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Estimate £800 - £1200
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A medieval posy ring dated 13th to 15th Century.
Estimate £1200 - £1500
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William Percy French (Irish, 1854-1920), landscape watercolour on paper. Signed to bottom left, framed and glazed.
Estimate £1000 - £1200
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9ct gold pocket watch with Albert chain.
Estimate £3000 - £4000
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Mappin & Webb Silver Canteen of Cutlery in the Louis XVI pattern.
Estimate £250 - £300
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Key Imports (Korea) C&S 2-10-2 brass locomotive and tender, generally excellent in good plus lift-off lid box (small tear to base) with foam inner packing. Supplier label: The Gingerbread Stop, New Jersey.
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Sold for £2800
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1962 Fender Precision Bass Guitar in a Fiesta Red finish. Serial number 86946 to back plate. Made in Fullerston, USA.
Sold for £640
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Nathaniel Plimer (British, 1757-1842), Portrait miniature of a lady in white dress with hair band on ivory, blue enamelling to reverse. Miniature circa 1790. With Cynthia Walmsley receipt (1998) Measures 8cm. With Non-Transferable Standard Ivory Exemption Declaration Number 5YP4WT4Q.
Sold for £1400
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A Victorian 18ct gold open face Chronograph pocket watch
Sold for £2700
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1984 William Piper Viola No. 184 - Labelled inside 'WILLIAM PIPER FECE BIRMINGHAM 1984'
Sold for £1500
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Ottoman metal-thread embroidered leather wallet. The rectangular wallet with gilt clasp is embroidered with white metal thread in a leaves and flowers pattern. The cusped flap lifts to reveal the inscription 'Constantinople 1766'. Green silk lining. 17.5cm x 10cm approx.
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Sold for £1800
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Polistil Batmobile No. 34, scarce and sought-after, generally excellent in excellent to good plus pictorial box (Sellotape residue) with folding display lid (small crease to right hand corner and small tears to edges of cut-out display, black plastic upper and metal chassis, red plastic hubs with black tyres, silver detail to rocket launchers and roof frame, clear windows, Batman and Robin figures and complete aerial. Contents unchecked for completeness or correctness and viewing highly recommended.
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Sold for £2100
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An exceptionally pretty five stone, old mine cut diamond ring, set in unmarked yellow gold (tests as 18ct) and white gold. Total diamond weight approx 1.65ct. Total weight 3.73g approx. Central diamond very lively, approx 0.7ct, colour E/F, clarity approx SI1 (small mineral inclusions under table/ crown facet edge - not visible to naked eye). Diamonds in generally good condition with only minor nibbles and scratches as would be expected. With ring is insurance valuation report dated 1997.
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Sold for £820
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A 1960s Ercol light elm 'Giraffe' room divider, model No.363, having four open upper shelves over twin lower cupboard section with one internal shelf, turned tapering supports united by stretchers, height 191cm, width 88cm, depth 41cm. Stands well and is structurally solid. Good original patina, with some light scratches to shelves.
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Sold for £980
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Bassett-Lowke. Live steam 2½inch gauge (gauge 3), ½ inch scale LNER green 4472 Flying Scotsman 4-6-2 locomotive and tender, generally excellent to good plus, approx. locomotive length: 60cm/24 inches, internally fired, high pressure boiler using water and spirit. Would benefit from light cleaning. plus two loose pages (folded) advertising Bassett-Lowke products including steam locomotive range. Contents unchecked for completeness. Viewing highly recommended. BUYER MUST COLLECT.
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Sold for £3400
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D.C Thomson Adventure and Vanguard Football Photos Dixie Dean single card.
Sold for £980
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Albert E Spicer – A Distinguished Conduct medal group to A. E. Spicer, Distinguished Conduct Medal to 20532 Pte L. Cpl – A. E. SPICER I. C. GDS., Queen’s South Africa Medal (QSA) to 5112 PTE. A. SPICER S. STAFFORD REGi with ORANGE FREE STATE and CAPE COLONY bars and The British War medal to 20532 PTE. A. B. SPICER. C. GDS. Coldstream Guards. With copied MIC. (3)
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Sold for £1700
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Donald McIntyre (British, 1923-2009) ‘Holding the Boat No2’ acrylic on board, signed with monogram ‘DMC’ to lower right. 34cm x 24cm. Donald McIntyre, born in Leeds, was a landscape and coastal painter and developed a style in the Scottish Colourist Tradition and was a member of the Royal Cambrian Academy of Art. Provenance, from a private collection.
Sold for £720
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Character Jug ventriloquist figure by Geoff Felix (UK), hand-painted papier-mâché and fine leather, in style of Leonard Insull’s Character Jug puppet (Insull made 50 of these in his career). Two movements to allow the eyes to move side to side and mouth open and close with the mouth in fine leather to move realistically. Minor chips to spot of jugs pourer. Geoff Felix is famed for his realistic copies of Leonard Insull puppets. Located in Middlesex, UK, Felix is a puppeteer, ventriloquial figure maker, and Punch and Judy performer. Height 20cm.
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Sold for £1100
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The Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire, Companion`s (C.I.E.) to Lieutenant-Colonel (Temporary Brigadier) Compton Southgate (1891-1957), MC (A.I.398) 4th (Prince of Wales Own) Gurkha Rifles, Indian Army, Commander Bombay Sub-Area. The medal in the form of a five petalled red and green enamelled flower, bearing the inscription 'Impreratiricis Auspiciis' ("under the Auspices of the empress" – Queen Victoria) within a blue enamelled band, a gilt relief of Queen Victoria to the centre, a gilt medal crown surmount suspended from a deep blue ribboned sash, presented in a black leather case with the initials "C.I.E." embossed to centre, the interior lining signed Garrard & Co. Ltd, goldsmiths, Jewellers & Co to the King By Special Appointment to the crown, 24, Albemarle St, London, W1.
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