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Click here to subscribeA P. Manticha mahogany stick barometer, English, late 18th century,signed by P. Manticha, Crown, Holborn, London, the case with boxwood and ebony banded lining, central marquetry panel of flowers, surmounted by circular silvered brass dial with alcohol thermometer and barometer scale with vernier, 35½in (90cm) high
A Lione & Co mahogany stick barometer, English, early 19th century,signed Lione & Co, NO. 125 Holborn Hill London, with silvered brass scale with vernier, mounted with alcohol thermometer, mahogany wall case with domed reservoir cover, arched pediment above, with urn finial, 38in (97cm) high
A Dollond mahogany stick barometer, English, late 18th century,signed Dollond London, the bow fronted case with silvered brass scale and vernier adjusted by bone handle mounted below, the case with ebonised lining and shaped reservoir cover in ebony, and inset with adjustable hydrometer and mercury thermometer, with adjustable marker, 39in (99cm) high
The Irish Troubles - a French Gras bayonet, dated 1877, modified in 1914 to fit the German Army Gew88 rifle and imported into Ireland for use by the Ulster Volunteer Force, each wooden grip scale lightly stamped with oval cartouche with the motto "For God and Ulster", surmounting the red right hand of Ulster
A Fine Scratchbuilt 1/24 scale Model of an RAF Hawker Sea Fury FB 11 Fighter circa 1947, in RAF camouflage colours, code TF-956, as depicted when used for displays in 1978, the port wing lowered for the replacement of the navigation lamp cover, model built entirely from scratch, including figures, special vacuum-formed moulds created by the maker for the resin parts, many other parts crafted from Plasticard and Plastruct, presented in glass display case, case dimensions 46cm x 36cm x 22 cm high, VG, some damage to port wing
Peter Cooke was a scratch-built scale model maker active during the 1970s to 1990s. He specialised in Second World War aircraft and worked exclusively in 1/24th scale. His models can be found in museums and private collections around the world and regularly featured in articles in Aeroplane Monthly in the 1980s.Peter started his model making career as a child with his sister remembering his keen interest in making kits of the time. His hobby then took a back seat as he trained as a Mechanical Engineer and then began a career as a teacher which he pursued for around 20 years. His love of model making was re-kindled when his young son started making up Airfix kits of his own.Frustrated with the inaccuracy of the plastic kits, he started to modify them to match the real aircraft. Curious as to why the kits varied from the live aircraft, he went back to the original engineering drawings and discovered that many of the modifications that had been made on the shop floor when these aircraft were being manufactured had not always been fed back into the master drawings, which were what the kit manufacturers had faithfully reproduced.Realising that the modifications to the kits were taking more time than it would take him to build from scratch, he changed tack. In order to get the accuracy he wanted he also drew on his mechanical engineering training and drew up him own sets of drawings using measurements taken from the surviving planes in museums. He was very fortunate that the enthusiastic and knowledgeable staff at these facilities allowed him access and helped him with this and there are still examples of his work at RAF Coningsby.By the mid-1980s he was routinely entering and winning model making competitions. He would also be regularly asked to build models for others, but always refused as it did not fit in alongside his full- time job and raising a young family. That all changed when for the third year in a row he won the top prize at the IPMS annual competition. After a very long conversation with his wife, the decision was taken to go professional.Peter had already got a waiting list of people asking for models and so he picked he most requested mark of Spitfire and made a master; from this he took a series of moulds which would allow him to produce a small batch (normally 3-6) of more structurally-stable resin copies.Each one of these would then be assembled and customised: no two models would ever be the same as each client would ask for a specific aircraft and often from a particular date. Peter would then do extensive research to allow him the get the markings, paint scheme and any modifications accurate; in pre-internet days this involved finding photo references, log book entries and personal testimony from many different sources. The models could also be requested in an ‘in use’ state, so that the models will often show airflow marks on the wings and exhaust streaks. On at least one occasion he was asked to produce a model to aid the restoration of an aircraft, so that the team that was looking ahead to many years of work could see what the final product would look like.The models being auctioned are all from Peter’s own collection and represent a cross section of his career and his own favourite aircraft.Related to previous five lots various framed photographs of each model with cuttings and ephemera, large framed and glazed photographs of the Lancaster, Tempest, Mosquito, Mustang and Sea Fury, each 780mm x 520mm overall, three unframed of the Sea Fury, copy of Airfix plans for the Mosquito dated 1973, copy of 1942-43 Aircraft Products magazine on the Mosquito, cuttings from many magazines on the five aircraft, various books on the Mosquito, Lancaster, P51 and Bf 109E, together with other ephemera, F-VG (qty)
Various makers Naval 1:1250 scale Waterline Models, Argonaut 1240 'Quail' and Neptun 1140A 'Cairo' both in original boxes, 'Mahan' and seven unmarked Naval vessels including Destroyers, Frigates and Aircraft Carriers (8), Mercator M305 'Osljabja', M304 I. Nicolay, M301 'Zessarewitsch', M310A? 'Apraxin' (mast bent), M302 'Orel' (lacks two turrets), 'Collingwood' and 'Inflexible', generally G-VG, a few with bent masts, two with turrets missing, boxes G (18)
An approximately ? scale Gypsy Caravan, constructed in wood and painted in maroon with yellow shafts and wheels, blue/white roof, built and painted to a very good standard, length without shafts 21in. (535 mm) long, length with shafts 29in. (740 mm), width 11in. (280 mm), height 17in. (434mm), VG
A Fine Scratchbuilt 1/24 scale Model of a USAF NAA P-51 Mustang WWII Fighter, in USAF grey, code C5-E, model built entirely from scratch using special vacuum-formed moulds created by maker for the resin parts, many other parts crafted from Plasticard and Plastruct, wingspan 48cm, length 38cm, with a home-made box for storage and taking to displays, E
18th century Worcester porcelain, to include a two-handled cup, saucer and cover, circa 1765, decorated with the Fan pattern in underglaze blue and polychrome enamels. Also a leaf dish, circa 1770, decorated in scale blue with painted polychrome flowers, and a dish with matching pattern, all with pseudo-Chinese marks (5)
*DAVID BAILEY (b.1938) LIVE AID STAGE 13TH JULY 1985 Gelatin silver print, printed 1985, signed in pen by David Bailey and stamped ARCHIVAL DAVID BAILEY and pencil initials DB 3/3 50 x 39.5cm, framed *Artist's Resale Right may apply to this lot. Lots 310 to 314 The following six photographs were taken by David Bailey backstage at the iconic Live Aid concert during the summer of 1985 for a benefit auction hosted by Sotheby's later that year. Each print is signed by the photographer and the majority are signed on reverse by the subject. Only three of each image were printed for the auction. Live Aid was a dual-venue benefit concert held on Saturday 13 July 1985, and an ongoing music-based fundraising initiative. The original event was organised by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure to raise funds for relief of the ongoing Ethiopian famine. The event was held simultaneously at Wembley Stadium in London and John F Kennedy Stadium in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. On the same day, concerts inspired by the initiative happened in other countries, such as the Soviet Union, Canada, Japan, Yugoslavia, Austria, Australia and West Germany. It was one of the largest-scale satellite link-ups and television broadcasts of all time; an estimated global audience of 1.9 billion, across 150 nations, watched the live broadcast. This was nearly 40% of the world population at the time.
Various makers Naval 1:1250 scale Waterline Models, Neptun 1003 'Scharnhorst', 1042 'Koln', 1028 'Tamo', 1045 'Emden', 1061B Z39, 1095 'Tsingtau', 1052 'Brummer', 1062A Z 28, Drott 'Victoria', Mercator M064 'Belgrano', 062 'Medusa', 079 'Tsingtau', 46 'Heidzi' and various other smaller vessels including Landing Craft, Dry Dock, mini Submarine and two aircraft, generally VG-E, some with minor damaged (45)
A Fine Scratchbuilt 1/24 scale Model of an RAF Avro Lancaster Bomber, in RAF weathered camouflage colours, code PO-S, model built entirely from scratch over stainless steel rod core, using special vacuum-formed moulds created by the maker for the resin parts, many other parts crafted from Plasticard and Plastruct, with two sets of landing wheels with differing contact areas to represent take-off with full bomb load and landing unladen, wingspan 130cm, length 90cm, VG
Various makers Naval 1:1250 scale Waterline Models, including five Neptun Aircraft Carriers with some repainting, CV 14 USS 'Ticonderoga', CV 9 'Essex', CV38 'Shrangri-La', CV17 'Bunker Hill', 1314 'Yorktown', all with sand coloured decks, Aircraft (several loose) and numbers, Mercator M528 'Wilh Gustloff' (funnel unattached), M508 'Pasteur', N 1133 'Sussex', N1143B 'Birmingham', N1140 'Nigeria', unmarked 'Java', N 1180 'River KL', ALK 101A 'Grille' and others, F-VG (25)
Peter Cooke was a scratch-built scale model maker active during the 1970s to 1990s. He specialised in Second World War aircraft and worked exclusively in 1/24th scale. His models can be found in museums and private collections around the world and regularly featured in articles in Aeroplane Monthly in the 1980s.Peter started his model making career as a child with his sister remembering his keen interest in making kits of the time. His hobby then took a back seat as he trained as a Mechanical Engineer and then began a career as a teacher which he pursued for around 20 years. His love of model making was re-kindled when his young son started making up Airfix kits of his own.Frustrated with the inaccuracy of the plastic kits, he started to modify them to match the real aircraft. Curious as to why the kits varied from the live aircraft, he went back to the original engineering drawings and discovered that many of the modifications that had been made on the shop floor when these aircraft were being manufactured had not always been fed back into the master drawings, which were what the kit manufacturers had faithfully reproduced.Realising that the modifications to the kits were taking more time than it would take him to build from scratch, he changed tack. In order to get the accuracy he wanted he also drew on his mechanical engineering training and drew up him own sets of drawings using measurements taken from the surviving planes in museums. He was very fortunate that the enthusiastic and knowledgeable staff at these facilities allowed him access and helped him with this and there are still examples of his work at RAF Coningsby.By the mid-1980s he was routinely entering and winning model making competitions. He would also be regularly asked to build models for others, but always refused as it did not fit in alongside his full- time job and raising a young family. That all changed when for the third year in a row he won the top prize at the IPMS annual competition. After a very long conversation with his wife, the decision was taken to go professional.Peter had already got a waiting list of people asking for models and so he picked he most requested mark of Spitfire and made a master; from this he took a series of moulds which would allow him to produce a small batch (normally 3-6) of more structurally-stable resin copies.Each one of these would then be assembled and customised: no two models would ever be the same as each client would ask for a specific aircraft and often from a particular date. Peter would then do extensive research to allow him the get the markings, paint scheme and any modifications accurate; in pre-internet days this involved finding photo references, log book entries and personal testimony from many different sources. The models could also be requested in an ‘in use’ state, so that the models will often show airflow marks on the wings and exhaust streaks. On at least one occasion he was asked to produce a model to aid the restoration of an aircraft, so that the team that was looking ahead to many years of work could see what the final product would look like.The models being auctioned are all from Peter’s own collection and represent a cross section of his career and his own favourite aircraft.A Fine Scratchbuilt 1/24 scale Model of an RAF Hawker Tempest Mk V Series I Fighter circa 1944, in RAF No 3 Squadron 150 Wing Newchurch, Kent colours, code JF-Z, with two RAF ground crew re-arming the port wing guns, engine cowling removed to reveal the fine detail of the engine; this model was built entirely from scratch, including figures, using special vacuum-formed moulds that were created by the maker for the resin parts, many other parts crafted from Plasticard and Plastruct, presented in glass display case, case dimensions 48cm x 48cm x 20 cm high E, one wheel unattached, case VG
A Fine Scratchbuilt 1/24 scale Model of an RAF DH.98 de Havilland Mosquito Fighter-Bomber, in weathered RAF colours, code YP-S, this model built entirely from scratch using special vacuum-formed moulds created by maker for the resin parts, many other parts crafted from Plasticard and Plastruct, wingspan 680cm, length cm, with a home-made box for storage and taking to displays, E
Various makers Naval 1:1250 scale Waterline Models, including 'Exeter', D80, 595, D82, D90, D60, Schowanet 73 'Talladega', Mercator M534 A.Delfino', APA174 'Jerauld', M542 'Leverkusen', Wiking? 140A 'Cardiff' (2), M54 'Nakotis' N 1393 'Bayfield APA 33' and various smaller vessels, G-VG, some glossed (35+)
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