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Auction date Tuesday 8 July 2025 10:00 - 17:30 BST
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Tuesday 8th July starting at 10:00am

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Total lots: 659

A CASED 'PAOLO' BALLPOINT PEN, DESIGNED BY PAOLO GUCCI
Lot 385 Sold
A CASED 'PAOLO' BALLPOINT PEN, DESIGNED BY PAOLO GUCCI
(engraved), and a further quantity of pens, Parker and others
Hammer price: £60
Estimate: £40 - £60
8 July 2025
8 July 2025
CAST BRONZE MODELS OF A DOG AND A GOAT
Lot 386 Sold
CAST BRONZE MODELS OF A DOG AND A GOAT
with other animal models, various materials and periods
Hammer price: £30
Estimate: £30 - £50
8 July 2025
8 July 2025
A SET OF STANLEY DRAWING INSTRUMENTS
Lot 387 Sold
A SET OF STANLEY DRAWING INSTRUMENTS
contained in fitted mahogany case, a set of Jaywess drawing instruments in fitted case, a collection of antique and reproduction scientific instruments, four barometers, a Favorite Swiss mini-lathe and other items
Hammer price: £150
Estimate: £200 - £400
8 July 2025
8 July 2025
A SILVER PAIR CASED POCKET WATCH BY WILLm. SEARLE, NEWLYN
Lot 388 Sold
A SILVER PAIR CASED POCKET WATCH BY WILLm. SEARLE, NEWLYN
with fusee movement, with engraved cock (key missing, but runs), the white enamel dial with black Roman numerals and curled hands; and two other silver cased open face pocket watches (3)
Hammer price: £150
Estimate: £50 - £100
8 July 2025
8 July 2025
A COLLECTION OF COINS
Lot 389 Unsold
A COLLECTION OF COINS
c.570g gross weight
Estimate: £30 - £50
8 July 2025
8 July 2025
AN 1896 QUEEN VICTORIA SILVER HALF CROWN
Lot 390 Sold
AN 1896 QUEEN VICTORIA SILVER HALF CROWN
a 1918 ten mark bank note, no. 442721; and mixed world coins including shillings, half crowns, threepences, pennies and others (a lot)
Hammer price: £50
Estimate: £50 - £100
8 July 2025
8 July 2025
A COLLECTION OF NATIONAL TRANSPORT TOKENS
Lot 391 Sold
A COLLECTION OF NATIONAL TRANSPORT TOKENS
issued by Maidstone Borough Council, in their original packaging (one pack opened)
Hammer price: £10
Estimate: £30 - £50
8 July 2025
8 July 2025
AN 1858 GUERNSEY 4 DOUBLES
Lot 392 Sold
AN 1858 GUERNSEY 4 DOUBLES
a 1935 George V silver crown; two 1951 George VI crowns; and various other coinage including crowns, threepences and British First Decimal coin sets (a lot)
Hammer price: £90
Estimate: £80 - £150
8 July 2025
8 July 2025
TWO NICKEL CROWNS
Lot 393 Unsold
TWO NICKEL CROWNS
and quantity of various coins
Estimate: £30 - £50
8 July 2025
8 July 2025
A COLLECTION OF COMMEMORATIVE COINS
Lot 394 Unsold
A COLLECTION OF COMMEMORATIVE COINS
Estimate: £30 - £50
8 July 2025
8 July 2025
A QUANTITY OF COINS
Lot 395 Sold
A QUANTITY OF COINS
mostly pre-decimal pennies, commemorative crowns, and a few others
Hammer price: £20
Estimate: £30 - £50
8 July 2025
8 July 2025
NINE SCOTTISH ONE POUND NOTES
Lot 396 Sold
NINE SCOTTISH ONE POUND NOTES
1940s-1960s, framed
Hammer price: £60
Estimate: £30 - £50
8 July 2025
8 July 2025
WITHDRAWN
Lot 397 Unsold
A QUANTITY OF MODERN GB PRESENTATION PACKS AND POST AND GO ISSUES
2011-2019, loose in small tub, a little duplication, with better incl. Elton John, Star Wars, Game of Thrones, Xmas Issues and more, current face value just over £1000
Estimate: £400 - £600
8 July 2025
8 July 2025
A QUANTITY OF OF 1970s AND 1980s COVERS
Lot 398 Unsold
A QUANTITY OF OF 1970s AND 1980s COVERS
F.D.C.s, various cancels, but some better noted being ‘Save the Children fund’ covers, a few mint stamps, postcards including ‘Coin and Stamp’ cards mint
Estimate: £30 - £50
8 July 2025
8 July 2025
A COLLECTION OF CHANNEL ISLAND STAMPS
Lot 399 Unsold
A COLLECTION OF CHANNEL ISLAND STAMPS
11 albums and a box, containing mint packs/books of stamps, postcards, first day covers etc
Estimate: £150 - £250
8 July 2025
8 July 2025
MOSTLY GB STAMP COLLECTION
Lot 400 Sold
MOSTLY GB STAMP COLLECTION
with FDCs from 1964-2010 in 7 albums, a mix of F.D.I and Bureau cancels, then mint and used in various stockbooks, tins, etc, a good sorter
Hammer price: £20
Estimate: £30 - £50
8 July 2025
8 July 2025
A WORLD STAMP COLLECTION
Lot 401 Sold
A WORLD STAMP COLLECTION
with a pair of New Ideal albums, mint and used ranges note Germany mint 1920’s and 30’s, with 1928 4m Zeppelin, 1931 Polar 1m, various charity sets, further in albums and in loose with USA 1938 Presidential series to $5 mint and more
Hammer price: £300
Estimate: £70 - £100
8 July 2025
8 July 2025
VARIOUS STAMPS AND COVERS MAINLY FROM WESTMINSTER
Lot 402 Sold
VARIOUS STAMPS AND COVERS MAINLY FROM WESTMINSTER
in albums, folders and loose, with 1966 Birds mint block ‘Missing Legs’ U.M., 1840 1d black on cover with red cancel, Alderney 2000 36p Womble imperf error, various coin covers, signed covers incl. ‘Gold medal winners’, various sport and entertainment celebs, a Xmas card from QE2 and Prince Philip autopen signed, 2017 V.C. winners covers, some GB booklets and M/S packs, 2012 Olympics, Winston Churchill Audio Coin fdc, etc
Hammer price: £190
Estimate: £300 - £500
8 July 2025
8 July 2025
ALL WORLD STAMP ACCUMULATION IN VARIOUS ALBUMS AND STOCKBOOKS
Lot 403 Sold
ALL WORLD STAMP ACCUMULATION IN VARIOUS ALBUMS AND STOCKBOOKS
mint and used, useful N.Z., and some B.C., GB with booklets, Malta, also album of Burlington Art Miniatures
Hammer price: £60
Estimate: £30 - £50
8 July 2025
8 July 2025
A LARGE GENERAL ALL WORLD STAMP COLLECTION
Lot 404 Unsold
A LARGE GENERAL ALL WORLD STAMP COLLECTION
in six lever arch folders plus additional material loose and in childhood album, perfect for further sorting, arranged A-Z, with both GB, BC and foreign, mint and used
Estimate: £50 - £100
8 July 2025
8 July 2025
TWO IRAQI HELMETS
Lot 405 Sold
TWO IRAQI HELMETS
from Gulf War, c.1990
Hammer price: £45
Estimate: £60 - £80
8 July 2025
8 July 2025
A MIGNON 4X GUN SIGHT BY KARL KAHLES, WIEN
Lot 406 Sold
A MIGNON 4X GUN SIGHT BY KARL KAHLES, WIEN
No.10483, with a Wilkinson bayonet, and two machetes (4)
Hammer price: £140
Estimate: £100 - £200
8 July 2025
8 July 2025
AN ARMY DRONE PARACHUTE AND MANUAL
Lot 407 Unsold
AN ARMY DRONE PARACHUTE AND MANUAL
for 'MIDGE' and other 1970s Army manuals
Estimate: £30 - £50
8 July 2025
8 July 2025
A QUANITY OF MILITARY BUTTONS
Lot 408 Sold
A QUANITY OF MILITARY BUTTONS
a buckle, a cigarette case and a Patt. 1152 compass
Hammer price: £20
Estimate: £30 - £50
8 July 2025
8 July 2025
A WW2 HELMET
Lot 409 Sold
A WW2 HELMET
marked BMB 1941
Hammer price: £50
Estimate: £50 - £80
8 July 2025
8 July 2025
A PAIR OF WW2 OFFICERS BOOTS
Lot 410 Sold
A PAIR OF WW2 OFFICERS BOOTS
Hammer price: £20
Estimate: £40 - £60
8 July 2025
8 July 2025
A COURT SWORD, IN SCABBARD
Lot 411 Sold
A COURT SWORD, IN SCABBARD
with cruciforn hilt and guard, the blade 70cm long, unmarked
Hammer price: £30
Estimate: £40 - £80
8 July 2025
8 July 2025
WW2 DATED SUITCASE, 1940
Lot 412 Sold
WW2 DATED SUITCASE, 1940
with other military items
Hammer price: £45
Estimate: £40 - £60
8 July 2025
8 July 2025
A USA ARMY SIGNAL CORPS CHEST
Lot 413 Sold
A USA ARMY SIGNAL CORPS CHEST
dated 1945, including various kit
Hammer price: £70
Estimate: £40 - £60
8 July 2025
8 July 2025
A PAIR OF WWII KERSHAW Mk II ARMY BINOCULARS, DATED 1943
Lot 414 Sold
A PAIR OF WWII KERSHAW Mk II ARMY BINOCULARS, DATED 1943
in webbing case dated 1941, and a pair of Taylor-Hobson Mk III binoculars, dated 1943, in leather case (2)
Hammer price: £20
Estimate: £40 - £80
8 July 2025
8 July 2025
A PHOTOGRAPH OF SOLDIER FROM A CYCLE BATTALION
Lot 415 Unsold
A PHOTOGRAPH OF SOLDIER FROM A CYCLE BATTALION
c1910, framed, 50cm wide
Estimate: £30 - £50
8 July 2025
8 July 2025
A COOPER TYPE A-2 US MILITARY ISSUE LEATHER FLYING JACKET
Lot 416 Sold
A COOPER TYPE A-2 US MILITARY ISSUE LEATHER FLYING JACKET
size 48, with certificate
Hammer price: £90
Estimate: £80 - £120
8 July 2025
8 July 2025
A LARGE WWII SEARCHLIGHT
Lot 417 Unsold
A LARGE WWII SEARCHLIGHT
with ribbed glass, approx 50cm dia (copper stripped and polished)
Estimate: £500 - £800
8 July 2025
8 July 2025
FIVE MILITARY UNIFORMS
Lot 418 Sold
FIVE MILITARY UNIFORMS
including Royal Marines, Great Coat and a Mess Dress
Hammer price: £40
Estimate: £50 - £80
8 July 2025
8 July 2025
THE EROTIC PRINT SOCIETY:
Lot 419 Sold
THE EROTIC PRINT SOCIETY:
prints and illustrations, in folders, including Thomas Rowlandson, Twelve works, Aubrey Beardsley, 'The Lysistrata of Aristophanes', and other works (9, some duplicates)
Hammer price: £90
Estimate: £40 - £60
8 July 2025
8 July 2025
A COLLECTION OF POSTCARDS, INCLUDING THE MESSINA EARTHQUAKE, 1908
Lot 420 Sold
A COLLECTION OF POSTCARDS, INCLUDING THE MESSINA EARTHQUAKE, 1908
and other views of India, Japan, etc
Hammer price: £30
Estimate: £40 - £80
8 July 2025
8 July 2025
GENERAL STRIKE INTEREST: THE BRITISH GAZETTE MAY 1926
Lot 421 Sold
GENERAL STRIKE INTEREST: THE BRITISH GAZETTE MAY 1926
Nos. 2-8, including two copies of 5 & 8 (9 in total)

Note: The British Gazette was a propaganda exercise designed to combat the British General Strike. Edited by Winston Churchill, the newspaper ran for eight issues between 5 May and 13 May 1926 (excluding Sunday 9 May).
Hammer price: £40
Estimate: £50 - £100
8 July 2025
8 July 2025
A POSTCARD ALBUM INCLUDING WWI ERA MILITARY CARDS
Lot 422 Sold
A POSTCARD ALBUM INCLUDING WWI ERA MILITARY CARDS
and other photographs
Hammer price: £30
Estimate: £100 - £200
8 July 2025
8 July 2025
A COLLECTION OF GRAPHIC WORKS ON PAPER
Lot 423 Sold
A COLLECTION OF GRAPHIC WORKS ON PAPER
prints, lettering, facsimiles, etc
Hammer price: £50
Estimate: £30 - £40
8 July 2025
8 July 2025
A QUANTITY OF EPHEMERA
Lot 424 Sold
A QUANTITY OF EPHEMERA
copies of old masters, War maps, Noel Pocock sporting illustrations, literary guides and reviews, Vanity Fair prints etc
Hammer price: £50
Estimate: £30 - £50
8 July 2025
8 July 2025
RENA GARDINER: DORSET; TARRANT TO BLANDFORD
Lot 425 Unsold
RENA GARDINER: DORSET; TARRANT TO BLANDFORD
Workshop Press, 1970 (scruffy, some losses to cover), other Dorset ephemera, and other items
Estimate: £30 - £50
8 July 2025
8 July 2025
A COLLECTION OF VINTAGE 'ASTOUNDING SCIENCE FICTION'
Lot 426 Unsold
A COLLECTION OF VINTAGE 'ASTOUNDING SCIENCE FICTION'
1940s,1950s and subsequent 'Analog Science fact - Science Fiction', 1960s (approx 120 issues, variable condition)
Estimate: £100 - £200
8 July 2025
8 July 2025
A LARGE QUANTITY OF EROTIC POSTCARDS
Lot 427 Sold
A LARGE QUANTITY OF EROTIC POSTCARDS
published by Hobart and Maclean (many duplicates), Erotic Print Society catalogues, and other erotica
Hammer price: £30
Estimate: £30 - £60
8 July 2025
8 July 2025
THREE 19th CENTURY ALBUMS OF PHOTOGRAPHS
Lot 428 Sold
THREE 19th CENTURY ALBUMS OF PHOTOGRAPHS
containing British landscapes, architecture, Cathedrals, colleges etc, groups, some others commercially produced, and a 19th century m.s. book 'Stagenhoo' (4)
Hammer price: £120
Estimate: £30 - £50
8 July 2025
8 July 2025
JOHN HUTCHINS: THE HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF THE COUNTY OF DORSET
Lot 429 Sold
JOHN HUTCHINS: THE HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF THE COUNTY OF DORSET
4 vols, third edition, John Bowyer Nichols, Westminster 1861 - 1870
Hammer price: £300
Estimate: £500 - £800
8 July 2025
8 July 2025
THE PENGUIN NEW WRITING, VARIOUS , ED JOHN LEHMANN
Lot 430 Sold
THE PENGUIN NEW WRITING, VARIOUS , ED JOHN LEHMANN
1940s, with a few 1930s Penguin Parade, 1970s New Poetry, and other poetry books and booklets
Hammer price: £20
Estimate: £30 - £60
8 July 2025
8 July 2025
DAVID HOCKNEY: THE BLUE GUITAR
Lot 431 Sold
DAVID HOCKNEY: THE BLUE GUITAR
Petersburg Press, 1977 (dust jacket a/f), with Worlds and Windows by Gilbert and George (cloth dusty, bumped), Edward Seago 1910-1974 memorial exhibition catalogue (Marlborough Fine Art) (cover dirty), and 50 Ans D'Art Moderne, Brussels, 1958 (4)
Hammer price: £20
Estimate: £40 - £60
8 July 2025
8 July 2025
FLORENCE K. UPTON; THE ADVENTURES OF BORBEE AND THE WISP
Lot 432 Sold
FLORENCE K. UPTON; THE ADVENTURES OF BORBEE AND THE WISP
Longmans, Green and Co, 1908 (spine loose, boards rubbed, etc), with Struwwelpeter (Hoffmann), copy with 'Struwwelhitler' parody added in 1941 (deconstructed and stuck opposite each matching illustration) (2)
Hammer price: £50
Estimate: £50 - £100
8 July 2025
8 July 2025

Total lots: 659

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