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An Art Deco Bakelite Smiths Sectric Alarm Clock, cream coloured, along with a landscape watercolour signed Cavanagh and a modern wall clock, along with A Vintage Enamel Po & Two Bowls, a brass bellows on stand, barometer, Ronson table lighter, two earthenware pie funnels, a Celtic Earthenware cream bowl and two similar, LP's etc. (q).
A fine Jean Paul Gaultier gold lamé stage ensemble designed for Madonna's 'Blond Ambition' tour, 1990, labelled Jean Paul Gaultier, Paris, and initialled in ink 'MC' to the corset-like bodice, with top-stitched conical breast cups, curved top-stitched hip panels, gold thong laces laces front and back, zip to front and nude elastane lining; with matching knickers of nude elastane and gold lamé, bust approx 86cm, 34in, waist 61cm, 24in; together with an autographed photograph of Madonna wearing the ensemble on tour (3) Madonna wears a gold corset outfit in the second 'Religious' phase of the show where she provocatively sings 'Like A Virgin' whilst writhing on a red satin covered bed, accompanied by male dancers wearing cone bras. She next covers the gold ensemble with a black robe and a large crucifix and sings 'Like A Prayer', which caused furore in the press at the time and a backlash from religious groups. Jean Paul Gaultier said of this special commission: 'When Madonna first called me in 1989, it was two days before my ready-to-wear show, and I thought my assistant was joking. I was a big fan. She asked me if I would do the tour. She knew what she wanted: a pinstripe suit, feminine corsetry. Madonna likes my clothes because they combine the masculine and the feminine…When I was a child, my grandmother took me to an exhibition, and they had a corset on display. I loved the flesh colour, the salmon satin, the lace. She explained that a corset was meant to help you, to make you stand up. It was a solution that I thought was beautiful. The gold conical bra was just an extension of that idea'. This iconic outfit, perhaps more than any other she wore in the show, is instantly recognisable as 'Madonna'. Jean Paul Gaultier has examined this piece and confirms that it was made for Madonna and she would have tried it on for fittings in his Paris studio at the very least. The sweat marks on the bodice suggest that it was also worn in performance although we cannot confirm this. The outfit was purchased by the vendor the 1990s from the Stars & Stripes specialist memorabilia store in Los Angeles for $25,000 and was subsequently exhibited at the 'Fashion Cafe'. From Mr Gaultier's memory only three of these outfits were ever made. Madonna herself has one, there is one in the Hard Rock café (which she gave to the Shelter charity to auction via Sotheby's in 1992) and this one. He used a special vintage gold lamé fabric with a high metallic fibre content. More recently he attempted to make a replica of the ensemble for his travelling exhibition - but found it impossible as none of the fabrics available now (new or vintage) are similar. CONDITION REPORT: The elasticated straps have become slack with age. The lacing is all good condition, the interior is fresh and clean in appearance. There are small damp freckles scattered generally across the lining but these are not immediately obvious. Corset: Gold lame has oxidised generally. Perspiration stains on the undersides of the breast cones and the underarms have caused the lame to tarnish. Knickers: Good condition - very little tarnishing to the lame, slight stretch in the nude lycra mesh ground. They look unworn or little worn.

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