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Fresh from a complete nut and bolt restoration, this lovely 1952 Roadster has just been run-in and is now ready for the summer. This 1952 Roadster was imported from Southern California just two years ago. Since been through a complete restoration, fully documented with photographs Converted to right-hand drive, brand new steering-box components and original right-hand drive controlsUpgrades include disc brakes, front and rear, a new servo and a bespoke Aluminium radiator More powerful 3.4-litre XK150 engine fitted, now fully rebuilt Bias towards the racing heritage with the addition of a Le Mans fuel filler, leather bonnet strap, period spotlights and the deletion of the front bumper bladesCompletely new interior, in red with leather-trimmed bucket seats "The engine pulls strongly, is silky smooth with no flat-spots, and starts on the button every time whether hot or cold."Fabulous restoration of a Jaguar Classic that bears a striking resemblance to NUB 120, the world's most famous XK JaguarA car-starved Britain, still trundling around in perpendicular pre-war hangover vehicles, glimpsed the future in October 1948 with the launch of the Jaguar XK120 at the Earls Court Motor Show. Production commenced in 1949 in Coventry, and the XK's swoopy shape and stylish occupants would become a common sight on British roads over the next 15 years. It heralded the arrival of Jaguar's famous 3.4-litre twin overhead camshaft XK engine, (the basis of all their engines for the next 25 years) with an alloy cylinder head and twin side-draught SU carburettors producing nearly 160bhp. Conceived during the war, the new six-cylinder was created by Jaguar’s chief engineer Bill Heynes and engine wizard Harry Weslake. As the firm tested various designs (labelled X for experimental and tagged G, H or J), it was a compact twin-cam four labelled ‘K’ that stood out. With two more cylinders added taking it to 3.4 litres, it became the engine that would power generations of sporting Jaguars for several decades starting with the XK120 The “120” referred to the car's top speed which, at the time, made it the fastest production car in the world. Jaguar seems to have always had a flair for marketing and to illustrate that the car's top speed was not a figment of a publicist's imagination, in May 1949, on the Jabbeke to Aeltre autoroute, an XK120 with its hood and side screens in place recorded a speed of 126mph, and no less than 132mph with the hood and windscreen detached and an undertray fitted. However, the most famous XK120 is undoubtedly Ian Appleyard's legendary 'NUB 120'. He was a director of the family car dealership, Appleyards of Leeds, and a talented rally driver. Using his alloy-bodied, privately-entered 120 and accompanied by his wife, Pat Lyons, daughter of Jaguar founder William Lyons, they enjoyed great results at International level in the Tulip Rally, RAC and Monte Carlo, however, it was their success in the Alpine Rally, finishing unpenalised three times in a row from 1950 to 1952, and becoming the first driver to win the coveted Coupe d’Or (Gold Cup), that’s most feted. Jaguar, of course, missed no opportunity to market the XK120’s success everywhere, Pathé newsreels, Sunday papers, billboards, the sides of London buses “The fastest Production Sports Car in the World”, motoring magazines, simply everywhere in the English-speaking world. With its catchy registration number, NUB 120, became a household name and is probably the most promoted individual Jaguar in the world. It still resides within the Jaguar Heritage Collection and is brought out a dozen times a year.Anyone looking at the striking XK120 Roadster on offer here can’t fail to notice the similarity to NUB 120 which, according to our vendor, the car's creator, is not entirely a coincidence.In his own words:"This 1952 Roadster was imported from the US just 2 years ago. It’s a Southern Californian car so was amazingly rust-free and proved a perfect candidate for refurbishment. It has since been through a complete restoration from end to end, fully documented with photographs taken every step of the way. It was converted to RHD using brand new steering-box components and a complete set of original RHD pedal controls. Along the way, there have been a few upgrades incorporated to help with safety and overall efficiency. Disc brakes have been installed front and rear utilising brand new components from Zeus Engineering along with a new servo system and a bespoke Aluminium radiator has been fitted and adapted for the engine which is now a fully rebuilt 3.4-litre unit from a later, more powerful XK150. The electrics have been upgraded utilising an original factory loom modified with additional relays and fuses, plus switches for the spot lights, indicators and manual control of the starting carburettor. An alternator has also been fitted allowing the rectifier to be deleted. A custom throttle-linkage has been created which allows for different pedal travel and provides much improved throttle response compared to the original rod-operated system. Finally, a unique custom twin exhaust system has been built which follows the later XK140/150 design but still retains the ‘look’ of a 120 at the rear with factory-looking twin pipes.Throughout the restoration process, there has been a biClick here for more details and images

Comprehensively restored and matching numbers MK 2 Jaguar sporting the desirable manual gearbox with overdrive. Absolutely stunning throughout.UK-supplied, right-hand drive, 3.8-litre MK2 with a manual gearbox and overdriveComprehensively stripped and restored over a period of two years, costing c.£50,000 in totalSuperbly finished in Opalescent Gunmetal over Bordeaux leather, a classic combinationLess than 1,000 miles covered since rebuildNumerous considerate upgrades to improve performance and usabilityMatching numbers throughout, as confirmed by Jaguar Heritage Trust CertificateThis lovely Mk 2's previous owner was somewhat of a Jaguar aficionado, and had enjoyed the car between 1996 and 2016, using it sparingly as part of his modest collection. The car was known to our vendor for around ten years prior to his purchase and he had often expressed an interest in owning it. The opportunity arose in 2016 and with 55,535 miles on the odometer, our vendor shipped the vehicle, along with an impressive collection of NOS panels and spare parts courtesy of the prior owner, off to those knowledgeable folks at The Splined Hub, who stripped the car down in its entirety and rebuilt it from the ground-up, addressing any issues that they found along the way.Whilst it certainly doesn’t do justice to the level of work done, a brief overview of the restoration process shows that the shell was stripped, dipped and then re-sprayed in the correct Opalescent Gunmetal, whilst the interior was also completely re-upholstered in Bordeaux Red, including new seats, new carpets, fresh veneers, a Moto-Lita steering wheel and a retro-style modern stereo resulting in a Mk 2 Jaguar that looks virtually factory-fresh and benefits from improved creature comforts.The wheels are an entirely new set with the correct knock-off hubs, sitting on a set of matching tyres that have covered less than 1,000 miles since fitting.Under the bonnet, the engine was fully stripped down and upgraded with 9:1 compression pistons, electronic ignition, a set of electronic fans were fitted to keep the car cool in modern traffic, along with a full negative-earth wiring conversion. The braking system was also uprated with four-pot front brakes and 22mm vented-discs.Included with the vehicle is a plethora of photographs documenting the restoration process, along with every invoice and receipt from the restoration itself, totalling around £50,000. In addition to this, the Jaguar Heritage Trust certificate is present, confirming that the Mk 2 has been restored to the correct factory specification, along with confirming that this is, indeed, a numbers-matching example.Presented in outstanding condition throughout, this 1965 Mk 2 Jaguar is a true collector’s piece, but one that can also be used and enjoyed without the usual reliability fears associated with cars of this era. A classic sixties Jaguar sporting saloon and a wonderful example of the breed.SpecificationMake: JAGUARModel: MK 2Year: 1965Chassis Number: 233126DNRegistration Number: AHJ 72CTransmission: Manual/ODEngine Number: LE1254-8 Drive Side: Right-hand DriveOdometer Reading: 56150 MilesMake: RHDInterior Colour: Red/LeatherClick here for more details and images

A GEORGE V SILVER SAUCE BOAT, by William Greenwood & Sons, Birmingham 1928, the scroll handle with leaf-form thumbpiece; together with ANOTHER SILVER SAUCE BOAT, Chester 1930. (2) First 19.5cm wide, 18.6 troy ouncesThe absence of a Condition Report does not imply that a lot is without imperfections. Please note carefully the exclusion of liability for the condition of lots contained in the Conditions of Sale.Marks clear and well struck to first (William Greenwood & Sons); maker's mark to second lightly rubbed but probably S Blanckensee & Son Ltd, the rest clear and well struck. Both stand upright on three feet - both level, no rocking. The first further struck 'WM. GREENWOOD & SONS / LEEDS & HUDDERSFIELD' to underside; the second stamped with a '*' (star) to underside. Minor dings and light surface scratches to both, commensurate with age and use

A large collection of approximately x25 original vintage empty Lego boxes, storage tubs / containers and a selection of instruction manuals and catalogues. Boxes to include Lego System 6543 Sail N Fly Marina, 6484 FI Hauler, 4547 Railroad Club Card, 4532 Manual Level Crossing and others. Lego catalogues dated from 1989 to the early 90's along with a selection of instruction manuals. 

CHATEAU LEOVILLE LAS CASES, four bottles of Leoville Las Cases Saint-Julien, probable 1960's - 1970's bottlings. Three bottles have seals intact, eroded labels and fill levels at upper shoulder, one bottle has a damaged seal, eroded cork and missing label, fill level low shoulder. There is also One Bottle of a 1961 Saint-Julien, Chateau name incomplete, damaged seal and eroded cork, fill level bottom shoulder (5)

1996 Peugeot 106 EscapeRegistration no. N505 JHUChassis no. VF31CCD2151286468Odometer reading: 30,790MOT Expiry: April 2022*Low mileage 106*Increasingly rare*2 previous ownersFootnotes:Initially offered as a replacement for the iconic 205, the Peugeot 106 was the company's entry level hatchback for much of the 1990s. Produced between 1991 and 2003, the 106 was once a common sight on the road, however today they are a much rarer sight. This 1996 example has been used sparingly throughout its lifetime with only three lady owners from new. It is reported that the second owner owned the car from 1998 to 2014 and covered just 7,000 miles. It was then purchased as a present by the current owner's father and now has a mileage showing just 30,790 miles. Inside and out the car is very original and is in a good condition. It is reported to be running and driving well and has an MOT expiry in April 2022.Vendor Score Total: 84/100Bidders should note that the automated 100-point Seller's Assessment is provided by each Seller at the point of consignment using the guidelines below, and is not provided, assessed or verified by Bonhams MPH. Accordingly Customers (Bidders) are on notice that each vehicle is offered 'as is / as seen' subject to the Conditions of Sale for the auction, and Customers (Bidders) are strongly recommended to view the Lot(s) being offered, before bidding, in order to satisfy themselves as to their condition; Bonhams MPH will not entertain disputes over Sellers' Assessments. Key for sellers' assessments:1/5 POOR. A project vehicle | Requires urgent attention | Damaged | Parts missing2/5 AVERAGE. Useable condition | Requires some attention | Light damage3/5 GOOD. Drive away | Presents well | Good history file | Drives well4/5 VERY GOOD. Well restored | Running and driving with no noticeable faults | Sound throughout5/5 EXCELLENT. Concours condition | Beautifully presented | Driving very wellEXTERIOR TOTAL: 20/25Body Work: 4Paint: 4Glass: 4Chrome/Plastics/Trim: 4Wheels/Tyres: 4RUNNING GEAR TOTAL: 20/20Gearbox/Clutch: 5Axles: 5Suspension: 5Brakes: 5INTERIOR TOTAL: 16/20Seats: 4Dashboard/Door cards/Carpets: 4Headlining: 4Trim: 4ELECTRICAL TOTAL: 8/10Main components: 4Ancillary components: 4ENGINE TOTAL: 17/20Starting: 5Running: 5Under Bonnet: 3Mechanical components: 4Car History File: 3Lot to be sold without reserve.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

1955 Cadillac Coupe De Ville Transmission: automaticMileage:73556The Cadillac Series 40-62 was produced by Cadillac from 1940 through 1964. Originally designed to complement the entry level Series 65, it became the Cadillac Series 6200 in 1959, and remained that until it was renamed to Cadillac Calais for the 1965 model year. The Series 62 included a lower sleeker body, a new cellular grille insert and inverted gullwing front bumpers and tapered Dagmar style bumper guards. Round jet style dual exhaust outlets were incorporated into the vertical bumper extensions and the rear bumper was entirely redesigned. The Series 62 could be distinguished by the lack of rear fender louvers.Automatic windscreen washers, power steering, 12-Volt electrical system and aluminium alloy pistons made the long list of standard equipment for the first time. Power steering, windows, seats, and automatic headlight dimming were optional. In 1955, the grille was redesigned with wider spaces between the blades and the parking lamps were repositioned directly below the headlights. The Coupe de Ville had a golden script nameplate at the upper body belt just forward of the rear window pillar. Tubeless tires were a new standard Cadillac feature and sales reached a record 118,190, accounting for nearly 84% of all Cadillac's sold. Standard equipment included back-up lights, turn signals and automatic transmission. Mechanics rated the 0-60 mph time as 17.3 seconds at the time and air conditioning was provided by Frigidaire optionally and consisted of a self-contained unit that was retrofitted at the customers request.Presented in Champagne over Silver gunmetal, this well-known and respected Cadillac Coupe De Ville has been owned and loved by its current owner since 2012, it is published in American Car magazine that our owner even re-mortgaged her house in order to purchase this example! Nicknamed ‘King’ (Elvis too had a 1955 Coupe De Ville), to say this is a cherished example would be somewhat of an understatement with our owner and the car frequenting many a car shows together and on occasion winning best in show. In 2014 it was decided ‘King’ required some engine work and thus our vendor researched long and hard and after numerous recommendations settled upon Kevin of Zodiac Motor Services, the work as it turned out was obviously very good as the pair have since married and have enjoyed car shows together! As a side note our vendor never had to pay for the full engine rebuild but it is documented in the history file alongside the story of the purchase within the four page feature in American Car magazine. Also found within the history file are the original manuals and a photo book of the body restoration alongside the UK V5C registration document. It must be stressed that many 50’s Cadillacs lack the credentials to lace the boots of TSY 305 and we feel this estimate is very good value for such an iconic car in great all-round condition and especially with the assurance of a relatively recent full engine rebuild.Interested parties should satisfy themselves as to the description and condition of each lot prior to the sale. Accordingly, buyers are on notice that each vehicle is offered ‘as is/as seen’ subject to the Terms and Conditions for the auction. Buyers are advised to inspect the vehicle in person or use a professional to carry out this service. Historics will not entertain disputes over descriptions.

The ex-Juan Augusto Malcolm/Argentina1928 Maserati Tipo 26B 2.1-Litre Sports, Gran Premio and Formule Libre Racing Two-SeaterChassis no. 35*Immensely evocative early Maserati*Immensely versatile for every Historic use*Race-winning Argentine career, 1930-38*2-litre supercharged straight-8 engineFootnotes:This most attractive and very useable 'tween-wars Maserati has an unusual racing history, having spent its early active life being campaigned in Argentina by a colourful, capable and indeed intriguing private owner/driver who was an Argentine with Scottish roots. He cheerfully went by two names, Juan Augusto Malcolm being the Hispanic form, John Malcolm his English-language alter ego. He became renowned for his racing exploits in that vast country - where his family owned and ran large (and profitable) farming estancias dotted around the province of Buenos Aires, in Bragado, Lincoln and Lujan. The family business most notably bred thoroughbred horses, while also raising beef cattle and being involved in general agriculture. Juan Augusto (aka John) Malcolm was either born in Buenos Aires on July 29, 1901 - or in Oban, Scotland in 1898, being taken to Argentina by his family when they emigrated in 1900. One story he reputedly told had him being taken to the UK by aunts, eventually returning to Argentina as a youthful multiple motor-cycling champion. Another tale had him working for Bugatti from 1917, competing at Grand Prix level. When he genuinely began racing in Argentina, the always inventive local press conflictingly nicknamed him both 'El Gaucho Escocés' and 'El Inglés'... Quite apart from his achievements on track, Juan A. Malcolm is certainly recalled for brazen story-telling of great (fictional) racing exploits on trips to the USA (including participation in the Indianapolis '500') and to Europe, where he described contesting both the 1924 and 1925 French GPs, and finishing fourth in the latter, in a Delage (that place actually having been taken by Meo Costantini's Bugatti Type 35). According to Malcolm he had also led at the Nürburgring in a Mercedes S-Type before the car failed. Despite such a fertile imagination, Juan Malcolm was certainly a competitive and capable racing driver who became quite a star on the Argentine national scene which would eventually produce such genuinely world-beating talents as Juan Manuel Fangio and José Froilan Gonzalez. National Argentine racing through that period involved enthusiastic individuals fulfilling competitive ambitions, not building professional driving careers. Malcolm worked as a rancher amongst developing other business interests, and also indulged in local politics, becoming a mayor as had his father before him. In fact his weekend racing career spanned the years 1921-1948, thus overlapping with those of Fangio and Gonzalez amongst others. He campaigned a wide variety of locally-modified specials and great imported cars of considerable stature, including such marques as Hudson, Stutz, Chandler-Curtiss, Dodge, Chrysler, Fiat, Alfa Romeo RL, the immensely exotic Grand Prix Delage V12 owned by Moises Vengerow and his son Jacobo, Mercedes - and Maserati. Malcolm certainly travelled in Europe in the late 1920s. In 1928 he bought two new Mercedes-Benz cars in Paris: an SSK and a 680S (the latter acquired on November 23, 1928, for 30,000 German Marks). He shipped them back to Argentina where he later claimed he had driven the 'Caracciola SSK' to finish 2nd in the 1930 Monza Grand Prix for sports cars (when Caracciola himself had finished 2nd to Ernesto Maserati's Maserati 16-cylinder). He also claimed to have finished 3rd at Cremona, 2nd at the 'Austrian Grand Prix', and to have led at the Nürburgring before the car failed. What is demonstrably true is that in 1929 he not only visited the Maserati works at Bologna but also drove in that year's Cremona race, reports differing upon whether he handled a Maserati or a Mercedes - or indeed an Alfa Romeo - but if it was a Maserati it was not No '35' now offered here which he ordered during that trip. This Maserati certainly became the first to be imported into Argentina, perhaps significantly being liveried by the factory not in blue and yellow Argentine racing livery, but in blue and white - which would gain sporting fame as the colours of Scotland... 'John' Malcolm's birthright. The fascinating documentation file accompanying this Lot includes some wonderful original letters, invoices, receipts and other documents relating to the car in 1929-30. He paid a one-third deposit of Lire 30,000 for it, the remaining 60,000 upon completion before the car, plus spares, was shipped to Buenos Aires on the Italian luxury liner 'Conte Rosso'. Studying No '35' as it survives today one can imagine it in the liner's hold on the long voyage south. The 'Conte Rosso' was named after Amadeus VII, Count of Savoy, the so-called 'Red Count', and she was much praised in period for her lavish Italian interior decoration - all lost in wartime as she was torpedoed and sunk off Sicily in May 1941 while in use as a troopship. Her assailant was HMS Upholder, the most successful of all Royal Navy WW2 submarines, commanded by Lt Cdr Malcolm Wanklyn who was awarded the Victoria Cross - the highest British military distinction - for this action. Just touch the car and even such fleeting historical connections resonate... The documentation file also includes a receipt for initial Customs and commission payments related to the car's original shipping to Buenos Aires, dated April 16, 1930, on the 'Conte Rosso' - shipped by Fratelli Salvadori SA of Bologna, Trasporti Internazionali the fees paid totalling 2.5-million Argentine Pesos. A letter from Maserati dated March 1, 1930, advises owner Malcolm that the car should run a fuel mixture containing 45 per cent denatured alcohol, 45 per cent Benzol and 10 per cent sulphuric ether. The engine is described as being of 2109cc displacement, supercharged, 8-cylinders in-line, bore & stroke 64mm x 82mm, maximum revs 5,500 - 4 forward speeds and reverse - 6kg oil pressure to be maintained at 3,000rpm - front tyre pressure 2kg and rear tyre pressure 2.5kg. Performance potential circa 150bhp and 190km/h (118mph)... In this 2.1-litre supercharged straight-eight Maserati Tipo 26B, Juan Augusto Malcolm immediately took third place in the Circuito Primavera race at Mercedes in Buenos Aires province. In March 1932 he reappeared in the Carrasco race at Montevideo, Uruguay, but after building a notable lead he crashed, overturning the Maserati although Malcolm and his riding mechanic Angel Pieralise escaped unhurt. The car was repaired in time for two July races in Buenos Aires, leading the first until lap 7 when Malcolm was passed by Vittorio Coppoli's Bugatti, falling to third during a refuelling stop and finally finishing second overall. The car was liveried in Italian racing red by this time. He then dominated the second BA race, displacing Carlos Zatuszek's massive Mercedes-Benz SSK only for the huge and uncontrollable crowd to overflow onto the course, and in the confusion Domingo Bucci's De Soto-Chrysler beat the Maserati into second place. It was reported at the time that Malcolm was expecting delivery of a new 2.8-litre engine but it seems unlikely it was ever delivered. Still in 2.1-litre form he then won the 1933 consolation race at the Mar del Plata horse-racing track in Maserati No '35' and would race the ageing Tipo 26B again in the 1935 500 Miles race at Rafaela, the car repainted yellow and blue, Argentine national racing livery. He qualified sixth and ran with Zatuszek in the early stages before the Maserati's radiator was punctured and the engine seized. After further repair he reappeared in the November 24 race at Venado Tuerto, but failed to finish, and at Paraña on December 29 the car ran poorly. Malcolm made ... For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

9 x Numismatic Fine Art auction catalogues: Comprehensive top level Greek and Roman coin auctioneers illustrated catalogues from the 1980's. Auction numbers as follows - XIV, VIII, VI, XX, X, V, XII, XXV & XXII as specified on the catalogues.

1914 J.H. 2½hpRegistration no. SV 6901Frame no. 1002Engine no. A4078One of the shortest-lived and most obscure of British motorcycle manufacturers, J.H. was named after its founder, James Howarth, who set up shop in the Mumps district of Oldham in October 1914, shortly after the outbreak of the First World War. Like many similar small-scale manufacturers, Howarth used the readily available Villiers engines, offering an entry-level 269cc two-stroke with direct belt drive, and a 349cc four stroke equipped with a two-speed gear and chain-cum-belt transmission. Larger models powered by JAP and MAG engines were added to the range before J.H. bowed out in 1916 after only two years in existence. The date of first registration recorded in this machine's accompanying old-style V5 logbook is 19th February 1921, this being shortly after the introduction of the Roads Act of 1920, which required local councils to register all vehicles at the time of licensing and to allocate a separate number to each. (Many vehicles, although in existence for several years in some cases, were only registered for the first time after the Act's passing). Roy Bacon's dating letter on file confirms the J.H.'s manufacturing date of 1914. Described by the private vendor as in very good condition throughout, the machine last ran two years ago and will require re-commissioning before returning to the road. A quantity of tax discs (2004-2014), a V5C document, and a history file come with it. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A Victorian Brass Spirit Level, stamped G. Gibson, two Victrian brass and mahogany glass cutters stamped S. Harratt & Neath Paten , London, a brass map reader, three brass handled watchmakers screwdrivers, Newbridge watchmans time clocks etc.

This lot will be auctioned on Wednesday, June 30th. The auction will begin at 9:00am PDT and lots are sold sequentially via live auctioneer; tune in to the live streaming broadcast on auction day to follow the pace. Note other lots in the auction may close on June 29th or July 1st. Indiana Jones' (Harrison Ford) stunt Webley revolver from Steven Spielberg's action-adventure film Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. Jones kept a Webley revolver in his holster as his sidearm of choice, the same type of revolver he'd carried in 1989's Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. This stunt revolver is made of dense black rubber and features a high level of detail, including a textured grip with an eyelet on the bottom. It is in good overall condition with minimal wear from production, including some scuffing. Dimensions: 11" x 6" x 1.5" (28 cm x 15.25 cm x 4 cm) Ownership may be restricted in some countries; see replica firearm notice in Buyer's Guide. Estimate: $1,200 - 1,600

Bruichladdich - A likely 1980's bottling of Bruichladdich 15 year old single malt whisky, 75cl and 40% ABV, level low neck, contained in carton.

Jack Daniels - A 70cl bottle of Old No.7 Brand sour mash whiskey, 40% ABV, level mid neck, likely a 1980's bottling.

Jim Beam - A 70cl bottle of Jim Beam White Label sour mash whiskey, 40% ABV, level upper neck, likely a 1980's bottling.

Southern Comfort - A 75cl bottle of Southern Comfort Liquor Spirit, 43% ABV, level low neck, likely a 1980's bottling.

Glenfiddich - A 75cl bottle of Glenfiddich Pure Malt scotch whisky, 40% ABV, level upper shoulder, likely a 1980's bottling.

Jacques Sarazin, 1592 Noyvon – 1660 Paris, zug.KINDERBÜSTEHöhe: 41,5 cm. Sockelhöhe: 14 cm.Bronze, schwarz patiniert, auf eingezogenem, rundem Porphyrsockel. Bei dem plastischen Kinderbildnis dürfte es sich wohl um ein Knäblein handeln. Das Gesicht ist äußerst portraithaft gezeigt, der Oberkörper unbekleidet, mit je glatter, polierter Oberfläche. Im Gegensatz dazu zeigt das Haar bewusst markanter gearbeitete Locken. Die hohe Qualität, aber auch Detailvergleiche mit weiteren Werken des Bildhauers lassen diese Künstlernennung zu. Dies zeigt sich vor allem auch in der bekannten Büste des noch kindlichen französischen Königs Louis XIV (1638-1715), die in dessen Alter von fünf Jahren im Auftrag von der Mutter, Anna von Österreich, von Sarazin geschaffen wurde, und die sich im Pariser Louvre befindet (Inv.Nr RF2508). Auch Vergleiche mit weiteren Werken des Bildhauers, etwa die Marmor-Kindergruppe, ehemals im Park von Marly, um 1640-1667, jetzt ebenfalls im Louvre (Inv.Nr. FR 1843 A -B) erlaubten diese Zuordnung. Ebenso die in Warschau im Nationalmuseum befindliche Marmorbüste – die ebenfalls den jungen Louis XIV um 1648 zeigt, also im Alter von zehn Jahren (Inv.Nr. 126644, siehe hierzu: Dariusz Kaczmaryk, Rzezba europejska od XV do XX wieku. Katalog zbiorów, Warschau 1978, Kat. Nr. 177, S. 91). Beachtenswert ist, dass die vorliegende Büste von erkennbarer individueller Physiognomie geprägt ist, was bei Kleinkinderbildnissen eine hohe Meisterschaft erfordert. Die erkennbaren technischen Merkmale des Bronzegusses lassen eindeutig eine Fertigung in dieser Epoche erkennen. Sarazin studierte und wirkte von 1610 bis 1627 in Rom bei Jean Languille, einem französischen Holzbildhauer. Hier wurde er vom Römischen Barock geprägt und arbeitete zusammen mit dem Bologneser Maler Domenichino, aber auch mit dem flämischen Bildhauer François Duquesnoy. Simon Vouet, dessen Nichte er ehelichte, war etwa ein Jahrzehnt sein Mentor und künstlerisches Vorbild. 1648 gehörte er zu den Begründern der Pariser Akademie, die er als Direktor von 1654 bis 1660 geleitet hat. A.R. Provenienz: Privatsammlung. Literatur: Barbara Brejon de Lavergnée (Hrsg.), Jacques Sarazin. Sculpteur du roi, 1592-1660. Ausstellungskatalog. Réunion des Musées Nationaux, Paris 1992. Antoine-Nicolas Dézallier d’Argenville, Vies des fameux architectes depuis la Renaissance des arts, avec la description de leurs ouvrages. Bd. 2, Reprint der Ausgabe von 1788. Boston 2006, S. 145-158. Marthe Digard, Jacques Sarrazin. Son œuvre – Son influence. Paris 1934. (12718112) (11)Jacques Sarazin,1592 Noyvon – 1660 Paris, attributedBUST OF A CHILDHeight: 41.5 cm. Height of base: 14 cm.Bronze with black patina on recessed porphyry base. This three-dimensional bust of a child is probably depicting a young boy. The face is shown portrait-like, his upper body naked, the skin shown deliberately smooth and polished in contrast with the strikingly carved curls of his hair. The bust‘s high quality, but also comparisons of details with other works by the sculptor allow an attribution to Sarazin. This can especially be seen in Sarazin‘s famous bust of the childlike French King Louis XIV (1638-1715), commissioned by his mother, Anne of Austria when the future king was five years old, today held at the Louvre in (inv. no. RF2508). Other examples by the artist, such as a Group of Children in marble, formerly held at Park of Marly, ca. 1640-1667 and today at the Louvre (inv. no. FR 1843 A -B) compare well as does a marble bust of a youthful Louis XIV, ca. 1648, aged 10 held at the National Museum, Warsaw (inv. no. 126644, also see: D. Kaczmaryk, Rzezba europejska od XV d XX wieku, katalog zbiorów, 1978, cat. no. 177, p. 91). It is remarkable, that the present bust displays individual facial features, which requires a very high level of craftsmanship in portraits of children. Particular features of bronze casting clearly show that it was manufactured during that era. Provenance: Private collection.Literature:B. Brejon de Lavergnée (ed.): Jacques Sarazin. Sculpteur du roi, 1592-1660, exhibition catalogue, Réunion des Musées Nationaux, Paris 1992.A.-N. Dézallier d‘Argenville, Vies des fameux architectes depuis la Renaissance des arts, avec la description de leurs ouvrages, vol. 2, Reprint of the 1788 edition. Adamant Media, Boston 2006, pp. 145-158.M. Digard, Jacques Sarrazin. Son œuvre – Son influence. Ernest Leroux, Paris 1934.

A VINTAGE DIAMOND CLUSTER RING mounted in 18ct white gold and platinum, and set with estimated approx 0.44cts of old and eight cut diamonds, diamond to the centre is 0.20cts. finger size M, weight 3.1gms Condition Report: I cannot give you a full diamond appraisal, i.e the 4 C~s as I am not qualified to do so. I can tell you what I can see with knowledge of inclusions and quality of gem stones up to Gemmology Association Certificate level.. . . Diamonds;- Central stone, nice and clean, good colour, on close inspection a couple of microscopic carbon dots, barely visible with a 20x loope. other diamonds eight cuts, appear clean and bright and a good match for colour.. Mount, very little wear, stamped 18ctplat. Could do with a proper ultrasonic clean and polish..

1 BOTTLE CHAMPAGNE BOLLINGER EXTRA QUALITY ‘SPECIAL CUVEE’ BRUT NV FROM 1960’s (LEVEL AT 1.5 CMS INVERTED) SOME LIGHT SEDIMENT - NO SIGNS OF SEEPAGE - WEAR AND TEAR DAMAGE TO TOP FOIL AND LABEL 

Tim Eitel - - 1971 Leonberg - lebt und arbeitet in Paris MUSEUMSLANDSCHAFT. 2001. Öl auf Leinwand. Verso zweifach signiert, datiert und betitelt. 180 x 240 cm (70,8 x 94,4 in). • Eitel gilt als Vertreter der Neuen Leipziger Schule, eine der prominentesten figurativen Strömungen der zeitgenössischen Kunst. • Frühe großformatige Arbeit. • Tim Eitel wird von den renommierten Galerien Eigen+Art in Deutschland sowie international von The Pace vertreten. PROVENIENZ: Galerie Eigen+Art, Berlin. Privatsammlung Berlin. AUSSTELLUNG: Tim Eitel. Terrain, Museum zu Allerheiligen / Kunstverein Schaffhausen, 6.6.-8.8.2004, u. a., Ausst.-Kat. mit Abb. S. 6. tim eitel_untitled (2001-2020), Daegu Art Museum, Daegu (Südkorea), 7.7.-18.10.2020, Ausst.-Kat. mit Abb. S. 140/141. LITERATUR: Künstlerhaus Bethanien (Hrsg.), Tim Eitel, 2003, S. 17. Ab 1994 studiert Tim Eitel an der Burg Giebichenstein in Halle Freie Kunst und ab 1997 Malerei an der Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst in Leipzig. Diese ist Ausgangspunkt für eine Strömung der zeitgenössischen Malerei, die mit ihrer eigenen unverwechselbaren Bildsprache die 'Leipziger Schule' begründet. Zu den Gründern gehören Bernhard Heisig, Wolfgang Mattheuer und Werner Tübke, die an der damaligen Leipziger Kunstakademie studieren und später lehren. Nach der politischen Wende und der Entstehung der Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst entwickelt sich die Begrifflichkeit der 'Neuen Leipziger Schule', der ebenso Neo Rauch zugeordnet wird. Der Galerist Judy Lybke vertritt äußerst erfolgreich diese Schule auch auf internationaler Ebene. Tim Eitel gehört zu den namhaften Vertretern der gefragten 'Neuen Leipziger Schule'. Von 2001 bis 2003 ist er Meisterschüler bei Professor Arno Rink. In dieser Zeit entsteht die Werkfolge 'Museumslandschaften'. Hier beschäftigt sich Tim Eitel mit den Fragestellungen der Beziehung zwischen Figur und Umgebung, zwischen Betrachter und Werk, zwischen Fläche und Raum. Am Anfang steht immer eine Reihe von Fotos. Sie sind für Eitel wie ein klassisches Skizzenbuch. Er hält fest, was ihn instinktiv interessiert, dies kann ein Stück Architektur sein, eine Geste, eine Haltung. Aus diesen fotografisch eingefangenen Momenten baut er dann die Bildkomposition wie eine Collage zusammen. Dieser fotografische Ansatz setzt sich auch in der sehr präzisen realistischen Malweise Tim Eitels fort. Die Beziehung von Figur und Raum ist in der 'Museumslandschaft' von 2001 raffiniert inszeniert. Erst auf den zweiten Blick bemerkt man, dass die junge Frau vor einem Gemälde in einem Museum steht und nicht die sie umgebende Landschaft im Freien fotografiert. Als Kunstrezipientin hält sie, wie der Künstler selbst, Gesehenes fest. Das Bild im Bild ist so groß in die Komposition gesetzt, dass es fast zur Kulisse wird. Die Bildbetrachterin taucht im Bild auf und verweist das eigentliche Bild eine Ebene nach hinten. Es entsteht ein Interieur, das wir als solches selbst kaum wahrnehmen. Das Landschaftsbild im Bild besticht durch seine fein abgestimmten, fast monochromen Farbflächen, von denen sich die modisch urban gekleidete Betrachterin kontrastreich absetzt. Die Komposition überzeugt durch wohltuende Reduzierung und Klarheit mit überraschenden Blickwinkeln und gewitzten Bildlösungen. [SM] Aufrufzeit: 18.06.2021 - ca. 20.14 h +/- 20 Min. Dieses Objekt wird regel- oder differenzbesteuert angeboten.ENGLISH VERSIONTim Eitel -1971 Leonberg - lebt und arbeitet in Paris MUSEUMSLANDSCHAFT. 2001. Oil on canvas. Twice signed, dated and titled on the reverse. 180 x 240 cm (70.8 x 94.4 in). • Eitel is a representative of the New Leipzig School, one of the most prominent figurative tendencies in contemporary art. • Early large-size work. • Tim Eitel is represented by the renowned galleries 'Eigen+Art' in Germany and by 'The Pace' internationally. PROVENANCE: Galerie Eigen+Art, Berlin. Private collection Berlin. EXHIBITION: Tim Eitel. Terrain, Museum zu Allerheiligen / Kunstverein Schaffhausen, June 6 - August 8, 2004, et al, ex. cat. with illu. on p. 6. tim eitel_untitled (2001-2020), Daegu Art Museum, Daegu (South Korea), July 7 - October 18, 2020, ex. cat. with illu. on pp. 140/141. LITERATURE: Künstlerhaus Bethanien (editor), Tim Eitel, 2003, p. 17. From 1994 Tim Eitel studied fine art at Burg Giebichenstein in Halle and from 1997 painting at the University of Graphic and Book Art in Leipzig. The school was the cradle of a new tendency in contemporary painting that led to the formation of the 'Leipzig School' with its own unmistakable visual language. The founders include Bernhard Heisig, Wolfgang Mattheuer and Werner Tübke, who studied at what then was the Leipzig Art Academy. Later the artists also had teaching posts at the school. After the end of the GDR and the school’s renaming to University of Graphic and Book Art, the 'New Leipzig School' developed, of which Neo Rauch was also a protagonist. The gallery owner Judy Lybke represents this school on an international level with great success. Tim Eitel is one of the well-known representatives of the sought-after 'New Leipzig School'. From 2001 to 2003 he was a master student with Professor Arno Rink. During this time, the series of works 'Museumlandschaften' (Museum Landscapes) was created. In these works Tim Eitel examines questions regarding the relationship between figure and environment, between viewer and work, between surface and space. He always starts with a series of photos, which are like a classic sketchbook for Eitel. He captures what instinctively interests him, it can be a piece of architecture, a gesture, a posture. From these photographically captured moments, he then assembles the image composition like a collage. Tim Eitel also implements this photographic approach in his very precise, realistic paintings. The relationship between figure and space is artfully staged in 'Museumlandschaft' from 2001. We notice only at second glance that the young woman stands in front of a painting in a museum and is not taking photos of the surrounding outdoors. As an art recipient, just like an artist, she captures what she sees. The picture in the picture is so dominant in the composition that it almost functions like a backdrop. The viewer appears in the picture and thus sort of relegates the actual picture one level back. The result is an interior we hardly perceive as such. The landscape painting in the picture is particularly captivating for its subtly concerted, almost monochrome color surfaces and their contrast with well-dressed viewer. With its pleasant reduction and clarity, the surprising perspectives and the clever image solutions, the composition is a remarkable work by the artist. [SM] Called up: June 18, 2021 - ca. 20.14 h +/- 20 min. This lot can be purchased subject to differential or regular taxation.

Joseph Beuys - - 1921 Krefeld - 1986 Düsseldorf Goldhase. Um 1982. Goldbronzespray auf Karton. Unten signiert. 60,5 x 44 cm (23,8 x 17,3 in). • Das Motiv dieses Hasen taucht auch auf den 'Hasensteinen' auf. • Joseph Beuys ist einer der bedeutendsten Künstler der deutschen Nachkriegszeit. • Der Hase - für Beuys ein Tier mit Energiefunktion. • Unikat. PROVENIENZ: Galerie Heinz Holtmann, Köln. Sammlung Sal Oppenheim. LITERATUR: 10 Jahre Sammlung Sal.Oppenheim 1997-2007, S. 418, Abb. S.71. 'Der Hase ist das Element der Bewegung, der Aktion, der den starren Kunstbegriff ändert. Dann ein Bewohner von Eurasien, der über alle Grenzen hinweggeht und sogar mit der Berliner Mauer fertig wird. Damit hängt die Idee der großen Einheit zusammen, die von Mitteleuropa ausgeht' Joseph Beuys im Abendzeitung-Gespräch vom 15.11.1985. Schon in seiner Aktion 'Wie man dem toten Hasen die Bilder erklärt' in der Galerie Schmela, Düsseldorf, am 26.11.1965, verbindet Joseph Beuys die Farbe Gold mit dem Hasen. Beuys’ Kopf ist damals mit Blattgold, Goldstaub und Honig bedeckt. Sein Kopf, das wertvolle, gedankenbildende Zentrum des Menschen und Künstlers, ist mit dem edlen Metall kenntlich gemacht. Der Hase nimmt damals die Position des Betrachters ein; wohingegen die realen Betrachter:innen (= Ausstellungsbesucher:innen) auf der Straße vor dem Schaufenster bleiben müssen und noch keinen Einlass erhalten. Der Hase taucht in Zeichnungen, Aktionen und Multiples von Joseph Beuys immer wieder als wichtiges Bindeglied des Verständnisses auf. In Verbindung mit Gold etwa in seiner Aktion auf der documenta 7 in Kassel im Jahr 1982, als Joseph Beuys eine getreue Kopie der goldenen Zarenkrone Iwans des Schrecklichen einschmilzt und in die Gussform eines Schokoladenosterhasens gießt, es entsteht ein 'Hase mit Sonne'. Die Silhouette des schnell rennenden Hasen, wie sie hier zu sehen ist, begegnet uns auch auf den 'Hasensteinen'. Der Hase rennt und ist in seiner Schnelligkeit und Wendigkeit charakterisiert. Joseph Beuys sieht darin die geistige Beweglichkeit des Denkens und Wollens verkörpert. Eigenschaften, die im Verständnis des Künstlers für die Errichtung einer sozialen Plastik unabdingbar sind: Nur wer in seinem Denken beweglich und nicht verkrustet ist, kann Neues schaffen. Dieser Gedanke erscheint banal, in der deutschen Gesellschaft der Nachkriegszeit haben verkrustete, festgefahrene Gewohnheiten und Strukturen jedoch noch einen ganz anderen Beigeschmack als heute. Eine Neubelegung der Symbolik von Gold in Abtrennung vom Kapitalgedanken findet auf derselben Ebene statt. Es wird durch seine Wandelbarkeit des Zustandes ein prädestiniertes Material für Beuys, es kann geschmolzen oder fest, flächig oder gesprüht, massiv oder flüssig, kalt oder warm sein. Es ist nicht primär der materielle Wert, der interessiert, auch wenn die tradierte Würde und Erhabenheit des Materials immer mitschwingt. [EH] Aufrufzeit: 19.06.2021 - ca. 12.36 h +/- 20 Min. Dieses Objekt wird regelbesteuert angeboten (R).ENGLISH VERSIONJoseph Beuys -1921 Krefeld - 1986 Düsseldorf Goldhase. Um 1982. Gold-bronze spray on board. Signd on the bottom. 60.5 x 44 cm (23.8 x 17.3 in). • The motif of the hare also appears on the 'Hasensteine'. • Joseph Beuys is one of the most importand artists of the post-war era in Germany. • The hare - for Beuys an animal with an energy function. • Unique object. PROVENANCE: Galerie Heinz Holtmann, Cologne. Collection Sal Oppenheim. LITERATURE: 10 Jahre Sammlung Sal.Oppenheim 1997-2007, p. 418, illu. on p.71. 'The rabbit is the element of movement, of action that changes the rigid concept of art. A resident of Eurasia who transgresses all borders and can even deal with the Berlin Wall. This is related to the idea of the great unity that Central Europe stands for. Joseph Beuys in an interview on November 15, 1985. In his campaign 'How to explain pictures to a dead hare' at Galerie Schmela in Düsseldorf on November 26, 1965, Joseph Beuys connected the color gold with the hare. Beuys’ head was covered with gold leaf, gold dust and honey. His head, the valuable, intellectual control center of man and artist, was marked with the noble metal. At that time the hare took the position of the observer; whereas the real viewers (= exhibition visitors) stood on the street in front of the gallery and followed the scene inside through the window. Time and again the hare appears in Joseph Beuys‘ drawings, actions and multiples. It serves as an important link for comprehension. Often in connection with gold, like in his action at documenta 7 in Kassel in 1982, for which Joseph Beuys melted an exact copy of the golden tsar crown of Ivan the Terrible, pouring it into the mold of a chocolate bunny, and creating a 'Hase mit Sonne' (Hare with Sun). We also find the silhouette of the running hare, as it can be seen here, on the 'Hasensteine'. The running hare is characterized by its speed and agility. To Joseph Beuys it embodies mental agility of thinking and will. In the understanding of the artist, these properties are essential for the establishment of a social sculpture: Only those flexible in their thinking and not narrow-minded can create something new. This thought seems banal, but in post-war German society narrow-mindedness and habitual thinking were of strong relevance for stagnant social development. A reinterpretation of the symbolism of gold outside its material value took place on the same level. Its changeability made it a perfect material for Beuys‘ art; it can be molten or solid, flat or sprayed, cold or warm. It is not primarily the material value that is of interest, even if the material‘s traditional dignity and sublimity always resonate. [EH] Called up: June 19, 2021 - ca. 12.36 h +/- 20 min. This lot can only be purchased subject to regular taxation (R).

Andrew Beer, (1862-1954) - Oil on canvas - 'Sansovino', a racing pigeon, "Winner of the Young Bird Sweep (£10.) from Brislington, 2 miles Aug 4th 1924. Also 3rd off Bayswater Avenue (£3.) Owner S. F. Preece", signed lower left, entitled below, 29.5cm x 40cm, in gilt slip and gilt frameCondition report: A little surface dirt but ovcerall in untouched condition.PicturesThe inclusion of the artist’s full name (and dates of birth and/or death, if known) should be understood to convey that, in our opinion only, this work is probably by the artist, and probably of the period. Any qualifiers such as ‘Attributed to’, ‘Circle, Manner, School, or Follower of’ etc. convey some level of doubt on our part.Due to ongoing Covid restrictions, bidders are able to view lots in this online-only sale on the specified viewing days, by prior appointment only. There is no viewing on the day of sale. Please therefore read the following:As this is a sale of second-hand and antique items, bidders should expect items to exhibit general wear and tear commensurate with age and use unless otherwise stated. Please carefully examine the images as they form part of the overall condition. Clevedon Salerooms are happy to provide further detailed information on request, if received by email or telephone at least 24 hours prior to the sale. The mention of a specific flaw or fault does not automatically mean that no other faults exist. Reports are provided as a goodwill gesture and are a general assessment, not a forensic survey.Further category-specific condition information can be found in our Standard Terms and Conditions. The placing of a bid by you is taken by us as an indication that you have read, understood and agreed to these terms.

A wonderful example of a carburetted, dry-sump, UK car that has been maintained well throughout its life.CEH 677T dates from March 1978 and has been enjoyed by its present owner since July 2011Considerable sums have been invested to restore the 308’s bodywork to its former gloryRepair panels to lower parts of door skins and door casings, lower parts of front wings between wheel arches and doors and the wheel archesAt 74,000 miles, a major engine and gearbox rebuild was carried out by Italia AutosportThis work included, new valves (all-steel valves replacing the original sodium-filled inlet valves), new valve guides and valve stem oil seals, valve seats re-cut, and the cylinder heads skimmedNew liners, pistons and rings, main bearings and big-end shells were fitted. New synchro-rings were fitted to all gears and all timing belts, clutch, HT-leads and various smaller items including fastenings and seals were all replacedNow showing 76,000 miles and good to go, it’s accompanied by its original toolkit and jack in their respective leather bags, the original Driver’s Handbook and the Service book which displays six service stamps from 1978 when the car was sold new until 1982This is a wonderful example of a carburetted, dry-sump, UK car that has been maintained well throughout its lifeOfficially introduced at the Paris Salon in October 1975, the 308 GTB’s styling was created by Pininfarina. The stunning two-seat coachwork was all new but incorporated some of the old magic by blending aspects of the Dino 206/246 with the later 365 GT4/BB. Styling cues from the Boxer were the dihedral groove at bumper level splitting top and bottom, the plunging nose and the sail panels reaching back to meet a shallower spoiler, whilst the conical side air intakes and recessed concave rear window were familiar from the Dino. The 308 GTB employed a tubular steel chassis with independent coil spring/wishbone suspension front and rear, complemented by anti-roll bars, adjustable dampers and powerful disc brakes. At its heart was a Formula One-derived, all-alloy, quad-camshaft, 3.0-litre V8 engine, allied to a transversely mounted five-speed gearbox.CEH 677T dates from March 1978 and has been enjoyed by just six owners, its present since July 2011. During our custodian’s ownership, considerable sums of money have been invested to restore the 308’s bodywork and bring it back to its former glory, including repair panels to lower parts of door skins and door casings, lower parts of front wings between wheel arches and doors and repairs to the wheel arches.All of this work carried out to a very high standard by Chris Gregory in Knaresborough and a full photographic record is in the car’s history file.Italia Autosport in Meltham were entrusted with the mechanical aspects of returning the Ferrari to top form and, at 74,000 miles, a major engine and gearbox rebuild was carried out by John Pogson’s team.This work included, new valves (all-steel valves replacing the original sodium-filled inlet valves), new valve guides and valve stem oil seals, valve seats re-cut, and the cylinder heads skimmed.No significant bore wear was found but the cylinder liners had belled out at their bases, therefore new liners, pistons and rings were fitted. None of the crankshaft journals was scored but new main bearing, and big-end shells were fitted in line with good engineering practice. New synchro-rings were fitted to all gears in the gearbox although none of them were worn out significantly. All timing belts, clutch, HT leads and various smaller items including fastenings and seals were all replaced at the time of the build as you would expect from such experienced engineers.Currently showing 76,000 miles, this lovely 308 is good to go. It’s accompanied by its original toolkit and jack in their respective leather bags, the original Driver’s Handbook and the Service book which displays 6 service stamps from 1978 when the car was sold new until 1982. All the invoices for service, repairs and MOTs from 1982 up to the present time are contained in a large lever-arch file.Genuine UK right-hand drive 308GTBs are becoming increasingly rare on today’s roads and after all the restoration work has been carried out, all a new owner has to do is jump in and enjoy the benefit of someone else’s efforts.This is a wonderful example of a carburetted, dry-sump, UK car that has been maintained well throughout its life.*Forming part of A Sale of Ferraris in association with Ferrari Owners' Club of Great Britain, the buyer of this lot will be entitled to one years free membership with Ferrari Owners Club of Great Britain* SpecificationMake: FERRARIModel: 308 GTBYear: 1978Chassis Number: 24823Registration Number: 24823Transmission: ManualEngine Number: F106A021Drive Side: Right-hand DriveOdometer Reading: 76500 MilesMake: RHDInterior Colour: BlackClick here for more details and images

Large Wilson Lovatt & Sons Ltd brass bound spirit level, two vintage shooting sticks, Windsor & Newton folding artists easel, vintage umbrella and c.1960's Scarborough street map in golden oak frame

Hornby 0 gauge pre-war 2-rail Track and Track Accessories, including double-track crossovers (4), two different 'Control' brake rails, turntables (3, including 1 green 'Meccano' version), double track level crossing, two viaducts with ramps and a 3rd dismantled, numerous older (1920's) track pieces by Hornby and others, assorted buffer stops, track clips, repainted No 2 water tower and other items, varying F-VG, with playwear and damages (qty in 2 boxes)

A boxed Mamod live steam SR1a Steam Roller, of late 1970's vintage, with solid fuel burner tray but still with water level plug, complete with whistle, safety valve, scuttle and double-length steering extension, G-VG, level plug replaced with self-tap screw (original plug included in a pot of oil), some rusting inside firebox, box G

A Collection of Ortsgruppe and Kreisleitung Collar TabsSingle pair of collar tab rank insignia for Ortsgruppe Gemeinschaftsleiter, light-brown velvet on buckram backing, outer edges trimmed in light blue rayon piping, gilt washed alloy national eagle above four pips. Three pairs of collar tabs for Kreisleitung level, Ober-Gemeinschaftsleiter, Ober-Abschnittleiter and Haupt-Abschnittleiter, dark-brown velvet on buckram backing, outer edges trimmed in white rayon piping, gilt washed alloy national eagles, oakleaf/s and oakleaf bar/s, and pips. One pair Kreisleitung level Ober-Bereichsleiter with celleon embroidered national eagle above two oak leaves and single oak leaf bar, with gold wire highlights.USA-Los: Versand aus den USA.Zustand: IIA Collection of Ortsgruppe and Kreisleitung Collar Tabs Single pair of collar tab rank insignia for Ortsgruppe Gemeinschaftsleiter, light-brown velvet on buckram backing, outer edges trimmed in light blue rayon piping, gilt washed alloy national eagle above four pips. Three pairs of collar tabs for Kreisleitung level, Ober-Gemeinschaftsleiter, Ober-Abschnittleiter and Haupt-Abschnittleiter, dark-brown velvet on buckram backing, outer edges trimmed in white rayon piping, gilt washed alloy national eagles, oakleaf/s and oakleaf bar/s, and pips. One pair Kreisleitung level Ober-Bereichsleiter with celleon embroidered national eagle above two oak leaves and single oak leaf bar, with gold wire highlights.USA-Lot: Shipping from the USA.Condition: II

An Emotive WW2 Royal Air Force Battle of Britain Pilots Casualty Medal and Document Grouping of Flight Sergeant Eric Arthur Redfern 607 & 232 Squadron During the Battle of Britain, Later Killed in Action 17th August 1941, the medal group consists of 1939-45 star with bar “BATTLE OF BRITAIN”, Air Crew Europe star and 1939-45 War medal. All un-named as issued. Mounted into a small blue leather glazed display frame. Accompanying the medals is a suitcase full of original documentation relating to Redfern, including a number of personal letters written by him to his sweetheart and later wife, also a number of letter sent to his widow after he was posted as missing, later killed in action, official air ministry paperwork in relation to his loss and the proceeding procedures in relation to his pension and money owed to him etc. Another item in the grouping is a small scrapbook album containing newspaper cuttings in relation to him and other pilots from the battle, including Douglas Bader. The grouping is housed in a period leather suitcase which it has remained since the 1940’s. The grouping was originally sold in 2009 by the family and has only been in one personal collection since. We are of the opinion that the Battle of Britain bar is a later replacement. Flight Sergeant Eric Arthur Redfern was from Suffolk, the book “Men of the Battle of Britain” give the following details, “Eric Arthur Redfern. 754694 Sgt. British. 607 and 232 Squadron. Sgt Redfern of Suffolk, joined the RAFVR in July 1939 as an Airman u/t Pilot. Called up on September 1, he completed his training and was with 607 Squadron at Usworth in early July 1940. He moved to 232 Squadron at Castletown on August 27. He was posted to 242 Squadron at Martlesham Heath on January 29 1941. Redfern claimed a Bf 109 probably destroyed on a bomber-escort to Bethune on June 17, damaged a Bf 109 on the 23rd, and damaged another on a Stirling escort to Lille on July 8. 242 provided low-level escort for Blenheims sent to attack enemy supply vessels at Le Touquet on August 17 1941. The bombers turned away in the face of intense opposition and did not bomb. Redfern was one of two 242 Squadron pilots shot down and killed in action. Aged 27, he was a Flight Lieutenant at the time of his death. He is buried in Etaples Military Cemetery, France”. Research that accompanies the group states that Redfern’s Hurricane was shot down by an Me109 in the evening of 17th August 1941. Redfern was originally posted as missing, it was not until 1942 that he was presumed Killed in Action and again not until after the D-Day landings in 1944, that his grave was found, this was an un-marked grave of a RAF airman which was later confirmed as that of Redfern.

SCOTTISH FOOTBALL LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP GOLD MEDAL 1896/97, awarded to Tom Robertson of Heart of Midlothian F.C., the obverse with central red enamelled heart motif inscribed '1896-97', set within four footballs and a quatrefoil blue enamelled border inscribed 'Scottish Football League Champions', the reverse inscribed 'Heart of Midlothian Club, T. Robertson', 41mm high including bale, maker V&S, in nine carat gold, 15.7g Note: Tom Robertson was a Scottish International footballer who played an instrumental part in the Heart of Midlothian side that won the 1896/97 Scottish League Championship. Born in West Lothian in 1876, Robertson represented East Benhar, Heatherbell, Motherwell and Fauldhouse at a youth level, before signing for Hearts in 1896. This was a glorious period for the club, and Robertson helped them to their second ever league title during the 1896/97 season, during which they finished two points ahead of their arch-rivals Hibernian. Whilst the club had lost some key players at the beginning of the campaign, they retained many at the peak of their performance, as well as bolstering their ranks with a number of strong signings including George Livingstone, Albert Buck, Bobby Walker and of course, Robertson. Hearts were captained that season by the stalwart midfielder John Walker, and the players were again trained by legendary coach James Chapman. A crucial point in the season came against Hibs on 5th December 1896, when their Leith neighbours were four points ahead and would probably have secured the title if victorious. However, it was a goal from Tom Robertson which allowed Hearts to win the tie, bringing them within reach of the title. By mid-January, both teams, as well as a strong Celtic side, were neck and neck at 24 points apiece with two games left to play. Hibs went to 26 points after beating St. Mirren, however lost their final match in Paisley which gave Hearts a critical opportunity. The Tynecastle side went to 26 points after defeating Clyde away from home, leaving it all to play for in their final match after Celtic lost at home to Dundee. The title was secured in resounding fashion on the 20th February 1897, when Hearts beat Clyde 5-0 at home, with Tom Robertson scoring four of the goals. The importance of Robertson in the early history of the club cannot be understated, and was certainly noticed south of the border when Merseyside club Liverpool signed him for £350 in 1898. A great all-round player, he went on to score in his debut for that club, and was instrumental in the side that won their first ever English league title in 1900/01, with his medal for this achievement being in the Anfield trophy room. Robertson went on to play with Hearts again, before spells with Dundee and Manchester United, though it is that all-important first spell with the club and the critical goals he scored during the 1896/97 campaign that has secured his name in the early history of Hearts.

ALL #1's LOT: - (12 in Lot) - ALL First Printings - Includes PRIMORTALS (1995 - TEKNO) #1 + ICICLE (1991 - HERO) #1 + BLIP & THE C.C.A.D.S. (1987 - AMAZING) #1 + BLISS ALLEY: ALCHEMY AT STREET LEVEL (1997 - IMAGE) #1 + TARZAN: THE BECKONING (1992 - MALIBU) #1 + SYPHONS (1993 - NOW) #1 + TEAM AMERICA (1982 - MARVEL) #1 + TEAM 7 (1994 - IMAGE) #1 + KINDRED (1994 - IMAGE) #1 + SUNRISE (1987 - HARRIER) #1 + THRESHOLD (1998 - AVATAR) #1 + TARRARISTS (1993 - EPIC) - Flat/Unfolded

1966 Mercedes-Benz 250 S Transmission: automatic Mileage: 23622Premiered at the Frankfurt Auto Show in 1965, the initial model lineup of the W108 consisted of the 250 S, 250 SE and 300 SE, as well as a sole W109, the 300 SEL. Engines for the new car were carried over from the previous generation, but enlarged and refined. The 250 S was the entry-level vehicle fitted with a 2496cc straight-six M108 engine, with two dual downdraft carburettors, delivering 130 bhp at 5400 rpm which accelerated the car from standstill to 62 mph in 13 seconds and gave a top speed of 113 mph. Approximately 130,000 of the 250 S/SE models were built during the first two years of the W108/109's existence.Bill Wyman, founder member of The Rolling Stones, purchased this classic 'stacked headlamp' Mercedes-Benz 250 S Saloon and it was delivered to him on Monday 22nd August 1966. This was the first Mercedes with curved black windows. Although Mercedes-Benz had rejected Bill's order for black windows, a company in West London removed the 250's windows, they were curved not flat, took a mould and commissioned Pilkington to make special glass to fit. Then of course I got stopped all the time, Bill recalls. Though the police usually just wanted to see who was in it. Bill used the car frequently until 1969, when The Rolling Stones were not in the studio or touring, to help relax; being a keen photographer he would drive around the country taking photographs. After selling her in 1969 and purchasing a number of other Mercedes-Benz along the way, he purchased the car back in 1991 from a lady in Bury St. Edmunds, sadly the car was in poor condition. Having a real soft spot for this 250 S, Mr. Wyman commissioned a restoration project in 1997 which was undertaken by Tony Davey, a classic car specialist with a good reputation and vast knowledge. After the restoration, KYM 585D was stored as part of Bill Wyman’s private collection and was subsequently sold in June 2015.Still in good order throughout, this Mercedes-Benz benefits from owners that have loved and cherished her. These ‘stacked headlamp’ models are extremely handsome and highly sought after, particularly in this condition and with such an interesting history. Supplied with a V5C registration document, together with confirmation of Bill Wyman’s ownership, this Mercedes-Benz 250 S is offered for sale at a realistic estimate given the restoration cost of such an example.Interested parties should satisfy themselves as to the description and condition of each lot prior to the sale. Accordingly, buyers are on notice that each vehicle is offered ‘as is/as seen’ subject to the Terms and Conditions for the auction. Buyers are advised to inspect the vehicle in person or use a professional to carry out this service. Historics will not entertain disputes over descriptions.

One bottle vintage Old Lady~s Dry Gin^ Marie Brizard^ c.1960s^ 48 deg (low level)

A VERY FINE AND RARE HUANGHUALI YOKEBACK ARMCHAIR, GUANMAOYI17th centuryWith a well-carved protruding crestrail supported on a broad S-shaped splat and curved rear posts continuing to form the rear legs, the curved arms supported on tapering stiles and curved front posts continuing through the seat frame to form the front legs, the seat frame enclosing a soft-mat seat above a shaped apron and spandrels, the legs joined by stepped stretchers on the sides and a footrest on the front. 115cm (45 2/8in) high x 59cm (23 2/8in) wide x 44cm (17 3/8in) deep. Footnotes:十七世紀 黃花梨四出頭彎材官帽椅Provenance: Grace Wu Bruce, Hong Kong Sotheby's London, 13 May 2015, lot 115An important European private collection來源：香港古董商嘉木堂倫敦蘇富比，2015年5月13日，拍品編號115歐洲重要私人收藏Huanghuali yokeback armchairs such as the present example convey timeless elegance through the simplicity and balance of their lines which represents spare but opulent aesthetic of the Ming elite. They are distinguished by their large size, the generous sweep of the crestrail, well-shaped terminals and elegantly-curved front and back posts. The remarkable level of carpentry of this chair is also visible in the plain S-shaped back splat, which is carved from the same piece of wood and tongue-and-grooved into the underside of the top rail and tenoned to the back member of the seat frame. In addition, only four pieces of wood were used for the four verticals of the front legs and front arm-posts, back legs and back posts, with each vertical passing through the frame of the seat. Referring to the winged hat of the formal attire worn by Ming officials, the term guanmaoyi conveyed status and authority associated with the highest-ranking classes in China. Prior to the Ming dynasty, yokeback armchairs served as seats for Imperial family members and deities. Gaozong's empress (Gaozong r. 1127-1162), for example, is depicted gracefully seated on a yokeback armchair in one of a series of portraits of Song dynasty Imperial figures in the National Palace Museum, Taipei; see S.Handler, Austere Luminosity of Classical Chinese Furniture, London, 2001, p.46, fig.4.4.Illustrations included in literary sources of the Ming and Qing dynasties frequently show armchairs like the present example next to large tables in sumptuous reception halls, and beside writing tables in a scholar's studio. See, for example, a woodblock print in the 1616 edition of the 'Golden Lotus' Jin Ping Mei, depicting the main male character and his principal wife seated on a guanmaoyi chair while dining with his secondary wives and concubines seated on stools, illustrated by C.Clunas, 'The Novel Jin Ping Mei as a Source for the Study of Ming Furniture, in Chinese Furniture: Selected Articles from Orientations 1984-2003, Hong Kong, 2004, p.118, fig.8. For a general discussion about the basic model and decorative vocabulary of guanmaoyi armchairs, see C.Evarts, 'From Ornate to Unadorned', Journal of the Chinese Classical Furniture Society, Spring, 1993, pp.24-33.Compare with a nearly-identical huanghuali yokeback armchair, late 16th-early 17th century, in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, illustrated by N.Berliner, 'When Vernacular Meets Fine: Thoughts on Chinese Furniture Studies', Chinese Furniture: Selected Articles from Orientations 1984-1999, Hong Kong, 1999, pp.215, fig.11. A similar huanghuali yokeback chair, 17th century, was sold at Sotheby's New York, 20 March 2012, lot 127.主體以圓材製作，素面三彎靠背板嵌入搭腦下方與椅盤後大邊槽口，後腿上截穿過椅盤作肩出榫納入彎弧搭腦，三彎弧形的扶手同樣作肩出榫接合後腿上截，前方接前腿鵝脖，穿過椅盤成前腿足，中間支以三彎形上細下大的圓材聯幫棍。椅盤為格角榫攢邊框，抹頭見透榫，邊抹冰盤沿上舒下斂底壓窄邊線，四框內緣踩邊打眼造軟屜。座面下安券口牙子，沿邊起線，上方齊頭碰椅盤下面，二側嵌入腿足，底端出榫納入踏腳棖。左右兩面安相似券口牙子，後方為短牙子。腿間施步步高趕棖，踏腳棖及左右兩側管腳棖下各安一素牙子。官帽椅，顧名思義，是由於像古代官吏所戴的帽子而得名。四出頭官帽椅，以其簡潔的結構和協調的造型傳達出驚人的現代性，體現了明代文人逸士古雅雋永的美學追求。有別於更為常見的直材四出頭官帽椅，本拍品構件纖細，但彎曲程度大，製作時需用大料搜挖，以實現「柔婉」的效果，為堅硬的木材賦予了彈性之美。官帽椅歷史上常與中國統治階層的崇高地位息息相關。明代以前，官帽椅多用作皇室貴冑之坐具。台北國立故宮博物院館藏一件宋高宗後坐像，描繪了高宗皇后端&... This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: TP YTP Lot will be moved to an offsite storage location (Cadogan Tate, Auction House Services, 241 Acton Lane, London NW10 7NP, UK) and will only be available for collection from this location at the date stated in the catalogue. Please note transfer and storage charges will apply to any lots not collected after 14 calendar days from the auction date.Y Subject to CITES regulations when exporting items outside of the EU, see clause 13.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

EMS Synthi VCS3 Mk2 modular synthesizercirca 1978,in original wooden case with two panels providing controls for: two voltage controlled oscillators (VCOs), a low frequency oscillator (LFO), voltage controlled low pass/band pass voltage controlled filter (VCF), trapezoid envelope generator, noise source, ring modulator, voltage controlled spring reverb, 16 x 16 patch board matrix and 18 resistive connecting pins, joystick providing X, Y modulation control, reverse with power connector, headphone output, oscilloscope output, stereo output, two voltage control outputs, keyboard connector, two line level inputs and two microphone level inputs, trigger input, accompanied by a EMS manual and plug, approx 17in wide x 20in high (43cm x 51cm)Footnotes:Electronic Music Studios, Ltd, better known as EMS was formed in 1969 by Peter Zinovieff, Tristram Cary and David Cockerell, mainly as a way to fund Zinovieff's experimental music studio. The Cockerell-designed VCS3 'Putney' (after the location of the studio) was the first commercial product. It was an attempt, at a time when the current offerings from early synthesizer companies such as Moog and Buchla were large modular systems that covered walls, to provide a compact (considered portable at the time) version of an electronic studio, hence the name VCS (Voltage Controlled Studio). The VCS3 was also modular, but utilized an ingenious patch matrix that alleviated the need for patch cables to connect the separate modules. The synthesizer soon found its way on to the soundtracks of popular television programs like Doctor Who and onto a number of popular albums of the day. It was prominently featured on tracks by Pink Floyd (such as the Dark Side of the Moon's 'On the Run,') The Who (the 'Won't Get Fooled Again' intro includes Lowrey organ processed through a VCS3), Roxy Music where it was played by original member Brian Eno who also used it on his solo albums, Led Zeppelin (played by John Paul Jones on 'Four Sticks,') Hawkwind, King Crimson, Jean Michel Jarre, Tangerine Dream, etc.The VCS3 Mk2, known as the 'Synthi' remedied some of the issues of the earlier iteration especially regarding the oscillator instabilities and issues with the power supply and added envelope triggering on external audio through the input channel. This particular example was purchased by the consignor directly from EMS in the late 1970s and carefully maintained through the years. It's uncertain how many VCS3s were built, but some estimates put the number at 800. Doubtlessly, many of those had been discarded with the change of fashion that came with widely available digital synthesis and MIDI in the 1980s. This is a rare opportunity to purchase one of the legendary British synthesizers from the golden age of synthesis.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

1969 Austin Mini Cooper S MK IIMake: AustinModel: Mini Year: 1969Mileage: 39927VIN: WOL/27/69Configuration: Right Hand DriveRegistration: YJW549HTransmission: ManualACA previously sold this car in 2017 as 90% complete. The vendor has since finished-off the work and describes the car as a concours level restoration with new suspension, completion of wiring and interior, correct switches and accessories. It is described as performing very well. Comes complete with large history file containing restoration photos, many receipts, log books with ownership details from new and MoTs. The mileage is recorded at 39,927. PLEASE SEE BELOW FOR VIDEO PRODUCED 31ST MARCH BY ACA OF THIS CAR.

A Mamiya C33 Professional TLR Camera, interchangeable lens 6 x 6cm TLR, 120 film back, waist level viewing hood, body G-VG, dust on mirror, two Mamiya-Sekor 80mm f/2.8 lenses F-G, dust and haze, Seikosha-S shutter working, with a plate holder, lens cap, ERC, maker's camera and lenses boxes

CLASSIC POP 80's - 00's / 7" COLLECTION. An extensive collection of around 400 7" singles. Artists include Madonna, Midge Ure, ABC, The Peelers, INXS, Musical Youth, Art Garfunkel, Liza Minnelli, Concrete Blonde, Mike Douglas, Genesis, Maxi Priest, Eddy Grant, Culture Club, The Blow Monkeys, Level 42, Rod Stewart, Elton John, Kylie, Rick Astley, Simply Red. Buggles, Robert Palmer, Don McLean, Chris Rea, Bass-O-Matic, Ten City, Wildlife, Tanita Tikaram, Trio, Julee Cruise, Grandmaster Flash, Johnny Logan, Shakin Stevens & Bonnie Tyler, Was Not Was, Paul Simon, Mister Mixi, Urban Rhyme Squad, Steve Miller Band, Cherry Gillespie. Condition is generally VG to Ex, some may vary.

1 BOTTLE DEWARS FINEST SCOTCH WHISKY 'WHITE LABEL' 1950'S 'SPRING CAP' - Level at the shoulder

Records : 30+ 1980's albums inc Level 42, Split Enz, Talking heads etc

Y A fine Regency mahogany bowfronted 'flat to the wall' mercury stick barometer Bate, London, circa 1825 With swan neck pediment and cavetto cornice over silvered Vernier scale calibrated in barometric inches and annotated Very Dry, Set Fair, FAIR, Change, RAIN, M'ch Rain, Stormy beneath signature Bate, London to upper margin, behind bowed glass within moulded surround above ebony line edged trunk of the same bowed profile incorporating vernier setting screw to throat, the base with turned half vase cistern cover flanked by ebony line strung canted angles over cavetto moulded underside incorporating level adjustment screw, 100cm (39.25ins approx.) high excluding brass finial. The current lot is almost certainly by Robert Brettell Bate who is recorded in Clifton, Gloria Directory of British Scientific Instrument Makers 1550-1851 as working from Poultry, London 1808-42 and then 33 Royal Exchange 1846-47. Bate was known as a maker of all types of instrument however was celebrated for his nautical instruments including marine barometers and latterly was appointed Instrument-maker to Her Majesty s Honourable Boards if Excise and Customs.Condition Report: Tube is filled with mercury with no apparent air locks. The silvered scale exhibits a very slight even mellow appearance but are free form patchy areas of discolouration or other faults and the rack-and-pinion Vernier adjustment is operational. The case is in good condition with the only noteworthy fault being the loss of a small section of top moulding from the right hand side (approx. 1 ins in length). The surface finish of the case has slightly aged/mellow appearance.Condition Report Disclaimer

A fine and rare William III table clock movement and dial with pull-quarter repeatJohn Knibb, Oxford, circa 1695The five latched baluster turned inside rack and bell striking movement with plates measuring 7.125 by 5.125 inches and verge escapement regulated by short bob pendulum and pull-quarter repeat on a graduated nest of three bells, the backplate finely engraved with tight Ho-Ho bird inhabited repeating foliate scrollwork around a central signature John Knibb, Oxford, the 6.875 inch square brass dial with ringed winding holes and herringbone chamfer engraved calendar aperture to the matted centre within applied silvered Roman numeral chapter ring with fleur-de-lys half hour markers, Arabic five minutes to outer track and signed John Knibb, Oxford to lower margin, with fine scroll-pierced sculpted steel hands, winged cherub mask spandrels to angles and N/S strike/silent selection lever above twelve o'clock, (unrestored, lacking backcock). John Knibb was born in 1650 and was apprenticed to his older brother, Joseph, in around 1664. When Joseph moved to London in 1670 to set up business (presumably in the workshop inherited from his uncle, Samuel) John, his younger brother, took on the Oxford workshop gaining the Freedom of the city on payment of a fine in 1673. Joseph Knibb retired in 1697 selling up most of his workshop (most likely to his former Oxford-based apprentice Samuel Aldworth) before moving to Hanslop in Buckinghamshire where he made a few clocks prior to his death in 1711. During his career John Knibb became a high profile figure within the City of Oxford being a member if the City Council from 1686, a Bailiff in 1688 and then twice Mayor in 1698 and 1710. He also held positions of Alderman and Keykeeper. On his death in 1722 he was recorded as being of Smith Gate in the Parish of Holywell and was buried in that Parish at St. Cross church.  Due to the comparative rarity of clocks signed by John Knibb it has been suggested that his workshop may have generally served to supply Joseph's larger concern in London. The strong similarities between John's best work and those signed by Joseph would certainly support this view. However it is also clear that John was a high profile tradesman in the City off Oxford who trained no less than ten apprentices, therefore it is perhaps more likely that, although the two workshops were connected, they generally worked separately to supply clocks to differing groups of clients. The current lot is a fine example of a 'phase IV' movement and dial belonging the final fully-developed design of table clock produced by John Knibb during the mid to late 1690's. The mechanism itself is particularly well built with typical 'Knibb' baluster pillars, delicate wheelwork and finely executed internal rack striking mechanism. The engraved decoration to the backplate is notable in that the composition of Ho-Ho bird inhabited repeating leafy scrolls around a signature cartouche incorporating a small grotesque mask and basket of fruit at the apex in that it can be directly compared to that of a magnificent silver mounted table clock by Thomas Cattell illustrated in Dzik, Sunny ENGRAVING ON ENGLISH TABLE CLOCKS... on page 236 (Figure 13.22). Indeed the strong similarities between the engraving of the Thomas Cattell clock and the current lot would suggest that they were executed by the same hand in a style that would have been at the height of fashion at that time. Exploring the engraving further throws-up strong similarities with designs seen on the backplates of a handful of important clocks by Thomas Tompion; most notably that of the celebrated 'Selby Lowndes' grande-sonnerie clock (no. 217 circa 1693) illustrated in Evans, Jeremy; Carter, Jonathan and Wright, Ben THOMAS TOMPION, 300 YEARS on pages 388-91. Interestingly Evans, Carter and Wright attribute this engraving to 'G155' with a suggestion of Bartholemew le Maire being a possible candidate for this work cited on pages 177-78.The dial of the present movement exhibits the increased level of decoration seen on 'phase IV' clocks by John Knibb. These include ring-turned decoration to the winding holes and herringbone engraving to the canted recess of the calendar aperture - a preferred detail often seen of examples of John's work. The design of the hands are unmistakably 'Knibb' and remain essentially unchanged from those seen on clocks made a decade or so earlier.  Although essentially in unrestored condition the current lot appears to have survived in particularly good original condition with the escapement appearing essentially unaltered (with the possible exception of the backcock fixings) therefore presents as rare opportunity for restoration. The lack of a case is a shame, however as the form of a Knibb 'phase IV' case is well documented (see Lee, Ronald The Knibb Family, Clockmakers pages 92 and 93 for example) a replica can no doubt be constructed by a suitably skilled cabinet maker enabling this fine clock from the 'Golden Age' of English horology to be 'brought back'.  

2006 Porsche 911 / 997 Carrera 4S Convertible Transmission: automaticMileage:84285The 997 is dripping with technology. The Carrera S had the new Porsche Active Suspension Management as standard with both Carrera and non-Carrera benefitting from variable-ratio steering and Porsche stability management. Safety was further enhanced by the addition of four-wheel drive, a useful addition when you are channelling that much power through to the tarmac from the larger S-spec engine. Additionally, there was also the Sport Chrono Package offering a dash-mounted stopwatch which, as Octane put it, “tautened the throttle and suspension damping while loosening the PSM’s rein.”First registered on 26th April 2006, this wonderful Carrera 4S offers the perfect blend of sports car excitement with everyday practicality. Whether the top is up or down, flying down country lanes or visiting the local supermarket, the 4S does it all effortlessly and commands the respect of car lovers everywhere who recognise the Porsche ‘S’ models as the connoisseur’s choice. Looking fabulous in their wide body format and sporting 19” Carrera Sport wheels, these cars really hit the sweet spot of the 911 range. Desirable options on this particular car include 2-way electric leather seats in the front as well as leather rear seats, dashboard and door panels. Other benefits include steering wheel mounted Tiptronic gear change buttons and a full European satellite navigation system. The car boasts a full service history with most of the work carried out either by Porsche main agents or specialist garages including respected Porsche specialist JZM in Hertfordshire since 2014, with Langley Autocraft replacing a rear tyre and cleaning and wax oiling the bottom of the car more recently in January, demonstrating the level of care given to the car. The vendor reports that this Porsche drives faultlessly and he will be sorry to see it go, but no longer uses it enough.Supplied with a stamped service history, original book pack, a V5C registration document, previous MoT test certificates, many receipts, two keys and a Tracker. With 355 HP to play with and Porsche build quality, you can have the best of all worlds in this iconic future classic.Interested parties should satisfy themselves as to the description and condition of each lot prior to the sale. Accordingly, buyers are on notice that each vehicle is offered ‘as is/as seen’ subject to the Terms and Conditions for the auction. Buyers are advised to inspect the vehicle in person or use a professional to carry out this service. Historics will not entertain disputes over descriptions.

1937 Ford V8 Model 78 Saloon Transmission: manualMileage:72449The V8 engine was no novelty when Henry Ford introduced the Ford V8 in 1932, but never before had such an engine been produced successfully in large numbers and at so low a price. Styling followed the lines of the superseded Model A, but with an extra 25bhp on tap the newcomer boasted a level of performance in an entirely different league. Engine development proceeded at a brisk pace and by the mid-1930s the V8’s initial problems had been overcome and maximum power raised to 85bhp. A new X-member double-drop chassis on a longer (112”) wheelbase, introduced for 1933, was the first significant improvement made to the running gear, while the first major styling makeover arrived on the 1935 season’s models. ‘Greater beauty, greater comfort and greater safety,’ enthused Ford’s advertising, alluding to a range that had been restyled to be both lower and more streamlined.By this time Ford’s sole model, the V8 was also built in its overseas factories and the right hand drive V8 offered here is an example of the 3.6 litre Model 78, of which 4,331 were manufactured in the UK between January 1937 and June 1938.This car once formed part of John Mould’s ‘Paradise Collection’. Some work was carried out by a previous owner some years ago, which included the fitting of a new dynamo, battery, electrical and brake components, plus a small amount of paintwork renovation. The car is reported to start and drive well, with the owner stating that it ‘glides down the road as it should with the smooth 3.6 litre V8 sounding fantastic’. Finished in blue with brown interior, which is in wonderful condition including the dashboard which looks as new and with suicide doors, this car is offered with a current V5 registration document and being a rare right hand drive model, this makes it a rare useable classic on our roads.Interested parties should satisfy themselves as to the description and condition of each lot prior to the sale. Accordingly, buyers are on notice that each vehicle is offered ‘as is/as seen’ subject to the Terms and Conditions for the auction. Buyers are advised to inspect the vehicle in person or use a professional to carry out this service. Historics will not entertain disputes over descriptions.

1963 Land Rover Series IIA Transmission: manualMileage:51537 The Land Rover Series IIA is considered by many to be the hardiest Series model constructed. It was whilst the Series IIA was in production that sales of utility Land Rovers reached their peak, in 1969-70, when sales of over 60,000 Land Rovers a year were recorded. Compare that with sales of the Defender in recent years which have been around the 25,000 level since the 1990s. As well as record sales, the Land Rover dominated many world markets - in Australia, for example, the Land Rover held 90% of the 4×4 market in the 1960’s. This figure was repeated in many countries such as Africa and the Middle East.This very well presented 1963 Land Rover Series IIA has benefitted from an extensive restoration in 2015. The body was acid dipped and fully resprayed in its, believed to be original, Poppy Red colour scheme and both the chassis and bulkhead were treated and galvanised. During the restoration, the Land Rover was fitted with sensible upgrades including a heated front screen, a split charge system with camping battery fitted underneath the front passenger seat, a USB port at the front and a concealed fridge connection port at the rear. A rear draw and heavy-duty galvanised hood sticks to support a camping tent that can be used on the roof were also fitted.Finished in Poppy Red over a grey interior, this Land Rover is supplied with the current UK V5 registration document, various sundry invoices and many old Mot test certificates. Offered with a new MoT test certificate this Land Rover is in very good order throughout and is regularly exercised. Rarely do you see a Land Rover Series IIA in such good order, needless to say this example is ready to be enjoyed by its new owner.Interested parties should satisfy themselves as to the description and condition of each lot prior to the sale. Accordingly, buyers are on notice that each vehicle is offered ‘as is/as seen’ subject to the Terms and Conditions for the auction. Buyers are advised to inspect the vehicle in person or use a professional to carry out this service. Historics will not entertain disputes over descriptions.

Anthony V. Pace - Watercolour - Dock Cottages, Bristol, (circa 1830's), 25cm x 36cm, framed and glazed Condition: Some loss of gilt in places to the frame - **Due to current lockdown conditions, bidders are unable to view lots in this online-only sale. Please therefore read the following: As this is a sale of second-hand and antique items, bidders should expect items to exhibit general wear and tear commensurate with age and use unless otherwise stated. Please carefully examine the images as they form part of the overall condition. Clevedon Salerooms are happy to provide further detailed information on request, if received by email or telephone at least 24 hours prior to the sale. The mention of a specific flaw or fault does not automatically mean that no other faults exist. Reports are provided as a goodwill gesture and are a general assessment, not a forensic survey. Further category-specific condition information can be found in our Standard Terms and Conditions. The placing of a bid by you is taken by us as an indication that you have read, understood and agreed to these terms. Pictures - The inclusion of the artist’s full name (and dates of birth and/or death, if known) should be understood to convey that, in our opinion only, this work is probably by the artist, and probably of the period. Any qualifiers such as ‘Attributed to’, ‘Circle, Manner, School, or Follower of’ etc. convey some level of doubt on our part.

Nachlass des Generalmajors a.D. OTTO SCHROEDER (20.4.1860-6.8.1942) mit Orden und umfangreichen Urkunden, bestehend aus Preussen Königlicher Kronen-Orden Kreuz 2. Klasse mit Schwertern 1869-1916 im originalen Etui mit Band. Ritzmarke W und Silberstempel 938. Leider ist dieses Exemplar stark beschädigt (Emaille-Ausbrüche avers und revers). 8-teilige Ordensschnalle mit: EK 2. Klasse 1914, Mecklenburg-Schwerin Militär-Verdienstkreuz 2. Klasse 1914, Ehrenkreuz des Weltkrieges für Frontkämpfer mit Schwertern, Preussen Dienstauszeichnung für Offiziere 4. Form ab 1895, Luftschutz Ehrenzeichen 2. Stufe (Medaille), Preussen Roter Adler Orden Kreuz 4. Klasse sowie Zentenarmedaille. 12-teilige Frackschnalle mit 5 Bandauflagen (dazu separat auch teils passende Bänder), 6-teilige Frackschalle mit 1 Bandauflage, 5-teilige Frackschnalle mit 3 Bandauflagen und 2-teilige Frackschnalle. An weiteren Orden sind enthalten: 2 x EK 1. Klasse 1914 (revers die Stempel K und WS) im jeweiligen Originaletui und Pappschachtel, Kaiserlich österreichischer Orden der Eisernen Krone 3. Klasse Ritterkreuz mit Kriegsdekoration im originalen Etui d. Fa. Bergmann Wien (auf dem Etui revers Stempel 1916 und Bronze), dazu passende originale Verleihungsurkunde 1916, mit Statuten. Österreich Militär Verdienstkreuz 3. Klasse mit Kriegsdekoration im originalen Etui der Fa. Rothe & Neffe Wien, hierzu passende Original-Verleihungsurkunde vom 13. April 1915, mit Statuten. Osmanische Kriegsmedaille Eiserner Halbmond, Osmanische Silberne Liyakat Medaille am Band mit Bandauflage mit gekreuzten Schwertern, dazu Etui und passende originale Verleihungsurkunde im Kuvert. EK 2. Klasse 1914, Preussen Landwehr Dienstauszeichnung (ab 1868 2. Klasse), Königreich Siam bzw. (seit 1932) Thailand, Der sehr ehrenwerte Orden der Siamesischen Krone (1873-1941), Kommandeursdekoration (3. Klasse), Anfertigung d. Fa. Benson in London, Silber vergoldet und emailliert, mit Bandabschnitt im originalen goldfarben bedruckten blausamtenen Verleihungsetui. Dazu passende Original-Verleihungsurkunde sowie zusätzliche Übersetzung in Englisch, im Kuvert. In Kopie anbei vorhandene Auftragsbestätigung vom 13.3.1940 und Rechnung vom 30.3.1940 der Fa. J. Godet und Sohn Berlin im Auftrag von Günther Schröder (Sohn), über folgende Fertigungen, die in diesem Nachlass ebenso vorhanden sind: Bulgarien Nationalverdienstorden für Militärverdienste Bruststern Großoffizier, Bulgarien Nationalverdienstorden für Militärverdienste Großoffizier mit Halsband, Zentenarmedaille, Südwest-Afrika Denkmünze für Nichtkämpfer, Preussen Roter Adler Orden Kreuz 4. Klasse, teils dazu auch die Bänder. Außerdem umfasst der Nachlass die Deutsche Ehrendenkmünze des Weltkrieges (Bandauflage fehlt, in Tüte von J. Godet & Sohn), Kyffhäuser Denkmünze, Medaille auf die Hundertjahrfeier des Kgl. Preuss. Infregt. von Goeben 2. Rh. No. 28, leeres Etui für das "Luftschutz-Ehrenzeichen 2. Stufe", 2 Schachteln mit Aufdruck "J. Godet & Sohn KG" und Weiteres. Anbei auch ein Trägerfoto, aufgenommen aus Anlass seines 80. Geburtstages 1940, als Fotoabzug in s/w, darauf der Generalmajor Otto Schroeder mit der hier angebotenen 12-teiligen Frackschnalle und vermutlich Königlichem Kronen-Orden Kreuz 2. Klasse mit Schwertern zu sehen. Nach Angaben der Einliefererseite war Schroeder ab 1899 Königlicher Hauptmann und Compagnie-Chef im Schlesischen Pionier-Bataillon 6, Neisse. Von 1911-1914 war er Kommandeur und Oberstleutnant im Telegraphen-Bataillon 3, Koblenz. Lange Zeit war er in Metz stationiert, weitere Station Berlin und zuletzt Ostseebad Zingst. An Urkunden und Papieren sind darüber hinaus noch enthalten: Personal-Bericht 1909/1913 mit detaillierten Angaben zur Dienstlaufbahn, Zeugnis zur Reife zum Portepeefähnrich und Patent 1880, Zeugnis der Reife zum Offizier 1881, Patent als Second-Lieutnant 1881, Patent als Premier-Lieutnant 1891, Patent als Hauptmann 1895 mit Original-Autograph Kaiser Wilhelm II., Patent als Major 1907 mit Original-Autograph Kaiser Wilhelm II., Patent als Oberstleutnant 1913 mit Original-Autograph Kaiser Wilhelm II., Ernennungsschreiben mit Original-Autograph Kaiser Wilhelm II. vom 17. Februar 1914 zum Inspektor der 1. Inspektion der Fahrzeugtruppen im Eilbrief-Kuvert, weitere Zeugnisse, Verleihungsurkunde über das Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer 1935, Besitzzeugnis über die Kyffhäuser-Denkmünze 1922, Besitzzeugnis über das Kyffhäuser Ehrenzeichen 2. Klasse 1938, Verleihungsurkunde über das Luftschutz-Ehrenzeichen 2. Stufe 1939, vorläufiger Ausweis 1916 über die Verleihung des Eisernen Kreuzes 1. und 2. Klasse, Verleihungsurkunde über das Militärverdienstkreuz 2. Klasse Mecklenburg-Schwerin 1917, Verleihungsurkunde über die Südwestafrika-Denkmünze 1907, Beglaubigungsschein über die Dienstauszeichnung für 25 Jahre 1905, Urkunde über die Zentenarmedaille 1897, Verleihungsurkunde des Roten Adler Ordens 4. Klasse 1898, große Urkunde über die Aufnahme Schroeders in die Gesellschaft für lothringische Geschichts- und Altertumskunde 1908 mit Original-Autograph des Vorsitzenden Graf Zeppelin-Aschhausen. Gesiegeltes Patent zur Vollmacht zum Violinisten des Offizier Musik-Vereins Berlin 1882 (Urkunde beschädigt). Dazu Postkarte des Generalfeldmarschalls August von Mackensen mit handschriftlichen Glückwünschen aus Anlass Schroeders 80. Geburtstages 1940. 2 weitere Bilder von Mackensens, eines mit weiterem Original-Autograph in Husaren-Uniform darstellend. Diesen Nachlass bitten wir unbedingt zu besichtigen, die Erhaltungen sind unterschiedlich. | Inheritance with decorations of the retired Major General OTTO SCHROEDER (April 20, 1860 - August 6, 1942), with medals and extensive documents, consisting of Prussian Royal Crown Order Cross 2nd Class with Swords 1869-1916 in the original case with ribbon. Incised mark W and silver mark 938. Unfortunately this exemplar is badly damaged (enamel chippings on the front and back). 8-piece medal buckle with: Iron Cross 2nd Class 1914, Mecklenburg-Schwerin Military Merit Cross 2nd Class 1914, Cross of Honor of the World War for front fighters with swords, Prussian service award for officers 4th form from 1895, Air Protection Decoration of Honor 2nd Level (medal), Prussian Red Eagle Order Cross 4th Class and Zentenar Medal. 12-piece tailcoat buckle with 5 bands (also separately partly matching straps), 6-piece tailcoat buckle with 1 strap, 5-part tailcoat buckle with 3 bands and 2-part dress buckle. Other medals include: 2 x Iron Cross 1st Class 1914 (reverse stamps K and WS) in the respective original case and cardboard box, Imperial Austrian Order of the Iron Crown 3rd Class Knight's Cross with war decoration in the original case d. Bergmann Vienna (stamped 1916 and bronze on the case reverse), with matching original award certificate 1916, with statutes. Austria Military Cross of Merit 3rd Class with war decoration in the original case from Rothe & Neffe Vienna, matching original award document from April 13, 1915, with statutes. Ottoman War Medal Iron Crescent, Ottoman Silver Liyakat Medal on a ribbon with a ribbon with crossed swords, with a case and matching original award certificate in the envelope. Iron Cross 2nd class 1914, Prussia Landwehr service award (from 1868 2nd class), Kingdom of Siam or (since 1932) Thailand, the very honorable order of the Siamese crown (1873-1941), commander's decoration (3rd class), preparation of the Benson company in London, silver gilded and enamelled, with ribbon sFull description on lot-tissimo.com

Coming from a private collection of period enamelled signs collected by a gentleman over four decades. An original ROP Spirit enamelled steel sign with white ground, red border and black writing measuring approx. 123cm x 92cm.  The brand ROP, and “Renowned of Petrols”  was a rather oblique way of describing Russian Oil Products Ltd, a company established by the Russian Government with the intention of retaining the down stream profits being made by the western oil companies from Russian crude oil in the 1930’s.   Unfortunately the company did not have the same level of expertise nor of refining technology.  The owner of this significant collection of signs recalls his elderly mother, some 25 years ago, seeing this sign in his motor house, and exclaiming “bloody awful stuff... made our car back fire”! SpecificationClick here for more details and images

Coming from a private collection of period enamelled signs collected by a gentleman over four decades. An original Renowned Owner of Petrols enamelled steel sign with white ground and red and black writing measuring approx. 122cm x 92cm.  The brand ROP, and “Renowned of Petrols”  was a rather oblique way of describing Russian Oil Products Ltd, a company established by the Russian Government with the intention of retaining the down stream profits being made by the western oil companies from Russian crude oil in the 1930’s.   Unfortunately the company did not have the same level of expertise nor of refining technology.  The owner of this significant collection of signs recalls his elderly mother, some 25 years ago, seeing this sign in his motor house, and exclaiming “bloody awful stuff... made our car back fire”!SpecificationClick here for more details and images

A stunning, low mileage example of the rare R8 Plus Quattro V10 S-A.Powered by a naturally aspirated 610bhp, 5.2-litre V10 that revs to a howling 8700rpmGenuine Supercar performance with 0-62mph in 3.1seconds and 205mphFinished in Ara Blue Crystal Effect with black quilted leather and blue stitchingIt has only covered 8,500 miles, just 2,300 in the last two yearsVery high spec car with £15,000 of optional extras from new (£148,000)This is essentially a Lamborghini Huracan in a German business suitThe second generation of the R8, having the model code Type 4S, was unveiled at the 2015 Geneva Motor Show and is based on the Modular Sports System platform shared with the Lamborghini Huracan. The development of the Type 4S commenced in late 2013 and was and was completed in late-2014 with initial models including the all-electric e-Tron and the V10 5.2 FSI along with the V10 plus.Unlike its predecessor, there was no manual transmission available and the entry-level V8 trim was also dropped. The new R8 came with an updated new look on the outside and radical changes to the interior including the new interactive cockpit dashboard that tailors everything to driver involvement. The body is lighter and stiffer, due to the substitution of several large aluminium parts in the shell by carbon fibre. Extra electronics are incorporated in the chassis as compared to the first generation to improve handling and the R8 Plus is fitted with the 5.2-litre V10 that produces 610bhp, a 60bhp increase over the first generation plus offering 0-60 in just 3.2 seconds, all controlled by Audi's famous Quattro drive system.On offer today is a stunning example of the R8 Plus Quattro V10 first registered on the 1st of July 2016, finished in Ara Blue Crystal Effect with a beautiful black quilted leather interior and the seats stitched in Blue to complement the exterior. The car was highly specified from new and came with the following options,Driver assistance packCruise controlReversing cameraSound and Comfort packIlluminated door sill trimsBang and Olufsen sound systemFull leather packageSport plus packFull sports exhaustAudi Magnetic rideDynamic steering and 20” 10-spoke ‘Y’ alloy wheelsIt’s accompanied by its original Audi Book Pack and has been maintained by Audi Halesowen since new. Our vendor has covered a mere 2,300 miles in the last two years which is the main reason for the sale of this very special Audi and being retired, he feels the time is right to downsize! The car drives as you might expect given that it’s only four years old, has covered a tiny mileage and has been fastidiously maintained, however, on the way down to the auction house, an oil service requirement within the next 25 days was flagged up (time period requirement not mileage) so this will need doing. There is a quotation sent from Audi Halesowen in the book pack for £400.00 to undertake this requirement and this will be allowed for at the point of sale.The R8 Plus V10 is one of the most usable well-rounded supercars in the world today and it’s also one of the most engaging. The naturally-aspirated 5.2-litre V10 revs to 8700, by which point it’s howling like a Grand Prix engine of past times, handling is sublime, the state-of-the-art electronics keep everybody safe and Audi’s build quality is legendary. This lovely Ara Blue example has covered less than 9,000 miles and having cost over £148,000 new just over four years ago appears very sensibly guided. It definitely warrants consideration.SpecificationMake: AUDIModel: R8Year: 2016Chassis Number: WUAZZZFX0G7901069Transmission: AutoEngine Number: CSPA002448Drive Side: Right-hand DriveOdometer Reading: 8500 MilesMake: RHDInterior Colour: BlackClick here for more details and images

A grown-up Mk 2. The most aspirational saloon car of the period...Introduced in 1963 in 3.4 and 3.8 form, it actually outsold its smaller brother the Mk 2 This 3.4-litre, manual/overdrive gearbox car has covered an indicated 9,440 miles (109,440)It's finished in Opalescent Silver Blue with markedly patinated light grey leatherWith a previous owner for 30 years. Dry stored for 7 years. Large history fileRecently recommissioned with a new clutch a glass-out respraySome attention to the interior would take this stylish old Jag to the next level SpecificationMake: JAGUARModel: 3.4 S TYPE MANUALYear: 1967Chassis Number: 1B8002DNRegistration Number: MEY 952Transmission: ManualEngine Number: 7B9175-8Drive Side: Right-hand DriveOdometer Reading: 9440 MilesMake: RHDInterior Colour: GreyClick here for more details, condition report and images

A Small Collection of Surveying Instruments, A Small Collection of Surveying Instruments, a green card prismatic compass/clinometer by J Hicks (clinometer faulty), an Abney level in leather case, by E R Watts, retailed by E Esdale, Sydney, a cased dip needle by W s Darley & Co (one glass cracked) and a brass protractor with vernier, protractor diameter 20.3cm

A vintage 1960's Cowley sighting level; others, sight square, contract; a cased drawing implement set

1966 Austin Mini CooperRegistration no. HAY 571DChassis no. C-A2S7/873721Odometer reading: 33,600MOT Expiry: N/A*Immaculate 1960s Mini*UK car with large history file*Car shown at events, including 50 years of the Mini CooperIntroduced in 1959, the Austin Mini soon became an icon of 1960s British popular culture. The example shown here, a 1966 Austin Mini Cooper with the 998cc engine, was a later vehicle manufactured towards the end of the run in April 1966 for the UK market. The car was specified in the de-luxe trim to include a factory heater. Sold new via Lathams of Leicester, the car stayed local to Northampton until 2006. Between 1987-2005 the car was owned by John's Motors in Fosters Booth, Northampton. Established in 1963 the company has been run for many years by the founders son, well known historic single seater racer Jon Millicevic. Jon is well known for winning in superbly self-prepared cars. Whilst in his care he changed the colour of the car from the original white with a black roof (as described on the Heritage Certificate on file) to the current livery of fiesta yellow and white roof. In 2005 he sold it to Edward Bishop, Managing Director of Connaught Racing Cars. He kept the car for 18 months before selling to the next owner who undertook substantial work, ending in the car being sent to a rolling road (results on file). After buying the car in 2011, the current owner continued to take the car to the potential concours winning level it presents itself in today. The car has been shown at Autolegends, Goodwood's celebration of 50 years of the Mini Cooper, and the Festival Italia celebrating The Italian Job as well as the car being a regular visitor to Goodwood's Sunday breakfast meets. So whether you want to enter Concours events, have a great car to go to Goodwood Revival or simply have that Mini Cooper you have always promised yourself, you will not find a better example. Footnotes:Vendor Score Total: 94/100Bidders should note that the automated 100-point Seller's Assessment is provided by each Seller at the point of consignment using the guidelines below, and is not provided, assessed or verified by Bonhams MPH. Accordingly Customers (Bidders) are on notice that each vehicle is offered 'as is / as seen' subject to the Conditions of Sale for the auction, and Customers (Bidders) are strongly recommended to view the Lot(s) being offered, before bidding, in order to satisfy themselves as to their condition; Bonhams MPH will not entertain disputes over Sellers' Assessments. Key for sellers' assessments:1/5 POOR. A project vehicle | Requires urgent attention | Damaged | Parts missing2/5 AVERAGE. Useable condition | Requires some attention | Light damage3/5 GOOD. Drive away | Presents well | Good history file | Drives well4/5 VERY GOOD. Well restored | Running and driving with no noticeable faults | Sound throughout5/5 EXCELLENT. Concours condition | Beautifully presented | Driving very wellEXTERIOR TOTAL: 25/25Body Work: 5Chrome/Plastics/Trim: 5Glass: 5Paint: 5Wheels/Tyres: 5INTERIOR TOTAL: 14/20Dashboard/Door cards/Carpets: 3Headlining: 3Seats: 3Trim: 5ENGINE TOTAL: 20/20Mechanical components: 5Running: 5Starting: 5Under Bonnet: 5RUNNING GEAR TOTAL: 20/20Axles: 5Brakes: 5Gearbox/Clutch: 5Suspension: 5ELECTRICAL TOTAL: 10/10Ancillary components: 5Main components: 5Car History File: 5For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

1972 Ford Escort Mexico Rally CarRegistration no. DGA 2KChassis no. BFATMR05179Engine no. 711M6015BAOdometer reading: N/AMOT Expiry: N/A*Iconic Escort Mexico*Dry stored in a Carcoon*Great potentialThe Ford Escort is one of Britain's most well-loved cars and was Ford's most successful rally car, winning at Championship level for more than a decade. Launched in December 1970, the Ford Escort Mexico was a tribute to Hannu Mikkola and Gunnar Palm after their victory in an Escort in the London to Mexico World Cup of that year. The Mexico edition rally car was engineered to satisfy any keen driver whilst also maintaining agile and controllable handling for the road. The Mexico featured uprated suspension, larger disc brakes, and was powered by the same Kent 1,600cc engine as the standard car but with a progressive twin choke downdraft Weber carburettor. This 1972 example is in good condition and has spent a lot of its life in a Carcoon, but will require some work. The car is currently not running, but the vendor is aiming to get the car running and started by the time of the sale. The interior is in good condition, but the running gear such as suspension and brakes will require further attention. There is good history with the car including MOT certificates and the MSA historic identity forms from 2001. There is great potential on offer here with this special homologation vehicle.Footnotes:Vendor Score Total: 67/100Bidders should note that the automated 100-point Seller's Assessment is provided by each Seller at the point of consignment using the guidelines below, and is not provided, assessed or verified by Bonhams MPH. Accordingly Customers (Bidders) are on notice that each vehicle is offered 'as is / as seen' subject to the Conditions of Sale for the auction, and Customers (Bidders) are strongly recommended to view the Lot(s) being offered, before bidding, in order to satisfy themselves as to their condition; Bonhams MPH will not entertain disputes over Sellers' Assessments. Key for sellers' assessments:1/5 POOR. A project vehicle | Requires urgent attention | Damaged | Parts missing2/5 AVERAGE. Useable condition | Requires some attention | Light damage3/5 GOOD. Drive away | Presents well | Good history file | Drives well4/5 VERY GOOD. Well restored | Running and driving with no noticeable faults | Sound throughout5/5 EXCELLENT. Concours condition | Beautifully presented | Driving very wellEXTERIOR TOTAL: 15/25Body Work: 3Chrome/Plastics/Trim: 3Glass: 3Paint: 3Wheels/Tyres: 3INTERIOR TOTAL: 14/20Dashboard/Door cards/Carpets: 4Headlining: 3Seats: 3Trim: 4ENGINE TOTAL: 11/20Mechanical components: 4Running: 1Starting: 2Under Bonnet: 4RUNNING GEAR TOTAL: 16/20Axles: 4Brakes: 4Gearbox/Clutch: 4Suspension: 4ELECTRICAL TOTAL: 8/10Ancillary components: 4Main components: 4Car History File: 3For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A post-War M.B.E. group of seven awarded to Warrant Officer Class 1 C. Blair, Royal Army Service Corps The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 2nd type, breast badge, silver; 1939-45 Star; Burma Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Malaya, E.II.R. (S/57366 W.O. Cl. 1. C. Blair. M.B.E. R.A.S.C.); Army L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 1st issue, Regular Army (S/57366 W.O. Cl. 1. Blair. M.B.E. R.A.S.C.) last officially renamed, generally very fine (7) £200-£240 --- M.B.E. London Gazette 7 June 1951. The original recommendation states: ‘This Warrant Officer has been recommended previously for an M.B.E. in the New Years Honours Lists 1950 and 1951 and similarly for the Birthday List 1950. The citations on these occasions were as shown below: New Year 1950: ‘In recommending this Warrant Officer for the award of an M.B.E. I am of the view that it would indeed be difficult to find a case more deserving of consideration in time of peace. He has been employed in A.G.8. since 1 April 1946, and has given outstanding service throughout this period. During the past year in particular he has been subjected to quite abnormal conditions, all of which he has overcome in the most exemplary manner. Owing to reductions in staff the clerical work of the Branch has frequently been at breaking point, but on each occasion by his own personal example, initiative and untiring work Blair has averted a crisis. He has been fighting personal ill-health or illness in his family throughout this period, has been uncomplaining and cheerful and the requirements of the Service have always been put before his own personal problems, acute though they have been. To weld into a happy and hardworking team a mixed staff of military and civil servants, many of whom are over 60, is a remarkable achievement, which reflects the greatest credit on such a young Warrant Officer. Birthday 1950: ‘S.S.M. Blair was most highly recommended for the award of a M.B.E. in the New Years Honours List 1950, in view of his outstanding service over many years, the extremely difficult circumstances under which he fulfilled his task as Chief Clerk, A.G.8. up to August 1949, and the success with which he had welded into a happy and hardworking team the mixed staff of military and civilian clerks comprising the establishment of A.G.8. Since that period he has continued to render outstanding service, and his personal example, initiative and untiring devotion to duty have been maintained at the outstanding level on which the previous recommendation was made. Additionally he has devoted himself to the recreational interests of the personnel at Stanmore outside normal working hours.’ New Year 1951: ‘S.S.M. Blair has continued to deserve the high praise given in these previous citations and I would most strongly recommend that he be given the award in recognition of his outstanding services since 1946.’

AN EXCEPTIONAL AND VERY LARGE CANTON ENAMEL ‘SCHOLARS’ DISH, EARLY 18TH CENTURYChina. This piece is notable for its imposing size, the broad surface of which has been delicately rendered with a rich scene of scholars, literati and pupils observing an artist working on a scroll, painted with bamboo springing from craggy rockwork, the yet unfinished oeuvre being the talk of the gathering.Provenance: From a private estate in Pennsylvania, USA. The backside with an old collector’s label inscribed “C-09” and a second label with the inscription “Canton Enamel Charger 22” Diam. (18TH C) #78 (10.15.K)”. Condition: The foot rim with a hole drilled for suspension. The center with circular hairlines along the foot and two old fillings, each the size of a coin. The outer border with an old, restored section of ca. 10-15 cm, barely extending into the yellow border, mirrored at the back. Minuscule firing flaws, pitting, hairlines, dents, losses and fills. The metal mounts with a fine, naturally grown patina. Old wear and traces of use. Overall, in good condition, especially considering the magnificent size of 2.365 cm², with less than 60 cm² of restored area, equivalent to only 2.5% (!) of the total surface.Weight: 3.7 kg Dimensions: 55 cm Furthermore, we find a building with a terrace, a garden with scholar’s rocks, an imposing Ming dynasty altar table with a bitong and various brushes, an inkstone and several garden stools, as well as a peaceful lake and mountains in the far distance completing the inspiring scene.The cavetto with a dense scroll of pink peonies and lavender-colored lotus against an Imperial yellow ground, all within two circumferential bands of leaves and vines. The reverse shows a neatly painted still life of two peaches, lingzhi, flowers and a single bat against a white ground. The border with a band of grapes.The present dish is among the earliest examples of the successful combination of Western imaging techniques with traditional Chinese motifs during the first half of the 18th century. The subtle gradations of tone and the rendering of light and shade are particularly successful in the central panel, where cautious shading is introduced along the walls and canopy of the building. Even these few shades already give the composition a certain three-dimensional depth, heretofore unknown in Chinese painting. Moreover, the similarly rendered pink flowers are depicted in full bloom and appear to loom out from the contrasting yellow background. The fusion of East and West is therefore not only found on a technical level, but also in the stylistic approach to this painting, where the Chinese tradition of outlining has cleverly been combined with the European pursuit of naturalism through shading. Wares that combine a finely enameled scholarly motif on the interior with a vibrant yellow ground exterior were also produced in porcelain and celebrate the newly developed Famille Rose palette of the early eighteenth century. Tang Ying (1682–1756), as of 1728 the superintendent of the Imperial Kilns at Jingdezhen, notes in his work “A Brief Account of Ceramics”, that yangcai (Western color) enamel wares should be classified as combining falang glazes with Western painting styles (see the National Palace Museum exhibition catalog, Stunning Decorative Porcelains from the Qianlong Reign, Taipei, 2008, pp. 32-40).Painting in enamels on copper is essentially a Western art that gained prominence in northern Europe during the Renaissance and flourished in China under the reign of the Qianlong emperor. Once the piece was shaped, the copper was prepared with a ground of plain enamel to receive the painting in glassy pigments which then bonded to it by firing. The resulting clear and brilliant contrast of colors, which allowed for ornate decoration, was particularly suited to the young Qianlong emperor's taste for the opulent and exotic. The technique was first introduced to Guangzhou by Jesuit missionaries who entered the port with samples of Limoges wares from Europe around 1700. It was then presented to the Palace Workshop between 1714 and 1716 by the enamel factories in Guangzhou, who supplied versatile artisans dedicated to developing and improving the standard of the imperial Enamel Workshop (see Yang Boda in the catalog to the exhibition Tributes from Guangzhou to the Qing Court, Art Gallery, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 1987, page 63).Curator’s Summary: The frugal use of shading points to an early date during the first period of enamel production, which can possibly be even narrowed to 1710-1725. After this period, shading became more sophisticated and stippling was introduced. It is even possible that this monumental work, obviously conceived to impress, and difficult to make with the limited production capacities of the time, was among the few large template pieces presented to the Imperial Palace Workshop between 1714 and 1716 by the enamel factories in Guangzhou. This would explain the lasting albeit simplified reappearance of closely related scholarly motifs in later imperial works. Overall, the present dish must therefore not only be regarded as extremely rare, but also as an important contributor to what was later to become the most sophisticated producer of enamel wares in the history of mankind: The Imperial Palace Workshops in Beijing. Literature comparison: A similar use of yellow ground with multi-colored floral scrolls along panels containing depictions of scholars in garden landscapes can be seen on a Qianlong hand-warmer – with a red enamel six-character Qianlong seal mark within a single square – in the collection of the National Palace Museum, Taipei (illustrated in Enamel Ware in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, p. 243, no. 134) although the frames of the panels on the hand-warmer are in red tones and created using more sophisticated abutted S- and C-shaped elements. The use of imperial yellow grounds ornamented with multi-colored floral scrolls was much admired by the court in the Qianlong reign and can be seen on a number of items in a range of forms preserved in the collections of the Palace Museum, Beijing, and the National Palace Museum, Taipei.A scene of scholars in a garden setting, related to the one on the present plate, appears on a Qianlong enameled tea container in the collection of the State Museum of Oriental Art, Moscow (illustrated by Marina Neglinskaya in Kitayske raspisnie zmali, Moscow, 1995, cat. 38), although in the case of the Moscow piece, one scholar is playing the qin while another listens, and a servant approaches with refreshments. The enamels on the Moscow tea container are less rich than those on the present plate and the hand-warmer from the National Palace Museum Collection, and the dominant color in the background is blue rather than yellow, but it is interesting to note that the style was appreciated by the European elite as well as those in China.Auction result comparison: Compare with a closely related but much smaller plate at Christie's Hong Kong in Important Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art on December 1st 2010, lot 3229, sold for HKD 350,000.十八世紀初廣州銅胎畫琺琅開光文人賞畫圓盤 中國. 尺寸宏偉，盤内開光，繪畫精美，文人及其學生欣賞一位畫家在捲軸上作畫的場景，四周山水湖泊以及院内假山竹林。 來源： 美國賓夕法尼亞州私人遺產。盤底有老藏家的標簽 “C-09” 以及第二個標簽 “Canton Enamel Charger 22” Diam. (18TH C) #78 (10.15.K)”。 品相： 完整中文品相報告請至www.zacke.at查看。其餘中文敘述請至www.zacke.at查看。

4 Rare Islay and Skye Whisky Miniature Bottles from 1970’s / 80’s comprising : 1 x 5cl Laphroaig 10 yo from 1980’s boxed – good fill level – 1 x No content mark Ardbeg 10 yo 70’s/80’s - good fill level – 1 x 1⅔ fl.oz. Bowmore ‘Deluxe’ 1970’s – good fill level and 1 x 50ml (on glass) Talisker 100° Proof 1970’s - ¾ fill level

A collection of mainly 1980's LP records and 7" singles, Paul Simon, Paul Young, UB40, Level 42, etc.

Chateau Mouton Rothschild 1945 Pauillac 1 bt U/S No 30492. Bought by the current owner's grandfather in the years immediately following the war and stored in underground cellar south of Birmingham until these passed to their present owners just over a year ago. The condition of these bottles is remarkable. The label and vintage slip are in outstanding condition there is slight damage to the capsule as can be seen in the images of the lot. With an upper shoulder level and excellent colour, this opportunity to purchase a genuine bottle of Mouton 1945 with excellent provenance should not be missed.