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Tuesday 5th August starting at 10:00am
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| Lot | Title | Estimate | Hammer price | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 479 |
A COLLECTION OF MILITARY BUTTONS
badges, ribbons etc
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£30 - £50 | £20 | View |
| 480 |
A BAYONET; POSSIBLY AN M1890 TURKISH MAUSER
blade 46cm long, with various markings, dated '1313' (1895) (stitched scabbard damaged)
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£40 - £60 | £50 | View |
| 481 |
A COLLECTION OF MILITARY BADGE TIE PINS
including a white metal anchor brooch
|
£80 - £120 | £80 | View |
| 482 |
A COLLECTION OF W.V.S, W.I, AND OTHER BADGES
Regimental Association, etc
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£40 - £60 | £35 | View |
| 483 |
A PAIR OF ROSS, LONDON, BINOCULARS
No. 103459, inscribed for D.P. Williams, Bridehead, Dorchester, and a cased precision measuring instrument (2).
Provenance: Bridehead, Dorset. |
£30 - £60 | - | View |
| 484 |
WWI MEDAL PAIR; R-37058 PTE. J. WALKER. K. R.R.C.
and a collection of Naval hat ribbons
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£30 - £50 | £20 | View |
| 485 |
A WWII A.R.P WARDEN'S WOODEN RATTLE
by W. Clements and Sons, dated 1939
|
£30 - £50 | £30 | View |
| 486 |
TRENCH ART: A DESK CONTAINER MADE FROM AN OLD SHELL
and a decommissioned 'round', 11cm high
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£30 - £50 | £40 | View |
| 487 |
A PAIR OF WWII OFFICER'S BOOTS BY JOHN WHITE
size 7, dated 1945.
Provenance: Bridehead, Dorset. |
£40 - £60 | £35 | View |
| 488 |
A PAIR OF DATED WWII FIREMANS' BOOTS
stamped 'B. LADDS ltd 1944'
|
£30 - £50 | £20 | View |
| 489 | A GEORGE V OFFICERS COMMISSION | £30 - £50 | £30 | View |
| 490 |
S E T TAYLOR - PHOTOS, DOCUMENTS, MEDALS, BOOKS ETC
relating to his career as a navigator in the RAF, and later for BOAC. Includes log books, photo album covering RAF service overseas, scrap book, and technical books written by Taylor. Also medals and…
|
£80 - £150 | £600 | View |
| 491 |
A LARGE WWII SEARCHLIGHT
with ribbed glass, approx 50cm dia (copper stripped and polished)
|
£250 - £300 | - | View |
| 492 |
A CANADIAN RUBBERISED CAMOUFLAGE HELMET COVER
with broad arrow stamp, on a WWII helmet
|
£50 - £80 | - | View |
| 493 |
A COLLECTION OF VICTORIAN AND LATER CHRISTMAS CARDS
a tuck's 'Children's Box' of picture scraps, and a quantity of sheet music with decorative covers
|
£30 - £50 | £25 | View |
| 494 |
A 1930s ALBUM OF SIGNED POSTCARDS OF BRITISH DANCE BANDS
band leaders, and variety performers, and two albums of cigarette cards; Ogden's Guinea Gold, Player's, including 'Straight line caricatures', etc
|
£30 - £50 | £40 | View |
| 495 |
A COLLECTION OF MIXED POSTCARDS
photographs, and other ephemera.
Provenance: Bridehead, Dorset. |
£30 - £50 | £15 | View |
| 496 |
A 'GRAND TOUR' VELLUM BOUND PHOTO ALBUM
imcluding photographs by Giacomo Brogi and Carlo Naya
|
£50 - £100 | £40 | View |
| 497 |
TWO FRENCH 'OPTIQUE' FOLDING PEEPSHOWS
'Optique No.4, Promenade de Longchamp', in slipcase with label for Berthellemot, Palais Royal, No. 54, Paris, the other lacking its case, but apparently No 2 'Interieur D'Eglise' (2)
|
£150 - £300 | £900 | View |
| 498 |
RAILWAY POSTCARDS: THE GREAT SNOWSTORM NEAR DINGWALL, DEC. 1905
two cards depicting a train cutting through the snow, and another of a digging party, with a card of 'London and South Western Railway Servant's Orphanage, and two ship cards.
Provenance: Bridehead,… |
£30 - £50 | £40 | View |
| 499 |
QUEEN ELIZABETH II CHRISTMAS CARD
1968, showing the family in a garden, signed Elizabeth R and Philip
From a private source with a Royal family connection |
£100 - £150 | £110 | View |
| 500 |
QUEEN ELIZABETH II CHRISTMAS CARD
1969, showing the family with a motor boat, signed Elizabeth R and Philip
From a private source with a Royal family connection |
£100 - £150 | - | View |
| 501 |
QUEEN ELIZABETH II CHRISTMAS CARD
1970, showing H.M.Y. Britannia in Sydney Harbour, signed Elizabeth R and Philip
From a private source with a Royal family connection |
£100 - £150 | - | View |
| 502 |
A QUANTITY OF POSTCARDS
including trams and other transport (in one shoebox)
|
£30 - £50 | - | View |
| 503 |
A VICTORIAN PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM
containing various C.D.V.s and other photos, with 'Sights and Scenes in England and Wales', Cassell and Co, , an album of film star postcards, and 'Black and White' 1897 Jubilee issue (a/f)
|
£30 - £60 | - | View |
| 504 |
A QUANTITY OF POSTCARDS
mostly topographical (in one shoebox)
|
£30 - £50 | - | View |
| 505 |
A COLLECTION OF JUDGE DREDD COMICS
1-4 1983, 14 x 1984, 12 x 1985 and 9 x 1986
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£30 - £50 | - | View |
| 506 |
FIFTEEN COLOUR PRINTED PANTOMIME BILLS
circa 1950s/60s, various theatres and productions, with performers including Harry Worth, George Lacy (the famous 'Dame'), Ken Dodd, Beryl Reid, Vic Oliver, Stan Stennett, etc;
from the collection… |
£40 - £60 | - | View |
| 507 |
A COLLECTION OF POSTCARDS
some in an Edwardian album, cigarette cards, cartes de visite, etc
|
£30 - £60 | £30 | View |
| 508 |
SIX ALBUMS OF CIGARETTE CARDS
Anstie, Wills's, Player's, many arranged in sets
|
£30 - £60 | £90 | View |
| 509 |
'FORTNUM & MASON'S EASTER COMMENTARY' (1928)
- 'Describes dainties before the charms of which Brave Men Crash', printed Stuarts, Kingsway House, gilt calf bound, presented 1928 to Col. C. Wyld from H, Stuart Menzies
|
£50 - £80 | £90 | View |
| 510 |
FORTNUM & MASON: A COLLECTION OF CATALOGUES, 1970-85
(13)
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£30 - £50 | £20 | View |
| 511 |
AN ALBUM OF VICTORIAN GREETINGS CARDS
with some loose later cards, and a Victorian scrap album
|
£50 - £100 | - | View |
| 512 |
A COLLECTION OF THOMAS HARDY YEAR BOOKS
Nos. 1 - 25 (1970-98), and 28 - 53 (2000 - 2021)
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£30 - £50 | £70 | View |
| 513 |
A COLLECTION OF VINTAGE 'ASTOUNDING SCIENCE FICTION'
1940s,1950s and subsequent 'Analog Science fact - Science Fiction', 1960s (approx 120 issues, variable condition)
|
£50 - £100 | £45 | View |
| 514 |
A COLLECTION OF PANTOMIME EPHEMERA
late 19th century and later; booklets, souvenir pamphlets, programmes, modern posters etc; including 'Sleeping Beauty' with Dan Leno, Drury Lane, 1901;
from the collection of actor Norman Robbins… |
£30 - £60 | £90 | View |
| 515 |
MONOGRAPHS ON THE LIFE, TIMES AND WORKS OF THOMAS HARDY
published by J. Stevens Cox, Toucan Press, 1960s-80s , including Lois Deacon; Tryphena's Portrait Album, author's own copy (62 booklets, and some photocopied)
|
£50 - £80 | £25 | View |
| 516 |
A LARGE COLLECTION OF RAVE FLYERS AND POSTERS
including from The Hacienda, various conditions, in folders and indexed (C:1990 - 1996), with two related 'Rave Art' books and Spiral Symphony by 'The Scientist' vinyl LP. (12)
|
£100 - £200 | £320 | View |
| 517 |
WILHELM VON GLOEDEN: A PHOTOGRAPHIC PRINT
With a quantity of 'W. Von Gloeden' photo books, 'Larry Clark' exhibition guide and photo books and 'Will McBride photo books.
|
£50 - £100 | £140 | View |
| 518 |
A QUANTITY OF EPHEMERA
including Edwardian calendars, Stevengraph bookmarks, board games, etc
|
£30 - £50 | £40 | View |
| 519 |
'TANDEM MEMORIES' AN ANNOTATED 1930s POSTCARD ALBUM
detailing a tandem trip by Marjorie Sturton and Frank Cooper, South coast including Dorset, July 1935, and some other trips by motorcycle, and a large quantity of later postcards
|
£30 - £50 | £20 | View |
| 520 |
A FRAMED SET OF 1995 ENGLAND CRICKET CHARACTERS CIGARETTE CARDS
mostly signed by players (faded)
|
£30 - £50 | - | View |
| 521 |
JOHN LENNON & YOKO ONO: WEDDING ALBUM
English issue
|
£40 - £60 | £50 | View |
| 522 |
JOHN LENNON & YOKO ONO: WEDDING ALBUM
Japanese issue
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£40 - £60 | £40 | View |
| 523 |
A 19th CENTURY 'GRAND TOUR' PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM
with commercially produced photographs, some loose, of views, works of art, etc, later cloth cover (a/f)
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£30 - £60 | £30 | View |
| 524 |
A COLLECTION OF FRAMED POSTERS
late 20th century, two for the Eagles, including one for the 1979 'THE LONG RUN TOUR', four for the Pavilion Theatre, Weymouth, and one for the 'Peace Fest '93, the largest 75cm x 50cm. (7)
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£30 - £60 | - | View |
| 525 |
THE PETIT TRIANON VERSAILLES
illustrated by a series of measured drawings and photographs...and descriptive letterpress, by James A. Arnott and John Wilson, in 3 parts, Batsford, London 1908 (ex. Waring and Gillow) (a/f)
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£30 - £50 | £20 | View |
| 526 |
J R R TOLKEIN
The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings 3 vols, revised editions
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£50 - £100 | £130 | View |
