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Total lots: 782

AN OLD BRASS FIREMAN'S HELMET
Lot 575 Sold
AN OLD BRASS FIREMAN'S HELMET
with dragon crest and leather lining
Hammer price: £150
Estimate: £50 - £100
2 December 2025
2 December 2025
A 105mm SHELL CASE 'FIRED BY SANDHAMS COY
Lot 576 Sold
A 105mm SHELL CASE 'FIRED BY SANDHAMS COY
26 FLD REDT RA BELIZE C.A.1985,', mounted with badges, with a 'trench art' ashtray with 'Waterloo' badge, and a spent round (3)
Hammer price: £30
Estimate: £30 - £60
2 December 2025
2 December 2025
A BOER WAR MEDAL PAIR TO 3823 CLR;-SJT. J. POMEROY. DORSET. REGt
Lot 577 Sold
A BOER WAR MEDAL PAIR TO 3823 CLR;-SJT. J. POMEROY. DORSET. REGt
with a collection of related mementoes in a case, including a Dorsetshire sweetheart brooch, a S. Africa New Year tin, etc, and a mounted spelter sphinx, presented on Pomeroy's leaving the regiment in 1904 (probably removed from a clock)
Hammer price: £500
Estimate: £50 - £100
2 December 2025
2 December 2025
THE PURPLE HEART TO STAFF SERGANT E.W VEDDER, UNITED STATES ARMY AIR FORCE
Lot 578 Sold
THE PURPLE HEART TO STAFF SERGANT E.W VEDDER, UNITED STATES ARMY AIR FORCE
the Purple Heart engraved (Edward W. Vedder) with certificate for the Purple Heart and citation of Honour, and a lapel badge
Hammer price: £160
Estimate: £50 - £100
2 December 2025
2 December 2025
A 'TRENCH ART' SHELL CASE TOBACCO JAR
Lot 579 Sold
A 'TRENCH ART' SHELL CASE TOBACCO JAR
and others (3)
Hammer price: £35
Estimate: £30 - £50
2 December 2025
2 December 2025
WRAY OF LONDON: A 'STALKER' TELESCOPE
Lot 580 Sold
WRAY OF LONDON: A 'STALKER' TELESCOPE
No.5320, black leather covered (worn)
Hammer price: £15
Estimate: £30 - £60
2 December 2025
2 December 2025
TWO GERMAN BAYONETS WWI AND WII
Lot 581 Sold
TWO GERMAN BAYONETS WWI AND WII
Note: You must be over 18 to purchase this item. By bidding on this Lot you are declaring that you are 18 years of age or over.
Hammer price: £45
Estimate: £40 - £60
2 December 2025
2 December 2025
A TELESCOPE BY LENNIE OPTICIAN PRINCES' STREET EDINBURGH
Lot 582 Sold
A TELESCOPE BY LENNIE OPTICIAN PRINCES' STREET EDINBURGH
with light brown leather case and strap
Hammer price: £30
Estimate: £30 - £60
2 December 2025
2 December 2025
A MUSKET BALL, FROM THE WRECK OF THE 'ASSOCIATION', 1707
Lot 583 Unsold
A MUSKET BALL, FROM THE WRECK OF THE 'ASSOCIATION', 1707
wrecked on the Gilstone Ledges, Isles of Scilly, with accompanying letter of provenance from Blue Sea Divers
Estimate: £30 - £50
2 December 2025
2 December 2025
A LEATHER-COVERED SWAGGER/DAGGER STICK
Lot 584 Sold
A LEATHER-COVERED SWAGGER/DAGGER STICK
numbered '3', 55cm long


Note: You must be over 18 to purchase this item. By bidding on this Lot you are declaring that you are 18 years of age or over.
Hammer price: £60
Estimate: £80 - £150
2 December 2025
2 December 2025
A SPANISH MAUSER BOLO BAYONET
Lot 585 Sold
A SPANISH MAUSER BOLO BAYONET
Hammer price: £25
Estimate: £30 - £50
2 December 2025
2 December 2025
A WWII GERMAN OCCUPIED CHANNEL ISLANDS POSTER:
Lot 586 Sold
A WWII GERMAN OCCUPIED CHANNEL ISLANDS POSTER:
'Any persons found marking walls with 'V' signs or insults against the German Forces are liable to be shot', another air-drop leaflet informing the French that (allied) 'Victory is certain' (in French), and an Air Raid Precautions Handbook No.1, 2nd ed. (3)
Hammer price: £50
Estimate: £50 - £100
2 December 2025
2 December 2025
TWO TELESCOPES AND A RIFLE SCOPE
Lot 587 Sold
TWO TELESCOPES AND A RIFLE SCOPE
a/f
Hammer price: £20
Estimate: £30 - £50
2 December 2025
2 December 2025
A FRISTER & ROSSMANN, BERLIN BAYONET
Lot 588 Sold
A FRISTER & ROSSMANN, BERLIN BAYONET
in scabbard, and another bayonet (2)
Hammer price: £140
Estimate: £50 - £100
2 December 2025
2 December 2025
A MEDICAL BOX, WITH SOME A.R.P. CONTENTS
Lot 589 Sold
A MEDICAL BOX, WITH SOME A.R.P. CONTENTS
with two swagger sticks (one the royal Sussex Regt; a/f), a fly swish, and a 1914-1918 War medal (5)
Hammer price: £60
Estimate: £30 - £60
2 December 2025
2 December 2025
FOUR MEDALS TO PRIVATE G. EDMONDS, GRENADIER GUARDS
Lot 590 Sold
FOUR MEDALS TO PRIVATE G. EDMONDS, GRENADIER GUARDS
1914 Star with mons bar (14901 Pte G. Edmonds, 2/6 G. Gds), British War and Victory Medals (14901 Pte. G. Edmonds. G. Gds), Imperial Service Medal, G.VI.R (George Edmonds); with certificate for the Imperial Service Medal and assorted paperwork
Hammer price: £220
Estimate: £100 - £200
2 December 2025
2 December 2025
AN RAF OFFICER'S GREATCOAT, BY CROMBIE
Lot 591 Sold
AN RAF OFFICER'S GREATCOAT, BY CROMBIE
40'' chest, dated 1971
Hammer price: £40
Estimate: £40 - £60
2 December 2025
2 December 2025
A COLLECTION OF MILITARY AND OTHER HATS, CAPS, AND HELMETS
Lot 592 Sold
A COLLECTION OF MILITARY AND OTHER HATS, CAPS, AND HELMETS
Fire Brigade, Police, etc
Hammer price: £140
Estimate: £50 - £100
2 December 2025
2 December 2025
A QUANTITY OF MILITARY UNIFORM
Lot 593 Sold
A QUANTITY OF MILITARY UNIFORM
including Naval dress uniform, other dress, a Royal Logistic Corps belt, a pair of leather gaiters, and a display mannequin
Hammer price: £80
Estimate: £100 - £200
2 December 2025
2 December 2025
A VINTAGE 7 x 50 GUN SIGHTING TELESCOPE
Lot 594 Sold
A VINTAGE 7 x 50 GUN SIGHTING TELESCOPE
Patt. G 376, by Canadian Kodak Co Ltd, Serial No. Can. 5332, on tripod
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £40 - £60
2 December 2025
2 December 2025
H.C. ('HARRY') BECK: LONDON UNDERGROUND MAP
Lot 595 Sold
H.C. ('HARRY') BECK: LONDON UNDERGROUND MAP
early pocket edition of the famous diagrammatic underground/tube map, numbered (750M -1-33), printed by Waterlow & Sons Limited, London, Dunstable and Watford, the map with two folds, with 'Places of Interest, &c.', and 'Theatres' to the verso, the title with 'We should welcome your comments...' and note that Cockfosters extension to 'open midsummer 1933', 16 x 22.7cm (some staining, wear, and tears along folds). With a group of London tram tickets including a 'Last Tram Week July 1952' ticket, and other
Hammer price: £180
Estimate: £200 - £400
2 December 2025
2 December 2025
A COLLECTION OF EPHEMERA
Lot 596 Unsold
A COLLECTION OF EPHEMERA
including parchment documents. covers with stamps, and other items
Estimate: £30 - £60
2 December 2025
2 December 2025
AN AUTOGRAPH BOOK
Lot 597 Sold
AN AUTOGRAPH BOOK
signed by Jack Hawkins, Flora Robson, Rita Haywaorth, Max Wall and others with some photographs, with Gerald Durrell: Encounters with Animals,1958 pre publication copy
Hammer price: £30
Estimate: £50 - £80
2 December 2025
2 December 2025
A COLLECTION OF 1950s PHOTOS OF TRAINS
Lot 598 Sold
A COLLECTION OF 1950s PHOTOS OF TRAINS
Also including, planes and ships, with a 'British Cars' booklet and two reproduction railway maps (4)
Hammer price: £15
Estimate: £30 - £50
2 December 2025
2 December 2025
A GROUP OF LONDON TRAM TICKETS
Lot 599 Unsold
A GROUP OF LONDON TRAM TICKETS
including a 'Last Tram Week July 1952' ticket, and others, with two Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch platform tickets
Estimate: £30 - £50
2 December 2025
2 December 2025
DORSET INTEREST: A COLLECTION OF EARLY 20th CENTURY POSTCARDS
Lot 600 Sold
DORSET INTEREST: A COLLECTION OF EARLY 20th CENTURY POSTCARDS
including Golden Cap, Seatown, Red Lane, Abbostsbury and Bryanston (77)
Hammer price: £30
Estimate: £30 - £50
2 December 2025
2 December 2025
THE BEATLES: OFFICIAL FAN CLUB PHOTO CARD
Lot 601 Unsold
THE BEATLES: OFFICIAL FAN CLUB PHOTO CARD
bearing probably printed signatures (creased, tear), with newspapers from the time of John Lennon's death, and two Beatles books; 'The Beatles Anthology' and 'Imagine John Yoko'
Estimate: £30 - £50
2 December 2025
2 December 2025
A SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH OF THE INFAMOUS 'MADAM' CYNTHIA PAYNE'S FRONT DOOR
Lot 602 Unsold
A SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH OF THE INFAMOUS 'MADAM' CYNTHIA PAYNE'S FRONT DOOR
dated 16/9/88
Estimate: £30 - £40
2 December 2025
2 December 2025
A COLLECTION OF OLD FAMILY PHOTO ALBUMS
Lot 603 Unsold
A COLLECTION OF OLD FAMILY PHOTO ALBUMS
1940s and later, some West Country interest, and vol II of 'The John Elder Times', 1879
Estimate: £30 - £50
2 December 2025
2 December 2025
A QUANTITY OF THEATRICAL EPHEMERA
Lot 604 Sold
A QUANTITY OF THEATRICAL EPHEMERA
sheet music, programmes, ice show programmes, etc and vintage cookery pamphlets and similar
Hammer price: £30
Estimate: £30 - £50
2 December 2025
2 December 2025
A FEW 1930s GRAMOPHONE RECORD CATALOGUE SUPPLEMENTS
Lot 605 Sold
A FEW 1930s GRAMOPHONE RECORD CATALOGUE SUPPLEMENTS
Edison Bell Radio, Eclipse, Broadcast, etc, and other ephemera including match books and boxes, cigarette cards, tea cards, and other items
Hammer price: £30
Estimate: £40 - £60
2 December 2025
2 December 2025
A QUANTITY OF 'IMAGES OF WAR' MAGAZINES
Lot 606 Unsold
A QUANTITY OF 'IMAGES OF WAR' MAGAZINES
and others of RAF and WWII interest, maps and ephemera
Estimate: £30 - £50
2 December 2025
2 December 2025
A QUANTITY OF MOTOR RACING EPHEMERA
Lot 607 Sold
A QUANTITY OF MOTOR RACING EPHEMERA
Motor cross, Grand Prix, Goodwood, etc, 1960s and later
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £30 - £50
2 December 2025
2 December 2025
A QUANTITY OF 1970s/80s 'VICTOR' COMIC
Lot 608 Sold
A QUANTITY OF 1970s/80s 'VICTOR' COMIC
(and Hotspur) mostly 1977-81
Hammer price: £20
Estimate: £30 - £40
2 December 2025
2 December 2025
A COLLECTION OF CINEMATOPOGRAPHY
Lot 609 Sold
A COLLECTION OF CINEMATOPOGRAPHY
camera man Norman Godden, including details relating to Indiana Jones and Exorcist
Hammer price: £2,000
Estimate: £30 - £50
2 December 2025
2 December 2025
STAR TREK: EIGHT FILM POSTERS
Lot 610 Unsold
STAR TREK: EIGHT FILM POSTERS
including 1966-1991 '25 years of the Final Frontier', and others (rolled)
Estimate: £50 - £100
2 December 2025
2 December 2025
LONDON GENERAL; THE STORY OF THE LONDON BUS 1856-1956
Lot 611 Unsold
LONDON GENERAL; THE STORY OF THE LONDON BUS 1856-1956
and other London books, guides and maps
Estimate: £30 - £40
2 December 2025
2 December 2025
TOLKIEN (J.R.R.) 'THE SILMARILLION'
Lot 612 Sold
TOLKIEN (J.R.R.) 'THE SILMARILLION'
edited by Christopher Tolkien, published by George Allen & Unwin, London, 1977 second impression, with dust jacket, with 'Farmer Giles of Ham' published by George Allen and Unwin, London, seventh impression, embellished by Pauline Diana Baynes (no dust jacket, withdrawn library stock) and four Tolkien calendars; 1976, 1977,1978 and The Centenary (6)
Hammer price: £30
Estimate: £50 - £100
2 December 2025
2 December 2025
IAN FLEMING: FOR YOUR EYES ONLY
Lot 613 Unsold
IAN FLEMING: FOR YOUR EYES ONLY
Book Club Edition, 1960, with dust jacket (worn, repairs), and a signed photo of TV personality Charles Hanson
Estimate: £30 - £50
2 December 2025
2 December 2025
DON QUIXOTE: RETOLD BY JUDGE EDWARD ABBOTT PARRY
Lot 614 Unsold
DON QUIXOTE: RETOLD BY JUDGE EDWARD ABBOTT PARRY
illustrated by Walter Crane, London: Blackie & Son Limited, Manchester: Sherratt & Hughes, printed by T. and A. Constable, 1900
Estimate: £30 - £50
2 December 2025
2 December 2025
LAURENCE WHISTLER, SCENES AND SIGNS ON GLASS
Lot 615 Unsold
LAURENCE WHISTLER, SCENES AND SIGNS ON GLASS
Cupid Press 1985, limited edition, 887 of 1200, signed by the author, with erratum slip, with Laurence Whistler, The Initials in the Heart, John Murray, 1975
Estimate: £40 - £60
2 December 2025
2 December 2025
GRANT WATSON & C F TUNNICLIFFE, THE LEAVES RETURN
Lot 616 Sold
GRANT WATSON & C F TUNNICLIFFE, THE LEAVES RETURN
Country Life, 1947, with H E Bates & C F Tunnicliffe, The Seasons & the Gardener, Cambridge 1945, Sellar & Yeatman, Garden Rubbish, Methuem 1949 and E Fearon, The Reluctant Gardner, Herbert Jenkins 1956
Hammer price: £15
Estimate: £40 - £60
2 December 2025
2 December 2025
PICKWICK PAPERS: PAGES FROM THE PICKWICK PAPERS
Lot 617 Sold
PICKWICK PAPERS: PAGES FROM THE PICKWICK PAPERS
with illustration by Frank Reynolds RI, limited edition, No. 188/350 with The Macclesfield Psalter and Pinacoteca Vaticana, and other items including 'The Gollum Smeagol' DVD and a collection of 'Konami' Yu-Gi-Oh trading cards (including Japanese versions)
Hammer price: £25
Estimate: £30 - £50
2 December 2025
2 December 2025
THE HANDY VOLUME SHAKSPEARE
Lot 618 Sold
THE HANDY VOLUME SHAKSPEARE
13 vols, Bradbury, Evans, & Co, 1869 (damaged case)
Hammer price: £15
Estimate: £30 - £50
2 December 2025
2 December 2025
MARGARET THATCHER: SIGNED COPIES, THE PATH TO POWER and THE DOWNING STREET YEARS
Lot 619 Sold
MARGARET THATCHER: SIGNED COPIES, THE PATH TO POWER and THE DOWNING STREET YEARS
both first editions, Harper Collins, hard covers with dust jackets (2)
Hammer price: £60
Estimate: £80 - £120
2 December 2025
2 December 2025
GUSTAVE DORE: (ILLUSTRATED) DON QUIXOTE
Lot 620 Sold
GUSTAVE DORE: (ILLUSTRATED) DON QUIXOTE
Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, London, Half calf bound with marbled boards (some foxing notably to title and fly leaves, 1876 owner inscription)
Hammer price: £20
Estimate: £40 - £60
2 December 2025
2 December 2025
A COLLECTION OF RAILWAY BOOKS
Lot 621 Unsold
A COLLECTION OF RAILWAY BOOKS
many South Western region, and railway magazines, etc
Estimate: £40 - £60
2 December 2025
2 December 2025
ART MAGAZINES: 'THE MASTERS'
Lot 622 Unsold
ART MAGAZINES: 'THE MASTERS'
editions 1 - 59, with two 'Masters of Colour' and a collection of books including two antique leather bound books
Estimate: £40 - £60
2 December 2025
2 December 2025

Total lots: 782

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