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[R.M.S. TITANIC]: WIDENER GEORGE (1861-1912) American Businessman who died on the RMS Titanic. D.S., Geo. Widener, one page, oblong 4to, Philadelphia, 20th May 1907. The attractively printed document is a share certificate for the Philadelphia Traction Company, issuing 100 shares to Jno. A. S. Brown. Signed by Widener at the foot in his capacity as President of the company. Nine file holes at the base, three of which only very slightly effect the signature. Together with two different 8vo printed pieces of ephemera relating to the Titanic, individually signed by Millvina Dean and Edith Haisman. G to VG, 3

JOHNS JASPER: (1930- ) American Contemporary artist. A.L.S. Jasper, one page, 4to, Sharon, Connecticut, 12th February 1999, to Rosamond [Russell]. The artist thanks his correspondent for allowing him to share in her husband's birthday, remarking 'It was a pleasure to see you and others and to be in that space again after such a long time.' Written on his personalised stationary. Some very minor age wear and light creasing, otherwise VG

GARNETT DAVID: (1892-1981) British Writer of the novel Aspects of Love (1955). Garnett, who controversially married Virginia Woolf's niece, was a prominent member of the Bloomsbury Group. A.L.S., David Garnett, one page, 8vo, Hilton Hall, Hilton, Huntingdon, 22nd September 1949, to Mr. [John] Howarth. Garnett informs his correspondent that he doesn't want to sell any of D. H. Lawrence's letters although adds 'However, he must have written thousands: Huxley's volume of the letters is only a selection & I don't think you'll find a great difficulty in getting one.' In concluding he remarks 'I share your respect for D.H.L. as a writer'. VG

Fulham Football & Athletic Company Limited 1905 and 1906. Large share certificates, one for two, the other for four shares in the club, signed and dated 20th June 1905 and 2nd October 1906. Some staining otherwise in good condition

An extremely rare Queen Anne Chinese lacquer eight-day longcase clock Daniel Delander, London, early 18th century The five finned pillar rack and bell striking movement with 12 inch square brass dial with subsidiary seconds dial, calendar aperture and silvered oval plate signed Dan. Delander, London to the matted centre within applied silvered Roman numeral chapter ring with fleur-de-lys half hour markers and Arabic five minutes to outer track, the angles with gilt Indian mask and scroll cast spandrels, in a case with flambeau urn finials and tall caddy decorated in raised polychrome and gilt with flowering foliage above scroll pierced fret to upstand over moulded cornice and conforming fret to frieze and three-quarter columns with brass caps and bases flanking raised foliate spray decoration to the glazed hood door, the trunk with silvered leafy-scroll carved wood decorative corbels to throat above door finely decorated in raised polychrome and gilt with birds and a mallard in flight near a blossoming shrub issuing from a rocky outcrop with two standing crane birds, the sides with particularly fine relief gnarled tree trunk decoration issuing leafy sprays, on plinth base further decorated with aquatic birds within a naturalistic setting over moulded double skirt with squab feet, 254cm (100ins) high excluding top finial, 269 (106ins) high overall. Daniel Delander is recorded in Loomes, Brian The Early CLOCKMAKERS of Great Britain as born circa 1678 and apprenticed to Charles Halstead before being transferred to Thomas Tompion and gaining his Freedom of the ClockmakersÕ Company in 1699. He initially worked as ÔservantÕ to Thomas Tompion from Devereux Court and later (after TompionÕs death in 1713) from Ôwithin Temple BarÕ, Fleet Street. He was a fine maker whose work was clearly influenced by his master but is perhaps best known for his series of particularly fine duplex escapement longcase clocks as well as long duration clocks often with refinements such as equation of time. Delander appeared to also share his masterÕs exacting standards with regards to the quality and design of the cases for his clocks, with his table clocks often mirroring those of Tompion and his successor George Graham. The case of the current lot appears to be an extremely rare, if not an unique surviving example of Chinese lacquer decoration applied to a case made in London. The construction of the case is typical of English work of this period however differs in that the carcass is made almost entirely of pine (only the cleats in the trunk door appear to be oak) rather than being of the usual mixed pine/oak for ÔjapannedÕ cases. This departure from the use of oak for any of the surfaces/principal structural elements of the current lot supports the view that the case was designed to be shipped to China for decoration; indeed accounts exist confirming that deal timber was sent to China as it was deemed well suited for lacquer work (see Bowett, Adam ENGLISH FURNITURE 1660-1714 page 149). The decoration itself is of fine quality with every element formed in relief built-up using a hard brick-red coloured clay based lacquer compound (rather than white gesso) indicative of Chinese/Japanese practice. The design is relatively restrained and is principally composed of naturalistic asymmetric forms contrasting with delicate blossom detail inhabited by birds. This slightly restrained approach perhaps displays a Japanese influence however such work during this period was only undertaken in China; it is perhaps appropriate that the trunk door is decorated with a pair of crane birds which are deemed a symbol of longevity in Chinese culture. We would like to thank Adam Bowett for his assistance with the footnote for this lot.

Confederate States of America ten dollar banknote, 2nd September 1861, multiple tears, folds and missing parts, Peru one Sol banknote 1879, North Butte Mining Company fifty share certificate 1907, Waterloo, Cedar falls and Northern Railroad 100 share certificate 1951 and other world banknotes

Confederate States of America 1864, Six Percent Loan bonds in frame, 60 in total engraved by J. Archer, Richmond V.A of interest to bond/share certificate collectors

Europe. Lehmann-Dumont (Karl), Humoristische Karte von Europa im Jahre 1914, pub. Leutert & Schneidewind, Dresden, 1914, colour printed caricature map, inset map of Japan, old folds strengthened on verso, some marginal fraying with very slight loss. occ. marginal closed tears, 350 x 490mm, together with eleven early 20th century North American and Canadian share certificates, each approx. 250 x 320mm. The map is a scarce allegorical depiction of Europe, with the bias on Germany and Prussia. Undoubtedly published for amusement it concentrates on the national characteristics and foibles of each nation, but there is also a more disturbing element of propoganda. The date of publication and the depiction of national stereotypes will prove to be highly prophetic of the carnage that was shortly to engulf the continent. (12)

Football programmes - Romford home games 1959/62 x3, Bromley v Romford 23/4/1949 Amateur Cup Final, and a Romford FC Share Certificate 1966 owned by John Richard Welch who played for Romford (5)

Share certificates, prints, pipes, fire extinguisher, etc

China Mail Steamship Co., Ltd, 1916 Issued Stock Certificate.1 Share, Issued and Uncancelled Stock Certificate, Black with green border and tan underprint of steamship in middle and company flag in red and black at bottom, Fine condition with a small nick out of the lower right border and slight splitting at vertical fold edges and tape reinforcement on back vertical margins. Scarce China related stock certificate.

Four American 1940`s framed share certificates, The May Department Stores Company (2), The General Box Company (2), dated 1942, 1944, 1941 and 1945.

VICTORIA CROSS: A good selection of A.Ls.S., a few T.Ls.S. by various Victoria Cross winners of World War II comprising Stephen Beattie, Roderick Learoyd, David Jamieson, Eric Wilson, Lorne Campbell, Harold Ervine-Andrews (A.L.S., in part, 'You will appreciate that it was the….devotion of my men which helped me to do the job - without them I could have done very little - so they deserve to share the glory.'), John Mahoney, Richard Annand, Victor Turner (A.L.S., in part, 'In point of fact it was my Regiment that won me the decoration that day & they should have been given it collectively….If you hear of any good young lad who wants to join the army, tell him to join the Green Jackets'), Tommy Gould, Anthony Miers (A.L.S., in part, 'I certainly had a very wonderful crew and owe my life and honours to their exceptional loyalty and efficiency', the letter neatly split vertically at the centre, evidently the result of being torn by an envelope knife) and Peter Roberts. G (1), VG to EX, 12

*Suffragettes. A rare and historically important autograph album containing approx. fifty autographs of suffragettes and sympathisers, 1909 and later, but many dated from the time of the WSPU’s second window-breaking campaign, March/May 1912, the majority signed below quotations and epigrams relating to the cause, written mostly in pen and occasionally pencil and inscribed to thirty-four leaves (mostly rectos) with some leaves blank, prisoner(?)pencil number 94472186/3 to front free endpaper, contemp. cloth, rubbed and soiled, oblong small 8vo, 11 x 14.5 cm, together with an Edwardian 9ct gold circular locket, engraved with initials M.E.P. (? or E.M.P.) within a shield cartouche amongst foliate scrolls, enclosing two colour portrait photographs of a lady (possibly wearing this locket) and a gentlemen of similar age and social status, Birmingham, 1905, suspended on a 9ct gold belcher link chain, plus an Edwardian 9ct rose gold bar brooch, set with a facet cut blue stone within pierced wavy gold mount, stamped ‘9ct’, 8cm wide with gold safety chain, plus a vignette b&w photo postcard portrait (cut down), showing an unidentified woman and on the verso the same identification number (94472186) as the autograph album, all included in an early 20th-century Mackintosh’s rectangular toffee tin, lid embossed with heraldic knights, sides with geometric scrolls, base printed with retailer’s logo and ‘John Mackintosh & Sons Limited, Toffee Town, Halifax, Eng’, 15 x 23 x 6cm. In order, the autographs are as follows, (names in bold are given separate biographical entries in Elizabeth Crawford, ‘The Women’s Suffrage Movement: A Reference Guide 1866-1928’: Emily Redfern, 8th December 1909; Adeline Redfern Wilde, 18th March 1911; J. L. Guthrie (Laura Grey), quotation by Robert Louis Stevenson in pencil, and possibly not in Guthrie’s hand as her name was Joan Baillie Guthrie; Charlotte Despard, 22 October 1911; Emily Diederichs Duval; Sarah Benett, in pencil, 2 March 1912; Janet A. Boyd, in blue pencil; E. Sylvia Pankhurst, ‘Bravely and willingly we bear our share of the world’s burdens. Why then deny us the right to vote which would dignify our labour and increase our power of service?’, below which Pankhurst family friend George Bernard Shaw has inscribed: ‘Ungrateful Sylvia! Did I ever deny it?, Hanley, 15/2/11’; Helen A. Archdale, 2nd March 1912; Jennie (?)Itenmy; M. Violet Aitken, Holloway Prison, 6th March 1912; Dorothea Benson, Holloway Prison, 1st March 1912; Anna F. Hutchinson, Bow Street, 6th March 1912 (and details of three previous imprisonments at Holloway); Kitty Marion, Bow Street Station, 6th March 1912; Vera Wentworth, 6th March 1912; Ethel Haslam, 6th March 1912; (?)Janie (?)Lerecho, in pencil; Isabella J. A. Casey; Olive Fargus, window breaker, 1st March 1912; L. Caron (?), Winson Green Prison, 1st May 1912; Winifrid Bray, May Day, 1912, Birmingham Prison; Hilda Burkitt, Winson Green, 1909 (one month), Holloway, March 1912 (4 months); Elizabeth Redfern; Clara Giveen, Birmingham Prison, 1st May 1912; V[iolet] H. Friedlaender, Winson Green Prison, 1st May 1912; a further autograph of V. H. Friedlaender to verso of the same leaf with a previously published poem titled ‘The Road’ written in her holograph noting it was published in ‘Votes for Women’ on 19th August 1910 and set to music in the Fabian Songbook, 1912; L. Archibald, Winson Green, May 1912; John Watts; W. Leonard Page; Josiah C. Wedgwood, 9th December 1923; G. M. Cook, Winson Green Prison, 28th April 1912; Cynthia Mosley; Florence Ward, Winson Green, 1st May 1912; Kathleen O’Kell, Birmingham, 1st May 1912; Cicely Neale; Olive Wharry, Winson Green, Birmingham, 1912; Edith M. (?) Begbie, Winson Green, 1st May 1912; Janet Green, in pencil, Winson Green Prison, April 1912; Evelyn Hudleston, Winson Green, March 1912, Charlotte Blacklock, Birmingham Prison, 1st May 1912, with V. H. Friedlaender initialled pencil riposte below; Alice Farmer, 1st May 1912, Emma Bowen; Caroline L. Downing; Aida Knott; Fred J. Kepple, 28 February 1924; Norah Kathleen Lackey, Birmingham Prison, 1st May 1912; Constance Bryer, 2nd May 1912, Birmingham Prison (4 months); Madeleine Caron Rock (in pencil), DX.1.30, March 1912; Hugh Graeme Topping. Following a WSPU window-breaking campaign on 21 November 1911, some 220 women and three men were arrested, about 150 of whom were given short sentences of imprisonment. Subsequently, Lloyd George joined Herbert Asquith in opposition to women’s suffrage furthering outrage among the suffragettes. Mrs Pankhurst told members of the WSPU that ‘the argument of the broken pane of glass is the most valuable argument in modern politics’. A protest planned to take place in Parliament Square on 4 March 1912 was pre-empted when, without warning on 1 March 150 women armed with hammers and instructions as to their timing and use, broke shop and office windows in London’s West End causing an estimated £6,600 worth of damage. This time around 220 arrests were made and sentences of up to six months handed out. The sheer number of imprisoned suffragettes caused disruption to the prison service with an overflow from Holloway being dispersed to Aylesbury and Winson Green in Birmingham. On 5 April the members held in Aylesbury went on hunger strike and were quickly followed by members in London and Birmingham, including members noted here. This led to the contentious force feeding of hunger strikers, and a year later the ‘Cat and Mouse Act’, where weakened prisoners were released to recover and immediately arrested again upon any further wrong-doing. Provenance: The tin with contents originally come from a house in Stoke-on-Trent, but the identity (or identities) of the owner of the locket, the woman in the photograph and the owner of the album have not been established. The most likely suggestion is that the autograph album was compiled by one or other of the Redfern sisters. Adeline, Elizabeth and Emily (whose rallying call begins the album) were the daughters of Frederick and Elizabeth Redfern of Hanley, Stoke. (George Bernard Shaw signed the album in Hanley while there lecturing on the ‘Ideals of Socialism’ in February 1911). The sisters were all active in the Birmingham area and Adeline Redfern-Wilde founded the Stoke-on-Trent WSPU in 1908. The last autograph page in the album has a pencil note: ‘Left Stoke for Birmingham October 16th 1919’. The journal ‘Votes for Women’ (15 March 1912, pp. 380-81) gives details of some of court cases at Bow Street on 7 March, noting several of the names above including Adelaide (sic) Redfern Wilde: ‘charged with breaking windows value £20 at 129, New Bond Street, said: “It was one more blow for freedom”. She was committed for trial.’ -5

A selection of Southern Railway Company share sheets c1930-40s together with British Railways Southern Region certificates surrendered for conversion

Canada, British Controlled Oilfields Ltd. Voting Trust Certificates 1931 for 20 shares, brown (4), for 10 shares, blue (4), for 5 shares, red (14), for 1 share, green (10). Some damaged otherwise generally VF. (Total 32).

World (21) Canada, Inverness Railway & Coal Company Gold bond 1902 & stock certificate 1902 both with coupons, France Les Affreteurs Reunis certificates for 100f 1902 (9), G.B. Associated Newspapers share certificates (6, three different types), The Stockton & Middlesborough Waterworks Co. share certificate no,. 494, 1860 black on pink. U,S.A. Maderia-Mamore Railway Company share certificates 1922 (3), VF or better (21).

A ONE HUNDRED DOLLAR SHARE CERTIFICATE from the Baltimore & Ohio Railway Company, dated November 1929, in frame

A rare early 1900’s slot machine ‘The Airship Profit Sharer.’ 65cm x 48cm x 17cm deep. ‘A game of skill’ With instructions ‘Place penny in slot to release ball. Endeavour to catch the ball by turning knob on left. If successful turn handle to receive the reward of your skill and a share of the profit at intervals’. Contained in its wooden outer casing with opening door fitted with window to view the action once the lever is pulled. The centre slide has as its feature a picture of a Nulli Secundus airship. GC for age, some wear overall. Complete with its ball. See Plate.14

Airship Memorabilia. 5 U.S.A. share certificates for aviation companies. All beautifully engraved examples, dated 1919-1946. Including- ‘The King Airship Company Ltd’, ‘Detroit Aircraft Corporation’ plus the ‘Bendix Aviation Corporation’. GC-VGC one with small hole. See Plate.25

Railway Ephemera - the end of the collection. L`Indicateur des Chemins de Fer. Indicateur Chaix, 1 September - 5 October, 1935, 393 pp., double-page map, commercial ads., orig. printed wrappers contained in orig. gilt-lettered red cloth folder with metal corners and studs, some wear to spine, folio, together with South Indian Railway Co. Ltd. Time Tables & Guide, March 1930, 267 pp., commercial ads., orig. printed wrappers, a little frayed and torn, 8vo, plus The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company share certificate, 1910 (framed and glazed), tourist guides and leaflets, newscuttings, a large quantity of Continental railway used ticket booklets and stubs, several Cook`s International Travelling Tickets wallets, pocket time tables, etc. (a carton)

"American share certificate `Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad Company`, Aug 5, 1943, 18.5x 29.8cm, and 6 other similar certificates mounted in glazed frames"

Four share certificates issued by the Chinese government for the five per cent reorganisation gold loan of 1913, each with numbered fifty two to ninety four share certificate coupons.

JOHN WHITE Share and share alike. Branscombe, Devon. Watercolour. Signed. 35 x 25cm.

A GOOD 18TH-CENTURY 2IN. NAVAL SINGLE-DRAW TELESCOPE BEARING DUAL SIGNATURES FOR DOLLOND AND RAMSDEN, the tapering mahogany tube with brass draw signed Dollond London and Ramsden London, bulbous eye-piece with dust slide -- 38¼in. (97cm.) closed; contained in later canvas rod case, Jesse Ramsden married John Dollond’s youngest daughter in 1765, thus aligning two of the greatest instrument-making families in London. Dollond was justly famed for the quality of their optics and zealously guarded the acquired rights and subsequent patent to the invention of the achromatic lens against London competitors - a share of which was given to Ramsden as part of the dowry when he married Dollond’s daughter. It seems that in the instance of this lot, Ramsden simply acted as a retailer and had a somewhat hasty-looking signature added.

A box of Railway Ephemera including share certificates, timetables, booklets, etc.

Bond and share certificates, pair of paintings on silk of the RMS Otrano, oil painting signed M Walkern Wright etc

Two Chinese Imperial Railway share certificates regarding the Canton-Kowloon Railway dated 1907.

Three Chinese government share certificates relating to a 5% reorganisation gold loan of 1913.

Two framed and glazed GWR share certificates (December 1926 and July 1938)

Iron Age Celtic Iron Looped and Socketted Axe700-600 BC A rare English found transitional type of socketted and looped axe, following the traditional late Bronze Age forms having an oval socket mouth with thickened rim, the wedge-shaped blade with slightly convex cutting edge, a single side-loop to secure to an L-shaped wooden haft. See Smith, R.A. British Museum Guide to Early Iron Age Antiquities 1925, fig. 82; for similar examples; recorded with Portable Antiquities Scheme, reference FAKL-38D115. 377 grams, 11 cm. (4 1/4"). Found Middleham, North Yorkshire, UK, in 2010. The PAS entry includes the following text: This object is one of a small number of socketed axes made from wrought iron. While the form is relatively easy to cast in a two-part mould and a clay/sand core to form its hollow socket it would be very difficult to produce as a forging. Iron socketed axes were rapidly replaced by axes in which the haft passes through an eye, the type that remains in use today. This axe must, therefore, represent the transition from bronze to iron. Parallels exist for iron socketed axes with examples from Walthamstow, Essex (Smith 1925, Fig. 82) and Cold Kitchen Hill, Wilts (Cunliffe 1975, p 268, Fig. 14:2 5) neither of which is quite like this find although the latter appears to share the curved loop side and straight back seen on the Middleham axe. A better parallel was found during excavations at Fiskerton, Lincolnshire. This is a find of note and has been designated as of national importance.Fine conditon, treated and stable. Excessively rare.Starting Price: £200

A Russian 1908 share certificate, a limited edition mixed media print and a large abstract print.

ANOTHER HOARD OF KANSAS CITY NORTHWESTERN RAILROAD $500 AND $1,000 BONDS, 1894. Comprising 237 $1,000 bonds and 14 $500 bonds, each a finely engraved two page certificate the $1,000 in green/black. The $500 in brown/black and surmounted with a scenic engraving of a locomotive, each side with printing by International Bank Note Co. N.Y., the second page comprising 30 interest coupons (4 absent each page). Later redemption stamps and perforations, each 10.25 inches x 14.75 inches (26 x 37.5 cm) together with a book of "General Machinery and Supply", Waterloo, Iowa blank stock share and a partial book of "Stewart Manufacturing", Waterloo, Iowa stock shares.

"All world stamps, SG album, other albums and loose, Cuba Railways share certificate"

Selection of Chinese Government Bonds, framed and glazed and other share certificates

An interesting WW1 Aircraft and Bombardment Insurance Policy. Issued by The Royal Insurance Company on behalf of the government, insuring the property of Thomas H Crouch of 11 South Street, Worthing, against damage by “Aerial Craft” from 18.10.15 to 18.10.16, up to a limit of £3000.00 on payment of a £10.10.0. premium. Together with a share certificate of The Societe Francaise de l’Hydrogene pour l’Aerostation et l’Industrie. With decorative border including airships and balloons, d1908. Well mounted and framed en- suite. 48x36cm. VGC. See website.

A WWI appeal by George V “To My People” on Buckingham Palace notepaper, in silver typescript, appealing to the Empire for “men of all classes to come forward voluntarily and take your share in the fight” with signature “George RI”, 11½” x 7½”, mounted on gilt with date (faint) October 23, 1915, and framed. Generally GC

Share Certificates: Collection of share and stock certificates.

A large quantity of Bonds and Share Certificates in Coal and USA Railways: 1870s-1960s

HARDY THOMAS MASTERMAN: (1769-1839) British Naval officer, Flag Captain to Admiral Lord Nelson. Hardy commanded HMS Victory at the Battle of Trafalgar. An excellent L.S., T. M. Hardy, one page, 4to, on board HMS Victory, 10th January 1806, to William Sabine. Hardy certifies that Stephen Sabine, the son of his correspondent, served in the 3rd Class under Hardy`s command from 23rd April 1803 until 21st October 1805, `at which time he was killed in action with the combined fleets off Trafalgar and is entitled to share Prize Money for all the captures made during the said time.` The integral leaf features a second L.S. by a Thomas Gable to William Sabine, dated Victory, 10th January 1806, confirming the certificate signed by Hardy which will `enable you to receive your poor boy`s Pay, Prize Money &c., the former you will make app[lication] for at Somerset House.` The remnants of a red wax seal just affect one word of text. With address panel to verso and a few contemporary annotations. VG The Battle of Trafalgar, on 21st October 1805, not only resulted in the death of Stephen Sabine, as detailed in the present letter, but also that, of course, of Lord Nelson.

NELSON HORATIA: (1801-1881) Illegitimate daughter of Horatio Nelson and Emma Hamilton. Rare D.S., H N Ward, one page, 4to, n.p., 24th August 1865. The attractively penned manuscript document is a receipt for £75.16.10 from Frances Elizabeth, Dowager Countess Nelson, `sole surviving Trustee of the Settlement executed on my marriage with my late husband The Reverend Philip Ward deceased….being the proceeds of sale of £85.18.9 Consols sold at my request and representing my 1/8th part of the 1/8th Share of my late daughter Caroline Mary Ward in £5500 Consols…` Signed by Nelson at the foot, her surname across an affixed pale violet One Penny Inland Revenue stamp. A couple of neat tears to the folds have been repaired to the verso, otherwise about VG Horatia Nelson had married Rev. Philip Ward on 19th February 1822 and together they had ten children, Caroline Mary Ward being their youngest, born in January 1836.

A collection of Stourbridge and surrounding area ephemera, posters, acts, reward poster, share certificates, bills of sale, together with a small lot of postal envelopes and postcards with various A.O.B embroidered sashes (qty)

A Norman Rockwell print - "The Lion`s Share", a watercolour of a church, an Ivorex type moulded picture of Lincoln Cathedral and other pictures

Maritime partially printed document on vellum with ms insertions being a prize money receipt issued to Sarah Jones of Whitechapel for her deceased husband`s share from his time on HMS Orpheus. Somewhat soiled but legible throughout. Together with a Medieval leaf from an ecclesiastical ms probably 15th c very soiled but somewhat legible.

A CHICAGO, ROCK ISLAND, PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY SHARE CERTIFICATE, 100 SHARES AT $100 DOLLARS EACH, SIGNED BY ASSISTANT TREASURER AND VICE PRESIDENT, NO. 10191

Patrick Leonard HRHA (1918-2005) Unloading the Catch, Loughshinny Harbour Oil on canvas, 77.5 x 89cm (30.5 x 35") Signed Born the son of a Master Mariner, growing up and living in sight of the sea at Rush it was inevitable that Marine subjects would form an important part of Leonard's œuvre. The shoreline of Fingal including Skerries, Rush, Donabate and Loughshinny has always been an important fishing area particularly for crustaceans and the Seine fishermen have for centuries supplied the local and Dublin markets with these. In this work the Seine boats and their crews are being visited by the Fish Buying Agent, seen in a suit in the foreground with the skipper as an onlooker, and the various kinds of fish on offer will form part of the haul for the major fishmarkets. Traditional Seine Boats are seventeen feet long and clinker built with Elm bottoms and larch topsides. They were propelled by oars or sails and were usually named after the owner's mother or wife. These boats have been used in estuaries for hundreds of years working salmon seines. A salmon seine is a net that is two hundred yards long and over half a ton in weight. A seine boat carries the net and a four-man crew and is rowed by two fourteen-foot oars,the sail is the option for leaving and returning to port. The boats must be able to carry a ton of shellfish and still float in less than eighteen inches of water. In the past the Seine boats were also used in the winter months for catching herring and sprats. The conditions would be hazardous when working over the bar entrance to Loughshinny and Rush. Seine boats tend to be very safe and thus popular. They also figure in the trackless wastes of the storylines of East and West Cork as captured so amusingly and tellingly by the "Irish RM "stories and the law suits which figured in the Courthouse of Skebawn presided over by Major Yates RM, where the mysteries of dividing up the catch between the Crew & the Boats share would as Major Yates observed defy the arithmetic of Colenso. This vivid and sparkling work uses many of the visual syntactical approaches essayed by Seán Keating and Charles Lamb in their Western imagery, but made more immediate by the comparative modernity of the fishing craft and the attire of the figures in the foreground. The agelessness of the activity of fishing and selling the produce gives this work its timeless appeal and is a seamless restatement of and by artists who either live on Islands or whose local economy is virtually entirely dependent on the sea for a living. The sandy soil of the area, which also supports a large horticulture industry gives a particular quality of light, and which Patrick Leonard used to such vivid effect in so many of his finest works amongst which this work must rank very highly. By the repeated use of some colour notes like chrome yellow and reds creating internal dynamics of triangulation the artist stresses the visual appeal of the work by concentrating the eye of the viewer in several narrow bands of compositional interest and giving the work its "bounce" as a vivid and energetic pictorial statement of the life led in harvesting the Sea. Ciarán MacGonigal, May 2012

Cartographic Curiosities (Afbeeldinge van `t Zeer Vermaarde Eiland Geks-Kop…), Anon., Het Groote Tafereel der Dwaasheid…, ca. 1720. 9 x 6.5”. (HC) This satirical engraving is from the important account of one the most infamous financial meltdowns in history, known as the Mississippi Bubble incident. The general term Bubble was applied to such schemes and this great engraving is filled with puns referring to the greed and foolishness of the speculators and investors. The central map is contained in an elaborately engraved cartouche surrounded by scenes of ill-fated investors. The map of the island of Madhead is in the shape of a man`s head with the ears of a jackass, wearing a fool`s cap. The islands of Poverty, Sorrow, and Despair surround the main island. The Dutch title translates, "Representation of the very famous island of Mad-head, lying in the sea of shares, discovered by Mr. Law-rens, and inhabited by a collection of all kinds of people, to whom are given the general name shareholders." There are two columns of verses in Dutch below the scene. John Law, a Scottish financier, established the Banque Generale (central bank) in France. He was then granted control of Louisiana and founded the Compagnie de la Louisiane d`Occident, in 1717. Law developed an elaborate plan to exploit the fabulous resources of the region, which quickly gained popularity and people rushed to invest, not just in France, but throughout Europe. This resulted in the development of several other overseas companies, such as the English South Sea Company and a number of smaller companies in the Dutch Republic. The share prices rose dramatically in a frenzy of speculation. In 1720 the bubble burst; speculators cashed in, caused a run on the shares, and the company went bankrupt. As a consequence of the failure, confidence in other similar companies failed, and thousands of individual investors across Europe were ruined. Ref: Mapforum.com Issue no.5. Minor soiling confined to wide, blank margins. (A)

Satire - Stock Trading (De Bubbel Jongen op de Jagt), Anon., Het Groote Tafereel der Dwaasheid…, ca. 1720. 4 x 6”. (HC) This engraving is from the important account of one the most infamous financial meltdowns in history, known as the Mississippi Bubble incident. This engraved view depicts a child, having lost all his "treasures," attempting to hunt a lion and a unicorn with only a torch. There are five columns of verses in Dutch surrounding the scene. Engraved by Pieter van den Berge. John Law, a Scottish financier, established the Banque Generale (central bank) in France. He was then granted control of Louisiana and founded the Compagnie de la Louisiane d`Occident, in 1717. Law developed an elaborate plan to exploit the fabulous resources of the region, which quickly gained popularity and people rushed to invest, not just in France, but throughout Europe. This resulted in the development of several other overseas companies, such as the English South Sea Company and a number of smaller companies in the Dutch Republic. The share prices rose dramatically in a frenzy of speculation. In 1720 the bubble burst; speculators cashed in, caused a run on the shares, and the company went bankrupt. As a consequence of the failure, confidence in other similar companies failed, and thousands of individual investors across Europe were ruined. Light toning at top of sheet and a short tear in bottom blank margin, far from image. (A)

Satire - Stock Trading (De Actie Valk, die uit ging vligen om te Stropen Ontmoet Zyn Dood, Daar Hemt Geval …), Anon., Het Groote Tafereel der Dwaasheid…, ca. 1720. 5.3 x 5”. (HC) This engraving is from the important account of one the most infamous financial meltdowns in history, known as the Mississippi Bubble incident. This engraved view depicts a falcon in flight being pierced by a stork, with people hunting with falcons in the background. Although the marauding falcon was intent on poaching food, he is killed by the stork for his greed. At left, a well-dressed couple points at some ruins, where an owl and another falcon feast on a "bubble" rat. There are five columns of verses in Dutch below the scene. John Law, a Scottish financier, established the Banque Generale (central bank) in France. He was then granted control of Louisiana and founded the Compagnie de la Louisiane d`Occident, in 1717. Law developed an elaborate plan to exploit the fabulous resources of the region, which quickly gained popularity and people rushed to invest, not just in France, but throughout Europe. This resulted in the development of several other overseas companies, such as the English South Sea Company and a number of smaller companies in the Dutch Republic. The share prices rose dramatically in a frenzy of speculation. In 1720 the bubble burst; speculators cashed in, caused a run on the shares, and the company went bankrupt. As a consequence of the failure, confidence in other similar companies failed, and thousands of individual investors across Europe were ruined. Watermarked paper with marginal soiling. (A)

Satire - Stock Trading (Spiegel der Reden Voor de Wanhopende Actionisten), Anon., Het Groote Tafereel der Dwaasheid…, ca. 1720. 3.8 x 6.2”. (HC) This engraving is from the important account of one the most infamous financial meltdowns in history, known as the Mississippi Bubble incident. This engraved view, entitled "Mirror of Reason for the Despairing Stockbrokers," depicts a man, at center, ready to stab himself to death with a dagger. Instead he turns towards Reason, holding a lyre and mirror, with two men at his feet representing despair. Reason points behind him at Prudence, who holds a shield shining rays of light on Greed, Arrogance, Wantonness and Superstition. In the distant background, bolts of lightning rain down on a crowd. Truth, enthroned in the clouds, looks calmly at the scene below. There are three columns of verses in Dutch below the scene. John Law, a Scottish financier, established the Banque Generale (central bank) in France. He was then granted control of Louisiana and founded the Compagnie de la Louisiane d`Occident, in 1717. Law developed an elaborate plan to exploit the fabulous resources of the region, which quickly gained popularity and people rushed to invest, not just in France, but throughout Europe. This resulted in the development of several other overseas companies, such as the English South Sea Company and a number of smaller companies in the Dutch Republic. The share prices rose dramatically in a frenzy of speculation. In 1720 the bubble burst; speculators cashed in, caused a run on the shares, and the company went bankrupt. As a consequence of the failure, confidence in other similar companies failed, and thousands of individual investors across Europe were ruined. Watermarked paper with marginal soiling and a few spots of printer`s ink residue. (A)

Satire - Stock Trading (De Zuidze Compagnie door wind in top Gerezen Beklaagt nu Haar Verlies met een Bekommerd wezen), Anon., Het Groote Tafereel der Dwaasheid…, ca. 1720. 11.5 x 7”. (HC) This engraving is from the important account of one the most infamous financial meltdowns in history, known as the Mississippi Bubble incident. This engraved view depicts a woman lounging in a lavish library, surrounded by her debit and commerce books. Beside her cherubs play music, while one holds a note that translates as "it`s not like losing what one hears," meaning that the woman may have lost all her money, but at least hasn`t lost her ability to hear. The central image is surrounded by four vignettes of others impacted by the Mississippi Bubble incident. There are three columns of verses in Dutch below the scene. John Law, a Scottish financier, established the Banque Generale (central bank) in France. He was then granted control of Louisiana and founded the Compagnie de la Louisiane d`Occident, in 1717. Law developed an elaborate plan to exploit the fabulous resources of the region, which quickly gained popularity and people rushed to invest, not just in France, but throughout Europe. This resulted in the development of several other overseas companies, such as the English South Sea Company and a number of smaller companies in the Dutch Republic. The share prices rose dramatically in a frenzy of speculation. In 1720 the bubble burst; speculators cashed in, caused a run on the shares, and the company went bankrupt. As a consequence of the failure, confidence in other similar companies failed, and thousands of individual investors across Europe were ruined. Marginal soiling and a short centerfold separation in bottom blank margin. (A)

London & North Eastern Railway, 2 framed share certificates, 1935 and 1940 for £80 and £4500

1882-1975: Éamon de Valera collection including photographs, Irish Press share certificates etc.A large collection including early portrait photographs by Seán Hurley and Keogh Brothers, four Irish press share certificates, with facsimile de Valera signature and associated letters and receipts. Presidential election campaign pamphlet, funeral order of service booklets, newspapers etc.

1919 (1 December) Government of the Irish Republic issued share certificate 4 by 8 in.Scarce Government of the Irish Republic registered one pound share certificate issued by Michael Collins as Minister of Finance with authorising signature of Joseph Meehan, to Edward Daly of Rose Cottage, West End, Bundoran, Donegal Also with a Keogh photographic postcard of his namesake, 1916 leader, Edward Daly. (2 items)

Ephemera – theatre – printed sales particulars dated 1833 for an annuity or rent charge in the Theatre Royal Covent Garden and ‘a renter’s share in the new and splendid Theatre Royal Drury Lane’ – both offering free admission to the theatres for 63 years. Printed on one side of a large folio sheet of paper with ms insertions showing what each lot was sold for. A most unusual piece of theatre memorabilia.

Gandhi typewritten letter signed ‘M K Gandhi’ to Sgt N ER K Poduwal in Rangoon dated As at the Ashram Sabarmati 8th May 1929 apologising for not replying before ‘...so long as there is need for supporting all those whom you mention it will be wrong to give up the present job. My advice therefore is that you should take hold of every able bodied member of the family and suggest to him and her that they should take their full share in family support...meanwhile you must hold on to the remunerative job that you have...’ 1p 4to good condition with some ms and typographical corrections.

ROBERT SAYER AND JOHN BENNETT (pubs) `Blind Plaintiff, lame Defendant Share the Friendly Laws Impartial Care`, mezzotint c. 1779, mounted but unframed, 14" x 10"

A Chelsea football club commemorative share certificate No.0007259 and associated letter and certificate.

A London Daily Stock and Share List 1948 May-June.

A Facsimile letter from Buckingham Palace -" We are most grateful for our splendid Silver Wedding Presents. Thank you for your share in the portrait of Edward, the harness and bird bath and the trees for Windsor, Balmoral and Sandringham, all of which have given us great pleasure. We have been much touched by your kind good wishes on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of our wedding" signed Elizabeth R and Philip, together with portrait print of HRH The Prince Edward, mounted as one