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WW2 1940 dated British military optic sight in case. Small, extendable brass optic sight/scope, with magnifying glass, spirit level & incremental degree scale by R. S. Aldridge, London. Mk IV 1940. In leather case of issue.

A bottle of Haig Dimple Scotch Whisky c. late 1950's / 1960's, wire mesh around bottle, 70 proof, level low shoulder in original box. Est £60 - £100

A Mamiya M645 1000s Camera Outfit, shutter working, body VG, Mamiya-Sekor C 80mm f/2.8 lens, barrel VG, elements G, 45mm f/ 2.8 lens, barrel G, elements F-G, some internal spotting, 210mm f/4 zoom lens, barrel VG, elements VG, 645 prism finder, FE401 prism finder, waist level finder S, with manuals, most in original boxes

A Mamiya M645 Outfit, serial no J98656, with metered prism viewfinder, shutter working, body G, slight wear to back, with Mamiya-Sekor C 80MM f/2.8 lens, barrel G, elements VG, Mamiya-Sekor C 35mm f/3.5 wide angle lens, barrel G, elements VG, 645 waist level viewfinder, Korma telemore 95-II convertor, auto ring extension no 3-S, 120 film spool, mamiya paramender, and manuals

An 18 carat yellow gold dress ring horizontally set with two bands of five fine quality diamonds, ring size 'O/P' CONDITION REPORT: All appears to be in good order. We estimate 1940's/50's. Approx 5g. Hallmarked 18ct. There is no evidence of damage, modification or repair. All the stones appear to be in good order with no chips or cracks, The estimated carat weight of the 10 diamonds to be 1.8 carats. In our opinion is that all the stones appear to be clean with no significant inclusions although some very minor inclusions noted at a close level. The stones are nice and clean but we can't really estimate the colour.

1960's Microscope and Level Balance Instrument

Triumph Model P (SPORTS MODEL) Registration number: BO 9008 Engine: 494cc date of first registration 03/04/1925 Engine number: 208358 TOR Frame number: 907928 MOT Expiry: N/A V5C Present 1925 500cc Side Valve Triumph with original patinaHere we have a very nice example of triumph's famous model p 494cc side valve single that created a sensation when it was introduced. The Model P debuted at the 1924 Motor Cycle Show. A no-frills, sidevalve-engined model, the newcomer was priced very competitively and at its level it undercut every other 500cc machine then on sale in the UK. The Model P was a quality machine at a rock bottom price and it was a runaway success. Output from Triumph's Priory Street works was soon running at an astonishing 1,000 machines per week, and the Model P's arrival undoubtedly hastened the demise of many a minor manufacturer. Production continued until the decade's end, by which time the Model P had spawned a number of derivatives, models N, Q and QA. This example is in extremely nice condition mechanically and cosmetically, with correct tinware and decent paint. Eligible for the famous Banbury Run this Triumph's estimate represents extremely good value for an iconic vintage Flat Tanker. With an extensive history file with various receipts, previous MOT`s, copy instruction books and handwritten notes from the current vendor (viewing essential) The bike has ran in various motorcycle club events including good finishing postions at Beamish and finishes at Howick (200 miles one day).

An Early 1900's Cased Right Angled Brass Measure/Level by J. Carpenter, a tin of Victorian nails, bear money box, etc.

A collection of vintage 1980's vinyl LP records to include Level 42, signed single by Bonk, Shadows, Japan etc. Please see images.

George VI (1936-52), bronze Farthings (19), 1937, 1937 Proof, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1950 Proof, 1951, 1951 Proof, 1952, bare head left, Elizabeth II (1952-), bronze Farthings (8), 1953 1+A, 1953 1+B, 1953 Proof 2+A, 1953 2+B, 1953 Proof 2+B, 1954, 1955, 1956, young laureate head right, rev. wren left, date above, denomination below (Peck 2456, 2457, 2459, 2461, 2463, 2465, 2467, 2469, 2471, 2473, 2475, 2477, 2479, 2481, 2483, 2484, 2485, 2486, 2487, 2520, 2520A, 2520B, 2521, 2522, 2523, 2525, 2527; Fr.628, 629, 630, 632, 634, 636, 638, 640, 642, 644, 646, 648, 650, 652, 654, 655, 656, 657, 658, 660 dies 1+A, 661 dies 1+B, 662A dies 2+A, 663 dies 2+B, 664 dies 2+B, 665, 667, 669; S.4116, 4119, 4156, 4159). All lustrous, graded and slabbed by CGS UK as CGS 80, CGS UNC 88, CGS 80, CGS UNC 91, CGS UNC 85, CGS UNC 88, CGS UNC 85, CGS UNC 85, CGS 82, CGS UNC 85, CGS UNC 85, CGS UNC 82, CGS UNC 88, CGS UNC 88, CGS UNC 85, CGS UNC 88, CGS UNC 88, CGS UNC 90, CGS UNC 82, CGS UNC 82, CGS UNC 82, CGS UNC 90, CGS UNC 85, CGS 85, CGS UNC 88, CGS UNC 85, CGS UNC 88, an impressive run of George VI and Elizabeth II Farthings including the highest graded coin in the collection at 91 level the 1939 Farthing. (27) CGS UK certification 33619 – FA.G6.1937.01. 14015 – FA.G6.1937.02 Proof. 32659 – FA.G6.1938.01. 0000306 – FA.G6.1939.01. 0000307 – FA.G6.1940.01. 0000308 – FA.G6.1941.01. 0015119 – FA.G6.1942.01. 0000309– FA.G6.1943.01. 32653 – FA.G6.1944.01. 0017303 – FA.G6.1945.01. 0015124 – FA.G6.1946.01. 7284 – FA.G6.1947.01. 13231 – FA.G6.1948.01. 13614 – FA.G6.1949.01. 0000316 – FA.G6.1950.01. 12933 – FA.G6.1950.02 Proof. 0000317 – FA.G6.1951.01. 13435 – FA.G6.1951.02 Proof. 0000318 – FA.G6.1952.01. 21215 – FA.E2.1953.01. 21216 – FA.E2.1953.02. 13437 – FA.E2.1953.04 Proof. 21217 – FA.E2.1953.05. 32089 – FA.E2.1953.06 2+B Proof. 6356 – FA.E2.1954.01. 21219 – FA.E2.1955.01. 21220 – FA.E2.1956.01. Provenance: 1950 Proof Ex Dix Noonan and Webb, Auction 70, 20th June 2006, lot 643 part.

George III (1760-1820), silver Shilling, 1798, so-called “Dorrien and Magens” type, older laureate and cuirassed bust right, Latin legend and toothed border surrounding, large lettering both sides, GEORGIVS III DEI GRATIA., rev. cruciform emblematic shields, six strings to Irish harp, garter star at centre, crowns in angles, date at bottom with stop either side, Latin continuous legend and toothed border surrounding, M.B.F. ET. H. REX. F.D. B.ET. L. D. S. R. I. A. T ET. E., weight 6.02g (ESC 1227 R5; Bull 2139 R5; C&R 1011 R5; S.3747). Attractive even toning, light short scratch on cheek with hairlines, otherwise practically as struck, good extremely fine and very rare, one of the key coins in the currency Shilling series. Provenance: Ex Spink and Son Ltd, purchased 1988. Ex Herman Selig Collection, part II, Coins of George III, Spink Coin Auction 131, 2nd March 1999, lot 1223 and colour plate page 12. Ex Spink Numismatic Circular, June 1999, item 2454. The story of the “Dorrien-Magens” Shilling has been more fully written up in the past in volumes like John Craig’s “The Mint” and a specific article by G P Dyer and P P Gasper in the British Numismatic Journal in 1982, volume 52 from which this footnote is sourced. Silver had been in short supply during the years of the Napoleonic Wars, and the Mint price that was paid to coin silver supplied was 62 Shillings for each pound of weight, with bankers and others having the right to bring silver in to sell at this level. As the price of silver generally remained higher than this coinage rate naturally no silver came in to the Mint, but around January to February of 1798 the price of silver fluctuated and dipped as low as 60 shillings a pound; so a group of bankers decided to exercise their right, and 9,895 pound weight of silver was physically presented to the Mint in tranches over the next few months, enough to produce over 600,000 shillings. The vociferous spokesperson of the group was Mr Magens Dorrien-Magens of 22 Finch Lane, who was a partner of the banking firm Dorrien-Magens, Mello, Martin and Harrison; who also sent some silver (perhaps in a private capacity) with the banker Mr Hoare. Other bankers that sent in silver were Barclay, Binn, Wood, Barnett, Robarts, Devaynes, Prescott and Hankey. Work started at the Mint to convert the bullion to silver Shillings dated 1798, as per the coin offered herewith; however the activity did not go un-noticed by the Committee on Coin, and a stop on more silver bullion coming in was made, with the issue of the coins effectively embargoed as of the 9th May 1798, when some 4,500 pound weight of the 9,895 pound total was still un-assayed. The exact reasons for stoppage are not specifically recorded, but Lord Liverpool the head of the committee and others were worried about the impact of a release of the shillings upon the flow of gold, which would no doubt be exchanged for the new silver to then be melted down as gold bullion, and leave the country at this difficult time of war. The bankers protested with Magens Dorrien-Magens as their spokesman in a petition of 28th June 1798, (Dorrien-Magens was in fact the earliest to deposit silver of the group of bankers), and payment was eventually granted as exchequer bills after the 20th July 1798 by which time the bankers were out of pocket from the loss of interest on the money tied up in the embargoed silver, with eventual payment of the same settled later by the 24th August 1798. As to the silver, the un-assayed portion was melted, along with perhaps as many as 34,000 of the coins and reformed as bars, but did not find its way to the Bank of England vault until an instruction of June 1799, with physical delivery in July. Dyer and Gaspar estimate that as much as 550 pounds weight of the silver may have been available as finished coin (c.34,000) by the 9th May 1798 but probably less (their estimate c.30,000). The quantity of this coin survived in the care of the Mint for up to 12 months before eventual melting to bars and sending to the Bank of England. There is a record MINT 9/212 dating from 1799 highlighting a discrepancy in the quantity of inferior silver that is equivalent to 4 pounds, 7 ounces and 8 penny weights of standard silver, compared to what it was on the 9th May 1798, indicating that perhaps up to 285 pieces had gone astray of the coins in the months the coins had laid idle. This would be a maximum number that escaped, and survival rates till present time are usually a very small percentage of what was available contemporarily at the time. When Dyer and Gaspar wrote their article in 1982 they traced only 14 examples which would indicate a survival of 5% of the maximum that could have escaped (still a high number compared to other currency coin survival rates). Today we can add some more to this number and there are perhaps just over twenty examples now known, eight being institutionalised in museums. This Shilling represents what is the ultimate currency Shilling date for the reign if not the series, with such an interesting story of economic and social history for an issue that was to be circulated in great quantity, subsequently embargoed and then the vast majority melted.

HORNBY DUBLO 2009 TRAIN SET TO INCLUDE B R BLACK O-6-O R1 LOCO, 2 MAROON SUBURBAN COACHES, 1 S R SUBURBAN COACH WITH SHABBY BOX FC PLUS SMALL BOX OF HORNBY DUBLO 2 RAIL TRACK, POINTS AND LEVEL CROSSING

FOUR BOTTLES OF VINTAGE PORT, 1 x Croft's Port Wine 1945, bottled 1947, seal broken and cork in poor state due to age, labels partially intact, fill level to lower shoulder, may have been some leakage, 1 x Taylor's 10 years old Tawny Port, 1980's bottling, seal and label intact, fill level to mid neck, no leakage evident, two bottles of unknown vintage Port, seals intact, fill levels mid to lower neck, all bottles are in very dusty condition suggesting long storage (4)

A surveyors A frame with bob marked PB & S Ltd and a 42" level with six bubbles

Port - Gould Campbell Fine Old Vintage Port, level mid-neck, poor labels, seals intact; S. Cantara & Co Fine Old Douro Port, level above shoulder, labels alright, seal intact; Peter Walker Choice Old Tawny Port, level at neck, labels scuffed, sea intact; Taylor's Late Bottled Vintage Port, 75cl, level mid-neck, labels rubbed and scuffed, seals intact; Sandeman, vintage port, level mid-neck, lacking all labels, seal intact; another bottle of vintage port, level at neck, lacking all labels and bearing fragmentary but intact red wax seal; Porto Barros 10 Anos, dated 1992 to verso, 20%, 75cl, level mid-neck, labels good, seals intact, [7]

PSYCH/GARAGE LPs. Monstrous collection of 21 x LPs providing your eardrums a workout! Artists/titles include Eire Apparent - S/T (US BDS 5031, produced by Jimi Hendrix you know!), The Idle Race - The Birthday Party (original US LST 7603), Syndicate of Sound - Little Girl, Quicksilver (Messenger Service) inc. What About Me, Happy Trails and Just For Love, The Amboy Dukes - Journey To The Center Of The Mind, Love - Revisited, The Hello People, The Beau Brummels - Triangle (WS 1692) and 66 (W 1644), The Hello People, Orpheus Ascending, The Outsiders - In and Album #2, The Split Level (DLP 25836), The Goldebriars (though more 'Pop', the lineup included Curt Boettcher, and you can certainly hear where the Millenium and Sagittarius albums came from...), The Hombres and Asylum Choir. Condition can range from VG to Ex+.

CONCERT TICKETS Seventy tickets from 1990's onwards including The Eagles, AC/DC, The Beach Boys, Dire Straits, Eric Clapton, Steve Harley, David Gray, Hard-Fi, Elton John, Kaiser Chiefs, Level 42, Manic Street Preachers, Men At Work, Moody Blues, Morrissey, Rolling Stones, Diana Ross, Simply Red, Status Quo, Bruce Springsteen, Whitesnake and ZZ Top. Generally good

VINYL RECORDS - A fantastic collection of vinyl long pay LP records dating predominately to the 1980's  , nearly all records are in a near mint condition to include several artists such as Rick Astley, UB40, Queen, Eurythmics, Culture Club, Haircut One Hundred, Wet Wet Wet, Sting, Spandau Ballet, Ultravox, Brian Ferry,Robert Palmer, Simply Red, Matt Bianco, Martika, Cher, Was Not Was, Hall and Oates, Heaven 17, Human League, Seal, Duran Duran, Level 42,The Blow Monkeys, ABC, China Crisis and many many more.

A George III mahogany 'butterfly' Pembroke table, attributed to Thomas Chippendale, circa 1770, the shaped top incorporating a pair of hinged leaves, above a frieze drawer with 'axe-head handles' and a divided interior, each moulded cabriole shaped tapering leg surmounted stylised anthemion and scroll carved terminals and terminating in scroll carved feet, brass caps and castors, 70cm high, 48cm wide, 80cm deep, 100cm wide extended For a virtually identical table made by Thomas Chippendale for Paxton House, see Sotheby’s, London, Arts of Europe: Furniture and Decorative Arts, 10th November 2015, Lot 122 (£68,750). The same table is listed in a transcript of Chippendale’s account to Ninian Home for Paxton House, see Christopher Gilbert, The Life and Work of Thomas Chippendale, 1978, 2 vols, vol 1, pp.273-275. For other related examples see also Christie’s London, Important English Furniture 8thJune 2006, lot 15, sold £102,000 and Christie’s New York, 21st October 2005, lot 12, sold $102,000. For another related Pembroke table to the offered lot, see C.C. Stevens and S. Whittington, 18th century English Furniture, The Norman Adams Collection, 1989, pages 320-321. The slender channelled cabriole legs, stylised shell and volute scroll carving and serpentine shape of the tops are all features that the current and Norman Adams example have in common. The handles of the offered Pembroke conform to a design often used by Thomas Chippendale in the period circa 1770-75. In addition, evidence of an elevated level of construction along with the excellent quality of the timber suggests that the present table is possibly the work of Chippendale during this period.

GLENROTHES 1997 THE COOPERS CHOICE Bottled as part of The Vintage Malt Whisky Co.'s, The Coopers Choice range. Glenrothes 16 Year Old 1997 Single Malt Scotch Whisky. 70cl. 46% abv. In original tube. Level mid-neck. Excellent condition. 1 bottle.

A retro 1960's glass top coffee table with slat lower level

L S LOWRY framed print - level crossing along with two photographic prints and a set of four framed stamps celebrating Wales, issued 26th February 2009

DUFFTOWN GLENLIVET 8YOBottled in the late 1970's/ early 1980's this is a nice example of the Dufftown Glenlivet 8 Year Old Single Malt Scotch Whisky. 75cl. 40% abv. "From the House of Bells". With original tube. Level bottom neck/ top shoulder. Very good condition. 1 bottle.

GLENROTHES 1997 THE COOPERS CHOICEBottled as part of The Vintage Malt Whisky Co.'s, The Coopers Choice range. Glenrothes 16 Year Old 1997 Single Malt Scotch Whisky. 70cl. 46% abv. In original tube. Level mid-neck. Excellent condition. 1 bottle.

Tri-Ang train set and accessories (1960's)- Boxed R62 waiting room, 2 engines, transformer pack with original wiring/lubricant oil/funnel/2 keys/original instructions, metal people, signals/level crossing/ telegraph oles, platform/track/edging/bridge supports, large bridge, tunnel, 2 long passenger carriages, 6 freight trucks including coal truck and BP oil tanker, WH Smiths kiosk, R61Dundee station, R60 large station building and R66 waiting room/shop

EIGHT 70/73/75cl BOTTLES OF 1970's FRENCH RED WINE, including: CHATEAU LYNCH BAGES GRAND CRU, 1976, label torn, CHATEAU PHELAN SEGUR, 1972, CHATEAU DE LANDURE, MINERVOIS, 1971, low level and label a/f, LOUIS BONARD, COTES DU RHONE, 1979 (x3) one with low level, one with label a/f, (8)

TWELVE 70/75cl BOTTLES OF 1980's FRENCH RED WINE, including: COUVENT DES JOCOBINS, GRAND CRU CLASSIC, 1980 (x2) one label loose, CHATEAU LA TOUR CARNET, GRAND CRU, 1983 (x2), LOUIS FONTAINE, St. EMILION, 1982, CHATEAU HAUT GROS CAILLOU, 1984, CHATEAU DE GRISSAC, 1988, CHATEAU VILLERAMBERT JULIEN, MINERVOIS, 1988, label a/f, NUITS-SAINT-GEORGES 1er CRU, 1982, low level, PROSPER MAUFOUX, MACON SUPERIOR ROUGE, 1985, BEAUJOLAIS PRIMEUR, 1982, (12)

Variations I  - Joy Broe Mounted and Framed 59x105cmJoy Broe was born in New York City on June 24, 1948, the only child of working parents. She displayed an early interest and talent in art and was accepted to New York's acclaimed High School of Music and Art from which she graduated in 1965. She then attended Clairmont Secretarial School in New York with the idea that she would somehow need to make a real living at something. Joy comments: "I did not want to teach or become a commercial artist-and it seemed at the time that those were my only choices. Career choices for women being what they were in the 60's." Presented with an opportunity to live in Europe for two years, she went and visited every cultural place of interest that she could. She was most impressed with the European love and respect of history and the arts. She was greatly influenced by the French Impressionists and was thrilled to be on "their turf" so to speak.After returning to the States, Joy worked at various professions, including assistant manager of a hotel, managing several retail stores, legal secretary, and sales secretary at a television station. While being quite proficient and enjoying various positions, she drifted along through life with no real purpose. She then met an artist who was making a living selling his artwork. He taught her silk screening, and she began producing and selling her art. Joy's greatest satisfaction was being able to make a living on her own, working for herself, and using her talent and training.Many years passed before she was happy with the work she produced. Joy believes her strong points are design and color. She does not try to capture reality. Instead, she strives to impart a sense of tranquility and emotion. She derives a great sense of satisfaction from knowing that her art pleases the consumer not only for its color compatibility, but also for the design elements and emotional response. Her respect for technique and craftsmanship strengthens her art. Joy believes that creative talent is only a tool, and practicing your craft is the only way to advance. She explains: "One of the great things about being an artist is that you cannot really aspire to a certain level, as the opportunities for growth are endless.The more one creates the quicker and easier the ideas come. Creative art is very similar to music composition. There are no real inventions, only new and different ways to use what is and has been there all the time-color, form, space, line, texture. As in music, there are so many notes and only different ways of arranging them, so it is, for instance, with color."Joy's work has been shown for the past several years at the New York Artexpo and various Art Buyers Caravan shows throughout the United States. Her work is sold world wide through many galleries. Her work also hangs in corporate collections too numerous to mention.

Deference: An Ivory Fan, possibly 1730's to 1740's, the monture carved and pierced. The upper section of the upper guard is carved with a female figure and decorative scrolling. The lower guard is half carved with leaves. Both guards are shaped at gorge level to follow the gorge sticks. The gorge is simply pierced, the only real detail being a shaped plain panel covering three of the sticks to the centre. The paper leaf is mounted à l'anglaise, and is découpé over two thirds of the surface, leaving the central sections whole for a painting of a magnolia tree in blossom, in pink and white, and a seated oriental figure, wearing blue, a veil attached to the top and back of the head. To his right is a much smaller Oriental man carrying a basket, and bowing in deference. To the far right is a separate depiction of a Chinese fisherman aboard a simple boat. The découpage is mainly quite regularly cut in the form of a honeycomb, with interspaced and quite large flowerheads and leaves. The verso is plain. Guard length 29.5cmThe découpage has been extensively reinforced on the verso. One small tear evident to the top left of the leaf. The fan is very dirty.

1 bottle Chateau Loubens Sainte Croix du Mont 1944 (t/s) Flouch Fils Aine, Bordeaux Shipped and Bottled by Bouchard Aine Ltd. London - wine level at top shoulder with colour looking correct for age and maturity

6 bottles interesting Mixed Lot Red Burgundy and Chateauneuf du PapeComprising I bottle from a 1950's Vintage - Grand Cru Chapelle Chambertin Domaine Gaston Livera ( level at 1.5cms. Cork intact but capsule missing), 3 bottles Gevrey Chambertin Jean Claude Boisset 1989 (1x 2cms., 1x 2.5cms., 1x 3cms.), 1 bottle Chateauneuf du Pape Louis Bernard Grande Reserve 2001 (hin), 1 bottle Chateauneuf du Pape Domaine de Cristia 1990 (hin) - (all labels and presentations cellar-soiled)

1 bottle Taylors Vintage Port 1966 (u/s) (shows evidence of minor seeping - level at upper shoulder)

1 bottle Hedges & Butler 'VAT 250' very old Scotch Whisky 80° proof 'Specially Vatted to Commemorate 250 Years Establishment of the Firm' Hedges & Butler 1667 - 1917 (bottled late 1930's/early 1940's) fill level in neck

A 30-30 level action Winchester model 94 in good condition, S/No.4167527, this item can only be purchased by someone with a current valid firearms certificate with permission to acquire or an R.F.D.

W&S Jones, 50 Holborn, London surveyor's level, small travelling microscope or magnifier and a walking ruler

Fens Drainage.- S. (R.) Proposals and Inducements for a considerable number of People, to joyn in the Purchas of several thousand Acres, of Drein'd and Derelict Lands...which will redound to the vast Advantage of the Purchasors, half-title, light spotting and soiling, contemporary calf-backed marbled boards, [Goldsmiths' 6438], 1726 § [Trafford (Sigismund)] An Essay on Draining: more particularly with Regard to the North Division of the Great Level of the Fenns, call'd Bedford Level, folding engraved map mounted on stub (stained and worn with some loss at folds), ink signature "Mylne" at head of title, text heavily stained, contemporary half calf, for J.Roberts, 1729, first editions, rubbed, 8vo (2)⁂ Scarce: ESTC lists 6 UK locations of the first, and 2 American; and 5 UK locations of the second, and one American, both including Rothamsted.?Robert Mylne (1733-1811), architect, surveyor to the New River Company and engineer involved in the development of the Eau Brink Cut, a new channel for the Great Ouse river in the Fens; or his son and assistant William Chadwell Mylne (1781- 1863).

PUNK/NEW WAVE COMPs. 36 x (largely LP) comps here designed to be played at maximum volume! Titles include Wanna Buy A Bridge (Rough Trade ROUGH-US 3), Presage(s) (BAD 11), Uppers On The South Downs, Wargasm, Identity Parade (TJM Records), A Young Person's Guide To Compact, Waves - An anthology Of New Music Vol 2, Hicks From The Sticks, Heat From The Street, Hope & Anchor Front Row Festival, Indie Top 20 Vol II, Stiff Records Heroes & Cowards, Life In The European Theatre, The Last Stiff Compilation, Street To Street - A Liverpool Album, The Son Of Stiff Tour 1980, Street Level, Dance Craze and Waves - An Anthology Of New Music.

OF DYLAN THOMAS INTEREST - A PLAN OF MAJODA BUNGALOW WITH POLICEMAN'S NOTES relating to an infamous incident in New Quay, Ceredigion, of March 6th 1945; Captain Killick, a drinking pal of Dylan Thomas and a former Commando Officer on leave, shot his machine gun at the bungalow in which his friend and the poet's family were residing. The incident resulted in a court-case in Lampeter and was covered by National newspapers. It was characterised in the biographical film 'Edge of Love' (2008). According to 'The Dylan Thomas Trail' by David Thomas (Y Lolfa) '...at about 10.40pm Dylan was standing in front of the fire place in the living room at Majoda, telling Caitlin and friends about his scuffle in the Black Lion with William Killick. In Ffynonnfeddyg next door, Killick had also returned from the pub and was retrieving a Sten gun and hand grenade from his store of weapons, intent on giving Dylan and his party a taste of war'. It is believed that Captain Killick was seeking revenge for a complicated relationship that was ensuing with Dylan Thomas and the Captain's wife Vera Killick. He had just returned from 18 months' service behind enemy lines in Greece with the Special Operations Executive to find tongues wagging about an affair between his wife, Vera, and Thomas, with whom Thomas had grown up. To add insult to injury, the Captain's bank account was empty - plundered to support the Thomas' rackety lifestyle. The plan of the bungalow was commissioned by PC 21 Arthur Islwyn Williams, who was the local 'Bobby' and whom investigated the incident. On the reverse of the plan are PC Williams' notes in pencil with his observations at the scene noting the bullet-holes and the final location of the bullets '2 holes in glass pane outside scullery window 4-9 above ground level, 2 B/Holes in asbestos partition.....In transom of same door......asbestos partition nr. rt of same door......on the door of bedroom No 2....lodged in the right jamb of same door.....about 29in from wall of bedroom No 2...ceiling of living room facing the sea I found an embedded bullet...In the ceiling directly in line with the front door I noticed 6 bullet holes in the shape of a horse shoe....' The plan is in good condition with a scale of 4 feet to one inch, measuring 48 x 42cms and is attributed bottom right to J Lewis-Evans FIAA Architecture and Surveyor, Aberystwyth, March 1945', it has been folded into eight sections with two sections on the back inscribed with PC Williams' notes. Fortunately for Captain Killick he was acquitted of attempted murder at the subsequent trial. It is said that there was some sympathy in the local community for the former soldier who had seen active combat. To his friend and poet Vernon Watkins, Dylan Thomas wrote, 'Caitlin and I go to bed under the bed' Provenance: directly from the son of PC Williams now ironically living in the old police house in New Quay

A ZENZA BRONICA SQ-A MEDIUM FORMAT CAMERA, fitted with a 80mm 1:2.8 Zenzanon-PS lens, Waist Level Viewer, Manual and 120 back, also a 150mm 1:3.5 Zenzanon-S, a 50mm 1:3.5 Zenzanon-S lenses, a Prismatic Viewer, 3 120 Film Backs and a 220 Film Back

Jonathan Monk (British 1969-): Untitled No.128, oil on canvas, inscribed verso in artist's hand 'No.128 (Glasgow)' 'Jonathan Monk 23 Bentinck St.Glasgow' 92cm x 61cm (unframed) Provenance: from the estate of the late Jo Beddoe (1944-2018) theatre producer and Arts administrator who worked at the top level with some of the country's most well-known theatre companies and arts venues including seven years in Scotland, where she helped save the 7:48 Theatre Co. and founded the Glasgow's centre for Contemporary Arts where she would meet Jonathan Monk in the 1990's DDS - Artist's resale rights may apply to this lot Condition Report Click here for further images, condition, auction times & delivery costs

Stanley Surveyors Level dark grey lacquered finish (cased) together with a set of WH&S Drawing Instruments including two with Ivory handles (2)

1979 Marshall JMP Master Model 50 watt MK 2 Lead guitar amplifier head, ser. no. S/A03587L, low level input modified and is now a direct input to the power amp, all pots replaced, knobs replaced, input/output modifications to the back, appears to be working *Used by Jamie West-Oram on the first five albums with 'The Fixx' plus many Fixx tours. The amp was also used for live work and recordings with artists such as Tina Turner, David Bowie, Kirsty MacColl, Darryl Hall, Stevie Nicks, Rupert Hine and more

A ZENZA BRONICA SQ-A MEDIUM FORMAT CAMERA, fitted with a 80mm 1:2.8 Zenzanon-PS lens, Waist Level Viewer, Manual and 120 back, also a 150mm 1:3.5 Zenzanon-S, a 50mm 1:3.5 Zenzanon-S lenses, a Prismatic Viewer, 3 120 Film Backs and a 220 Film Back

TWO BOXES OF OVER ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY 12'' SINGLES AND SEVENTEEN L.P'S FROM THE 1980'S, including Level 42, Kraftwerk, Siouxie and The Banshees, Soft Cell, etc

MARQUET DE MONTBRETON JACQUES: (1769-1854) French Politician and Writer. Baron of Norvins. A.L., one page, folio, n.p. [Paris], n.d. [October 1829], to the King of Brazil, in French. The manuscript document being a draft letter by Marquet de Monbreton, addressed to the King of Brazil Pedro I, including numerous amendments and corrections, and stating in part `.. I present to Your Imperial Majesty the tribute of my historical works. Since long ago, Sire, my admiration for the Prince.. who has known how to raise Brazil to the same level of the European states.. with this present Your Majesty will understand better the great thoughts and great achievements of Napoleon… After having learned, Sire, all you have done and all you do every day for the prosperity of your Empire, surrounded by so many problems from abroad and from your own country, I have concluded that America has his own Peter I´ Marquet de Monbreton further refers to Prince Eugene and to Princess Amelie of Leuchtenberg. Folded. Very small overall minor age wear. Folded. G £100-150Monbreton´s most famous work, Histoire de Napoleon (1827), is the one he refers to in the present letter. Pedro I (1798-1834) also known as “The Liberator”. First ruler of the Empire of Brazil. Emperor of Brazil 1822-31, and King of Portugal 1826. Princess Amelie of Leuchtenberg (1812-1873) Empress of Brazil as the wife of Pedro I.

SOUL 12"s. 54 Soul/Funk 12"singles to include names, labels and titles from: Evelyn King, Patrick Juvet, Fern Kinney, Level 42, Mystic Merlin, Teena Marie, Earth Wind and Fire, Pointer Sisters, The Manhattan Transfer, Gene Chandler, Chantal Curtis, Lionel Richie on Whitfield, Pye, Private Stock, Spring, Atlantic, TK, Philadelphia International, Epic and more. Condition varies but is generally Ex with sleeves mostly generic/company in VG+ condition.

TWO CLAY POTS, (LEFISO), SOUTH SOTHO the tallest 36cm highTraditional clay pots continue to be made throughout Southern African and can often be located to a particular region. Pots from Sotho speakers exist in a wide variety of forms and the two examples showsomething of that range. Both have gently forming central bulges and are tall rather than wide. The large pot has triangles around the rim that have been blackened and engraved with a few shallow lines while the smaller has been blackened and has two small knobs on each side. Historically pots were made for household use to store and carry water or hold locally brewed sorghum beer, although from the 1980’s Sotho women started to paint their pots with brightly coloured enamel paints to sell to make money. Sothopots were multi-functional unlike those made specifically for beer as among Zulu speakers.In his dissertation on Sotho Art Daniel Riep makes an interesting point that the material itself, the earth, is sacred and hence pots could also be associated with ancestors adding a level of significance over and abovethe functionality of the pots.Riep, D.M.M., House of the Crocodile: south Sotho art and history insouthern Africa 2011, Dissertation, University of Iowa. (2)

Colin Middleton RHA RUA MBE (1910-1983)Belfast Street with ChildrenOil on canvas, 61 x 51cm (24 x 20'')Signed and dated 1944Colin Middleton was born in Belfast and lived and worked there until his mid-thirties. The city was of great significance to him and is, directly or obliquely, at the heart of much of his early painting. As a child, Middleton had enjoyed painting trips around Belfast with his father who, unlike Colin, had been happy to set up his easel and work in the open air. When his father died in 1935, he decided to take over the damask-designing family business and remain in Belfast. Amongst his first post-impressionist images of his city, which date from the late 1930s, are ‘Children at Play’ (1939) and ‘Belfast Street Scene’ (1940). By the middle of the 1940’s Middleton’s paintings of Belfast would have moved away from the gentle nostalgia and empathy that characterised the 1941 street scenes, a number of which were included in his 1943 exhibition at the Belfast Museum and Art Gallery. These paintings often seem to be detached from the surrealist or symbolist works that he was engaged on alongside them. On a more personal level, Middleton was still living with his widowed mother in north Belfast by the autumn of 1944, when he moved to Ballyhalbert, with Kathleen, who he had met earlier that year and was to become his second wife. This would close an important chapter of his Belfast years.Painted in 1944, the present work ‘Belfast Street with Children’ bears some stylistic similarities with ‘Belfast Street Scene - Children at play’(1939) but the figures now seem dislocated from their surroundings and the colours are more muted. Middleton continues with geometric shapes but the buildings have elongated and are closer to ‘Strange Openings’ (IMMA). The apparent naivety of manner here in Middleton’s skillful simplification of form conceals a formidable level of abstraction within the painting. It is not too much of a leap to see signs of Middleton’s interest in Mondrian in the arrangement of a red square or a repeated blue vertical, within a representational image that still evokes a very definite mood and atmosphere. While there is pathos in the anonymous figures of the woman in a shawl walking away and the two children standing outside what appears to be a bar, there remains in all Middleton’s paintings of Belfast a strong sense of affection for the life of the city. As an artist he is an observer and an outsider, but he is also a Belfast man.We are grateful to Dickon Hall, whose writings have formed the basis for this catalogue entry.

Hornby O Gauge Clockwork Trains, of 1950's vintage, comprising type 501 locomotive and tender no 5600 in LMS crimson with key, G, mech ok, minor damage to cab and buffer beam, 8 items of rolling stock including Manchester Oil tanker, G, others mostly P-F, with level crossing, signal and track (qty)

A Zenza Bronica S Medium Format Camera, with a Nikkor-P 75mm f/2.8 lens, 5x magnifying waist level view finder and standard view finder, condition F.

Hornby Dublo accessories, prewar station and signal cabin both with green roof,s D1 island platform and signal cabin (G) 2460 plastic level crossing for 2 rail system (G-BG) D1 loading gauge (G-BF), 2x D1 boxes of brown water cranes (G-BG) and 2 Lone Star Routemaster buses (G-BFG)

A mixed lot containing a quantity of Hornby and Triang track and accessories, including platforms, station buildings, bridges, level crossing,s point motors, switches etc, and several rolls of good quality back scenes from photographs

§ Laurence Stephen Lowry, RBA, RA (British, 1887-1976) Level Crossing signed in pencil lower right "L S Lowry", offset lithograph 47 x 56.50cm (18 x 22in) CONDITION: Visible margins clean. Signed lower right in pencil. Some glue stains under mount. Stuck down. Offset staining under the current mount - please refer to photos. From an unnumbered edition of 750 which was not stamped.

1980'S POSTERS CONCERT AND PROMO POSTERS X 19. To include Alien Sex Fiend 1984, All About Eve 1988, Beatles 1970's poster, Elton John 1986 Leather Jackets promo, INXS 1987 Uk tour, INXS 1981 Wizzards of the Water, Jethro Tull Rock Island promo x2, Level 42 1988 promo x2, Madonna 1987 Who's That Girl concert poster, PWEI 1987 promo, Roachford 1989 concert, Rock Goddess 1983 tour, Slade 1982 tour, Skakin Stevens 1981 tour, Spice Girls 1996 promo and Primitives 1990 concert x2

All First EditionsHeaney (Seamus) Pre-Occupations Selected Prose 1968 - 1978, L. (Faber) 1980; The Redress of Poetry, N. York 1995; The Spirit Level, L. 1966; Beowulf, L. 1999, (3 copies); Human Chain, L. 2010, all First Edns with orig. d.w.'s; also Vendler (Helen) Seamus Heaney, L. 1998, First, d.w. (7)

Vintage Port ( Berry Brothers Shipped and Bottled) Believed to be a selection of Fonseca and Taylor from the 1927 and 1924 Vintages Dreweatts selected at random and opened one bottle with Peter Richards MW Bottled 1926 and Fladgate Tasting note - Taylor's 1924 Good Condition - from the fill level (low neck) to bottle to cork and the wine itself. Developed hue but still relatively youthful in the decanter and glass. Complex aromatics with a spicy sweet palate profile. Intense yet sprightly in feel. Lacks the finish of a great vintage, somewhat fiery with the fruit fading, but this is nonetheless an impressive, noble vintage port not long off its centenury. Holds up well in the glass too, over a period of hours. Not great but very good - Peter Richards MW Very good levels - Into neck and base of neck.Capsules in fine condition Purchased by an English gentleman in the 1920/1930's and stored in perfect condition in the family cellar ever since. 16x75cl

TWO BOTTLES OF OLD BURGUNDY CLARET, 1 x Gevrey-Chambertin Burgundy, shipped by Paten-Bays Group probably in the early 1950's, distressed label, fill level low shoulder and 1 x Vosne-Romanee 1967, Pierre Pounelle Negociant a Beaune, Cote d'or

A BOTTLE OF MARTELL COGNAC, blue labelling, circa 1960's, 32 US floz, fill level high shoulder

Level Crossing 1946' print by L S Lowry

A brass bulkhead timepiece, early 20th century, of typical form, the white enamel Roman numeral dial marked for & JAMES WHITE Ltd & HUTTON, 11 BILLITER ST. LONDON, 12cm diameter excluding brackets, together with a brass desk timepiece , early 20th century, with French drum movement with later platform level escapement and stamped R & CO, MADE IN PARIS, the white Roman numeral dial S. SMITH & SON LTD, 9, STRAND, LONDON, W., the case of sedan type, 10cm diameter, excluding handle and feet (2) Kelvin,White and Hutton were chronometer and nautical instrument makers working both from 11 Billiter Street, London and 16, 18 and 20 Cambridge Street Glasgow from the late 19th century up to around 1925.