antiques and fine art sale

A large framed collection of cigarette cards, including Wills Portraits of European Royalty and Arms of The British Empire. Frame size 100 cm x 76 cm.

Sold for £25

A quantity of vintage fountain pens, Parker etc.

Sold for £50

A Lovatt & Sons brass mounted level, a Diston saw, two Jack planes, braces etc.

Not Sold

A mixed selection of autographs, Fred Astaire, George Formby, Perry Como, Nat King Cole, Betty Grable and Ronaldo.

Sold for £60

Deanna Durbin Collection, including autographs, signed letters, sheet music, studio release photographs, signed cover of Picture Goer etc.

Not Sold

A stamp album and stock book, The Lincoln Stamp Album, Well Presented Album of World Stamps, mostly 19th and early 20th century, together with a GB mixed stamp album including penny reds through to Queen Elizabeth II.

Sold for £35

A mixed collection of albums and stock books of world stamps, many pre 1910, most pre war GB and World, many Commonwealth.

Sold for £45

A collection of GB stamp albums and stock books, four stock books of various postmarks 1920's onwards, and five stock books of GB stamps mostly mint post war.

Sold for £55

Eleven stamp albums and stock books of World stamps, including large number of USA, Canada, Australia and New Zealand.

Sold for £60

Fifteen albums and stock books of Channel Island and Isle of Man stamps, mixed mint and franked.

Not Sold

A large collection of cigarette cards, many in original albums plus loose packs and sets by Ogdens, Gallagher, Churchman, Wills etc.

Sold for £140

Twenty one albums of vintage cigarette cards, by Wills, Turf, Mitchells, Players, Cavanders etc, mostly full sets.

Sold for £300

A collection of +/- 60 vintage Observer Books, includes The Observer Book of Observer Books No. 99, Insects, Aircraft, Gloriana, Glass etc.

Sold for £150

A collection of +/- 60 vintage Observer Books, includes Association Football, Soccer, Furniture, Fly Fishing, British Coins etc.

Sold for £140

A collection of +/- 60 vintage Observer Books, includes Flags, Steam Locomotives, Motor Cycles, Mushrooms, Golf etc.

Sold for £140

A collection of +/- 60 Observer Books, includes Castles, Coarse Fishing, Sculpture, Cotswolds, Pets, Lake District etc.

Sold for £190

A box of +/- 60+ vintage Observer Books, includes Manned Space Flight, Cricket, Rocks and Minerals, World Atlas, Tanks etc.

Sold for £140

Robert Mouseman Thompson Kilburn Yorkshire oak horseshoe shaped pin dish or ashtray, with carved mouse.  Length 11 cm (see illustration).

Sold for £350

Robert Mouseman Thompson Kilburn Yorkshire carved oak ashtray, with mouse facing right.  Length 10 cm.

Sold for £110

Robert Mouseman Thompson Kilburn Yorkshire carved oak ashtray, with mouse facing left.  Length 10 cm.

Sold for £150

Robert Mouseman Thompson Kilburn Yorkshire carved oak ashtray, with mouse facing left.  Length 10 cm.

Sold for £90

Robert Mouseman Thompson Kilburn Yorkshire carved oak ashtray, with mouse facing left.  Length 10 cm.

Sold for £120

Robert Mouseman Thompson Kilburn Yorkshire carved oak ashtray, with mouse facing left.  Length 10 cm.

Sold for £100

Robert Mouseman Thompson Kilburn Yorkshire carved oak ashtray, with mouse facing left.  Length 10 cm.

Sold for £85

Robert Mouseman Thompson Kilburn Yorkshire carved oak ashtray, with mouse facing left.  Length 10 cm.

Sold for £90

Four vintage bottles, to inlcude three Hamilton or Torpedo bottles, one marked J Pearson, another Philip & Allan Carlisle, one plain and another marked Caroline Claxton & Co Lincoln.

Sold for £30

Swatch Atlanta 1996 Olympic Games boxed set of wristwatches, nine in total with original packaging.

Not Sold

White Horse Whisky bottled 1940, No. 3370600.  No volume or strength stated, together with a bottle of Haig Dimple Whisky, boxed.

Sold for £350

No lot.

Not Sold

A collection of vintage and antique door furniture, locks with keys, handles and spare keys etc.  NOTE - To include an 1850's Hobbs & Co Parautoptic 6 lever adjustable key and, Chatwood Invincible key and Milner safe lock with original keys.

Sold for £2300

Eighteen vintage clay pipes, mostly 35-40 cm long.

Sold for £130

Four silver crowns, three commemorating The Queens Silver Jubilee in sterling silver. Weight 28.2 grams, in presentation box with certificate and Edward VII crown dated 1902.

Sold for £160

A collection of Georgian and Victorian silver coins, two 1826 Georgian shillings, five Victorian silver shillings 1877, 1879,1887, 1888 and 1892, a Georgian sixpence 1836 and a Victorian sixpence 1880. Weight 42.7 grams.

Sold for £80

A collection of George V silver coins, florins, shillings, sixpences and threepence coins. Weight 185 grams.

Sold for £110

An antiquarian book "History and Topography and Directory of Westmorland and Lonsdale North of the Sands in Lancashire", illustrated by a map of each county by P J Mannix, published in London 1849, leather spine and marbled boards, together with "Temple Bar A London Magazine for Town and Country Readers" July 1862 by George Augustus Sala, leather spine marbled boards.

Sold for £30

Four silver Victorian crowns, two for 1889, 1893 and 1900, an 1874 half crown date rubbed, two florins 1891 and 1900 and 1896 shilling. Weight 152 grams.

Sold for £200

A collection of mostly George V florins, five half crowns and two shillings, all dated between 1920-1942. Gross weight 587 grams.

Sold for £300

Taylors Vintage Port 1984, bottled in 1986 Quinta de Vargellas.

Sold for £65

A bottle of Croft 1963 vintage Port, marked Produce of Portugal Croft & Co Ltd London and Porto established 1678.

Sold for £160

A large sailors maritime embroidered knot picture, frame dimensions 55.5 cm x 65 cm.

Not Sold

A vintage enamelled London Street sign, Northwick Terrace NW8 City of Westminster.  43.5 x 92 cm.

Not Sold

David Foulis a rotary spit roasting device, with freestanding steel surround, marked to the top David Foulis Smith & Ironmonger 61 George Street Edinburgh.  Height 132 cm, width 55 cm, depth 41 cm.

Sold for £350

An Edwardian mahogany and inlaid cased Aeolian Vocalion gramophone, marked the Aeolian Co Ltd The Aeolian Hall New Bond Street West, Sole Agent John Hare 43-45 Grey Street Newcastle on Tyne, together with a quantity of records.  Case height 90 cm, width 51 cm, depth 57 cm.

Sold for £60

A collection of postcards by Edward Horace Thompson (1879-1949), to include The Lake District, Scotland, Wales etc. +/- 58.

Not Sold

A collection of sixty eight postcards by Edward Horace Thompson (1879-1949), to include The Lake District and Scotland, together with a copy of "A Phenomenal Talent" The Life and Paintings of Edward H Thompson compiled by Colin W Richardson, together with a letter from the author.

Sold for £60

A pair of Venetian mirrored wall appliques, with central figure in military uniform, the rears made from pine.  Height 40 cm, width 33 cm (see illustration).

Sold for £200

A 19th century mahogany artists easel, together with a pair of Georgian brass candlesticks, height 23 cm and a brass clip in the form of a hand.

Sold for £15

An Art Nouveau brass lamp base, with two electrified branches. Height 54 cm.

Sold for £120

A pair of 19th century tavern candlesticks, with service bells. eight +/- 32 cm.

Sold for £40

A pair of large brass candlesticks, possibly from a church. Height 64 cm.

Sold for £45

A late Victorian brass combined fender and spark guard, with rounded corners.  Maximum height 50 cm, width 134 cm, depth 35 cm.

Sold for £140

A mahogany and brass Westmorland style breezer (bellows). Length 70 cm.

Not Sold

After Moigniez a pair of bronze Stags, each raised on an oval variegated marble base.  Height 71 cm, maximum width 36 cm, depth 20 cm.

Sold for £500

A Victorian embossed brass framed mirror, with bevelled glass to the centre panel.  Height 70 cm, width 39 cm.

Sold for £80

After Pittaluga a bronze figure of a nymph, raised on a circular stepped base.  Height 36 cm.

Sold for £160

A Black Forest style carved wooden figure of prowling bear.  Height 28 cm, maximum length +/- 48 cm.

Not Sold

A pair of reproduction Tiffany style lamps, each with shade with vase shaped metal and glass bases. Height 59 cm, shade diameter 40 cm.

Sold for £300

A large wooden model ship, with rigging "Soleil Royal". Maximum height 99 cm, maximum length +/- 100 cm.

Sold for £200

A Victorian cast iron "Reaper" umbrella and stick stand, with detachable drip tray. Height 76 cm, width 42 cm.

Not Sold

A large Eastern pierced brass plaque, with crimped edge and decorative centre. Diameter 84 cm.

Sold for £70

Alfred Wainwright (1907-1991), a full set of seven Wainwright Pictorial Guides to The Lakeland Fells, each book bearing the signature of Alfred Wainwright accompanied by a typewritten notelet signed by Wainwright (see illustration).

Sold for £380

Wainwright (1907-1991), two signed hardback books, "Wainwright on The Pennine Way" and "Fellwalking With Wainwright".

Sold for £85

A mixed selection of signed books, David Attenborough, James Martin, Geoff Hamilton, David Shepherd, Terry Waite, Andrew Marr, Michael Portillo signed first day cover in Great Victorian Railway Journeys book, John Hunt, Neil Munroe etc.

Sold for £65

Fourteen signed biographies and sporting books, Colin Montgomery, Tony Jacklin, Michael Vaughan, Mike Atherton, Alex Higgins, Stephen Hendry, Mo Farrar, John McEnroe, Andy Murray etc.

Not Sold

Fourteen signed books, Jeffrey Archer, Alan Titchmarsh, R F Delderfield, Wilbur Smith, James Herriot, Miss Reed, Frederick Forsyth etc.

Not Sold

Seventeen signed biographies of entertainers, including Ginger Rogers, David Suchet, Rowan Atkinson, Ronnie Corbet, Gareth Malone, Rod Stewart, Ken Dodd etc. (see illustration).

Not Sold

A cut and faceted glass five branch Venetian glass centre ceiling chandelier, maximum height +/- 60 cm, maximum width +/- 50 cm.

Sold for £80

A wire and faceted glass drop centre ceiling light fitting, six branch. Overall height including suspension chain +/- 73 cm, diameter +/- 52 cm.

Sold for £70

Seven signed football related autobiographies, Billy Wright "A Hero For All Seasons", signed by Billy and his wife Joy, and the ghost writer Norman Giller and also two of The Beverley Sisters (as Joy his wife was a Beverley sister), Tom Finney "My Autobiography" signed, also with a photograph of Tom Finney, Stanley Matthews "The Authorised Biography" signed, and Alex Ferguson, David Beckham, Kevin Keegan and Sam Allardyce, all signed first editions.

Sold for £60

Politician signed books, Tony Blair "A Journey", signed hardback, second Tony Blair book, the signature is on first day cover, probably used as a bookmark, Edward Heath "The Course of My Life", signed first edition and Alex Salmond "The Dream Shall Never Die" signed first edition.

Sold for £50

"Margaret Thatcher The Path to Power", signed first edition with dedication to Sir Maxwell Harper Gow.

Sold for £50

Margaret Thatcher "The Downing Street Years", signed first edition.

Sold for £50

A Guys Britannic calculating machine No. 1838, first quarter of 20th century, with lockable sloped case. Length 25 cm, depth 18 cm, height 15.5 cm.

Sold for £80

A mixed selection of GB and World stamps, 19th century and later, including Ceylon, India, France, Japan etc, in albums, stock books and loose.

Sold for £35

Imperial postage stamp album, containing mostly 19th century GB and World stamps, penny blacks, two penny blues, penny reds, Indian, Carribbean, Ceylon, Gold Coast, Canada etc.

Sold for £180

An album of 19th and very early 20th century stamps, includes six penny blacks, one with black Maltese cross cancellation, two with vague magenta Maltese cross cancellation, together with two pence stamps including black Maltese cross cancellation and large quantity of penny reds etc.

Sold for £160

A short length stick with carved head, with tapered end drilled with threaded cord. Length 56 cm.

Sold for £10

Humber Imperial horse mascot, Art Deco Imperial horse mascot, originally fitted to Humber Imperial and Pullman motor cars produced from 1930-1935, chrome plated, but missing stepped base.

Sold for £65

A vintage Chinese carved cinnabar red lacquered trinket box.  21.5 cm long, 8.5 cm deep, 6 cm high, together with a vintage Swan fountain pen with 14 ct gold nib, a Samson Morden yellow metal propelling pencil and keyring type propelling pencil.

Sold for £170

An early 20th century cased trumpet, unnamed, with two spare mouth pieces.

Sold for £48

A boxed Cavendish clarinet, with spare reeds and quantity of sheet music.

Not Sold

Two 19th century purses, one with hand painted oval portrait, painted on glass, the second with brass etched design front and back.

Not Sold

A Lachenal thirty one button six fold bellowed concertina, in fitted box.

Sold for £1000

Two Victorian spice tins. 15.5 cm diameter and 18.5 cm diameter.

Sold for £25

A brass cylindrical vase. Height 18 cm, stamped W H Mawson Keswick, together with a copper cylindrical vase stamped W H Mawson Keswick, height 13 cm. and a small copper pin dish unmarked.

Sold for £50

Keswick School of Industrial Arts cylindrical brass vase, with embossed foliate design, stamped K.S.I.A. to the base.  Height 25 cm

Sold for £50

Keswick School of Industrial Arts copper tray, 51 cm x 31.5 cm, with flower and leaf pattern borders.

Sold for £90

Keswick School of Industrial Arts shamrock copper tray, with mounts to the back 50 cm x 30 cm, stamped KS.I.A.

Sold for £65

A small collection of mostly First World War military postcards, Surrender of the German Fleet, The Landing Stage Freetown, Falkland Islands.

Not Sold

"A gentleman farmer being an attempt to improve agriculture", third edition, printed in Edinburgh 1788, leather bound.

Sold for £50

A brass students microscope, in fitted mahogany box, with multiple lenses and accessories.

Sold for £65

A Victorian commemorative turned ebony snuff box, the lid with circular panel and portrait of Caroline Queen of England, 7.5 cm diameter.

Sold for £60

Four vintage pens, Conway Stewart with 14 ct gold nib, Pukka 51, Conway Stewart No. 286 with 14 ct gold nib and a Parker ballpoint pen.

Sold for £85

A collection of Royal Commemorative Coronation medals, Queen Victoria, Edward VII, George VI, Crystal Palace Annual Festival of Music 1910 and 1911 etc.

Not Sold

Five antique fountain pens, Blackbird self filling pen with 14 ct gold nib, Parker Duofold pen, The Unique Pen with 14 ct gold nib, The Summit with 14 ct gold nib and a Waterman's Ideal.

Sold for £130

A Coromandel wood desktop lockable spring action set of three accounts book, address book and daily diary, late 19th century with fleur de lis brass decoration.  18.5 cm long, 7 cm wide, 12 cm high.

Sold for £150

One volume "The Volatile Oils", American edition 1900, together with "A History and Description of English Earthenware & Stoneware", William Burton FCS.

Not Sold

A Pip & Squeak children's Annual dated 1923, taken from The Daily Mirror Newspapers, together with one volume "The Frog Band and The Onion Seller" signed by the author Jim Smith.

Sold for £5

Two volumes Badminton Library, "Sea Fishing" by John Bickerdike 1895 and "Sea Fishing" by C O Minchin.

Sold for £20

An antique pewter bowl, a copper measure with iron handle and a small pestle and mortar. Largest 20.5 cm.

Sold for £12