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Men's 9ct Yellow Gold Black Onyx and Diamond Ring  The ring contains a rectangular step cut shaped polished Cabochon Black Onyx piece that measures approx. 11mm x 9mm.  There is a melee Diamond on each shoulder of the ring.  The ring is hallmarked "375" for 9ct Gold and "DIA" for Diamond.  Ring Size S. Total Gross Weight of the ring is approx. 3.6 grams.  Condition: There is a surface fracture to the cabochon Black Onyx piece. Otherwise the ring is in good condition.  

46 Albums including Bryan Ferry, Leonard Cohen, Barclay James Harvest and Tom PettyBryan Ferry These foolish thingsRoxy Music AvalonRoxy Music ManifestoRoxy Music SirenRoxy Music flesh and bloodRoxy Music strandedBryan Ferry another time another placeBryan Ferry Let's stick togetherJohn Mayall blues from Laurel CanyonJohn Mayall Empty roomPink Floyd MEDDLEPink Floyd Dark Side Of The Moon.Pink Floyd Final cut.Pink Floyd Ummagumma.Yes, Fragile.Bumpers double album including artists:- Traffic Spooky Tooth, Mott the Hoople, Jethro Tull, Blodwyn Pig, King Crimson, free, Nick Drake, Cat StevensBruce Springsteen Born to runBruce Springsteen Greetings from Asbury ParkBruce Springsteen The RiverOfficial blues band bootleg albumThis is the blues various artistThe blues band ready The blues band Itchy feet The blues band shake Down Savoy brownSavoy brown hellbound trainSavoy Brown Raw SiennaSavoy Brown Looking In.Savoy Brough Street corner talkingSavoy Brown A step furtherStreet noise Julie Driscoll Brian auger and the TrinityBlind FaithLeonard Cohen Death of a ladies manMike Cooper Trout Steel.How to play blues guitar Stefan Grossman/Aaurora BlockBlues like showers of rain, a compendium of the finest British country blues artistPeter Gabriel SoTom Petty & The Heartbreakers You're gonna get it.The soundtrack from the film Led Zeppelin the song remains the sameMark Almond risingPaul Samuel Smith RenaissanceBlue matter SurvivorCarmen fandango in spaceRare Earth Get readyBarclay James Harvest and other short storiesFandangos in SpaceJuicy Lucy Sit back and enjoy it!  

A HISPANO-MORESQUE REVIVAL GILT AND POLYCHROME-PAINTED PLASTER RELIEF PLAQUE: EL MIHRAB EN EL ORATORIO DE EL PARTAL, ALHAMBRA PALACE Granada, Andalusia, Southern Spain, late 19th century, signed by Fernandez CastroOf traditional rectangular shape, moulded, carved, gilt, and polychrome-painted, the relief replicating the slightly romanticised, pre-modern conservation version of the elaborate mihrab niche in the oratory of the El Partal Palace, inside the Alhambra complex in Granada, built by the Nasrid ruler Muhammad III (r. 1302 - 09), the architectural relief characterised by typical polylobed and horseshoe arches, dense foliate arabesque patterns, muqarnas ceilings inside the main niche, polychrome stellar and geometric tile panels on the front, and several epigraphic friezes in a variety of calligraphic scripts including knotted Kufic and thuluth, some repeating the Nasrid motto Wa La Ghaliba Illa-llah (there is no Conqueror but Allah), signed by the maker Fernandez Castro in the lower left corner, set in a black wooden frame, 46cm x 34.5cm x 12cm including the frame. 46cm x 34.5cm x 12cm including the frame Qty: 1 No clear evidence of damage, breaks, cracks or restoration under UV lights, the gilding shiny and well-preserved, the pigments strong and vibrant, no major chips or losses to the facade, a small crack appearing to the left of the marble step next to the maker's signature, some superficial crackles to the paint of the architectural tiles in the lower parts of the wall, the frame with evidence of wear, rubbing and some scuff marks to the corners and outer edges. Overall a very attractive example in very good conditions.

* Auden (Wystan Hugh, 1907-1973). 'Moon Landing', 3062 Kirchstetten, Bez. St. Pollen, Hinterholz 6, Austria, 1 September [1969], Auden's typed carbon copy fair copy on personal stationery, with a dated and signed note for Anthony in blue ballpoint pen at head, 'That was indeed a princely gift which I am very proud to receive. Thanks a million. So sorry you have been having a low – evidently drugs still can't do everything. Herewith a topical poem. Love Wystan', small stain to top left corner not affecting any text, 1 page, folio, with the accompanying envelope, together with a related typed carbon copy of Rossiter’s letter to Auden, 16 September 1969, 3 pages, 4to QTY: (2)NOTE:Provenance: From the family, by direct descent. For further information please see https://www.anthonyrossiter.co.uk 'Moon Landing' was first published five days after Auden dated and sent this grumpy non-celebratory poem to Rossiter (New Yorker, 6 September 1969). Just six weeks previously on 21 July, as part of the Apollo 11 spaceflight mission, Neil Armstrong had become the first person to step onto the Moon's surface.

Newbery (E., Publisher). The Ladder to Learning, step the first, being a collection of select fables, consisting of words of only one syllable intended as an easy introduction to the useful art of reading, [by Mrs Sarah Trimmer], London: E Newbery, printed by J. Crowder, 1799, numerous black & white woodcuts throughout, previous ownership inscription 'Margaret Mieux 1800' in brown ink to verso of free front endpaper, small closed tear to free front endpaper, original colourful Dutch floral boards, some small splits to floral boards over foot of spine, 16 mo, together with three other foreign language children's booksQTY: (4)

Step (E.) Shell Life - An Introduction to British Mollusca 1901 and Newbigin (M.) Life by the Seashore - An Introduction to Natural History 1910 (2)

German school: Portraits of Oscar I, king of Sweden and Norway, and his wife Josephine, oil on canvas, 19th C.Work: 70,5 x 57 cm Frame: 95 x 80,5 cm Oscar I (bornJoseph Francois Oscar Bernadotte; 4 July 1799 - 8 July 1859) was King of Sweden and Norway from 8 March 1844 until his death. He was the second monarch of the House of Bernadotte. As the only child of King Charles XIV John, Oscar inherited the thrones upon the death of his father. He married Josephine Maximiliane Napoleon (1807-1876), first by proxy at the Leuchtenberg Palace in Munich on 22 May 1823 and in person at a wedding ceremony conducted in Stockholm on 19 June 1823. She was the eldest daughter of Eugene de Beauharnais and his wife Auguste, Princess of Bavaria. She was thus step-granddaughter of Napoleon Bonaparte, granddaughter of his wife Josephine de Beauharnais and granddaughter of King Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria, which was reflected in the choice of her first name (link). This high quality pair is made after the 1823 marriage portraits by the German painter Joseph Karl Stieler (1781-1858).However, the Stieler portraits are no longer part of the same collection: the portrait of Oscar I was sold at Sotheby's, London in 1991 (Nov. 17, no. 99) and the Josephine paintingat Neumeister in 2015 (Oct. 29, 2015, Auktion 922, no. 11, €50.800, link). Provenance: -Sotheby's, Regensburg, 'Die Furstliche Sammlung Thurn und Taxis', 19-21 October 1993, lot 3086 (StE4295 and StE4296;Schloss St. Emmeram). Ref.: - U. von Hase, Josef Stieler 1781-1858. Sein Leben und sein Werk. Kritisches Verzeichnis der Werke, Munich, 1971, nr 99-101.

Christopher Richard Wynne Nevinson A.R.A. (British, 1889-1946)The Mill-Pond signed 'C.R.W. NEVINSON' (lower right)oil on canvas71.1 x 91.4 cm. (28 x 36 in.)Painted circa 1919Footnotes:ProvenanceRobert Younger, Baron Blanesburgh, G.B.E., P.C. (1861-1946), by 1920Acquired by the family of the present owner in the 1970s and thence by descentPrivate Collection, U.K.ExhibitedLondon, The Leicester Galleries, New Works by C.R.W Nevinson, October-November 1919, cat.no.20Manchester, City of Manchester Art Gallery, Nevinson, July-August 1920, cat.no.2London, The Leicester Galleries, Memorial Exhibition of Pictures by C.R.W. Nevinson, A.R.A., May-June 1947, cat.no.18LiteratureMalcolm C. Salaman, 'The Art of C.R.W. Nevinson', The Studio, Vol.78, No.321, December 1919, pp.95-101'C.R.W. Nevinson's Work at the Leicester Galleries', The Ploughshare, November 1919, cat.no.20 (ill.b&w)Christopher Richard Wynne Nevinson, 'Reminiscences', The Studio, Vol.124, No.597, December 1942, p.197 (ill.)David Peters Corbett, The Modernity of English Art, 1914-30, Manchester University Press, Manchester, 1997, pl.33 (ill.,b&w)In the aftermath of the First World War, C.R.W. Nevinson wrote that 'the immediate need of the art of today is a Cézanne, a reactionary, to lead art back to the academic traditions of the old masters, and save contemporary art from abstraction' (Malcom C. Salaman, The Art of C.R.W. Nevinson, The Studio, December 1919). This is a major departure from Nevinson's pre-war attitude. In 1914 he had emphatically sided with modernity in a Futurist manifesto co-authored with Marinetti, the leader of a movement that defined itself by the desire for an unrelenting break from the past. But in the context of the present work, first shown in 1919 in Nevinson's 'Peace Exhibition', the quote is enlightening from a number of perspectives. The Mill-Pond is certainly Cézanne-esque. The slanting brushwork instantly recalls the French master, shimmering in patches juxtaposed by colour and angle. When compared to Cézanne's Lac d'Annecy (1896, The Courtauld), one sees the similarity in palette, and the style of the trees as they line the right bank of the pond, creating a stage-curtain framing the scene at an angle typical of Cézanne's unorthodox eye for space. More prominent in both works, though, are the flat-coloured houses viewed from across the pond, their reflections dancing back across the water surface towards the easel, emboldened by pronounced black outlines leading the way. The smaller, closer scale of The Mill-Pond allows Nevinson to explore in greater detail certain features that enhance the textural variety of the work, such as the duller, matt lily-pads contrasted serenely against the glistening water surface, and the grassy reeds leaning against the brushwork of the sky.The stylistic range of Nevinson's 'Peace Exhibition' was noted by critics at the time, seen by some as a sign of indecisiveness, and The Mill-Pond is undoubtedly in contrast with some of his more radical works. A century on, however, many would agree wholeheartedly with his refusal 'to use the same technical method to express such contradictory forms as a rock and a woman' (David Peters Corbett, The Modernity of English Art, 1914-30, Manchester University Press, Manchester, 1997, p. 151). As mentioned, this pragmatism was not on show during the early 1910s, at the height of his Futurist engagement. But the Great War would gradually bring a powerful wave of nostalgia over the British imagination for a time (largely fantasised) before Modernism had facilitated the horrors of those four years, and this inevitably brought into question the more dogmatic Futurist ideas. In light of this, the opening quote fits rather more neatly than it may at first seem. Returning to a closer inspiration from the source meant stripping back a few layers of radical Modernism, inching closer to the initial break from Academic traditions, albeit in reverse. As Nevinson took a contemplative step back for some of the works on display at the 'Peace Exhibition', he allowed a more direct influence from Cézanne to come through. In doing so, he captured the calm rurality for which many at the time longed, preserving for us a unique point in our collective emotional state, one at least temporarily untouched by the dizzying drive towards modernity.We are grateful to Christopher Martin for his assistance in cataloguing this lot.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Registration No: UWR 7N Chassis No: 73061438L MOT: Exemptc.350 miles since an extensive restorationRestored with a new chassisDesriable 'S' 130/5 modelFinished in Roman Purple MetallicThe Elan 2 was revealed to the world in 1962 with a 1500cc engine and a four-speed gearbox in a small and stylish 2-seater roadster form. The Plus 2 (code-named M20) was introduced in 1967 and had arguably better proportions than the 'baby' Elan. In 1971 the +2S 130 was launched with the Lotus 'Twin Cam' engine, providing an improved 126bhp hence the “130” model suffix. It produced a maximum torque of 113lb/ft at 5,500 rpm, providing plenty of power to fully enjoy this lightweight and useable family sports car. The +2S 130 was an appreciable step up in quality with a raft of luxury fittings from quartz halogen fog lights to burr walnut facia and electric windows. In October 1972 the long-called for 5-speed gearboxes finally arrived as an option, to make cruising smoother, and the Lotus Elan +2S 130/5 became ‘the’ version to have.First registered with the DVLA on 1st August 1974, this ‘S’ 130/5 iteration of the Elan +2 Coupe is finished in Roman Purple Metallic (L21) with an Oatmeal interior. Displaying some 58,700 miles with three previous documented owners only, the car was previously restored in a ‘5 year, no expense spared, total rebuild’, completed in September 2020 at a recorded mileage of c.58,347. The body was stripped bare then sent off to the paint shop where it was taken back to the gel coat, any repairs made then sprayed in Roman Purple Metallic. Completing 350 miles since, it remains in ‘as built’ condition.Mechanically, the list of work is extensive. A new Lotus designed chassis was ordered with all additional stiffening as per the Lotus 26R design. The chassis was professionally cold zinc sprayed then sprayed in Grey. For additional protection the chassis was then given a final coat of POR 15 in Silver. The sill members were replaced with stainless steel box section items together with seat belt mounting points. The sill closing plates under the wheel arches were also replaced with stainless steel units.The front suspension was overhauled, wishbones powder coated, and new poly bushes fitted throughout. New TTR adjustable shocks and uprated springs were fitted with adjustable ride height, new bearings etc. The rear suspension was overhauled with new oval section 'A' frames from Spyder, poly bushes fitted, TTR adjustable shocks and uprated springs with adjustable ride height. The steering rack was inspected and a new solid U/J fitted. The steering column was repainted.The engine was overhauled by John Smurthwaite at 'JSMotorsport' to Q360 sport spec. The head was cleaned, tested, skimmed and ported. The head was then fitted with all new guides, seats, valves and followers, the head was fitted with Q360 cams, new bearings and shimmed. The cams were fitted with vernier sprockets. The engine was also built with a new block, new pistons, a reground crank and all new bearings; new chain, tensioners etc fitted; the sump has been baffled to eliminate oil surge; there was a new front cover (Burton design) with a removable water pump cartridge; new fuel pump, new high torque starter, distributor fully rebuilt by 'Distributor Doctor' and Luminition Optronic ignition fitted; new plug leads; twin Dellorto carbs stripped, professionally cleaned, rebuilt and re-jetted for Q360 spec.; stainless braided fuel pipes fitted; K&N filter fitted. There’s a new stainless steel exhaust; the back box was hand-made and is a copy of the 'Pico' box as fitted to the last of the +2s - it is also in stainless and reportedly sounds beautiful. The 5-speed Lotus gearbox fitted, was purchased, overhauled and then inspected at Alan Voight gearboxes, Birkenhead, before fitting. A new clutch has been fitted along with new thrust and spigot bearings, new slave and master clutch cylinders with stainless braided pipe. The differential unit was stripped, inspected, cleaned and rebuilt with new bearings and thrust washers. New TTR steel billet output shafts have been fitted, rubber donuts replaced with new Kelvedon twin U/J’s with sliding splines.The brake system has been fully overhauled, the front and rear calipers professionally rebuilt; fitted with new grooved discs, Greenstuff pads and new handbrake pads; copper brake tube throughout with stainless connections and stainless braided flexible hoses; a new master cylinder and professionally rebuilt servo; new handbrake cable and upgraded fully adjustable rear handbrake rods. The cooling system has a new TTR alloy full-width radiator and electric thermostatically controlled fan. All hoses are silicon and the system is filled via a Clive modified thermostat housing. The system is filled with waterless coolant.The vehicle has had a total rewire with all new harnesses; a new uprated alternator is fitted; new windscreen wiper motor and system; new relays; new headlamp solenoid; new headlamps; new side/indicator lamps; door window motors overhauled; rear lamp clusters and number plate lamps overhauled; all gauges stripped, cleaned, painted and fitted with new bezels and rubber seals. The new dash is fitted with a new set of switches. A period Philips Turnolock radio is fitted and a modern stereo unit is fitted in the glove box. The interior heater box was disassembled, powder-coated and reassembled with new seals and a new 2-speed motor. The petrol tank was stripped and cleaned and painted in Black POR 15 and new stainless straps fitted. The petrol tank has a modified breather system which uses a stainless braided hose linked into the filler neck. A single small diameter hose then loops over the cabin and exits under the car, alleviating any petrol smells.The interior is in a very original specification and in overall very good condition. A new dash has been fitted together with a new roof lining. The carpets are wool and were tailor-made to original spec and then edge-bound. A new pair of chrome coat hooks has been fitted.The body has been fitted with all-new badges; both bumpers and window frames have been re-chromed; a new lockable petrol filler, new door locks and handles; all new quarter-light rubbers and channels fitted together with side window rubber and felt seals; a new rear screen rubber seal and the front screen re-bonded with new Silver trim. Lastly, the Elan has been fitted with the Spyder 'Minilite'-style peg drive 14" x 6" alloy wheels shod with Dunlop 185 x 65 x 14 tyres. This gives the same rolling circumference as the original fitment and the speedo reads spot on.Accompanied by a current V5C Registration Document, this is an opportunity to own an Elan +2S with a recently completed extensive restoration. For more information, please contact: John Markey john.markey@handh.co.uk 01428 607899

Registration No: DLR 648C Chassis No: 5VD51 MOT: ExemptSupplied new via Jack Barclay Ltd to Mrs G.E. Davis of Gedma Investments LtdEnclosed Limousine coachwork by H.J. Mulliner Park Ward1 of only 516 Phantom Vs producedBenefitting from a restoration in the late 1990sEntered from a deceased estate and temptingly offered without reserveA replacement for the Phantom IV and Silver Wraith, the Phantom V assumed the mantle of Rolls-Royce flagship in Autumn 1959. Although, based on a derivative of the same 'Bentley 9' modular chassis that underpinned its lesser Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud II and Bentley S2 siblings, the newcomer boasted a substantially longer 145-inch wheelbase, wider track and extra reinforcement. A massive, welded box-section, cruciform-braced affair, the structure in question was equipped with independent coil-and-wishbone front suspension, a 'live' leaf-sprung back axle, power steering and mechanical servo-assisted drum brakes. Propelled by a 6230cc OHV V8 engine allied to four-speed automatic transmission, the Phantom V employed a special 3.89:1 rear axle ratio that enabled it to amble along at walking pace for ceremonial duties and yet still accelerate through 100mph (if just barely). Available to coach built special order only, the model was bodied by the likes of Hooper, James Young, Chapron, H.J. Mulliner, Park Ward and H.J. Mulliner Park Ward (the latter company being a Rolls-Royce created in-house amalgamation).Despite an eye-wateringly expensive price tag when new, the Phantom V proved a surprisingly strong seller throughout its production life. Upgraded for 1963 with a new quad headlamp visage and seven percent more horsepower, some 516 are thought to have been made by the time the Phantom VI usurped it five years later. Although more commonly associated with monarchs, heads of state and plutocrats, the uber Rolls-Royce will forever be associated with at least one anti-establishment figure - John Lennon.Chassis ‘5VD51’ wears Enclosed Limousine coachwork by H.J. Mulliner Park Ward and was supplied new in 1965 through Rolls-Royce agents Jack Barclay Ltd to Mrs G.E. Davis of Gedma Investments Ltd, the Phantom’s factory guarantee was issued on the 29th of March 1965. No doubt conscious that the car would be used for numerous long journeys, Mrs Davis specified the following extras: rear squab top bolster one-inch deeper than standard, special modified central rear armrest with hinged lid, compact, notebook and pencil, cigarette case, cocktail cabinet (two decanters, four glasses, one bottle opener, two hand cushions), electric windows to all doors, special rear footrests and an electric aerial. Finished in Maroon with a Black roof covering, the interior was trimmed in Valentine's Burgundy upholstery.As well as the expected Phantom V accoutrements such as foldout occasional seats and a glass division, chassis number '5VD51' boasts opening rear quarter lights and four pull-out armrests to its front bench seat. Well used during Mrs Davis ownership, among the accompanying sundry paperwork there is a chauffeur's hand-written logbook with entries stretching from 4th November 1968 (26,929 recorded miles) to 3rd February 1982 (75,707 recorded miles). Apart from revealing that the car was principally maintained by the chauffeur and local dealer Caffyns of Eastbourne (aside from the occasional visit to Rolls-Royce's Cricklewood service depot), it showed just how far the Phantom V ventured. Beyond the frequent trips to Brighton and London, that a wealthy Sussex resident might have been expected to make, are notes detailing repeat excursions to Harrogate, Leeds, Stamford, Bury, Oldham, Honiton and Taunton etc. Whether travelling for business or pleasure, chassis '5VD51' certainly served up first class comfort; a little bit like having one's own cabin on the Orient Express.Bequeathed by Mrs Davis to her sibling P.J. Binns in 1995, the Rolls-Royce entered the previous ownership during 1996, in which it resided for twelve years. At the time of purchase by the previous keeper, the Phantom was looking somewhat forlorn. Undaunted he embarked upon a sympathetic restoration programme that saw particular attention paid to the chassis (new sills, step boxes etc), brake pipes, steering hoses, engine bay and paintwork. Pleasingly retaining its original upholstery, the Phantom V has spent the following ten years being shown at various rallies and concours events. Awarded the North of England Lancaster Trophy in 1999, it won its class at the RREC's Annual Rally some two seasons later. Judged second in class at the RREC's Kelmarsh Hall meeting just last month, chassis '5VD51' performed well on a recent test drive. Offered for sale to make way for another project, the Phantom was purchased through H&H by the late vendor in 2008.A retired motor engineer, the late vendor self-serviced the car annually during his ownership, cherishing and enjoying the Phantom, including attending numerous rallies and using most weekends until c.2018 when his health sadly deteriorated. Thereafter, off the road for around six-years, following the passing of the vendor, the Phantom has received new points, plugs, leads and servicing by well-respected retired Rolls-Royce technician Peter Bolton, and started readily and was running well during our photography session, however, a degree of recommissioning should be anticipated. Accompanied by a significant history file that contains a large selection of previous MOTs dating back to the early 1990s, sundry invoices, the original handbook, copy of the chassis cards, the aforementioned handwritten logs, and V5C document. The original vanity mirror, cigarette case, and notepad are also included. Temptingly offered without reserve! For more information, please contact: Paul Cheetham paul.cheetham@handh.co.uk 07538 667452

Registration No: GY 6949 Chassis No: 9874 MOT: ExemptFor many the ultimate pre-WW2 Alvis, a Vanden Plas bodied Speed 20 SAVintage dynamics with Post-Vintage performance and the nimblest of the Speed 20 chassis designsPreviously on display at the Brooklands MuseumCurrent ownership for fifteen years and only circa 400 miles since a thorough engine overhaul by Tim WalkerExtensive history file dating back to a 1950s-issued continuation buff logbookArguably the model that put Charles Follet's sporting ethos on the mapReputedly 1 of just 30 Vanden Plas Tourers left in existencePreviewed in October 1931 but not entering production until the following March, the Alvis Speed 20SA was reputedly inspired by Donald Healey's Monte Carlo Rally-winning Invicta S-type. The brainchild of marque draughtsman Arthur Varney its `double dropped' chassis frame was fabricated from high tensile carbon sheet steel. Enjoying a notably low centre of gravity, the newcomer was equipped with all-round semi-elliptic leaf-sprung suspension, a Marles Weller steering box and cable-operated 14-inch drum brakes. Fed by triple SU carburettors, its 2511cc OHV straight-six engine was credited with developing some 87bhp @ 4,200rpm. Allied to a four-speed `crash' gearbox - complete with clutch stop to promote faster changes - the free-revving unit provided spirited acceleration and a 90mph top speed. Fine-tuned by Alvis's immensely talented chief engineer, G.T. Smith Clarke, the sports car won praise among contemporary road testers for its `perfect uncanny steadiness'. Bodied by the likes of Vanden Plas, Carlton and Cross & Ellis all of whom took full advantage of its generous 10ft 3in wheelbase and unusually low stance, the Speed 20SA topped the wishlist of many a sporting motorist. However, the four-seater proved too `Vintage' in spirit for the Alvis management who were hard at work perfecting such civilising measures as independent front suspension and an all-synchromesh gearbox. Suddenly out of step with the company's goals, it was superseded after less than two years' production (circa 351 cars) by the altogether softer Speed 20 SB. Of the fifty-eight Vanden Plas Tourers made, just thirty are known to have survived to the present day.According to its accompanying copy factory build record, chassis 9874 was despatched to Messrs Chas. Follett Ltd of London on 28th June 1932. A notably early, ‘flatter rad’ Speed 20SA, it was adorned with decidedly elegant Vanden Plas Four-Seater Tourer coachwork (body number 1824) prior to being road registered as ‘GY 6949’ on 20th July 1932. Believed to have remained in the Capital up until the outbreak of World War Two, the Alvis belonged to Lieutenant Commander Bryce Harben Clinkard of the Royal Navy by the early 1950s. A larger than life character who could count the late Prince Philip among his friends, ‘Clink’ had the Speed 20SA ‘wrapped in the finest awnings and strapped to the deck’ when accompanying him on various overseas postings. Serving as the Alvis Owners’ Club’s Spares Registrar and Technical Advisor thereafter, one particularly colourful account of a troublesome journey aboard ‘GY 6949’ that he wrote for the Bulletin has long since passed into Club folklore. Treated to a thorough two-year refurbishment (including a mechanical refresh and rewire) before being sold to John Horne Esq in 1980 who ‘Clink’ deemed was a suitable custodian on the basis that he was neither ‘a dealer nor a foreign playboy’, the Tourer then passed to Mrs Caroline Hobbs and Anthony Paskell Esq. The former loaned the Speed 20SA to the Brooklands Museum for several years, while the latter entrusted it to marque specialist Red Triangle for attention to its cylinder head gasket, suspension, steering and clutch etc during 2006. Entering the current ownership via Alvis aficionado and dealer Jeremy Wade three years later, the Speed 20SA has since benefited from extensive expenditure at the hands of another renowned marque specialist - Tim Walker Restorations of Aylesury – reputedly totalling over £73,000. As well as a very thorough overhaul of its original engine (number 10326), ‘GY 6949’ underwent fettling of its steering box, suspension, brakes, clutch, gearbox and carburettors etc. The re-trim carried out during Mr Horne’s custodianship was smartened up with new carpets and a fresh tonneau cover, while various elements of brightwork were replated. Starting readily and running well during our recent photography session, the Tourer remains highly presentable to our eyes. A true Post-Vintage Thoroughbred, this rakish Vanden Plas-bodied Speed 20SA is among the most desirable pre-WW2 Alvis cars ever made. Offered for sale with continuation buff logbook, V5C Registration Document and extensive history file. For more information, please contact: Damian Jones damian.jones@handh.co.uk 07855 493737

Registration No: TO 9206 Chassis No: 2125K MOT: ExemptPresented in remarkably solid 'garage find' condition having been laid up since the early 1990sConverted to conventional pedal layout by previous owner for ease of drivingRetained on its original registration numberIn long term ownership since the early 1990's and now offered as part of a deceased estateThe 1920s witnessed Sunbeam win the French and Spanish Grand Prixs, finish second at Le Mans, set numerous Land Speed Records and cause Henry Royce consternation regarding the quality and refinement of its products. Introduced in 1926, the Twenty (20.9hp) was powered by a 2916cc OHV straight-six engine allied to four-speed manual transmission. Reputedly capable of over 70mph (coachwork permitting), the newcomer shared numerous drivetrain components with its glamorous 3-Litre Super Sports sibling. Available in Tourer, Fixed Head Coupe, Folding Head Coupe, Coachbuilt Saloon, Weymann Saloon and Rally Weymann Saloon guises, some 2,560 20.9hp cars are thought to have been made before the model was revised for 1931. Though, today survivors are comparatively few and far between.First registered on the 31st January 1929, 'TO 9206' was built as a Coachbuilt Saloon with in-house bodywork by Sunbeam complete with a Divider. Little is known about the early life of the car, but an accompanying letter dated March 2012 within the history file from the son of one of the previous owners suggests that the first owner may have been a Mr Percy Read. What the letter does tell us however is that Mr A A Attwood (the writer's father) of Whitegates, Takeley, who was a motor engineer pre-war and worked as a toolmaker in a munitions factory during the war years, purchased the car in 1942 for the princely sum of £80 from Reads Garage of Takeley and used the car for trips to work during the war years and then spent most of his weekends overhauling the car. Mr Attwood's son fondly remembered his father fitting the folding bench seat to the partition and taking his children out on trips whenever petrol rationing would allow. Mr Attwood owned the car until 1968 when he sold it, two years prior to his passing. After passing through the hands of more dedicated enthusiasts, 'TO 9206' was then sold via RTS Auctions in Norwich to Mr Bird, the most recent owner, in November 1992. Mr Bird's widow recalled that Mr Bird used the car sparingly before laying the car up in the heated garage of the family home in 1993 with the intent to overhaul it as timed passed. Unfortunately, Mr Bird's passing in 2016 meant that this never came to fruition and the car remained up on the blocks that it had been jacked onto until H&H were asked to step in to sell the car.Upon removal of the car from its hiding place of over thirty years, we were pleased to find a remarkably solid car whereby most of the bodywork appears to be rust free, with the wooden frame also appearing to be in fine order for the age. The car rolled freely on its own wheels out of the garage and the engine turns over on the crank handle - please note we have not tried to start it so the car is offered in non-running condition.Now to be sold strictly as viewed on a 'No Reserve' basis, this excellent example of the now largely forgotten Sunbeam marque is surely worth the efforts of any enthusiast or collector; offering a rewarding project that can be sympathetically recommissioned or subject to full restoration. For more information, please contact: Lucas Gomersall lucas.gomersall@handh.co.uk 07484 082430

A 9ct topaz ring, the four square step cut topaz in a collet mount, surrounded by small round white stones, with a pierced gallery and plain slightly tapered band hallmarked Birmingahm 2005, size N-O, 4.2g

A certified pink tourmaline and diamond ring, octagonal step cut purply pink tourmaline, 5.21ct, between stepped shoulders set with seven round brilliant cut diamonds either side, total diamond weight 0.21ct, rose metal shank, stamped 750, size N, 6.7g gross, WGI certificate.

A 19th century mahogany step commode, with carpet to each tread and raised on short turned feet. Height 68 cm, width 45 cm, maximum depth 74 cm.

Book of Common Prayer. The Book of Common Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments, and other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church, according to the use of the Church of England: Together with the Psalter or Psalms of David, Pointed as they are to be sung or said in Churches..., Cambridge: Printed by Joseph Bentham printer to the University, 1758, bound with The Whole Book of Psalms, collected into English Metre, by Thomas Sternhold, John Hopkins, and others; conferr'd with the Hebrew: Set forth and allowed to be Sung in all Churches..., Cambridge: Printed by Joseph Bentham printer to the University, 1758, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, contemporary gilt decorated crushed red morocco, ownership gilt panel to centre of upper board for Cha: Amcotts, Kettlethorp, 1765, extremities lightly rubbed, large 4toQTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: Charles Amcotts (1729-1777).ESTC N088795; Griffiths 1758.6. (p.173).Charles Amcotts (1729-1777) was the son of Vincent Amcotts (1679-1733) of Harrington Hall, Lincolnshire and his wife Elizabeth Quincey. He was admitted at Trinity Hall, Cambridge on 29 April 1746 but was expelled on 9 June 1749 for drinking the health of the Young Pretender Bonnie Prince Charlie. In 1763 he was created DCL at Oxford University. He sat in Parliament for Boston in the House of Commons between 1754 and 1777. He inherited the Lincolnshire properties of Harrington Hall from his father Vincent Amcotts and Kettlethorpe Hall from his father's step-brother Charles Hall (1690-1743) and was also High Sheriff of Lincolnshire for 1753-54. The moat at Kettlethorpe Hall and its cleaning attracted the interest of the press during the MPs' expenses scandal of 2009, in which it was alleged claims had been made by the owner of the property Douglas Hogg.

Diamond crossover ring, set with round brilliant cut diamonds on one side and square step cut diamonds on the other, channel set, mounted in 18 ct gold, ring size ICondition Report: Gross weight 6.11g

Four rings, a step cut synthetic ruby ring in 18 ct gold size J, a diamond and sapphire eternity ring in 18ct white gold size M, a wish bone ring size K and a wedding band, ring size L both stamped 9ct yellow gold.Condition Report: 9 ct gross weight 4.2 grams18 ct gross weight 6.2 gramsEternity ring is missing 2 sapphires

Nintendo. A scarce OP-51 game & watch multi screen "Oil panic" original 1982 issue, Boxed with polystyrene tray, instructions booklet and leaflet, also includes the 2 small batteries. Working order, together with a Nintendo MC-25 game & watch "Mickey mouse", loose but in working order, original issue from 1982. Lot also includes a Startrack race track computer V, and a count a step quartz digital distance meter with calculator, both boxed. (4 items) GC-VGC. £70-90.

A circa 1950's rosewood veneer step  Tansu, fitted drawers, sliding and other cupboard doors with brass furniture, 90 x 210 x 45cm (as illustrated)

AN ALUMINIUM FOLDING STEP LADDER

THREE VARIOUS STEP LADDERS TO INCLUDE A FOUR RUNG NON SLIP AND TWO WOODEN STEP LADDERS

THREE VINTAGE WOODEN STEP LADDERS

A VINTAGE SIX RUNG WOODEN STEP LADDER

A SIX RUNG ALUMINIUM STEP LADDER

TWO VINTAGE WOODEN FOLDING STEP LADDERS

THREE VARIOUS STEP LADDERS TO INCLUDE AN ALUMINIUM EXAMPLE AND A FURTHER SACK TRUCK

Two four rung step ladders. Not available for in-house P&P

Black & Decker six rung aluminium step ladder. Not available for in-house P&P

This extensive collection features patriotic World War I sheet music, including pre-war compositions like I Didn't Raise My Boy to be a Soldier, nationalistic tunes from the war era, and victory songs afterward. Reflecting the era's sentiments, these pieces capture themes of farewell between mothers and sons and soldiers' promises to return. They serve as poignant reminders of the era's changing public mood and are valuable artifacts of cultural significance. Additional titles include We're Going Over by Andrew B. Sterling, Bernie Grossman, and Arthur Lange. I'm Glad I Can Make You Cry by Chas R. McCarron and Carey Morgan. Just a Baby's Prayer at Twilight for Her Daddy Over There, by Sam Lewis and Joe Young, cover art by Barbelle. When You Kiss Your Dear Mother Good-bye by John J. Winslow and Chas H. Roth. Just for Tonight by Frank O. French. Over There by Geo M. Cohen. Fall in Love for Your Motherland, the Words of Woodrow Wilson. Marching Through Georgia, March and Two-Step by Rudolf Thaler, c. 1908. Is That You O'Reilly? by Ballard Macdonald. When Yankee Doodle Learns to Parlez Vous Francais by Will Hart and Ed Nelson, cover art by Barbelle. Bring Back My Daddy to Me by William Tracey and Howard Johnson with music by George W. Meyer. It's a Long Way to Berlin, But We'll Get There by Arthur Fields and Leon Flatow. Break the News to Mother by Chas K. Harris, cover art by Starmer. America Forever! March by E.T. Paull, C. 1898. Dear Old Virginia Just Before the War by Harry P. Diggs and Otto E. Standhardt. The Union Forever, The Star-Spangled Banner with words by Francis S. Key, c. 1876. Issued: Late 19th to early 20th centuryDimensions: 10.5"W x 13.5"HCondition: Age related wear. Conditions range from good to fair.

A magnificent pair of Flight, Barr and Barr Worcester ice pails and covers by Thomas Baxter, circa 1814-16Of generous size and classical form, the twin handles modelled as scrolling leaves picked out in gold, supported on square bronzed and gilt plinths, finely painted with arrangements of shells on wooden table tops, including a sea urchin, corals and coloured seaweeds, the reverses with equally large panels depicting vases on stone ledges overflowing with vibrant flowers, including pink roses, poppies and chrysanthemums, reserved on deep blue grounds within striking neoclassical gilt borders, the covers similarly painted with panels of shells and flowers, 31cm wide across the handles, impressed crowned FBB marks, script marks in red referring to royal patronage and London House Coventry Street address (4)Footnotes:The decoration on this lot relates to Baxter's painting and gilding on a range of cabinet pieces painted with flowers and shells. These are always on a deep blue grounds with the same gilded anthemion borders. See the centrepiece and the plate from the Twinight Collection, sold by Bonhams on 29 September 2021, lots 62 and 73. The present lot has the same border but the gilding is burnished and bright; presumably these were intended to be used as part of an opulent dessert service and raised gilding would have been a step too far towards the impractical. Baxter trained at the Royal Academy, learning the stipple-painting technique so often seen on his work. On larger pieces of porcelain like these, he was able to demonstrate shading but also the use of tiny raised enamel dots such as those seen on the sea urchin or the overturned cowrie shell. These lift the panels and give them depth. The shells rest on wooden table tops, Baxter further flexing his artistic muscles and testing his skills in trompe l'oeil.A single ice pail with similar decoration in the Museum of Royal Worcester is illustrated on the cover of Henry Sandon's book, Flight and Barr Worcester Porcelain (1978) and also on page 104, pl.96.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A DIAMOND CLUSTER RING The rectangular step cut diamond with canted corners, weighing 2.48 carats, within a brilliant cut diamond surround, between baguette cut diamond shoulders to a trifurcated shank, unmarked Size/dimensions: ring size P Gross weight: 11.5 gramsOffered for sale with a Gemmological Certification Services (GCS) report, no. 5784-2020, dated 9th April 2024, stating: Clarity Grade: F Colour Grade: VVS2 Fluorescence: None Condition Report: Surrounding diamonds approximately 1.70 carats total, bright, lively stones and well matched. Average estimated colour G/H, average estimated clarity Vs1-Si1 Spots of yellow solder to reverse of cage setting, evidence of previous repair and resizing of ring Metal remains unmarked and untestedCondition Report Disclaimer

AN AQUAMARINE AND DIAMOND DRESS RING The rectangular step cut aquamarine with canted corners, between trifurcated shoulders set with a quatrefoil of old European and single cut diamonds, mounted in 18ct white gold, UK hallmark, 1996 Size/dimensions: ring size O Gross weight: 14.9 grams Condition Report: Aquamarine measures approximately 21.75 x 16.32 x 10.96mm, calculated weight approximately 26.50 carats. Of a light blue hue with noticeable windowing through the table. Good transparency, some nicks and scratches and minor natural inclusions. Hoop appears to have been resized. Spots of solder at joints of shoulders and gallery. Diamonds are fairly bright with some inclusions and chipsCondition Report Disclaimer

STEP, Edward. Favourite Flowers of Garden and Greenhouse, 4 vols, London: Frederick Warne & Co. 1896-7, 315 colour plates, a few loose, lacking pl.265, scuffed half morocco, tape repairs to inner hinges, 8vo; LOWE, E, J. Our Native Ferns, vols. 1 & 2, London: George Bell 1874 & Groombridge 1869, colour plates, scuffed green cloth gilt, numerous loose leaves, 8vo; THE FLORIST and Garden Miscellany, 1850-53, 4 vols, colour plates, half-calf, 8vo; and other works on natural history including other works by Lowe (a box)

Bachmann 31-186, Jubilee class, 45587, Baroda, green, late crest, excellent condition, requires one cab step attaching (present), storage wear to box. UK P&P Group 1 (£16+VAT for the first lot and £2+VAT for subsequent lots)

An early-20th century folding pine metamorphic library step chair.

A Vintage 'Hatherley' Wooden Step Ladder (Some Condition Issues)

A Vintage 'Hatherley' Wooden Step Ladder

Historical interest - 4 books by Winston Churchill (1947) (My Early Years, Step by Step, Thoughts & Adventures and Great Contemporaries) together with Arthur Bryant's Triumph in the West (1959) signed by Field Marshall Viscount Alanbrooke

Two pine step stools

USSR propaganda poster promoting a Five Year Plan, "With a powerful step of the Five Year Plan we will discard the right-wingers". 108 x 78 cm. Linen backed. Rare.

(1) Art & Project bulletin No.8 May 1969. Single folded sheet, 29.5 x 21 cm, 4 pp. printed black ink on white stock, in a print run of approximately 800 copies. Features images of 'markante punten' Amsterdam 1968, and a letter to the Amsterdam department of Planting, in which brouwn proposed to construct a 'this-way brouwn' path through a public garden. Unmailed copy, with moderate age-wear. (2) stanley brouwn, Steps. Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, 1971. Softcover, 13.5 x 21.5 cm, 72 pp. SM cat. No.500. Edition of 2200 copies. Artists' book in which brouwn registered the number of footsteps he made each day from March 18 until April 18, 1971. Fine copy. (3) Museumjournaal Serie 22 No.6, 1977. Softcover, 25 x 19 cm, 47 pp. Includes a 2 page artists' contribution by stanley brouwn deriving from '1 step - 1001 steps', 1972. Other featured artists comprise Ulises Carrion, Boezem, Dibbets, van Elk et al. Fine copy. (total 3)

Brussels/Antwerp, Yves Gevaert/ Micheline Szwajcer, 1986. White cardboard folder with title printed in black, 50 x 25 cm. Comprises two folded pieces of paper, titled ‘1 x 1 step’ and ‘1 x 1 m’. One unfolded sheet measures one by one meter, the other has the dimension of one square (brouwn) step (approx. 74 cm). Edition of 500 copies. In mint condition.

Budapest, Self-published, 1980. Softcover, 20.7 x 14 cm, 10 pp. Artists' book featuring 8 full page b/w portraits of the artist, taken by Laszlo Hari. Text in English, translated from Hungarian by David Biro. Very good copy, extremely rare. Hungarian artist Judit Keele (1944-) investigated the notion of the art object and experimented with exhibiting herself as an artwork in a 1979-84 series titled 'I’m the Work of Art'. In a project for the Paris Biennale of 1980 she went a step further and auctioned herself off as a piece of art. She married the highest bidder and settled in Paris.

A workmate; a folding step ladder; and a clothes airer

An aluminium step ladder

An aluminium step ladder

An aluminium step ladder

A folding step stool and a metal step ladder

AN ALUMINIUM FOURTEEN RUNG LADDER, length 394cm, along with two sized step ladders (condition report: general signs of wear and usage) (3)

THREE SETS OF WOODEN STEP LADDERS (condition report: marks, scuffs, stains, other signs of usage) (3)

TWO ALUMINIUM STEP LADDERS, along with a quantity of gardening tools, to include a fork, shovel, axe, etc (condition report: all with imperfections, such as rust, scuffs, other signs of wear and usage) (12)

A TITAN ALUMINIUM 30 RUNG EXTENTION LADDER, closed length 400cm, a rolling gardening seat, two sized step ladders, along with a quantity of garden tools, to include forks, shovels, brushes, rakes ,etc (15+)

A set of vintage wooden step ladders

A vintage Debraine statement necklace, the step moulded central yellow medallion adorned with white metal strung on thick golden cord, signed to the back

A 1950 Triumph 2000 Roadster, 2008cc in WhiteRegistration LTD 295Chassis No. TRA 1892Engine No. TRA 1900EWith original continuation log book but no V5Post War, Triumph introduced a new range of motor cars including a new roadster which had a rather unusual appearance with voluptuous bodywork but with the unusual step of continuing a pre-war style of separate “dickey” seats behind the main cockpit. Originally using an 1800cc OHV engine mated to a 4-speed transmission, a strong tubular steel frame was used with independent front suspension but due to shortages of steel most of the body was made of alloy over an ash frame. In 1948 the design was updated to use the 2088cc engine as used in the Standard Vanguard, however, due to the increase in power it was decided that the car could now cope with a 3-speed transmission.The vehicle as described above has been dismantled for restoration and some work has been undertaken. Potential purchasers are invited to inspect this lot in order to ascertain the condition and completeness of what is on offer.Note that this vehicle is stored offsite, please contact the auctioneers to arrange viewing

4 various sized ladders including roofing ladder and 15 step double extending ladder

Vintage pine folding step ladders, 42 x 102cm.

Vintage pine folding dresser step stool, 67cm high (at latest), 35cm wide x 48cm deep

Two pine step ladders and a plant stand