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Photography - A collection of vintage cameras to include Kodak, Halina, Polaroid, Civica and a boxed Kodak Easy Share.

A Wherry Mining Company Mount's Bay Penzance share certificate, printed on vellum, dated 2nd May 1836, the back mentions the last dividend payment for the Wherry, dated 11th May 1842, 21 x 16.5cm.This large collection of Cornish tin ingots and mining artefacts are from the collection of Neil Mercer.   Mercer has collaborated with the photographer and designer Peter Russell to produce ‘The Spirit Of Dartmoor Tin’, a large format, lavishly illustrated, limited edition artists publication due late 2022 / early 2023.  Most of these items are featured in, and formed part of the research for the publication which contributes to, and records, the tin working history of Cornwall and Dartmoor and is the culmination of fourteen years of research and practical tin working.    The Spirit Of Dartmoor Tin: a one-time limited edition of 300 copies, sequentially numbered and signed by the authors, within a slipcase, with the copy mediaeval seal of the Devon Stannary in tin metal smelted during the project from historic and modern tin and inset into the case.  Foreword by the landscape archaeologist Dr Tom Greeves; ' ... this is a book of magic, passion and beauty, captured essentially through stunning visual images. I heartily commend it to everyone, but in particular to those for whom Dartmoor is a special and elemental place, rich in human messages'. For further information about ‘The Spirit Of Dartmoor Tin’ and to order a copy, visit their website http://www.spiritofdartmoortin.com/ or email: info@spiritofdartmoortin.com 

India General Service 1895-1902, 1 clasp, Defence of Chitral 1895 (907 Sepoy Mool Singh, 4th Kashmir Infy. I.S.T.) minor official correction to latter part of unit, minor edge bruise, cleaned, nearly extremely fine and rare £3,000-£4,000 --- Mool Singh, of the 4th (Raghunath) Regiment of Kashmir Light Infantry, Imperial Service Troops, was killed in action (gunshot) at Chitral Fort on 17 April 1895. On this day occurred an episode that particularly stands out amongst the numerous gallant actions fought by the men during the siege. The Chitralis were discovered constructing a mine by which means they were perilously close to breaching the fort with explosives, which event would have been disastrous for those inside the fort itself. Consequently a 'forlorn hope' was organised under Lieutenant Hurley with 40 men of the 14th Sikhs and 60 men of the Kashmir Infantry, with the object of destroying the mine. The party was let out of the Garden Gate of the fort just opposite the 'Summer House' at 4 p.m. 30 Pathans in the house were taken completely by surprise and after firing a few random shots they bolted down the garden wall. Two men of the Raghunath were killed in this initial attack. Work on the demolition of the mine was then started immediately while some of the Raghunaths and the Sikhs engaged the Pathans who had not withdrawn any farther than the end of the garden and were from there keeping up a continuously heavy fire on the 'Summer House'. The mine shaft was found outside the house behind the garden wall and 35 Chitralis were bayonetted in the mouth of the mine just as they rushed out in panic. Lieutenant Hurley succeeded in placing the charges and soon after 5 p.m. the mine was blown up and the fort saved in the nick of time. A total of 8 men were killed and 13 wounded in this short and daring action of which the share of the Kashmir Infantry was 5 killed, including Mool Singh, and 8 wounded.

A Second War 1945 ‘Burma Operations’ M.M. group of six awarded to Gunner H. G. Simpson, 9th Field Reigment, Royal Artillery, for repeated gallantry in the face of artillery shelling and sniper fire whilst employed at artillery observation posts - one of which being a church spire, which he occupied during the heavy fighting around the Japanese bunker positions at Nabet in February 1945. Subsequently, on two separate occasions, he went out into open group to rescue wounded men - one of which being his observation post officer, whom he carried back to safety under sniper fire Military Medal, G.VI.R. (876352 Gnr. H. G. Simpson. R.A.); 1939-45 Star; Burma Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Cyprus (Inspr. H. G. Simpson.) light contact marks overall, very fine (6) £1,000-£1,400 --- M.M. London Gazette 15 January 1946: ‘For continuously gallant service. During the period from 16th February 1945 to 15th May 1945, Gunner (Driver Mechanic) Simpson H. G. was employed as observation post assistant, always doing far more that his fair share of work under arduous conditions in close contact with the enemy. At all times he showed great devotion to duty and acted with great coolness under fire with outstanding bravery. During the four days fighting round Nabet from 4th February 1945 to 7th February 1945 the enemy, realising that the church spire was the only observation post in the area from which they could be observed, harassed the church with artillery fire gaining a fair percentage of hits. Except for meals, Gunner (Driver Mechanic) Simpson H. G. insisted on manning the church spire continuously throughout the hours of daylight. His complete disregard for his own safety whilst being shelled enabled him to observe enemy gun flashes and so fix their location. His unremitting observation of the area resulted in many worthwhile targets being engaged, and no movement of the enemy or chance of inflicting casualties on him being missed. Again he was on the gun position near Talngon on 6th March, 1945 when it was heavily shelled. Without hesitation he went out into the open and helped carry in wounded men and then returned still under fire to fetch in some equipment. On another occasion near Sigaung on 11th March, 1945 his observation post officer was wounded whilst crossing an open field, Gunner Simpson immediately went to his aid and though himself under continuous sniping fire carried him back to safety. Throughout this period Gunner Simpson continuously thrust himself forward volunteering for extra work and taking upon himself responsibilities well beyond his rank. He at all times showed devotion to duty of a very high order and was continually exposing himself to enemy fire with complete disregard for his own safety and with the greatest courage. His complete lack of thought for himself, his dash and intrepid example was an inspiration throughout the whole period to all who came into contact with him and worthy of the highest praise.’ Huntly Gordon Simpson was a native of Penrhiw, Bala, Wales. Sold with a family photograph of the recipient.

Football memorabilia, selection of mostly local items, 1940's onwards, 3 programmes, Andover v Reading Fr 47/8 (4 pages, creased), Chesham v Wycombe Wanderers 1947/8 Berks & Bucks Cup Final at Elm Park, Reading & Southampton v Linz Fr 1954/5. Sold with Aldershot Share Certificate dated 1985 plus Aldershot team photo card with facsimile signatures 1984/5, a ticket for Basingstoke Town v Park Albion 25 Nov 1950 & a 1953/4 scrapbook including press cuttings, player portraits etc covering Arsenal, Tottenham, Portsmouth, Leyton Orient & others (some faults, fair/gd) (7)

Original vintage travel advertising poster by French Railways – The Basque Country – featuring a great illustration by a French painter Roland Oudot (1897-1981) depicting a picturesque quaint countryside view with buildings, church, a gentleman and a lady on a donkey and a bridge over a stream. Basque Country is an autonomous community in northern Spain, with French Basque Country or Northern Basque country located in the French department of the Pyrenes-Atlantiques, it is populated with Basque people who share the language and culture. Printed in France for and by the French National Railways. Good condition, creasing, small tears, staining. Country of issue: France, designer: Roland Oudot, size (cm): 100x62, year of printing: 1970s.

Renzo (Contemporary)"What We Share"Signed, oil on canvas, 90cm by 120cmSold together with copy of an exhibition catalogue

A 1908 mining share certificate for the Cape Copper Co. Ltd.

Share Certificate - engraved for 28 shares of £10 in the Farmers Co. Ltd (1917)

Chaucer (Geoffrey). The Workes of our Antient and Learned English Poet, Geffrey Chaucer, newly printed, 1st Speight edition, London: Adam Islip, at the charges of Bonham Norton, 1598, black letter, text double column, title within elaborate woodcut architectural border, 3 other divisional titles with woodcut borders, woodcut initials, head and tailpieces, near-contemporary ownership inscription 'Gilbert Digley' to title lower margin with another inscription in the same ink partially rubbed out to lower margin right-hand corner, early ownership inscription 'Dunfland Devon' to title upper margin, lacking engraved portrait (one from a 17th-century copy supplied, remargined and trimmed to margins), lacking first and final blanks, and leaves C4-6, engraved portrait relaid with loss to margins, a few gatherings damp-stained (more heavily to final leaves), final leaf with some staining and a few indistinct early annotations in Latin, small marginal repairs to a few leaves, light occasional toning, late 17th-century calf, rebacked (endpapers renewed), red morocco title label lettered in gilt, worn, folio (305 x 190 mm)QTY: (1)NOTE:Pforzheimer 177 (different imprint); STC (2nd ed) 5077. 'From the form of imprints it would seem that Bishop, Norton, and Wight commissioned Islip to print this edition, and judging from the frequency with which copies with their imprints occur it is probable that Bishop took the largest share and Norton the next' (Pforzheimer).

SOUL: fifteen vocal LPs to include, 'Etta James' and 'Come A Little Closer' on Chess US Pressing 1973 and '74, Gloria Jones, 'Share My Love', Tamla Motown UK pressing, Johnnie Taylor, 'Who's Making Love' on UK Stax, flip back sleeve 1968, 'Betty Wright', 1981 on Epic, Melissa Manchester, 'Help Is On The Way' UK pressing on Arista 1977, also records by Stephanie Mills, Ray Slick, Esther Phillips,Roberta Flack, Stoney and Meatloaf 1971 original on Rare Earth Records

Y A FINE FRENCH GILT FRETWORK AND PORTRAIT MINIATURE INSET GRANDE-SONNERIE ALARM CARRIAGE CLOCKUNSIGNED, PARIS, CIRCA 1900 The eight-day two train movement ting-tang striking the quarters on a graduated pair of gongs and sounding the hour every quarter hour on the larger of the two, with silvered platform lever escapement regulated by sprung split bimetallic balance and alarm sounding on the smaller gong, the backplate stamped with serial number 342 to the lower left hand corner, the dial with circular white enamel Roman numeral disc decorated with concentric repeating polychrome floral swags to centre and with Arabic five minutes to outer track, with gilt trefoil hands set within a fine bright-cut engraved and pierced foliate scrollwork rectangular mask incorporating conforming subsidiary enamel Arabic alarm setting dial to lower margin, the gilt brass bevel-glazed anglaise riche variant case with spiral reeded baton to the hinged carrying handle over thick top glass, complex moulded inverted breakfront cornice and fluted frieze, the angles with twist-reeded three-quarter columns with Corinthian capitals and the sides with fine foliate pierced and engraved frets incorporating oval line delineated panel enclosing fine portrait miniatures of Marie Antoinette opposing Madame Elizabeth each executed on ivory set behind a convex glass, the rear with bevel-glazed door, on generous cavetto over ogee moulded inverted breakfront skirt base incorporating shallow block feet, the underside with G'de Sonnerie/P'te Sonnerie/Silence selection switch; with a Morocco covered outer travelling case including winding key.The clock 17.5cm (7ins) high with handle down, 11cm (4.25ins) wide, 9cm (3.5ins) deep. Provenance: Private collection, East Midlands; previously the property of Lord and Lady Swaythling. Although this rather impressive high-quality current clock appears to be unsigned it does share some strong similarities with the work of LeRoy and Fils, and can be compared to less ornamental example sold in these rooms on Wednesday 24th June 2020 (lot 98).Please note Dreweatts have an ivory exemption licence for this lot 4J9QZTH1Condition Report: Movement is running and the striking mechanism is operational. The grande-sonnerie works except for at quarter to the hour (last quarter) when the strike fails to activate (strikes correctly when repeat button is pressed during the last quarter). This suggests that a release pin is to the under-dial work is either missing or out of alignment hence would most likely be a simple repair. Clock otherwise is fully operational including the alarm and strike selection lever to underside, however a gentle/clean service is advised. The dial is in fine condition with no visible faults other than some very slight discolouration to the minute hand. The case is essentially in near immaculate condition with good strong gilding throughout and no visible damage to the glasses (including those for the portrait miniatures). The right-hand side miniature appears to have a very slight surface blemish (possibly a restored crack?) to the background behind the figure's head (towards right hand margin). Faults to the case are otherwise very much limited to a few tiny barely noticeable bumps.The outer travelling case appears original to the clock but is fairly heavily worn with broken strap handle and missing button inserts for the repeat button and clasp. The interior is in sound condition. Clock has a winding/setting key. Condition Report Disclaimer

A REGENCY BRASS MOUNTED MAHOGANY BRACKET CLOCK IN THE MANNER OF THOMAS HOPE UPJOHN, THE CASE POSSIBLY BY BANTING AND FRANCE, LONDON, CIRCA 1825The five pillar twin fusee bell striking movement with trip-hour repeat and anchor escapement regulated by lenticular bob pendulum with holdfast to backplate, the pendulum with calibrated slider for regulation and conforming concentric engraved decoration to the bob, the 7 inch circular convex cream painted Roman numeral dial signed UPJOHN, 15 King William St., STRAND to centre and with steel spade hands set behind hinged convex-glazed cast brass bezel milled with continuous repeating husk design, the case in the Romano-Egyptian taste with brass pineapple finial to the radial gadroon-carved hipped 'chamfer top' upstand incorporating ogee moulded collar and flanked by honeysuckle carved acroteria finials, above geometric brass-inlaid ebonised moulded panel outline tapered front with crisply cut horizontal fluted infill and canted cast gilt brass mummiform mounts to angles, the apron with shaped brass fillet inset panel flanked by canted acanthus scrolls supporting the figures, the sides with obelisk outline repeating Gothic arch tracery pierced brass frets and the rear with rectangular glazed door set within the frame of the case, on fluted panel inset skirt base with stylised fan carved feet.52.5cm (21.75ins) high, 33cm (13ins) wide, 19.5cm (7.75ins) deep.  The movement of the current lot is most likely by John and Thomas Upjohn who are recorded in Loomes, Brian Watchmakers & Clockmakers of the World, Volume 2 as makers 'To His Majesty' working in London 1828-32. The case of the current lot belongs to a series which share the same basic form and many core details. A slightly simpler variant (without the mummiform figures to the front angles) was offered in these rooms on 28th August 2014 (lot 116) which was stamped with the initials B.F. to the interior of the case. Another further example (perhaps the earliest from this series), this time with a movement by Atkins and Son and formerly in the possession of the Marquesses of Bristol, was sold by Christie's, King Street, London at their 'Ellerslie House' sale, 24th May 2001 (lot 65). The first Marquis of Bristol employed the firm of Banting, France and Company to supply furniture for Ickworth, Suffolk including the state bed which shares similar details such as the 'acrotoria' finials with the 'Atkins & Son' clock and the current lot. This presence of the other example stamped 'B.F.' and another provenanced as most likely being from an interior furnished by Banting and France would suggest that this series of cases were probably made by them perhaps to special order. Indeed the design, with its robust fusion of Ancient Greek, Roman and Egyptian styles demonstrates the strong influence of Thomas Hope who, in his 1807 book Household Furniture published designs considered to be the height of fashion at the time. When considering his designs for smaller pieces of furniture such as for 'Recesses in the shape of ancient hypogea' (see Hope, Thomas Household Furniture plate XXVII no. I) the inspiration for the current lot can clearly be seen.Condition Report: Movement is in relatively clean working condition with no visible evidence of alteration or noticeable replacements. The dial retains old surface but the black of the numerals and the signature have been 'strengthened' and these is some noticeable crazing. The movement and dial are original to the case and are retained by brass angle brackets. There is also a seatboard structure which rests on the baseboard; this has age but may be a replacement/addition (clock was probably originally made without a seatboard.The case is in fine original condition. The right-hand finial has a chip to the apex and the left hand side a small veneer chip to the edge of the fret aperture. The rear door has a replacement glass and some slight veneer chipping to the edges. Faults to the case are otherwise limited to minor bumps, scuffs, minimal shrinkage and other very slight blemishes.Clock has original but no case key or winder. Condition Report Disclaimer

A good collection of Fulham FC ephemera,comprising: Directors' reports from 1909 and 1910 and a Share Prospectus dated 19th June 1903 offering 15,000 shares at 10/- each, the issue coinciding with the club's Promotion to the Southern League Division One; two shares certificates from 1905 and 1906; a team postcard 1906-07; a Dressing Room Player's Pass for the match v Bournemouth 11.1.30; a letter dated 20.3.46 from the club to Bury FC regarding the payment of the transfer fee of Watson; a Directors' Box season ticket for Mr D'Amato season 1947-48; a letter on Fulham headed paper calling a board meeting dated 11.9.48; two telegrams in 1958 from Aberdeen FC sending Graeme Legatt wishing him well after his transfer to Fulham FC; a signed letter from Kevin Keegan on club headed paper; a Johnny Haynes autographed photograph; and a collector's card set of the 1975 F.A. Cup Final team; and a group of programmes and epehemera relating to Fulham FC's tour of Canada in 1951, comprising programmes v Montreal All Stars 29th May, Victoria 7th June, and BC All Stars 5th & 9th June and Celtic 16th June; together with Empress of France and Empress of Scotland ship dinner menus for the outward and inward sailings 21st May and 27th June

Meccano - A vintage red and green Meccano shop display model of a Decorative Wheel. The electric model is mounted on a grey base measuring approx. 50 cms (H) x 28 cms (W) x 35 cms (D), and the wheel itself measures approx. 25 cms in diameter. The model has been tested and is in working order. Overall, the model appears to be in Very Good dusty condition and would benefit from cleaning. (This does not constitute a guarantee)Youtube video link, https://youtube.com/shorts/G0Jhb2ud1AM?feature=share

A printed letter from Queen Elizabeth II which accompanied gifts following her wedding in 1947, it reads "Many kind friends overseas sent me gifts of food at the time of my wedding. I want to distribute it as best I can, and to share my good fortune with others. I therefore ask you to accept this parcel with my very best wishes. Elizabeth"

Tang Dynasty, 7th /10th. Century. CE The impressive male and female inward-facing guardian lions, poised in heraldry, and carved from blocks of grayish-white granite with flecks of black mineral deposit; the female with her right paw resting on her cub, the male with his left paw atop a sphere, each lion’s face with a difference in proportion, and with features that vary slightly; his muscular, rounder in shape and forward projecting, hers of somewhat elongated and rectangular shape, , both share the stylized features of a forehead carved as a scrolled ridge, and large open eyes with back-pointing brows, the male, with open mouth barring a pair of upper incisors and a row of human-like teeth, she with mouth closed, his ears lying atop a full mane, carved with scrolled layered tufts of hair with additional long strands resting on his back. Both with outward positioned fluffy tails. Height 35 in., Width 48 in., Depth 17 in

Offered from a prominent UK Bentley collection, this low mileage Continental R has benefitted from over £15,000 maintenance spend in the last 12 months - just 45,000 on the odometer and presented in stunning colours.Introduced in 1991, the Continental R was the first Bentley in 26 years to not share a body style with a concurrent Rolls-Royce and was inspired by the highly collectable Continental R-Type of the 1950s. The elegant two-door coachwork was styled by John Heffernan and Ken Greenley, a duo whose résumé included sports cars like the Aston Martin Virage. Five years later, Bentley introduced a short-wheelbase version dubbed the Continental T that was equipped with an uprated engine developing 420bhp and an impressive 650 foot-pounds of torque available at only 2,200rpm. Bentley customers soon expressed an interest in equipping the wide-body Continental R model with the T’s more powerful engine, and the Continental R Mulliner was consequently introduced at the 1999 Geneva Salon. Production ran from 1999 until 2003 with just 131 examples being built and they are often regarded as one of the last real Bentleys produced before the company's acquisition by Volkswagen.The example presented here is a 2001 Bentley Continental R Wide-bodied Mulliner Coupé (SCBZB25EX1CH63540) that has covered just 44,775 miles over the last 21 years. According to the Bentley Vehicle Specification sheets, the car is finished in Black Sapphire which basically is a very dark blue. The interior looks simply fabulous in a combination of French Navy and Barley hides with Dark Blue carpets, Dark Blue Lambswool Rugs and Burr Walnut veneers. The spec/option sheet runs to two A4 pages and makes fascinating reading.The car was purchased from Silverstone Auctions around 18 months ago with an indicated 43,765 miles and despite the fact that our fastidious vendor has only covered just over 1,000 miles in that time, he has spared no expense on service and maintenance in that period - some £15,000. Entrusted to H R Owen, Cheltenham they completed a major service on the car in 2021 replacing anything that wasn't upto standard. The Bentley also received 4 new tyres, an ECU re program, and has again had its annual service in May this year.In exceptional condition throughout having been maintained and stored regardless of cost, and in a delightful colour combination, this elegant Bentley is accompanied by a total and comprehensive service history including detailed invoices and numerous MOT Certificates.This is an opportunity to acquire one of the very best Bentley Wide-body examples on the road today.   SpecificationMake: BENTLEYModel: CONTINENTAL R MULLINER AYear: 2001Chassis Number: SCBZB25EX1CH63540Registration Number: Y932 BBATransmission: AutomaticEngine Number: 102094L410M/T2W Drive Side: Right-hand DriveOdometer Reading: 44775 MilesInterior Colour: BlueClick here for more details and images

Specifically built with a Coventry Climax 2-litre FPF for Le Mans in 1960, fate was to dictate that the car never made the race, however, this little LX Elite has been returned to full health and is currently looked after by Classic Team Lotus.The Type 14 Lotus Elite, when first launched in 1958, put Colin Chapman and Lotus cars very firmly on the map. It utilised a monocoque construction which meant there was no separate chassis and the body was load bearing, and whilst this was becoming accepted practice, the Elite was the first time it had been attempted in glass-fibre. When combined with independent sporty suspension, a ZF gearbox, disc brakes, a Coventry-Climax all-aluminium engine, and a very low drag coefficient of just 0.29 - it made for a great drivers' car.Silverstone Auctions are proud to offer this legendary Elite Type 14 that was built with one objective in mind and that was to win overall at the 1960 Le Mans 24hrs. With its prodigious speed and better economy against the more powerful competition, fewer pitstops for fuel would be a positive advantage. Named the LX, It was put together and race-prepared at the Lotus Works and fitted with a 2-litre Coventry-Climax FPF twin-cam engine. It was felt that with the car's slippery design, the extra power generated by the FPF and raised gearing, that it would be fast in a straight line and that proved to be the case with John Whitmore, reserve driver for Aston Martin, commenting in practice that he believed it faster than the works DBR1 down the Mulsanne Straight.The Elite was entered by Lotus Engineering and funded by Jonathon Sieff, part of the Marks and Spencer dynasty and a Lotus customer. Innes Ireland was to share with Alan Stacey both Team Lotus drivers and highly regarded, however, the very talented Alan Stacey lost his life at Spa a week earlier so his prodigy, John Whitmore, was transferred across from Aston Martin.As practice started, the normally pragmatic Innes Ireland was frustrated with cooling issues and the lack of balance in the car which he considered might be spring rates when John Whitmore drove the car using revised tyre pressures, he was impressed by its potential. However, events and the normally rugged Innes Ireland's low mood were to have a profound effect. Jonathon Sieff, with whom Innes enjoyed a good relationship, had left the track in his 1,216cc Elite during practice on the Mulsanne leaving him very badly injured and the death of his friend Alan Stacey only days earlier and current events made Innes decide that he wanted no further part in that year's event at The Sarthe. Sometimes you just know. He borrowed John Whitmore’s Minivan and headed for the ferry home and back to his beloved Borders. So, without a co-driver the Lotus LX entry was cancelled even though they had a accomplished one of the hardest parts of the foray - overcoming the French scrutineering process! Type 14 Elites won their class for the next four years, but the chance to see the most powerful Elite LX in action at Le Mans had gone.It was then sold to the independent Team Elite who had aspirations to race again at Le Mans in 1961 but an accident two months before at Rufforth curtailed their ambition and financial problems were looming. The investment by Jonathon Sieff and significant Lotus Engineering input with re-enforced engine bay and suspension, brakes and steering from the Lotus 18 F1 program were starting to look stillborn. The Elite LX passed through the hands of six owners before being acquired by Charles Levy who had chief Lotus designer, Ron Hickman, confirm that his newly acquired Elite was chassis 1255, the 1960 Works Le Mans entry. He confirmed ‘’with 100% certainty’’ that the bodyshell was correct.It was purchased by our vendor in 2014, himself a Lotus engineer from the Cheshunt days in the sixties, and his ambition was to see the Elite LX restored and prepared for an outing at Goodwood. There was of course only one option and that being Classic Team Lotus with lead mechanic Rob Ashley concentrating on preserving the period authenticy and preparation for FIA events and it has had FIA papers since 2021. It's fitted with a brand new Crosthwaite and Gardiner Coventry Climax FPF 2-litre engine. With two final pre-Goodwood track tests by Lotus test-driver, Gavan Kershaw, the Elite is now signed-off ready for its new owner. The late Tony Dron, after a track test article for Octane in 2014, before any work by Classic Team Lotus to prepare the Elite proclaimed that  ‘’This is a car that could prove to be devastatingly quick in a wide range in historic events’’. We have to emphasize that the track test was conducted before the Elite had returned to its spiritual home at Classic Team Lotus.This historic Elite comes with everything to corroborate its incredible story including a copy of the 1960 Le Mans entry form, a Le Mans Regulations booklet, authentication letters from Ron Hickman and the Team Elite manager and a considerable number of restoration invoices. Classically presented and with prodigious historic competition potential, the LX is part of the Lotus story and we welcome any inspection.NB: While the car had been taken to Le Mans on the 'borrowed' road registration number '6 SME' it was formally road-registered in the UK as 1992 AR, and later JVS 261.SpecificationMake: LOTUSModel: ELITEYear: 1960Chassis Number: 1255Registration Number: JVS 261Transmission: ManualDrive Side: Right-hand DriveMake: RHDClick here for more details and images

Beautifully specified in Peacock with Sapphire, a modern classic Bentley Coupé manufactured in limited numbers with enormous presence.Introduced in 1991, the Continental R was the first Bentley in 26 years to not share a body style with a concurrent Rolls-Royce and was inspired by the highly collectable Continental R-Type of the 1950s. The elegant two-door coachwork was styled by John Heffernan and Ken Greenley, a duo whose résumé included sports cars like the Aston Martin Virage. Five years later Bentley introduced a short-wheelbase version dubbed the Continental T that was equipped with an uprated engine developing 420bhp and an impressive 650 foot-pounds of torque available at only 2,200 rpm. Bentley customers soon expressed interest in equipping the wide-body Continental R model with the T’s more powerful engine, and the Continental R Mulliner was consequently introduced at the 1999 Geneva Salon. The nomenclature was an homage to H.J. Mulliner, the British coachbuilder responsible for the original R-Type’s breathtaking fastback bodywork. The R Mulliner’s wide-body configuration offered spacious interior elegance, whilst the twin-turbocharged V8 could rocket the car to a top speed of nearly 170mph, with brisk 5.6-second sprints to 60 mph from standstill. Individually tailored to customer order, the R Mulliner was Bentley’s ultimate 20th century combination of luxury and performance, produced in a modest total quantity of 148 cars with 63 in right-hand drive. Offered here is a well specified Bentley Continental R finished in Peacock Blue with mostly Sapphire Black interior. Purchased new by the F & W Manufacturing Company, London W1 for £240,000, this Wide body Coupé shows circa 65,000 miles on the odometer and comes with a complete, well-documented service history.Accompanying the Bentley is a service file with invoices indicating that over £15,000 has been spent on maintenance in recent years, including a service at P&A Wood as part of its pre-sale preparations, the last owner having bought the Bentley from this notable dealer directly. As well as servicing, this work included new front brake pads and discs, new rear pads, new alternator belt, various electrical rectifications, Waxoyling of the underbody, and some other maintenance. The original service book shows over 20 Bentley main dealer or specialist stamps and the original book-pack is complete with drivers handbooks.The car was purchased by our vendor in 2018, who has used it sparingly and invested his passion into bringing this car up to its fantastic current condition. On the button and driving well, this magnificent modern-classic Bentley is described as in excellent condition and will be offered with a fresh MOT and its original registration plate applied for.NB; The Cherished Registration Number illustrated does not form part of the sale. SpecificationMake: BENTLEYModel: CONTINENTAL RYear: 2000Chassis Number: SCBZB26E6YCH63317Registration Number: TBATransmission: AutomaticDrive Side: Right-hand DriveOdometer Reading: 65000 MilesMake: RHDInterior Colour: BlackClick here for more details and images

A Group of Engravings showing Steam Locomotives, all printed onto translucent thin plastic, with trains from America, Europe and Africa, among others, potentially intended for Bond or Share Certificates, a few with (removable) tape, beautifully engraved, about uncirculated (13 items) £100-£150

A Box of Digital Cameras, including Fujifilm Finepix, Kodak Easy Share, Minolta Dimage, Konica Minolta and other examples, all untested, G,

A mixed selection of vintage items, an oak door lock with a key, a Mini - Minor car badge, cigarette lighters, penknives, carved wooden dog, silk mats depicting hunting scenes, some share certificates, etc

QUANTITY OF MAINLY RAILWAY RELATED SHARE CERTIFICATES, UK AND OVERSEAS, ATTRACTIVE DESIGNS TO SOME, ALSO DIVIDEND CERTIFICATES AND SIMILAR ITEMS (APPROX. 100)

DALWHINNIE 15 YEAR OLDSingle malt.Dalwhinnie is the highest distillery in Scotland and, as such, it also boasts the lowest average temperature range. The obvious benefit of this is a lower “angel’s share” lost from casks in their warehouse, but it also keeps their external worm tubs cool, causing the spirit vapour from the stills to condense very quickly. Combine this with a distillation process which strives to minimise copper contact, and Dalwhinnie distillery produces a heavy, sulphury new make spirit that needs to mellow in refill wood for 15 years before its signature sweet, honied style fully emerges.43% ABV / 70clJURA SUPERSTITIONSingle malt.With deer outnumbering people by around 25 to 1, it’s surprising the isle of Jura can sustain a distillery at all, let alone a decent sized one capable of supplying 2.2 million litres of spirit per annum. Although it was originally founded in 1810, the distillery closed at the turn of the century and wasn’t revived until the 1960 when it was completely rebuilt by two of the island’s local landowners.Despite the abundant peat available on the island, Jura’s style has tended to be somewhat lighter, as dictated by the blending requirements of its owners over the years. Today it is operated by Whyte & MacKay, under the Emperador umbrella.43% ABV / 70cl

Samsung Fine 800, Kodak Easy Share EX7430, Fujifilm Finepix A210, other camera's, etc:- One Box.

J. Craig Thorpe (American, B. 1948) "Illinois Locomotive" Signed lower left. Original oil painting on Paper. Provenance: Collection of James A. Helzer (1946-2008), Founder of Unicover Corporation. This painting originally appeared on the Fleetwood Legendary Locomotives of the 50 States Illinois Commemorative Cover postmarked September 11, 1995. The Chicago & Alton Railway -- known for building and operating the first Pullman sleeping car -- was also noted for its fabulous "Red Train." The Alton Limited, running between Chicago and St. Louis, was a daylight train distinguished by its luxurious accommodations as well as its distinctive maroon and red exterior. Throughout the six-hour journey between St. Louis and Chicago, passengers on the Red Train had the use of handsomely appointed smoking cars, dining cars and even observation-parlor cars, where afternoon tea was served by Japanese maidens dressed in traditional attire. Introduced in 1899, the Alton Limited was re-equipped in 1905 and again nearly 20 years later. On September 11, 1924, the newly-refurbished Red Train was put on display in the Windy City. The public was encouraged to tour the luxurious train, including the impressive observation car appropriately dubbed "Chicago." Such an exhibition was intended to drum up business on a route where the competition for riders had long been fierce. The Chicago & Eastern Illinois, the Wabash and the Illinois Central all vied with the Alton for a share of the Chicago-to-St. Louis business. Displayed here is engine No. 659, a 4-6-2 Pacific type built in 1913 by the American Locomotive Company. It has been handsomely portrayed pulling the famed red-colored cars through a stretch of Illinois farmland. Image Size: 14 x 12 in. Overall Size: 18 x 15 in. Unframed. (B15164)

J. Craig Thorpe (American, B. 1948) "New Jersey Locomotive" Signed lower left. Original Oil painting on Paper. Provenance: Collection of James A. Helzer (1946-2008), Founder of Unicover Corporation. This painting is the original which appeared on the Fleetwood Legendary Locomotives of the 50 States New Jersey Commemorative Cover postmarked July 14, 1995. In 1820, physician Jonathan Pitney envisioned New Jersey's Atlantic City, and the eight-mile-long Absecon Island on which it is located, as an ideal spot for a summer resort. He later headed a group that persuaded the Camden & Atlantic Railroad to make the city its eastern terminus -- a move that eventually led to the realization of Pitney's dream. In 1888, many visitors made the day trips from Philadelphia to Atlantic City by train on one of the competing lines. This entailed a short ferry ride and a 55-1/2-mile rail trip that could be made by the fastest trains of the day in 85 minutes. By 1896, the travel time had been shaved to 70 minutes. However, in April of that year, the Baldwin Locomotive Works built engines 1026 and 1027 -- two "camel back" locomotives with the cab astride the boiler that were guaranteed to slash the running time by another 10 to 20 minutes. Convinced that these engines would give it the lion's share of passenger business, the Atlantic City Railroad assigned them to its Boardwalk Flyer. In 1897, from July to August, No. 1027's performance was carefully documented. And on July 14, the 4-4-2 attained an average speed of 71.6 miles per hour -- setting the railroad world abuzz and making this the fastest scheduled train of its time. The Pennsylvania Railroad -- successor to Camden & Atlantic and by now the Atlantic City Railroad's keen competitor -- was so inspired by that remarkable performance it built three engines that were similar in size and design to the 1027. Image Size: 14 x 12 in. Overall Size: 17 x 14.25 in. Unframed. (B14785)

Josiah Wedgwood's Great-Grandson's Travel Diaries - The Rev. Rowland Henry Wedgwood (1847-1921), two Letts's No. 26 ink manuscript diaries, comprising 1888 a journal for his trip to Italy & 1902 for his trip to Egypt and the Levant, via Europe, both testify to the Reverend Wedgwood's piety, as he frequently makes references to the numbers of masses he heard each day (slightly more infrequent in the Levant, but he seems to have relished the Eastern rites); the brief and precise entries of the travel log reveal nothing out of the ordinary, either in experience or sentiment, as one would expect from a Englishman of his age and class, though there are timeless observations, e.g. Saturday, 15th February, 1902 '[...] Lots of Arabs - pestered us to buy things' (a perennial threat in tourism, as was having to share cabins with unpleasant companions, which he notes); though the diaries illustrate his travels, the journals themselves are not exhaustive, being prefixed and/or suffixed by vignettes of his life in England; etc., original publisher's cloth bindings, marbled edges, advertising prelims, 8vo, [2]

A PAIR OF METAL FRAMED AND GLAZED ADVERTISING PRINTS FOR THE REGIONAL ELECTRICITY COMPANIES SHARE OFFERS

A folder of share certificates for The Southern Indiana Railway Company, Manilla Railway Company 1906, Mount Pleasant and Sea View City Railroad Company, together with a folder of advertising posters etc

Sundry pre-war, and one later, publications of Aviation & Motoring History.Including Revue-Technique and Livre-D’Or publications; together with a group of five Veteran & Edwardian period original share certificates dating 1904-1906, 1910 & 1915; various conditions.Click here for more details and images

'The Section of an English First Rate Ship of War'19th century engraving with hand colouring pub. by Alex Hogg, 'The Suspension Bridge Over the Avon at Clifton' 19th century engraving, 'Our British Navy - Past and Present' hand coloured engraving from The Boys Own Paper, 19th century Wireless Telegraphists History Sheet, 19th century East & West India Company receipt, General Screw Steam Shipping Company share certificate and other certificates and records relating to shipping

circa 2005, model number 52 N6 1460.1, serial number 1312906, the signed rectangular black dial, 20mm wide, upper half with pink circular minute track, pink single hand and digital trapezoid jump hour aperture at 12 o'clock, the lower with subsidiary circular date indicator and offset running seconds register, signed but unnumbered 17 jewel mechanical crown wind movement, decorated with 'The Côtes de Genève' and with date adjusting pusher below the crown, convex case, 30mm wide, front bezel polished, verso with 4 screws and exhibition back, the border engraved 1312906 DELIRIUM - LA NUIT ASIS SWISS MADE 18K together with Swiss national mark and convention marks for 18ct gold, to the original signed black alligator strap, the signed pin buckle with Swiss national mark and convention mark for 18ct gold‘Delirium’ was a line of ultra-thin watches, first introduced in 1979, and marketed by Concord, Eterna, IWC, and Longines.By the mid-1970s, Japanese watch companies were producing thin, reliable quartz movements and the Swiss companies were being left behind in terms of technology and sales.American businessman, Gerry Grinberg, responsible for Piaget’s ultra thin mechanical watches, had seen his market share eroded by Seiko and Citizen who had introduced ultra thin quartz watches, thinner than any of his mechanical versions. He approached Swiss watchmakers, challenging them to make a world-beating ultra-thin movement before they lost the entire market to the Japanese and offered 2 million Swiss Francs if they could produce an ultra thin quartz movement for use in his Concord watch brand.On January 12th 1979, four Swiss watch companies - Concord, Eterna, IWC, and Longines - announced the world's thinnest watch, just 1.98 mm thick with the movement built directly into the rectangular watch case.The watch was branded ‘Delirium’. Concord used the name for their models, which were focused on the American market, with the other three companies branding under different names.Further versions were produced, all with quartz movements, including the Delirium IV, which, at just 0.98mm thick, remains the thinnest watch ever made.In 2005, Concord introduced a mechanical Delirium model – this example – which, although much thicker than the original, still retained the same distinctive style and rectangular case of the original quartz versions.Case: Good condition. Some very minor surface scratches, and very minor nicks commensurate with wear. Crystal complete with no obvious sign of damage. Strap with minor wear.Dial: Good condition, no obvious sign of damage.Movement: In working order, but not tested for timekeeping.

Original vintage World War Two propaganda poster - Rationing means a fair share for all of us - featuring an illustration - without rationing - depicting a shop assistant shrugging his shoulders with empty shelves behind him and a lady carrying a box of cans, and an illustration below - with rationing - of two ladies buying the same share of food and full shelves behind the smiling seller. Issued by Office of Price Administration Washington DC. Printed by US Government Printing Office. Good condition, folds, creasing. Country of issue: USA, designer: Unknown, size (cm): 71x56, year of printing: 1943.

1962 Agrati-Garelli Capri 80 ScooterReg. no. 877 HBMFrame no. AG 17203Engine no. 18028126To expand and diversify its market share, in 1958 Garelli merged with another Italian manufacturer called Agrati who were producing a successful range of scooters called the Capri with engines ranging from 50 to 125cc. With the ever-increasing competition for buyers in Italy, Garelli found a growing demand for scooters overseas so the majority of Capri scooters were exported to this new market. This 80cc model came in three specifications and used a Minarelli engine. This Model D dual seat Capri is said by the owner to be in very good condition and apart from the wheels has not been restored.Comes with – a current V5C, a Capri Scooter instruction manual and a spare wheel.**Catalogue amendment, there is no spare wheel.**

Paul Kavanagh (Irish, b. 1946), a framed oil on canvas, 'We share the same Passions – Café', signed. H.76 W.106cm.

A Great War 1916 ‘Western Front’ M.M. pair awarded to Private E. Hurst, Lincolnshire Regiment, late Cheshire Regiment, who died of wounds on 26 August 1917 Military Medal, G.V.R. (43660 Pte. E. Hurst. 10/Linc. R.) number partially officially corrected; British War Medal 1914-20 (1716 Pte. E. Hurst. Ches. R.) very fine (2) £240-£280 --- M.M. London Gazette 21 December 1916: 43601 [sic] Pte. E. Hurst, Linc. R. Ernest Hurst, a native of Heaton Norris, Stockport, attested for the Cheshire Regiment and served with the 6th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 10 November 1914. Transferring to the Lincolnshire Regiment, he served with the 10th Battalion, and was awarded the Military Medal for a raid in October 1916: ‘The 10th Lincolnshires carried out two raids, one in October, and one on 21 December [1916]. Neither was successful. The first raid failed partly because of uncut wire, and because the time allowed - five minutes - was too short. The wire had just been cut by hand when the raiders were recalled. Captain H. N. Newsum and Second Lieutenant R. Brett were awarded M.C.'s., and Lance-Sergeant J. L. Plowman, Corporal F. L. Westley, and Private E. Hurst were awarded M.M.'s for their share in this raid.’ (Regimental History refers). Hurst died of wounds on 26 August 1917, and is buried in Tincourt New British Cemetery, France. Note: The recipient’s number was incorrectly recorded in both the London Gazette entry for his Military Medal, and also the Medal Index Card for the M.M.; presumably the medal was originally issued with this incorrect number, which accounts for the correction to the medal.

The Boer War C.M.G. group of four awarded to the Rt. Hon. Colonel The Lord B. E. B. Castletown, late of the Militia and Yeomanry, and Leinster Regiment, one of the last Knights of Saint Patrick, whose colourful life as a soldier, sportsman and traveller is vividly recalled in his autobiography Ego The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, C.M.G., Companion’s, breast badge, silver-gilt and enamel; Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, 1 clasp, Tel-El-Kebir (Lieut: Hon: B. E. B. Fitz Patrick. Rl. E. Kent. Yy. Cav:); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill (Lt. Col. F. E. B. Lord Castletown. Lnstr. Rgt.); Khedive’s Star, dated 1882, contact marks, otherwise very fine or better (4) £2,000-£2,400 --- K.P. Nominated in 1907 and invested on 29 February 1908. C.M.G. London Gazette 26 June 1902. Bernard Edward Barnaby Fitzpatrick, 2nd Baron Castletown, was born in July 1848 and was educated at Eton and Brasenose College, Oxford. Having then made a grand tour of the continent, he served as an observer and ambulance worker in the Franco-Prussian War: ‘During the time I was in France I saw a good deal of the actual fighting, including the termination of the battle of Gravelotte and the deep road where the Germans made their great sacrifice of life, and I also watched the retreat of the French at Sedan ... The poor dead, half-burnt by the conflagration, were lying in all directions, and the wretched French prisoners were being collected by the Bavarians ... I was sent to work at a typhus and typhoid hospital for some time - a very unpleasant experience’ (Ego refers). Commissioned in the 1st Life Guards on his return from France, Fitzpatrick resigned his commission on getting married in April 1874, but maintained his military links with an appointment as a Captain in the City of Cork Artillery Militia from 1875-77 and in the Royal East Kent Yeomanry, in which latter capacity he gained attachment to his old regiment, the 1st Life Guards, during the Egypt operations of 1882, including the battles of Kassassin and Tel-el-Kebir (Medal & clasp; Khedive’s Star): and surely a uniquely named award to the Royal East Kent Yeomanry. Of Tel-el-Kebir, Fitzpatrick later wrote: ‘A little before dawn one gun was fired from the works, and then the whole sky was lit up as gun after gun was fired from both sides, and the rattle of rifle fire was overwhelming. It seemed to last only a short time; then dawn came, and one of the first things I could distinguish was the head of a soldier lying on the ground at my horse’s feet; how it came there I have no idea, but there it was. We advanced at a trot, shells whistling about us, but I do not think we had any casualties. As the dawn grew stronger, I saw Indian lancers galloping all over the place, and spitting unfortunate Egyptians with their lances. At last the firing ceased, and we worked up to the entrenchments and dismounted. I walked into the redoubt nearest to us and realised what a strong place it was. There has been severe fighting; some of the Soudanese had fought to the end, and men were lying wounded and dead in all directions ... We had our lunch by the canal, and I wandered into the low bush which fringed it. Bang! went a rifle and I heard a bullet whistle past my head; I fired at the spot from whence the shot had come, and dropped to the ground to await events. As nothing further happened, I cautiously worked my way through the bush, and found I had shot an Egyptian soldier. He was badly wounded, poor chap, and I did what I could for him and got him water; he was a brave fellow as he never whimpered or groaned. As I sat by him he motioned with his hand to his breast pocket, which he could not reach. I felt in the pocket and pulled out a small paper Koran, and handed it to him. He read it carefully, and after a few minutes turned on his side and died’ (Ego refers). Fitzpatrick was M.P. for Portarlington Borough 1880-83 and succeeded his father in 1883 as 2nd Baron Castletown. In the Boer War, and having been appointed a Lieutenant-Colonel in the 4th Battalion, Leinster Regiment, he served as Assistant Adjutant-General on Lord Roberts’ staff, and was awarded the C.M.G. Never one to be found behind a desk for too long, Fitzpatrick made it his business to go out on intelligence gathering patrols, and to share in the dangers of other offensive operations. From 1906-10 he was chancellor of the Old Royal University of Ireland, of which he was an honorary LLD. In 1907 he was appointed a Knight of Saint Patrick, and in 1908 was sworn of the Irish Privy Council. In the Great War he did admirable recruiting work and his coolness, courage and devotion were remarkable in the troubles that followed. He married in 1874, the Hon. Ursula Clare Emily St Leger, daughter of 4th Viscount Doneraile. Lord Castletown died without issue on 29 May 1937.

Milne, Alan Alexander (1882-1956) - An a/l, 3pp. 8vo, dated December 1927, from 13, Mallord Street, Chelsea, to an unnamed recipient, ‘’I expect you know the story of the man who took his friend to the bar, and said, with a large and generous air, “Now then, what would you like?” – to which his friend replied that he thought he would like a pint of champagne . “Oh!” said his host, “Well, try thinking of something nearer threepence .” What the Hampstead General Hospital would like is £10,000, and it would be a simplification of its finances if you were charming enough to send them a cheque for that amount in the enclosed envelope; but if you would prefer to think of something nearer threepence I shall understand. Not near enough to give you the bother of buying stamps or postal orders; something in guineàs, I suggest, which will give you no more trouble than the opening of your cheque-book. But just as you like, so long as you help us.The Hampstead General and North-West London Hospital, to give it its full title, which need not all be put on the cheque, has a debt of £10,000, and needs another £5000 of your income in order to pay its way. I could give you further figures of it’s income and expenditure, and the number of patients attended, of the operations performed, but these might not interest you. More interesting perhaps, is this: that where it’s out-patients department now stands in Bayham Street, Camden Town, there once stood the house where Charles Dickens lived as a boy when his father first came to London. His father, you remember, had that habit, which was to descend to Mr Micawber, of living in the hope that something would turn up. It is thus that Hospitals have to live. They can make no promise for the gracious work they do; they just struggle on from day to day, hoping that men will always be generous, women always merciful. So day after day, hospital after hospital makes its appeal to you, and, no doubt, day after day at this time you open such a letter, say with a shrug “Another charity”, and drop it in the fire. Which is why I began with a joke, as something to which one listens more readily. Having listened, will you not now be kind?The reason why I and not the Appeal Secretary, am writing – is writing – (every now and then the stylish language becomes just impossible) – the reason then why one of us and not the other is writing to you is that there are people who look at the signature of a letter first; in which case, sack the appeal secretary, my name would be the more helpful; though whether his hope is that you will have heard of me, or his fear was that you would have heard of him, I do not know. Yet, as a professional writer I could not but share this feeling that I should prove the more readable of the two of us. So I am hoping that you have read this letter but I must warn you that, as a professional writer, I am not satisfied to be read for nothing. The question of the author’s royalties is before you. Send what you can to me at the Hampstead General, and you will be glad and proud afterwards, and I shall be alwaysYour humble and grateful servant,A.A. Milne’’

Very Interesting and Unusual Family Medal Groups to the Cuscaden Family from County Wexford, Ireland, Comprising Medals to Three Generations Covering Service from 1858 to 1926, Grandfather - Board of Trade medal for Gallantry in Saving Life at Sea, VR Large silver, edge engraved “CAPT. WM. CUSCADEN, WRECK OF THE ‘PEARL OF CORK’ OFF CAHORE 6TH APRIL 1858”; Father – Imperial Service Order EVII, unnamed as issued, Kings Police medal, GV 1st type, “WM. A. CUSCADEN INSP-GEN S.S. POLICE”. Medals mounted as worn in a Spink & Son pin back bar; Son – Silver National Rifle Association medallion (hallmarked Birmingham, 1925) engraved on the edge “CAPTAIN R. L. CUSCADEN AUGUST M.V.C. B.R.A. 1926.”. First three medals in fitted hinged display case (glass missing on front of the case). Lot also includes Elkington & Co. titled case for the Imperial Service Order. William Henry Cuscaden - Born in Donegal Ireland in 1801 and died on 18th August 1887 in Wexford. He was the Chief Officer of the Coastguard at Cahore at the wreck of the Pearl of Cork where 15 bronze medals and 2 silver medals were awarded for ‘Gallant services rendered at the peril of life, to the ‘Pearl’ of Cork stranded on the Button rocks, Cahore, and saving 5 lives. In rendering this service the lifeboat capsized, and the men were hauled ashore by the boatmen and fishermen, some of whom were up to their necks in water’ William Andrew Cuscaden - Imperial Service Order, London Gazette 19th June 1911 – William Andrew Cuscaden, Esq, Inspector-General of Police Straits Settlement. (489 EVII Imperial Service Orders awarded). Kings Police Medal, London Gazette 3rd January 1911 – “Wm. Andrew Cuscaden, Inspector-General of Police in the Straits Settlements. Service generally distinguished by exceptional merit. He personally took a very large share in the putting down of a serious and widespread disturbance amongst the Chinese at Singapore.” Born at Cahore, County Wexford on the 1st November 1853 and was educated at Trinity College, Dublin. He became a Captain and Instructor of Musketry in the 4th Battalion Royal Dublin Fusiliers, a position he resigned on his appointment as an Assistant Inspector of the Gold Coast Constabulary in 1879. In 1881 he was appointed Civil Commissioner Taquah Gold Mining District but was recalled to the Constabulary during the Ashanti troubles in 1881 serving as Assistant Inspector of Constabulary. In July 1883 he transferred to the Straits Settlements Armed Police. He became Superintendent of Police, Malacca in 1897 and a Municipal Commissioner for Singapore in 1901. In 1906 he was appointed Inspector-General of Police until his retirement in September 1913. On the outbreak of war in August 1914 he volunteered for active service and was appointed Commander Special Constabulary ‘W’ Division Metropolitan Area. In October 1914 his service was accepted for training the New Armies gaining his First Class Certificate for Musketry at Bisley. He relinquished his commission on 15th July 1919 and was living in Arley Sutton, Surrey. His service in the Great War seems to be restricted to the United Kingdom so no campaign medals were issued. William Andrew Cuscaden died on 5th August 1936 in Staines, Middlesex and is buried alongside his wife in Paddington Cemetery, Willesden Green. Robert Lyons Cuscaden - Born 15 July 1886 in Penang, Straits Settlement. Served as a 2nd Lieutenant with the 23rd Sikh Pioneers during the Great War. Died 1st October 1956 in London

A box containing various share certificates including The Land Bank Of Egypt, The Book Aboukir Land Company, etc (1)

NICK WARREN & RELATED - 12" COLLECTION. Raise the roof with this killer collection of around 54 x 12" to include promotional copies and duplicates. Titles / Artists include Liquid Child '99 - Diving Faces, BT - Shame (Way Out West Mix), James Holden - Horizons (Way Out West Mix), Way Out West - The Fall / Spike (Sealed), UB Devoid - UB Devoid, Way Out West - Mindcircus, Way Out West - Spaceman, Roni Size / Reprazent - Share the Fall (Way Out West Remix), Inner City - Good Life (Way Out West Vocal Mix), Futura - Call My Name, Way Out West - Hypnotise and Lost Witness - Happiness Happening (Way Out West Mix). Please note some releases may not be complete. The condition is generally VG+ to Ex+ / Sealed

Car Share Actor, Sian Gibson signed 10x8 colour photograph pictured during her role as Kayleigh Kitson as she stars in and co-writes the comedy series Peter Kay's Car Share- for which she won the 2016 BAFTA TV Award for Best Scripted Comedy and the National Television Award for Best Comedy. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99

A Victorian embossed Jubilee advertising circular tin, width 19cm, a Slippery Elm tin, other tins, an Alphamettes advertising sign, an anatomical scroll of the human organs and a Mines share certificate. (qty)

A 1696 crown, a Marie Theresa dollar, a 1895 five marks and other silver coinage, replica hammered coinage, assorted banknotes, share certificates and cased coinage. (qty)

British Railway documents including 19th century credit notes for the work done on the Newcastle and Berwick Railway, two for East Lancashire Railway, Glasgow and South-Western Railway dividend statement, mid 19th century The Northern Countries Union Railway Company share certificate and other related ephemera

Cardiff City Association Football Club, Ltd an original 1910 share certificate with seal and original signatures including W Bartley-Wilson who formed the club

Local Interest - a Panoramic View of Buxton, pub John Cumming Bates, 8cm x 34cm; another The Concert Hall, and Pavilion in the Buxton Gardens, Newman & Co, 10.5cm x 35.5cm ; Buxton Crescent; Peak Forest Mining Company Share certificate, 17th February 1858, 2000 shares, cert no 101; after Sir Joshua Reynolds, Duchess of Gordon, engraving; Sir W C Ross, R.A, Mary etc (11)

Two deed boxes containing a collection of various deeds, bonds and share certificates, letters etc.

Ephemera, 2 share certificates, one for the State of Massachusetts Worcester Horse Railroad Company 1863 and one for the New Orleans Great Northern Railroad Company 1913 together with 5 U.S.A. cheques dating from 1860s to 80s (gen gd) (2)

2000 Mercedes-Benz CLK 230 Kompressor Elegance Transmission: automaticMileage:74308Historically, the E-Class is Mercedes-Benz' best-selling model, with more than 13 million sold by 2015. The first E-Class series was originally available as a four-door saloon, five-door estate, two-door coupé and two-door convertible. From 1997 to 2009, the equivalent coupé and convertible were sold under the Mercedes-Benz CLK-Class nameplate which was actually based on the mechanical underpinnings of the smaller C-Class while borrowing the styling and some powertrains from the E-Class. A trend continued with the C207 E-Class coupé/convertible which was sold parallel to the W212 E-Class saloon and estate models. With the latest incarnation of the E-Class released for the 2017 model year, all body styles share the same W213 platform. The coupé (C207) was first shown at the 2009 Geneva Motor Show, while the convertible (A207) was unveiled at the 2010 North American International Auto Show. Presented in metallic blue with grey leather interior, it was purchased in Switzerland as a right hand drive example and costing SFr 82,446, the car boasts extras such as leather, electric heated memory seats, parking sensors, windbreak and rain sensing wipers plus on a recent test the air conditioning was still ice cold. Used in Switzerland as the vendors summer car until 2019 when it relocated to the UK, this car has also been exclusively serviced by the supplying main agents Procar in Davos. Since its arrival in the UK the car has covered a mere 3,000 miles which included a trip to Portugal and it was always garaged in the owners garage in Switzerland and the UK. The car comes with an MoT test certificate which expires in 2023, original brochure and nearly all servicing invoices from new.Interested parties please note that there is only a photocopy of the original V5, it will be the new owners responsibility to register this vehicle with the DVLA.

A box of books and pamphlets to include 1949 share certificate

The Rolling Stones 'Paint it Black' - Original hand painted artwork on thick paper by John Judkins, signed and dated 68, flat, 56 x 76 cm.Background: I Was Lord Kitchener's Valet was a swinging 60's boutique, originally based in Portobello Road & later Carnaby Street. The boutiques became famous for selling military style clothing & for a celebrity clientele including the likes of Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton & Paul McCartney. Artist John Judkins was commissioned to design posters for the boutique, the most collectable of which are his posters for Bob Dylan & Mick Jagger.These posters were later produced by John Judkins but share the same flair and style of the early artwork.

Michael Jackson 'Bad' - Original hand painted artwork on thick paper by John Judkins, signed and dated 1988, flat, 56 x 76 cm.Background: I Was Lord Kitchener's Valet was a swinging 60's boutique, originally based in Portobello Road & later Carnaby Street. The boutiques became famous for selling military style clothing & for a celebrity clientele including the likes of Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton & Paul McCartney. Artist John Judkins was commissioned to design posters for the boutique, the most collectable of which are his posters for Bob Dylan & Mick Jagger.These posters were later produced by John Judkins but share the same flair and style of the early artwork.

Circle of HANS VREDEMAN DE VRIES (Leeuwarden, 1525/1526-Hamburg, 1609)."The Return of the Prodigal Son".Oil on copper.It has a 20th century frame.Size: 69 x 85,5 cm; 96 x 112 cm (frame).The treatment of the architecture in this work suggests that its composition is close to the artistic circle of Hans Vredeman de Vries, who achieved a great fame due to this type of scenes in which he developed a great architectural complex, in which scenes that remain in the background, with respect to the magnificence of the landscape, were included. In this particular case it is the representation of the parable of the prodigal son. The Parable tells " A man had two sons; and the younger of them said to his father, "Father, give me the share of the inheritance that is mine." And he divided the inheritance between them. A few days later the younger son gathered it all together and went away to a far country where he squandered his inheritance living like a libertine. "When he had spent it all, there came an extreme famine in that country, and he began to be in need. "While he was still far away, his father saw him and, moved, ran to him, threw himself on his neck and kissed him warmly. The son said to him, "Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you; I am no longer worthy to be called your son." But the father said to his servants, "Bring quickly the best robe and dress him, put a ring on his hand and sandals on his feet. Bring the fattened bullock, kill it, and let us eat and feast, for this my son was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found. In this case we can see the embrace between father and son in the centre of the scene, but as is usual in the Flemish school, different scenes can be seen in the same image, such as the servant preparing the table, or the people strolling through the gardens.Born in Leeuwarden and raised in Friesland, in 1546 Vredeman de Vries went to Amsterdam and Kampen. In 1549 he moved to Mechelen where the High Court was located. Sebastian, his brother, was the organist of the local church. Vredeman de Vries designed ornaments for the joyous parades of Charles V and Philip II. Studying Vitruvius and Sebastiano Serlio, he became an internationally renowned specialist in perspective. He continued his career in Antwerp, where he was appointed municipal architect and engineer of fortifications. After 1585 he fled the city because of the Spanish occupation by Alessandro Farnese. As a Protestant, he had to leave the city within two years. Vredeman de Vries moved to Frankfurt and worked in Wolfenbüttel, designing a fortification and a new town layout for Julius, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg. After his death, the project was cancelled and Hans worked in Hamburg, Danzig (1592), Prague (1596) and Amsterdam (1600). On his travels Vredeman was accompanied by his son Paul and Hendrick Aerts, both painters. Vredeman de Vries attempted to obtain an appointment at the University of Leiden in 1604.

ALPHONSE CHAIGNON (Paris, 1828-1898)."Architectural Fantasies", 1882.Pair of paintings on porcelain.Signed and dated on one side.Measurements: 50 cm. diameter each; 69 x 69 cm.(frames).French painter and decorator, author of "architectural fantasies" very celebrated in his time, of which we show two good examples. Alphonse Chaignon trained with Jean-Hilaire Belloc (1786-1866), a history painter and talented portraitist who, as director of the Paris School of Drawing, had a notable influence on many of his pupils (Fantin-Latour, Whisler, Lhermitte, Bracquemond, Carlus-Duran). He would also have been - according to the press which praises his qualities as an "archaeological painter" - a pupil of Viollet-le-Duc (1814-1879) or, more probably, one of his ardent disciples in view of his artistic career. A. Chaignon was present from 1865 at the Salon des Artistes Françaises, with a "View of Quimperlé" (1868, oil painting, no. 464). Chaignon became known as a "decorative artist painter": he produced, between 1867 and 1878, for the church Sainte-Madelaine de Montargis (Loiret) and the chapel Saint-Vincent de Paul of the church Saint-Jean-Baptiste de Belleville in the Buttes-Chaumont, ornamental frescoes and decorative paintings or even "vast panels painted in matt oil on canvas" (Sainte-Geneviève) destined for the church of Saint-Pierre -de- Montmartre in Paris. These compositions, celebrated for the delicacy of the drawing and the combination of tones, won the artist the Bronze Medal in 1874 and 1876. Alphonse Chaignon was to share this distinction with one of the most talented decorative painters of the time, Albert Lenoir (1801-1892). As part of the Concours de la Ville de Paris, two projects for mural frescoes for the Salle des Mariages in the town hall are particularly noteworthy: his interesting restitutions of Old Paris imagined with animated landscape frescoes, The Court of Miracles and The Montmartre Gate in the 16th century.

Violet, Thomas 2 works in one volume comprising: An Appeal to Caesar: wherein Gold and Silver is Proved to be the Kings Majestie's Royal Commodity. London: Printed in the year 1660. 4to, [2], 58 (paginated erratically), lacks portrait of King Charles II [ESTC R34727]; bound with Idem. To the Right Honourable the Lords in Parliament Assembled. The Humble Petition of Tho. Violet Goldsmith. [London: no publisher, 1660], 4to, 8pp. [ESTC R222565]; together 2 works in one volume, late 18th century half calf, library stamp on title and bookplate on front endpaper of the Library of the Institute of Bankers in Scotland, rubbed, upper cover detachedNote: Thomas Violet was a goldsmith and trader who was active during the turbulent reign of Charles I and subsequent Interregnum. In 1627 he was discovered to have been playing the money market by trading English silver for French gold but, as his actions were profitable to the king, he was released from prison on the condition of paying £2000 to the Crown as its share of the profit. Following his release, Violet found a new role inspecting the trade in coins and wire. He was responsible for marking wire as authentic but discovered that like coins (the best supplies being bought up by unscrupulous traders) a lot of inferior or counterfeit metal was being traded. He prosecuted several traders, which made him very unpopular among fellow merchants. Violet was a royalist and, due to his unpopular activities in the 1630s, spent much of the Civil War imprisoned in the Tower, having his estates and wealth confiscated by the authorities of the City of London. During this time, Violet began to write down his ideas on trade, arguing for equal treatment of merchants and traders from all nations, the reduction of customs duties and the establishment of free ports across England. This, he hoped, would bring in cheap raw materials and would benefit ordinary workers. After his release from the Tower in 1652, Violet resumed his work inspecting the gold and silver trade. He published several works defending his actions and attacking goldsmiths and traders who he believed were draining England of its wealth by exporting the commodity. This book is one of those treatises, published following the restoration of Charles II, it appeals to the king to recognise the importance of gold and silver in defining the wealth of the nation.

English Civil War Collection of biographies, memoirs and letters, 17th-18th century including: [Baron, William]. A Just Defence of the Royal Martyr K. Charles I. From the many False and Malicious Aspersions in Ludlow's Memoirs, and some Other Virulent Libels of that Kind. London: for A. Roper, R. Bassett, W. Turner, 1699. First edition, 8vo (17.9 x 10.5cm), 19th-century half calf, gilt spine, backstrip gilt-lettered 'Parish Library Castleton' along front board, browning, a few damp-stains, marginal spill-burn in ³N4 [ESTC R13963; Wing B897]; Warwick, Sir Philip. Memoires of the Reigne of King Charles I. With a Continuation to the Happy Restauration of King Charles II. London: Ri. Chiswell, 1701. First edition. [Bound with:] Idem. A Discourse of Government. London: for Mat. Wotton [and others], 1701. Second edition. 2 works in 1 volume, 8vo (19 x 11.2cm), contemporary panelled calf, Memoires half-title with engraved portrait verso, Earl of Rosebery bookplate [ESTC T63889 & T61708; 7 UK copies for A Discourse]; [Kimber, Isaac]. The Life of Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector of the Common-Wealth of England, Scotland and Ireland. London: for J. Brother and T. Cox, 1724. First edition, 8vo (19.6 x 12cm), contemporary panelled calf, engraved portrait frontispiece, advertisement leaf, book-label (John Rutherfurd, Esq, of Edgerston, possibly the member of parliament for Roxburghshire, noted as a soldier and councillor in New York, 1712-1754), head of front joint worn, frontispiece damp-stained, pale damp-staining elsewhere, a2 (index) torn with loss of text [ESTC T134562]; Noble, Mark. The Lives of the English Regicides. London: John Stockdale, 1798. First edition, 2 volumes, 8vo (21.2 x 12.8cm), contemporary sprinkled calf, 4 pp. advertisements, bookplates of Montagu Burgoyne (1758-1836), politician and writer, numbering-pieces perished; Baillie, Robert. Letters and Journals, written by the deceased ... Principal of the University of Glasgow ... Containing an Impartial Account of Public Transactions ... both in England and Scotland, from 1637 to 1662. Edinburgh: W. Gray, 1775. First edition, second issue, 2 volumes, 8vo (20.3 x 12.3cm), contemporary tan calf, twin morocco labels; and 7 others (these not fully collated): Sir John Dalrymple, Memoirs of Great Britain and Ireland, from the Dissolution of the Last Parliament of Charles II, 1795 (new edition, 3 volumes, 8vo, contemporary tree calf gilt); William Harris, An Historical and Critical Account of the Life of Charles the Second, 1766 (2 volumes, 8vo, contemporary calf, bookplates of Robert Shafto of Benwell, spines worn); Roger Boyle, Earl of Orrery, A Collection of the State Letters, Dublin, 1743 (2 volumes, 8vo, contemporary marbled calf, volume 1 title-page with marginal loss); Thomas Carte, A Collection of Original Letters and Papers concerning the Affairs of England, from the Year 1641 to 1660, found among the Duke of Ormond's Papers, 1739 (2 volumes, 8vo, contemporary sprinkled calf, bookplates of John Campbell of Stackpole Court, Pembrokeshire, joints cracking); [Thomas Birch], An Inquiry into the Share, which King Charles I. had in the Transactions of the Earl of Glamorgan, 1756 (second edition), 8vo, contemporary sprinkled calf, front joint cracked at head and foot); Thomas Skinner, The Life of General Monk, 1723 (first edition, 8vo, contemporary panelled calf, joints cracked, inner hinges strengthened); Earl of Shaftesbury, Characteristicks, 1727 (fourth edition, 3 volumes, 8vo, contemporary mottled calf, rebacked) (23)Provenance: Professor G. E. Aylmer FBA (1926-2000), historian of 17th-century England and sometime master of St Peter’s College, Oxford (with his bookplates).

BEAUHARNAIS EUGENE DE: (1781-1824) French Prince, son of Josephine de Beauharnais, Viceroy of Italy 1805-14 and Grand Duke of Frankfurt. A.L.S., `Eugene´, with flourish, one page, 8vo, Paris, 14th December 1809, to Marshal Clarke, in French. Beauharnais sends a request to the Minister of war, referring to him in the third person, stating in part `I suppose that he will share the interest I have in the person who has addressed it to me, he is the brother of one of my father´s aide-de-camp. This officer must have served under Monsieur the Duke de Feltre..´ The letter bears at the base a few lines in the hand of Clarke, forwarding the letter to M. Tabarié. With blank integral leaf, bearing a 12mo receipt by Tabarié pinned to the verso. Very small overall age wear, otherwise G    Henri Jacques Guillaume Clarke (1765-1818) Marshal of France in 1816, one of six created under King Louis XVIII from 1815-24. Duc de Feltre and Minister of War under Napoleon.Eugene de Beauharnais refers to his father Alexandre de Beauharnais (1760-1794) Viscount of Beauharnais. French political figure and General during the French Revolution. First husband of Josephine Tascher de la Pagerie, who would later become Empress of the First French Empire as spouse of Napoleon Bonaparte. Alexandre de Beauharnais was executed at the early age of 34 during the Reign of Terror.