. The largely naturalistic seats for which the firms name became synonymous were so popular that production lasted into the 20th Century and even today the designs seem as fresh as when first produced.The design was registered and patented by Coalbrookdale at The Public Record Office on 29th May 1873, and is listed as number 57 in their 1875 Castings Catalogue, Section III, page 261. Due to the omplexity of the casting very few of these seats were ever produced as compared to the more common fern and blackberry pattern seats.The Victorians had a great passion for ferns and this passion was expressed, among other ways, through the production of a wide range of 'ferny' decorative objects made in pottery, glass, metals, textiles, wood, printed paper, stone and other materials.Although the main period of popularity of ferns as a decorative motif extended from the 1850s until the 1890s, the interest in ferns had really begun in the late 1830s when the British countryside attracted increasing numbers of amateur and professional botanists (male and female). By 1855, Charles Kingsley had recognised the prevalent passion for ferns as a phenomenon and in the course of encouraging the study of natural history in his book 'Glaucus', coined the term 'Pteridomania', meaning 'Fern Madness' or 'Fern Craze'. Garden ornamentGarden bench
A rare pair of carved Cotswold limestone scroll pots19th century51cm high by 69cm diameterSee similar lot 23This design which was copied and popularised by the Compton Pottery in Surrey set up in the early 20th century by the social reformer Mary Seton Watts to whom the original model has sometimes been erroneously attributed. The design was furthered copied in the latter period of the 20th century in composition stone, however it is extremely rare to find this model carved in stone prior to the Compton pottery examples.Garden ornamentGarden planters
A similar slightly smaller pair of carved Cotswold limestone scroll pots19th century 45cm high by 61cm diameterSee similar lot 22***Ref 9 has been split up into two consecutive lots***This design which was copied and popularised by the Compton Pottery in Surrey set up in the early 20th century by the social reformer Mary Seton Watts to whom the original model has sometimes been erroneously attributed. The design was furthered copied in the latter period of the 20th century in composition stone, however it is extremely rare to find this model carved in stone prior to the Compton pottery examples.Garden ornamentGarden planters
Charles I (1625-1649), Halfcrown, 1642, Shrewsbury mint, Shrewsbury horseman left, groundline below, no plume in field, rev. declaration in two lines, three plumes above, date below, mm. plume on obv. only, 13.92g, (N.2378, Bull.588/7, Morr.F-7, Brooker.826, S.2934). Very rare. Good clear details on a relatively round coin, very fine .
Cnut (1016-1035), Penny, short cross type, Winchester, moneyer Leodmaer, diademed bust left holding sceptre, +CNVT RECX, rev. short voided cross, +LEODMÆR ON PIN, both obverse and reverse are struck over another coin, the undertype unclear, 1.14g, (N.790, S.1159). Toned about extremely fine and very rare .
Harold I (1035-1040), Penny, fleur-de-lis type, Colchester, moneyer Godric, diademed bust left holding sceptre, +HAR:OLD RE:, rev. long voided cross, fleur-de-lis between two pellets in each angle, +GORIC: ON CONC, very rare, 0.99g, (N.803, S.1165). Deep rich tone, small hairline crack and stable, otherwise very fine.Provenance: Purchased Mike Vosper
Rock n Roll LPs, fourteen albums of mainly Rock n Roll comprising Elvis Presley (Same , From Elvis In Memphis (Japan)), The Champs - Go (German), Bo Diddley - Go Bo Diddley, Fats Domino (Rock n Rolling with Fats Domino (2 different), This Is Fats Domino, Rare Dominos (UK)), Sam Price - Rock With Sam Price, Joe Houston - Rockin at the Drive In (UK), Link Wray - Early Recordings (UK), V/A - Rock Rock Rock, V/A - Rock Obscurities 1 (unknown original) and V/A - Ten Long Fingers (Dutch) - USA unless stated - various conditions but largely Excellent
Rare Arts and Crafts coffer chest, attributed to Heals, with tapering sides, angled rising top, enclosing a lift-out tray and compartment above two drawers, with recessed pulls, inlaid with lozenges of coramandel and nickel, the ends with angled projections, c1898, 122cm x 56cm (at base). 91cm. high. Unlabelled but see The Millinery Works Celebrating 200 Years ... at Heals exhibition, 2010, for a similar piece. (ATG, Dealer`s Diary, 20/2/2010). Condition:The inlay to lozenge is cracked and lifting to most lozenges to hinged top. Has a lift out compartment to interior.The coffer opens and closes with key. Further age wear to inlaid lozenges to front. Drawers open freely. Minor losses to back left and right corners. No areas of woodworm. Replacement locks to hinged top. All over age surface marks and minor colour fading.
A Rare Late 19th Century French Lantern Clock having Eugene Farcot Movement, The Clock Frame of Bamboo Aesthetic Design with Drop Suspended Finial Surmounted by Carry Handle, The Drum Movement with Burner Guard to Illuminate Opaque Glass Face with Hand Painted Roman Numerals (Glass AF) 28cms High
A Chinese Imperial blue and white porcelain bowl, Daoguang (1820 - 1850), decorated with rather rare patterns of sea beasts, Haibaguai, in the sea both exterior and the centre of the exterior, base mark with Zhuanshu style six characters 'Daqing Daoguang Nianzhi', 9cm diameter CONDITION REPORT: there is a section of the side broken and restored which has been professionally done to an excellent level. There is spray to approximately half of the bowl but the exact size of the damaged area is difficult to determine.
A rare Chinese Imari oval pear-shaped jug and cover, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period, with a scalloped rim and painted with antiques and precious objects, 13.5cm high/Provenance: Private Collection, Gloucestershire CONDITION REPORT: Large chip to cover, rubbing to gilding and very small chips to spout and rim of jug
A rare blue and white bowl, Qing dynasty, 18th Century, painted to the exterior with a continuous scene of a procession of figures, below a floral and dot chevron band at the rim, the interior painted with a frontal four-claw dragon chasing a flaming pearl, 19cm long/Provenance: Private Collection, Gloucestershire CONDITION REPORT: the rim with two small, flat rim chips and a slightly larger chip which has an associated crack travelling halfway down the side. Overall good condition.
A rare famille rose teapot and cover, Qing dynasty, Yongzheng period, painted to each side with a scholar seated amongst antiques and conversing with a boy, 10.5cm high/Provenance: Private Collection, Gloucestershire CONDITION REPORT: the feet have been replaced with some unglazed material, perhaps clay. Tiny chip to tip of spout. Restoration to bottom tip of handle. Tiny chip under inner rim of cover. Minor losses to enamels.
THE BEATLES - COMPILATION LPs. A fine collection of 22 compilation LPs by The Beatles, includes 2 CD sets. Artists/ titles include Number 1s (529 3251), Anthology Vols 1 (PCSP 727), 2 (PCSP 728) & 3 (PCSP 729). Live At The BBC (PCSP 726), Love (094637980811, M/ Sealed), 1962-1966 (x3) inc (PCSPR 717, red vinyl), (PCSP 717, black vinyl) & (BEA CD25/11, Limited Edition HMV CD set with booklet, poster and badge). 1967-1970 (x3) inc (PCSPB 718, blue vinyl), (PCSP 718, black vinyl) & (BEA CD25/12, Limited Edition HMV CD set with booklet, poster & badge), Rare Beatles, The Decca Tapes, The Beatles Rarities, At The Hollywood Bowl, Beatle Barkers,Rock N Roll Music Vol 2, The Early Years, Silver Beatles (picture discs), 20 Greatest Hits & Rock N Roll Music 1. Condition is generally VG+ to Ex+.
A two-page press release (each page 20 x 33cm) on EMI stationery, written by EMI's press officer Syd Gillingham and issued to announce the band to the world. To both sides on first page.An extremely rare example and not one that we have seen or sold before. Notes that all of the Beatles like 'Steak and chips' with the exception of George Harrison, who likes 'Egg and chips'.From the collection of journalist Patrick Doncaster, who wrote on music at the Daily Mirror from c 1950 - 1970s.
A Rare Heuer Super Autavia Chronograph Stop Watch, A Rare Heuer Super Autavia Chronograph Stop Watch, movement manual wind, hacking seconds, signed Heuer, made in Switzerland, with 12 hour inner rotating bezel, signed to the rear Heuer- Leonidas SA Swiss, numbered 73039 original crown & pusher. Condition: original dial in good condition, showing signs of age glass with scratches, movement running & functioning at present but unable to reset, timekeeping and accuracy cannot be guaranteed
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