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Lot 1026
Nirvana - Two unused tickets for Brixton Academy on 4th April 1994 the tour that never happened. ’Smells Like Teen Spirit (edit)’ promo 7” with B-Side incorrectly labeled same as A-Side. ’Silver’ b/w ‘Dive’ Mint 12” Single ‘Bleach’ Mint vinyl album.’Blew’ EP on CD, ‘Almost A Girl (acoustic version) Promo CD, Split CD single Nirvana ‘Oh The Guilt’ The Jesus Lizzard ‘Puss’. .
Lot 75
Sir John Lavery RA RSA RHA (1856-1941)Evening on the House Top, Tangier (1920)Oil on canvas, 63 x 76cm (24¾ x 30'')Signed; also signed, inscribed and dated 1920 en versoProvenance: Given by the artist to his friend, Donald Jenkins; Sale, Christie's, 1999; Private Collection.John Lavery was born in Belfast in 1856, son of Henry Lavery, a wine and spirit merchant and his wife Mary. His father died in a ship wreck off the Wexford coast and his mother died heartbroken, a few months later. Now an orphan John was sent to live with an uncle in Co Down before moving to Scotland. In 1874 he enrolled in the Haldane Academy in Glasgow before moving to Paris to study under Bouguereau at the Académie Julian. By 1888 he was back in Glasgow and was commissioned to paint the state visit of Queen Victoria to the Glasgow International Exhibition. This launched his career as a society painter and he moved to London soon after. Snoddy notes that Morocco first attracted him in 1890 and that his 1891 show at the Goupil Gallery in London contained quite a number of North African subjects.Professor Kenneth McConkey has written of the present work: In Evening on the Housetop, Tangier Lavery refreshes one of his first and most successful North African themes. On his first visit to Tangier in January 1891, the painter was enchanted by the 'white city' overlooking the Straits of Gibraltar. Pacing the narrow alleyways of the Medina and the bustling marketplace, he found scenes that washed the dull light of the Glasgow studio from his eyes. Like Edith Wharton, he would often hear music coming from the upper storeys of buildings and, surveying the city from the top of his hotel, he found that young women, forsaking the drab costumes of the street, would dance and sing in the cool of the evening on the flat roofs, wearing their most colourful attire. During the next two years on longwinter visits, his objective was to paint such a scene and it culminated in A Moorish Dance, a picture shown at the Royal Academy in 1893.Thereafter Lavery's career blossomed; he moved to London, worked in Rome and Berlin and in the late nineties returned to his student stamping ground at Grez-sur-Loing. Nevertheless the memory of Tangier remained vivid and in 1903 he returned for an extended stay, eventually purchasing Dar-el-Midfah, a house on Mount Washington to the south-west of the Medina as a winter studio. On this flat-roofed Moroccan villa he would recreate the indolent harem atmosphere of the original Moorish dance in Evening, Tangier 1908 (Birmingham City Art Gallery). Other variants such as Night, Tangier (Ulster Museum, Belfast), followed, and in other instances the rooftop motif was maintained until, with the outbreak of war in 1914, Lavery's winter visits to the 'white city' were halted.They only resumed six years later on what was to be the last occasion when Evening on the Housetop was painted. Looking out over the Straits his favourite theme revived - the figure standing by the wall looks towards the spectator waiting for the song to begin and the old ritual to re-commence. It was an envoi. Lavery was never to go back to Tangier and in 1923, Dar-el-Midfah was sold.We are grateful to Prof. McConkey for his assistance in the cataloguing of this work.
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Lot 575
Hornby (Margate) and Lima OO Gauge BR Diesel Locomotives, comprising Hornby Class 47's 47573 in Network SE livery, 47555 'The Commonwealth Spirit' and 47328, both repainted/refinished in BR blue, together with Lima Class 42 'Warship' D843 'Sharpshooter' in BR green, all G, two in original boxes (4)
Lot 615
Lone Star 000 Gauge Tri-ang TT Gauge and Tyco HO Gauge Railways, Lone Star BR green Diesel D5000,four Trucks and two boxes of Track, in original boxes, together with some loose track, TT Shell and UD Milk Tank wagons, in original boxes, Tyco unboxed Spirit of 76 Diesel, two trucks and Caboose and six boxed wagons/stock cars, F-VG, boxes F-G (qty)
Lot 686
Three Mamod Live Steam TE1a Traction Engines, two with spirit burners, and one with solid fuel tray, (interchangeable), one engine with damage to steam pipes, another with replacement level plug and possible damage, one lacking roof, all F, and a small collection of other engine parts from MM1 or others (qty)
Lot 708
A 'Hobbies' Live Steam Spirit-fired SE4 Stationary Engine, a twin-cylinder engine with green frame on red base with Hobbies transfer, in original box, boiler with lubricator, whistle, safety valve and level cock, and complete with original 5-wick burner, a second (Mamod) burner, and originsl instruction sheet, overall G, usual scorching to firebox and boiler, part of whistle missing, soldered repairs to main steam pipes, box F-G
Lot 77
Louis le Brocquy HRHA (1916-2012) PORTRAIT OF JAMES JOYCE, 1982 watercolour signed, titled, dated and with artist's archival number [w682B] on reverse 24 by 18in. (61 by 45.7cm)with the Kerlin Gallery, Dublin, 1988; Collection of Bono (Paul Hewson); From whom gifted to the present owner, 1994According to Anne Crookshank: 'le Brocquy has always been a great practitioner of watercolour and the thin washes of his early oils have much in common with this method. But… [h]is watercolours have taken on a new value. The irregular dabs of brilliant colour, purple, blue, and green, as non-descriptive as the tesserae of a Byzantine mosaic, build up the form of his heads with a tense, nervous immediacy which oil with its overlapping layers and opaque thickness never can achieve. The traces of paper left between each stroke, which enhance the brilliancy of the colours, and the gleam of whiteness, which glows through the paint, all help to create the truly magical effect of images coagulating in front of your eyes, coming alive, mediating, speaking, and ultimately returning to their own imaginative genius. He sometimes uses tissue paper to paint from, using it in such a way that the creases make caesuras in the strokes of paint. The results are deliberately induced accidents which help to keep the images at a distance from us, to give them reality only as paintings, not as descriptive portraits ... The magic of the quietness of le Brocquy's oils is surpassed only by the excitement of his watercolours. They may be as still as the oils. But the sheer joy of their running, smudged, fragmented, clear colours brings vital reality to the spirit of his rediscovered genius. In this aspect of his work, le Brocquy has added a new dimension to his art. He has become a great colourist.' ...
Lot 109
* DR ALASTAIR R ROSS RSA FRBS HFRIAS DArts RGI (SCOTTISH B 1941 - ), NUDE TORSO bronze, signed on base of wooden plynth approx 38cm high Note: A leading figurative sculptor in the UK and a multi award-winner, he has lectured in various art colleges and universities, both in Scotland and the USA. His work is displayed in a range of prestigious locations, including on-board the P & O Steam Navigation Company's superliner, Aurora, and the world headquarters of Rank Xerox International. Public, corporate and notable private collectors include: Dundee Art Galleries and Museums, Perth Art Gallery and Museum, City Chambers, Dundee, Dundee Education Authority, Royal Scottish Academy, Scottish Arts Council, University of Abertay Dundee, University of St. Andrews, University of Dundee, University of Stirling, Glasgow Caledonian University, Paisley Art Institute, Paisley Art Gallery, St. Andrews Community Council, Blackness Development Project, Dundee, Glasgow Art Club, St Vincent's Church, Edinburgh, Holokrome Co. Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A., Royal Calcutta Gold Club, India, Rank Xerox International H.Q., Marlow, Bucks, P & O Steam Navigation Co. Ltd., London State Street, Ernst & Young, Glasgow, Walter Scott & Partners Ltd., Edinburgh, J. Parr, Architect, Perth, Bonar Family Collection, Dundee, Keith-Hill Family Collection, Cornwall, Rt. Hon. The Earl and Countess of Airlie, Rt. Hon. The Earl and Countess of Erroll, Rt. Hon. The Earl and Countess of Dundee, Rt. Hon. Lord and Lady Fraser of Carmyllie, The Hon. Peregrine and Mrs Moncreiffe of Moncreiffe, HRH The Duke of Braganza, Sir Malcolm Innes of Edingight, R.C. Diocese of Dunkeld, Diocesan Headquarters, Dundee, St. Leonard's School, St. Andrews, Fife, Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art, Dundee (Gordon Matthewson Trophy), Glenfiddich/"Scotland on Sunday" (Spirit of Scotland Awards), Kirsty Wark, Sharleen Spiteri, J. K. Rowling, Ian Rankin, Sir Chris Hoy, Dame Katherine Grainger, Shirley Robertson, Walter Smith, Nicola Benedetti, David Tennant, Edwyn Collins, Nick Nairn, Colin Montgomerie, Sir Ian Wood, Alexander McCall Smith, Ewan McGregor, Paolo Nutini, Count Jakob von Eltz, Design Works, Glasgow, Court of the Lord Lyon, H.M. New Register House, Edinburgh, Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland Headquarters Collection, Edinburgh, Burg Eltz, Germany, Royal College of Ophthalmologists, London. Also work in Private Collections in Austria, France, Germany, Switzerland, Egypt, United States of America, Norway, Bahamas, Canada, Portugal and India as well as the U.K.
Lot 317
A good mixed lot to include a quantity of vintage cameras to include Polaroid Spirit, Polaroid Swinger 2 Land camera, a Chinon 100, a pair of Swallow 8 mm x 30 mm binoculars and a vintage brass fishing reel, also included in the lot are two dressing-table sets, one in Uranium glass (2) - This lot MUST be paid for and collected, or delivery arranged, no later than close of business on Tuesday. Please do not bid if you are unable to comply
Lot 192
DERBY EARL OF: (1799-1869) British Prime Minister 1852, 1858-59, 1866-68. A lengthy A.L.S., Stanley, six pages, 8vo, Ballykisteen, Tipperary, 11th September 1849, to T. B. Horsfall. Derby states that he has received his correspondent's letter regarding various statements made by the Church Education Society for Ireland in reference to the general management of the National Schools in Ireland and remarks 'I am unable to say precisely, after the lapse of eighteen years, what were the conditions which were originally laid down', adding that they will be found in his letter to the Duke of Leinster 'which contains a full statement of the views of the then government' and continuing 'I think it extremely probable that it may by experiences have been found necessary to modify some of those conditions, nor should I think the fact of the Commissioners having done so, in itself a ground of complaint against them'. Derby further writes 'But with regard to the more important point of their refusal of aid to schools where the Bible is read, I apprehend the statements made are founded in error. I do not think that any such prohibition exists. I believe the daily reading of the scriptures to be in the direction of the Patrons of each individual school; and that there is no obstacle whatsoever to a Clergyman receiving government aid in….establishing a Bible Class daily; subject to this limitation…..that the children of R. Catholic Parents who object are not to be compelled to attend or be present at the time of holding that class' and also states 'I confess, looking at the condition of Ireland, I think this stipulation not an unreasonable one; and I am sure that it is one without which the system never would have made its way with the R. Catholic population'. Derby continues 'But I so entirely agree in the importance of securing, if possible, the cooperation of the Protestant Clergy, and I so much lament the hostile attitude which many of them have assumed, founded, I believe, in many instances on misapprehension of the facts, that I think it probable that an impartial enquiry into the present working of the system by a Committee of the House of Lords might be of some service, either in dispelling misapprehensions, if such exist, or in suggesting modifications which may meet reasonable objections, if such shall be found, and if they are capable of being removed without risking the destruction of the whole system.' Derby concludes by remarking that he is not pledging himself to move for such an enquiry, or to even support one, unless it is moved for 'in a spirit of fairness and impartiality'. With blank integral leaf. Accompanied by the original envelope hand addressed by Derby and bearing a Penny Red postage stamp and red wax seal to the verso. A letter of interesting content regarding the difficulties of preaching religion in Irish schools in the mid-19th century. VG Thomas Berry Horsfall (1805-1878) British Politician, Member of Parliament for Derby 1852 and for Liverpool 1853-65. Lord Mayor of Liverpool 1847-48.
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