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Click here to subscribeSIR JOHN BENNETT LTD; a late 19th century French slate mantel clock (lacking top), height 26cm, width 39cm, an early 20th century desk fan, height approx 29cm, a three branch brass chandelier, height approx 33cm, an early 20th century paraffin burner lamp, height 55cm and two wrought iron ceiling hanging lanterns (6).
Star Wars - a collection of original vintage 1970s / 1980s ephemera, paperwork and other items. Includes: a 'Darth Vader' autograph from Debenhams in Cardiff, x3 issues of Bantha Tracks fan club magazine, various other Official Star Wars Fan Club forms, a Return Of The Jedi 'Painting Competition' leaflet, Bounty Hunter Capture Log, Star Wars 'Triple Bill' cinema booking form, various Return Of The Jedi promotional items, a Waddingtons puzzle Jabba The Hutt poster, and an original Letraset Star Wars Scrap Book filled with trading cards and cuttings from action figure card backs / boxes, some photographs etc, x2 Star Wars No.1 annuals, Return Of The Jedi Annual, Return Of The Jedi Storybook, ROTJ 'Official Collectors Edition,' Return Of The Jedi Panini Sticker Album (nearly complete) and other items. All from a genuine childhood collection.
A group of early 20th century cut glass drinking glasses - including a set of four champagne saucers plus two others, 11.7cm high; a closely matched set of six panel cut trumpet bowl liqueur glasses plus another similar, 12.5cm high; a set of three bucket bowl port glasses with comb cut decoration; and a set of eleven cut glass crescent dishes with fan cut bases, 19cm long, small rim chips. (27)
A box of early to mid-20th century collectables - including a boxed ebony fan with painted cherub decoration to the black leaf; a pair of fine quality tortoiseshell opera or field glasses by C. W. Dixey of New Bond Street, Opticians to the Queen, with silver gilt crowned monograms to each eyepiece (chips to tortoiseshell around lens frames); an Art Deco style painted box containing a small amount of mid-century costume jewellery; a silver mounted red morocco leather perpetual desk calendar; a quantity of photo frames; two leather cased travel clocks; a boxed Smiths Alarmette travel clock; a cut glass stamp wetter; etc.
A Chinese embroidered fan, 19th/20th century, of circular form, decorated with peacocks standing on a rock by peony under a pine tree, surrounded by cranes, pheasants and magpies,26cm diameteroverall 37.5cm long, and another, with peacock feather,overall 35cm long (2)Condition ReportEmbroidered - silk tired with stains and cockles, border loose, colours faded. Peacock feather - very fragile with losses, handle with tapes.
A collection of Chinese export famille rose teacups, 18th century, including one lobed, painted with a lady lying on a daybed playing with a cat, 6.5cm diameter (4)Provenance: The David and Sarah Battie Collection.清十八世纪 外销粉彩茶杯 一组四件Condition ReportLobed with cat - chipped to rim.Famille rose with fan panels - chipped, cracked and restored. Famille rose with lobed panels - cracked to rim.Smallest famille rose with peony - chipped and cracked.
Four Chinese fan paintings, 19th/20th century, painted with landscapes or ducks, ink and colour on paper, comprising:one signed Li Yong (李墉, active 19th century), 53cm long, another signed and sealed Song Nian (松年, 1837-1906), 56cm long, one inscribed, 55.5cm long, and another one without inscriptions,52cm long (4)Provenance: Arthur Probsthain bookshop, London.十九至二十世纪 高士图扇面画 设色纸本 一组四件Condition ReportSongnian - tears to edges of hard paper board. Foxing and dirt marks throughout. One with geeese - inscription rubbed. The other two with tears to hard paper boards and pigment losses.Three badly stained.
A pair of Chinese faux bois-enamelled porcelain vases, Republic period (1912-1949), each fan-shaped body painted with landscapes, with a six-character Qianlong mark in red to base,16.5cm high (2)Provenance: From the collection of Desmond Kirkpatrick (1932-2024).民国 粉彩仿木纹开光山水图瓶 《大清乾隆年制》矾红篆书款 一对Condition ReportNo obvious faults.
Attributed to Ulisse Cantagalli, 19th century, a ruby-copper lustreware charger, decorated in red, white and blue, centred wtih a bird, surrounded by fan-shaped panels of foliage, the underside with a painted rooster mark, 42cm diameterCondition ReportThe edges with minor chips and losses to decoration, residue marks from tape. Some fading present.
A collection of Chinese famille verte, Kangxi (1662-1722), comprising:a bowl, and two shaped dishes, painted with figures, precious objects or a lotus pond, 12 to 17cm long, and a pair of sancai-glazed saucers, late Qing dynasty, painted with leaves, 13.5 and 14cm diameter (5)Provenance: The David and Sarah Battie Collection.Condition ReportSancai saucers - the hexagonal one with a small chip to rim.Fan-shaped dish - chipped to rim and edges, some enamel losses. Bowl - chipped, restored and cracked.
A pair of Chinese embroidered fan cases, late Qing dynasty, one decorated with a butterfly in a blossoming prunus tree, the other with xi and shou characters between precious objects, each 31.5cm long (2)Provenance: The David and Sarah Battie Collection.Condition ReportLoose threads throughout. Edges open with stitches missing. Tired, a/f.
Three Chinese fan paintings, 19th century, each painted with insects, birds and flowers, inscribed, ink and colour on paper, comprising: one signed Danshan Laoren (丹山老人, attributed to He Zhong, 何翀, 1807-1883), 52cm long, one signed Jiangxiang nvshi (江香女史, attributed to 馬荃 Ma Quan, active 18th century), 48cm long, and another one signed Ju Lian (居廉, 1828-1904), 52cm long (3)Provenance: Arthur Probsthain bookshop, London.清十九世纪 山水图扇面画 设色纸本 一组三件Condition ReportOne with birds - surface with wear and damage in various locations, consistent with age. Colours faded. Pigment losses. One with mantis - creasing and folding marks to corners. Wear to surface. One with butterfly - creasing and folding marks to corners, tears to edges, wear to surface.Hard paper boards with dirt, foxing and creasing marks, tears to edges.
Three Chinese fan paintings, 19th century, each painted with a landscape, ink and colour on paper, including:one signed Xi Fan (錫蕃 attributed to 陳康侯 Chen Kanghou, 1866-1937), 45 cm long, andone inscribed and another one without inscription,53 cm long (3)Provenance: Arthur Probsthain bookshop, London.清十九世纪 山水图扇面画 设色纸本 一组三件Condition ReportOne with no inscription - small tears to upper right and lower left corners. Hard paper boards with foxing, staining and dirt marks, tears and folding marks to edges.
A Chinese porcelain figure, 18th century, of a lady standing by a planter,16.5cm high, and a famille verte figure, Republic period (1912-1949), of Zhong Liquan wearing a long robe with a fan in his hands, standing on a pedestal, 31.5cm high (2)Condition ReportLady - fully restored with losses. Zhong Liquan - No obvious faults.
Three Chinese fan paintings, 19th/20th century, each painted with a landscape, inscribed, ink and colour on paper,approximately 55 cm long (3)Provenance: Arthur Probsthain bookshop, London.十九至二十世纪 山水扇面画 设色纸本 一组三件Condition ReportOne with pine tress - tear to the right hand side.Another one with houses to the right - small tear and losses to the lower left corner. Small tears to edges. Hard paper boards with foxing and dirt marks, creasings, foldings and tears to edges and corners.
Three Chinese fan paintings, 18th/19th century, painted with orchids or a landscape, ink on paper, comprising: one signed Qiu Tingzhen (裘廷楨, active 19th century), 53cm long, one with Li Yu (李昱, ?-?), 51.5 cm long, and another with Xia Lingyi (夏令儀, active 18th-19th century), 53 cm long (3)Provenance: Arthur Probsthain bookshop, London.清十八至十九世纪 扇面画 水墨纸本 一组三件Condition ReportAll with wear to surface, foxing and dirt marks.
Three Chinese fan paintings, 19th century, each depicting a landscape scene, ink on paper, including: one signed Yang Borun (楊伯潤, 1837-1911), 44.5cm long, one signed Xue Zhou (雪舟, 1846-after 1899), 52cm long, and another one inscribed, 40cm long (3)Provenance: Arthur Probsthain bookshop, London.清十九世纪 山水图扇面画 水墨纸本 一组三件Condition ReportAll with foxing and dirt marks. Hard paper boards with creasing and folding marks.
Three Chinese fan paintings, 19th/20th century, inscribed, ink and colour on paper, including:two painted with a literatus, 53 cm long, and one depicting a dragon amidst clouds, 49 cm long (3)Provenance: Arthur Probsthain bookshop, London.十九至二十世纪 扇面画 设色纸本 一组三件Condition ReportHard paper boards - two badly stained. All with tears and folding marks to edges. Dragon - foxing, staining and dirt marks throughout.
Three Chinese fan paintings, 19th century, each painted with orchids, inscribed, ink on paper,approximately 53 cm long (3)Provenance: Arthur Probsthain bookshop, London.清十九世纪 兰花图扇面画 水墨纸本 一组三件Condition ReportOne with damage to paper to the left hand side.Another one with tears and losses in various locations. Hard paper boards with foxing and dirt marks, creasings and foldings to edges and corners.
Harry Powell for James Powell and Sons, Whitefriars, an Arts and Crafts Straw Opal glass fan vase, circa 1877, in the Venetian style, the crimped bowl with blue vaseline draining to pale uranium yellow, on a hollow knopped baluster stem and folded foot of radiating ribs,17.5cm high, 19.5cm wideSee: Evans, W. et al 1995, Whitefriars Glass, Museum of London, p.60, plate 55, for an illustrated example of this stem on a similar vase, photographed in 1878
H G Murphy, an Art Deco silver three piece brush and mirror set, Falcon Studio, London 1938, Egyptian fan and paddle forms, planished with chased foliate and denticulated borders around central ovals enamelled in turquoise guilloche with monogram M, the handled with curved and stepped ends, 27cm long (3)
A group of nine Daoist ceremonial scrolls, late 19th/early 20th century, Chinese, one example depicting the ten god tribunals of purgatory, another Hoi Fan, the sea banner or minor altar, and Yang Kin and Sui Fo,approximately 122 x 47cm (9)Condition Reporteach with tears, stains and wear present. pigment lacking in areas and edges frayed.
A group of three large Daoist ceremonial scrolls, late Ming dynasty, Chinese, depicting Tai Wei the high constable, Heng Fei, the pantheon of Taoist Gods, and Hoi Fan, the sea banner or minor altar, pigment on paper, each 112 x 48cm (3)Condition ReportEach with some minor condition issues - crinking to paper/ small tears and losses to the edges and to the pigment.
Elegant hand fan made of finely carved bone with floral motifs, in a semi-circular wooden display case on a pedestal, probably French or Chinese export work from the second half of the 19th centuryElegante handwaaier vervaardigd uit fijn gesneden been met florale motieven, in een halfronde houten vitrinekast op een voetstuk, vermoedelijk Frans of Chinees exportwerk uit de tweede helft van de 19e eeuw33 x 49 x 4.5 cm
Dr Allan Peacey - a large ceramic wall plaque of a peacock with fan tail, 90cm high x 125cm wide (the following auction will include the entire collection of pottery by the late Dr Allan Peacey, the collection removed from his studio in Stroud, approx 60/80 lots, much of it in the medieval / traditional style. Further details of the potter can be found on page 389 of British Studio Potters Marks by Yates-Owen & Fournier)
Japanese hand-painted woodcut on paper by Utagawa Yoshifusa, titled Earth of Kawanakajima from the series Selections for the Ten Stems. This dynamic composition features two samurai warriors in full armor mid-battle, rendered with meticulous detail and expressive linework. Arrows pierce the air as the figures clash, one gripping a war fan and the other a spear. Rich tones of indigo, umber, and crimson highlight the intricately patterned garments and armor. The woodcut includes the series and title cartouches in the upper right and the artist's signature cartouche at lower right. Framed in black with a wood panel backing bearing a Japanese label. A striking example of Edo-period warrior portraiture.Artist: Utagawa Yoshifusa (Japanese, 1837-1860)Issued: Mid-19th centuryDimensions: 13.75"L x 18.75"HCountry of Origin: JapanCondition: Age related wear.
This stunning, custom-mounted GE90 composite fan blade is a piece of aerospace history. Designed for the Boeing 777, the world’s first twin-engine aircraft capable of long-haul transoceanic flights, this fan blade revolutionized jet engine technology with its pioneering use of carbon fiber composites. Developed by General Electric, the GE90 engine remains the most powerful jet engine in commercial aviation, capable of generating a staggering 115,000 pounds of thrust-enough to propel a fully loaded 777 off the ground with ease. The fan blade’s swept-back, curved design isn’t just aesthetically striking-it’s a feat of aerodynamics, allowing the engine to pull in massive volumes of air while maintaining efficiency, reducing fuel burn, and minimizing noise. Constructed from carbon fiber reinforced with a toughened epoxy matrix, this blade is twice as strong yet weighs only one-third as much as its titanium predecessors. Its advanced materials and design contribute to lighter overall engine weight, improved fuel efficiency, and quieter operation, making the Boeing 777 one of the most efficient aircraft in the sky. Now mounted on a custom pedestal, this authentic fan blade transforms into a breathtaking statement piece-a fusion of engineering ingenuity and sculptural beauty. Whether displayed in a private collection, corporate office, museum, or aviation-inspired space, this rare artifact embodies the evolution of flight and the relentless pursuit of innovation. This museum-worthy Boeing 777 GE90 fan blade is a conversation starter, a symbol of power and precision, and a tangible connection to the legacy of the Boeing 777 and modern aviation.Issued: c. 1990sDimensions: 72"H x 20"WCountry of Origin: United StatesCondition: Good
Complete traditional calligraphy set housed in a fan-shaped brocade case with floral medallion pattern and toggle closures. The interior is lined in bright red fabric and fitted with a range of tools for Chinese ink brush painting and calligraphy. Set includes four bamboo-handled calligraphy brushes, ink stick with embossed gilt dragon and Chinese characters, carved stone ink well, brush rest, red ink paste in porcelain jar with blue dragon motif, and a stone carved stamp. An original instructional card is also included, detailing proper use of each component. The porcelain elements bear blue underglaze marks, and the set appears unused and complete.Issued: 20th centuryDimensions: 8"W x 1.75"HCondition: Age related wear.
Registration – 185 XUKChassis No. – DB4-1122RM.O.T. – April 2025Odometer – 81,000‘185 XUK’ is truly an astounding car. One of just 136 Aston Martin DB4 coupes made with the uprated Vantage specification and the subject of a no-expense-spared restoration. ‘185 XUK’s’ chassis number of 1122 reveals it to be a MK V model and the 121st of that series to roll out of Newport Pagnell. This matching numbers car is a UK specified and supplied example being delivered new to its first Perthshire based owner by dealers Aberfoyle Motors in November 1962. The DB4 was specified with overdrive, a 3.77 ratio rear axle, Bray Block heater, heated rear screen and chrome wire wheels. The first lucky owner retained ‘185 XUK’ for a full 23 years until 1985 when it was sold at a warranted mileage of 35,000. At that point the Aston Martin travelled south and was enjoyed by four owners in the London area over the next 26-years. In the mid-1990’s ‘185 XUK’ underwent its first comprehensive restoration at around 47,000 miles. The work extended to the mechanicals, an engine rebuild as well as the paint and bodywork. Despite being acquired in a sound and useable condition a previous owner initiated a show standard restoration in 2017. At this stage the body was stripped back to the metal and all components were removed and replaced or restored. The triple carburettor Vantage engine was sent to world renowned specialists RS Williams for a £40,000 full engine rebuild. The bodywork was completely restored and the paintwork painstakingly reapplied. A number of thoughtful and subtle upgrades were also made at this stage – more of which shortly. The restoration was complete in 2018 at a total cost of around £190,000. The odometer reading roughly 80,000 miles at this stage and was zeroed on completion of the restoration. Today the odometer reads a little over 1,000 miles. ‘185 XUK’ is being sold with the most comprehensive paperwork files imaginable. This includes diligently kept notebooks from the first owner, logging the mileage covered and all work undertaken between 1962 and 1985. Work from both subsequent restorations has also been painstakingly documented and recorded. Despite its MOT exemption as an Historic Vehicle, ‘185 XUK’ is complete with an advisory free test valid until April 2025.The Aston Martin DB4 was a watershed car for the historic British marque. Much more than a mere revision of its predecessor, it boasted a svelte lightweight, superleggera body designed by Carrozzeria Touring in Milan. Out went the Lagonda 2.9-litre engine of the DB2/4 MK III in favour of a new 3.7-litre Tadek Marek straight six unit. Upon its introduction in 1958, the DB4 became the first model to be built at the famous Newport Pagnell factory. This example’s latest restoration is a triumph and as thorough as its six figure cost would suggest. The attention to detail exhibited is truly outstanding. The underside presents probably better than a brand new DB4 did. The braking system, suspension, rear axle and floor pans all look like new. The whole underside appearance is remarkable. The engine bay is pristine, and its original factory Vantage engine looks as good as it performs. The interior is every bit the equal of the rest of the car and has been completely re-trimmed and re-upholstered in sublime red leather.During the restoration a raft of expertly chosen upgrades were made to further enhance the usability and utility of ‘185 XUK’ for the modern world. These include a high power ignition system, high power alternator, a custom aluminium radiator, aluminium fuel tank, Kenlowe fan, uprated HBE handling kit, stainless steel exhaust system, fully upgraded sound deadening, modern central locking system, RSW hose set and stainless steel oil cooler and pipework. Such is the calibre of ‘185 XUK’ that it was featured in a Prestige and Performance Car multipage feature in 2023. The tester concluded the feature by reporting that “the last time I enjoyed this kind of visceral excitement was when I drove a majestic Lamborghini 350 GT 20 years ago.” This, then, is clearly an Aston Martin DB4 Vantage with vanishingly few equals.
A group of thriller film posters comprising DEATH SPORT / DYNAMITE WOMEN (1979) Sam Peffer artwork, DEATH WISH II (1982), DEFIANCE / COMMUNION (1980), THE FURY (1978), OBSESSION (1976), DRESSED TO KILL (1980), EYES OF A STRANGER (1981), THE FAN (1981), SCHIZO (1976), THE SHOUT (1978), WHEN A STRANGER CALLS (1979), LONG WEEKEND (1978), THE BOYS FROM BRAZIL (1978), COMA (1978), all UK Quad posters, together with a front of house set for DONT LOOK NOW (1973) and SCHIZO synopsis, folded (16)
A group of fold-out STAR WARS posters and poster magazines to include the RETURN OF THE JEDI POSTER ALBUM, RETURN OF THE JEDI: JEDI COMPENDIUM, THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK POSTER ALBUM - Official Star Wars Fan Club Publication, THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK Official Poster Monthly # 2 and #5, STAR WARS Official Poster Monthly #4, RETURN OF THE JEDI Official Poster Magazine #1 (C.1980-83) etc... (Qty)
MORECAMBE AND WISE - A cardboard display featuring a piece of paper signed by Ernie Wise and a fan letter response signed by Eric Morecambe mounted with a photo of the comedy duo, 30cm x 40cm, this item has been independently checked by Garry King and comes with an Excalibur Auctions certificate of authenticity
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