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Lot 687
DUMAS ALEXANDRE: Fils (1824-1895) French Author and Dramatist. A.L.S., `A. Dumas fs´, three pages, small 8vo, n.p., n.d., to Emiles Deschanel, in French. Dumas promises that everybody will get the expected ticket for the rehearsals with spectators, and says that there will be no seat available for the premiere, although announces that `I will send to you, if I manage to!.. a balcony seat for you. It will be a nightmare to try to get two seats´ although promises he will do his best. VG
Lot 929
‘They will throw little, if any, light on the origin, construction and methods of propulsion of the objects known as Flying Saucers, or on the aims of their operators or occupants’ DOWDING HUGH: (1882-1970) British Air Chief Marshal, Commander of RAF Fighter Command during the Battle of Britain. A.L.S., Dowding, one page, 8vo, Southborough, Tunbridge Wells, 1st August 1955, to Lord Beaverbrook. Dowding commences his letter by stating ‘I think that the enclosed will amuse you’, continuing to explain, ‘It was what I gave to the Sunday Express in response to a telephonic request for my reactions after the Daily Express report on Eisenhower’s announcement of the U.S. intention to construct & launch satellites…..Needless to say, they did not print it’, and concluding by hoping that Beaverbrook will enjoy his stay on the Riviera. Together with a typescript of a letter submitted by Dowding to the editor of the Sunday Express, stating, in full, ‘I have seen the article headed “Flying Saucers – Official” in this morning’s Daily Express. It is an example of confused thinking to suppose that man-made artificial satellites have anything to do with the objects which are popularly known as Flying Saucers. There is nothing mysterious about these projected meteorological instruments; they will be made of known materials, projected into their orbits by known methods and will be subject throughout to the Earth’s gravitational field. They will throw little, if any, light on the origin, construction and methods of propulsion of the objects known as Flying Saucers, or on the aims of their operators or occupants. Daily Express “Opinion” asks:- “What about Flying Saucers now? Hallucinations? Spots on the Sun?” Anyone who has been satisfied with these explanations to date will have no cause to change his opinion because a new long-range weather recording device is projected for launching in two years’ time. Or can it be that the hitherto sceptical Daily Express is booking a seat on the Flying Saucer Band Wagon?’. A remarkable letter and document demonstrating Dowding’s firm belief in UFOs. Two file holes to the left of each piece, only affecting one word of text in Dowding’s letter. VG, 2 Max Aitken (1879-1964) 1st Baron Beaverbrook. Canadian-British newspaper publisher who served as Minister of Aircraft Production 1940-41. Beaverbrook acquired the Daily Express in 1916 and built it into the most successful mass-circulation newspaper in the world, with sales of 2.25 million copies a day across Great Britain. Dowding was a firm believer in Flying Saucers and, along with the paranormal, developed a strong interest in UFOs during the 1950s. The Air Chief Marshal is quoted as having declared ‘The cumulative evidence for the existence of UFOs is quite overwhelming and I accept the fact of their existence…..More than 10,000 sightings have been reported, the majority of which cannot be accounted for by any ‘scientific’ explanation….I am convinced that these objects do exist and that they are not manufactured by any nation on earth’.
Lot 1075
HAILE SELASSIE I: (1892-1975) Ethiopian Regent Plenipotentiary 1916-30 and Emperor 1930-74. Vintage signed Christmas greetings card by Haile Selassie I, as Emperor, the stiff cream small 8vo folding card featuring a blue printed Imperial Achievement coat of arms to the cover, incorporating the emblem of The Lion's Throne of Solomon, on its seat an orb proper, on its back a Solomon's seal, flanked by the exterior ornaments of the archangels Michael and Gabriel, vested Or and Vert, on their breasts a square cross patonce and above the throne an open bible between the Amharic letters Alef, Wau and Alef, before the throne the Ethiopian Lion and the motto The Conquering Lion of the Tribe of Judah, with a note on his procession cross, and the mantle featuring two branches of olive, crowned with the Imperial Crown of Ethiopia. With a printed greeting to the inside, in English, 'The Emperor of Ethiopia sends you his Best Wishes for Christmas and the New Year', the same text penned in holograph to the opposite side in Ge'ez, in the hand of the Emperor, and also bearing the printed address of Fairfield, Bath (where Haile Selassie spent his exile in England, 1936-41). Tied with a ribbon in the colours of Ethiopia. Some very light, extremely minor age wear, and traces of former mounting to the verso, otherwise about VG
![[KENNEDY JOHN F.]: (1917-1963) American President 1961-63. A very small 0.5 x 0.5" swatch of blood-stained blue leather uphol](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/b5f66d5c-4859-4b50-b487-aeb4010eedbe/c689ed40-6498-4986-b6f7-aeb7013e154c/468x382.jpg)
Lot 1169
[KENNEDY JOHN F.]: (1917-1963) American President 1961-63. A very small 0.5 x 0.5" swatch of blood-stained blue leather upholstery, originally part of the rear seat of Kennedy's presidential limousine, a modified royal blue Lincoln Continental convertible with the Secret Service code name SS-100-X, removed after his assassination. Encased ('slabbed') in clear plastic with a printed CAG certification label stating, 'Assassination of JFK Blood-Stained Leather Swatch from Dallas Limo 11/22/63'. VG Kennedy's presidential limousine featured a bespoke dark and light blue leather upholstered interior manufactured by Hess & Eisenhardt of Cincinnati, Ohio. All of the privately owned upholstery sections of the limousine SS-100-X are believed to have originated from the renowned United States Presidential collection of artifacts and autographs amassed by Raleigh De Geer Amyx. It is understood that, in 1983, Amyx obtained letters of authentication from F. Vaughn Ferguson, the White House technical service representative in charge of the presidential limousine, who assisted the White House upholsterer in removing the leather from the rear seat four days after JFK's tragic assassination and supervised its refurbishing for Lyndon B. Johnson.
Lot 607
A WILLIAM IV ROSEWOOD BREAKFAST TABLE with tip-up top on octagonal shaft and platform base 121cm diam. (old restoration), a George III mahogany elbow chair with carved back and distressed leather seat, a mahogany Pembroke table,107cm wide and an oak barley-twist gateleg table (all for restoration) (4)
Lot 421
A FINE ROYAL 20-BORE DOUBLE BARRELLED PERCUSSION SPORTING GUN BY TANNER OF HANNOVER, 27.255inch sighted damascus browned barrels inlaid in gold TANNER IN HANNOVER, border and scroll engraved breeches, border engraved locks finely decorated with hunting scenes, pivoting safeties, dolphin hammers with gold eyes, half stocked with steel mounts, the trigger guard decorated with wild animals, chequered wrist, silver fore-end cap and grip pommel, the underside of the fore-end with gold escutcheon bearing the crowned Royal cypher EA of Ernst August. Originally from the Schloss Marienberg, the Summer Seat of the Royal House of Hannover. Ernst August, The Duke of Cumberland, Prince of Great Britain and Ireland and King of Hannover. Patination to trigger guard.
Lot 163
Seven Art Deco maple drawing chairs,(2+5), each with a tan leather seat,armchairs,58cm wide58cm deep89cm high, seat 49cm high,singles,49cm wide57cm deep88cm high, seat 49cm high (7)Condition ReportAll chairs with wear to the seats, back, and one armchair back leg broken. All in need of restoration.
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