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Two 1970s garments, a Berry Barclay cotton check dress, t/w Clothkits patterned fine wool two piece suit, 94cm bust, condition very good

Two chinese garments, yellow silk coat approx size 12 t/w Japanese blue rayon pyjama suit embroidered with dragons on the front 96cm bust, both in good condition

Long purple velvet coat, one button missing t/w harlequinn burgundy suit, the skirt 66cm waist St Michael label, the jacket by Freedella, 82cm bust, in good used condition

Black crepe long dress with bell sleeves 84cm bust t/w black crepe jump suit split sides from waist to hem with buttoned and thread detail to sides 78cm bust both in good condition necklace not included

3 1960s dresses, purple lavender short drop waist cotton long sleeved dress 94cm bust t/w long purple long sleeved velvet lace trimmed dress by fashion mouse t/w terylene multi patterned cat suit slight wear to holter neck and hem dropped. All in good used condition.

Two vintage garments, red and white 80s suit by Simon Ellis, 100cm bust, waist 72cm, length skirt 65cm t/w 60s long dress crimplene top with paisley cotton skirt and lined bell sleeves, 92cm bust

Chinese red trouser suit with gold embroidery size 14, t/w chinese red and black dressing gown dragons and birds size large in good condition

Biba trouser suit in blue and white polyester, in good condition 84cm bust

Vintage Jaeger suit with trim to lapel (slight discolouration to trim), and sleeves 84cm bust, 62cm waist, t/w Jaeger wool coat 92cm bust

Waugh, Evelyn. [Scoop]. Hard News, illustrated by Steven Spurrier, a self-contained short story and evidently the first appearance of what would become Scoop [published the same year by Chapman & Hall]. The text corresponds to chapters 2-12 of Book II in the finished novel, some of it verbatim, some expanded or amended to suit the short story format. Collectors of first editions should appreciate the significance of an important author's contributions to magazines and periodicals, this after all being the true first appearance in print of Waugh's accomplished satire of journalism [presumably not documented until now]. Internally good & bright, covers creased & worn. Britannia and Eve, Vol. 16, No. 3, pp. 42-45, 117-122, March 1938

HM King Charles III. A pair of original portraits of his mother, Queen Elizabeth II, and father, Prince Philip, The Duke of Edinburgh, inscribed 'Mummy' and 'Papa', produced by a very young Charles, c. 1953-55 [approximately six years of age], crayon & pencil, laid onto black paper with some tape-burn, 17.5cm by 22.5cm. Queen Elizabeth II is depicted in a striped dress with purple tiara and red earrings, carrying a handbag. Prince Philip is shown in a dinner suit with bow tie. An important and poignant pair of original drawings (2)Provenance: By descent of Henry Ramsay Maule (1915-1981), author and journalist who for 21 years was a British Correspondent for New York Daily News specialising in stories relating to the Royal Family. Maule collected and formed a personal archive during the 1950s to 1970s

A pair of mid-late nineteenth century unsigned American oil paintings, each portrait depicting a woman and a man, the lady dressed in black / grey with an updo and brooched collar, the gentleman in a dark suit with a bushy beard. Framed in original foliate gilt & gesso frames and glazed. Each measuring approx. 58cm x 50cm. (2)

A wooden freestanding valet suit stand, and a brass five hook wall coat rack (2)

A 3 piece military woodland camouflage Ghillie suit. Comprising helmet and head cover, jacket/top and dungaree trousers. With khaki green drawstring net bag. Approx. size large.

Scarce Russian Cold War period deep sea divers suit.

HUGO BOSS PINSTRIPE SUIT AND THREE OTHER SUITS including suits by Rohan and holland esqThe Hugo boss suit jacket and trousers are size '048' photo added of both labels the two Rohan suit jackets are 'To fit chest 38" ' and the trousers are a mens 30the Holland wool suit jacket is "uk 38" and trousers "uk 31"

A Valentino handmade custom two piece grey suit comprised of a double breasted jacket and a pair of trousers, blazer size 42.

NETSUKE EN BOIS REPRÉSENTANT UN TURFISTEPar Miyazaki Joso (1855-1910), Tokyo, fin du XIXe siècleA WOOD NETSUKE OF A RACE-GOERBy Miyazaki Joso (1835-1910), Tokyo, late 19th centuryThe punter leaning to his right with knees slightly bent, dressed in a dapper Western sporting suit and visored cap, one hand raised, resting on the visor, gazing into the distance at the horses racing past on the far side of the track, the other clutching the day's race programme or a wad of tickets, his hair and moustache finely groomed; signed on the left trouser leg Joso to (Carved by Joso). 6.2cm (2 7/16in) high.Footnotes:木彫根付　競馬愛好者　銘「如藻」　19世紀後期Provenance:Purchased from Kirin Gallery, November 1995.Exhibited and Published:Barry Davies Oriental Art, NC, no.70.Born in Ryogoku, Tokyo, Joso's real name was Seitaro. He studied under the netsuke artist Saito Ikkosai Kojitsu. Following a 10-year apprenticeship, he became independent in 1879 and a founder (and later a judge) of the Tokyo Carving Association. Joso was renowned both as the teacher of Morita Soko and for his elaborate and elegant workmanship, as is seen in the present lot. Previously identified by Barry Davies as a spectator for a yachting or rowing regatta, popular during the Victorian era, we would prefer to imagine this figure as a punter at the Negishi Racecourse in Yokohama, operational from 1866 to 1942; these dates would also correspond with the carver's dates.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Cased George V hallmarked silver three piece cruet set with blue glass liner to the salt, together with two spoons to suit, main pieces Birmingham 1935, maker William Suckling Ltd, length of case 22cm, weight without liner 138g

Novelty suit of armour wine bottle cover, height 33cm

Two modern hallmarked silver and enamel style photograph frames to suit 5 x 3½ inch photos, both Sheffield 2013, maker Carr's of Sheffield Ltd, both in original gift boxes

Hallmarked silver and other items to include photograph frame to suit 6 x 4 inch photo, with Italian 925 grade marks and easel back, Victorian hallmarked silver glove stretchers, Birmingham 1888, maker Horton & Allday, Art Deco hallmarked silver compact, Birmingham 1934, maker Charles S Green & Co Ltd, likely silver handled folding tongs and a Scottish belt buckle with thistle decoration

Art Nouveau hallmarked silver photograph frame to suit 6 x 4 inch photo, Birmingham 1904, maker Samuel M Levi, Victorian hallmarked silver clip, hallmarked silver paper knife set with an 1887 Victorian coin, length 20cm and a feature hallmarked silver coin based dish, weight excluding photograph frame 241g all in

Pair of Georgian hallmarked silver hoof footed open salts with blue glass liners and silver plated spoons to suit, salts London 1765, maker's mark BM, possibly for Benjamin Mountigue, diameter 7cm, weight of salts only 91g

Six various hallmarked silver napkin rings including a pair, Mappin & Webb etc, together with a Mappin & Webb box to suit a pair of napkin rings, weight of napkin rings 103g

* German animal tarot playing cards. Bavarian Tiertarock, Regensburg: F. Dominicus Miller, circa 1760, a complete deck of 78 stencil coloured woodcut playing cards, comprising 4 suits of 14 (French suits), each with pip cards ace-10, and 4 full-length court cards, the courts based on the standard Lyons pattern, maker's details spread over jacks of clubs & spades and queen of hearts, king of hearts with arms of Leon and Castile, and additional arms of the Counts of Thurn and Taxis, jack of hearts with trademark of the 4 suit signs in a cartouche, cavelier of clubs with sun symbol on chest, plus 22 trump cards, comprising 21 full-length animal trumps (bearing double-ended Roman numeral I-XXI) and Fool card, lightly dusty, many cards with some brown edge staining, king & queen of diamonds somewhat stained and spotted, Fool card lightly creased, trump VIII with brown stain to lower left corner, trump XIV with tiny spot of abrasion to tree, 2 of clubs spotted, versos blue trellis pattern, each card 117 x 68 mm, 41 cards mounted with photo corners onto 2 display boards, encapsulated in clear plastic (not examined out of display boards), the remainder loosely contained in a clear plastic bag, each display board 59.5 x 42 cmQTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: Collection of Dudley Ollis.Schreiber catalogue, German 155 (British Museum no. 1896,0501.201); WCMPC Collection Acquisition No. 106. Not in Reisinger, Tarocke.Apparently Miller produced 3 slight variants of this pack. This deck, and also the Schreiber pack, both conform to Type I. The maker's name is misspelt Mihler, and the town of manufacture Regenspurg. Type II had differing colours, and Type III (of which the WCMPC pack is an example) has re-drawn blocks.This tarot pack appears to more closely conform to IPCS pattern sheet 9 (Belgian Animal Tarot), rather than the Bavarian Animal Tarot design (IPCS pattern sheet 8) despite being made in Bavaria by a maker known for producing Bavarian Tiertarocken.

* Bohemian playing cards. Jubilee Exhibition cards, Prague: Jan Šrámek, circa 1908, the complete deck of 32 colour lithographed playing cards (non-standard suits), comprising 4 suits of 8: toboggans, barrels, African shields, Chinese lamps, each with Daus, single figured king, ober, & unter, and pips 7-10, daus of toboggans with maker's details, 8 of lamps with copyright and logo, maker's stamp, and Austrian tax stamp, a trifle rubbed in places, 8 of lamps faded, unter of tobaggans scuffed and retouched, versos grey checkerboard, square corners, each card 112 x 68 mm, together with: Mythology tarock, Bohemia, Budweis: Alois Machaczek, 1858, a reduced tarot pack of 42 stencil coloured woodcut playing cards, comprising 4 suits of 5 (French suits), each with 1 pip card (red aces & unusually black 6s), and 4 double-ended courts, place of manufacture on jack of clubs, plus 21 double-ended trumps (Roman numerals at each end), and Fool card, trump I with dated maker's stamp and Austrian tax stamp, dusty, some cards slightly rubbed, some minor marks or light soiling, versos green & blue paste marbled, each card 107 x 53 mm, plus: Prague type II Trappola, Prague: Maria Sewera (or Severa), circa 1876, a complete deck of 36 stencil coloured woodcut playing cards (Italian suits), double-ended courts, ace of batons with maker's details, generally a trifle darkened (jack of cups & ace of batons more so), some pale spotting, 7 of swords with previously repaired 1.5 cm closed edge tear, versos brown plaid, each card 107 x 59 mm, with 6 other 20th century Czechoslovakian packs including: Czech Heroes pack with box, F. Piatnik, circa 1935; Patriotic pack with wrapper, F. Piatnik, circa 1950; Proletarian pack, Tvar of Bratislava, circa 1957, a quantity from each pack listed mounted with photo corners onto separate display boards, most encapsulated in clear plastic (none examined out of boards), the remainder contained in plastic bags, the boards 59.5 x 42 cm and smallerQTY: (9)NOTE:Provenance: Collection of Dudley Ollis.First item: Altfahrt, Makers of Playing-Cards in Prague (IPCS Papers #8), p.102; Cary, CZE 16; World Web Playing Cards Museum, WWPCM02133.An unusual pack specially designed and made in a limited edition of 1000 for the 1908 Jubilee Exhibition in Prague, celebrating Emperor Franz Joseph's diamond jubilee. The suit signs relate to the exhibition pavilions. Apparently these are the only playing cards Jan Šrámek ever produced.Second item: previous provenance: Collection of Klaus Reisinger; Collection of David Temperley. This is the pack illustrated in Reisinger, Tarocke, vol.I page 134. Third item: Maria Sewera continued the playing card business when her husband Wenzel died in 1875. She then ran it alone until Anton Kratochvil took over in 1879.

Southern England. A collection of 40 maps, 17th - 19th century, engraved and lithographic county maps of Dorset, Hampshire, Sussex and Kent, with examples by or after Morden (large format & playing card - without the suit), J & C Walker, Duncan, Taylor/Blome, Blome, Philips, Norden/Hole/Kip, Archer, Hansard (publishers), Bowles, Bowen (Emanuel), Owen & Bowen, Van den Keere, Moll, Stockdale, Greenwood, Lewis, Kitchin, Perrot and Dawson, occasional duplicates, various sizes and conditionQTY: (40)

* Gibbings (Robert, 1889-1958). An archive of correspondence between Robert Gibbings, and Patience Empson, (his partner, sister in law and secretary) and Mrs Eileen Mary Odams, 1952-1993, 55 hand or type written letters and cards, comprising: 8 letters from Gibbings (from 1952-57) and 47 from Patience Empson (from 1958-1993) to Mrs Eileen Odams, in one letter Gibbings describes his creative method: 'as regards "emotion"; yes, it is the first essential but there are others as well of which '"analysis" of that emotion is probably the first in importance. After analysis you have got to decide the "form" in which your thoughts can but be expressed and then the phrases and marks that will most clearly and succinctly impress the thoughts. Emotion is like the material from which a tailor cuts a suit of clothes. It has to be considered as carefully as the pattern of a tweed. The style has just to be planned to suit the wearer (the publisher). The stitching (the labour) must not show.', another letter from Patience Empson advising Mrs Odams 'Mr Gibbings is in hospital, having had a serious operation last Tuesday' dated 18th January 1958, (a day before his death), together with a collection of 40 books illustrated by Robert Gibbings, including: The Twelve Months by Llewelyn Powys, London: The Bodley Head, 1936; Over the Reefs and Far Away by Robert Gibbings, New York: E. P. Dutton & Co inc.,1948; Beasts and Saints translations by Helen Waddell, London: Constable and Company Ltd, 1934, (with previous ownership inscription of Alison Uttley and presentation inscription from Hilda (possibly Cowham?) dated 17.12.46); Coming Down the Seine by Robert Gibbings, London: J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd, 1953; Lovely is the Life by Robert Gibbings, signed, London: J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd, 1945 and a signed engraving of The Broken Reed, given by Gibbings to Eileen Odams in 1955, mount aperture 9.5 x 12.5 cm, framed and glazed (24.5 x 27 cm) QTY: (1 carton)NOTE:Provenance: Estate of Mrs Odams.

* Belgian playing cards. Cartes Moyen-Age, 1st edition?, Bruges: E.A. Daveluy, circa 1840s, a complete deck of 52 colour lithographed porcelain playing cards (French suits), double-ended medieval fantasy style courts with landscape backgrounds, each end slightly differing, ace of diamonds with title, ace of hearts with Daveluy, Breveté Bruges, no indices, square-cornered gold borders, some light dust-soiling, rubbed in places, especially affecting some black pip cards, few minor marks, 2 of diamonds with small crease near one edge, queen of diamonds with rubbed crease to blank sky area, versos plain white, each card 88 x 58 mm, together with: Cartes Brevetées, Bruges: E.A. Daveluy, circa 1850, a complete deck of 52 colour lithographed playing cards (French suits), double-ended courts, depicting named historical characters (jacks as jesters) with landscape backgrounds, each end slightly differing, king of spades with title, aces decorated with plants and shells, lightly browned, few minor spots or marks, jack of spades with brown stain to one corner, one pip card with corner crease, versos red dots and dotted circles, each card 88 x 58 mm, plus: Cartes Moyen-Age, Bruges: E.A. Daveluy, circa 1850, a complete deck of 52 colour lithographed porcelain playing cards (French suits), double-ended medieval fantasy style courts with landscape backgrounds, each end slightly differing, ace of diamonds with title, ace of hearts with Daveluy, Breveté Bruges, no indices, round-cornered gold borders, dusty, somewhat soiled and rubbed, few minor creases, versos pale pink with gold dots and dotted circles, each card 88 x 58 mm, original slipcase box with lid, front with jack of clubs, worn, two sides of lid replaced, 16 or 17 cards from each deck mounted with photo corners onto 3 display boards, encapsulated in clear plastic (not examined out of boards), the remainder contained in plastic bags, each board 54.5 x 40.5 cm and similarQTY: (3)NOTE:Provenance: Collection of Dudley Ollis.First and third items: Cary collection, Bel 41 & 42; Daveluy 18; Fournier, Belgium 15; Mann, All Cards on the Table, 194; Both packs of Cartes Moyen-Age are on thin glazed 'porcelain' paper. The first pack listed appears to be a very early edition - possibly the first - of this much-repeated design. We have found no other example like this, with beards as well as moustaches for jacks (except for the notably clean-shaven jack of spades), and with square corners to both the cards and their gold borders. The third pack listed here agrees with Mann 194 (also with Daveluy 18), which she describes as being one of the earliest designs of this pack and dates it to circa 1850. All other examples we have seen show moustaches (only) for all jacks, and later designs include indices, crown over the king suit signs, and eventually rounded corners. Therefore we suggest that our first pack is very possibly the first Cartes Moyen-Age design that Daveluy produced. Daveluy was printing playing cards from around 1840, and filed his patent for chromolithographic production in 1847.Second item: Cartorama 62 #22; Cary collection, Belgium 43 (similar); Daveluy 15.

* English playing cards. Counties of England & Wales card game, Paisley, Scotland: Mrs. R. Laird, 1st December 1818, 48 (of 52, without N9, S2, M4 & WQ) engraved playing cards, comprising 4 suits of 13 printed in one colour for each suit, the suits being North (black), South (red), Midlands (blue) and West (dark brown-black), each with numbered cards 1-10 and 3 full-length court cards, each card with panel at top containing value (unless court card), suit, county, and town (or city) names, plus the industry or product associated with that town/city and the distance from London (in miles), the illustrations below representing the relevant industry/product, court cards with slightly differing figures of King George III, Queen Charlotte, or an unidentified courtly man standing in the foreground, every card with maker's details and date, M4 and WQ present in facsimile, dusty, some spotting, toning, and minor marks, Hereford emended in early ink manuscript to Hertford, N5 with small brown stains, some cards close-trimmed, rarely clipping image, once clipping county name, WK somewhat worn to left edge, square corners lightly worn, plain versos, each card 92 x 64 mm, all cards mounted with photo corners onto 2 display boards, encapsulated in clear plastic (none examined out of boards), the boards 42 x 59.5 cmQTY: (1)NOTE:A rare example of this early Counties card game, which seems to be a predecessor of Jacques' Counties of England (first published 1866). The only other mention we have found is at https://dondorf.co.uk/card-games, although apparently there is an example in the London Guildhall collection and also in an unknown Welsh museum.

* Cotta (Johann Georg, publisher). Karten-Almanach für 1806: Classical Antiquity, Germany: Tübingen, 1805, the complete deck of 52 stipple-engraved transformation playing cards, designed by Gräfin Charlotte von Jennison-Walworth, comprising 4 suits of 13 (French suits), each with pip cards ace-10 (the red suit-signs stencil coloured), and 3 hand-coloured full-length court cards, each court named at foot and with rank at top (both in French), ace of clubs with maker's details, dusty, some finger-soiling to edges, occasional minor brown marks or spots, court cards somewhat rubbed (king of clubs more heavily), 8 of spades with horizontal crease, ace of hearts with diagonal crease near lower right corner, 2 of diamonds with small brown stain to left side, versos blank, each card 97 x 69 mm, with part of old paper-covered card slipcase (worn), the cards all mounted with photo corners onto 3 display boards, encapsulated in clear plastic (not examined out of boards), the boards 55 x 40 cmQTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: Collection of Dudley Ollis.Die Cotta'schen Spielkarten-Almanache, pp.27-44; Field 8; Fournier, Germanic 55; Hoffmann & Dietrich (1987) 29; Ortiz-Patiño catalogue 105; Willshire, German 162 (British Museum 1982,U.4617.1-52); WCMPC Collection Acquisition No. 129 (for a mixed deck).The second of Cotta's six celebrated transformation decks, with courts portraying biblical, Greek and Roman characters of classical antiquity. Originally it would have been accompanied by a tiny 16-page almanac. It is not known if the part box with this deck is original to the pack.

* Cotta (Johann Georg, publisher). Karten-Almanach für 1807: 'Wallenstein', Germany: Tübingen, 1806, the complete deck of 52 stipple-engraved transformation playing cards, designed by Wilhelm Christian Faber du Faur (see 10 of clubs), comprising 4 suits of 13 (French suits), each with pip cards ace-10 (the red suit-signs stencil coloured), and 3 hand-coloured full-length court cards, each court named in French, ace of clubs with maker's details, dusty, some finger-soiling to edges, some toning, spots and brown marks (mainly affecting pips), a few creases, occasional small spots of abrasion, jack of diamonds with brown stain to upper right corner, versos blank, each card 97 x 68 mm, with part of old paper-covered slipcase (worn and without lift-off lid), the cards all mounted with photo corners onto 3 display boards, encapsulated in clear plastic (not examined out of boards), the boards 55 x 40 cmQTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: Collection of Dudley Ollis.Cary collection, Ger 503; Die Cotta'schen Spielkarten-Almanache, pp.45-62; Field 10; Fournier, Germanic 57; Hoffmann & Dietrich (1987) 30; Ortiz-Patiño 70; WCMPC Collection Acquisition No. 123.The third of Cotta's six celebrated transformation decks, with courts portraying characters from Schiller's play Wallenstein, with Albrecht von Wallenstein represented as the king of hearts. Originally it would have been accompanied by a tiny 16-page almanac.

* English playing cards. Reign of James II pack, London, circa 1688-1689, the complete deck of 52 engraved playing cards, illustrationg the events leading to the Revolution of 1688, each card captioned at foot, with suit sign and rank or value in top panel, lightly dusty, some brown marks or spotting, rubbed in places, king of diamonds with previously repaired 15 mm tear to top edge of surface layer (the first 2mm full depth) with associated pale adhesive stain, figures depicted on king of clubs with eyes inked in black, with 4 of clubs with early ink manuscript word 'and' in top panel, square corners lightly worn, plain versos, each card approximately 90 x 58 mm, all cards mounted with clear photo corners onto 3 display boards, encapsulated in clear plastic (most not examined out of boards), each board 40.5 x 53.5 cmQTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: Collection of Dudley Ollis.British Museum 1982,U.4641.1-47; Schreiber, English 63; WCMPC Collection Acquisition No. 466; Willshire, English 190.This pack is an extremely rare example with the complete caption present on the two of hearts - all other packs seen have the top line partially erased. The complete top line reads: 'The King and Earle of Feversham'. It appears that the card was incorrectly captioned, with the writer confusing the Earl of Feversham (who whilst involved with James II was not present at the king's attempted escape to France) with the town of Faversham in Kent, where James was held after his escape was thwarted by local fishermen. This pack is therefore possibly unique in retaining the original wording on this card, where most other examples have been 'corrected' (a photocopy of a typical 'corrected' 2 of hearts is included for comparison).

* Searle (Ronald, 1920-2011). Self Portrait, 199(5)?, pen on thin card, depicting a caricature style self portrait of just the artist's face, signed and dated 199(5)?, sheet size 11.6 x 12.5 cm, mounted, together with McKee (David, 1935-2022). Mr Benn, 2001, pen and ink on card, depicting a gentleman dressed in a suit and bowler hat, his left arm raised in a wave, 'for Dan David McKee 2001' signed to lower margin, small scuff to paper with no loss mainly to 'f and D' of inscription, sheet size 19.8 x 9.9 cm, mounted, plusGarden (Graeme, 1943 -). The Goodies, pen on thin card, depicting three men riding a triple tandem bicycle, one waving, titled to upper left, signed lower right, sheet size 21 x 29.6 cm, mounted, andBiro (Val, 1921-2014). Gumdrop, 2008, pencil on thick card, depicting a man driving an old fashioned car, a dog sitting in the back, titled, signed and dated '08', sheet size 21 x 28.9 cm, mountedQTY: (4)

* Cotta (Johann Georg, publisher). Karten-Almanach für 1805: 'Jeanne d'Arc', Germany: Tübingen, 1804, the complete deck of 52 stipple-engraved transformation playing cards, designed by Gräfin Charlotte von Jennison-Walworth, comprising 4 suits of 13 (French suits), each with pip cards ace-10 (the red suit-signs stencil coloured), and 3 hand-coloured full-length court cards, each court named at foot and with rank to upper corner (both in French), ace of clubs with maker's details, lightly dusty, some finger-soiling to edges, few cards with minor marks or spots, king of diamonds close-trimmed at foot (clipping text), versos plain, each card approximately 97 x 68 mm, the cards mounted with photo corners onto 3 display boards, encapsulated in clear plastic (not examined out of boards), each board 54.5 x 40 cmQTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: Collection of Dudley Ollis.Cary collection, Ger 501 & 502; Die Cotta'schen Spielkarten-Almanache, pp.8-26; Field 7; Fournier, Germanic 54; Ortiz-Patiño 57; Schreiber catalogue, German 245 (British Museum no.1896,0501.476); Verame p29; WCMPC Collection Acquisition No. 552.Rare first complete set of transformation playing cards published as a deck with a known date; this famous pack of cards is the first of Cotta's six celebrated transformation decks. The court cards depict characters from Friedrich von Schiller’s tragedy Die Jungfrau von Orleans (The Maid of Orleans), although the transformed pip cards are unrelated. The deck was published as an almanac, in which each of the cards corresponded to one of the 52 weeks of the year, and it would originally have been accompanied by a tiny 16-page almanac.

* Slovenian playing cards. Slovanski Tarok, 3rd edition, Ljubljana: Prva Slovanska Tovarna Igralnih Kart, circa 1919, the complete deck of 54 colour lithographed playing cards designed by Hinko Smrekar, fanciful suits (leaves, spearheads, swords hilts, shields), double-ended courts representing Slavic characters, copyright notice on knight of leaves, ace of shields with maker's details, trademark, and two tax stamps (one Austrian and one possibly German - very faint), 4 of shields with maker's details, trumps (with Roman numerals I-XXI to opposite corners) depicting Slavic customs and festivals, lightly toned and dust-soiled, scarce pale spotting (mainly to pips), trump XIX with faint mark to border, square corners, versos black crescents, dots and tiny stars, each card 131 x 75 mm, 41 cards mounted with photo corners onto 2 display boards, encapsulated in clear plastic (not examined out of boards), the remainder contained in a plastic bag, the boards 59.5 x 42 cmQTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: Collection of Dudley Ollis.Bube Dame König (1982) #161; Cary collection, AUS 237; Mann, All Cards on the Table, pp.109 & 165; Reisinger, Tarocke, vol. 6 (3), pp.106/1-8.Reisinger (see above) identifies three editions of this deck, with this third edition having square corners and slightly cropped images compared to the first two. The tax stamps here appear to be the Austrian stamp used between 1882-1899 (as also with the Bube Dame König copy), with possibly a faint purple Duetches Reich stamp (as mentioned in Cary). As the First Slavic Playing Card Factory (Erste Slawische Spielkartenfabriks AG) was not founded until 1910, by Fran ?ebokli and Nikolaj Novakovi?, the Austrian tax stamp must be an older stamp being used beyond its usual date (and therefore misleading). This Slavic Tarot deck was banned by the police in 1916 due to the clear patriotic pro-Slavic motifs, but presumably re-issued after the First World War ended. The use of swords, shields and spears as suit signs indicate armed rebillion, with linden leaves representing Slovenian identity. The cards depict not just Slovenian but also Serbian and Russian peoples and customs.

* German Tarot. Napoleon Tarock, Leipzig: Johann Gottfried Herbert, circa 1808, the rare complete deck of 78 stencil coloured engraved playing cards, comprising 4 suits of 14 (French suits), each with decorative ace, pip cards 2-10, and 4 single-figured court cards, ace of hearts with maker's details, plus 22 trump cards, comprising 21 trumps depicting important events from the life of Napoleon I (bearing double-ended Arabic numerals within a circle) and Fool card (with 'Hat sich skifirt'), generally in good condition, with occasional pale brown marks (mainly to pip cards), 5 trumps with wear to lower right corners, 2 with small chip to lower right corner (one with associated minor edge abrasion), versos red crescents with central dots and dotted lines, each card 111 x 60 mm, 45 cards mounted with photo corners onto 3 display boards, encapsulated in clear plastic (not examined out of display boards), the remainder loosely contained in a clear plastic bag, each display board 53.5 x 41 cmQTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: Collection of Dudley Ollis.Kaplan I, 298. Not in Reisinger, Tarocke.In 2006, Christie's sold an incomplete (44 cards only of 78) example of this pack, from the Kaplan collection (see above, and Christie's live auction Minchiate-1680, 21 June 2006, lot 97). The pack offered here is a possibly unique complete deck of an already rare pack of tarock cards. The court cards and aces of each suit represent: the Holy Roman Empire (hearts), France (clubs), Turkey (diamonds), and Russia (spades). The scenes depicted on the trump cards include: trump 4, Napoleon receiving surrender of a blindfolded Austrian officer at Lodi in 1796; 10, defeat of the Turkish army by Napoleon before Cairo in 1799; 17, Napoleon crowning Josephine in 1804 at the time of his own "coronation" by Pope Pius VII. See the Christie's auction entry (www.christies.com/lot/lot-4740268?ldp_breadcrumb=back&intobjectid=4740268&from=salessummary&lid=1) for a complete list of the trump scenes.

* British Isles. Blaeu (Johannes), Britannia prout divisa suit temporibus Anglo-Saxonum praesertim durante Illorum Heptarchia, Amsterdam, circa 1648, engraved map with contemporary hand colouring heightened with gold, vertical margins decorated with fourteen scenes of Saxon figures and events, very slight toning, 415 x 525 mm, mounted, framed and glazedQTY: (1)NOTE:R. W. Shirley. Early Printed Maps of the British Isles 1477 - 1650, number 549.

* English heraldic playing cards. The Arms of the English Peers, 2nd edition, London: [John Nicholson], 1686, the complete deck of 52 engraved playing cards (French suits), each with crown, coronet or bishop's mitre etc. above 2 to 4 captioned heraldic shields, suit mark and value or rank to upper left corner (with P for Prince, replacing jack or knave), lightly dusty, scarce spotting, 2 cards with small pinhole to left edge, 6 of hearts with few small brown stains, 6 of clubs with minor mark to upper edge, 9 of diamonds with small stain centrally (possibly strike-through from verso?), slight wear to few edges, square corners a little worn, some cards close-trimmed, rarely clipping engraving, Q of hearts lower line of text slightly cropped, plain versos, each card 92 x 59 mm, all cards mounted with photo corners onto 3 display boards, encapsulated in clear plastic (not examined out of boards), each board 40 x 54.5 cmQTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: Collection of Dudley Ollis.Berry (Playing-Cards of the World) [449]; Cary collection, Eng 83; Mann (Collecting Playing Cards) p.132; Schreiber, English 54. See also Ortiz-Patiño 41 which is listed as a second edition 1686 pack in the catalogue. However, assuming this is the pack sold by Sotheby's on 10 December 2013 (sale L13408, lot 223), they date it to c.1688, with one of the additional cards usually only found in third edition decks. The Sotheby's description does not mention any of the other edition points, so we cannot ascertain a definite date for that pack. According to John Berry (see above), the 1686 pack was advertised as being printed by John Nicholson and sold by E.Evets at the Green Dragon in St. Paul's Churchyard. This second edition lacks the arms of Prince Rupert and the Duke of York on the queens of diamonds and hearts respectively (present in the first edition of 1677), but does not yet have the Duke of Berwick on the Q of clubs, or the garter around the arms of the Earl of Strafford (9 of spades), and has no caption at the foot of the P of hearts, as the Earl of Powis had not yet been elevated to Marquis (as found in the 3rd edition of 1688).

A Victorian scrapbook, circa 1880, the cover showing early depictions of Father Christmas in red, containing Lincrusta, Valentines, Calling Cards and other items, 29 x 35cms.Note: The tradition of Father Christmas wearing red began in the 1870s with the American cartoonist Thomas Nast, who introduced the red suit and cap, white fur lining and buckled black belt. Nast produced numerous drawings of Santa for Harper’s Weekly over a period of more than 20 years and, having first portrayed him in the Stars and Stripes (Nast was a passionate supporter of the Union side in the American civil war) and in green, eventually achieved a representation of the Santa we know that owed much in spirit to “The Night Before Christmas”. His 1881 image of Santa quickly became something akin to an official portrait.

JEAN PAUL GAULTIER FEMME NAVY TROUSER SUITCondition grade B-.French size 40. 92cm chest, 80cm waist. Textured navy suit with belt detailing and striped lining. Jacket composition outer 100% acetate, inner 100% rayon. Trouser composition 100% acetate.Please note that there is a missing button on the belt.

A bundle of assorted fishing rods together with box of reels, Shakespeare and Ryobi, Wavelength wet suit

Austin Reid cream skirt suit size 12, red chiffon evening skirt and blouse, brown dress and matching coat by Miss Mansell designed, Louis Feraud yellow raw silk coat, size 14

IMPORTANT ET RARE VASE COUVERT EN JADE BLANCXIXe siècleA SUPERB AND RARE WHITE JADE VASE AND COVER WITH AN ARABIC INSCRIPTION 19th centuryOf baluster form raised on a short splayed foot and tapering to a cylindrical neck set with a pair of stylised archaistic dragon handles, finely carved around the exterior with a large taotie mask on each side, above a band of lotus lappets around the base and below a band of stylised archaistic dragons around the shoulder, the sides set with a pair of animal mask handles suspending loose rings, the straight neck carved with a wide band featuring an Arabic inscription reading سلام which may be translated as 'for peace', flanked by a pair of stylised archaistic dragon handles, the domed cover with a finial in the form of lion, the translucent stone of even white tone, silver-inlaid wood stand. 12.5cm (4 7/8in) high. (3).Footnotes:THE PROPERTY OF A DISTINGUISHED EUROPEAN FAMILY 歐洲顯赫家族藏品十九世紀 白玉刻阿拉伯文雕饕餮紋象耳活環獅鈕蓋瓶Provenance:Acquired by the parents of the present owners, and thence by descent來源:現任藏家父母獲得，並由後人保存迄今The body of this superb vase is carved from a single piece of white jade, the cover made of a stone of the same fine quality. The brilliant white colour, flawless stone and exceptional translucency all represent qualities that were highly sought after at the Qing court.The vase is highly unusual in its shape and also in its decoration. The bulbous body has sloping shoulders with rounded edges and is surmounted by a cylindrical neck wider at the top than at the bottom. The neck is carved with an Islamic inscription which alludes to the Islamic influence of this vase, as demonstrated by a 15th century jade ewer with an arabic inscription around the neck, from the collection of the Fundaçao Calouste Gulbenkian, Oeiras, Portugal, published in J.P.Palmer, Jade, London, 1967, pl.38. The very particular form immediately brings to mind the shape of Islamic glass and metal vessels. Compare, for instance, a 12th century Syrian yellowish green glass bottle, published in Stefano Carboni and David Whitehouse, Glass of the Sultans, New York, 2001, p.97,cat.no.23, or a 9th century Egyptian transparent glass and green overlay bottle, op.cit. p. 183, cat.no.89.Glass, metal ware and jades arrived in China from Western Asia and beyond as early as the Sui and Tang periods. It was under the Qianlong emperor that the Islamic and Mughal jades became highly collectible. The magnificent Shah Jehan jade cup in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, (accession number IS.12-1962) is an example of a Western Asian jade object that was directly copied by the artists working in the imperial jade workshops under the Qianlong emperor, as an example in the National Palace Museum collection in Taipei illustrates, see Teng Shu-p'ing, Exquisite Beauty: Islamic Jades, Taipei, 2007, cat.no.266. This particular vessel demonstrates how the artists working in the Palace Museum workshops were skilled at adopting foreign shapes and design and adapting and interpreting them to suit contemporary taste. While there seems to be no direct Chinese prototype for the shape of this vase, the carved design around the main body is purely Chinese, and inspired by the classical decoration found on archaic bronzes. The Qianlong emperor was fascinated by antiquity and archaic bronzes. An avid collector, he published his extensive collection of 1500 ancient bronze vessels and utensils in an illustrated catalogue under the titel Catalogue of Xiqing Antiquities (Xiqing gujian. Many jade vessels made for the Qianlong emperor in the workshops within the Zaobanshu, the Imperial Palace Workshop, drew inspiration from the archaic bronzes, their shapes and designs, illustrated in the Xiqing gujian, including the present white jade vase. The quality of the execution of the taotie masks on this vase is sublime and reflects the high technical standards of these workshops which produced jade wares for imperial court, compare a white jade altar set, similarly decorated with taotie masks in the collection of the National Palace Museum, Taipei, published in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum. Jadeware (III), Hong Kong, 1995, pp. 136 and 137, cat.no.113. Hence this wonderful small vase and cover shows the impressive skills and imagination of the Qing craftsmen who used a flawless white jade and merged a rare shape with an archaistic design to create a visually compelling and possibly unique work of art with jewel-like qualities.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Cosmonaut Valery Bykovsky signed 10 x 8 inch colour photo in Space Suit, dedicated. Good condition. All autographs are genuine hand signed and come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £10.

Replica of the Cross of the Order of the White Eagle from the Diamond Suit of August IICopy, second half of the 20th century, metal, glass.dimensions; total height with suspension 126mm,dimensions around the perimeter of the order 111mm x 111mm.  Replica of the Cross of the Order of the White Eagle from the Diamond Suit of August II, a well-made copy with a faithfully reproduced obverse, using glass instead of diamonds. The original Cross was part of the collection of the Dresden Museum in 2019, it was lost in a robbery. Even a copy of a unique order is a fantastic material for a museum exhibition.The obverse of the order in the shape of a Maltese cross, studded with cut glass stones. On each of the four visible large crystal gems (faceted figure eight) separate. Between the main arms you get four rays with embedded ground glass. Between the basic arms of the cross there are short decorative rays with one glass stone embedded. The part of the order consists of a massive suspension of the order, studded with seven auxiliary pebbles. In part of the order, a crowned eagle with wings spread upwards is visible. The eagle is entirely encrusted with cut glass, visible preservation of details reminiscent of the original of the order. In the central or visible part of the stones of the order. A stone in the shape and cut of a teardrop, framed in several smaller glass diamonds surrounding it. A small defect in the jewel of the eagle's crown is visible. The legs and talon of the eagle in the color of darkened gold were the only ones in the order not set with stones, as in the case of the original order. Between the eagle and the main cross, visible in cross-section, there is a burgundy Maltese cross.Order made by casting, finished with great attention to detail. The eagle ends with a solder between the wings and the tail. The reverse of the order on the entire chiseled surface, resulting from the mechanism of manual rotation. order. The reverse of the ribbon ring is smooth, silver in color.

G.I. JOE: A REAL AMERICAN HERO #31, 33-38, 40-63 + G.I. JOE YEARBOOK #2 (34 in Lot - 2 copies of issue #60) - (1985/1987 - MARVEL) - Includes the first appearances of Spirit, Scrap-Iron & Quick Kick, the debut of the classic Snake-Eyes suit + the origin of Cobra Commander - Flat/Unfolded

DC SILVER AGE 12 CENT LOT (11 in Lot) - Includes ADVENTURE COMICS #362 + AQUAMAN #11 + BRAVE & BOLD #68 + CHALLENGERS OF THE UNKNOWN #68 + JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #63 + METAL MEN #15 + MYSTERY IN SPACE #106 + SUPERBOY #111, 117 + SUPERMAN'S GIRLFRIEND LOIS LANE #92 + WORLD'S FINEST #141 - Includes the first appearance of Mera + debut of the new Batman suit with the yellow chest emblem - Flat/Unfolded

A Royal British Legion navy woollen suit with tie and badges made by Dunn & Co, no size on jacket, trousers 32" waist 31" leg.

Pele Football signed print - in suit with World Cup trophy, signed in black pen, 69x60 cm, With sporting memorabilia certificate of authenticity.

WW2 RAF pilots suit dated 1941 by Grieves London owned by G Thompson based at Sawbridgeworth and part of a special operations unit

Haberdashery Interest - Huge Collection of Unused Rolls of High Quality Fabric, including wool, tweed, checked wool, silk, floral print, cottons, satin, organza, cashmere, shot silk, lining fabric, dress and suit fabrics, etc. Stock from a closing shop, ideal for market, shop, dressmakers, etc. Over 70 rolls in total.

A set of 3 vintage suit cases with various world travel tags and labels etc. Largest - 75x21x44cm

A Valentino handmade custom two piece suit comprised of a double breasted jacket and a pair of trousers, blazer size 42.

A pair of vintage boxed Swiss Sasha dolls to include: - Sasha Baby 501: Sandy honey blonde Hair - Sasha 304: Gregor Fair Jump Suit

Thomas Benjamin Kennington (1856-1916)Portrait of Eric Kennington as a boy, full-length wearing a brown suitSigned and dated TB Kennington ’96 (lower right)Oil on canvas127.3 x 96.8cmProvenance:Property of Eric Kennington;And by family descent

Φ Cedric J. Kennedy (1898-1968)Portrait of John Marshall (1911-1995) wearing a brown suit and green tieSigned C.J.Kennedy (lower right)Oil on canvas61.2 x 50.7cmProvenance:John Marshall (1911-1995);By descent to the present owner

WW2 Dated Naval Yellow Immersion Suitconsisting yellow waterproof trousers with built in lower boot section.  Remains supple ... Yellow waterproof, hooded jacket with maker's stamp dated 1944 and printed instructions "Seaman's Protective Suit (Provided By Ministry of War Transport)" and full wearing instructions.  This jacket is stiff.  All contained within a khaki brown canvas bag.  These packs were used on board ships and used in rescue boats for downed airmen.  

A collectors' lot to include a mid-20th century Barbola-style bevel edged table mirror, height 41.5cm, a modern BA Watson N.E.Rly no.138 Thornaby railway-style clock with battery movement, a vintage wooden gaming carousel with panels of suit types, floral and coronets, the centre lidded compartment decorated with playing cards, a tartan trinket box, two whistles, a trinket box with printed lady's head decoration and small decanters, etc.