Decorative Arts & Collectables 10 31, 2020 View ▼ Items per page 102550100 Sort by DefaultTime LeftLot#Lot NameNewestHighest PriceLowest PriceBidsViews Filter By Categories Category match ANY of the aboveALL of the above Featured Exclude closed lots Price Lot Number Results: Viewing items 901-1000 of 1081. Previous|1...4567891011|Next1234567891011 Image Lot # Item Title Quantity Time Left Your Bids 899 A taxidermied hawk in flight, early to mid 20th century, wingspan 80cm Estimate$200 - $300Price Realized$180StatusSold View details 900 Two impressive conch shells, Pacific Islands, early 20th century, 51cm and 54cm long 2 Estimate$250 - $350Price Realized$220StatusSold View details 901 A taxidermied mountain duck, 20th century, 38cm high Estimate$200 - $300Price Realized$260StatusSold View details 902 A taxidermied fox display, early to mid 20th century, 46cm high, 100cm long Estimate$100 - $200Price Realized$120StatusSold View details 903 An antique horn mounted in silver with silver plaques on timber board, late 19th century, the horn 23cm long Estimate$4,000 - $6,000StatusUnsold View details 904 An African lion skin rug, early to mid 20th century, 327 x 200cm Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Price Realized$1,600StatusSold View details 905 An antique goat cart with original painted finish, French, 19th century, 40cm high, 82cm long, 41cm deep Estimate$400 - $500Price Realized$480StatusSold View details 906 ADMIRAL FITZROY'S wall barometer, oak case with brass bezel and mercury measure, 19th century, 109cm high Estimate$800 - $1,200Price Realized$2,400StatusSold View details 907 An antique French hot water urn, copper and brass, 18th/19th century, 62cm high Estimate$400 - $600Price Realized$360StatusSold View details 908 A French antique bronze church bell, 19th century, 53cm high, 32cm wide, 32deep Estimate$1,500 - $2,000Price Realized$2,800StatusSold View details 909 RACISM: Coloured Lantern Slides "Where there's a will there's a way" Junior Lecturers' Series set of 8 slides in original box showing a black man stealing a chicken, circa 1870s, each slide 8 x 8cm Estimate$150 - $250Price Realized$100StatusSold View details 910 A pair of French field glasses in original leather case, late 19th century, Estimate$80 - $120Price Realized$100StatusSold View details 911 Sterling silver pocket scissors by Francis Webb of Birmingham circa 1904, stainless steel tree stump paper weight, "Endura" enamel dish, antique ivory paper weight, folding ruler, jeweller's magnifier in box, small pottery bust, gaming pieces and dice in circular box, and a travel clock, (10 items) 10 Estimate$120 - $200Price Realized$200StatusSold View details 912 Two antique slave rings (manillas), solid copper and bronze, West African origin, 19th century or earlier, 13cm and 11cm wide, 2kg total 2 Estimate$300 - $500Price Realized$340StatusSold View details 913 Slave ankle bracelet, ornate worked metal most likely coin silver, West African origin, 19th century, 13cm wide, 375 grams Estimate$150 - $250Price Realized$300StatusSold View details 914 Three napkin rings, mineral specimen, wooden and glass fruit ornaments, Murano glass bowl, three old bells, letter opener, wooden boxes and assorted dominoes, (14 items) Estimate$100 - $200Price Realized$100StatusSold View details 915 GUINNESS advertising poster "Lovely Day For A Guinness", 20th century, Guinness Museum issue with artwork by JOHN GILROY, originally issued in 1955. framed and glazed 86 x 62cm overall Estimate$200 - $300Price Realized$100StatusSold View details 916 "PACKER'S CHOCOLATES" advertising banner, circa 1900, 110 x 180cm Estimate$250 - $350StatusCLOSED! View details 917 Eight bowls Creme De Menthe in novelty decanters, early to mid 20th century 8 Estimate$100 - $200Price Realized$60StatusSold View details 918 "GOLDEN FLEECE" petroliana reproduction service station bell, painted cast iron, 35cm high Estimate$120 - $200Price Realized$100StatusSold View details 919 BUDWEISER dray and horse team point of sale advertising plastic display model, late 20th century, 90cm long Estimate$100 - $200Price Realized$100StatusSold View details 920 "FEDO THE DOG" rubber injection mould, cast copper and brass, English, early 20th century, 18cm high Estimate$120 - $200Price Realized$80StatusSold View details 921 AVERY 2lb. grocer's scales, red and black enamel finish, early 20th century, ex Australia Post, 37cm high Estimate$150 - $250Price Realized$180StatusSold View details 922 Antique French print of a dog chasing a boy, embossed chromolithograph in original carved timber frame, circa 1890s, 50 x 23cm overall Estimate$120 - $200Price Realized$140StatusSold View details 923 A pair of vintage car number plates "81836", cast aluminium and steel, mid 20th century, 36cm and 32cm wide 2 Estimate$100 - $200Price Realized$100StatusSold View details 924 A novelty dog nutcracker, cast brass with remains of gold plated finish, early 20th century, 14cm high Estimate$120 - $200Price Realized$80StatusSold View details 925 Collection of mineral specimens, shells and fossils Estimate$100 - $200Price Realized$100StatusSold View details 926 A vellum portmanteau travelling wardrobe, late 19th century, interior lined and fitted with hanging space and compartments, 90cm high, 54cm wide, 27cm deep Estimate$350 - $450Price Realized$280StatusSold View details 927 An antique travelling bi-fold campaign drinks cabinet,19th century, 76cm high, 45cm wide, 48cm deep Estimate$600 - $800Price Realized$1,300StatusSold View details 928 Two English police "Bobby" helmets", Hampshire police and the Metropolitan police, 20th century, 2 Estimate$200 - $300Price Realized$200StatusSold View details 929 Two vintage split cane fishing rods, two piece and three piece Estimate$150 - $250Price Realized$160StatusSold View details 930 Set of four marine specimens in glass domes, 20th century, 32cm high 4 Estimate$200 - $300Price Realized$180StatusSold View details 931 Set of four marine specimens in glass domes, 20th century, 32cm high 4 Estimate$200 - $300Price Realized$220StatusSold View details 933 GOLFING INTEREST reproduction door stop, painted cast iron, late 20th century, 20cm high Estimate$30 - $50Price Realized$20StatusSold View details 934 Three assorted masks, carved and painted wood, Mexican and Balinese, 20th century, the largest 20cm high Estimate$120 - $200Price Realized$80StatusSold View details 935 Sewing implements, porcelain dolls and cosy tops, mauchline ware book, pottery vase etc (qty) Estimate$60 - $100Price Realized$140StatusSold View details 936 Fifteen assorted antique and vintage chemists bottles and two additional stoppers, 19th and 20th century, the largest 26cm high 17 Estimate$120 - $200Price Realized$160StatusSold View details 937 Wine bottle corking devices and antique shears, 19th and early 20th century (4 items), the shears 21cm long 4 Estimate$60 - $100Price Realized$120StatusSold View details 938 Four carved stone tribal idols, Central American and South East Asian, the largest 11cm high 4 Estimate$120 - $200StatusCLOSED! View details 939 BATHROOMALIA - TOOTHBRUSHES: group of five c.1875 bone toothbrushes (without bristles), one by G.B. Kent & Sons (London), attractively framed & glazed, overall 48x50cm. Estimate$120 - $160Price Realized$160StatusSold View details 940 Mystery item, nickel plated brass with compound roller, stamped "E.W. Agnew & Co. Proprietors, Melbourne. Grays Patent No.36", late 19th century, 31cm high Estimate$100 - $200Price Realized$100StatusSold View details 941 Small collection of assorted seashells and coral specimens Estimate$60 - $100Price Realized$40StatusSold View details 942 Vintage novelty trick cap gun book with original mechanism; title "The Bachelor Girl - A Startling Tale"; patented 1910. Estimate$80 - $120Price Realized$140StatusSold View details 943 KITCHENALIA: Four ceramic mixing bowls and a jelly mould, 19th and early 20th century, (5 items), the largest bowl 30cm wide 5 Estimate$80 - $120Price Realized$120StatusSold View details 944 Scientific balance scales, incomplete, 20th century, 38cm high, 43cm wide, 19cm deep Estimate$60 - $80Price Realized$40StatusSold View details 945 Seventeen assorted insect ornaments, late 20th century, the stick insect 12cm long 17 Estimate$100 - $200Price Realized$60StatusSold View details 946 A fine carved wooden crocodile ornament with shell eyes, Papua New Guinea, 20th century Estimate$150 - $250Price Realized$80StatusSold View details 947 An African ceremonial bowl with carved figural handle, 19th/20th century, 22cm wide Estimate$150 - $250StatusCLOSED! View details 948 A tribal paddle, carved wood, Vanuatu origin, 19th century, 111cm long Estimate$200 - $300Price Realized$100StatusSold View details 949 A tribal pick, carved palmwood, natural fibre and hardwood, Papua New Guinea, 20th century, 77cm high Estimate$150 - $250Price Realized$80StatusSold View details 950 An African fertility doll, carved wood, hair and bone, 20th century, 38cm high Estimate$150 - $250Price Realized$120StatusSold View details 951 Tribal arm band, neck ornament, gopi board and shark tooth club, Papua New Guinea and Pacific Islands, (4 items), the club 100cm long 4 Estimate$120 - $200Price Realized$100StatusSold View details 952 Dyak pipe, African carving, Maori pumice carving and a Japanese folk art statue, 20th century, (4 items), the largest 40cm high 4 Estimate$120 - $200Price Realized$60StatusSold View details 953 MONTY Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, black and white photograph with nice pen signature lower left "Montgomery Of Alamein, Field Marshal", image size 19 x 24cm, frame 30 x 35cm overall Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold View details 954 TITO Josip Broz (Yugoslav revolutionary and President of Yugoslavia from 1945-1980), black and white photograph of Tito with an English officer, signed below his tunic pocket (badly faded), 29 x 34cm, 45 x 48cm overall Estimate$60 - $100Price Realized$60StatusSold View details 955 1920s-2000s VOCALISTS - BOOKS AND AUTOGRAPHS: mostly hardbound selection with Sophie Tucker "Some of These Days" autobiography (1945) signed on front end paper by Tucker, plus 1930 "The Gallery First Nighters' Club" dinner menu in honour of Tucker signed by Tucker and opera singer Violet Essex and unsigned book "I Am Sophie Tucker" by Susan & Lloyd Ecker (2014), also Julio Iglesias "The Unsung Story (1997) with signature on piece, Celine Dion "For Keeps" by Jenna Glatzer (2005) Estimate$150 - $200StatusUnsold View details 956 AUSTRALIAN PRIME MINISTERS & POLITICS: signatures of Edmund Barton, Joseph Cook, Billy Hughes, George Reid, Earle Page, James Scullin & Arthur Fadden (as Acting Prime Minister) on separate pieces affixed to end page of hardbound edition of "The Great Jubilee Book" by Jules Feldmann (Melbourne, 1951). Estimate$400 - $600Price Realized$360StatusSold View details 957 SHOW BUSINESS SELECTION: with signatures on piece, accompanied by Wikipedia biographies, for Perry Como (singer), Peter Noone (musician, ex Herman's Hermits), Ruth & Anita Pointer (Pointer Sisters, R&B group), John Williams (film score composer), Patsy Anne "Trisha" Noble (Australian singer & actress), Lana Cantrell (musician & entertainment industry lawyer), plus Johnny Mathis (American pop & soul singer) signature on large black & white photo (25 x 20cm); Estimate$150 - $200Price Realized$100StatusSold View details 958 BRITISH 1920s-70s SINGERS/ACTORS - BOOKS AND AUTOGRAPHS: comprising Gracie Fields hardbound "Sing As We Go" (1960) 1st and 2nd editions, the former with signature on piece, the latter with small image of Fields signed "Best Wishes Grace Fields", plus photograph of first husband Archie Pitt signed by Pitt, and a 1976 postcard signed "Gracie" & "Boris" (third husband Boris Alperovici), also "Gracie Fields - Her Life on Pictures" (1989) with facsimile signature on image of Fields; Estimate$140 - $180StatusUnsold View details 959 AMERICAN "CROONER" & EASY LISTENING PERFORMERS - BOOKS AND AUTOGRAPHS: selection with hardbound Pat Boone "A New Song" (1970) with autograph on black & white photo and wife Shirley Boone''s signature on front end paper, Tony Bennett "The Good Life" (1998) unsigned and "Tony Bennett - In The Studio" (2007) with large black & white photo (25 x 20cm) signed by Bennett, Doris Day "The Illustrated Biography" (2001) with signature on piece, Estimate$120 - $160Price Realized$120StatusSold View details 960 AMERICAN JAZZ & MUSICAL THEATRE SINGERS - BOOKS AND AUTOGRAPHS: hardbound group comprising Pearl Bailey "Talking To Myself" (1971) signed by Bailey on front end paper, with two additional dedications signed "Pearl", Lena Horne "The Hornes - The Story of Lena Horne and her Family" (1987) and "Stormy Weather" (2009) each with Horne's autograph on card, "Paul Robeson" by Martin Duberman (1989) with signatures on card of Robeson and former lover Dame Peggy Ashcroft, Estimate$180 - $240Price Realized$120StatusSold View details 961 DAVID ATTENBOROUGH - NATURAL HISTORIAN & BROADCASTER: signed photograph (17 x 12cm) plus additional signatures on 17 Australian first day covers, about half of which are fauna related; one 1983 Australian Antarctic Territory cover is additionally signed by Dr Phillip Law (Antarctic explorer) and Ray Honisett (stamp designer); all neatly presented in seven display folders. (1 photo + 17 covers) Estimate$160 - $200Price Realized$1,200StatusSold View details 962 AMERICAN ACTORS: James Stewart autograph on large black & white photograph (25 x 20cm) with personal message to correspondent "To Eric Anderson/With my thanks and best wishes/James Stewart", a second signature on 1977 USA first day cover; ERNEST BORGNINE and GLENN FORD autographs on separate first day covers signed "To Eric/many thanks/Ernest Borgnine" or "To Eric/best wishes/Glenn Ford"; also DANNY KAYE signatures on 8 first day covers, Estimate$160 - $200Price Realized$120StatusSold View details 963 MARGARET THATCHER - FORMER BRITISH PRIME MINISTER: signed black & white photo (16.5 x 11cm) plus another signature on Australian 1981 Commonwealth Heads of Government first day cover, additionally signed by stamp designer Bruce Wetherhead; neatly presented in display folder. Estimate$300 - $400Price Realized$380StatusSold View details 964 EMINENT SURGEONS: Heart transplant surgeon CHRISTIAAN BARNARD signatures on two Australian 1982-83 first day covers plus leading Australian Eye Surgeon PAUL ROSEN signatures on sixteen philatelic covers including 1976 Pakistan "World Health Day - Prevention of Blindness" first day cover; all tidily presented in five display folders. (18 items) Estimate$100 - $150Price Realized$80StatusSold View details 965 AMERICAN ROCK, POP OR FOLK MUSIC ARTISTS - BOOKS AND AUTOGRAPHS: mostly female artists with hardbound Donna Summer "An Unauthorised Biography" (1983) with signature on piece, hardbound Joan Baez "And a Voice to Sing With" (1988) with signature on concert flyer, hardbound Tina Turner "My Life Story" (1986, unsigned) and "I Tina - My Love Story" (softbound, 2018) with signature on publicity photograph, Ike Turner "Takin' Back My Name" (1999) with signature on piece, Estimate$160 - $200Price Realized$100StatusSold View details 966 INDIRA GANDHI: autograph on black & white photograph (19.5 x 15cm) signed "Indira Gandhi 1983", another signature on 1973 Gandhi and Nehru (Indira Gandhi's father) commemorative first day cover, plus Rajiv Gandhi (Indira's son and successor) signature on first day cover; all neatly presented in display folder. (3 items) Estimate$400 - $600Price Realized$320StatusSold View details 967 INDIRA GANDHI: signatures on first day covers for 1964 Nehru Commemoration, 1969 Gandhi Centenary & 1981 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, plus facsimile autograph on photograph, also Rajiv Gandhi (Indira's son and successor) signatures on five first day covers, all dated "10.10.90", three of the signatures unusually in Sanskrit; all neatly presented in four display folders. (9 items) Estimate$300 - $500Price Realized$320StatusSold View details 968 MOTHER THERESA: 1980 illustrated first day cover, issued in honour of Mother Theresa, with commemorative postmark tying the stamp, SIGNED BY MOTHER TERESA beneath, also signed by Sir Frank Bishop, former Roman Catholic Archbishop of Melbourne (1974-1996); neatly presented in display folder. Ex Eric Anderson. [Vendor's pencil annotations on the back of the folder, state that the cover was sent to him by former Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi prior to her assassination in 1984, and was signed Estimate$600 - $800Price Realized$550StatusSold View details 969 KENNETH WILLIAMS - ACTOR & RACONTEUR: autograph on small publicity photograph (15 x 10cm) for publication "Back Drops" (1983), plus second signature on 1983 first day cover signed "To Eric/Kenneth Williams"; both items neatly presented in display folder. (2 items) Estimate$100 - $150StatusCLOSED! View details 970 AMERICAN "COUNTRY" MUSIC - BOOKS AND AUTOGRAPHS: comprising hardbound large format "Country - The Music and the Musicians" (Country Music Foundation, 1988) with Dolly Parton large signed colour photo (20 x 25cm), Rita Coolidge large signed black & white photo (25 x 20cm), Kris Kristofferson signature on piece and Emmylou Harris signature on philatelic cover; also hardbound "Dolly Parton - My Life" (1984) with signed large colour photograph (25 x 20cm) Estimate$150 - $200Price Realized$100StatusSold View details 971 JIMMY CARTER - 39th PRESIDENT OF USA: autograph on large colour photograph (25 x 20cm) signed "Best Wishes, Jimmy Carter", plus another signature on 1955 Australian first day cover celebrating Australian-American Friendship. Estimate$100 - $200Price Realized$60StatusSold View details 972 BRITISH 1960s-2000s "POP/ROCK STAR" BIOGRAPHIES AND AUTOGRAPHS: with hardbound Bob Geldof "Is That It" (1986) dedicated to Paula Yates with Geldof's signature on piece, Paula Yates (Geldof's wife) "The Autobiography" (1995) signed on title page "love Paula Yates xxx", plus Opportunity Knocks host Hughie Green's signature on piece (revealed to be Yates's father after his death), Annie Lennox "The Biography" by Bryony Sutherland & Lucy Ellis (2001) Estimate$200 - $250StatusUnsold View details 973 AMERICAN "ROCK 'N' ROLL" SINGERS - BOOKS AND AUTOGRAPHS: comprising hardbound "Blue Monday - Fats Domino and the Lost Dawn of Rock 'N' Roll (2006) with 1978 philatelic cover signed "Luck Always, Fats Domino", "Bo Diddley - Rock & Roll All-Star" (2010) with large signed black & white photo of Diddley (25.5 x 20cm), softbound "Jerry Lee Lewis - His Own Story" by Rick Bragg (2014) with large signed black & photo of Lewis (25 x 20cm); Estimate$160 - $200Price Realized$140StatusSold View details 974 LUMINARIES OF BRITISH MUSICAL THEATRE - BOOKS AND AUTOGRAPHS: with hardbound Ivor Novello "Ivor" by Sandy Wilson (1975) with signed small photo of Novello, signed letter from author Wilson and signature of Jeremy Northam (who played Novello in movie "Gosford Park'), Sandy Wilson "I Could Be Happy" (1975) with small signed photo of Wilson (best known for his musical "The Boyfriend"), "Bart" (Lionel Bart) by David Roper (1994) Estimate$220 - $260Price Realized$100StatusSold View details 975 AUSTRALIAN POP STARS - BOOKS AND AUTOGRAPHS: comprising hardbound "Kamahl - An Impossible Dream" (1995) with dedication and signature on front end paper, softbound Chrissy Amphlett "Pleasure and Pain - My Life" (2005) with signature on title page, hardbound Helen Reddy "The Woman I Am - A Memoir" (2006) with signature on piece, hardbound Jason Donovan "Between the Lines - My Story Uncut" (2007) with signature on front end paper, Estimate$150 - $250Price Realized$100StatusSold View details 976 AMERICAN ROCK & POP ICONS - BOOKS AND AUTOGRAPHS: with hardbound Courtney Love "The Real Story" by Poppy Bright (1997) signed by Bright on title page plus signed colour photo (25x20mm) of Love, Gene Simmons "Sex Money Kiss" (2003) signed on title page by Simmons, Donny Osmond "Life Is Just What You Make It" (2005) signed on title page by Donny, plus concert promotion card with signatures of three other Osmond brothers Estimate$180 - $220StatusUnsold View details 977 AMERICAN COMPOSERS & MUSICAL THEATRE LUMINARIES - BOOKS AND AUTOGRAPHS: Estimate$120 - $160Price Realized$80StatusSold View details 978 AUSTRALIAN POP MUSIC - MINOGUE SISTERS - BOOKS AND AUTOGRAPHS: comprising Kylie Minogue hardbound "Kylie" (1999) large format pictorial book signed on front of the slipcase, softbound "Kylie Naked" (2002) with signature on piece, Danni Minogue "My Story" (2010) with signature on compact disc cover. (3) Estimate$120 - $160Price Realized$100StatusSold View details 979 BRITISH 1960s-2000s "POP" BANDS OR BAND MEMBERS - BOOK AND AUTOGRAPHS: comprising The Corrs "Corner to Corner" by Paul Gaster (1999) with signed colour photo (30 x 20cm) of Andrea Corr, Bill Wyman (Rolling Stones) "Blue Odyssey" (2001) signed by Wyman on front end paper, Bee Gees "Treasures of the Bee Gees" by Brian Southall (2011) with colour photo (12 x 19cm) signed by Barry, Robin & Maurice Gibb, plus unsigned softbound "Bee Gees Complete Vol.1" & "Vol. 2" (1992) Estimate$160 - $200Price Realized$100StatusSold View details 980 ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER - "THE TERMINATOR" - Display featuring six images from the the iconic 1984 film, the central image (24 x 19.5cm) signed by Schwarzenegger, commemorative plaque beneath celebrating his career highlights; "Superstars & Legend" CofA, framed & glazed, overall 67.5 x 67.5cm. Estimate$600 - $800Price Realized$400StatusSold View details 981 AMERICAN "ROCK 'N' ROLL" MUSIC - BOOKS AND AUTOGRAPHS: comprising hardbound "The Rock N Roll Age", a Reader's Digest publication (2007), with signatures on piece at the appropriate pages for Neil Sedaka, Gene Pitney, Bobby Vee, Pat Boone, Bobby Rydell & Tommy Steele, plus a signed colour photo of Marty Wilde (25 x 20cm), "Sam Phillips - The Man Who Invented Rock 'N' Roll" by Pete Guralnick (2015) with signed dedication "God Bless You, Your Friend, Carl Perkins" Estimate$150 - $200StatusUnsold View details 982 ED SHEERAN: signature on "ED SHEERAN 1991" T-shirt (tad soiled), plus ticket for 2015 performance at Rod Laver Arena. Estimate$60 - $80Price Realized$40StatusSold View details 983 WINSTON CHURCHILL - 1908 ELECTION CAMPAIGN PHOTOGRAPH: Original photograph (24 x 35.5cm) taken on the 4th May 1908 showing Winston Churchill (front centre) following his speech at Kinnaird Hall, Dundee, during the campaign to elect him as MP for Dundee; framed & glazed, overall 52 x 62cm. Estimate$300 - $400Price Realized$240StatusSold View details 984 BRITISH MINISTER'S DESPATCH BOX: belonging to Sir Anthony Bevir (private secretary to Winston Churchill 1940-45 & 1951-55 and permanent secretary to Clement Attlee 1947), manufactured in pine by John Peck & Son for His Majesty's Stationery Office, sheathed in black leather with royal cypher in gilt, (30.5x46x15cm). The black leather covering, rather than the usual red, indicates the box was likely used in a private capacity by Bevir, Estimate$750 - $1,000Price Realized$600StatusSold View details 985 WINSTON & CLEMENTINE CHURCHILL: c.1950s-60s unsigned Christmas Cards (10) each bearing colour reproductions of various Churchill paintings, all with the printed greeting "With Christmas Thoughts and Wishes/from/Winston and Clementine Churchill"; condition variable. Estimate$300 - $400StatusCLOSED! View details 986 WINSTON SPENCER-CHURCHILL patinated ceramic bust, circa 1940, signed "Jessica Bothwick, July 1940, Copyright, Made In England", 26.5cm high Estimate$150 - $250Price Realized$80StatusSold View details 987 WINSTON CHURCHILL - DOCUMENTS, JOURNALS & EPHEMERA: WWII newspapers incl. Daily Mirror 1939 (Sep.4) "Churchill is New Navy Chief", Daily Express 1939 (Nov.9) headlines "Hitler Escapes Explosion in Beer Cellar", Feb.1965 editions of "Life" & "Illustrated London News" covering Churchill's funeral; also framed print of 1983 watercolour showing Churchill statue at Parliament Square, LP records (2), few stamps & covers noting Hong Kong 1965 illustrated FDC; Estimate$100 - $150Price Realized$140StatusSold View details 988 "BIGGLES" BY CAPTAIN W.E. JOHNS - FIRST EDITIONS: Selection, mostly with d/js, comprising Australian 1st editions "Biggles Flies South" (1946, without d/j) and "Biggles in the Jungle" (1947); UK 1st editions "Biggles Delivers the Goods" (1946), "Biggles Hunts Big Game" (1948), "Biggles Breaks Silence" (1949), "Biggles Works It Out" (1951), "Biggles Takes The Case (1952), "Biggles Follows On" (1952), "Biggles and the Black Raider" (1953), "Biggles in the Gobi" Estimate$400 - $500Price Realized$420StatusSold View details 989 "BIGGLES" BY CAPTAIN W.E. JOHNS - UK FIRST EDITIONS: selection with dust jackets comprising "Biggles of the Interpol" (1957), "Biggles Presses On" (1958), "Biggles in Mexico" (1959), "Biggles and the Leopards of Zinn" (1960), "Orchids for Biggles" (1962), "Biggles Flies to Work" (1963), "Biggles' Special Case" (1963), "Biggles in the Terai" (1966, very scarce), "The Boy Biggles" (1968), "Biggles of the Royal Flying Corps (1978, the only edition); also without d/js "Biggles - Secret Agent" (1946) Estimate$400 - $500Price Realized$600StatusSold View details 990 "BIGGLES" BY CAPTAIN W.E. JOHNS - SCARCER UK EDITIONS: selection with dust jackets comprising "Biggles Charter Pilot" (1951 Reprint, Burnet #27.11), "Biggles Delivers the Goods" (1949, 3rd impression #31.4), "Biggles' Second Case" (1950, 3rd impression #33.3), "Biggles Air Detective" (1952, 3rd impression, #37.4), "Biggles Works it Out" (1952, 2nd impression #41.2), "Biggles Cuts it Fine" (1959, 3rd impression, #48.3), "Biggles of 266" (undated, Dean & Co,#54.2), Estimate$200 - $300Price Realized$180StatusSold View details 991 "BIGGLES" BY CAPTAIN W.E. JOHNS - REISSUES OF TITLES ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED BETWEEN 1932-1935: mostly hardbound comprising "Biggles in the Cruise of the Condor" (10) incl. 1955 Thames Publishing Co (Burnet #2.7) & 1956 Dean & Co (#2.8) reissues; "Biggles of the Camel Squadron" (12, plus 1 softbound); "Biggles Flies Again" (13); "Biggles Learns to Fly" (2) both the 1955 Brockampton Press reissues (#5.20), one with d/j & very scarce thus; Estimate$200 - $300StatusCLOSED! View details 992 "BIGGLES" BY CAPTAIN W.E. JOHNS - MOSTLY REISSUES OF TITLES ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED BETWEEN 1936-1968: predominantly hardbound including "Biggles Works It Out" (1951) "Biggles Takes The Case" (1952) both 1st editions without d/js, "Biggles of the Interpol" (1958) 1st edition with d/j (missing frontispiece illustration), "Biggles Flies To Work" (1963) 1st edition with d/j; 30 titles represented with duplication of the reissues throughout. (63) Estimate$150 - $200Price Realized$180StatusSold View details 993 THE ART-UNION, VOLUMES I - X (1839-1848), VOLUME VIII WITH FOX TALBOT CALOTYPE PHOTOGRAPH. [Hodgson & Graves, London, 1839-1848]. In ten quarto (290 x 230mm) volumes, the first five volumes with in-text woodcut illustrations, the sixth to tenth with out-of-text illustrations in the form of lithographs and steel engravings, the key June 1846 issue with original talbotype (calotype) photograph of a table set for tea (86 x 168mm) by William Henry Fox Talbot, Estimate$2,400 - $3,200StatusCLOSED! View details 994 J.M.W. TURNER R.A. - "Turner's Rivers of France" (Liber Fluviorum) [Henry George Bohn, London, 1853]. Depicted in sixty-one line engraving from drawings by Turner, with descriptive letter-press by Leitch Ritchie; octavo, rebacked gilt-decorated cloth preserving original spine, new end papers, edges in gilt, 336pp. First edition in single volume format, and includes an important biographical sketch of the artist by Alaric Alexander Watts. Estimate$120 - $160Price Realized$160StatusSold View details 995 The Human Eye And Its Auxiliary Organs, Anatomically Represented, With Explanatory Text By Dr. H. Renow [Lon. 1896], brown boards with red spine Estimate$80 - $120Price Realized$160StatusSold View details 996 Five assorted books on silver, pianos etc 5 Estimate$40 - $60Price Realized$30StatusSold View details 997 "THE SKETCH MAGAZINE" (AUSTRALASIAN EDITION): 1901 weekly theatrical publication, incomplete run of issues (9), between Oct.2 and Dec.25; also "Cassell's Illustrated Family Paper" 1855 Jun.23 & Jul.28 editions and a 1910 edition of "Fancy Needlework" (12 items) Estimate$100 - $150Price Realized$50StatusSold View details 998 JOHN RUSKIN - The Works. [Merrill & Baker, New York, c.1920]. Finely bound set of the writings of John Ruskin in twenty-six octavo volumes, each volume bound in contemporary half tan calf over marbled paper boards, gilt-lettered contrasting morocco title labels to spines, top edges in gilt. A handsome set. Estimate$1,500 - $2,000Price Realized$1,600StatusSold View details 999 "THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF BENVENUTO CELLINI" - SIGNED BY DALI: [Doubleday & Co, New York, 1946]. The reflective and personal writings of the great Italian old master. Translated by John Addington Symonds, illustrated by Salvador Dali. Octavo, gilt-illustrated blue cloth boards (lacking slipcase), colour frontispiece by Salvador Dali, 15 colour plates plus black & white vignette illustrations by Dali. Estimate$750 - $1,000Price Realized$550StatusSold View details Items per page 102550100 Previous|1...4567891011|Next1234567891011 Previous 1234567891011 Next
