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Auction date Tuesday 8 April 2025 10:00 - 17:30 BST
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Total lots: 769

AN A.R.P. WARNING BELL
Lot 481 Sold
AN A.R.P. WARNING BELL
brass, dated 1939
Hammer price: £30
Estimate: £40 - £60
8 April 2025
8 April 2025
A CHINESE SHORT SWORD (DAO) AND SCABBARD
Lot 482 Sold
A CHINESE SHORT SWORD (DAO) AND SCABBARD
with 55.5cm blade, and woven grip, with engraved brass fittings and pierced and engraved ovoid pommel, and a Kukri, in leather scabbard (2)
Hammer price: £750
Estimate: £80 - £120
8 April 2025
8 April 2025
A POLISH CROSS OF MERIT
Lot 483 Sold
A POLISH CROSS OF MERIT
in bronze with swords, with a Polish breast badge and lapel badge, each featuring the wartime cap badge to the front (3)
Hammer price: £90
Estimate: £40 - £80
8 April 2025
8 April 2025
AN AFGHANISTAN 1878-79-80 MEDAL
Lot 484 Sold
AN AFGHANISTAN 1878-79-80 MEDAL
to Pte E. Ringer I/5th Fusrs,, a WWI pair to Pte 1 A.H. Turner RAF, other WWI and WWII medals, and police medals
Hammer price: £380
Estimate: £80 - £120
8 April 2025
8 April 2025
AN ORDER OF ST. JOHN OF JERUSALEM
Lot 485 Unsold
AN ORDER OF ST. JOHN OF JERUSALEM
Serving Brother's breast badge, with a collection of the Hospitaller Order of St. Lazarus, including breast star and a breast badge with an assortment of minor medals, miniature medals, buttons and insignia
Estimate: £150 - £250
8 April 2025
8 April 2025
A COLLECTION OF MILITARY BADGES
Lot 486 Sold
A COLLECTION OF MILITARY BADGES
buttons and other items, including a T. Cook and Simmon sight
Hammer price: £70
Estimate: £30 - £60
8 April 2025
8 April 2025
WWII GERMAN INFANTRY LEATHER BELT WITH ALUMINIUM CLASP
Lot 487 Sold
WWII GERMAN INFANTRY LEATHER BELT WITH ALUMINIUM CLASP
Hammer price: £40
Estimate: £50 - £100
8 April 2025
8 April 2025
A 1930s PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM CONTAINING SUBMARINE INTERIORS
Lot 488 Sold
A 1930s PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM CONTAINING SUBMARINE INTERIORS
crew and views of voyages to China etc, possibly 'OLYMPUS' circa 1933
Hammer price: £130
Estimate: £50 - £100
8 April 2025
8 April 2025
BOXED SET OF MILITARY GLASS SLIDES
Lot 489 Sold
BOXED SET OF MILITARY GLASS SLIDES
for a training lecture, WW2 ?
Hammer price: £40
Estimate: £30 - £50
8 April 2025
8 April 2025
A COLLECTION OF MILITARIA
Lot 490 Sold
A COLLECTION OF MILITARIA
including buttons, badges, German pottery charity badge, marcasite RAF sweetheart brooch, a compass etc, contained in a japanned tin box
Hammer price: £50
Estimate: £40 - £60
8 April 2025
8 April 2025
AN AIRCRAFT PROPELLER SECTION CASED BAROMETER
Lot 491 Unsold
AN AIRCRAFT PROPELLER SECTION CASED BAROMETER
stamped 'DRG No1 D27870 PAN SHIP S.. G126' (incomplete stamp) 39cm wide
Estimate: £40 - £60
8 April 2025
8 April 2025
CAPTAIN DONALD JOHN GREY, R.M. (1901/2-1944) AN IMPORTANT MILITARY COLLECTION
Lot 492 Sold
CAPTAIN DONALD JOHN GREY, R.M. (1901/2-1944) AN IMPORTANT MILITARY COLLECTION
showcasing his military career with the Royal Marines, comprising 1914-18 medal and Great War medal awarded whilst a Private in the R.M.L.I.; a George V silver waiter by Gladwin Ltd, Sheffield 1929, engraved ‘Presented to Lieut D.J. Grey by his Brother Officers, The Depot R.M. Deal’, dated 7th December 1929; a Chinese 90 standard silver tankard engraved ‘Presented to Capt. Grey by ‘M’ Section H.K.V.D.C.’ (Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps) dated 1937; his tunic; swagger stick and two portraits (a lot)
Provenance: By direct family descent. Literature: There is a lack of documented information about…
Hammer price: £600
Estimate: £700 - £1,000
8 April 2025
8 April 2025
OFFICER'S DRESS SWORD
Lot 493 Sold
OFFICER'S DRESS SWORD
Hill & Co Sheffield, with waterproof cover
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £80 - £120
8 April 2025
8 April 2025
A QUANTITY OF MILITARY CAMPAIGN CHAIR PARTS
Lot 494 Unsold
A QUANTITY OF MILITARY CAMPAIGN CHAIR PARTS
including spare unused canvas (a/f, for spares or repair; not enough pieces for one complete chair)
Estimate: £30 - £40
8 April 2025
8 April 2025
FOUR U.S. ARMY RINGER CASES
Lot 495 Unsold
FOUR U.S. ARMY RINGER CASES
each 51cm wide (tops written on in marker pen for storage use), and a similar smaller Inductance case (5)
Estimate: £30 - £40
8 April 2025
8 April 2025
A GAS MASK WITH BOX, ANOTHER RESPIRATOR
Lot 496 Unsold
A GAS MASK WITH BOX, ANOTHER RESPIRATOR
of helmet type, and camouflage nets
Estimate: £30 - £50
8 April 2025
8 April 2025
A 1975 ISLE OF MAN SILVER DECIMAL COIN SET
Lot 496a Sold
A 1975 ISLE OF MAN SILVER DECIMAL COIN SET
in the original capsules and box with Certificate of Authenticity; a quantity of various other Isle of Man decimal coin sets; The Coinage of Great Britain 1970 coin set; a 2009 Royal Mint UK Henry VIII £5 brilliant uncirculated coin; HRH Prince of Wales 60th Birthday commemorative crown, in the original packaging; and a quantity of other British coins (a lot)
Hammer price: £90
Estimate: £50 - £100
8 April 2025
8 April 2025
AN ALBUM OF BLANDFORD CAMP MILITARY POSTCARDS
Lot 497 Sold
AN ALBUM OF BLANDFORD CAMP MILITARY POSTCARDS
including WWI embroidered silk handkerchief, WWI trench exercises, Naval Camp in Construction and Blandford YMCA Orchestra
Hammer price: £90
Estimate: £100 - £200
8 April 2025
8 April 2025
MERRICK, JOHN - 'HELIOCRENE ON THE CHALYBEATE WELL AT SUNNING-HILL'
Lot 498 Sold
MERRICK, JOHN - 'HELIOCRENE ON THE CHALYBEATE WELL AT SUNNING-HILL'
printed by Kinnier, 1724, single folded leaf, together with 'The Sacred Oratio set to Music by Mr. Handel', Oxford, 1752, pamphlet (2)
Hammer price: £30
Estimate: £30 - £50
8 April 2025
8 April 2025
A COPY OF THE TIMES, WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 3, 1798
Lot 499 Sold
A COPY OF THE TIMES, WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 3, 1798
including details of Nelson victory at the Battle of the Nile, together with a paper souvenir sheet commemorating England's capture of Tel-el-Kebir September 13th 1882 (2)
Hammer price: £20
Estimate: £50 - £100
8 April 2025
8 April 2025
'MAP OF MATRIMONY'
Lot 500 Sold
'MAP OF MATRIMONY'
a scarce hand coloured card, published by R. Miller, London, c. 1800, 12.5cm x 8cm
Hammer price: £80
Estimate: £30 - £50
8 April 2025
8 April 2025
POSTCARD OF BROCK STATION
Lot 501 Sold
POSTCARD OF BROCK STATION
near Preston, opened 1849, closed 1939, card posted 1918?
Hammer price: £20
Estimate: £30 - £50
8 April 2025
8 April 2025
A 19th CENTURY SCRAP BOOK CONTAINING OLD ENGRAVINGS
Lot 502 Sold
A 19th CENTURY SCRAP BOOK CONTAINING OLD ENGRAVINGS
botanical, natural history, topographical, a Whaling scene, painted Persian subjects, several old woodcuts etc
Hammer price: £120
Estimate: £80 - £150
8 April 2025
8 April 2025
ALEISTER CROWLEY, THOTH TAROT CARDS
Lot 503 Sold
ALEISTER CROWLEY, THOTH TAROT CARDS
with images by Frieda Harris, published by Llewellyn Publications, USA, 1969, boxed set
Hammer price: £150
Estimate: £100 - £200
8 April 2025
8 April 2025
A 19th CENTURY SCRAP BOOK
Lot 504 Sold
A 19th CENTURY SCRAP BOOK
containing numerous chromolithographed scraps, prints etc (lacking front cover)
Hammer price: £30
Estimate: £40 - £60
8 April 2025
8 April 2025
PRINCE CHARLES AND PRINCESS DIANA; A LETTER OF THANKS
Lot 505 Sold
PRINCE CHARLES AND PRINCESS DIANA; A LETTER OF THANKS
for a contribution towards a wedding present of a library table, sent to Mrs Holbrook (the vendor's mother who lived on Duchy property in Fordington for many years), with envelope, dated 7th October 1981, with another (facsimile) letter of thanks for Charles's 21st birthday present, and two other Duchy communications
Hammer price: £480
Estimate: £100 - £200
8 April 2025
8 April 2025
A PRINCE CHARLES CHRISTMAS CARD, 1997
Lot 506 Unsold
A PRINCE CHARLES CHRISTMAS CARD, 1997
sent to Mrs Holbrook (the vendor's mother, who lived on Duchy property in Fordington for many years, and subsequently in Dorchester), with envelope
Estimate: £100 - £200
8 April 2025
8 April 2025
A PRINCE CHARLES CHRISTMAS CARD, 1995
Lot 507 Unsold
A PRINCE CHARLES CHRISTMAS CARD, 1995
sent to Mrs Holbrook (the vendor's mother, who lived on Duchy property in Fordington for many years), with envelope
Estimate: £100 - £200
8 April 2025
8 April 2025
A PRINCE CHARLES AND PRINCESS DIANA CHRISTMAS CARD, 1992
Lot 508 Sold
A PRINCE CHARLES AND PRINCESS DIANA CHRISTMAS CARD, 1992
sent to Mrs Holbrook (the vendor's mother, who lived on Duchy property in Fordington for many years), with envelope
Hammer price: £200
Estimate: £300 - £400
8 April 2025
8 April 2025
A PRINCE CHARLES AND PRINCESS DIANA CHARLES CHRISTMAS CARD, 1989
Lot 509 Sold
A PRINCE CHARLES AND PRINCESS DIANA CHARLES CHRISTMAS CARD, 1989
sent to Mrs Holbrook (the vendor's late mother, who lived on Duchy property in Fordington for many years), with envelope
Hammer price: £260
Estimate: £300 - £400
8 April 2025
8 April 2025
A PRINCE CHARLES AND PRINCESS DIANA CHRISTMAS CARD, 1985
Lot 510 Sold
A PRINCE CHARLES AND PRINCESS DIANA CHRISTMAS CARD, 1985
signed to Mrs Holbrook (the vendor's late mother, who lived on Duchy property in Fordington for many years), with envelope
Hammer price: £320
Estimate: £300 - £400
8 April 2025
8 April 2025
TWO 19th CENTURY SKETCHBOOKS 1817-1819
Lot 511 Sold
TWO 19th CENTURY SKETCHBOOKS 1817-1819
one containing views of Paris, including the Tuilleries Palace, and the other mostly landscapes, apparently by the same hand (2)
Hammer price: £110
Estimate: £40 - £80
8 April 2025
8 April 2025
A COLLECTION OF EPHEMERA
Lot 512 Sold
A COLLECTION OF EPHEMERA
relating to the Loveday family of Arlescote, Warwickshire, comprising - a quantity of 19th Century spun glass, a pair of kid leather gloves, an early 19th century paper cut out worded 'The pattern of the Dutchess (sic) of York's foot taken from her shoe maker's last', a note in paper envelope relating to St. Alban's Church and a copy of Burnett's Floral Hand-Book 1876 (5)
Provenance: The Loveday family of Arlescote, Warwickshire thence by family descent
Hammer price: £110
Estimate: £100 - £200
8 April 2025
8 April 2025
A COLLECTION OF MACABRE POSTCARDS, SHOWING HANGINGS
Lot 513 Sold
A COLLECTION OF MACABRE POSTCARDS, SHOWING HANGINGS
apparently of civilians by the military, early 20th century (some duplicates)
Hammer price: £90
Estimate: £50 - £80
8 April 2025
8 April 2025
FOLIES BERGERE SOUVENIR ALBUM, 1928
Lot 514 Sold
FOLIES BERGERE SOUVENIR ALBUM, 1928
with a similar album from Palace aux Nues
Hammer price: £20
Estimate: £30 - £40
8 April 2025
8 April 2025
A POSTCARD ALBUM
Lot 515 Sold
A POSTCARD ALBUM
containing British topographical, greetings, theatre, family cards etc, mostly early 20th century
Hammer price: £50
Estimate: £30 - £50
8 April 2025
8 April 2025
A QUANTITY OF JUDGE DREDD MAGAZINES
Lot 516 Sold
A QUANTITY OF JUDGE DREDD MAGAZINES
along with a collection of DC comics and other magazines and books.
Hammer price: £15
Estimate: £30 - £50
8 April 2025
8 April 2025
A VICTORIAN ALBUM OF CARTES DE VISITE
Lot 517 Sold
A VICTORIAN ALBUM OF CARTES DE VISITE
and cabinet portraits, circa 1860s and later (album a/f), with two 'Repertoire heraldique' albums of cut-out crests and wax seals (3)
Hammer price: £25
Estimate: £30 - £60
8 April 2025
8 April 2025
AN INTERESTING FAMILY ARCHIVE
Lot 518 Sold
AN INTERESTING FAMILY ARCHIVE
including documents, books and photographs, early 20th century onwards, with a sequence showing Sir Henry Segrave's racing motor boat, Miss England II, 1930
Hammer price: £35
Estimate: £40 - £60
8 April 2025
8 April 2025
A QUANTITY OF POSTCARDS, INCLUDING ISLE OF WIGHT
Lot 519 Sold
A QUANTITY OF POSTCARDS, INCLUDING ISLE OF WIGHT
and a few Japanese printed cuttings, with illustrations
Hammer price: £30
Estimate: £30 - £50
8 April 2025
8 April 2025
CIGARETTE CARDS: CARRERAS 'TURF', SOME UNCUT
Lot 520 Unsold
CIGARETTE CARDS: CARRERAS 'TURF', SOME UNCUT
various series, and a further collection of cards, many other companies and series, some in modern albums, many loose, a few series stuck in original albums, and a few tea card albums
Estimate: £200 - £400
8 April 2025
8 April 2025
A COLLECTION OF VINTAGE JAZZ MAGAZINES
Lot 521 Unsold
A COLLECTION OF VINTAGE JAZZ MAGAZINES
mostly bound, 'Jazz Music', 'Jazz Notes', and 'Jazz Information' (vol 1, no.1, 1939, and later), and others
Estimate: £30 - £50
8 April 2025
8 April 2025
A COLLECTION OF THE ARYAN PATH MAGAZINE
Lot 522 Sold
A COLLECTION OF THE ARYAN PATH MAGAZINE
1940s and 1950s, , with copies of other literary and theatre magazines, The Mask, The New Aphrodite, The Adelphi etc
Hammer price: £20
Estimate: £30 - £50
8 April 2025
8 April 2025
A COLLECTION OF CLASSICAL MUSIC EPHEMERA
Lot 523 Unsold
A COLLECTION OF CLASSICAL MUSIC EPHEMERA
including signatures, photographs, drawings by Ewart Davies and a print of Wagner by his grand daughter Friedelind, and other items, Shakespeare Memorial Theatre programmes, E.M.G. monthly letter, etc
Estimate: £200 - £300
8 April 2025
8 April 2025
'JAZZ MONTHLY' MAGAZINE 1955-71
Lot 524 Unsold
'JAZZ MONTHLY' MAGAZINE 1955-71
(bound)
Estimate: £30 - £50
8 April 2025
8 April 2025
JAZZ: 'PICKUP' MAGAZINE 1946-47, from volume 1, no.1
Lot 525 Unsold
JAZZ: 'PICKUP' MAGAZINE 1946-47, from volume 1, no.1
and a long run of the subsequently re-named 'Jazz Journal' 1948-94 (all bound)
Estimate: £50 - £100
8 April 2025
8 April 2025
DEAN'S DIPLOMA SERIES CHILDREN'S BOOK
Lot 526 Sold
DEAN'S DIPLOMA SERIES CHILDREN'S BOOK
'Ten Little Niggers' with illustrations by A S Forrest
Hammer price: £35
Estimate: £30 - £50
8 April 2025
8 April 2025
J.K. ROWLING: THREE FIRST EDITION HARRY POTTER BOOKS
Lot 527 Sold
J.K. ROWLING: THREE FIRST EDITION HARRY POTTER BOOKS
and four paperback, and Tom Cutler; '211 Things a bright boy can do' (8)
Hammer price: £20
Estimate: £50 - £100
8 April 2025
8 April 2025

Total lots: 769

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