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Lot 1268
12 Boxed Matchbox 75 Series diecast models to include 69 Nestle's Van, 71 Army Water Truck, 74 Mobile Canteen, 22 Vauxhall Cresta, 75 Thunderbird, 60 Morris J2 Pick Up, 65 Jaguar Sedan, 7 Ford Anglia, 58, 17 Metropolitan Taxi, 13 Wreck Truck and 46 Pickford's Removal Van, overall condition vg
Lot 1239
Two Matchbox carry cases containing 72 diecast models, mostly mid 20th C Matchbox Lesney, featuring Matchbox 46 Pickford Removal Van, Matchbox 35 Marshall Horse Box MK7, Matchbox 34 Volkswagen, Matchbox Series 72 Jeep, Matchbox 44 Rolls Royce Phantom V, Matchbox 17 Austin Metropolitan Taxi, Matchbox Series 8 Mustang, etc. Diecast varies from play worn to gd
Lot 107
Solido - 20 x boxed 1:43 scale Solido die-cast model vehicles - Lot includes a #4413 Dodge Pick-up truck. A #4536 Citroen 15 cv Taxi. A #4036 Bugatti Royale. A #4057 Police Cadillac, and similar. Plastic perspex cases appear in very good condition with surface marks. Die-cast models appear in mostly mint condition. (This does not constitute a guarantee)
Lot 167
Matchbox - Lesney - Moko - Six boxed Matchbox Regular Wheel model vehicles. Lot includes Matchbox #65 Jaguar 3.4 (red with spw); #17 Austin FX3 Taxi (maroon, mid grey interior, gpw); #56 Fiat 1500 (sea green, brown luggage) and similar. Models display some age signs with varying degrees of wear, appearing to range from a couple Fair Plus - mainly Good - Excellent. A couple of boxes show scuffing, taping, with one missing an main end flap, otherwise appear to range Fair - Very Good. (This does not constitute a guarantee)
Lot 95
A Playstation 2 slim console (serial No FB7870027), with AV and power cables, 8MB memory card and controller, also including a Fantec Speedster 2 steering wheel and pedals, together with twelve games, to include Ratchet & Clank, Canis Canem Edit (Bully), SSX, Timesplitters, WRC II Extreme, Grand Theft Auto San Andreas, The Simpsons Hit & Run, Spyro Hero's Tail, Crash Banidcoot Action Pack, Crash Bandicoot The Wrath Of Cortex, Lego Star Wars The Video Game and Crazy Taxi
Lot 32
Dinky Toys diecast model vehicles to include 930 Bedford Pallet Jekta Van, 173 Nash Rambler, 193 Rambler Cross Country, 238 Jaguar Type D, 239 Vanwall Formula car, 242 Ferrari Racing Car, Land Rover, 199 Austin Seven Countryman, 254 Austin Taxi, 155 Ford Anglia, 324 Hay Rake, etc., also Corgi Toys diecast model vehicles to include 218 Aston Martin DB4, ERF Model 44G and Land Rover 109 WB, etc.
Lot 5131
Matchbox Models of Yesteryear "Olympic Heritage Collectables" Series 1 Limited Edition models to include Bedford KD truck - London 1948, Ford Model A Van - Los Angeles 1932, Crossley Truck - Antwerp 1920, Unic Taxi - Paris 1924, Foden Steam Lorry - Athens 1896, plus others - Near Mint to Mint in Excellent to Near Mint boxes. (14)
Lot 5463
Matchbox Models of Yesteryear Lesney Giftware Series a group of models mounted on weight ceramic dishes (1) Matchbox Regular Wheels 17C Austin Metropolitan Taxi - chrome mounted on brown dish (not mounted through base glue/resin adhesive to wheels); (2) Y12 Horsedrawn London Bus mounted on green; (3) Y13 Santa Fe Locomotives mounted on brown dish; (4) similar; (5) Y14 Duke of Connaught on brown dish - models are Fair to Good, ceramic is generally Excellent unboxed.
Lot 41
A QUANTITY OF ASSORTED TOYS AND GAMES ETC., to include two different The Beatles Single Sleeve and diecast Taxi model tins (one each from Series 1 & 2), a boxed Gearbox diecast Ford Model T Money Box/Bank in Crayola livery, an incomplete tinplate S4 Submarine, a modern moneybox in the form of a red K2 or K3 Telephone Kiosk, a vintage oil can in the shape of a cone (tinplate with brass nozzle), brass oil can with homemade Mamod label, blue GAF Viewmaster (no reels), boxed jigsaw (contents not checked), quantity of 1950's Brockhampton Press children's picture story books, assorted 1950's A & BC bubble gum cards, miniature ship in a bottle etc. (2 boxes)
Lot 38
SALVADOR DALÍ (1904-1989)DOCUMENTS RELATIFS A SALVADOR DALI. -Le Tamanoir, gravure ex-libris d'André Breton, circa 1930, 4,2 x 6 cm. Ex-libris d'André Breton gravé par Dali-Le prière d'insérer de La Femme visible de Dali, texte de Paul Eluard et André Breton (1930)-Le bulletin de souscription de la Femme visible (1930)-Le bulletin de souscription de l'Immaculée conception de Paul Eluard et André Breton (1930)-Le feuillet de photographies recto-verso de l'Affaire de l'Age d'or (1930)-Le programme de conférences lors de l'International surrealist exhibition à Londres dans lequel figure celle de Dali (1936)-Carton d'invitation de l'Exposition internationale du Surréalisme à la Galerie des Beaux-Arts. Dali y exposa son célèbre Taxi pluvieux (1938)DOCUMENTS RELATED TO SALVADOR DALI.-Le Tamanoir, engraving ex-libris of André Breton, circa 1930, 4,2 x 6 cm. Ex-libris of André Breton engraved by Dali-The prayer of insertion of La Femme visible by Dali, text of Paul Eluard and André Breton (1930)-The subscription form of la Femme visible (1930)-The subscription form of l'Immaculée conception by Paul Eluard and André Breton (1930)-The sheet of photographs recto-verso of l'Affaire de l'Age d'or (1930)-The program of conferences during the International surrealist exhibition in London in which appears that of Dali (1936)-Invitation card for the International Surrealist Exhibition at the Galerie des Beaux-Arts. Dali exhibited his famous Taxi pluvieux (1938)Footnotes:ProvenanceCollection particulière, France.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 490
Film Laserdiscs, twenty-eight video discs including Close Encounters, 2001 Space Odyssey, Poltergeist, Taxi Driver, The 39 Steps, The Howling, Watership Down, Midnight Express, Casablanca, The China Syndrome, Dressed To Kill, An American Werewolf In London, City Lights and more - all appear in good condition - untested
Lot 4614
Corgi James Bond 007 vehicles x ten includes Thunderball Aston Martin DB5, The Spy Who Loved Me Lotus Esprit Underwater, A View To Kill Renault Taxi, For Your Eyes Only Lotus Esprit Turbo, Die Another Day Jaguar XKR, On Her Majesty's Secret Service Aston Martin DBS, Live and Let Die Double Decker Bus, Die Another Day Aston Martin Vanquish, Golden Eye BMW Z3, The World is not Enough BMW Z8, all Good to Good Plus, within Good opened packaging. Quantity of Galoob Micro Machine Star Wars playsets, with vehicles and characters, unchecked for completeness, all generally Good. (qty)
Lot 319
Dinky Atlas - 10 x boxed models including Peugeot 402 Taxi # 24L, Fiat 600D # 520, Caravan # 811, Panhard PL17 # 547 and similar others. Seven are still factory sealed, the others mostly appear Mint in Mint boxes with certificates, one box has some damage. (This does not constitute a guarantee)
Lot 216
1927 Lanchester 40, 6,200cc. Registration number YF 1847, not recorded with DVLA. Body number 1974 (see text). Engine number 1951 (see text).In 1896 Frederick Lanchester was the first person in Britain to successfully build a 4-wheeled, petrol-engined motor car. The Lanchester Engine Company Limited was later formed in 1899. Frederick patented a harmonic balancer to cancel out the unbalanced secondary forces in a four-cylinder engine, which are still common fitments in four-cylinder engines today. He went on to invent an early form of fuel injection and turbocharging, he was the first to employ detachable wire wheels, bearings that were pressure-fed with oil, stamped steel pistons, piston rings, hollow connecting rods and the accelerator pedal. In 1904 he became disillusioned with the company’s directors and his brother George took over design work. After the end of the First World War, George’s engine for the new Forty was a 95hp, 6.2-litre, overhead-camshaft six that was meticulously designed with twin ignition – battery/coil and magneto – and inlet porting that ensured an equal air/petrol mix to all cylinders. The Forty also broke new bodywork ground, employing welded aluminium panelling over a cast-aluminium frame. It was the most expensive car in the world, in 1919 and many considered it superior to the Rolls Royce Silver Ghost. However, despite upgrades to engine and running gear over the next nine years, the Lanchester Forty ran out of time and George had a new model ready to launch in 1928 after some 392 examples were built. The Thirty was powered by a straight-eight, overhead-camshaft 4.4-litre engine. However, the Wall Street Crash hit hard in 1929 and, despite Lanchester displaying two of the new eight-cylinder cars on their stand at the Olympia Motor Show in October 1930, only 126 Straight Eights were made before the Great Depression effectively killed demand and the bank foreclosed on the company. BSA bought the assets in a fire sale and production was transferred to Lanchester’s new sister subsidiary, Daimler, in Coventry. YF 1847 has been family owned since 1934 and is known to the club but has not been seen since the 1960's. It is was built as a six light, four door car with a Lanchester tall body, it is believed to have been used as a taxi before coming into the ownership of undertaker Frank Simms of Tunbridge Wells who bought it in 1934. The records on file are a bit confusing as Simms had several Lanchesters. In 1929 he had a hearse built by Rock Thorpe & Watson of Tunbridge Wells. In 1935 he had a hearse body fitted to a Lanchester chassis by Gibson & Brown of Tunbridge Wells and in 1936 he bought chassis 1974 from Stephen Peerless of London. This chassis number is on YF 1847 although the R.F. 60 states it should be chassis 1999. The engine fitted is numbered 1951 (the R.F. 60 states 1971, the bellhousing is stamped 1954. Along with MK 2428, a 1926 Lanchester hearse, chassis and engine 1962, YF 1847 was in regular use up until being taken off the road in c.1956, MK came off the road c.1974. When our vendors father inherited the cars from Frank Simms widow, Emma, he kept YF selling MK through sold by Brooks Auctioneers in 1999. He was an RAF engineer and started the restoration of the car, although his first love, a Chipmunk aeroplane took precedent over his time. The car appears complete, although a none runner due to ignition/firing issues, the odometer has been rebuilt and set back to zero and several other parts are present but not fitted. It can easily be pushed and the engine turns over. There is a list of items that he has attended to, including refurbishing the radiator and renewing the wiring harness. This rare machine, the cataloguer was only able to find one other example selling in recent years, is offered for sale with no reserve after long-term family ownership. The family ask only one thing, that when it is up and running that they can visit and have a ride. Sold with the R.F. 60, see notes above, various period receipts relating to this and MK 2428 and other paperwork.
Lot 32
A group of MATCHBOX Regular Wheels, comprising a '65b' Jaguar Mk II 3.8 (red, grey plastic wheels) , a '53b' Mercedes Benz 220se red, (black plastic wheels), a '7b' Ford Anglia (pale blue, black plastic wheels) and a '17c' Austin Metropolitan Taxi (maroon, grey plastic wheels) - VG - some minor paint chips mostly to the Jaguar, in G/VG 'D Type' boxes (4)
Lot 142
A Great War British army booklet of four engraved plates respectively captioned "Sketch of Machine Gun and Mount", "Galloping Cart Containing Three Guns / Machine Guns in Motor Truck", "Taxi Cab Ambulance to Carry 8 Wounded" and "Trenches Sited for Enfilade Fire / Section of Entaglements Through Line A.B."
Lot 20
2007 London Taxi Int TX4 2499cc Auto No Reserve Registration: LC07OJY Chassis: SCRT2A8ME7C201722 Odometer: 361,797 Tranmission: Auto Diesel MOT: Expired June 2022 • Bronze specification • New heavy duty battery fitted March 2022 • Automatic gearbox • Runs and drives Outside . Grey paintwork with "Joker" movie advertisement wrap . As you'd expect with a 15 year old 360,000 mile black cab the bodywork has a few imperfections and some rust bubbles to most panels Inside . Black cloth interior is showing some signs of wear commensurate with the age of vehicle and nature of its work Mechanicals . The turbo diesel engine fired into life with ease and on a short test drive around our site shifted through the automatic gearbox with ease and came to a stop when asked History . There is no history with the taxi other than a V5C Our Opinion If you want a cheap black cab that runs and drives, here it is.
Lot 3410
Lledo Days Gone, Oxford Diecast & similar - a group of boxed diecast models which includes a Corgi 10 Vehicle (Cameo Collectables) Gift Set "The D-Day Collection", a Lledo Days Gone DG047009 a London Taxi in black along with others. Conditions all generally appear to be Excellent to Near Mint although not checked for completeness and are all in generally Good outer mainly window boxes. (32)
Lot 3506
Dinky, Corgi, Tootsietoy and similar a group of unboxed diecast models to include Dinky Supertoys Foden with light blue tank and dark blue chassis, Dinky Toys Austin Taxi, Dinky Toys 260 Royal Mail Van, Corgi Toys Standard Vanguard III, Tootsietoy Chevrolet along with others. Also to include in this lot is a empty Dinky Toys box relating to 571 Coles Mobile Crane. Conditions all generally range from Poor to Fair play worn with some repainted/restored with the box being generally Fair (stained). (29)
Lot 3215
Lledo a boxed group to include 20013 1934 Model 'A' Ford Truck 'B.O.C.', 14001 1934 Model 'A' Ford Car 'Taxi', 43002 Morris Light Truck 'Hamleys', 36004 1939 Chevy Pick-Up 'Duckham's Oils' plus others similar. Conditions generally appear Excellent to Mint in generally Good to Excellent boxes. (65)
Lot 1330
Postcards/Photographs, Transport, a mixed age transport collection of approx. 177 cards and photographs. With charabancs, coaches, tractors, lorries, steam vehicles, caravans, taxis and motorways, inc. Mickey Mouse caravan comic, theatre ads 'The Girls in the Taxi' and 'Mr Preedy and the Countess', caravan sites at Ventnor, Mablethorpe, Littlehampton etc. Traction engines, steam roller etc (mixed condition)
Lot 107
Three: Captain L. H. D’O. ‘Bill’ Moule, East Lancashire Regiment and South Nigeria Regiment, who took part in active service in assorted operations against local tribesmen in South Nigeria 1903-11, largely under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel W. C. G. Heneker, D.S.O., Connaught Rangers. He married the daughter of the Irish nationalist politician Charles Stewart Parnell, and was a personal friend of Sir Roger Casement, the latter being executed for treason in August 1916 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (Lieut: L. H. D.’O. Moule. E. Lanc: Regt); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (Lt. L. H. D’O. Moule. E. Lanc. Regt.); Africa General Service 1902-56, 2 clasps, S. Nigeria 1902-03, West Africa 1906 (Lieut: L. H. D. O. Moule. S.N. Regt.) last clasp loose on riband, light contact marks, generally very fine (3) £800-£1,200 --- Provenance: R. Magor Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, July 2003 (when A.G.S. had ‘S. Nigeria 1902-03’ clasp only). Louis Horsford D’Oyley Moule was born in Mizzapur, India in October 1876. He was the son of H. D. Moule, C.S.I., and educated at Exeter before enrolling as a cadet at Dartmouth Naval College in 1891. The navy was obviously not for Moule, and he commenced his military career in the Cape Mounted Rifles and was a veteran of the punitive expedition to Griqualand West in 1897. He was commissioned second lieutenant in the 1st Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment in May 1900, direct from his old regiment out in South Africa. Subsequently employed in the operations in Cape Colony with the Colonial Division, and in the Transvaal and Orange Free State with Lord Methuen’s Flying Column, and afterwards in a mobile column, he was advanced to lieutenant in March 1902. Moule transferred in the same year to the Southern Nigeria Regiment, and quickly witnessed further active service in assorted operations against local tribesmen 1903-11, largely under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel W. C. G. Heneker, D.S.O., Connaught Rangers (additionally entitled to ‘South Nigeria 1903’ and ‘South Nigeria 1905-06’ clasps). He was appointed a captain in the 8th (Service) Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment in September 1914, but had to relinquish his commission due to ill health (entitled to Silver War Badge). Moule married Katie O’Shea, the daughter of the Irish nationalist politician Charles Stewart Parnell, in 1907. They were both friends of Sir Roger Casement, whom Moule had met in South Africa during the Boer War. Casement, who was executed for treason at Pentonville Prison 3 August 1916, frequently mentions his friend “Bill” Moule in his famous Black and White Diaries. In later life Moule resided at 30 Mornington Crescent, London, and he died at St. Pancras Hospital, London in June 1938. The latter part of his family life had been particularly sad after having to leave the Army due to heart disease - the family became impoverished, with his wife resorting to crime - varying from petty theft, and fencing to driving an unlicensed taxi! Sold with copied research.
Lot 246
TAXI DRIVER: Martin Scorsese (1942- ) American film Director, Academy Award winner & Paul Schrader (1946- ) American screenwriter and film Director. Signed and inscribed 10 x 8 photograph by both Scorsese and Schrader individually, the image depicting the director and the screenwriter of Taxi Driver (1976) standing in three-quarter length poses together alongside Robert De Niro on the set of the film. Signed in black fountain pen inks respectively to the image. Scorsese adding the place, Paris, in his hand and Schrader adding the date, 9th April 1982, in his hand. EX.Provenance: The present photograph originates from the collection of Pierre Goulliard, a French gentleman who, for over 50 years, dedicated himself to obtaining in person autographs of British, American and European movie stars, always obtaining the signatures in fountain pen ink.
Lot 1124
BYRD RICHARD E.: (1888-1957) American naval officer, polar explorer and pioneer aviator who claimed to have led the first expeditions to reach both the North Pole and the South Pole by air. T.L.S., Byrd, one page, 4to, Boston, Massachusetts, 29th October 1926, to James D. Pond, on the printed stationery of the Byrd Arctic Expedition. Byrd apologises for a mistake in an earlier letter and continues to explain that his expense to Bridgeport and back again would have been $1.20 for a tax-cab to the station, although adding 'If the taxi-cab is not a perfectly legitimate and proper charge I do not want to make it' and further writing 'It may be that the Navy League will pay my expenses to Washington for the talk I gave. Of course the Navy itself has no funds to pay for such a talk. If such is the case it would seem that my trip to Bridgeport probably should not be charged to you, or else, I should not charge my expenses from Bridgeport to Washington to the Navy League'. One very small area of paper loss to the upper left corner and a very small, minor tear to the right edge, otherwise VG
Lot 308
A quantity of Dinky Toys, many for restoration. Including Foden DG Wagon, Double Deck Bus, Studebaker Tanker, Loudspeaker Van, Austin Van Shell/BP, Austin Wagon, Hillman Minx, Dodge Wagon, Austn Devon, Morris Oxford, Viceroy 37 Coach, Luxury Coach, Cunningham C-5R, Austin Taxi, Leyland Comet Stake Truck, Talbot Lago Racing Car, Ferrari Racing Car, Estate Car, Aston Martin, Telephone Service Van, Johnston Road Sweeper, Bentley S2, Austin Champ, Mini Clubman Police Car, BOAC Coach, Military Ambulance, Commer Breakdown Truck, DUKW and a Nash Rambler Fire Vehicle. FC-GC, significant wear to many and repainting to some. (55). £80-120
Lot 42
Corgi 1980s/90s Commercial Vehicles, all boxed, some models loose in boxes, public transport models, C675/1 West Midlands Timesaver, C675/2 Reading Goldline, 91905 Nottingham City Coaches, C769 National Express(2) C769/8 Bluebird Express, 769 National Express, 792 Gatwick Flightline, 1985 Bus Collectors Society open top bus, Corgi Trucks 1168 Motorway Express Coach, vans, C656/7 Danish Export Postbil Ford Transit, C676/1 Bluebird (2), C656/1 RAC, C676/2 City Mini, (all Transits) C539 Mercedes Group 4, C656/2 Transit, 496 Escort van, (both Royal Mail) C425/1 London Taxi, Norweb Special Issue Landrover, 1122 Mercedes Cement Mixer, 1:64 scale models, 91380 Volvo car transporter, 1189 Duckhams Petrol tanker, 1188 Parcel Force articulated truck, J39 Royal Mail van,TY81711 London Buses Transit (carded), three Royal Mail Datapost models (carded) and Matchbox Superkings K154BMW 750i Polizei car, G-E, packaging P-G, (30)
Lot 201
Modern Diecast Vehicles and Britains Figures, vintage and modern vehicles, boxed/packaged examples, Corgi 1:64 scale bubbled and carded No 71 London Taxi, Matchbox Superkings, K-15 Silver Jubilee (1), Butterkist advertising (3), KRW-15 1981 Royal Wedding (2), Models of Yesteryear Y-4 (2), Y-13, Matchbox SB-39 Crunchie Stearman Bi-Plane, Matchbox 71 Jumbo Jet box only, eight Brumm vintage models (all boxes P), Lledo Tetley Transit minibus and unboxed models, Lledo (8), Matchbox Models of Yesteryear (5), 1:64 scale Matchbox (8), Husky (1), Corgi (1), Japanese tin ambulance, Dinky AA motorcycle and side car, petrol pumps Bassett & Sons (1), Britain's (4), Kemlows (1) and others (11), bubble packed Readers Digest six model pack, Farnham Maltings Toyfair badges (14), AA Relay car badge and AA GB oval alloy plate, together with boxed Britain's 7249 Queens Colour Party Scots Guards, 7307 USAF Colour Party, P-E, packaging P-VG, (Qty)
Lot 197
Modern Diecast 1:18 Scale and Smaller Vehicles, all boxed vintage and modern mainly cars, 1:18 scale Solido 8178 Citroen Traction 1938, Maisto 1:24/1:25/1:27 scale, 31962 Ford Focus (box P), 31956 VW Samba Van, 31233 Hummer H2, 31954 BMW X5, 31995 Chrysler PT Cruiser, 1:43 scale, FI Car made in Hong Kong, Burago (2) one a competition model, Corgi 58005 London Taxi American Airlines, Corgi C435/1 Volvo 760 (box minus window), cararama (3) one a three model set, F-E, boxes P-E, (13)
Lot 291
BOXED CORGI DIECAST COMMERCIAL BUSES, WAGONS & VANS - 23 items, all in original boxes to include the 43505 Blackpool Ballroom Tram, Grey Green Coaches A E C Regal, Thorneycroft Bus, Pickfords Removers, Bedford Pantechnicon and various others, CORGI DIECAST LONDON TAXI CABS, VANGUARDS TAXIS & OTHER VEHICLES BY CORGI & LLEDO - 37 vehicles, almost all in original boxes and packaging, to include twelve Destination London 2020 London Olympics Taxis, gold colour Queen's Jubilee, various advertisers, Union Jack Livery, ETC and MECCANO MAGAZINE, 35 ISSUES - January 1957 - August 1958 dates and a book titled 'My I-Spy Collection' (see all images)
Lot 239
Captain Bruce Bairnsfather (1887-1959), 'Where Old Bill Can Be Found' pencil sketch. Depicting a grumpy taxi driver at Waterloo Station, signed and titled, 22.5cm x 14.5cm, framed and glazed.The verso marked 'This is an original Bruce Bairnsfather who has the well cartoonist in the 1914-1918 war. I met him at Wipke's Grove St Louis in autumn 1946 and he subsequently s--at this to me at a Christmas m----, Ian'
Lot 101
Anglo Irish Treaty negotiations five photographs group of delegates, Arthur Griffith, Robert Barton, Eamonn Duggan, George Gavan Duffy, et al; Arthur Griffith arriving at negotiations; Irish delegates in Hans Place; Lord Birkinhead paying his taxi fare; George Gavin Duffy and Eamonn Duggan. each 5¾" x 7½" (15 x 19cm). (5)
Lot 187
A SANDSTONE HEAD OF BUDDHA SHAKYAMUNI, MON-DVARAVATI PERIODThailand, 8th-10th century. Sensitively carved with heavy-lidded downcast eyes with incised pupils, thick ridged brows, a broad nose, elongated earlobes, and full lips forming a calm smile, the hair in snail shell curls over a high ushnisha.Provenance: Collection Monsieur M., an important French private collection. Michael Phillips, acquired from the above. Michael Phillips (born 1943) is an Academy Award-winning film producer. Born in Brooklyn, New York, his parents were Lawrence and Shirley Phillips, noted New York dealers in Asian fine arts, selling to the Met, the LACMA, the Chicago Art Institute, and the British Museum among others. Michael Phillips is a collector of Asian art himself, particularly Indian, Southeast Asian, and Himalayan sculpture. His most important films include The Sting (winning the Academy Award for Best Picture in 1973), Taxi Driver (winning the Palme d'Or at the 1976 Cannes Film Festival), and Steven Spielberg's Close Encounters of the Third Kind.Condition: Good condition, commensurate with age. Old wear, losses, nicks, scratches, very minor old fills, signs of weathering and erosion, encrustations, structural cracks. Fine, naturally grown patina. Scientific Analysis Report: A technical examination was conducted by Podany Conservation Services. The examination report concludes: “A comparison of observed features does favor the opinion that the head fragment is not of modern origin or a forgery.” The signed examination report, dated 24 May 2021, accompanies this lot. Note that the purported date stated in the examination report is circa 9th-11th century.Weight: 3,340 g (incl. stand)Dimensions: Height 17.5 cm (excl. stand) and 25.5 cm (incl. stand)Mounted on an associated stand. (2)While there is great variation within the Mon-Dvaravati tradition, the sensitivity paid to the modeling of these facial features is in keeping with the period's focus on the purity and fluidity of form. As expressed by Jean Boisselier in The Heritage of Thai Sculpture, 1975, p. 73, “The school of Dvaravati may stand alongside the great Buddhist artistic traditions of India, so enduring were its innovations and so persuasive its influence on most of the art of Southeast Asia.”Literature comparison: Compare a closely related sandstone head of Buddha in the National Museum Bangkok, dated 8th-10th century, with nearly identical facial features.Auction result comparison:Type: Closely relatedAuction: Christie's Paris, 12 June 2018, lot 239Price: EUR 15,000 or approx. EUR 18,000 adjusted for inflation at the time of writingDescription: A stone head of Buddha Shakyamuni, Thailand, Dvaravati period, 8th-9th centuryExpert remark: Despite being a larger example (32 cm), this comparable shares very similar facial characteristics with the current lot, including a flattened down-turned nose, a joined brow, pointed helices of the ears, and a lower lip equal or greater in size to that of the upper.Auction result comparison:Type: RelatedAuction: Bonhams New York, 19 March 2019, lot 874Price: USD 43,825 or approx. EUR 46,500 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writingDescription: A blackstone head of Buddha, Central Thailand, Dvaravati period, circa 8th centuryExpert remark: Note the size (23.5 cm).13% VAT will be added to the hammer price additional to the buyer's premium - only for buyers within the EU.
Lot 185
A GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF BUDDHA SHAKYAMUNI, KANDYAN PERIODExpert's note: Sri Lankan figures of Buddha are noted for remarkable stylistic conservativism, having followed a consistent canon of proportions from their earliest origins. The later Kandyan period, however, saw considerable variation in the rendering of the robe, marked by highly precise linear patterns worked into the folds. There are elements to this specific bronze, from the softer casting style of the shoulders and arms to the pronounced surface wear, that make it feel a bit older than most of the Kandyan Period examples on the market.Sri Lanka, 17th-18th century. Solidly cast seated in vajraparyankasana with his hands folded in dhyanamudra, the Buddha's broad-shouldered form is fitted in a finely pleated sanghati draped over his left shoulder. His face bares a calm, meditative expression and was likely once framed by pendulous earlobes and surmounted by a flaming siraspata.Provenance: The Phillips Family Collection, Lawrence and Shirley Phillips, and thence by descent to Michael Phillips (born 1943), who is an Academy Award-winning film producer. Born in Brooklyn, New York, his parents were Lawrence and Shirley Phillips, noted New York dealers in Asian fine arts, selling to the Met, the LACMA, the Chicago Art Institute, and the British Museum among others. Michael Phillips is a collector of Asian art himself, particularly Indian, Southeast Asian, and Himalayan sculpture. His most important films include The Sting (winning the Academy Award for Best Picture in 1973), Taxi Driver (winning the Palme d'Or at the 1976 Cannes Film Festival), and Steven Spielberg's Close Encounters of the Third Kind.Condition: Some wear and casting irregularities, minor losses, soldering marks, small nicks, light scratches. The head has been reattached at some point in time. Fine, naturally grown, rich patina.Weight: 3,340 gDimensions: Height 15.5 cmAfter three hundred years of internecine civil conflict and successive waves of European imperialists, the Kingdom of Kandy emerged as the pre-eminent Sinhalese political authority. Under its stability and the avid patronage of its kings, Sri Lanka witnessed a Buddhist revival with an unprecedented amount of building and restoring of monastic institutions. Bronze Buddha images proliferated, most of them either gilded or non-gilded depicting the sage in a standing pose. Fewer portrayed the Buddha seated, like the present example.Two predominant forces inform the distinctive style of Kandyan Buddhist art. One is the continuance of Sinhalese tradition in depicting Buddha with a broad body type wrapped in a pleated robe, set by colossal statues of the Anuradhapura and Polunnaruwa periods. The other is a South Indian tradition of expressing dynastic identity through artistic patronage of religious objects, pursued with enthusiasm by the Nayak princes, who were invited to assume Kandy's throne after its last Sinhalese king died without an heir in 1739. Such fusion is exemplified by the present sculpture, whose massive shoulders and air of empyrean authority evoke tradition, while the mesmerizing crinkles of the garment, abstracted physiognomy, and enlarged flame finial summon Kandyan panache.Literature comparison:Compare a closely related bronze figure of Buddha dated to the 18th century, in the Art Institute of Chicago, gifted by Lawrence and Shirley Phillips, the previous owners of the present lot, reference number 1984.1304. Compare fifteenth and sixteenth-century Buddhas from the Divided Kingdoms period (c. 1232-1597), see U. von Schroeder, Buddhist Sculptures of Sri Lanka, p. 467, pls. 144 D-G.Auction result comparison:Type: RelatedAuction: Bonhams Hong Kong, 30 November 2022, lot 1047Price: HKD 355,800 or approx. EUR 42,000 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writingDescription: A Silvered Copper Alloy Figure Of Seated Buddha, Sri Lanka, Kandyan Period, 18th CenturyExpert remark: Note the closely related style of the garment folds. Also note that the figure is silvered and significantly larger (26.5 cm) than the present lot.13% VAT will be added to the hammer price additional to the buyer's premium - only for buyers within the EU.
Lot 184
A BRONZE FIGURE OF A STANDING BUDDHA, POST-GUPTA PERIOD, INDIA, C. 7TH CENTURYFinely cast standing in contrapposto on an integral lotus-petal base upon a square plinth, the right arm extended to the earth, the open palm exaggerated, the left hand grasping the hem of the robe.Provenance: Steven Finkelman, The Buddha Gallery, California, USA, 2014. Michael Phillips, acquired from the above. Steven Finkelman is a retired social work service director with over 30 years of experience in collecting and selling Buddhist and Hindu sculpture. Michael Phillips (born 1943) is an Academy Award-winning film producer. Born in Brooklyn, New York, his parents were Lawrence and Shirley Phillips, noted New York dealers in Asian fine arts, selling to the Met, the LACMA, the Chicago Art Institute, and the British Museum among others. Michael Phillips is a collector of Asian art himself, particularly Indian, Southeast Asian, and Himalayan sculpture. His most important films include The Sting (winning the Academy Award for Best Picture in 1973), Taxi Driver (winning the Palme d'Or at the 1976 Cannes Film Festival), and Steven Spielberg's Close Encounters of the Third Kind. Condition: Very good condition, commensurate with age. Wear, minor dents, small nicks, light scratches, casting flaws, signs of weathering and erosion, losses.Weight: 189.7 g Dimensions: Height 11 cmThe present lot is characteristic of Indian art from the post-Gupta period. This small type of portable figure is thought to be one of the earliest kinds of Buddhist images to have been produced by local craftsmen, reflecting the spread of Buddhism throughout India and the rest of Asia after the 3rd century. We see this type of figure replicated in regional styles all the way out to Myanmar. It was even reported by the Chinese scholar Xuanzang (602-664), who traveled to India in the 7th century, that the monks of India had small icons of Buddha in their quarters that they venerated with chanting, ritual bathing, and small offerings of incense and food. He identified these as a small group of metal standing Buddha figures. The Ajanta Caves are approximately thirty Buddhist cave monuments dating from the second century BC to about 480 AD in the Aurangabad district of Maharashtra state in India. Textual records suggest that these caves served as a monsoon retreat for monks, as well as a resting site for merchants and pilgrims in ancient India. The caves include paintings and rock-cut sculptures described as among the finest surviving examples of ancient Indian art, particularly expressive works that present emotions through gesture, pose and form. They are universally regarded as masterpieces of Buddhist religious art. The caves were built in two phases, the first starting around the second century BC and the second occurring from 400 to 650 AD. They constitute ancient monasteries (Chaityas) and worship-halls (Viharas) of different Buddhist traditions carved into a 75-meter (246 ft) wall of rock. The caves also present paintings depicting the past lives and rebirths of the Buddha, pictorial tales from Aryasura's Jatakamala, and rock-cut sculptures of Buddhist deities. The patron and bronze founder of the present lot were clearly intimately familiar with the Ajanta site. In cave 4 for example, see a standing Buddha closely related to the present lot.Literature comparison: Compare a related carved relief of a standing Buddha in Cave 19 at the Ajanta complex, taken by Henry Cousens around 1880, from the Archaeological Survey of India Collections. See Sarita Khettry, 'Portable' Images (Buddhist) from Gandhara, Proceedings of the Indian History Congress, vol. 72, 2011, pp. 204-11. Compare also a related pillar painting in Cave 10. Compare a closely related figure, 11 cm high, dated 7th-8th century, at Galerie Hioco, June 24, 2019.13% VAT will be added to the hammer price additional to the buyer's premium - only for buyers within the EU.
Lot 186
A RARE AND LARGE GILT BRONZE FIGURE OF AN ENTHRONED MAITREYA, CENTRAL JAVANESE PERIODExpert's note: The fuller, fleshier depiction of Buddha, with a lack of jeweled adornment, places the style of this statue amongst examples dating from the 9th century. The throne and figure are cast from different metal alloys, the throne having a higher copper content and the figure having a higher iron content, resulting in a different appearance of the two, as the metals have developed differently over the centuries.Indonesia, Java, 8th-9th century. Seated in bhadrasana on a stepped rectangular throne, his feet placed on a circular lotus dais, the hands held in dharmachakra mudra, dressed in a monastic robe, and backed by an ornately scrolled foliate mandorla.Provenance: Christie's Paris, 10 December 2014, lot 349. Michael Phillips, acquired from the above. A copy of the original invoice from Christie's, dated 16 January 2015, addressed to Michael Phillips, confirming the dating above, and stating a purchase price of EUR 6,500 or approx. EUR 7,500 (adjusted for inflation at the time of writing), accompanies this lot. Michael Phillips (born 1943) is an Academy Award-winning film producer. Born in Brooklyn, New York, his parents were Lawrence and Shirley Phillips, noted New York dealers in Asian fine arts, selling to the Met, the LACMA, the Chicago Art Institute, and the British Museum among others. Michael Phillips is a collector of Asian art himself, particularly Indian, Southeast Asian, and Himalayan sculpture. His most important films include The Sting (winning the Academy Award for Best Picture in 1973), Taxi Driver (winning the Palme d'Or at the 1976 Cannes Film Festival), and Steven Spielberg's Close Encounters of the Third Kind.Condition: Good condition, commensurate with age. Extensive wear, minor nicks, scratches, pitting, losses to gilt, signs of weathering and erosion, corrosion. Still presenting remarkably well, especially given the high age of this sculpture.Weight: 6,585 gDimensions: Height 28.5 cmThis extraordinary gilt-bronze statue represents Maitreya, the Buddha of the future. It is believed that Maitreya will come to save humanity during the final days. The iconography of this particular statue has many similarities with Western prototypes, demonstrating how Buddhist imagery spread to Java along the Silk Road from places as far away as Tibet and Sri Lanka. Such statues were often part of an important and much larger altar set forming a ritual mandala, flanked by supportive bodhisattvas and surrounded by lesser deities.Literature comparison:Compare a closely related bronze figure in the Museum Volkenkunde, Leiden, inventory number 1403-2845. Compare a closely related bronze figure in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, accession number 1987.142.14.Compare also a stone image of Buddha located in situ at Candi Mendut, illustrated in Peter Sharrock and Emma Bunker, Seeds of Vajrabodhi: Buddhist Ritual Bronzes from Java and Khorat. Esoteric Buddhism in Mediaeval Maritime Asia: Networks of Masters, Texts, Icons, 2016, pp. 237-252.Auction result comparison:Type: RelatedAuction: Christie's New York, 19 September 2000, lot 193Price: USD 171,000 or approx. EUR 237,000 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writingDescription: An important bronze figure of Kubera, Indonesia, 9th/10th centuryExpert remark: While representing Kubera, the statue contains numerous points for comparison. Note the larger size of 34.8 cm and the significantly better state of preservation.Auction result comparison:Type: RelatedAuction: Christie's Paris, 9 October 2014, lot 350Price: EUR 20,000 or approx. EUR 23,000 adjusted for inflation at the time of writingDescription: A bronze figure of the cosmic Buddha Amoghasiddi, Indonesia, East Java, 11th centuryExpert remark: This statue is an important example for comparison, not only because of the age and casting similarities, but also because it was the following lot in the Paris 2014 Christie's sale. It is important to note that this figure is about half as large and not gilt.13% VAT will be added to the hammer price additional to the buyer's premium - only for buyers within the EU.
Lot 183
A BLACK STONE FIGURE OF DURGA MAHISHASURAMARDINI, PRE-ANGKOR PERIOD, KHMER, 7TH CENTURYOpinion: Looking at Phnom Da style sculptures, one can see a great degree of cross-cultural influence. While one could argue that this sculptural style is distinctly of Khmer origin, with such early sites present in Vietnam, we are more likely seeing the spread of sources of foreign cultural influence, bringing things like Hinduism, coming from outside the region and merging with local cultures. Certain attributes of this sculpture in particular can be seen in early Gupta sculpture, such as the 4th century Harihara in the National Museum of New Delhi. It is also interesting to note that the earliest known written texts in Southeast Asia are from Vietnam, written during the 4th century, predating the first Khmer texts by hundreds of years.Finely carved in relief with four arms holding symbols of power, positioned above the severed head of a buffalo, with a tall crown and pendulous earlobes, backed by a striated nimbus.Provenance: Spink & Son, London, by 2 November 1999 (according to Christie's record). Christie's New York, 20 September 2000, lot 154 (according to Christie's record). Property from a West Coast collection, acquired from the above (according to Christie's record). Christie's New York, 13 September 2016, lot 245, estimate of USD 30,000 or approx. EUR 34,000 (converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing). Michael Phillips, acquired from the above in an after-sale transaction. A copy of a Christie's record, accessed on 1 October 2018, confirming the provenance above, and stating an after-sale purchase price for the present lot of USD 18,750 or approx. EUR 21,000 (converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing), accompanies this lot. Michael Phillips (born 1943) is an Academy Award-winning film producer. Born in Brooklyn, New York, his parents were Lawrence and Shirley Phillips, noted New York dealers in Asian fine arts, selling to the Met, the LACMA, the Chicago Art Institute, and the British Museum among others. Michael Phillips is a collector of Asian art himself, particularly Indian, Southeast Asian, and Himalayan sculpture. His most important films include The Sting (winning the Academy Award for Best Picture in 1973), Taxi Driver (winning the Palme d'Or at the 1976 Cannes Film Festival), and Steven Spielberg's Close Encounters of the Third Kind.Condition: Good condition, commensurate with age. Extensive wear, losses, nicks, scratches, signs of weathering and erosion, structural cracks, old fills.Dimensions: Height 89 cm (excl. stand) and 97 cm (incl. stand)Mounted on an associated stand. (2)Mahishasura was a shape-shifting king who was granted the power of immortality by Lord Brahma. After years of tormenting his people, he was vanquished by a manifestation of the demon-fighting form of Parvati known as Durga. Durga fought Mahishasura over a period of fifteen days during which he kept changing his shape into different animals. She finally vanquished him when he took the form of a buffalo, slaying him with her trident. It is just after this victorious moment that we see Durga depicted here, with the severed head of Mahishasura laying at Durga's feet and her four arms holding the conch shell, the wheel, the ball, and the club, symbolizing the powers given to her by Vishnu. It is an ancient story of good versus evil.Literature comparison:Compare with a stone image of a female deity from the Da Nang Museum of Cham Sculpture, exhibited in Arts of Ancient Viet Nam: From River Plain to Open Sea at the Houston Museum of Fine Arts, both statues showing an unusual and rare striated nimbus. Also, compare with a stone image of a reclining figure of Vishnu in the Da Nang Museum of Cham Sculpture, both statues showing very similar facial characteristics.Auction result comparison:Type: Closely RelatedAuction: Christie's New York, 13 September 2016, lot 249Price: USD 21,250 or approx. EUR 24,000 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writingDescription: A gray sandstone figure of Durga Mahishasuramardini, Khmer, pre-Angkor period, Phnom Da style, 6th centuryExpert remark: This is an important comparable of Durga from an early period in Southeast Asian history, not only because it is “rare to find a sculpture of the demon-slaying goddess from the pre-Angkor period” (as noted in the catalog description for the lot), but also because it was in the same Christie's sale. Note the much smaller size (51.5 cm).13% VAT will be added to the hammer price additional to the buyer's premium - only for buyers within the EU.
Lot 182
A MONUMENTAL SANDSTONE HEAD OF BUDDHA, NORTHERN WEI DYNASTY, CHINA, 386-534Opinion: The head is carved from buff sandstone that has the appearance of granite from a distance. The style and material are typical of examples from the Yungang caves and surrounding area.Published: Stephen Little, Images of the Buddha from the Michael Phillips Collection, Arts of Asia, Jan-Feb 2013, page 112, no. 29.The rounded face deeply carved with small, pursed lips, broad flattened nose and thin, sharply cut eyes, flanked by long pendulous ears, all beneath the simply rendered hair and tall ushnisha. The stone of reddish-brown tone with some crystalline flecks.Provenance: An American private collection. Christie's New York, 15-16 September 2011, lot 1360, estimate of USD 60,000 or approx. EUR 72,000 (converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing). The private collection of Michael Phillips (born 1943), who is an Academy Award-winning film producer. Born in Brooklyn, New York, his parents were Lawrence and Shirley Phillips, noted New York dealers in Asian fine arts, selling to the Met, the LACMA, the Chicago Art Institute, and the British Museum among others. Michael Phillips is a collector of Asian art himself, particularly Indian, Southeast Asian, and Himalayan sculpture. His most important films include The Sting (winning the Academy Award for Best Picture in 1973), Taxi Driver (winning the Palme d'Or at the 1976 Cannes Film Festival), and Steven Spielberg's Close Encounters of the Third Kind.Condition: Good condition, commensurate with age. Extensive wear, losses, nicks, scratches, signs of weathering and erosion.Scientific Analysis Report: A scientific and technical examination was conducted by John Twilley, art conservation scientist. A copy of the examination report, dated 20 September 2007, accompanies this lot. The report concludes that “the evidence strongly supports a history of natural weathering of the stone, on a scale of centuries rather than decades, subsequent to its carving”. Note that this report is also mentioned in the catalog entry by Christies from 15-16 September 2011.Dimensions: Height 43 cm (excl. stand) and 65 cm (incl. stand)Mounted on an associated stand. (2)The first of the formative phases of Buddhist sculpture in China, to which the current sculpture dates, lasted until roughly 495 AD and is represented by the cave temples in the north at Yungang. Over 50,000 statues lay within the Yungang Grottoes and surrounding area. Constructed during the Northern Wei dynasty by the imperial order of Emperor Wencheng, carving in the area began in 460 AD as an act of reparation for the Buddhist persecution of 445-452, and lasted until 494 AD when the capital was moved to Luoyang. The Yungang cliff is formed of horizontal layers of buff-colored sandstone, which lends itself well to sculpture, as well as to the excavation of large caves with horizontal ceilings. The sandstone of this head of Buddha is typical of that found in the Yungang region.Literature comparison:Compare a polychromed figure of Buddha still in place in Cave 9 of the Yungang Grottoes. Compare a related sandstone head of Buddha with similar features and carved of the same type of stone in The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, illustrated in the Handbook of the Collection, Kansas City, 1993, p. 303. Also compare with a 'yungang' sandstone head of a bodhisattva, Northern Wei dynasty, at Sotheby's London, 13 May 2015, lot 18. The use of this comparable, which is rather smaller in size (7 cm), serves as solid proof in tying our example to the Yungang area. The sandstone is of an identical color and texture, and the face has very similar features. It therefore almost certainly places our example amongst the most important Buddhist carvings from the Northern Wei period. Auction result comparison:Type: Closely relatedAuction: Sotheby's Hong Kong, 1 April 2018, lot 3029Price: HKD 3,120,000 or approx. EUR 396,000 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writingDescription: A rare and large sandstone head of a Buddha, Northern Wei dynastyExpert remark: This comparable shows numerous similarities with our example, from the domed ushnisha above the simple outlined hair to the long pendulous ears. Note the related size (40 cm).Auction result comparison:Type: Closely relatedAuction: Sotheby's Hong Kong, 5 April 2016, lot 2814Price: HKD 625,000 or approx. EUR 82,500 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writingDescription: A large 'yungang' sandstone head of Buddha, Northern Wei dynastyExpert remark: Note the closely related size (43 cm).13% VAT will be added to the hammer price additional to the buyer's premium - only for buyers within the EU.386-534年北魏砂岩佛陀頭像 出版：Stephen Little，〈Images of the Buddha from the Michael Phillips Collection〉，《Arts of Asia》，2013年1-2月，第112頁，圖 29。 來源：美國私人收藏；紐約佳士得，2011年9月15-16日，lot 1360，估價USD 60,000；Michael Phillips (出生於1943)私人收藏 品相：條件良好，大面積磨損、缺損、刻痕、劃痕、風化和侵蝕。 科學檢測報告：藝術保護科學家John Twilley對此頭像進行了科學檢測。本拍品附有一份日期為 2007年 9 月 20 日的檢驗報告複印本。該報告得出結論，“證據有力地支持了石頭在雕刻之後的自然風化歷史，其規模為數百年而不是數十年”。請注意，佳士得 2011年 9 月 15 日至 16 日的圖錄中也提到了這份報告。 尺寸：高 43 釐米 (不含底座) 與65 釐米 (含底座) 配置底座。 (2)
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