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Tuesday 2 December starting at 10:00am
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| Lot | Title | Estimate | Hammer price | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 575 |
AN OLD BRASS FIREMAN'S HELMET
with dragon crest and leather lining
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£50 - £100 | £150 | View |
| 576 |
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)
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£30 - £60 | £30 | View |
| 577 |
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…
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£50 - £100 | £500 | View |
| 578 |
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
|
£50 - £100 | £160 | View |
| 579 |
A 'TRENCH ART' SHELL CASE TOBACCO JAR
and others (3)
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£30 - £50 | £35 | View |
| 580 |
WRAY OF LONDON: A 'STALKER' TELESCOPE
No.5320, black leather covered (worn)
|
£30 - £60 | £15 | View |
| 581 |
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.
|
£40 - £60 | £45 | View |
| 582 |
A TELESCOPE BY LENNIE OPTICIAN PRINCES' STREET EDINBURGH
with light brown leather case and strap
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£30 - £60 | £30 | View |
| 583 |
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
|
£30 - £50 | - | View |
| 584 |
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. |
£80 - £150 | £60 | View |
| 585 | A SPANISH MAUSER BOLO BAYONET | £30 - £50 | £25 | View |
| 586 |
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…
|
£50 - £100 | £50 | View |
| 587 |
TWO TELESCOPES AND A RIFLE SCOPE
a/f
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£30 - £50 | £20 | View |
| 588 |
A FRISTER & ROSSMANN, BERLIN BAYONET
in scabbard, and another bayonet (2)
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£50 - £100 | £140 | View |
| 589 |
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)
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£30 - £60 | £60 | View |
| 590 |
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…
|
£100 - £200 | £220 | View |
| 591 |
AN RAF OFFICER'S GREATCOAT, BY CROMBIE
40'' chest, dated 1971
|
£40 - £60 | £40 | View |
| 592 |
A COLLECTION OF MILITARY AND OTHER HATS, CAPS, AND HELMETS
Fire Brigade, Police, etc
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£50 - £100 | £140 | View |
| 593 |
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
|
£100 - £200 | £80 | View |
| 594 |
A VINTAGE 7 x 50 GUN SIGHTING TELESCOPE
Patt. G 376, by Canadian Kodak Co Ltd, Serial No. Can. 5332, on tripod
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£40 - £60 | £100 | View |
| 595 |
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 …
|
£200 - £400 | £180 | View |
| 596 |
A COLLECTION OF EPHEMERA
including parchment documents. covers with stamps, and other items
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£30 - £60 | - | View |
| 597 |
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
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£50 - £80 | £30 | View |
| 598 |
A COLLECTION OF 1950s PHOTOS OF TRAINS
Also including, planes and ships, with a 'British Cars' booklet and two reproduction railway maps (4)
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£30 - £50 | £15 | View |
| 599 |
A GROUP OF LONDON TRAM TICKETS
including a 'Last Tram Week July 1952' ticket, and others, with two Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch platform tickets
|
£30 - £50 | - | View |
| 600 |
DORSET INTEREST: A COLLECTION OF EARLY 20th CENTURY POSTCARDS
including Golden Cap, Seatown, Red Lane, Abbostsbury and Bryanston (77)
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£30 - £50 | £30 | View |
| 601 |
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'
|
£30 - £50 | - | View |
| 602 |
A SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH OF THE INFAMOUS 'MADAM' CYNTHIA PAYNE'S FRONT DOOR
dated 16/9/88
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£30 - £40 | - | View |
| 603 |
A COLLECTION OF OLD FAMILY PHOTO ALBUMS
1940s and later, some West Country interest, and vol II of 'The John Elder Times', 1879
|
£30 - £50 | - | View |
| 604 |
A QUANTITY OF THEATRICAL EPHEMERA
sheet music, programmes, ice show programmes, etc and vintage cookery pamphlets and similar
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£30 - £50 | £30 | View |
| 605 |
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
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£40 - £60 | £30 | View |
| 606 |
A QUANTITY OF 'IMAGES OF WAR' MAGAZINES
and others of RAF and WWII interest, maps and ephemera
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£30 - £50 | - | View |
| 607 |
A QUANTITY OF MOTOR RACING EPHEMERA
Motor cross, Grand Prix, Goodwood, etc, 1960s and later
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£30 - £50 | £100 | View |
| 608 |
A QUANTITY OF 1970s/80s 'VICTOR' COMIC
(and Hotspur) mostly 1977-81
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£30 - £40 | £20 | View |
| 609 |
A COLLECTION OF CINEMATOPOGRAPHY
camera man Norman Godden, including details relating to Indiana Jones and Exorcist
|
£30 - £50 | £2,000 | View |
| 610 |
STAR TREK: EIGHT FILM POSTERS
including 1966-1991 '25 years of the Final Frontier', and others (rolled)
|
£50 - £100 | - | View |
| 611 |
LONDON GENERAL; THE STORY OF THE LONDON BUS 1856-1956
and other London books, guides and maps
|
£30 - £40 | - | View |
| 612 |
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…
|
£50 - £100 | £30 | View |
| 613 |
IAN FLEMING: FOR YOUR EYES ONLY
Book Club Edition, 1960, with dust jacket (worn, repairs), and a signed photo of TV personality Charles Hanson
|
£30 - £50 | - | View |
| 614 |
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
|
£30 - £50 | - | View |
| 615 |
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
|
£40 - £60 | - | View |
| 616 |
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,…
|
£40 - £60 | £15 | View |
| 617 |
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 …
|
£30 - £50 | £25 | View |
| 618 |
THE HANDY VOLUME SHAKSPEARE
13 vols, Bradbury, Evans, & Co, 1869 (damaged case)
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£30 - £50 | £15 | View |
| 619 |
MARGARET THATCHER: SIGNED COPIES, THE PATH TO POWER and THE DOWNING STREET YEARS
both first editions, Harper Collins, hard covers with dust jackets (2)
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£80 - £120 | £60 | View |
| 620 |
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)
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£40 - £60 | £20 | View |
| 621 |
A COLLECTION OF RAILWAY BOOKS
many South Western region, and railway magazines, etc
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£40 - £60 | - | View |
| 622 |
ART MAGAZINES: 'THE MASTERS'
editions 1 - 59, with two 'Masters of Colour' and a collection of books including two antique leather bound books
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£40 - £60 | - | View |
