Calabria, Taras. Silver Nomos (6.47 g), ca. 280-272 BC. Phy…, Sodamos and Gy…, magistrates. The Dioskouroi on horseback riding left; above, magistrate's monogram: ΦY; below, between horses' hooves, magistrate's name: [ΣΩΔ-A-M]-O-Σ. Rev: TA-[PAΣ], Taras seated astride dolphin left over waves, holding Nike crowning him with wreath and small, round shield ornamented with a hippocamp and javelins; in left field, magistrate's name: ΓY. Vlasto 773-80; HN Italy 1011. Boldly struck and very choice. Attractively toned. Removed from an NGC holder where graded AU, strike: 4/5, surface: 5/5. Our grade Superb Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $750 From the Dionysus Collection. The city of Taras was named for the hero of the same name who was a son of Poseidon and the nymph Satyrion. He was shipwrecked during a crossing from Tainaron in the Peloponnesos to southern Italy, but Poseidon sent a dolphin to carry him to safety. The city was founded not far from the site where the hero came ashore. It has been suggested that this myth may reflect actual occurrences of dolphins saving shipwrecked sailors from drowning. This particular issue may have been struck to hire mercenaries to support Taras against the Romans during the Pyrrhic War (280-275 BC).
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Valerian I. Æ 25 (15.18 g), AD 253-260. Tyre in Phoenicia. Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Valerian I right. rev. Kadmos standing facing, head left, holding patera and spear; at feet to left, cow reclining right; in left field, city gate of Thebes above ΘH/B?; in right field, murex shell. Rouvier 2500; SNG Copenhagen -; BMC -. Very Rare. Earthen green patina. Choice Very Fine. Estimated Value $350 From the Dr. Patrick Tan Collection. The reverse depicts the foundation myth of the great city of Thebes in Boeotia. According to legend, while wandering through Greece in search of his sister, Europa, who had been abducted by Zeus, Kadmos consulted the Delphic Oracle. The Oracle instructed him to give up his search for his sister and to follow a special cow, one marked with a half moon on her flank, and at the spot where she lie down to rest to build a city. He did so, founding Thebes and becoming its first king.
Ionia, Phokaia. Electrum Hekte (2.59 g), ca. 521-478 BC. Facing head of Silenos.rev. Quadripartite incuse square. Bodenstedt 43. Rare. Boldly struck in high relief with outstanding expressive detail. Well centered and nicely toned. Superb Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $1,000 From the Dionysus Collection. Silenos was the prodigiously drunk companion and tutor of the wine-god Dionysos. During a period of inebriated wandering in Phrygia, Silenos was said to have been rescued by peasants who brought him to King Midas. The famous king entertained the rustic deity for five days and nights, at the conclusion of which Silenos thanked him by offering to grant any wish Midas had. Unfortunately, blinded by greed, Midas asked for the power to turn anything into gold by the touch of his hand. This Silenos granted and Midas' wish soon turned into a curse.
Julius Marinus, father of Philip I. Æ (9.17 g), died before AD 244. Philippopolis in Trachonitis. ΘEΩ MAPINΩ, bare-headed and draped bust of Julius Marinus right, supported on wings of eagle standing right. rev. ΦIΛIΠΠOΠOΛITΩN KOΛΩNIAΣ, S - C across field, Roma standing facing, head left, holding patera and long spear; at her feet to right, shield. Spijkerman 2; SNG ANS 1402. Extremely Rare. Black patina with bluish overtones. One of the finest examples we have seen. Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $1,500 From the Dr. Patrick Tan Collection. Save his name, little is known of Philip's father, Julius Marinus. His son had him deified and the local authorities began striking coins depicting his image being borne to heaven on the back of an eagle, a classical motif indicating apotheosis. The coinage was quite limited, consisting of only two bronze denominations. It was confined to the immediate vicinity of Philippopolis, though the legend S C on the reverse indicates the issue had been authorized by the Roman Senate, perhaps as a show of respect for the new emperor. Coins of Julius Marinus remain quite rare today and the issue is one of the few examples of a third century Roman coin depicting a personage who was not a Roman emperor or empress.
Charles II (1660-85), silver Pattern "Reddite" crown, 1663. Engraved and signed by Thomas Simon, struck from the same dies as the famed "Petition" crown (in previous lot), "fine work" laureate and draped bust right, Simon italic below, Latin legend and toothed border surrounding, CAROLVS II. DEI. GRA rev. struck en medaille, crowned cruciform emblematic shields, interlinked Cs in angles, St. George and dragon in ruled Garter in centre, French inscription in garter, HONI. SOIT. QVI. MAL. Y. PENSE, date either side of top crown, Latin legend and toothed border surrounding.MAG BRI. FR ET. HIB REX. edge inscribed in raised letters, last two words half size font, REDDITE. QVÆ. CÆSARIS. CÆSARI & CT. POST, followed by depiction of the sun appearing out of a cloud, weight 31.39g (L&S 7; Bull 431 R5; ESC 73 R5; S 3354B; KM PnD33). Peppered with light surface marks, some nicks both sides, short scratch from eyebrow along junction with hair, toned, more attractive on reverse, in PCGS holder graded SP 35 and extremely rare. Estimated Value $95,000 Provenance: Ex Sir John Evans Collection, portion sold to J P Morgan Ex J P Morgan Collection portion sold privately with first offer to British Museum and secondly R C Lockett 1915.Ex Richard Cyril Lockett, Sotheby, 28 May 1927, lot 55.Ex T.B. Clarke-Thornhill, Glendining, 27 May 1937, lot 605.Ex H.E.G. Paget, Glendining, 25 September, 1947, lot 230.Ex G.R. Blake, Seaby Coin and Medal Bulletin, June 1957. Transacted privately by Spink to Norweb family, USA July 1962.Ex Mrs E.M. Norweb, Spink Coin Auction 48, 13 November 1985, lot 442.Ex Spink Numismatic Circular, March 1990, no. 1107.Ex Dr. D. Rees-Jones, Spink Coin Auction 117, 19 November 1996, lot 118. Transacted privately by Noble Numismatics of Australia to Mr Rowley Butters. Ex Rowley Butters, St James Auction 9, 18th June 2008, lot 334. PCGS certification 34313450. This is the actual coin illustrated in the 1974 edition of 'English Silver Coinage'. The Latin legends translate as on the obverse "Charles the second by the grace of God" and on the reverse "King of Great Britain, France and Ireland. The Latin inscription on the edge is what gives this pattern its name and translates as "Render to Caesar, the things which are Caesar's," with the smaller font abbreviation for "POST NUBILA PHOEBUS" meaning "After the storm, the sun shines" alluding to the Restoration of the monarchy after the Commonwealth period. The French words on the garter translate as "Evil to him who evil thinks." Celebrated Victorian numismatist J. B. Bergne published the whereabouts of ten examples of the Reddite crown in silver his 1854 article in the Numismatic Chronicle, three of which were institutionalised and seven in theory still privately held if they all survive till today. Four examples of these seven have appeared in the last forty years for sale whether privately or through auction. The other three have either not surfaced since Victorian times, or may have been last offered over 90 years ago and are all examples that are apparently in lower grade. The choices of Reddite Crowns available to the market are few and far between, and the finest one from the Glenister collection, hammered at auction for £330,000 in March 2014, representing a total price including premium and UK tax on the premium of £409,200. These "Reddite" Crowns are much rarer than the companion "Petition" crown with only ten examples known as of 1854 and fewer than that known today.
Islands off Caria, Kos. Silver Tetradrachm (14.96 g), ca. 285-258 BC. Xanthippos, magistrate. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion's skin headdress. rev. K-ΩIO-N, crab; below, magistrate's name: ΞANΘIΠΠOΣ and bow-in-bowcase; all within dotted square. Requier 63 (D11/R53); BMFA Suppl. 195 (same dies). Untoned with traces of luster still present. A very impressive coin! Superb Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $5,000 From the Dionysus Collection. While the previous lot depicts Herakles as an older man with a beard, reflecting an older Archaic and Classical tradition, on this coin he appears as a vibrant youth ready to take on all the enemies and monsters that Hera can throw at him. This youthful type, which has its roots in Macedonia in the fourth century BC, appears on this third century Koan tetradrachm thanks to Alexander the Great, who employed this type for his imperial tetradrachms and made it a widely popular image throughout the Mediterranean world. So closely was Alexander associated with the image of the youthful Herakles on his coins that it was not long before people began to identify the image of Herakles as a portrait of the Macedonian conqueror. Here the Koans have simply remodeled their traditional Herakles obverse to take advantage of the fame of Alexander and his internationally recognized currency that still shone brightly in the third century BC.
Cyrenaica, Cyrene. Ophellas, Ptolemaic Governor. Gold Stater (8.61 g), first reign, ca. 322-313 BC. Polianthes, magistrate. KYPANAION, Nike, holding kentron and reins, driving slow quadriga right. rev. ΠOΛIANΘEYΣ, Zeus-Ammon standing facing, head left, holding patera and lotus-tipped scepter; in left field, thymiaterion. Naville 104; SNG Copenhagen 1210 Pozzi 3271. Very Fine. Estimated Value $3,500 This stater was struck at Cyrene under the Ptolemaic administration headed by Ophellas. He had served in the army of Alexander the Great and took part in that king's celebrated Indian campaign, but after Alexander's death in 323 BC he followed Ptolemy I Soter, who took control of Egypt. When a civil war broke out in the Cyrenaica in 322 BC, Ptolemy sent Ophellas with an army to claim the region for the Ptolemaic kingdom. This he did and assumed the position of Ptolemaic governor, which he held until 309/8 BC except for a brief Cyrenean revolt in 313 BC. The Nike in quadriga obverse type may perhaps refer to Ophellas' victory in the civil war and serve as a slight nod to the popular and widely circulating charioteer staters of Philip II. The reverse depicts Zeus Ammon, the oracular deity for which Cyrene was most famous. So high was the renown of the god and his prophecies that Alexander the Great himself had made a special journey to visit the oracle at Siwah.
Phoenicia, Byblos. 'Ozba'al. Silver Shekel (13.28 g), ca. 400-365 BC. Galley sailing left above waves, carrying three hoplites; below, hippocamp left above murex shell, Aramaic 'ZO' between galley and hippocamp. rev. ''Ozba'al, King of Gebal', lion bringing down bull left. Cf. Betlyon 14 (lacking 'ZO'); HGC 10, 133. Reverse struck from a somewhat worn die. Lovely natural iridescent tone. Extremely Fine. Estimated Value $1,500 From the Dionysus Collection. Byblos was the Greek name given to the northern Phoenician city of Gebal, which has been considered one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world. The city was ruled by a local dynasty of kings who were often vassals of the great Near Eastern powers of Egypt, Assyria, and Persia. This shekel was struck by the obscure Byblian king 'Ozba'al under Persian domination. The obverse advertises the naval power of the city by depicting one of its galleys carrying warriors. Indeed, the terrifying power of the Persian fleet was largely due to the ships and sailors drawn from Phoenician cities like Byblos. The scene of the lion attacking a bull on the reverse and other variations on this animal fight theme were a commonplace of Near Eastern and especially Persian decorative art.
Anne (1702-14), gold Pre-Union Half-Guinea, 1703. VIGO. below draped bust left, Latin legend and toothed border surrounding, ANNA.DEI. GRATIA. rev. Pre-Union crowned cruciform shields, scepters in angles, rose at center, date either side of top crown.MAG BR. FRA ET. HIB REG. weight 4.13g (Schneider 527; MCE 228; S 3565; Fr 324; KM 510.2). Light red tone, some tiny nicks and marks, with a good clear face, reverse better, in PCGS holder graded XF 40, Pop 1; 1 finer in AU-55 at PCGS. There are only 3 exmples graded at both services, together with another AU-55 at NGC. extremely rare. Estimated Value $40,000 Ex A H Baldwin, Hong Kong Auction 42, 25th February 2010, lot 1098 This coin was consigned to the auction above from an old family collection that was formed through A H Baldwin of London in the 1920s and 1930s. PCGS certification 34313454. The Vigo gold coinage represents the pinnacle of provenance mark currency coin collecting rarities, not just in the reign of Queen Anne but across the whole range of British coins showing a mark or word of where the metal was sourced to strike the coinage. The most intrepid of stories is behind the capture of the Vigo treasure as opposed to the other companies or privateers who had their mark placed upon the coins. The Battle of Vigo Bay occurred on 23rd October 1702 and it was after the Battle that the treasure largely of silver, with a tiny proportion of gold was captured and transported back to Southampton on the south coast of England. From there the treasure was brought with great pomp and ceremony to London, overseen by the Mint Master himself, one Mr Isaac Newton, to then be turned into coinage at the Royal Mint in the Tower of London. The treasure consisted of absolutely thousands of pounds in weight of silver, but a mere seven pounds and eight ounces of gold meaning the coinage of gold Five Guineas, Guineas and Half-Guineas was very small. The Five Guinea piece turns up most often, with the Guinea being the rarest denomination of all. We are only aware of seven example of the gold Half-Guinea in private collections today.
L. Marcius Philippus. Silver Denarius (3.99 g), 57 BC. Rome. ANCVS below, diademed head of Ancus Marcius right; behind, lituus. rev. PHILIPP-VS on left, equestrian statue right on arcade of five arches; within arches, AQVA (MAR). Crawford 425/1; Sydenham 919; Marcia 18. Boldly struck, well centered, and delicately toned. A superb example with much luster. NGC grade Ch AU*; Strike: 5/5, Surface: 5/5. Fine style. Estimated Value $600 From the Dr. Patrick Tan Collection. The obverse of portrays the diademed head of Ancus Marcius, the fourth King of Rome. He was the progenitor of the Marcia gens which had at least two branches, the Philippi and the Reges. Although L. Marcius Philippus belonged to the Philippi branch of the Marcii, he appropriated an event from the Reges branch as it was the praetor Quintus Marcius Rex who built the Aqua Marcia in 144-140 BC. Perhaps the moneyer was being a little devious to illustrate something he could not rightfully claim; the man in the street probably would simply assume that it was the moneyer's ancestor who had supplied Rome with it's greatest source of potable water.
Augustus. Silver Denarius (3.98 g), 27 BC-AD 14. Rome, 13 BC. C. Antistius Reginus, moneyer. CAESAR AVGVSTVS, bare head of Augustus right. rev. C ANTISTIVS REGINVS around, III VIR in exergue, sacrificial implements: simpulum and lituus above tripod and patera. RIC 410; BN 542-7; BMCR 119-20; RSC 347. Attractive dark toning. NGC grade Ch XF*; Strike: 5/5, Surface: 5/5. Estimated Value $700 From the Dr. Patrick Tan CollectionEx Archer M. Huntington Collection, ANS 1001.1.10519 (Triton XVII, 7 January 2014), 634. The host of religious implements depicted on the reverse of this denarius advertise the religious authority of Augustus, who took great pains to restore (sometimes going so far as to reinvent) the cults of Rome as a means of maintaining the pax deorum ("peace of the gods") or harmony between mankind and the gods. The simpulum was a type of ladle used to pour libations and frequently served as a symbol of the pontifices, the highest Roman priestly college with fifteen priests; the lituus was a wand used by the augurs, the college of priests charged with interpreting omens, while the tripod and patera are more general sacrificial emblems. Together they represent the emperor's preeminent position as Pontifex Maximus, the supreme priest of Rome.
Sicily, Gela. Silver Tetradrachm (17.30 g), ca. 480-475 BC. Charioteer driving slow quadriga right; above, Nike flying right, crowning horses with wreath. rev. C-E-Λ-AΣ, forepart of man-headed bull to right. Jenkins grp. II, 104 (O32/R59); Randazzo 19 (same dies); SNG ANS 22 (same dies); SNG Ashmolean 1727 (same dies); SNG Copenhagen 251 (same dies); Jameson 580 (same dies). Well struck and free from the porosity that usually accompanies this popular issue. Delicately toned. Choice Very Fine. Estimated Value $2,500 From the Dionysus Collection. Ex Roma E3 (30 November 2013), lot 49. Found by colonists from Rhodes and Crete in 688 BC, Gela was located on the south-eastern coastal plain of Sicily along the banks of the river Gela, from which it reaped a fertile soil and bountiful harvests. By the early fifth century, the wealth generated from its hinterland allowed the city's early tyrants to expand militarily at the expense of its neighbors, and Gela soon dominated several cities, amongst them Leontinoi, Naxos, Zankle-Messana and Syracuse. The tyrant Gelon, after conquering Syracuse, moved there, leaving his brother Hieron I in charge of Gela. After Gelon's death in 478 BC, Hieron took control of Syracuse and left the city of Gela to Polyzelos. Little is known of Polyzelos, but it was during his tyranny that the city began striking tetradrachms, replacing the earlier didrachms that had been the principal denomination in use at Gela. The charioteer on the obverse is copied from Syracuse, but shows the Charioteer of Delphi, one of the most well-known bronze statues from antiquity and which Polyzelos dedicated to Apollo of Delphi in order to celebrate the victory of his chariot in the Pythian Games of either 478 or 474. The reverse reuses the type from the city's didrachm coinage, and depicts the forepart of the river-god Gelas. The immediate impression when first looking at this particular coin is that the detail is exceptional, and that the dies were engraved by a truly skilled artist. Indeed, the dies used to strike this coin are the first of the series, so it stands to reason that the artist was perhaps contracted by Polyzalos himself, who sought out the finest masters in order to commemorate both his rule over his city and his Pythian victory with a new denomination.
Elizabeth I (1558-1603), fine gold Sovereign of Thirty Shillings. Sixth issue (1583-1600), full facing robed figure of Queen seated on large throne, lis headed pillar either side, throne back of pellets in annulets within hatching, six pellets up each side of throne back, portcullis below Queen, tressure and beaded border surrounding, Latin legend and outer beaded border on both sides, initial mark escallop (1584-86), +ELIZABETH D; G; ANG; FRA; ET HIB; REGINA: : rev. quartered shield at center of ornate rose, beaded circle surrounding, A. DNO; FACTV; EST. ISTVD. ET. EST. MIRAB; OCVLIS. NRS, weight 15.30g (Schneider -/781; N 2003; S 2529; Fr 209). Attractively toned, just a touch weak on the face, otherwise a full round pleasing coin, in PCGS holder graded AU 55, extremely rare die variety with the unusual throne back and the Queen leaning a little to the right, less than ten known. Estimated Value $40,000 Ex: Spink Coin Auction, 26th March 2014, lot 1451.Ex. A H Baldwin, Fixed Price List, Summer 2014, BH053. PCGS certification 34313451. The fine gold Sovereign of Elizabeth I was a highly respected coin at the time, and was famed in the acting world of the time of William Shakespeare, as the coin of choice to be honored with should the Queen attend a performance personally. Traditionally the Queen would honor the playwright and the star of the show with her favor reflected in the presenting of a fine gold Sovereign. We have such evidence of this in the will of the Gentleman Actor Augustine Phillips of Mortlake Surrey who was one of the first to rise to such a social status in his profession. From his will dated 13th May 1605 we can see fine gold Sovereign presented described thus "I give and bequeath to my fellow William Shakespeare a Xxxs piece in gould, To my fellow Henry Condell one other xxxs piece in gould." Such a coin of honour being highly revered and not to be spent in the lifetime of the recipient. The mint mark escallop was used from 1st February 1584/5 till 31st January 1586/7, and represents the largest issue of fine gold in this reign which would have included Angels and their fractions. A total of £56,562 worth of fine gold was produced over the two years, year one with £33,481 worth and the following year with the balance of £20,451. The Escallop mint mark Sovereign has understandably the largest surviving population of examples extant today but the survival is still a fractional percentage of what would have been originally produced.
Lokris, Lokri Opuntii. Silver Stater (12.26 g), ca. 360-350 BC. Head of Persephone left, wreathed with grain ears, wearing triple-pendant earring and necklace. rev. OΠONTIΩ-N, Ajax, nude but for a helmet, advancing right, holding sword and shield decorated with a palmette and a griffin in its interior; in right field, eight-rayed star above two short spears. Humphris & Delbridge 127f (O20A/R40; this coin); Gulbenkian 491 (same dies); BCD Lokris 58 (same dies). Beautiful high relief fine style and lightly toned. Removed from an NGC holder where graded Ch XF*, strike: 5/5, surface: 5/5, fine style. Estimated Value $4,000 From the Dionysus CollectionEx Leu 30 (28 April 1982), lot 109ex R. A. Van Every Collection (Leu 15 (4 May 1976), lot 213. The hero depicted on the reverse of this coin is identified as Ajax the Lesser, a Homeric king of the Lokrians who led 40 ships in support of the Greek cause in the Trojan War. Although he was revered by the Lokrians and Ajax fought with distinction during the war, he brought down a curse from the gods after the city fell. As divine punishment for his rape of Kassandra in the temple of Athena Ilias, Poseidon sent a storm to wreck Ajax's ship off the coast of Euboia on his return voyage. During the storm the shipwrecked hero was struck dead by a bold of lightning. Nevertheless, even in death he was honored by his people, who maintained a tradition of leaving one space empty in the phalanx for his ghost.
USA, 2nd Gordon Bennett Ballooning Cup, 1908 Prize medal. Struck in 18 carat gold and awarded to Alfred LeBlanc, AERO CLVB OF AMERICA, globe with female figure each side, at centre an orb with North America’s map emerging from the clouds, American eagle flying above, rev. Hermes standing right along 6 lines legend within circle, ALFRED LEBLANC, WORLDS RECORD OF DURATION IN BALLOON FROM ST LOUIS U.S.A. OCTOBER 21ST 1908 44 HOURS 3 MINUTES, a zeppelin, a hot air balloon and a biplane in the surroundings, 36 x 36cm, 34.33g. Unsigned medal with a small knock on lower edge, very elegant Art Nouveau style, toned, unique. Estimated Value $2,800 Alfred LeBlanc and his American co-pilot Edgar W. Mix covered a distance of 866,867 miles and finished second behind the German team made of Oskar Erbslöh and his American co-pilot Henry Helm Clayton who covered 872,253 miles. However, the French team achieved a new world record for duration, 44 hours and 3 minutes in the air while the German team managed only 44 hours in the air.
Judaea, Bar Kokhba Revolt. Silver Sela (13.81 g), 132-135 CE. Irregular issue. Year 1 (132/3 CE). 'Jerusalem' (Paleo-Hebrew), tetrastyle façade of the Temple of Jerusalem; show bread table or Ark of the Covenant in chest form with semicircular lid and short legs, seen from a narrow side. rev. 'Year one of the redemption of Israel' (Paleo-Hebrew), lulav with etrog at left. Hendin 1373a (this coin); Mildenberg -; TJC 218e. Extremely Rare - unique and perhaps a trial strike. The Hendin plate coin. NGC grade F; Strike: 2/5, Surface: 2/5. Scratches. Estimated Value $5,000 From the Dr. Patrick Tan Collection. The Bar Kokhba War (132-135 CE) broke out when Hadrian decided to refound Jerusalem - still largely ruined from the disastrous Jewish Revolt (66-73 CE) - as the pagan city of Aelia Capitolina. Although Jewish discontent had already erupted into violence in the Diaspora during the reign of Trajan, the Jews of Judaea seem not to have risen up against the Romans until this threatened abomination against the site of the Temple and the surrounding Holy City. The leader of this new rebellion, which took the form of a bloody guerilla war, was a certain Simon bar Kokhba who had messianic pretensions and gained a reputation as a great warrior. Unfortunately, although Bar Kokhba managed to make Hadrian pay dearly for Aelia Capitolina, when the emperor assembled an army of six full legions to invade Judaea in 134 CE the rebellion was soon crushed. In punishment almost the entirety of Judaea was laid waste by the victorious Romans and the Jewish population destroyed or driven out. In order to fund the rebellion, Bar Kokhba and his supporters used what circulating coins they could find or capture from the Romans and restruck them with new types more suitable for their revolutionary purposes. The most remarkable and desirable of the new types were used for the silver sela overstruck primarily on Syrian and Phoenician tetradrachms. The obverse features a depiction of the façade of the Jerusalem Temple with an uncertain object inside, which has been variously interpreted as the show bread table or the Ark of the Covenant. It has been suggested that the Bar Kokhba rebels actually intended to rebuild the Temple, but the presence of either the show bread table or the Ark - items lost at the end of the Jewish Revolt or earlier - seems to imply that the image represents the idea of the Temple to rally support rather than any real edifice planned by the Bar Kokhba rebels. The reverse type looks back to the coinage of the Jewish Revolt in its depiction of the lulav and etrog associated with the Festival of Tabernacles.
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Ω [Passage of Time] A George IV silver mounted tortoiseshell oval snuff box by Thomas Blagden & Co., Sheffield 1825, the cover engraved with Father Time pulling a chariot carrying an armour clad warrior, the plain sides engraved SW , the base panel plain, the base interior gilt, 8.5cm (3 3/8in) long; accompanied by a more than spurious note attributing previous ownership to Nelson, who died on 21st October 1805! Cites Regulations Please note that this lot (lots marked with the symbol Ω in the printed catalogue) may be subject to CITES regulations when exported. The CITES regulations may be found at www.defra.gov.uk/ahvla-en/imports-exports/cites/
Vinyl record collection approximately 100 records, including The Beatles VI, Sergeant Peppers, With the Beatles, Abbey Road, Let It Be, George Harrison - All things must Pass, Nazareth - Expect No Mercy, Queen, Status Quo, Dire Straits, Star Wars Soundtrack, Fleetwood Mac, The Who, Genesis and others.
A set of seven late 19th Century Minton Hollins & Co waffle back 6in dust pressed tiles from the Bird series, each decorated with a black linear transfer print against a stone ground (7)This design was reputedly designed by R. W. Edis who then sold the design to E. W. Godwin, who then sold the design to Minton (see British Museum collection number 1993,1108.7)
Aphrodite Rising from the Waves - A cameo glass plaque by George Woodall completed circa 1920.The circular plaque cased in opal over blue over red and carved with a nude female rising from crashing waves, one arm behind her head the other raised to her side and with legs submerged below the water, to the foreground two seagulls above rocks with a flock of further seagulls in the distance, all within a triple line border with six arched panels detailed with a seashell motif, signed Geo Woodall to the lower margin, diameter 21cm.Provenance - Personal collection of George Woodall and thence by family descent to the present owners.Literature - Illustrated by Christopher Woodall Perry, The Cameo Glass of Thomas and George Woodall (2000) p.75Illustrated by Ray and Lee Grover, English Cameo Glass (1980), fig 130, page 164History - In 1878 George Woodall, now in the employment of Thomas Webb & Sons, together with Wilkes Webb and William Fritsche, discovered the manufacturing process for Rock Crystal and at this time created a vase titled Aphrodite Rising from the Waves, a design which was to be later transferred to his cameo work. With the increasing interest and development of cameo glass Aphrodite, or versions thereof, became a favoured subject for Woodall featuring in variations across a number of other plaques and vases. The depiction of a classical female nude amongst waves can be seen in examples such as Nymph of the Sea (Thomas Webb & Sons ref W2805), Sea Foam (Thomas Webb & Sons ref GW6), Aphrodite (Thomas Webb & Sons ref GW160) and Aphrodite Rising from the Waves, all illustrated in Christopher Woodall Perry - The Cameo Glass of Thomas and George Woodall.Within the Thomas Webb & Sons inventory, also provided in Christopher Perry Woodall - The Cameo Glass of Thomas & George Woodall, there are references to two other Aphrodite plaques. One is listed as GW146, measuring 11in, for which George Woodall was paid £120 with the final selling price listed as £400 and the other GW160, a smaller example at 10 and 5/8in, for which George Woodall was paid £30 and the plaque sold for £95.This example, understood to have been completed circa 1920, is listed as not for sale and refers to it being in the collection of Alice Woodall, one of George's two daughters who, along with her sister Amy, was the main inspiration for many of his female studies.In English Cameo Glass by Ray & Lee Grover they provide a list of work executed by George Woodall arranged by subject matter and recorded titled. Here there is mention of ten examples of work featuring Aphrodite listed as follows - GW 113 - plaque on marble circa 1904, GW 146 (mentioned above) which notes its presentation at the 1910 Turin exhibition and subsequent sale in Leipzig, GW 2732 a 13 1/8in plaque exhibited in Chicago in 1893, GW160 (also mentioned above) completed in 1914 with mention of a sea shell and ribbon border, no ref - a plaque exhibited at the Franco-British Exhibition in 1908, no ref - 4 1/2 by 5 1/2in plaque, no ref - a vase, no ref - a plaque in white on blue and finally no ref - 8 1/4in plaque "signed Geo Woodall" shown at the Stourbridge Festival 1951, Stourbridge Council House Collection (understood to be the plaque now offered here for sale)This piece has remained in the family and this is the first time offered for sale since its completion by George Woodall.
A 19th Century watercolour and pencil drawing showing the front of Edgerston House, Roxburghshire, with figures, sheep and trees, inscribed on backing 'Edgerston Roxburghshire, Seat of William Oliver Rutherford Esq Sherriff of Roxburghshire, Drawn by Miss Rutherford for A N Somerville who resided at Edgerston, as tutor, in 1835-36, in th original rosewood swept frame, 36 cm x 49 cm approx overall
Middle of the Road band signature piece. Scottish pop group who enjoyed success across Europe and Latin America in the early 1970s. Good Condition. All signed items come with our certificate of authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.95, EU from £4.95, Overseas from £6.95
Winifred Atwell signature piece. 27 February or 27 April 1910, 28 February 1983+ was a Trinidadian pianist who enjoyed great popularity in Britain and Australia from the 1950s with a series of boogie-woogie and ragtime hits, selling over 20 million records She was the first black person to have a number-one hit in the UK Singles Chart and is still the only female instrumentalist to do so. Good Condition. All signed items come with our certificate of authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.95, EU from £4.95, Overseas from £6.95
Beatles legend George Harrison signed Travelling Wilburys 6 x 6 inch b/w photo fixed to larger white card. Signed in gold, little faded and not great contrast. Approx. size overall 33cm x 28 cm. English guitarist, singer-songwriter, and producer who achieved international fame as the lead guitarist of the Beatles. Often referred to as the quiet Beatle, Harrison embraced Indian culture and helped broaden the scope of popular music through his incorporation of Indian instrumentation and Hindu-aligned spirituality in the Beatles' work. Although the majority of the band's songs were written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney, most Beatles albums from 1965 onwards contained at least two Harrison compositions. His songs for the group included Taxman, Within You Without You, While My Guitar Gently Weeps, Here Comes the Sun and Something, the last of which became the Beatles' second-most covered song. Good Condition. All signed items come with our certificate of authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.95, EU from £4.95, Overseas from £6.95
Sir Isaac Pitman hand written 1871 note about spelling reform. English teacher who developed the most widely used system of shorthand, known now as Pitman shorthand. He first proposed this in Stenographic Soundhand in 1837. He was also the vice president of the Vegetarian Society. Pitman was knighted by Queen Victoria in 1894. Good Condition. All signed items come with our certificate of authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.95, EU from £4.95, Overseas from £6.95
John Cunningham DSO DFC WW2 top Nightfighter ace signed 1999 Comet 50th ann FDC, he was the test pilot who flew the first Comet flights. Good Condition. All signed items come with our certificate of authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.95, EU from £4.95, Overseas from £6.95
DU MAURIER DAPHNE: (1907-1989) British Author. A good T.L.S., Daphne du Maurier, two pages, 8vo, Menabilly, Par, Cornwall, 1st December 1962, to Mr. Staniland. Du Maurier thanks her correspondent for his letter, which was awaiting her on returning from Suffolk with her son, and also informs him that she has just signed a new seven year lease on her home, remarking 'I would think it safe enough to leave the name Menabilly in the autobiography in the front of the book. The paper-backs will probably be out of print by 1970!' The novelist further writes concerning one of her most famous works, 'Re The Birds, I had a letter from a man the other day saying he had written a novel called The Birds, on an identical theme, many years ago. 1936. The name Frank Baker. Here we go, I thought, another damn plagarism (sic) case (I'd never heard of his book) and I wrote back politely, and thank goodness he replied just as politely, agreeing it was a coincidence. However, when you publish The Birds I will send him a copy'. Du Maurier concludes by commenting on a recent article in the Times Literary Supplement which she had read, 'Very fair, if a bit superior. I long to know who did it. I would think a woman. Margaret Lane perhaps, or Hansford Johnson? It was quite a coup even to be noticed. I think the blurb on The Birds very good'. A letter of good literary content. About EX Meaburn Staniland (1914-1992) English Editor, Author and Antiquarian Bookseller who worked at Penguin Books in the 1960s and 1970s. The novelette The Birds was first published in 1952 as part of Du Maurier's collection entitled The Apple Tree. The story was the inspiration for Alfred Hitchcock's film The Birds, made in 1963 in the same year which The Apple Tree was reprinted as The Birds and Other Stories. Du Maurier was no stranger to claims of plagiarism, having experienced such controversy over her novel Rebecca when it was claimed she had taken large parts of the work from Brazilian writer Carolina Nabuco's 1934 book entitled A Sucessora. The English author, script writer and actor Frank Baker (1908-1982) published his second novel, The Birds, in 1936 through Peter Llewelyn Davies (1897-1960) who was one of the Llewelyn Davies boys whom J. M. Barrie befriended and later adopted. Llewelyn Davies was also a first cousin of Du Maurier. When Du Maurier's novel was adapted into a film by director Alfred Hitchcock in 1963 Baker considered pursuing litigation against Universal Studios but eventually decided against it because legal counsel considered the works as being substantially different.
DU MAURIER DAPHNE: (1907-1989) British Author. A good A.L.S., Daphne Browning, four pages, 8vo, Fowey, Cornwall, 27th January 1943, to Miss. [Dorothy] Horsman. Du Maurier thanks her correspondent for their letter and remarks 'What a nuisance I have been with my quibbles!', continuing 'The thing that rather fussed me about the last page of "Hungry Hill" is that the ending is anyway rather indefinite, and I have an awful feeling that people who reach the bottom of the page (they are such fools!) will be puzzled and think "Isn't there any more?" I don't want to cut the last page, so if there is no hope of squeezing in "The End" at the bottom, or, "Readymoney Cove, August-December 1942" at the bottom left hand corner, I must just hope for the best, and trust that people will realise I hadn't forgotten to finish the book!' Du Maurier further writes 'About the inserting of "Chapter" don't bother, but if the numbers were made larger, I think it would be better. As to Mr. Rubinstein's "libel", I don't think we need worry. The story is a blend of fact and fiction, and all the people concerned are dead. The Consolidated Tin Mines were my own invention, I hope there is no such company!' and in a postscript confirms 'A complete set of sheets of the printed book, in 3 or 4 weeks time, will do very well for my special use. I don't need a revised proof'. Accompanied by a carbon copy of a typed letter to Du Maurier from Horsman dated 26th January 1943, forwarding a copy of Mr. Rubinstein's report (no longer present) which has just been received and inviting any comments. A letter of good content relating to Du Maurier's seventh novel. A couple of small pinholes to the upper left corner of each page, only very slightly affecting a few words of text, otherwise VG, 2 Dorothy Horsman had been employed by Victor Gollancz as his secretary whilst at Ernest Benn Ltd. When Gollancz founded his own publishing house in 1927 Horsman followed, joining him as a production manager. She has been described as 'a tower of strength, working early and late and dealing calmly and with immense efficiency, until her retirement in 1961, with every detail of the production, as she did with the thunderstorms that frequently broke over her head'. Horsman later became a director and when Gollancz became ill in 1943, in the same year as the present letter, she was appointed joint assistant managing director. The present letter relates to Du Maurier's seventh novel, Hungry Hill, which was published by Gollancz in 1943. The historical novel, of which 33 editions have been printed, is based on the family and history of the Irish ancestors of Du Maurier's friend Christopher Puxley.
AIREY RICHARD: (1803-1881) British General who served as Quartermaster-General under Lord Raglan in the Crimean War. Following Raglan's instructions Airey issued the fateful order for the Charge of the Light Brigade. A.L.S., Airey, three pages, 8vo, Lowndes Square, 10th April 1879, to Hopkins. Airey asks his correspondent 'Please, be so good as to let me know what the "Papers" relate to which you require' and further remarks 'I have been searching today thro' a great mass, and can not remember what you refer to?' Airey also informs his correspondent that he will be staying at a hotel in Upper Norwood for ten days ('for a change of air') but will be constantly driving backwards and forwards. He concludes by stating 'I have various Printed Circulars, Regulations etc. Do you want them?'. A couple of very light, extremely minor areas of foxing, VG
DU MAURIER DAPHNE: (1907-1989) British Author. A good A.L.S., Daphne Browning, four pages, 8vo, Fowey, Cornwall, 21st January n.y. (1943), to Miss. [Dorothy] Horsman. Du Maurier sends her correspondent some proofs (no longer present) and comments 'On the very last page, in the proof, the writing goes down to the bottom of the page. I always think it looks better, when a book finishes, to have half a page blank; do you see what I mean? And do you think it looks better to have the words "The End" - or is that rather old fashioned and unnecessary?' Du Maurier further refers to the word 'killiq' which occurs from time to time within the book, stating 'I am uncertain whether I have spelt it correctly, or if it should be singular or plural. It is a small fish, like a large sardine! But perhaps you have an Irishman handy who could tell you the correct spelling!' In concluding the author asks Horsman if she will let Mr. Gollancz know that she will be in London during the first week of February 'and would love to have my annual lunch with him, if he will name a day' and in a lengthy postscript, signed with her initials DdM, again refers to the proof which she has corrected, as well as another that was sent to her by the printer, and remarking 'I would like a final proof for myself, please, if there will be such a thing, because I want to have it very specially bound for someone when I am up in London'. A letter of good content relating to Du Maurier's seventh novel. A couple of small pinholes to the upper left corner of each page, only very slightly affecting a few words of text, and two very small tears to the right edge of each page, only very slightly affecting one word of text, otherwise VG Dorothy Horsman had been employed by Victor Gollancz as his secretary whilst at Ernest Benn Ltd. When Gollancz founded his own publishing house in 1927 Horsman followed, joining him as a production manager. She has been described as 'a tower of strength, working early and late and dealing calmly and with immense efficiency, until her retirement in 1961, with every detail of the production, as she did with the thunderstorms that frequently broke over her head'. Horsman later became a director and when Gollancz became ill in 1943, in the same year as the present letter, she was appointed joint assistant managing director. The present letter relates to Du Maurier's seventh novel, Hungry Hill, which was published by Gollancz in 1943. The historical novel, of which 33 editions have been printed, is based on the family and history of the Irish ancestors of Du Maurier's friend Christopher Puxley.
BANNISTER & LANDY: BANNISTER ROGER (1929- ) English Athlete who ran the first sub-four-minute mile & LANDY JOHN (1930- ) Australian Athlete. Signed 8 x 10 photograph, the image depicting Bannister in a full length action pose running around a race track beside fellow athlete John Landy. Signed by Bannister in bold blue ink with his name alone to a clear area at the head of the image, also signed by Landy in bold blue ink with his name alone to a clear area at the base of the image. EX
DU MAURIER DAPHNE: (1907-1989) British Author. An excellent, revealing T.L.S., Daphne du Maurier, three pages, 8vo, Menabilly, 28th April 1962, to Mr. Staniland. Du Maurier announces that she thinks Ronald Bryden's article was rather good and remarks 'I agree with most of it; the escapist books of what I should call my “prime” (not the prime of Miss Jean Brodie, but not all that far removed from it) must seem incredibly naïve to the present-day reader, or even those of ten years ago', further adding 'Heaven knows they were none of them written with tongue-in-cheek any more than was my grandfather's Trilby, but I think it would be fair to say that his books and mine are something of a phenomina, (sic) and I was astounded at my own success in the 1940s as he was in the 1890s'. Du Maurier continues to reflect, 'Analysed, the books are nonsense, but I think this could be said of other novels by much more significant authors' and confesses 'It is true to say I never consciously “lifted” a plot from any other writer's book. I never read “Dr. Syn”, but I admit the affinity of Jane Eyre to Rebecca. The stories came from within myself, and so were written - their popularity with such a wide audience was peculiar, but it happened'. The author also states that she feels Bryden has been class conscious and knows little of how writers such as herself actually live ('Heavens, if he could see some of my grubby shirts…and dished up left-overs for supper') and writes 'as to disliking tourists, I hate all people on sight when I want to be alone…' and concludes her letter 'Yes, of course I used the word mullion. I thought when you first wrote, you meant I used the word instead of “million”. viz: “I have sold a million copies of Rebecca”! Thank you for championing my cause (I cant spell, amongst my other faults, should the word have two n's?) and its consoling to learn that subscription for each title was 40,000 copies. But these days it's a crime to sell well, and to be popular even worse. In thirty years time the pendulum may swing, and as a grand old lady of literature - an English Colette aged 85 - perhaps Ronald Bryden may come to a hut in Menabilly woods (if they haven't been cut down) and pay homage to me. That will be the day'. A letter of remarkable content with fine references to Du Maurier's works including Rebecca. VG Meaburn Staniland (1914-1992) English Editor, Author and Antiquarian Bookseller who worked at Penguin Books in the 1960s and 1970s. Ronald Bryden (1927-2004) Playwright, Broadcaster and Theatre Critic who was literary editor of The Spectator in the 1960s. George du Maurier (1834-1896) Franco-British Cartoonist and Author whose most famous work was the novel Trilby (1894). One of the most popular books of its day, the work focuses on the heroine Trilby O'Ferrall, a half-Irish girl working in Paris as an artist's model and launderess, with whom all of the male characters in the book are in love.
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[PIUS IX]: (1792-1878) Pope of the Roman Catholic Church 1846-78. Vintage unsigned cabinet photograph by Angiolini e Tuminello of Rome, the sepia image depicting the pontiff seated in a three-quarter length pose on a ceremonial chair. With the photographer's imprint to the lower mount, which also features an official circular papal handstamp, dated 3rd June 1877. With an A.N.S. by Frederick Hamilton neatly pasted to the verso, stating, in full, 'I enclose the photograph of Pio Nono you asked me to bring you, it was the best I could find in Rome, Yrs., Frederic Hamilton', further annotated to the verso in the hand of Martin Gosselin, 'brought me from Rome by F H who went with his Father on the mission from the Queen to install Humbert as Knight of Garter, March 2. 1878' With some minor foxing and very light age wear, otherwise VG Lord Frederick Spencer Hamilton (1856-1928) British Politician, the first person to introduce skiing to Canada. Son of James Hamilton (1811-1885) 1st Duke of Abercorn. British Statesman who was Envoy-Extraordinary for the investiture of King Umberto I of Italy with the Order of the Garter on 2nd March 1878. Martin Gosselin (1847-1905) British Diplomat, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Portugal, 1902-05. Gosselin converted to Roman Catholicism in 1878.
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[WATERLOO BATTLE OF]: SOMERSET FITZROY (1788-1855) 1st Baron Raglan. British Field Marshal who served as military secretary to the Duke of Wellington and was present at the Battle of Waterloo (where he had to have his right arm amputated). Somerset is most famous for his role as overall commander of the British Forces during the Crimean War, where he gave the fateful order which led to the Charge of the Light Brigade. A.L.S., Fitzroy Somerset, two pages, 8vo, Horse Guards, 7th May 1845, to George Tucker. Somerset states that he has communicated with Colonel Williams regarding the expediency of his son's appearance at Addicombe after the summer vacation, and explains that he has received a letter 'stating that the youth was admitted last February and has been at the Academy ever since'. VG
DU MAURIER DAPHNE: (1907-1989) British Author. Vintage signed and inscribed Christmas greetings card, the folding small oblong 8vo card featuring a colour photograph to the front of Menabilly House in Fowey. Signed ('Daphne') by Du Maurier in blue ink and inscribed in her hand to Meaburn [Staniland] above and beneath a printed Christmas and New Year greeting. Some extremely light, very minor age wear, VG Meaburn Staniland (1914-1992) English Editor, Author and Antiquarian Bookseller who worked at Penguin Books in the 1960s and 1970s.
WHISTLER LAURENCE: (1912-2000) British Artist and Poet. A.L.S., Laurence Whistler, two pages, 8vo, Lyme Regis, Dorset, 18th July 1960, to [Neville] Braybrooke. Whistler states that he had read in the Sunday Times about his correspondent's collection of juvenilia and continues 'Some years ago I began an anthology of “First Fruits” - the first verses ever written by poets (& others)', further explaining 'Mr. de la Mare promised to put his in it - but he lost it, and it only returned to me after his death, without his contribution alas! So there's very little in it….But I had….Robert Graves's….If you would care to have these, and anything else that's any good, I could send them to you'. In concluding Whistler remarks 'When I say “good” they are, of course, very childish, being not merely juvenilia, but literally remembered “first fruits”'. Together with a T.L.S., Laurence Whistler, two pages, 8vo, Lyme Regis, Dorset, 15th August 1960, also to [Neville] Braybrooke. Whistler writes 'Looking through First Fruits again, I see that it has too many “works” by amateurs to be worth sending…' and adds that he has therefore elected just to send some extracts and continuing to provide brief quotations from Andrew Young, Robert Graves ('Who did that?/ Said the grown-up cat./ I not,/ Said the dot'), Edith Oliver, as well as one of his own, written at around the age of ten years. Also including a T.N.S., Laurence Whistler, on one side of a plain postcard, Lyme Regis, Dorset, 19th August 1960, also to Neville Braybrooke, forwarding a further recommending another contribution from First Fruit which had been submitted by C. Day-Lewis. Some light overall age wear and a few minor paperclip rust stains, G to about VG, 3 Neville Braybrooke (1923-2001) English Poet, Writer, Editor, Literary Critic and Publisher. Son of Patrick Braybrooke (1894-1956) English Literary Critic. Whistler's letters were written in connection to Neville Braybrooke's research, which extended over some thirty years, into an anthology of juvenilia by writers who would later become famous. The book was published with the title of Seeds in the Wind: Early Signs of Genius in 1989.
LEIGH FERMOR PATRICK: (1915-2011) British Soldier & Author who played a prominent role behind the lines in the Cretan resistance during World War II as a member of the Special Operations Executive (S.O.E.). Leigh Fermor was instrumental in the capture and evacuation of the German Commander General Heinrich Kreipe in 1944. These events were later featured in the book and film entitled Ill Met by Moonlight. Scarce signed 5 x 5 photograph, the reproduction image depicting Leigh Fermor and a number of other members of 'The Abduction Gang' standing and seated together outdoors wearing their uniforms and brandishing various guns. Signed by Leigh Fermor in blue ink with his name alone to the image, in later years and partially across a darker area. Together with three individually signed First Day Covers by various British military officers who participated in the Battle for Crete in 1941 comprising Flight Lieutenant Henry Daston, Corporal Bob Sellars and Lieutenant John Eaton-Hall. Each of the Limited Edition covers (numbered 11 or 12 of 23) were issued to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the Battle of Crete and feature different images from the film Ill Met by Moonlight. All are signed to clear areas and are postmarked 20th May 1991. VG to EX, 4
ENGLAND FOOTBALL: Multiple signed colour 10 x 8 photograph by ten members of the England football team who won the World Cup in 1966, comprising Roger Hunt, Gordon Banks, Geoff Hurst, Nobby Stiles, George Cohen, Martin Peters, Ray Wilson, Jack Charlton, Alan Ball and Bobby Charlton. The image depicts the complete victorious team, alongside Alf Ramsey and Harold Shepherdson, standing and seated in two rows, Bobby Moore holding the Jules Rimet trophy in his hands. Each of the ten players have individually signed their names alone in bold black inks to clear areas of the image. EX
DU MAURIER DAPHNE: (1907-1989) British Author. Vintage signed and inscribed Christmas greetings card, the folding oblong 8vo card featuring a colour illustration to the front of a reproduction of an oil painting by Peter Scott entitled Whitefronted Geese at Sunset. Signed ('Daphne du Maurier') by Du Maurier in blue ink and inscribed in her hand to Meaburn Staniland above and beneath a printed Christmas and New Year greeting. Some extremely light, very minor age wear, otherwise VG Meaburn Staniland (1914-1992) English Editor, Author and Antiquarian Bookseller who worked at Penguin Books in the 1960s and 1970s.
KRUPP VON BOHLEN UND HALBACH GUSTAV: (1870-1950) German Industrialist of World War II. Krupp mistakenly appeared at the Nuremberg Trials in place of his son, Alfried, who ran the family business for his father during most of the war, and was indicted at the trials, although the charges were dropped due to his failing health. A.L.S., Krupp Bohlen Halbach, four pages, 8vo, Dolomiti, 1st March 1937, to Mr. Goetz, in German, on the printed stationery of the Grand Hotel Tre Croci. Krupp states that 'Alfried is extremely grateful for your intention to select him for the board of the Dresdner bank and will accept such a nomination with pleasure' and further writes 'I would highly appreciate it if you could let me know when the issue around G. has been resolved. A short notice or a mentioning of a name would be all that's needed. I do understand that it will still take some time until this has been resolved'. Two file holes to the left edge, only very slightly affecting a few words of text, but not the signature, otherwise VG Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach (1907-1967) German Industrialist, tried at Nuremberg in the Krupp Trial where he was convicted of crimes against humanity for the way he operated his factories and served three years in prison before being pardoned.
GOLF: A printed 8vo programme for the Sean Connery Invitation Golf Tournament at the Troon Old Course, Ayrshire, 4th-5th July 1970, individually signed to the cover and inside pages by over twenty sportsmen and celebrities who participated in the tournament including Tony Jacklin, Bernard Gallacher, Lee Trevino, Bobby Locke, Roberto De Vicenzo, Maurice Bembridge, John Beharrell, Peter Thomson, Alex Caygill, Billy Casper, Eric Brown, Miller Barber, Bob Charles, Brian Huggett, Ray Floyd, Roger Hunt, Colin Stein, Geoff Lewis, Ken Barrington, Christopher Lee, Eric Sykes etc. With some light overall creasing and age wear. G
DIANA: (1961-1997) Princess of Wales. A.L.S., Diana, two pages, 8vo, Kensington Palace, 1st July 1990, to Dudley Poplak ('Dearest Dudley') on her personal monogrammed stationery. The Princess informs her correspondent that she is looking forward to the arrival of the candle shades, commenting 'Your drawing made them look wonderful & what an original idea'. The Princess continues to state 'I have heard a great deal about colours & self-knowledge & I will now probably learn that the colours I thought were alright have probably been very wrong!' and further adds 'You always take enormous trouble & go into great detail over finding something for me & whatever arrives its always a huge success!' before concluding by expressing her thanks to Poplak for his kindness and the thought behind it. Accompanied by the original Registered envelope hand addressed by the Princess and signed by her with her initial ('D') in the lower left corner. About EX Dudley Poplak (1930-2005) South African Interior Designer who was commissioned to refurbish Highgrove House, the Gloucestershire home of the Prince and Princess of Wales in 1981 and also worked with Princess Diana on her royal apartment at Kensington Palace.
CAGNEY JAMES: (1899-1986) American Actor, Academy Award winner. T.L.S., Jim, two pages, 4to, Beverly Hills, California, 2nd February 1974, to Anne, on the personal printed stationery of Cagney. A whimsical Cagney informs his correspondent 'Enjoyed the story about the Irish nun. You can depend on it - they will always say or do the unexpected.' Cagney continues to recount a story told to him about Paul Vincent Carroll and an incident at a bar in which an untutored woman berates her husband, 'This is a gem from a completely uneducated woman who, by instinct, could put words together that would add up to pure poetry.' Adding another story of an English woman on a tour of Ireland, '…she devoted a lot of space to the amazing capacity of these illiterate people to put words together without stopping for a breath. They really sang. There were some of them around Yorkville when I was a little boy. One an O'Keefe. The other a Carolan… [they] would sit on the floor in front of their mother and just listen… she never paused for a word. It all came out in an easy steady stream.' Further remarking 'I ran into the same thing on East 78th Street. There were two Jewish women… from whom the words would flow, in Yiddish, of course, without a break… I am sure that if there had been a formal education inflicted upon them, they would have lost the gift'. Cagney concludes with a holograph postscript, 'No question Frank S. is fading but then again - time, time, time!!!' With a staple to the top left corner and very minor signs of age related wear, otherwise VG Paul Vincent Carroll (1900-1968) Irish Dramatist and Writer of screenplays.
ACTORS: Selection of signed 10 x 8 photographs by various film actors, mainly British, including Timothy Spall (in costume as Richard Temple from Topsy-Turvy), Ian Holm (in costume from Woody Allen's Another Woman), Bob Hoskins (in a scene from Who Framed Roger Rabbit), Jeremy Northam, Sandor Eles, Nicholas Clay, Richard E. Grant, Michael Bryant, Donald Sinden, Richard Johnson etc. All are boldly signed in blue or black inks, largely to clear areas of the images, and only four are inscribed. VG to EX, 11
Peter Clare Manchester - A George III mahogany and satinwood bracket clock, twin train movement with engraved circular backplate and single bell, the case of caddy form inlaid with an arched fretwork plate with blue under plate, the circular dial with Roman numerals and signed Peter Clare, Manchester, on four brass ball feet and surmounted with brass ball finial, etched glass back plate and ivory escutcheon to one side, two keys,pendulum of provenance from Willersley Of Worsley. Dimentions 54cm high, 15cm deep max, including frame for glass frontice, case is 14cm deep, 26.5cm max wide at base. **The letter concerning the Peter Clare bracket clock is written on printed note paper headed Willersley, Worsley - which may relate to Willersley Castle, the construction of which was commission by Sir Richard Arkwright the great industrialist who developed the water frame with revolutionised the cotton milling industry.
A Riley Ltd home billiards table, slate bed and green baize, raised on mahogany frame with turned supports, height approx 85cm, length approx 195cm. This billiards table came from The Grapes pub in Matthew Street, where the Beatles used to drink in the 1960s, it comes with a signed letter from the lady who used to own the pub, stating that the Beatles drank there regularly.
Speedway, autographs from the early 1970s - one book containing approximately 80 including Tommy Jansson, Johnie Hoskins, (the man who is believed to have brought speedway to England) and Jansson's parents, the second book contains approximately 20 including Les Collins and Mal Simmons, many dedicated to Sue
A collection of approx 11x assorted various branded diecast model vehicles to include; Lledo Pro Movers. Corgi; Hamleys London Bus, Guinness Past & Present & Heritage Collection, Minichamps James Bond Aston Martin V12 & James Bond The Spy Who Loved Me interactive Lotus Esprit S1. All within their original boxes.
Henry Mee (British b.1955) large framed oil on canvas portrait study of renowned journalist John Lloyd. John Lloyd was a leading polo journalist who specialised in recording the English social scene and writing about the game of polo internationally. He contributed regularly to "Polo International", "Sporting Horse" and "The Independent" newspaper and was an editor of "Polo Annual". Measures 143cm high x 100cm wide.
Two boxes of mixed vintage playing cards, to include: Who's Who or Food for Thought war card game; Noddy, Tin-Tin, Black-Out, Biggles; Spelling Bee; Vacuation; Dan Dare; The Secret Seven; Rupert; several 'Pepys Series' Condition Report: All appear to be in used condition. Boxes torn and tatty. Comprises:51 TV/Film child's card games.25 Wartime card/spelling games.1 child's domino set, mostly complete.
Staffordshire Arbour Group Figure of Two Lovers. c.1860. He Stands Wearing an Open Neck Shirt, Jacket, Long Waistcoat and Knee Breeches He Holds His Tricorn Hat In His Right Hand and His Left Arm Is Around The Shoulders on His Girl, Who Is Seated Wearing a Low Cut Jacket and Long Dress, She Holds Her Hat In Her Right Hand, Which Is Filled with Grapes and Leaves, The Arbour Is Covered with a Grape Vine and Kneeling At one End Is a Bare Cherub. Height 12 Inches. Odd Specks of Painting From Back of Figure, Otherwise Good Unrestored Condition.
Illustration Interest Original Watercolour By Patience Arnold 1901-1992 'Nursery Rhymes' Patience Arnold was born in Royston Yorkshire but spent her childhood in Lytham St Annes, Lancashire. Arnold studied at the Harris School of Art, Preston and became a member of the Manchester Academy of Fine Art. In 1967 Patience set up a studio in the Lake District and continued to produce unique and whimsical illustrations for books, greetings cards and private commissions which brought her national recognition. Our client's mother was a long term friend of Arnold's and many of the works presented here were commissioned privately and have remained in our clients private collection. The works have never been offered for sale commercially until now. Presented here is an original watercolour depicting several characters from traditional nursery rhymes and fairy tales to include Rapunzel, the Old Lady who lived in a shoe, Jack and Jill and others. In the distance a castle sits atop a hill. Signed to bottom left 'Patience Arnold 1985' Excellent condition, framed and mounted under glass. 19.5 x 12.5 inches
Liverpool F.C. Champions League Final Winners, Date 2005. The Miracle of Istanbul, A Football Obtained From Liverpool F.C. 4 Weeks Before The Champions League Final, Won by Liverpool In 2005. Comprises Autographs / Signed by The Liverpool Football Players including Steven Gerrard, Xabi Alonso, Luis Garcia,Vladimir Smicer, Milan Baros and manager Rafa Benitez - Winning Team. Comes with a Letter of Provenance Stating That The Football was Signed About 4 Weeks Before the Final, By The Liverpool Players. All The First Team Who Went on To Win The Champions League. The ball is presented in a Deluxe Glass Display Case with Mirror back & plush Red base.
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