fine art

Great Britain Victorian to QEII, used ranges in six stock books and on a bundle of hanger pages.

Sold for £70

Great Britain Victorian to EDVIII, mint and used stamps in small black folder book including 1d Black, 9d Green mint SG 195, 9d surface printed SG 1110 unused, various GV to 2/6d to 10/- seahorses x 3 sets and other interesting on cards.

Sold for £220

Great Britain Victorian to QEII, mint and used ranges in two red albums and large black 'Ace' stock book, with a useful range of mint early QEII stamps.

Sold for £45

Great Britain GV to QEII collection, in large Linder stock book, royal Mail red stock book and large Lighthouse blue album, with much duplication of mint and used, including several sets and singles of GVI 2/6d to £1 Brown (SG 476/479), QEII Machine 2/6d to £1 Black (SG 787/790), high catalogue value.

Sold for £70

Great Britain Edward VIII, a useful collection in blue album, a folder and large sheet folder, of stamps of EDVIII, booklet panes, cover, complete sheets, etc., interesting lost for the specialist or dealer.

Sold for £160

Great Britain QEII, large or part sheets of mint pre-decimal stamps, including 2.6d castles full sheet, CEPT, birds, flowers, lifeboat, mainly material from the 1960's, high face value.

Sold for £60

Great Britain QEII, quantity of mint and used in large red stock book from 1957, sets and part sets, definitive's, commemoratives and regional issues, quantity in stock sheets, stock book pages, on album sheets and loose leaf black album, high face value.

Sold for £80

Great Britain, folder of mainly QEII mint stamps, early definitive's and commemoratives, stock lot with some 'Phosphor' issues, later to decimal issues, booklets, etc., high face value.

Sold for £90

Great Britain QEII 1971-1994, unmounted with quantity of decimal issues in large green stock book, high face value, inspection recommended.

Sold for £90

Great Britain QEII, two large green Lighthouse stock books with unmounted mint range of early MACHIN definitive stamps, some specialised and commemorative stamps, needs careful checking, very high face value.

Not Sold

Great Britain QEII, large quantity of mainly mint and unmounted mint definitive and commemorative stamps, pre-decimal and decimal, in six large stock books, large loose leaf stock album and black spring back with collection in Hawid mounts, very high face value, needs careful checking.

Not Sold

Great Britain QEII, large accumulation of mint and used stock ranges of pre-decimal and Machins with specialised including phosphor, gum types, paper types, etc., good lot housed in four albums and eight large stock books, careful inspection recommended.

Sold for £220

Great Britain 1971 Postal Strike collection, album, loose in packets, covers, etc., quantity in box.

Sold for £40

Great Britain mainly QEII mint stamps, pre-decimal and decimal issues with sheets, stock cards, miniature sheets, etc., in box, high face value and good lot, careful inspection recommended.

Sold for £100

Great Britain Victorian to QEII, box of mint and used stamps on album sheets, approval books, stock cards, etc., needs checking.

Sold for £100

Great Britain, large box of pre-decimal from 1966 and decimal presentation packs, high face value, good lot, inspection recommended.

Sold for £70

Great Britain QEII Harrison & Son, issued from 1961 Cept issue to decimal issue, twelve presentation folders.

Sold for £16

Great Britain 1940-2008, a very large quantity of first day covers, three albums and large box, many clean and unaddressed, some special postmarks and events and signed covers.

Sold for £70

Great Britain stamp booklets, GV1 to QEII, including cook & Wedgwood booklets and quantity of PHQ cards in album.

Sold for £60

Great Britain QEII, box with large quantity of Special Year presentation packs, early 1980's-90's boxed Library Year packs, Special Event packs, etc., very high face value, viewing recommended.

Not Sold

Great Britain 2010 large "uncut" press sheet of the "London Festival of Stamps, miniature sheet of twenty (pre-guillotining - with letter from Post Office), rolled and in protective tube.

Sold for £32

Commonwealth Bermuda 1937-1949 mint GVI stamps, lot on printed page with 2/- to £1 key plate types, nice clean lot.

Sold for £30

Literature 1934, fine 30 p.p. example of Volume No. 1, First Issue of The Stamp Magazine, good condition.

Sold for £5

A collection of Rio de Janeiro souvenir pieces, comprising tray and three pictures painted and butterfly wings.

Sold for £20

A pair of late 19th/early 20th century Shibayama plaques, in carved bone to black ground, birds and foliate in moulded and carved frames. 24 ins x 15 ins.

Sold for £42

A Border Regiment First Volunteer Battalion cap badge, together with three shoulder pips, an ARP badge, a Westmorland & Cumberland Yeomanry beret badge and a TA clip.

Sold for £280

Two Coronation medals, cased, Edward VII 1902 and George V 1911.

Sold for £35

A pair of Columbus postal scales, brass and tin, cantilever action. Height 6 ins.

Sold for £52

An Augustus Caesar bronze coin, 63 BC-AD 14, good to fine, clear portrait, obverse elephant, ex providentia Senatvs Pqr. (see illustration).

Sold for £90

A collection of coins and banknotes, various nationalities principally English.

Sold for £310

A carved sandstone keystone, in the form of the face of an oriental gentleman. Height 9.5 ins.

Sold for £100

A 19th century transfer printed lavatory bowl, Wood & Jackson, Fleetwood, "Triumph", complete with a wooden lift up seat (see illustration).

Sold for £230

A Heubach Koppelsdorf bisque headed doll, 250.4, Germany, with articulated composition body, with rolling eyes and protruding teeth. Length 23 ins.

Sold for £80

A late Victorian/Edwardian tortoiseshell purse, with silver coloured bands. 3 ins x 2 ins.

Sold for £60

A Victorian tortoiseshell mounted eye glass. Length folded 2.75 ins.

Sold for £20

A 16 mm sound projector, "Elf", with thirteen films including "Queen's Wedding, 1947", black and white format, "Telephone Engineers into Ennerdale Lake", etc.

Not Sold

A 19th century brass and painted metal crib, raised on castors. Length 25 ins, width 13 ins.

Sold for £135

A stuffed highland cow head, with label verso "W.H. Hoodless, Wigton, Cumberland". Horn width 37 ins.

Sold for £135

A 19th century Italian zither, bearing trade label "Alfonso Abate, Corso, Garibaldi, 42 Napoli, 1883", rosewood, ebony and mother of pearl, with iron frame. Length 26 ins.

Sold for £190

An Austrian carved wooden pipe, with threaded cover, with male torso terminal, the body finely carved with hunting trophies and raised on a turned stem. Height 5.25 ins.

Sold for £300

A large carved pine model of a goose. Height 74 ins.

Sold for £280

An Edwardian mannequin, composition with material over. Height 40 ins.

Sold for £360

A 19th century crystoleum, a Regency interior scene. 7.5 ins x 9.25 ins.

Sold for £50

An early 19th century framed silhouette, Regency gentleman, half profile. 4.75 ins x 3.75 ins.

Sold for £20

An early 19th century silhouette, oval, profile bust of a gentleman. 2.75 ins x 3.25 ins, in gilt frame with ebonised surround and acorn hanger.

Sold for £15

An early 19th century oval portrait miniature, watercolour on paper, profile bust of a gentleman. 3 ins x 2.5 ins, in ebonised frame with thistle, rose and shamrock hanger.

Sold for £30

WITHDRAWN
A Mahjong set, in wooden case, 120 counters, two blanks, together with sticks.

Not Sold

A pair of Thurston & Co snooker and billiard scoreboards, each with "Thurston & Co., Catherine Street, Strand" trademark, one depicting the colours, the other points. Widths respectively 15 ins and 44.5 ins.

Sold for £260

A Persian travelling inkwell, 19th century or possibly earlier, with candle holder above a pen rack and swivel reservoir, with easel back and paw feet. Height 8.5 ins.

Sold for £160

A pair of 19th century Chinese painted wooden temple guardians, each in seated pose, brightly painted and heightened with gilding. Height 18 ins, width 10 ins (see illustration).

Sold for £580

A Chinese root carving, of a skeletal male figure wearing a robe and standing on a branch work base. Height 14 ins.

Not Sold

A Chinese hardwood table lamp base, male figure holding aloft a light fitting, robed and on pierced base. Height 14 ins.

Sold for £50

A set of four gilt brass two branch light fittings, ribbon and swag hangers in the Adam style. Each height 18 ins.

Sold for £75

A 19th century khukri knife, together with a dagger with leather grip and scabbard.

Sold for £48

A pair of 18th century portrait miniatures on tin, each circular, female and male. Each diameter 3.25 ins, in gilt frames.

Not Sold

A heavy horse governess bridle, leather with brass fittings.

Sold for £30

Two Roman style oil lamps, one with wick raising mechanism and snake handle, painted metal, the other brass with mask face.

Sold for £30

A car mascot paperweight, inscribed to the base "Maserati 4CLT 1948 by Tiercel", manufactured from a radiator cap. Width approximately 2.5 ins.

Sold for £95

Four pieces of soapstone, a pyramid of monkeys, a small vase, and two Dog of Fo seals. Heights from 4 ins to 2 ins.

Sold for £60

A Carl Paul Goerz artillery compass, Second World War, the silvered dial marked "BR9493" with protective cover, bracket and mount. Diameter 140 mm.

Not Sold

The property of William Mitchell of Maryport, a walking cane, the tortoiseshell screw off top revealing a compass and three draw telescope with shagreen grip, the collar of the cane marked "Patent". Length 35 ins (see illustration).

Sold for £980

A collection of five Chinese tin plaques, early 20th century, each with wooden frame.

Not Sold

A Gordon Highlander pin with motto "Bydan", silver coloured metal. Length 2.5 ins.

Sold for £30

Three canes, one Chinese bamboo carved with insects, sea creatures and birds, another heart of palm, the third with silver coloured mount.

Sold for £40

A collection of ostrich feathers and two fur stoles.

Sold for £20

One volume "Flowers from Nature", with the botanical name, class and order and instructions for copying, lithographs and coloured from drawings by Ann Everard, London published Joseph Dickinson, 1835.

Not Sold

One volume The Graphic Portfolio " A Selection from the Admired Engravings which have appeared in The Graphic", London 1876.

Sold for £50

One volume The Illustrated London News, January to June 1875.

Not Sold

A Chinese turquoise hardstone carving of two fighting Dogs of Fo, raised on a hardwood base, cased. Figure width 2.5 ins, height including stand 3.5 ins (see illustration).

Sold for £170

A late 19th century Black Forest jewellery box, with five cantilever trays profusely carved with deeply cut flowers and foliage, complete and with original key and working lock. 230 mm x 120 mm x 130 mm.

Sold for £60

A rare and complete Black Forest inkwell stand, carved in the form of a walnut on a leaf and complete with original glass liner, refer "Swiss Carvings-The Art of the Black Forest 1820-1940".

Not Sold

A bust of Hermes, substantial, reconstituted white Carrera marble.

Sold for £90

A set of eight Baxter prints, rural scenes, circa 1890. Each 3.5 ins x 4.25 ins, framed.

Sold for £80

A fruitwood and Mauchline Ware book slide, Jerpoint Abbey, Kilkenny and Liscarton Castle to each end support. Length 13 ins.

Sold for £45

An Edwardian book slide, "Old Books to Read", depicting a young girl reading to either end. Length 16 ins.

Sold for £48

A Treen bowl, 19th century, with handle. Diameter 8.5 ins.

Sold for £52

A pair of 19th century portrait miniatures, oval, young girl and boy, Mary Singleton and brother. Each approximately 4.5 cms x 3 cms, in wooden frame.

Sold for £170

A Japanese lacquered plate and snuffbox, decorated with figures and foliage, circa 1900. Plate diameter 8 ins, box width 3 ins.

Sold for £30

A 19th century giltwood bracket, of scrolling rococo design. Width 12 ins, height 16 ins.

Sold for £180

A late Victorian bone chess set, Staunton pattern, red and white, one white pawn with ball terminal missing. Height of Queen 3.25 ins.

Sold for £60

A Victorian solitaire board with series of marbles. Diameter 7.25 ins.

Sold for £28

A 19th century fan, with ivory blades, the fan decorated with birds and cherubs, floral sprays and beadwork and signed by the artist.

Sold for £20

A 3.5 inch gauge model locomotive, LMS 4.6.2 number 6002 Princess Royal, red livery, complete with tender and display case. This model was the subject of an article in Model Engineer Volume 87 by Percival Marshall 1942 "One of the Best Workmanship I Have Seen". Locomotive length 40 ins, tender length 22 ins, height to top of cab 10 ins (see illustration).

Sold for £5000

Gordon Griffiths, a metal model of a wren on an acorn and oak leaf branch, raised on a turned walnut cylindrical stand. Height 7.5 ins (see illustration).

Sold for £350

WITHDRAWN
A London & Westminster bank 1872 note, inked to George A. Berkley £10-15 shillings, puce, number 714576.

Not Sold

A 19th century mother of pearl and painted fan, in giltwood case. Case width 24 ins.

Sold for £120

A pair of 19th century bronze candelabra, each in the form of a draped cherub holding aloft a spray of flowers and raised on a fluted stepped green marble and black slate plinth. Height 26 ins (see illustration).

Not Sold

A pair of 19th century bronze candelabra, five branch with centre sconce, Corinthian type capital, fluted column and stiff leaf moulded base raised on short lion paw feet and with triform base. Height excluding later light fittings 27 ins (see illustration).

Sold for £750

A late 19th/early 20th century Chinese hardwood figure of a deity, wearing a broad rimmed hat and with open mouth with ivory teeth, raised on a naturalistic base. Height 16.5 ins.

Not Sold

A pair of 19th century metal three branch candelabra, each of a native American figure, one male, one female, holding aloft three branch candelabra with glass prism drops and raised on a stepped metal base. Height 23 ins (see illustration).

Sold for £1000

A collection of land deeds, reference land in Lancashire, principally 19th century.

Sold for £10

A Fender Stratocaster American guitar, 1986, serial number E813463, red contour body, maple neck and hardwood fretboard.

Sold for £470

A Bowie knife, circa 1920, inscribed to the blade "Remember The Alamo 1836 The Last Stand of Colonel Jim Bowie", with rosewood handle and nickel guard. Length 16 ins.

Sold for £100

A late 19th century Bowie type knife, by William Rogers, Sheffield, with nickel guard and hardwood handle. Length 10.25 ins.

Sold for £50

A 17th century articulated armoured gauntlet, probably Italian. Length 9.25 ins.

Sold for £150

A pair of 19th century copies of 18th century Italian knee armour, articulated.

Sold for £120

A model of Picketts Charge Gettysburgh 1863 American Civil War, painted resin soldiers in perspex and wooden case. Width 14.5 ins.

Sold for £50

A 19th century portrait miniature, oval, a young French officer, painted on paper laid on wood. 3 ins x 2.75 ins, in ebonised frame with acorn hanger.

Sold for £70

An early 19th century portrait miniature, a gentleman wearing frock coat, oval. 3 ins x 2.5 ins, in ebonised frame with rose and thistle hanger.

Sold for £90

An oriental brass framed mirror, in the form of a standing Chinese warrior holding a mirror plate. Width 16 ins, height 24 ins.

Not Sold