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Lot 147
WW2 Third Reich Heer / Waffen SS NCO's Kartentasche map case. Faint RB number stamp to flap. War Souvenir of an American GI who's name and rank are written in blue ink under the flap ""T/4 Merrill Keith 37110571". Flap has 6 holes pierced though it where badges may have been affixed. Complete with an original pencil and two celluloid inserts for maps.
Lot 1713
Nelson Dawson (1859-1941) five etchings;'The Dover Flotilla brings back HMS Botha', signed and titled, 24 x 34cm.Another but inscribed 'The Dover Flotilla brings back HMS Botha after her sea fight Mar 1918', signed, 24 x 34cm.Three more unsigned examples, one with June 1918 Admiralty censor stamp 'Passed' verso.Battleship and cruiser with bi[planes overhead, unsigned, 24 x 32.5cm.All unframed.
Lot 1145
A large collection of 20th century British first day stamp covers to include a variety of subjects such as London 1980 Internation Stamp Exhibition, the 1820 Rainhill Trials,London Landmarks, Ashby-de-la-Zouch Pithiviers,New Definitive Values, Queens II 80th Birthday, Music & British Conductors, The Royals Wedding, British Architecture Historic Buildings. Drakes Island, British Textiles, Martine Heritage, British Motor Cars, Commonweath Day, Quincentenary Battle of Bosworth, Safety at Sea, Authurian Legend, International Youth Year, Dover Castle pageant, Thames Barrier Protecting London, The Story of P&O, Sir Isaac Newton and more.
Lot 133
Chinese School, 19th Century, Man Seated Reading under a Tree; Two Men at a Table Playing a Game: and Ox and Plough, a set of three inks and watercolour on paper, each with red seal mark, and with French gallery stamp verso "Le Salon Voltaire.. Ferney-Voltaire" and inscribed with their attribution to Wang Su (Chinese 1794-1877). (3) Each 29cm by 40cm
Lot 307
A 1960's Danish rosewood circular extending dining table, raised on shaped square tapered supports, with two leaves, attributed to Farso Stolefabrik; together with a set of six rosewood bar-back dining chairs by Farso Stolefabrik (impressed maker's stamp), of similar date, each with vinyl upholstered seat, raised on tapering supports; and a large rosewood sideboard, also 1960's, possibly by the same maker, the raised back with an arrangement of shelves and two fall-front cupboards over three sliding doors to the base. Table: 72.5cm by 123cm by 222cm (extended); chairs 48cm by 50cm; sideboard 185.5cm by 238cm by 50cm
Lot 368
Still life vase of summer flowers, circa 1978, signed, studio stamp verso74 x 59cmsprivate collection Ceredigion, consigned via our Cardiff officeAuctioneer's Note: a keen gardner, John Elwyn tended a well stocked kitchen garden and flower beds at his Winchester home. Throughout his long career, he periodically returned to still life painting, incorporating vases of cut flowers from his garden.Condition report: Comments: framed
Lot 634
An album of GB stamp books, to include £4 Book of stamps and story of Stanley Gibbons, £3 book of stamps and story of Wedgwood, £4 book of stamps and story of the Royal Mint, £4 The Story of our Christian Heritage and £5 The Steel Wheel on the Steel Rail The Story of British Rail x2, together with five albums of Royal Mail First Day Covers, to include World Cup 1966 and Special Commemorative Issue, Westminter Abbey 900th Anniversary, Christmas Issue 1966, The Twelve Days Of Christmas 1977, British Wildlife 1977 and The 25th Anniversary of the Coronation 1978 etc.
Lot 637
A collection of four Royal Mail Special Stamp Book Sets for the years 1985, 86, 88 and 89, together with various United States Postal Service Commemorative mint stamp sets to include WW II Remembered 1941: A World At War Mint Set, 1993 Commemorative Stamp Collection, 1989 Commemorative Mint Set and1990 Commemorative Mint Set etc.
Lot 638
Great Britain, an album of stamps to include 1d reds, 1d lilac with Army Official overstamp and 1935 Silver Jubilee etc, together with an album of GB Mint stamps to include Shire Horse, Shetland Pony, Thoroughbred, Alice's Adventures In Wonderland, Liverpool And Manchester Railway and Famous People etc., various other stamp albums to include 1953 Coronation and Elizabeth II stamp books etc. (seven albums)
Lot 640
A collection of Royal Mail Presentation Mint Stamp Sets, contained in four albums to include Robert Burns The Immortal Memory, The Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust, 20th Century Women Of Achievement Portraits of Genius, Football Legends, Big Stars From The Small Screen Children's TV Characters, Classic Sports Cars, Hopes For The Future, Buses - British Classic Double Deckers, Punch & Judy, Pond Life and Nobel Prizes etc. (4)Condition report: 230+ packs.Packs face values vary from 90p to £10.
Lot 681
A small collection of miscellaneous items to include three Victorian hand written letters from a lady in France to her mother in Brighton, dated 1855, two Geo. V 1910-1935 silver jubilee postage stamp booklets numbered 296 and 297 (complete), a Queen Victoria diamond juilee medal and four other commemrative medals.
Lot 716
A Pelham Puppet Bimbo, SL17; together with a Pallitoys Playthings Archie Andrews ventriloquist doll, boxed (2)Condition report: Please see extra images.Archie: stamped on back of neck. Correct stamp. Wear to colouring on shoes and head. Clothing appears original and in tact. Box is worn but in tact.Bimbo: trousers badly stained. Wearing and fading to rest of clothing. Strings very badly twisted and entwined Marks to face. Box very poor condition.
Lot 10
Paul Insect (British 1971-) "Multiple Mugshot", 2006, Crimson Edition of 100, signed, dated and numbered in pencil, published by Pictures On Walls with embossed stamp to front, on wove paper, screenprint in colour.sheet size 70cm x 50cm (27.5in x 19.75in)Footnote:Artists’ Resale Right (“droit de suite”) may apply to this lot.Condition report:The print is in very good, original condition with no obvious faults to report. The print is unframed.
Lot 41
Francis Davison (British 1919-1984) "Stripes and Triangles", unsigned, with a facsimile image of the estate stamp and reference on verso, mixed media collage.65.5cm x 76cm (25.75in x 30in)Footnote:Artists’ Resale Right (“droit de suite”) may apply to this lot.Condition report:The collage is in good, original condition. There are some pin holes and creasing across the collage. The collage is ornately framed and glazed. The frame has some minor scuffs and knocks commensurate with age.
Lot 1301
The Madame Sidney Pratten collection of guitars and related ephemera, including seven antique guitars, a Gigelira, personal sheet music with hand annotations, an original watercolour picture of a young Madame Sidney Pratten (Katharina Josefa Pelzer) and a further collection of pictures relating to Mrs Pratten and the Pelzer family After Mrs Pratten died in 1895, her sister, Guilia Pelzer, inherited many of her instruments and archive, which were sold at auction by Sotheby's in 1938. Many of these papers and one instrument were resold at Christie's on 21st July 1978 and purchased by the vendor. Aside from the two ?selected by? annotated guitars, the Gigelira, and the cloth covered music folders with their contents, the rest of this collection was bought by the vendor in another London auction following the Christie's event in 1978 It is rare to find such an archive of a prominent 19th century guitar teacher and player The collection includes: 19th century guitar labelled 'Mme Sidney Praten, Instructness to H.R.H. The Princess Louise, 1857/This guitar belonged to my father Ferdinand Pelzer, 1831' (italics in ink in Mrs Pratten's hand, the rest printed); Back and sides: Brazilian rosewood, fine hairline to centre back, further mild wear; Top: fine grained spruce with multi-string banding to the edges and sound hole, repaired cracks between the sound hole and bridge and bridge and lower body; Neck: ebonised, evidence of previous neck reset; Fretboard: ebony; Frets: good; Hardware: engraved brass tuners with shaped buttons; Case: original ebonised case with velvet interior bearing brass plaques to the outside inscribed 'Madame Sidney Pratten', and 'Mme Sidney Pratten/(No 2) 22A Dorset Street/Portman Sqe London'; Overall condition: good/restored. *Previously sold at a Sotheby's auction in 1938, lot 192, where attributed to Derazey, Paris 19th century guitar labelled 'Alfred Hays, Royal Exchange Buildings, E.C.', also bearing a label inscribed in hand 'Catherina Josepha Pratten, 22/.7.59', stamped with number 138 to the back of the head; Back and sides: one piece figured maple back, figured maple sides; Top: fine grained spruce with mild wear in places, multi-string banding to edges and sound hole; Neck: ebonised; Fretboard: ebony, bearing a plaque to the seventeenth fret inscribed 'Boosey & Son's/24 Holles Str/London'; Hardware: engraved brass tuning strips inscribed 'Boosey and Sons London'; Case: ebonised case with green felt interior 19th century guitar labelled 'Madame R. Sidney Pratten/1863 38, Welbeck Street/Cavendish Sqre.W. London' (italics in ink in Mrs Pratten's hand, the rest printed), numbered 3538 to the tip of the head; Back and sides: birds eye maple; Top: fine grained spruce with multi-string banding to the edges with floral mother of pearl, mastic and string banding to the sound hole; Neck: ebonised; Fretboard: ebony; Frets: good; Hardware: engraved brass tuning strips stamped 'V (crown) R' and with shaped buttons; Case: ebonised case with red felt interior; Overall condition: good 19th century guitar labelled 'Selected by/Mme Sidney Pratten/London 1873' (all in ink in Mrs Pratten's hand); Back and sides: Brazilian rosewood, repaired cleated cracks to centre back; Top: fine grained natural spruce with floral mother of pearl and mastic decoration to the edges and sound hole; Neck: ebonised and previously reset; Fretboard: ebony; Frets: good; Hardware: engraved brass tuners with round buttons; Case: ebonised case with red felt interior bearing a label to the underside of the compartment lid advertising her teaching 'Under royal patronage'; Overall condition: good/restored Mid 19th century guitar labelled 'Addison and Hodson/Musical Instrument Seller/and/Manufacturer/to Her Majesty, and the Prince Albert/210 Regent Street and King Street/London'; Back and sides: rosewood, repairs; Top: natural spruce with pearl shield inlay, repaired crack between the bridge and shield inlay, alternate pearl inlay and boxwood string banding to the edges and sound hole; Neck: mahogany, dowelled repair; Fretboard: rosewood; Frets: good; Hardware: engraved brass tuning strips with crown stamp and shaped buttons; Case: ebonised case with red felt interior bearing an external label inscribed 'Madam Guilia Pelzer/Guild Hall School', the rest illegible; Overall condition: good/restored. *Sold with a black and white photograph on card showing Madame Sidney Pratten with a similar guitar, taken by W & A.H. Fry Photographers, 68, East Street Brighton and numbered in pencil 83024 'Pose 2' 19th century guitar labelled 'Selected by/Mme Sidney Pratten/London 22A Dorset Street Portman Sq.', inscribed in Mrs Pratten's hand; Back and sides: birds eye maple, repaired crack to back; Top: fine grained spruce; Neck: ebonised; Fretboard: ebony; Frets: good; Hardware: engraved brass tuning strips with oval buttons; Case: ebonised case with green felt interior; Overall condition: good/restored *The label inscription is typical of guitars resold by Mrs Pratten to her pupils Early 19th century French guitar, unlabelled; Back and sides: satinwood, two small repaired cracks to the upper bout, further repaired cracks to the treble waist; Top: fine grained spruce with multi string banding to the edges and sound hole, many repaired cracks; Neck: ebonised; Fretboard: ebony; Frets: good; Hardware: brass tuning strips inscribed 'Domet' and with shaped buttons; Case: ebonised case with red felt interior in deteriorating condition; Overall condition: fair/restored *Sold with old papers relating to Napoleon Bonaparte with an envelope hand inscribed 'Napoleon's General No. 10 Captaine Bacheville gave my father (Ferdinand Pelzer) this guitar, as a relic, he being a pupil of my father, & had a real love for him, as he played the guitar so splendidly - it was over my fathers bed for many year, Guilia Pelzer'; also including an old black and white photograph of the guitar and a black and white engraving of Ferdinand Pelzer holding a similar guitar **Sold in a Sotheby's auction in 1938, lot 211, claiming it to be 'Napoleon Bonaparte's guitar'. Later sold at a Christie's sale in 1978 as part of lot 18 Gigelira wood and straw instrument, signed 'tuned by Mrs Sidney Pratten/ 22 Dorset Street Portman Sq W/London' to one of the wooden blocks, in original case, with a 14 page sheet music (Pianoforte and Guitar Accompaniments to various pieces for the Gigelira...) Two needlework cloth covered folders enclosing sheet music with various blue crayon and other annotations. The blue folder titled with embroidered letters 'Whisper soft music to attending ears' with signature inside the front cover 'Catherina Josepha Pratten/Bow Wow/ - I-Chee-Pops-' , also containing 'Third edition in large' of 'Learning the Guitar/simplified by Mme Sydney Pratten'. The brown folder titled with embroidered letters 'I will enchant thine ear' with many pieces annotated in blue crayon. George Brown - watercolour of Katharina Josefa Pelzer, stood holding a guitar, later inscribed 'Katharina Josefa Pelzer/(Madame Sidney Pratten)/ at the age of nine years', framed within a worn velvet cushioned frame, inscribed to the back of the frame in ink (probably by Guilia Pelzer) 'Mrs Sidney Pratten bequeathed this to me' Archive of ephemera relating to Madame Sidney Pratten, including a small antique Ambrotype of a woman playing a guitar, probably Mrs Pratten; a lithograph of Guilio Regondi, a lithograph of 'Katharina Josefa Pelzer at nine years holding a guitar/Geo Brown delt/c. e. Wagstaff Sc'; a card 'from Madame Julia Pelzer' with her photo, holding a guitar to front' and four photos of Mrs Pratten holding a guitar, the largest by Byrne Richmond, 29cm x 23cm
Lot 1304
Interesting French guitar, circa 1840, labelled 'D & A Roudhloff/(from Paris)/Manufacturers of Guitars/No 8 Charlotte Street Fitzroy Square/London' also bearing a manuscript label stating this to be a 'Melophonic Guitar'; Back and sides: Brazilian rosewood, cracks to the shoulders, hairline ripples to the back; Top: fine grain spruce, re-lacquered; Neck: rosewood; Fretboard: ebony; Frets: good; Hardware: engraved brass tuners bearing a 'V (crown) R' stamp and with shaped buttons; Case; ebonised case with blue felt interior *An interesting large (for the 1840s) bodied guitar with X bracing
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