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Lot 336
A Box of Mainly Vintage Toys and Games, including Matchbox diecast model vehicles, Fairylite 'My Dolly's Feeding Bottle', James Macintyre & Co. Rudyard Kipling Boer War the Absent Minded Beggar cup, boxed pair of babies boots, Contraband card game, small jointed doll with crocheted clothing, books etc; together with A Quantity of Costume and Silver Jewellery, including chains, bracelets, brooches, a coral necklace, simulated pearls, beaded necklaces, paste set jewellery, a pair of binoculars, coins, cufflinks and dress studs etc (two boxes)
Lot 510027
2 Jagdmesser Puma, jeweils in der originalen Box (Schaumstoff-Polsterung jew. schadhaft), das eine auf der Klinge bez. 6383 Puma-Buddy new stainless super keen cutting steel handmade Germany, Klinge L 12,5 cm, mit Teakholzgriff, mit originaler Lederscheide; das andere mit 2 Klingen, auf einer bez. 972 Puma-Game-Warden new stainless steel keen cutting steel handmade Germany, Klingen L 9,8 bzw. 9 cm, Teakholzgriff, mit Wildlederscheide. 3325-002
Lot 125
Only Fools & Horses - Big Brother (Series 1) - an original vintage c1970s ' Chess Challenger Voice ' made electronic talking chess game, identical to the one seen being played by Grandad in the very first episode, Big Brother. The chess board comes signed to the top by Sir David Jason in silver ink. The set itself complete with all pieces, and housed in its original case. Hard to find item from the classic sitcom. Supplied with a COA from the Only Fools and Horses Appreciation Society. “It’s a talking chess game. You can’t play draughts on a talking chess game!”
Lot 33
A RARE AND SUPERB SHIBAYAMA-STYLE INLAID GOLD LACQUER TABLE SCREEN WITH KYOSAI'S ANIMAL CIRCUSJapan, Meiji period (1868-1912)The screen comprising two hinged panels opening both ways so either side can be presented as the front, each panel divided into two sections framed in gold nashiji, kirigane, and fundame, the kinji ground inlaid with mother-of-pearl, horn, coral, tortoiseshell, and bone, the top sections depicting to one side a multitude of anthropomorphic, frolicking animals engaged in various pursuits and acrobatic feats, including two mice destroying a game of go, a cat pounding mochi, a bat fanning a teakettle, a rabbit serving tea, another hare smoking a pipe, a dog being lifted into the air by a bat, a group of rats playing musical instruments, and another attempting to steal a puppy's brocade ball, the lower sections decorated with scholar's objects including scrolls, vases, a censer, a figure of Kannon, a scepter, a flywhisk, and a scholar's rock.The other side is similarly inlaid and further decorated in iro-e hiramaki-e and takamaki-e with a humorous and chaotic scene sparked by a hawk lifting a sarumawashi's helpless monkey as numerous bystanders, young and old, watch in shock and awe, surrounded by blossoming cherry trees and leafy chrysanthemums, above the two smaller sections similarly decorated with Mandarin ducks in a pond with various flowers.HEIGHT 25.5 cm, WIDTH 25.3 cmCondition: Good condition with minor wear, the side with the frolicking animals with a few losses to inlays, the other side with absolutely no losses to inlays whatsoever.Provenance: French private collection.This remarkably detailed and very amusing screen has certainly been inspired by Kawanabe Kyosai's animal circus, which in turn was inspired by the famous Choju-jinbutsu-giga scrolls (literally "Animal-person Caricatures"), dating to the 12th century and housed in the Toyo National Museum.Auction comparison: Compare a closely related Shibayama style gold lacquer two-panel screen by Masaaki, 23.7 x 21.5 cm, at Bonhams, Fine Japanese Art, 17 May 2018, London, lot 217 (sold for 11,250 GBP).
Lot 68
TAMAGAWA MITSUKIYO FOR THE KAKUHA COMPANY: A SUPERB SILVER AND GOLD-INLAID BRONZE USUBATA VASEBy Tamagawa Mitsukiyo for the Kakuha company, signed Dai-Nihon Etchu-koku, Kakuha sei, MitsukiyoJapan, c. 1880, Meiji period (1868-1912) The ovoid body flanked by two openworked handles depicting ho-o birds at flight amid scrolling clouds and decorated in gold, silver, copper, and shakudo takazogan within shaped panels depicting to one side a samurai carrying a noble lady on his shoulder amid pine and bamboo with finely incised crashing waves in the background, and to the other the hero Saginoike Heikuro fighting a giant python with neatly incised scales atop a craggy rock amid crashing waves and a waterfall. The separately cast trumpet mouth with a galleried rim inlaid in silver wire with a geometric and a foliate band, the base of the mouth with silver-inlaid leafy floral blossoms, the interior with katakiri and kebori as well as gold and copper takazogan to depict a ho-o bird beside a leafy branch and a kirin amid swirling clouds, the exterior similarly decorated with birds and butterflies amid leafy branches and peony. The separately cast, elaborately openworked, tiered stand is intricately decorated with gold and silver inlay, both flat and in high relief, as well as katakiri and kebori, depicting beast masks, birds in flight, blooming chrysanthemums, leafy bamboo, and implements for the shell-matching game (kai-awase), and further with geometric and foliate designs. HEIGHT 59 cm WEIGHT 13.9 kgCondition: Excellent condition with minor wear. Provenance: British collection. Kakuha Kanzaemon I, real name Kakuha Zenjiro, was a member of a lineage of metalworkers from Toyama. In 1869, he started a branch office in the port of Yokohama for the export trade of bronze ware and also acted as a retailer for foreign clients in Japan. Based on Chinese bronze forms but with exaggeratedly wide rims, usubata were first cast in Japan in the seventeenth century for formal flower arrangements; then, during the early Meiji era, elaborate multi-part usubata became one of the favored forms of bronze destined for international exhibitions and the global export market. Museum comparison:The artist Tamagawa Mitsukiyo appears to be rare, his output focused on producing exceptionally fine usubata. A single usubata is preserved in the Takaoka City Museum of Art and a pair of Usubata are located in the Portland Museum of Art, accession no. 2000.64A,B.Auction comparison: Compare a pair of related usubata vases by Tamagawa Mitsukiyo, dated Meiji period, circa 1880, each 48 cm high, at Bonhams, Fine Japanese Art, 7 November 2019, lot 219 (bought-in at an estimate of 25,000-30,000 GBP).13% VAT will be added to the hammer price additional to the buyer's premium – only for buyers within the EU.
Lot 9
A GOLD LACQUER BOX AND COVER AND FOUR KOGO (INCENSE CONTAINERS) FOR THE INCENSE MATCHING GAMEJapan, 19th centuryOf rounded rectangular form, the kinji ground finely decorated in gold and silver takamaki-e to depict two fish as well as an aogai-inlaid awabi and a smaller clam and conch, one fish with a glass-inlaid eye, the exterior and interior sides of the box and cover of dense nashiji, the base of sparse nashiji and with a circular aperture. The box contains four flush-fitting rectangular boxes and covers, each decorated in iro-e takamaki-e and hiramaki-e with nashiji to depict different views of Mount Fuji, the sides and interior with nashiji to match the larger box.SIZE 5.6 x 15.3 x 11.8 cmCondition: Good condition with some wear, few light surface scratches, expected age cracks, minor flaking to lacquer, few minuscule chips.Provenance: British private estate.This set was used in an incense game called jishu-ko (literally 'ten types of incense'). Before the competition begins, three different kinds of incense wood are burned and named for the guests. Then follow ten rounds in which the master of ceremonies burns small pieces while the guests try to identify each, recording their answers on paper slips. The rounds include three of each of the original types of incense, as well as one piece of a fourth kind, the 'guest incense' (kyaku-ko).
Lot 19
A CHINESE MAHJONG SET, EARLY 20TH CENTURY. Wooden carrying box with brass mounts and handle, complete with bone and bamboo mahjong pieces with original handbook 'The game of Mahjong' ninth edition by Max Robertson. Box 23.5cm width.Some loss and defects to metal mounts to corner of box. General wear throughout from age and use.
Lot 312
Ian White signed 10x8 colour photo. Ian Stuart Whyte (born 17 September 1971) is a Welsh actor, stuntman and former professional basketball player. He is best known for his roles as Predators in the Alien vs. Predator film series, Sheikh Suleiman in the 2010 remake of Clash of the Titans, The Last Engineer in Prometheus, as well as various characters in the HBO fantasy series Game of Thrones. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99
Lot 545
FOUR WOOD GAMES, comprising Italian 'Legnomagia' specimen wood puzzle, and a cube construction puzzle by Bill Cutler, with solution, together with a Danish 1960's 'Con-tac-tix' game, and a boxed modern solitaire (4)Provenance: 'The St John Perrott Stimson Collection of Treen & British Folk Art’. Please see Rogers Jones & Co. website: "This Autumn: Treen & British Folk Art"
Lot 573
ASSORTED VINTAGE SPINNING TOPS, including coloured metal disk tops, unusual blown glass top, Jake's parachute top game (boxed), and 19th Century French press brass 'Malgache top' (boxed)Provenance: 'The St John Perrott Stimson Collection of Treen & British Folk Art’. Please see Rogers Jones & Co. website: "This Autumn: Treen & British Folk Art"
Lot 583
ASSORTED VINTAGE EDUCATIONAL TOYS AND GAMES, including floral Loto, Animal Alphabet, box of bone letters, box of wood letters, box of red stained bone letters, ring stacking game, German block game etc (13)Provenance: 'The St John Perrott Stimson Collection of Treen & British Folk Art’. Please see Rogers Jones & Co. website: "This Autumn: Treen & British Folk Art"
Lot 326
Johnson (Reginald) A History of Alfreton, Printed by G. C. Brittain & Sons (x2) one with two postcards of Alfreton, Hughes (Roy G.) & Craven (Maxwell) Clockmakers and Watchmakers of Derbyshire, Mayfield Books,1998 and a Red account book for F. C. Buxton, Fruiterer Fishmonger and Game Dealer High Street Alfreton (4)
Lot 1573
Mahagoni, furniert. Gerader, einschübiger Zargenkasten auf scherenartig angeordneten, sich konisch verjüngenden Beinen, dazwischen durch Balustersteg verbunden. Gering überstehende, aufklappbare Deckplatte Mit ovaler, grün bespannter Spielfläche. Schublade bez. "Antoine Darins (oder Darius) ébeniste Rue Charonne No23 à Paris". H. 73 cm. 52,5 cm x 36 cm.Vgl. Ledoux Lebard, S. 146.A small French Mahogany veneered Empire game table.Frankreich. Paris. 1. Hälfte 19. Jh.
Lot 344
Juvenile game.- The Pretty Young Playful Innocent Lamb. A New Game of Questions and Commands, 14 half-page hand-coloured wood-engraved illustrations (including frontispiece and title vignette), offsetting, some spotting or staining, lightly browned, loose in original buff wrappers, engraved pictorial label to upper cover with title reading 'A Pretty Young Innocent Playfull Lamb', joints splitting, but holding, creased and rubbed, 12mo, Printed for E. Wallis, [watermarked 1818].⁂ Rare at auction. A children's game played along the same lines as the traditional game of 'I went to market'. The game begins with a question and an answer. As the game progresses another question is asked, and another response added. Each player must remember and recite all of the lines spoken prior to their turn. Any player making a mistake pays a forfeit.
Lot 349
Dickens (Charles).- Card game.- The Characters of Charles Dickens. An interesting game, 52 playing cards, a rules card, and a 'Receive one counter' card, printed in red and black and with purple backs, some spotting or foxing, original pictorial board box and slip-case, lower panel loose, ?lacking an upper panel, faded and rubbed, 980 x 760mm, Jaques & Son, Hatton Garden, [c.1870].⁂ Rare, with WorldCat recording only two sets (Harvard and Chicago). We can trace only one other set at auction (our rooms, 2022, without rules and 'Receive one counter' cards, £2600 hammer). The 52 cards consist of 13 groups of four characters from the works of Dickens. Of these 13 groups, ten feature an image and description of a character (Oliver Twist, Barnaby Rudge, Curiosity Shop (sic), Chuzzlewit, Pickwick, Dombey & Son, The Chimes, Cricket on the Hearth, The Haunted Man and Bleak House), and three feature text only (Little Dorrit, David Copperfield and The Christmas Books).
Lot 413
*** Please note, the description of this lot has changed ***Martin (George R. R. ) A Game of Thrones, first edition, some marginal toning, original boards, dust-jacket, neat and expert repairs and restorations to spine tips and corners, 8vo, Harper Collins/Voyager, 1996.⁂ A near-fine copy of the true first edition of the first in the A Song of Ice and Fire Series.
Lot 1310
A richly carved Victorian oak side/pier cabinet with a sporting theme, the rectangular top with carved and moulded lunette border, above two short drawers to the frieze flanked by carved dog heads, large single panel door below relief carved with ribbons, horn, bow and arrow, knives, rifle, powder flask and bag, all within an oak leaf and acorn surround, carved game bird uprights, carved roundel side panels, on plinth base with bun feet, 102 x 45 x 116cms high.
Lot 9094
Major William Robert Foran: 'Kill: Or Be Killed. The Rambling Reminiscences of an Amateur Hunter', London, Hutchinson & Co, 1933, 1st edition, signed & inscribed to FFEP "Miss Whitaker With all good wishes from W. Robert Foran. Padworth. Berks 1934", frontis + 50 illustrations from photographs as called for, original cloth gilt (worn at head and foot and edges of spine). Big game hunting book which includes stories about fellow big game hunters James H. Sutherland, Arthur Henry Neumann, W. D. M. Bell and Chauncey Hugh Stigand, by William Robert Foran (1881-1968), British Army officer, big game hunter and travel writer, later recruited by the British East Africa Police in Nairobi in the early 1900's, becoming one of its six original officers.
Lot 9117
Nine sport related titles, including Bernard Darwin: 'Tee Shots and Others', illustrated E.W. Mitchell, London, Kegan Paul et al, 1911, 1st edition, ix,271,[1]pp, original pictorial cloth gilt (slightly worn); John James Hardy: 'Salmon Fishing', L, Country Life, 1907, 1st edition, port. frontis + 33 full page illustrations as called for, foxing to leaves, ex Repton School library bookplate to front pastedown and inkstamp/ref number to FFEP, else no other lib markings; Gilbert Bourne: 'A Text-Book of Oarsmanship, with an Essay on Muscular Action in Rowing', 1925, 1st edition, frontis + 72 ills. and diagrams in text as called for, original cloth gilt; G.H. Lacy: 'North Punjab Fishing Club Anglers' Handbook', Calcutta, Newman, 1890, 2nd edition, large multi folding map frontis + four folding maps + 10 plates, original cloth gilt (worn); 'Cricket: A Weekly Record of the Game. Vol VI. Jan. 27th to Dec. 29th 1887', L, 1887, ex Repton School library, 476pp, original cloth gilt; 'M.C.C. Cricket Scores and Biographies. Vol XV', 1925, ex Repton School Library, original cloth gilt; plus 2 others cricket & Badminton Library 'Billiards', 1906, original cloth gilt (9)
Lot 9359
A collection of modern first editions etc, including Roald Dahl: 'Switch Bitch', London, Michael Joseph, 1974, 1st edition, original cloth, dust wrapper; John le Carré, 2 titles: 'The Honourable Schoolboy', L, H & S, 1977, 1st edition, orig. cloth, d/w, 'Smiley's People', L, H & S, 1980, 1st edition, orig. cloth gilt, d/w; George MacDonald Fraser, 2 titles: 'Flashman in the Great Game', L, Barrie & Jenkins, 1975, 1st edition, orig. cloth, d/w, 'The Pyrates', L, Collins, 1983, 1st edition, orig. cloth, d/w; John Gardner: 'October Light', L, Cape, 1977, 1st edition in dust wrapper; plus 5 others (11)
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