RAVEN, Simon (1908-2001). Alms for Oblivion, London, 1964-76, 11 vols. including one duplicate, 8vo, original cloth; and 3 others by the same author. ALL FIRST EDITIONS, in dust-jackets, two inscribed by the author. Please see the full listing below. (14)
RAVEN, Simon (1908-2001). Alms for Oblivion, London, 1964-76, 11 vols.…
RAVEN, Simon (1908-2001). The Alms for Oblivion sequence, listed in order of the date of publication, comprising: The Rich Pay Late (London, 1964), Friends in Low Places (London, 1965), The Sabre…
Hammer price: £220
Estimate: £300 - £500
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
RAVEN, Simon (1927-2001). The original autograph manuscript of the first three chapters of the novel "Friends in Low Places", written in blue ink on the rectos only of 174-pages, with a typed covering letter from the author, contained in a cloth box.
RAVEN, Simon (1927-2001). The original autograph manuscript of the first…
RAVEN, Simon (1927-2001).  The original autograph manuscript of the first three chapters [as eventually published] of "Friends in Low Places", the second novel in the "Alms for Oblivion" sequence,…
Hammer price: £3,000
Estimate: £300 - £500
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
WAGNER, Richard (1813-83). Autograph letter, signed (with initials, "R.W.") to [Heinrich Szadrowsky], [Zurich, c.November 1856]. In German. Four-pages, 136 x 107mm, blue paper, bifolium. On arrangements for his famous concert at St. Gallen with Liszt.
WAGNER, Richard (1813-83). Autograph letter, signed (with initials, "R.W."…
WAGNER, Richard (1813-83).  Autograph letter, signed (with initials, "R.W.") to [Heinrich Szadrowsky], [Zurich, c.November 1856]. In German. Four-pages, 136 x 107mm, blue paper, bifolium. On…
Hammer price: £1,100
Estimate: £1,500 - £2,500
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
17 July 2024 , 17:00 BST
A PAIR OF TALL JAPANESE SATSUMA OVOID VASES (2)
A PAIR OF TALL JAPANESE SATSUMA OVOID VASES (2)
Meiji period
Painted with an official seated on the back of a shishi or a bird with two attendants either side, 39.5cm high
Overall in good condition
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £150 - £250
26 June 2024 , 13:00 BST
26 June 2024 , 13:00 BST
OLYMPIC INTEREST: A COLLECTION OF OLYMPIC TEAM KIT AND MEMORABILIA OWNED BY JOHN JEFFERY, ATHLETICS ASSISTANT TEAM MANAGER
OLYMPIC INTEREST: A COLLECTION OF OLYMPIC TEAM KIT AND MEMORABILIA OWNED…
Barcelona 1992
The official kit bag contents comprising various pieces of team kit including tracksuit jackets, tops, a towel, various magazines and an Official British Guide and Team Handbook,…
Hammer price: £120
Estimate: £150 - £250
25 June 2024 , 17:00 BST
25 June 2024 , 17:00 BST
A GROUP OF AMERICAN POLITICAL PROTEST AND SATIRICAL POSTERS MOSTLY ANTI NIXON (16)
A GROUP OF AMERICAN POLITICAL PROTEST AND SATIRICAL POSTERS MOSTLY ANTI…
Including; ‘Ratman and Boobin’, copyright 1970 Sunset Marketing, 58.5x89cm; ‘King Richard Nixon’, copyright 1970 Westpac Visual Communications (Blacklight), 58x88.5cm; ‘Smile Things Could be Worse’,…
Together with three with images to the reverse comprising: ‘I lost my job through The New York Times’ further ‘This Recycled Poster Helps Reduce Economic and Ecological Waste’, image to the reverse,…
Hammer price: £420
Estimate: £120 - £180
25 June 2024 , 17:00 BST
25 June 2024 , 17:00 BST
A PAIR OF SILVER GILT TABLE CANDLESTICKS (2)
A PAIR OF SILVER GILT TABLE CANDLESTICKS (2)
Each with cast, floral, foliate and scrolling decoration in the rococo taste, with detachable sconces, height 23cm, London 1970, maker D J Silver Repairs, combined weight 1635 grams
Condition reportWhat you may see as a lean could be where the sconces have been replaced, but not the right way round.  The gilding is a little weak, overall a bit tarnished and cleaning will further…
Hammer price: £1,100
Estimate: £400 - £600
13 May 2024 , 17:00 BST
13 May 2024 , 17:00 BST
ENGLISH SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY
ENGLISH SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY
Portrait of a judge resting his hand on a book
oil on canvas
127 x 100cm

Provenance
Private collection, UK
Hammer price: £190
Estimate: £200 - £400
28 March 2024 , 15:00 GMT
28 March 2024 , 15:00 GMT
A PAIR OF CHINESE RICE PAPER PAINTINGS (2)
A PAIR OF CHINESE RICE PAPER PAINTINGS (2)
Late 19th century
Painted with an official and a woman wearing dragon robes, 25cm by 16cm, mounted, framed and glazed
Some tears and markings 
Hammer price: £40
Estimate: £80 - £120
27 March 2024 , 13:00 GMT
27 March 2024 , 13:00 GMT
A  CHINESE WUCAI ROULEAU VASE (2)
A CHINESE WUCAI ROULEAU VASE (2)
Transitional period
Painted with a an official and two attendants in a fenced garden, 21cm high; also a famille-verte saucer dish enamelled with a bird amongst lotus, 21cm diameter
Rouleau vase- Neck has been reduced. Vertical crack to reverse of vase, approx. 14cm length.  Two fine vertical haircracks to the reverse, the longest approx. 12cm lengthSaucer dish- extensively…
Hammer price: £650
Estimate: £150 - £250
27 March 2024 , 13:00 GMT
27 March 2024 , 13:00 GMT
A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE PORCELAIN SNUFF BOTTLE (2)
A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE PORCELAIN SNUFF BOTTLE (2)
20th century
Of bottle form, enamelled with an official and three boys at leisure in a landscape, indistinct iron-red four character reign mark, 7.5cm high excluding stopper; also a modern Chinese…
Famille rose snuff bottle- stopper has been glued on. Minor wearModern snuff bottle- shallow chip to the footrim, approx. 2mm. square
Hammer price: £120
Estimate: £80 - £100
27 March 2024 , 13:00 GMT
27 March 2024 , 13:00 GMT
A CHINESE LACQUERED BRONZE FIGURE OF AN OFFICIAL
A CHINESE LACQUERED BRONZE FIGURE OF AN OFFICIAL
Probably Ming dynasty, 16th/17th century
Cast standing wearing a hat and long robes, clutching a tablet to his chest, raised on an integral rectangular base with shaped apron and bracket feet, 23cm…
PROVENANCE:Property from the art critic, Terence MullalyConditionSome wear to the gilding. Loss to tip of his hat an the right side. Some wear to the base.
Hammer price: £320
Estimate: £300 - £500
27 March 2024 , 13:00 GMT
27 March 2024 , 13:00 GMT
A CHINESE PORCELAIN OVIFORM JAR  ADAPTED AS A LAMP
A CHINESE PORCELAIN OVIFORM JAR ADAPTED AS A LAMP
Blue six character Chengua mark but later
Painted in underglaze blue and famille verte enamels with an official and attendants in a fenced garden, wood cover and stand, vase only 22cm high
The vase has been drilled through the mark on the base. Some light brown discolouration to the glaze in placesProvenance: An apartment on Eaton Square, Belgravia. Furnished by Colefax & Fowler. 
Hammer price: £700
Estimate: £100 - £150
27 March 2024 , 13:00 GMT
27 March 2024 , 13:00 GMT
A BARRISTER'S WIG WITH ORIGINAL RAVENSCROFT BOX AND GOWN
A BARRISTER'S WIG WITH ORIGINAL RAVENSCROFT BOX AND GOWN
Late 19th/early 20th Century
A judge or barrister's wig by Ravenscroft, Lincolns Inn Field, London: Together with original japanned tin for 'S.J.WALDMAN Esq', 26cm wide, containing various collars,…
Hammer price: £190
Estimate: £100 - £200
26 March 2024 , 17:00 GMT
26 March 2024 , 17:00 GMT
A ROYAL CROWN DERBY SHAPE OVAL PLATE FROM THE JUDGE GARY SERVICE
A ROYAL CROWN DERBY SHAPE OVAL PLATE FROM THE JUDGE GARY SERVICE
Circa 1909
The border painted with four panels enclosing baskets of flowers signed A.Gregory, within raised and tooled gilt frames against a banded cobalt-blue and turquoise ground finely gilt by G.…
Good condition
Hammer price: £1,600
Estimate: £1,000 - £1,500
7 December 2023 , 00:00 GMT
7 December 2023 , 00:00 GMT
A ROYAL CROWN DERBY SHAPED OVAL BOWL FROM THE JUDGE GARY SERVICE
A ROYAL CROWN DERBY SHAPED OVAL BOWL FROM THE JUDGE GARY SERVICE
Circa 1908
Painted with two panels enclosing baskets of flowers, signed A.Gregory, inside raised and tooled gilt frames, against a banded cobalt-blue and turquoise ground gilt by G.Darlington, signed…
Good condition
Hammer price: £2,000
Estimate: £1,000 - £1,500
7 December 2023 , 00:00 GMT
7 December 2023 , 00:00 GMT
A ROYAL CROWN DERBY SHAPED OVAL BOWL FROM THE JUDGE GARY SERVICE
A ROYAL CROWN DERBY SHAPED OVAL BOWL FROM THE JUDGE GARY SERVICE
Circa 1909
Painted with two panels enclosing baskets of flowers, signed A.Gregory, within raised and tooled gilt frames against a banded cobalt-blue and turquoise ground finely gilt by G.Darlington,…
Good condition
Hammer price: £2,000
Estimate: £1,000 - £1,500
7 December 2023 , 00:00 GMT
7 December 2023 , 00:00 GMT
"BLAND, Alexander" (d.1982, pseudonym). The Royal Ballet, [London], 1981, 4to, original morocco, ONE OF 250 COPIES SIGNED BY NINETTE DE VALOIS. With 10 other books, all signed, some relating to the ballet, opera, etc. (11)
"BLAND, Alexander" (d.1982, pseudonym). The Royal Ballet, [London], 1981,…
"BLAND, Alexander" (d.1982, pseudonym, see below).  The Royal Ballet. The First 50 Years ... With a Foreword by Dame Ninette de Valois. [London:] Threshold Books, 1981. 4to (285 x 215mm). Title…
Hammer price: £300
Estimate: £200 - £300
7 December 2023 , 00:00 GMT
7 December 2023 , 00:00 GMT
THE BRONTE SISTERS - Michael FFOLKES (1925-88, illustrator). The original pen, ink and watercolour front cover design for the September 29th, 1962, issue of "Punch" which was dedicated to the Brontë sisters, signed, 274 x 226mm.
THE BRONTE SISTERS - Michael FFOLKES (1925-88, illustrator). The original…
THE BRONTE SISTERS - Michael FFOLKES (1925-88, pseudonym, illustrator, styled, as usual, "ffolkes").  The original pen, ink and watercolour front cover design for the September 29th, 1962, issue of …
Estimate: £400 - £600
7 December 2023 , 00:00 GMT
7 December 2023 , 00:00 GMT
A GEORGE III MAHOGANY LONGCASE CLOCK
A GEORGE III MAHOGANY LONGCASE CLOCK
By John Jackson, London
The case with an arched hood and three brass finials, above glazed door, flanked by fluted columns, the trunk inset with an arched panel door, flanked by fluted canted angles, on panelled plinth base…
Hammer price: £300
Estimate: £200 - £300
23 November 2023 , 00:00 GMT
23 November 2023 , 00:00 GMT
A GEORGE III SILVER WAITER AND A GEORGE III SILVER SUGAR CASTER (2)
A GEORGE III SILVER WAITER AND A GEORGE III SILVER SUGAR CASTER (2)
The shaped circular waiter having a shell and pie-crust rim, crest and monogram engraved, raised on three feet, London 1762, diameter 18.6 cm, maker Ebenezer Coker, the sugar caster decorated with…
Condition report: The centre of the waiter has a bit of give when pressed, it is possible that the previous inscription has already been erased and to attempt to erase the current crest and monogram…
Hammer price: £280
Estimate: £200 - £250
23 November 2023 , 00:00 GMT
23 November 2023 , 00:00 GMT
THREE FIRST WORLD WAR MEDALS AND TWO IDENTITY PANELS (5)
THREE FIRST WORLD WAR MEDALS AND TWO IDENTITY PANELS (5)
Comprising; a 1914 Star to 98508 GNR.W.ESCOTT. R.F.A., a 1914-18 British War Medal and a 1914-19 Victory Medal to 98508 GNR.W.ESCOTT. R.A., Note; official corrections to the naming of the last two…
Hammer price: £50
Estimate: £50 - £70
23 November 2023 , 00:00 GMT
23 November 2023 , 00:00 GMT
FELIKS TOPOLSKI (BRITISH, 1907-1989)
FELIKS TOPOLSKI (BRITISH, 1907-1989)
A Day at the Races (Pay First Past the Post, Dick Franklin)
signed and dated 'Feliks Topolski 36' (lower right)
ink and grey wash
41 x 55cm
ARR

Provenance
Private collection, UK
Hammer price: £450
Estimate: £200 - £300
21 November 2023 , 00:00 GMT
21 November 2023 , 00:00 GMT
A CHINESE ANCESTOR PORTRAIT
A CHINESE ANCESTOR PORTRAIT
19th century
Opaque pigments on paper, painted with a half length portrait of an official wearing a rank badge of a silver pheasant depicting the 5th civil rank, 31.5cm by 28cm, mounted, framed and…
The paper has discoloured with some tears, creases and staining.Possibly reduced
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £80 - £120
12 October 2023 , 01:00 BST
12 October 2023 , 01:00 BST

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