Sign in
Register
notifications_none notifications Alerts

We found 165598 price guide item(s) matching your search

Refine your search

Year

Filter by Price Range
  • List
  • Grid
  • 165598 item(s)
    /page

Toovey's
Lot 661

A pair of Victorian silver bracelets, circa 1880, each with engraved decoration to the central oval links between beaded sides, on a snap clasp, with registration stamp, total weight 82g, length 19cm, together with a gilt metal long guard chain, fitted with a slide and a swivel.Buyer’s Premium 29.4% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 6% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price.

More details

Peter Francis
Lot 90

Great Britain collection of stamp booklets to include Prestige, Greetings and Christmas. (B.P. 21% + VAT)

More details

Peter Francis
Lot 86

Great Britain collection of collectors packs, smilers sheets and stamp souvenir packs. (B.P. 21% + VAT)

More details

Peter Francis
Lot 339

Novelty vintage enamel cigarette case with address and postage stamp. (B.P. 21% + VAT)

More details

Peter Francis
Lot 88

Great Britain collection of stamp presentation packs, commemoratives and definitives including 1999, Millennium packs in two special boxes. (B.P. 21% + VAT)

More details

Peter Francis
Lot 91

Great Britain selection of stamp year books (9) 1987 to 2000 period of complete with stamps. (B.P. 21% + VAT)

More details

Peter Francis
Lot 89

Great Britain large collection of stamp First Day Covers in two boxes. 1990s to about 2012. (B.P. 21% + VAT)

More details

Ashley Waller Auctioneers
Lot 943

A STAMP ALBUM WITH WORLD STAMPS, A VINTAGE TIN WITH STAMPS, FOUR PACKS OF PLAYING CARDS AND A MINIATURE CHESS SET

More details

Ashley Waller Auctioneers
Lot 1014

A STAMP ALBUM AND VARIOUS LOOSE AND ENVELOPES

More details

Ashley Waller Auctioneers
Lot 284

TWO VINTAGE MANTLE CLOCKS, A DECO MIRROR AND A SEAL STAMP

More details

Warrington & Northwich Auction
Lot 1230

Mixed books and ephemera including a stamp album. P&P Group 2 (£18+VAT for the first lot and £3+VAT for subsequent lots)

More details

Warrington & Northwich Auction
Lot 1111

Mixed world stamp album. P&P Group 2 (£18+VAT for the first lot and £3+VAT for subsequent lots)

More details

Auctioneum - Bath & East Bristol Auctions
Lot 1151

Laurence Stephen Lowry R.A (1887 - 1976) - A 20th century limited edition original print depicting 'Outside The Mill' by L. S. Lowry, No. 423 of 850 prints. Stamped to bottom left with gallery stamp. Framed & glazed. It measures approx. 60 x 42cm.

More details

Maxwells
Lot 144

BRITISH COMMONWEALTH: QEII Silver Jubilee Stamp Collection in album and a similar collection of stamp books

More details

Maxwells
Lot 57

A selection of pre-war stamp albums; loose stamps; cigarette cards

More details

Maxwells
Lot 38

A GB stamp book 1937, 81 duplicated GVI to 10/-, QEII to £1; Rhodesian mint stamps, early 20th century onwards

More details

Maxwells
Lot 365

An album of commonwealth and world stamps, with some mint stamps in packs and stamp collecting ephemera other ephemera

More details

International Autograph Auctions Europe S.L.
Lot 1

BERNHARDT SARAH: (1844-1923) French stage actress. A large vintage signed and inscribed 14.5 x 12 photograph of the actress in a full-length pose, wearing a long white dress, lying in the lap of an actor, with several other thespians alongside, in a scene from the play Izeyl. Photograph by Joseph Byron of Broadway, New York, and bearing his credit stamp to the verso and pencil signature beneath the image. Signed by Bernhardt in dark fountain pen ink to the lower photographer's mount, with an inscription in French, dated New York, 1896 in her hand. A few light, minor water stains, just affecting the signature and inscription, and with some light age wear to the edges of the mount. G Izeyl, described as an 'Indian religious drama' by The New York Times was a melodrama by Armand Silvestre and Eugene Morand which ran for one week of Bernhardt's five week engagement at Abbey's Theatre (The Knickerbocker Theatre) on Broadway in January 1896. Set in Himalayan India in the 5th century BC, Bernhardt starred in the title role as a courtesan who tries to seduce the Hindu Christ Buddha, but fails.  Joseph Byron (1847-1923) English photographer who founded the Byron Company in Manhattan and specialised in photographing Broadway shows and other stage productions.  

More details

International Autograph Auctions Europe S.L.
Lot 1600

 [GANDHI MAHATMA]: (1869-1948) Indian political and spiritual leader during the Indian independence movement. An historic D.S., B. L. Taneja, by Doctor B. L. Taneja, Director of Pathology, one page, 4to, New Delhi, 22nd January [1948]. The partially printed document, completed in typescript, is an official medical form issued by the Pathological Laboratory of Irwin Hospital, New Delhi, and is a Report on Blood II prepared for Mahatma Gandhi just eight days prior to his assassination (and only two days after having survived an attempted assassination), the report indicating that Gandhi was in fine health for a man of 78 years of age with normal levels of uric acid, cholesterol (150 mgs per 100 c.c. of blood against a normal level of 100 to 200) and plasma protein, a slightly high although average level of sugar (120 mgs per 100 c.c. of blood against a normal level of 80 to 120) and a marginally higher level of calcium (12 mgs per 100 c.c. of serum against a normal level of 9 to 11.5). Signed by Taneja at the foot above his official ink stamp. A rare and incredibly poignant document. Two file holes to the left edge and a couple of small staple holes to the upper left corner, none of which affect the text. VGThe present document once accompanied Gandhi's Report on Blood I document which was prepared a day earlier, on 21st January 1948, also by Dr. B. L. Taneja at the Irwin Hospital in New Delhi. The first report is known to have indicated a Haemoglobin level of 82%, a white blood cell (Leucocyte) count of 7,400, and a red blood cell (Erythrocyte) count of 4,790,000.In January 1948 Gandhi was living (in two unpretentious rooms) at Birla House in New Delhi from where he was conducting prayer meetings in the gardens. The first attempt by Nathuram Godse and his colleagues to assassinate Gandhi took place on 20th January 1948 when a grenade was thrown at the crowd listening to Gandhi speak in a park, leaving him alone on the speakers' platform. Godse's accomplices then lost their nerve and instead of hurling another grenade at the isolated Gandhi they instead fled amongst the crowd who had created a chaotic stampede. On 30th January 1948 Gandhi, accompanied by his great niece and another young lady, made his way on foot to a prayer meeting when he was confronted at close range by Nathuram Godse who fired three bullets into Gandhi's chest. Gandhi was immediately carried to Birla House and, having lost a lot of blood, was pronounced dead approximately thirty minutes later.   

More details

International Autograph Auctions Europe S.L.
Lot 852

LOWRY L. S.: (1887-1976) English artist. A good signed colour 6.5 x 4.5 postcard, the image being a reproduction of the artist's painting Coming out of School (1927), with a postage stamp featuring the same image affixed to the upper right corner and bearing an Art on Stamps Exhibition postmark dated at the Strand Stamp Centre, London, 10th July 1967. Signed by Lowry in ink with his name alone to the lower white border. VG

More details

International Autograph Auctions Europe S.L.
Lot 509

GARSON GREER: (1904-1996) English actress, Academy Award winner for Best Actress in 1942 for her role as Kay Miniver in Mrs. Miniver. A fine vintage signed and inscribed 8 x 10 photograph, the original Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer publicity portrait by Frank Tanner (bearing his credit stamp to the verso) depicting the elegant Garson in a half-length pose. A typed caption to the verso makes reference to Garson's performances in the 1941 films When Ladies Meet and Blossoms in the Dust, the latter of which resulted in Garson receiving a Best Actress Oscar nomination. Signed by the actress in bold black fountain pen ink to the image. About EX

More details

International Autograph Auctions Europe S.L.
Lot 947

SAND GEORGE: (1804-1876) French Novelist who used the pseudonym of George Sand, her real name being Amantine Dupin. Also known for her romantic affairs with artists, including Frédéric Chopin and Alfred de Musset. An excellent A.L.S., George Sand (..M.lle la quintinie.), two pages, 8vo, Nohant, June 1863, to Mr. Gueneau de Mussy, in French. Written to the first and third page, the first being a blank leaf with the addressee´s name written in Sand´s hand. To the third page, bearing at the heading a blind embossed stamp with her initials, Sand copies an interesting selected part from her new novel Mademoiselle La Quintinie, `Pour atteindre ce cercle du vrai où aucun mal ne tente plus l´homme éclairé et convaincu, il n´est pas besoin de mortification, de cilice, de jeûnes et de luttes avec Satan; non!.....ce chemin s´appelle l´examen sans entraves et la religion sans mystères.´ An attractive document signed by Sand, adding beneath her name the heroine´s name and title of her just recently published novel. Very small folding, otherwise VG

More details

International Autograph Auctions Europe S.L.
Lot 1573

GUEVARA CHE: (1928-1967) Argentine Marxist Revolutionary & Guerrilla leader, a major figure in the Cuban Revolution. D.S., `Che´, one page, oblong 8 x 6.5 clipped page, n.p. [Cuba], 14th April 1961, in Spanish. The clipped piece bears a text ink stamp to the heading, being the acknowledgement of the document received, stating after the date that `On this day, I notified the present document to the undersigning, having read it in full and giving him a copy signed by me, I attest so..´ Signed below by Che Guevara in his typical small writing. Beneath his signature and in typed letters ''Comandante Ernesto Che Guevara''. Also bearing alongside an official ink stamp of the Ministry of Industry of the Republic of Cuba. Matted in black above a 4 x 3 contemporary photograph of Che Guevara, unsigned, the image showing Che Guevara giving a decoration, to an overall size of 12 x 14.5 (30cm x 37cm). Very small hole, not affecting the signature or text. Very small overall age wear, otherwise G

More details

International Autograph Auctions Europe S.L.
Lot 666

MASCAGNI PIETRO: (1863-1945) Italian Composer. A Good A.L.S., `Pietro Mascagni´, one page, 4to, lined paper, Palermo, 14th August 1938, in Italian. Mascagni strongly recommends a musician, stating `Dichiaro io sottoscritto che il Maestro Ignazio Alfanodi Basilio a un elemento distinto per tecnica e per pratica e puo essere di buona utilita nelle esecuzioni di opera liriche e di concerti sinfonici. Ho avuto occasione di averlo per due Stagioni nelle orchestra da me dirette al teatro Massimo di Palermo… ed ho potuto constatare le sue buone qualita di esecutore a di musicista´ (Translation: `I, the undersigning, declare that Maestro Ignasio Alfano de Basilio, has a technique and level and can be of good utility in the performances of lyrical works and Symphony concerts. I had the occasion of having him for two seasons in the orchestra I conducted at the Massimo Theatre in Palermo… and I could note his qualities as performer and musician´) The letter bears a circular ink stamp to the upper left corner. Two small creases, otherwise G to VG

More details

International Autograph Auctions Europe S.L.
Lot 428

BOGART HUMPHREY: (1899-1957) American actor, Academy Award winner for Best Actor in 1951 for his role as Charlie Allnut in The African Queen. An excellent, vintage signed and inscribed 8 x 10 photograph of Bogart in a head and shoulders pose. Photograph by Bud Fraker for Paramount and bearing his credit stamp to the verso. Signed by Bogart in blue ink to a clear area of the background, 'For Bill Farrell, good luck, Humphrey Bogart'. One minor surface crease to a dark area at the base of the image and an extremely light stain to the upper edge, VG

More details

International Autograph Auctions Europe S.L.
Lot 97

JONES ALLAN: (1907-1992) American actor and singer, remembered for his roles in the Marx Brothers films A Night at the Opera (1935) and A Day at the Races (1937). A good vintage signed and inscribed 8 x 10 photograph of Jones in a head and shoulders pose. Photograph by Clarence Sinclair Bull and bearing his credit stamp to the verso. A printed caption neatly affixed to the verso promotes the appearance of Jones in his screen debut in the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film Reckless (1935). Signed by Jones in bold black fountain pen ink to the image, largely across a clear area. An ink annotation in the hand of a collector to the verso indicates that the signature was obtained in person at a Movie Club on 6th March 1936. VG

More details

International Autograph Auctions Europe S.L.
Lot 991

[JOYCE JAMES]: (1882-1941) Irish novelist and poet. An unusual partially printed document, completed and signed on behalf of Joyce in the hand of an administrative agent, four pages, 4to, Paris, 21st April 1939, in French. The official Reseau Telephonique de Paris (Paris Telephone Network) document is Joyce's contract to have a telephone line installed at 34 rue des Vignes in Paris for an annual fee of six hundred and sixty francs, the head of the first page stamped Transfert ('Transfer') and a further stamp with manuscript insertions to the third page confirming that the document replaces an earlier commitment to have a telephone line at 7 rue Edmond Valentin and that the minimum duration of the subscription is still in place. The foot of the third page is signed on behalf of Joyce with the observation 'Lu et accepté' (Translation: 'Read and accepted'). A moving document relating to Joyce's last private residence in Paris. Some very light, extremely minor age wear, VGJames Joyce first came to Paris in July 1920 and would reside in the French capital for almost two decades, although the writer never bought a home of his own. Joyce's health problems afflicted him throughout his Paris years and despite over a dozen eye operations his vision severely declined and by the 1930s he was practically blind, making the telephone an important method of communication and explaining why he was unable to sign the present document.Joyce lived in an elegant apartment at 7 rue Edmond Valentin, close to the River Seine and Eiffel Tower, for five years from February 1935 until April 1939 before moving into a smaller apartment (although blessed with a lot of natural light) at 34 rue des Vignes on 15th April 1939. Finnegans Wake was published whilst Joyce was living in the apartment, which he would leave after six months in mid-October 1939. Following the fall of France in 1940 Joyce and his family travelled to Zurich to flee the Nazi occupation. On 11th January 1941 Joyce underwent surgery and fell into a coma the next day, awaking briefly at 2 am on 13th January before dying fifteen minutes later.

More details

International Autograph Auctions Europe S.L.
Lot 1496

GEORGE VI: (1895-1952) King of the United Kingdom 1936-52. Vintage signed 7 x 10.5 photograph of the future King in a head and shoulders pose. Photograph by C. Vandyk Ltd. of London and bearing their blind stamp to the lower mount and wet stamp to the verso. Signed ('Albert') by the Duke of York in dark fountain pen ink to the lower photographer's mount and dated 1923 in his hand. A large area of uniform discoloration affects around three-quarters of the mount. G 

More details

International Autograph Auctions Europe S.L.
Lot 5

MELIES GEORGES: (1861-1938) French Film Director, a Pioneer of cinema and innovator in the use of special effects. Rare D.S., G. Melies, one page, 4to, Paris, 12th November 1912, the partially printed document being a receipt issued on Melies' attractive printed stationery. The manuscript receipt, in French, is for the sum of 370 Francs, being the payment of royalties due from the sales, in New York, of some of Melies' films. Also bearing to the front a red ink stamp of the Melies cinema manufacture over a tax stamp. Three binding holes to the left border, not affecting the text or signature. VG

More details

International Autograph Auctions Europe S.L.
Lot 1370

 [MUSSOLINI BENITO]: (1883-1945) Italian Fascist Dictator of World War II. Unsigned 9.5 x 7 photograph (24 cm x 18 cm), being a contemporary copy of the iconic infamous image showing Mussolini hanging. The image bears to the verso an ink stamp of Renzo Pistone, photographer of Milan, dated 29th April 1945, the day after Mussolini was executed. The day before, Mussolini together with his mistress Claretta Petacci, had been captured and executed by Italian partisans at Giulino di Mezzegra, a small village in the province of Como, northern Italy, when the Duce was trying to escape to Switzerland. The bodies of Mussolini and Petacci were taken to Milan and hanged upside down alongside few other fascist leaders on 29th April 1945, at the Piazzale Loreto, a suburban square of Milan, with a large and angry crowd around committing even physical abuse on the dead corpses. The three other bodies hanging were those of Nicola Bombacci, Alessandro Pavolini and Achille Starace. Only two days before Hitler had committed suicide and a week later with the fall of Berlin the WWII reached its end. G 

More details

International Autograph Auctions Europe S.L.
Lot 79

NEGULESCO JEAN: (1900-1993) Romanian-American film director. A good vintage signed and inscribed 10 x 8 photograph of Negulesco seated in a three-quarter length pose behind the desk in his office as he reads a script and smokes a pipe. Photograph by Longworth for Warner Bros. and bearing their credit stamp to the verso. Signed by the director in bold black fountain pen ink to a largely clear area at the base of the image and dated 1944 in his hand. One very small tear to the left border and a couple of light, minor corner creases, otherwise VG 

More details

International Autograph Auctions Europe S.L.
Lot 6

MÉLIÈS GEORGES: (1861-1938) French Film Director, a pioneer of cinema and innovator in the use of special effects. Rare D.S., G. Melies, two pages, 4to, 16 Passage de l´Opéra, Paris, 9th October 1912, being a receipt issued on Melies' attractive printed stationery "Manufacture de Films pour Cinématographes - G. Melies". The manuscript receipt, in French, is for the sum of 390 Francs, being the payment of royalties due from the sales, in New York, of some of Melies' films. To the second typed page, the document states "On New York sales - Forgive Us Our Trespasses…" Bearing to the front page a payment red ink stamp cancelling the debt with tax cancellation stamp. Three file holes to the left edge of the document, not affecting the text or signature. VG

More details

International Autograph Auctions Europe S.L.
Lot 1068

NOBEL PRIZE WINNERS: A good multiple signed First Day of Issue cover honouring the Mayo Brothers and featuring their images and with a postage stamp designed in their honour, post marked at Rochester, Minnesota, 11th September 1964, individually signed by eleven Nobel Prize winners in Physiology or Medicine comprising Edgar Adrian (1889-1977, 1st Baron Adrian, English electrophysiologist, Nobel Prize winner for Physiology or Medicine, 1932), William P. Murphy (1892-1987, American physician, Nobel Prize winner for Physiology or Medicine, 1934), Albert Szent-Gyorgyi (1893-1986, Hungarian biochemist, Nobel Prize winner for Physiology or Medicine, 1937), Henrik Dam (1895-1976, Danish biochemist and physiologist, Nobel Prize winner for Physiology or Medicine, 1943), Edward A. Doisy (1893-1986, American biochemist, Nobel Prize winner for Physiology or Medicine, 1943), Ernst Chain (1906-1979, German-British biochemist, Nobel Prize winner for Physiology or Medicine, 1945), Carl F. Cori (1896-1984, Czech-American biochemist and pharmacologist, Nobel Prize winner for Physiology or Medicine, 1947), Bernardo Houssay (1887-1971, Argentine physiologist, Nobel Prize winner for Physiology or Medicine, 1947), Frederick Chapman Robbins (1916-2003, American paediatrician and virologist, Nobel Prize winner in Physiology or Medicine, 1954), Francis Crick (1916-2004, English molecular biologist, biophysicist and neuroscientist, Nobel Prize winner for Physiology or Medicine, 1962) and Edmond H. Fischer (1920-2021, American-Swiss biochemist, Nobel Prize winner for Physiology or Medicine, 1992). All have signed in various coloured inks to clear areas of the cover, and only one is very slightly affected by the postal cancellation. An impressive grouping of signatures of Nobel Laureates. VG

More details

International Autograph Auctions Europe S.L.
Lot 1183

SLAVERY: CESPEDES DEL CASTILLO CARLOS MANUEL (1819-1874) Cuban Revolutionary. Known as the ''Father of the Motherland'', Cespedes is considered a Cuban hero who freed slaves and leaded the declaration of Cuban Independence in 1868. A good A.L.S., `C.m.de Cespedes´, one page, small 4to, Bayamo, 27th December 1868, in Spanish. The document bears an attractive revolutionary vignette to the heading and the printed title beneath ''Liberator Army of Cuba and its Provisional Government''. Cespedes on this Manumission missive states `En esta fecha y como encargado del Gobierno Provisional, he otorgado carta de Libertad al negro nombrado Jonas, como de 23 años de edad, natural de Cuba…´ (Translation: “On this date, and in my capacity as representative of the Provisional Government, I have granted freedom to the negro named Jonas, of 23 years old approximately, native of Cuba…”) The document bears to the front a blind embossed seal and to the lower left corner an ink stamp of the ''free town council of Bayamo''. Overall age wear, with trimmed edges and few small pinholes. About G

More details

International Autograph Auctions Europe S.L.
Lot 1478

NICHOLAS II: (1868-1918) Emperor of Russia 1894-1917. Assassinated. An excellent and very unusually extensive D.S., `Nicolas´, in Cyrillic, a clean and bold example of the Tsar´s signature, eighty-seven pages, folio, Tsarskoye Selo, 1st of January 1914, in Cyrillic. The clean document, being a decree to the Chapter of Russian Imperial and Royal Orders, which according to the submitted certification done by the Minister of National Enlightenment regarding successful an faultless services, states in part `We bestow the Imperial and Royal Order of the White Eagle on Privy Councillors… Order of the Holy Great Prince Vladimir, Equal-of the-Apostles… 2nd class on the member of the Council of the Minister of National Enlightenment… 3rd class on the Active State Councillors, rectors and full professors of the Imperial Universities… 4th class on the Active State Councillors, rectors and professors..´ The Tsar orders `We command the Chapter to issue insignias and credentials to the Knights of the Orders. Insignias for non-Christians should be issued for..´ Bearing to the front page an ink stamp dated 8th February 1914. A long number of persons are bestowed, reporting their full names, ranks and merits, including. G to VG

More details

International Autograph Auctions Europe S.L.
Lot 1024

NOBEL ALFRED: (1833-1896) Swedish chemist, engineer, inventor, businessman and philanthropist who bequeathed his fortune to establish the Nobel Prize. The scientist's most famous invention was that of dynamite, which was patented in 1867. An outstanding archive relating to the establishment of a dynamite factory in Italy, comprising - (i) A.L.S., A Nobel, three pages, 4to, Paris, 6th September 1872, to [Paul] Barbe, in French. Nobel provides his detailed requirements for establishing a factory to produce dynamite at Avigliana, near Turin, under the guidance of his agent Casimir Robaudi ('Voici le petit devis pour la Fabrique Italienne et le projet de contrat avec Robaudi') setting out his requirements in a detailed table, with their immediate and defrayable costs, including specifications for brick buildings, power of the traction engines, nitrite grinders, and other machinery, a building to house nitric acid, an ice room, various other wooden buildings for the production and washing of glycerine and dynamite, and for packing the dynamite, cartridge making, water heaters, and enclosures, and remarking that he envisages the quick production and sale of the dynamite, financed by three months' credit. Nobel then proceeds to define the terms of the contract under which the business should operate, giving the outlines for a five-year contract with Robaudi in nine numbered paragraphs, explaining that Robaudi will be named as agent for the Italian business and will be responsible for the costs of selling the dynamite sent to him, for which he can set a price above market rates, provided that the company can cancel the contract if Robaudi's consumption and marketing contravenes their policies, or if the company does not receive payment for the dynamite. Nobel advises Barbe to revise the contract as he sees fit before sending it to Carstens, the merchant in Hamburg. (ii) A fine, large original pen and ink plan of the proposed site of the dynamite factory in the Commune di Avigliana, prepared and signed by the surveyor Giuseppe Ferando, one page, large oblong folio, Turin, 27th July 1872, entitled Planimetria di parte della regione Valoja presso il trucco di San Martino, coloured in two shades of blue (one defining the waterways) and also featuring light pencil drawings of buildings to the left margin. (iii) A pencil sketch of several buildings at Avigliana entitled Croquis de fabrique de nitroglycerine a Avigliana, one page, oblong 4to, n.p., n.d., including the facilities labelled for 'Preparation, separation et lavage a l'eau'. (iv) A finely executed and detailed pen and ink plan of various constructions and buildings, one page, oblong folio, n.p., n.d., captioned in French, including cartoucheries, magasin, filtrage & dynamiterie, lavages, pompe pour l'appareil, glacier & magasin a glycerine, hanger a bomb acide nitrique. Maison de garde, chien de garde etc. (v) A scale drawing from a patent application on transparency paper (some tears and a few large areas of paper loss to the edges) bearing the official oval stamp of Jannot ('Constructeur - Mecanicien') and two other pen and ink and pencil sketches and drawings of machinery and apparatus. (vi) An autograph manuscript entitled Regolamento dei transporti delle Materie infiammabili ed esplodenti ('Regulations for the transportation of flammable and explosive materials') approved by the administrators Bolmira and Guglianetti, twelve pages, 4to, n.p. (Italy), 9th April 1872, commencing 'Flammable materials, such as phosphorus, phosphor matches, gun powder, turpentine, alcohol, and derivatives, objects for fireworks and any other material…..that easily starts or transmits fire, are excluded from transport if the sender has not subjected himself to the cautionary measures established by the administration' and continuing to outline the regulations concerning packaging, supervision, means of transport and other precautions which it is necessary to adhere to. (vii) Small collection of ten manuscript technical and legal documents, in Italian and French, over twenty pages in total, largely 4to, various places, 1870s, some regarding Nobel's patent and one on the printed stationery of the Dinamite Nobel factory at Avigliana. (viii) Autograph manuscript of the Atto di Costituzione della Societa per la Fabbricazione della Dinamite and Statuto della Scoieta Anonima per la Fabbricazione della Dinamite, in all over sixty pages, folio, Turin, 5th June 1873, in Italian, identifying the main shareholders, and accompanied by an eleven-page summary including a manuscript list of the shares allocated to each shareholder. A comprehensive archive relating to the Swedish chemist's important invention of dynamite and featuring an extremely rare autograph letter signed by Nobel himself, particularly desirable owing to its content. Some light overall age wear and minor faults and Nobel's letter with some light, minor staining and a few small tears to the edges. Generally G to about VG, Sml Qty. At the end of December 1871, Alfred Nobel obtained a six-year patent for the exploitation of dynamite from the Italian government, to be financed by both French and German investors. In April 1872, Nobel reached an agreement with five Parisian financiers (and engineers) to found a public limited company. Among the shareholders mentioned in the present archive were Paul Barbe, Amedeo Hoffer (director of the factory), Casimir Robaudi (agent for the Nobel company in Hamburg), Antonio Campagna (formerly mayor of Avigliana), the Hamburg merchants Carl Ferdinand Carstens and Edouard Bandmann, and the Parisian banker Gunzbourg. They acquired land near Avigliana, some thirty kilometres west of Turin, and set up a factory through a commissionaire, Robaudi, obtaining a patent for the manufacture of dynamite. The company established by Nobel continued production until being destroyed during the World War II.  

More details

International Autograph Auctions Europe S.L.
Lot 425

OLIVIER LAURENCE: (1907-1989) English actor, Academy Award winner for Best Actor in 1948 for his role as Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, in Hamlet. Vintage signed and inscribed 7.5 x 9.5 photograph of Olivier in a head and shoulders pose in costume as King Henry V of England from Henry V (1944), the British epic film adaptation of William Shakespeare's play of the same name. Photograph by Wilfrid Newton and bearing his credit stamp to the verso. Signed by Olivier in fountain pen ink at the base of the image, 'To Bernie, with every good wish & kindest thought, Laurence Olivier'. Some damage to the corners caused by pinholes and a tear to the surface of the image, just above Olivier's ear, and a small tear to the right edge. G

More details

International Autograph Auctions Europe S.L.
Lot 634

HUNT JAMES: (1947-1993) British motor racing driver, Formula One World Champion, 1976. A good signed 10 x 8 photograph of Hunt racing in Dan Gurney's All American Racers Eagle Formula 5000 car at Riverside in October 1974. Photograph by Bob Tronolone of Burbank. California, and bearing his credit stamp to the verso. Signed by Hunt in bold black ink with his name alone to a clear area of the image. VG

More details

International Autograph Auctions Europe S.L.
Lot 1165

GROS JULES: (1829-1891) French journalist and Secretary of the Societe de geographie who became the President of the unrecognised Republic of Independent Guyana in South America in May 1887, only to be deposed in September 1887. A.L.S., Jules Gros, to one side of his personal printed oblong large 12mo (5 x 3) Visiting Card, featuring his printed name to the centre, as President de la Republique de la Guyane Independante, Vanves, 19th September 1887. Gros writes to authorise Auguste Rey 'a chercher une somme modeste pour la mise en train de l'affaire de la Guyane Indepte. M. Rey, du reste, ne doit rien conclure sans que l´affaire m´ait été soumise' (Translation: 'to seek a modest sum for the start of the Guyana Indept. affair. Mr. Rey, moreover, cannot conclude anything without the matter having been submitted to me'). The card also features the official circular ink stamp of the President. A rare and interesting example of the autograph of Gros dating from the end of his short term as President. VG 

More details

International Autograph Auctions Europe S.L.
Lot 683

GRIEG EDVARD: (1843-1907) Norwegian composer and pianist. A very fine content A.L.S., Edvard Grieg, three pages, to two separate sheets, grid paper, 8vo, Rudolstadt, 3rd September 1883, to Dr. Max Abraham, Director of the edition company Peters, in German. Grieg thanks his correspondent for his help regarding England, although he has still not received further news. Grieg also confirms that he will be playing his piano concerto on the 4th of December at Cologne, that he will conduct the two melodies for string orchestra and that he will play the sonata for violoncello and piano at Leipzig beginning of November but do not know yet who will play with him. Grieg further comments how tired he is to still be at Rudolstadt and expresses his joy because of his return shortly to Leipzig, stating `Unter der Voraussetzungs, das Sie jetzt zurückgekehrt sind, adressire ich diese Zeilen nach Leipzig, um Ihnen für Ihre Bemühungen, England betreffend, meinen besten Dank zu sagen. Ich habe nach Ihren Rath zugesagt, habe aber seitdem nichts gehört. Das Resultat von einer Correspondance mit den Herren Reinecke uund Hiller ist, das ich in Cöln am 4ten December mein Klavierconcert spiele, und die beiden Melodien für Streichorchester dirigire, und in Leipzig Anfang November die Cellosonate in der Kammermusik spiele, - mit wem, weiss ich noch nicht. Über die Eulenburgische Arrangements weiss ich noch nicht. Ich habe jetzt Rudolstadt bald satt und freue mich, wieder nach Leipzig zu kommen…´ Bearing a collection stamp to the upper left corner. Overall creasing, with two small tears to the upper and right edges and with trimmed left edges. G Provenance: from Max Abraham (1875-1922); his nephew Henri Hinrichsen (1868-1942) who died at Auchwitz; after the nazi expoliation was later stored at the Sachsische Landesbibliothek in Dresden, and finally returned to the Hinrichsen inheritors. 

More details

International Autograph Auctions Europe S.L.
Lot 73

EISENSTEIN SERGEI: (1898-1948) Soviet film director & film theorist, a pioneer in the theory and practice of montage. A rare vintage signed and inscribed 7 x 8.5 photograph of Eisenstein standing in a happy three-quarter length pose alongside a camera. Signed ('S. Eisenstein') in bold red crayon to the verso with an inscription, in Cyrillic, 'To my dear friend tovarish Moussinac, from all my heart', and dated Moscow, 22nd November 1928, in his hand. The verso also bears the ink credit stamp of the photographer, Debabov, in Cyrillic, which runs slightly across the signature, and a small pencil annotation in an unidentified hand. Some heavy creasing to the lower right corner and a small tear to the lower edge (repaired to the verso). G

More details

International Autograph Auctions Europe S.L.
Lot 1525

KARAMANLIS KONSTANTINOS: (1907-1998) Four-time Prime Minister and twice President of the Republic. Karamanlis is the longest serving Prime Minister, and is credited as the leader of the Greek economic miracle and for Greece´s accession to the European Communities. Signed 7.5 x 10 photograph by Karamanlis, the image showing the Prime Minister in a head and shoulders formal pose. Signed in bold black ink `Konst. Karamanlis´ to the lower white border of the image, also dated 12th May 1976 in his hand. Bearing to the verso the Athens photographer´s ink stamp. The photograph is cleanly affixed to a very slightly larger cardboard. G to VG  

More details

International Autograph Auctions Europe S.L.
Lot 1282

[REIGN OF TERROR]: COMMITTEE OF GENERAL SECURITY: A good D.S. by nine members of the final Committee of General Security individually, comprising Joseph Pemartin (1754-1842), Francois Bergoeing (1750-1829), Edme-Louis-Barthelemy Bailly (1760-1819), Augustin Bernard Francois Legoazre de Kervelegan (1748-1825), Jacques-Charles Bailleul (1762-1843), Pierre-Marie Delaunay (1755-1814), Claude-Alexandre Ysabeau (1754-1831), Joseph-Nicholas Pierret (1758-1825) and Jean-Marie Cales (1757-1834), one page, folio, Paris, 23rd August 1795, in French. The partially printed document states that the Committee have examined the documents relating to citizen Champion from which it results that he is denounced for several serious facts, but the opinion of the Civil Committee is that he was not able to obtain all of the information he would have desired, and that he learned by some indirect means that he had served la Tyrannie (Robespierre), further adding that they have also considered his sad situation and that the Committee have decided to release him to allow his freedom ('Vu les pieces relatives au Cen. Champion, section du Bonnet de la Liberte, desquelles il resulte qu'il se trouve denonce pour plusieurs faits graves; vu l'avis du Comite civil qui declare qu'il n'a pu se procurer tous les renseignemens qu'il aurait desires, mais qu'il a appris par quelques voies indirectes qu'il avait servi la Tyrannie, sans cependant, rien de positif a cet egard, ayant aussi egard a sa triste situation, et aux attestations de civisme qu'il a produites. Le Comite arrete que le dit Champion jouira proviscirement de sa liberte….') With a blind embossed paper seal affixed to the lower left corner. Some light age wear, minor traces of former mounting to the right edge of the verso and a couple of neat splits to the folds. About VGProvenance: from the collection of the British bibliophile James Lindsay (1847-1913) 26th Earl of Crawford and bearing his small oval stamp to the lower right corner.

More details

International Autograph Auctions Europe S.L.
Lot 1521

KOLLONTAI ALEXANDRA: (1872-1952) Russian Communist Revolutionary. A member of the Mensheviks first, and further Bolshevik Party, she was one of the first and few women appointed as Soviet Ambassador. Rare T.L.S., `A.Kollontay´, two pages, 4to, Oslo, 17th February 1925, in Cyrillic. Signed by Alexandra Kollontai in her capacity as Plenipotentiary Minister of the U.S.S.R to Norway. The letter bearing the printed heading, in French and Cyrillic, of the U.S.S.R legation in Norway, is a license approval stating in part `..is hereby authorized for sea-hunting in the territorial waters of Russia on the North cost of European Russia from the Finnish frontier up to Novaya Zemlya along the seaside of the continent and islands, except water zone of the White Sea, south of the Orlovsky Light-house and Cape Kanushin line, where the hunting is forbidden.´, further saying `This certificate is issued on the basis of the contract agreement signed by the Government of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics with the "Aaalesund Navigation Union, group of seal hunters", and ratified by the Council of Peoples' Commissars on 16th December 1924.´ Also bearing two countersignatures beneath Kollontai´s one, and alongside a C.C.C.P. ink stamp. Four binder holes to the left border with very small area of paper loss around them, none affecting the text or signatures. G 

More details

International Autograph Auctions Europe S.L.
Lot 144

LOMBARD CAROLE: (1908-1942) American actress, an Academy Award nominee. A good vintage signed and inscribed 11 x 14 photograph of the actress standing in an appealing half-length pose. Photograph by George Hurrell and bearing his blind stamp to the lower right corner. Signed by Lombard in green fountain pen ink to the image with poor contrast Rare. VG

More details

International Autograph Auctions Europe S.L.
Lot 1500

[ELIZABETH II & PRINCE PHILIP]: [ELIZABETH II]: (1926-2022) Queen of the United Kingdom 1952-2022 & [PRINCE PHILIP] (1921-2021) Duke of Edinburgh, Consort of Queen Elizabeth II 1952-2021. A pair of original 7 x 9.5 presentation photographs of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, the image of the Queen by Anthony Buckley (and bearing his credit stamp to the verso) depicting Her Majesty seated in a formal full-length pose wearing a riband and with Queen Mary's Girls of Great Britain and Ireland tiara upon her head; the photograph of Prince Philip also by Anthony Buckley (and bearing his credit stamp to the verso) depicting the Duke of Edinburgh standing in a formal full-length pose with a sword at his side. Both of the portraits bear autopen signatures and the date, 1972, to the lower photographer's mount. Both are framed and glazed in the original dark blue leather frames by Plante & Johnson of London, with gilt stamped royal cyphers to the head and easel backs. Some very light, extremely minor age wear, VG, 2

More details

International Autograph Auctions Europe S.L.
Lot 500

HEPBURN KATHARINE: (1907-2003) American actress, Academy Award winner for Best Actress in 1932/33 for her role as Eva Lovelace in Morning Glory. A very fine vintage signed and inscribed 7.5 x 9.5 photograph of Hepburn standing before a fireplace in a full-length pose in costume as Tracy Lord from the hugely successful stage production of The Philadelphia Story at the Shubert Theatre in New York, 1939/40. Photograph by Vandamm Studio of New York and bearing their credit stamp to the verso, along with the original typed caption. Signed by Hepburn in bold, dark fountain pen ink to the base of the image. About EX

More details

International Autograph Auctions Europe S.L.
Lot 940

MALLARMÉ STÉPHANE: (1842-1898) His pen name being Etienne Mallarmé. French Poet. A major symbolist Poet who strongly inspired future artistic schools such as Cubism, Surrealism or Futurism. D.S., `Stéphane Mallarmé´, one page, 4to, Paris, 15th May 1890, in French. The partially printed document is a receipt issued by the French publication Revue d´Aujourd´hui, Mallarmé signing and acknowledging receipt of the sum of 150 francs corresponding to the amount due till that date. Bearing a tax stamp to the front. Small repair to the verso to the upper edge, otherwise G to VG

More details

International Autograph Auctions Europe S.L.
Lot 1192

TALMA JULIE: (1756-1805) French dancer and courtesan. Manuscript D.S., Julie Talma, one page, small oblong 8vo, Paris, 22nd December 1800, in French. The document is a receipt in which Talma acknowledges having been paid 'la somme de trois cents livres' (Translation: 'the sum of three hundred pounds') from citizen Gerdry. With two contemporary ink annotations in an unidentified hand. Together with Francois-Joseph Talma (1763-1826) French actor, husband of Julie Talma from 1791-1801. Manuscript D.S., Franc. Talma, one page, 4to, Paris, 29th March 1801, in French. Talma acknowledges a debt, stating 'Je reconnois devoir citoyen Picot la somme de onze cents livres qu'il m'a fourni pour marchandises qu'il m'a fournies jus qu'a ce jour' (Translation: 'I recognise that I owe citizen Picot the sum of eleven hundred pounds that he has provided me for goods that he has provided me up to this day'). With an official hexagonal stamp to the upper left corner. Some light age wear, about VG, 2 

More details

International Autograph Auctions Europe S.L.
Lot 1020

POUND EZRA: (1885-1972) American expatriate poet and critic, a major figure in the early modernist poetry movement and a fascist collaborator in Italy during World War II. T.L.S., Ezra Pound, with one holograph sentence, to one side of a 12mo plain postcard, Holland Place Chambers, Kensington, London, n.d. (29th November 1918), to George Herbert Thring. Pound writes, in full, 'I get your point and think it would hold if Unwin's article appeared alone, but it comes only as the third in the Little Review series, 1st by American author, 2nd by English author, and 4th in New Age series. Seems to me it is merely corroboration from a different source. I shall add a foot-note reinforcing ,y own contentions for the “immaterial component” (sorry N[ew] Age with my article is out of print. You shall have L[ittle] Review with it in, as soon as it arrives.) Thanks for your letter'. With a light received stamp only very slightly affecting the text. VG George Herbert Thring (1859-1941) English editor and solicitor who was Secretary to the Society of Authors from 1892-1930.  Pound was a regular contributor to the New Age (for which he wrote music reviews) and the Little Review, of which he was foreign editor from 1917-18.  

More details

International Autograph Auctions Europe S.L.
Lot 349

JONES SHIRLEY: (1934-     ) American actress, Academy Award winner for Best Supporting Actress in 1960 for her role as Lulu Bains in Elmer Gantry. A good vintage signed and inscribed 8 x 10 photograph of Jones seated in an elegant half-length pose wearing a white dress. Photograph by Schuyler Crail and bearing his blindstamp to the lower right corner and credit stamp to the verso. Signed by Jones in black fountain pen ink to a light area of the image. About EX

More details

International Autograph Auctions Europe S.L.
Lot 1505

[ABDULMEJID I]: (1823-1861) Sultan of the Ottoman Empire 1839-61. Document issued in the name of Abdulmejid I, with the large gold printed tughra of the Sultan at the head, one page, large folio, Constantinople, 2nd August 1855, in Ottoman Turkish. The document is accompanied by a contemporary partially printed French translation explaining that the document awards M. Artignes, a Physician Major with the French Army of the Crimea, the Imperial Order of the Medjidie, Fourth Class, in recognition of having demonstrated merit and zeal, as well as righteousness and skill, in the actions for which he was responsible. The translation bears the official circular stamp of the French Ambassador to Constantinople at the foot. Some light overall foxing and minor age wear to both documents, G, 2

More details

International Autograph Auctions Europe S.L.
Lot 1301

FOUCHÉ JOSEPH: (1759-1820) Convention Deputy and Minister of Police. A good D.S., Fouché, one page, folio, Paris, 2nd November 1804, to Hubert Rohault, on the Ministry of the general Police printed stationery, in French. The partially printed document, being a pass or passport, bears a large and attractive French Revolution vignette to the heading with the printed heading `Au Nom de l´Empereur des Français´ (`In the Name of the Emperor of the French´). The document orders anyone to let Hubert Rohault, student of the architecture academy, pass and return freely to France. The document further lists a full detail and description of Rohault, including his age, height, beard, eyes colour, description of nose, mouth and chin, etc… Countersigned by a general secretary of the Ministry. The pass bears to the front a red ink stamp of the General Police of the French Empire. Bearing also to the verso an annotation signed by a commissair of Turin, the city from where Rohault departed on his way back to Paris, with a second red ink stamp of the General Police of the French Empire. Overall age wear with few small tears to edges and few large water stains, mostly to borders, not affecting the text or signature. G

More details

International Autograph Auctions Europe S.L.
Lot 502

DAVIS BETTE: (1908-1989) American actress, Academy Award winner for Best Actress in 1935 for her role as Joyce Heath in Dangerous. An excellent vintage signed and inscribed 8 x 10 photograph of Davis in a relaxed half-length pose wearing a striped blouse and with her hands resting at the back of her head. Photograph by George Hurrell for Warner Bros. and bearing his credit stamp to the verso. Signed by Davis in blue fountain pen ink to a largely light area at the base of the image. EX

More details

International Autograph Auctions Europe S.L.
Lot 1565

BRAZILIAN PRESIDENTS: Prudente Jose de Morais e Barros (1841-1902) Third President of Brazil 1894-98 and the first civilian President to be elected by direct popular ballot and the first to serve his entire term. Morais e Barros was the former Governor of the State of Sao Paulo. The city of Presidente Prudente was named after him; & Manuel Ferraz de Campos sales (1841-1913) Fourth president of Brazil 1898-1902. Former Governor of Sao Paulo and Minister of Justice. Two large 23 x 18 oblong folios, 59 cm x 46 cm, one page each, Rio de Janeiro, 16th December 1895 and 20th February 1902, to Cavalheiro Julio de Bombiero de Hremenae, the partially printed documents being the titles given by the President of the Republic of the United States of Brazil, acknowledging and granting His Royal Apostolic and Imperial Majesty the appointment of Bombiero as general Consul in Rio de Janeiro and in all the territories of the United States of Brazil. The titles bear to the upper heading the monogram of the United States of Brazil, with a star and the date of 15th November 1889. Signed by Morais e Barros and by Ferraz de Campos Sales respectively in bold black ink to the lower right corners, the first bearing an attractive and large paper seal affixed, and the second bearing an ink stamp. Both countersigned. G to VG 

More details

International Autograph Auctions Europe S.L.
Lot 711

FONTEYN & NUREYEV: FONTEYN MARGOT (1919-1991) English ballerina & NUREYEV RUDOLF (1938-1993) Soviet ballet dancer. Signed 8 x 10 photograph by both Margot Fonteyn and Rudolf Nureyev individually, the image depicting the dancers in full length poses together during the performance of a ballet. Photograph by Judy Cameron and with her credit stamp to the verso. Signed by each with their names alone in ink to the image, Fonteyn's signature partially running across a darker area and Nureyev's signature in a very dark area of the lower left corner and barely visible. VG

More details

International Autograph Auctions Europe S.L.
Lot 1004

BETJEMAN JOHN: (1906-1984) English Poet Laureate 1972-84. Signed 6 x 8 photograph of Betjeman standing outdoors in a three-quarter length pose, wearing an overcoat and hat, and with a church in the background. Photograph by The Press Association Ltd and bearing their credit stamp to the verso. Signed by Betjeman in blue ink with his name alone to a light area at the head of the image. Rare in this form. Some very light, extremely minor age wear, VG 

More details

International Autograph Auctions Europe S.L.
Lot 503

RAINER LUISE: (1910-2014) Austrian actress, Academy Award winner for Best Actress in 1936 for her role as Anna Held in The Great Ziegfeld. A fine vintage signed 8 x 11 photograph by Rainer, the original Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer publicity portrait by Ed Cronenweth, bearing his credit stamp to the verso along with the original typed caption, depicting Rainer in a head and shoulders pose in costume from her Oscar winning performance as the stage performer Anna Held from the musical drama film The Great Ziegfeld. Signed by Rainer in dark fountain pen ink with her name alone to a light area at the head of the image. Rare in this form. VG

More details

International Autograph Auctions Europe S.L.
Lot 1380

DOLLMANN FRIEDRICH: (1882-1944) German General of World War II who commanded the 7th Army during the Invasion of France. Knight's Cross winner with Oak Leaves. D.S., Dollmann, one page, 8vo, 7th Army Headquarters, 20th April 1941, in German. The partially printed document, completed in typescript, is an award document in which Unteroffizier Friedrich-Wilhelm Schmugler is made the recipient of the War Merit Cross 2nd Class with Swords. Signed by Dollmann at the foot alongside an official circular stamp featuring the Nazi eagle and swastika. Scarce. Some light overall age wear and a few minor creases and small tears to the edges, otherwise about VG

More details

International Autograph Auctions Europe S.L.
Lot 844

MIRO JOAN: (1893-1983) Spanish painter. Autograph envelope signed ('Miro') in the return address to the verso, the recto addressed in bold black fountain pen ink by the artist to Madame Alice Frey in Brussels. Miro provides his return address in Barcelona to the verso. The postage stamp neatly cut away and with various small tears to the edges, most caused by the original opening of the envelope. About G

More details
Loading...Loading...
  • 165598 item(s)
    /page

Recently Viewed Lots