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Auction House:Leski Auctions Pty. Ltd.Number of lots recorded:506
Sale Title:Decorative Arts & Collectables, Day 2Lots with images:504
Auction Location:MelbournePrices available:411
Date:1-Nov-2020
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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, softbound Olivia - The biography of Olivia Newton-John by Tim Ewbank (2008) with…
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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 (25 x 20 mm) 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 plus signed large black & white photo (25 x 20 mm) of Marie Osmond, Patti Smith Dream of…
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American Composers & Musical Theatre Luminaries - Books and Autographs: comprising Stephen Sondheim Look I Made a Hat (2011) with Sondheim's signature on piece also unsigned Sondheim - A Life by Meryle Secrest (1998), West Side Story special edition DVD with signed photograph of Ross Tamblyn and Chita Rivera & George Chakiris signatures on separate pieces, plus Westside Story Authorised Screenplay (2003) with signed photograph of Rita Moreno and signatures on separate pieces for Arthur Laurentis (co screen…
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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)
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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 20 cm) 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 19 cm) signed by Barry, Robin & Maurice Gibb, plus unsigned softbound Bee Gees Complete Vol.1 & Vol. 2 (1992) containing lyrics & music, Freddie Mercury A Kind…
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Arnold Schwarzenegger - The Terminator - Display featuring six images from the the iconic 1984 film, the central image (24 x 19.5 cm) signed by Schwarzenegger, commemorative plaque beneath celebrating his career highlights, Superstars & Legend CofA, framed & glazed, overall 67.5 x 67.5 cm.
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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 20 cm), Sam Phillips - The Man Who Invented Rock 'N' Roll by Pete Guralnick (2015) with signed dedication God Bless You, Your Friend, Carl Perkins on piece, also softbound American Bandstand - Dick…
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Winston Churchill - 1908 Election Campaign Photograph: Original photograph (24 x 35.5 cm) 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 62 cm. [Churchill's Kinnaird Hall speech is regarded as one of his finest and bears many similarities to his later oratory. Churchill was elected at Dundee and took the Cabinet position of President of the Board of Trade in…
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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, (30.5 x 46 x 15 cm). The black leather covering, rather than the usual red, indicates the box was likely used in a private capacity by Bevir, probably for carrying papers between London and his private…
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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.
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Winston Churchill - Documents, Journals & Ephemera: World War II 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, plus stray copy of book With Kitchener's Army by…
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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 (1953), Biggles of the Interpol (1957) & Biggles Presses On (1958),…
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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) & Sergeant Bigglesworth C.I.D.…
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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), Biggles Goes Home (1960, Children's Book Club, #68.2, very…
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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, Biggles and the Black Peril (14), duplication of the reissues throughout, some…
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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)
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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 230 mm) 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 168 mm) by William Henry Fox Talbot, tipped-in with the tissue guard intact. All…
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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.
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The Human Eye And Its Auxiliary Organs, Anatomically Represented, With Explanatory Text By Dr. H. Renow [Lon. 1896], brown boards with red spine
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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)
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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.
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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. Deluxe addition, numbered #285 of a limited printing of 1000 copies, Signed in Ink By Dali on the limitation page.
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J. Paul Getty/Ethel Le Vane: Collector's Choice: The Chronicle of an Artistic Odyssey through Europe. [W.H.Allen, London, first edition, 1955]. Inscribed (in Le Vane's hand) on title page To Michael Pochna (Getty employee), with the best wishes of Ethel Le Vane and also Signed By Getty J. Paul Getty, Dec. 1955, 360pp hardbound with red cloth boards, photographic illustrations within. Rare presentation copy of this book by the enigmatic tycoon and collector.
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Marc Chagall: Ausstellung 1959 - Hamburg, Munich, Paris, Catalogue of the 1959 travelling exhibition of Chagall's work:- Hamburg, Feb. 6 - Mar. 22, Munich, Apr.7 - May 31 and Paris, Jun.14 - Sep. 30, Signed By Chagall in full in graphite on title page, square octavo with 109 leaves of black & white or colour plates of artwork featured in the exhibition.
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Oskar Kokoschka - Marlborough-Gerson Gallery (New York), Exhibition Catalogue. Illustrated stiff card covers with Kokoschka's 1966 self-portrait on the front cover with Kokoschka's Inscription Oskar Kokoschka, 23.X.66, New York alongside, profusely illustrated with colour and black & white plates, catalogue essay by E.H. Gombrich, small quarto, 133pp. Rare catalogue, inscribed by the great Austrian expressionist and master of modernism.
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Victor Vasarely - Four Volume Presentation Set, [Galerie du Griffon, Neuchatel, Switzerland, 1969, 1971, 1974 & 1979]. Magnificent set of books on the Optical Art master of the 20th century. Volume 3 three inscribed To Dean Allen Austill in appreciation for your kind invitation - Vasarely plus a loosely enclosed 1984 press release for Vaserely to deliver a lecture at the New School for Social Research, New York, (at which he was introduced by Austill), all volumes quarto sized and extensively illustrated…
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Art of The Sixties (Kunst Der Sechziger Jahre) - Peter Ludwig, Andy Warhol, et al. [Wallraf-Richartz Museum, Koln, 4th edition, 1970]. Bilingual publication comprising 170 leaves each interleaved with glassine transparencies, and with tipped-in colour plates, featuring some of the greatest pop and modern artists of the period. Quarto, flexible plastic binding with metal rivets.
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Rugs & Carpets: selection with hardbound titles comprising Oriental Carpets by Schurmann, World Rugs & Carpets - Comprehensive Guide to the Design. Provenance: and Buying of Carpets edited by David Black, Oriental Carpets in the Museum of Islamic Art, Berlin by Spuhler, Caucasian Rugs of Yesterday by Fokker, also softbound Rugs & Carpets from Central Asia - the Russian Collections by Tzareva. (5 items).
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Andy Warhol - Films and Paintings. [Peter Gidal, Studio Vista, 1971] Octavo, pictorial dustjacket, illustrated, 160pp. The very scarce hardbound edition.
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Henry Moore in America - Artist signed. [Henry Seldis, Praeger Publishers, New York in association with Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1973]. First edition with gilt lettered black cloth boards and illustrated dust jacket, Signed On The Title Page By Henry Moore, black & white illustrations, quarto 283pp, hardbound.
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Henry Miller - Grandeur Nature. [Gallimard Publishers, Paris,1975]. Illustrated dust jacket, showing portrait of Miller by esteemed photographer Brassai, Signed Inscription By Brassai on the half title page - Pour Baby et Marion Sulzberger, bien amicalement, Brassai. Paris, le 29 dec 1975, features 16 crisp photogravure illustrations of people and places from Miller's life in Paris, octavo 264pp, softbound with stiff card covers. Limited Edition of 25 Copies. [Miller was the first to call Brassai The eye…
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Gross, Chaim (1909-1991) A Retrospective, [Lowe Art Museum, New York, 1977]. Featuring tapestries, watercolours, drawings and lithographs. Signed and inscribed on the title page To Bob Raphael - best wishes Chaim Gross, with small Self Portrait in pencil, quarto, 46pp, softbound.
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Andy Warhol - Portrait of the 70s. [Random House, editor David Whitney, first edition, 1979]. Published in conjunction with an exhibition at the Whitney Museum of American Art (Nov. 20, 1979 to Jan.27, 1980), Signed By Warhol on title page, illustrated in colour with reproductions of the painted photographs of celebrities for which Warhol is best known, with an essay by Robert Rosenblum, square quarto, illustrated stiff card covers, 141pp.
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Robert Rauschenberg Werke - Staatliche Kunsthalle, Berlin (1980), Substantial exhibition calatalogue, boldly Signed By Rauschenberg in black marker on inside front cover, extensively illustrated, 379pp softbound.
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Bruce Weber - O Rio De Janeiro (Photographic Journal). [Alfred A Knopf, New York, 1986]. Fully illustrated photo-book with several fold-out plates, folio format. One of the great photo-books of the twentieth century featuring voyeuristic images of the fashionable youth of Rio set against the sun kissed backdrop of the tropical metropolis.
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Rita Galle - Coriandoli, Oblong folio housed in slip case, with eight watercolour reproductions, plus original Signed Original Watercolour By Galle, poems by Lorenzo Perrone, numbered #89 of limited edition of 125 copies, signed by artist and poet.
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Blais,Jean-Charles De Memoire, [Franck Bordas, Paris, 1995]. Artist's book consisting of seven lithographed folding sheets by Blais, octavo (21 x 16 cm), housed within folder and slipcase, limited edition of 125 copies, signed and numbered on the colophon.
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The Vanishing Border: A Retrospective of China and Hong Kong through Maps published by Credit Lyonnais Securities (Asia) Ltd. [Hong Kong, 1997], limited edition of 3000 copies, embossed yellow cloth boards with gilt lettering and blue thread binding, in original slip case, inscribed and endorsed by Jodie Allison (Project Manager)
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Damien Hirst/Gordon Burn: On the Way to Work. [Faber & Faber, first edition, 2001] hardbound with original silver papered boards showing geometric design to upper board, in original protected dust jacket, Signed On Title Page By Hirst, fully illustrated in colour and black & white, 232pp.
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Clinton, Bill. My Life, [New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 2004], First edition, octavo, gilt-lettered boards in original dustjacket. With photographs. Signed by Bill Clinton to the title page.
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Ed Ruscha - Make New History. Objet d'art designed by Ruscha to celebrate the 30th Anniversary of the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, consisting of approximately 600 plain white leaves with block text Make, New & History on the three sides of the sheet edges, hardbound with grey cloth boards, Signed By Ruscha on the colophon page. Limited edition of 1000 copies, only distributed to attendees at the anniversary gala, includes the original custom printed cardboard box.
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Postcards & Photographs: selection in album with 12 World War I photographs of Australian Troops on the Western Front some showing religious services/parades, two showing athletic events, postcards with European views of Brussels, Marseilles, Paris, Gibraltar, plus a few South African cards. (88)
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Titanic White Star Line postcard, commercially used with reference to an acquaintance that went down with the ship, together with a bound volume of the London Illustrated News with expose on the Titanic disaster, (2 items)
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1900 Paris Exposition Universelle Internationale: Bronze medal by Chaplain, (63 mm) awarded to Cornelius Reitsammer. Superb condition.
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1900 Exposition Universelle de Paris: Postcard & Trade Card collection in album, mainly chromo-lithographic types with advertisements on reverse. Noted Liebig, Maison Paul Mairesse, Grands Magasins du Musee de Cluny, H. Gatinois, Pygmalion Nouveautes, Creme Express, Ch. Jux Confiseur, Perles du Japon, Biscuits Ninot & Bastide, Societe Anonyme Le Grand Credit Parisien, Le Chocolat Lombart, etc. (231)
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Comedian Harmonists Singen Nur Fur Odeon poster by Friedel, 70 x 93 cm. The group, The Comedian Harmonists performed between 1927 and 1934 as one of the most successful musical groups in Europe before World War II. It consisted of Harry Frommermann (tenor buffo), Ari Leschnikoff (first tenor), Erich Collin (second tenor), Roman Cycowski (baritone), Robert Biberti (bass), and Erwin Bootz (pianist). The hallmark of the Comedian Harmonists was its members' ability to blend their voices together so that the…
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c.1970-71 Art Exhibition Posters: comprising Gallery of Primitive Art Ancient Aboriginal Rock Engravings, Art from Bali & African Art, Powell Street Gallery Sepik Art & New Paintings (Stephen Earle & Robin Wallace-Crabbe), Chapman Powell St. Gallery The Tit & Toe Show (Bob Jenyns sculpture), Age Gallery Paint it Yourself Exhibition, also 1984 Christine Berkman poster for Women's Art Register plus a small Labour Party political poster. (9 items)
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The Union of Burma: A collection of large-format black & white silver gelatin photographs, each with the violet handstamp of the Office of Instruction verso, circa 1950s, all approx. 37 x 29 cm or 29 x 37 cm. (27 items). Images include working elephants, making jewellery and handcrafts, temples and shrines, crowds at political rallies, dancers, etc.
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Platform destination signed from Clifton Hill station in Melbourne, 20th century, 150 cm high, 96 cm wide, 30 cm deep
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Sydney Trams engine plate The Clyde Engineering Co. Ltd. Granville & Sydney, N.S.W., painted cast iron, early 20th century, 19 x 18.5 cm
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Early 20th century scratch built 2 scale model of an Edward Morgan (Hamiton, New Zealand) steam traction engine built for Hamilton City Council, green livery with gold trim, front wheel diameter 16 cm, rear wheel diameter 30 cm, length 85 cm, width 40 cm, height 59 cm, weight approximately 100kg.
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Bassett Lowke live steam model of British Gnr (Great Northern Railway) '4-4-2' Atlantic steam engine with 6-wheel tender, livery in green, 3½ inch gauge, length (with tender) 110 cm, width 16.5 cm, height 28 cm, weight 25kg.
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20th Century 3 scale model of Chas. Burrell & Sons Ltd (Thetford, England) steam traction engine. Sturdy metal construction exhibiting quality workmanship, maroon livery with black, red && gold trim, front wheel diameter 27 cm, rear wheel diameter 42 cm, length 111 cm, width 53 cm, height 75 cm, weight approximately 130kg.
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A rare antique Continental treen ware card press with four box compartments, two removable porcelain scoreboards and pencils, plus antique cards, 19th century, 22 cm high,29 cm wide, 15 cm deep
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Mariko Mori 1998 Star Doll - prepared for Parkett No.54 (International Art Magazine), unopened in superb condition with original box and packaging, limited edition numbered #48 (of 99) with CofA, box 32 x 15 x 8 cm.
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A ¾ size antique violin bearing the label Jacobus Stainer, Bohemian, 19th century, in a period coffin case, 59 cm long
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Elvis Presley: Attractive display featuring image of a seated Elvis aboard a train, demo 45rpm recording of My Happiness (Sun Records, 1953) and commemorative plaque for the My Happiness recording, stated to be a limited edition, numbered '438' of 500, framed and glazed. 88 x 45.5 cm overall
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Elvis Presley: attractive displays for Elvis 45rpm recordings Hound Dog/Don't Be Cruel, In the Ghetto/I Can Dream, Blue Suede Shoes/Tutti Frutti and All Shook Up/Teddy Bear, all framed & glazed, each 47.5 x 55 cm. (4 items)
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An antique English corkscrew with crown patent, whalebone, bristle, brass and steel with ratchet mechanism, 19th century, 19 cm high
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An antique English corkscrew with applied coat of arms, whalebone, bristle, brass and steel, 19th century, '17 cm high
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Three assorted meerschaum pipes, horses with rider, cherub, and a dog, two in fitted cases, 19th century, the largest 16.5 cm long
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Two pipes, one in the form of a revolver, the other an American civil war soldier, 19th and early 20th century, 12.5 cm and 10 cm long
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Two antique pipes, timber with decorative silver mounts in fitted cases, late 19th and early 20th century, 16 cm and 14 cm long
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