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Lot 3105
A Royal Crown Derby paperweight, Koala and Baby, The Australian Collection, gold signature limited edition, gold stopper, 10cm high, printed mark in gold, signed in gold by Hugh Gibson and Sue Rowe, John Ablitt facsimile signature, certificate; another, Duckbilled Platypus, gold stopper, 16cm long, printed mark in red, signed in gold (2)
Lot 3125
A Royal Crown Derby paperweight, Moonlight Badger, Collectors Guild exclusive, gold stopper, 16cm long, printed mark in red, signed in gold by Sue Rowe and Hugh Gibson; another, Border Collie, gold backstamp limited edition, 174/2,500, gold stopper, 10cm wide, printed mark in gold, signed in gold by Jane James, certificate (2)
Lot 193
Corgi The Aviation Archive WWII Legends, comprising AA302203 Avro Lancaster Guy Gibson, AA30013 Douglas Dakota IV KN628, No. 24 Squadron RAF, Personal Aircraft of Field Marshall Montgomery, July 1945, and AA30011 Douglas C-47 Battle of Britain Memorial Flight Aeroplane Special, 1:144 scale. (3)
Lot 250
Various Slater's Plastikard and other model railway components, including Slater's Fine Scale railway components 7A18 GWR standard fencing, Ratio Trackside Series 7mm telegraph poles, Slater's plastercard micro strips, Evergreen scale models H columns, Alan Gibson straight brass wires, etc. (1 box)
Lot 97
Bacon (Sir Francis) The Two Bookes...of the Proficience and Advancement of Learning, Divine and Humane, third edition, title with woodcut ornament, ink-stamp of H.G. Doggett to front free endpaper, ownership inscription of James Marshall to head of A2 & final f. verso, title slightly chipped at edges but no text loss, E1 small paper-flaw affecting couple letters, 2O3&4 margins trimmed, the odd spot or stain, lightly browned, contemporary calf, rebacked preserving later backstrip, corners repaired, covers rubbed and worn at extremities, upper cover detached, later endpapers, [Gibson 83; STC 1166], small 4to, Oxford, I.L. for Thomas Higgins, 1633. *** First published in 1605.
Lot 28
Lomazzo (Giovanni Paolo) A Tracte containing the Artes of Curious Paintinge, Carvinge & Buildinge, first edition in English, translated by Richard Haydocke, engraved title and 13 full-page illustrations, some after Dürer, woodcut initials and numerous fine typographical ornaments, lacking final leaf (colophon), embossed ownership stamp of Derek Gibson to front free endpaper, title with contemporary inscription at head (shaved) and rather soiled and frayed at edges with slight loss to outer corners (neatly supplied in ink and laid down), small stains to A2-3, B5 & D6, some other staining towards end particularly 2O1 & 2, a few leaves shaved at head at end, 2I1 defective at foot with slight loss to ornament and 3 lines of text on verso, a remboitage in later crimson straight-grain morocco elaborately tooled in gilt with wheel design, spine gilt in compartments, later paste-paper endpapers, rubbed, spine faded, [Harris 519; STC 16698; cf.Berlin Kat 4612 & Fowler 186, earlier Milan editions], small folio (c.250 x 180mm.), [Oxford, by Joseph Barnes for Richard Haydocke], [1598]. *** Lomazzo's influential Mannerist treatise was the first treatise on art to be published in England. It was dedicated to Thomas Bodley and was one of the first works to be presented to the Bodleian Library. "It was the first book on the arts to be translated and the reason for its choice must have been its thorough treatment of painting...". Harris p. 297.
Lot 66
Bacon (Sir Francis) The Historie of the Raigne of King Henry The Seventh, first edition, first issue with errata uncorrected, engraved portrait frontispiece by John Payne, title within woodcut architectural border, woodcut initials and head-pieces, lacking initial blank, occasional scattered foxing, contemporary calf, rebacked, wear to corners, a little rubbed, [Gibson 116a; STC 1160; Pforzheimer 32], small folio, Printed by W. Stansby for Matthew Lownes, and William Barret, 1622.
Lot 147
AN IZNIK POTTERY TILE WITH A FLOWER VASE Ottoman Turkey, 17th centuryOf square shape, underglaze-painted in cobalt blue and turquoise on a milky white ground, decorated with a central vase issuing tulips and carnations, featuring a decorative cloudband motif in the middle of the flower stems, flanked by scrolling prunus blossoms and tall turquoise cypress trees, mounted on a black metal stand.The tile 24.5cm x 24.5cm, 28.5cm high including the stand Tiles like the present example have been dated to the 17th century, the later period of Iznik tiles production, mostly due to their prominent presence on the walls of 17th-century Ottoman buildings. They appear in the New Mosque (Yeni Camii), Istanbul, completed in 1663, as well as in the Aksungur Camii (Blue Mosque), Cairo, originally built in 1347 and restored under the Ottomans in 1652 - 1654. In 1666 - 1668, following an extensive refurbishment programme as a result of the 1574 fire, several walls of the Topkpaki Palace courtyards were also covered in such tiles (John Carswell, Mina Moraitou, and Melanie Gibson, Iznik Ceramics at the Benaki Museum, 2023, p. 215). For other similar examples, please see the Benaki Museum, Athens (acc. nos. 20283-20288, 20890) and the British Museum, London (accession no. OA+.10771.1-4). The tile 24.5cm x 24.5cm, 28.5cm high including the stand Qty: 2
Lot 490
* English playing cards. Illuminated edition, London: De la Rue, circa 1840, 51 (of 52, without 10 of spades) colour printed playing cards (French suits), single figure type D2 courts, with much gold, queens and kings with green, Old Frizzle duty ace, suit signs on pip cards outlined with gold, dust soiled, few minor marks, otherwise apparently unused, versos tartan pattern in black and gold, each card 93 x 64 mm, believed original two-part red leather box, together with: Standard deck, Goodall, circa 1835, a complete deck of 52 stencil coloured woodblock playing cards (French suits), single figure type I courts, Old Frizzle duty ace, some toning, few pip cards lightly spotted, 3 & 8H with some faint staining, versos plain blue, each card 93 x 64 mm, plus: Piquet deck, Hunt & Sons, circa 1810, a complete deck (including queen of spades converted from a queen of clubs) of 32 stencil coloured woodblock small format playing cards (French suits), all cards with wide borders, single figure courts based on type I, ace of spades type A5a (die no.5, new), ace of clubs with Superfine stamp, variable toning, some spotting, versos plain white, each card 86 x 57 mm, with another 12 English decks, all 19th century, comprising: 2 by De La Rue; 2 Goodall; 3 Reynolds & Sons (one being the earliest known standard pack adapted for the blind, with 3 dimensional suit signs, circa 1835); 3 James English; one Gibson & Hunt, 1801, 51 of 52 (without JD), small size with wide borders, AS type A4a; and one Joseph Hunt & Sons, circa 1875, 'Zetema' deck, with additional spades suit, six scorers and box, none checked for condition or completeness, but all believed complete (except where mentioned above)QTY: (15)NOTE:Provenance: Collection of Dudley Ollis.Third item: Dudley Ollis noted that in the only other examples he had seen of this deck, both had the same substitution of a queen of clubs for the queen of spades.
Lot 729
Doyle (Arthur Conan). Uncle Bernac. A Memory of the Empire, 1st edition, London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1897, 12 monochrome plates (one loose), advertisements at rear, a few minor spots, original red cloth gilt, spine faded, slight lean, 8vo, together with The Lost World, 1st edition, London: Hodder and Stoughton, [1912], 8 monochrome plates (one loose), some light spotting, bookplate, original cloth, spine faded, a little rubbed, 8vo QTY: (2)NOTE:Green and Gibson A21a and A37a respectively.
Lot 1127
2 pieces of Cobridge Stoneware to include an unusual colour version of the Ocean Traveller designed by Philip Gibson , approx height 26cm , together with a collectors club Millenium Chalice designed by Jeanne McDougall, app height 16cm, both in good condition, factory marks to bases, marks feint to ocean traveller vase.
Lot 300
Gibson, Edmund Chronicon Saxonicum Ex MSS Codicibus nunc primum integrum edidit, ac Latinum fecit. Oxford: e Theatro Sheldoniano, 1692. First edition, 4to, [6] 244 [18] 64 pp., contemporary vellum, engraved vignette of the Sheldonian Theatre to title-page, engraved folding map of Anglo-Saxon England, Anglo-Saxon and Latin text in parallel columns, light worming to foot of gutter from quire 2H to end (text never affected). Together with a defective copy of John Row, Hebraeae Linguae, Glasgow, 1644, lacking at least the first two leaves of the second part (‘Chilias Hebraica’), covers detached (2) Edmund Gibson's Chronicon Saxonicum was ‘the first scholarly edition of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle to be based on a collation of several different recensions’ (Niles, The Idea of Anglo-Saxon England, 2015, p. 384).
Lot 260
Bacon (Francis). The Essays, or Counsels, Civil and Moral, of Sir Francis Bacon..., London: Printed by M. Clark, for Samuel Mearne..., 1680, contemporary inscription to verso of title, endpapers renewed, armorial bookplate of D. A. W. Russell to front pastedown, later half calf, spine a little scuffed, 8vo, together with:Bacon (Francis). The Essays, or Counsels, Civil and Moral, of Sir Francis Bacon..., London: Thomas Ratcliffe and Tho. Daniel, for Humphrey Robinson..., 1669, lacking portrait frontispiece, ownership inscription erased from top right margin of title, final leaf torn with loss to upper part of leaf, lacking endpapers, rebacked preserving upper cover, 12mo, plusCotton (Robert & John Hayward). The Histories of the Lives and Raignes of Henry the Third, and Henry the Fourth, Kings of England, London: printed for William Sheares..., 1642, engraved portrait frontispiece, final leaf with repaired closed tear, modern quarter calf, crimson morocco title label to spine, 12mo, plus 7 other works including; An Historicall Discourse of the Uniformity of the Government of England, 2 parts bound in 1, London: Matthew Walbancke, 1647, A Help to English History, containing A Succession of all the Kings of England..., by P. Heylyn, London: T. Basset, 1670, Poems on Affairs of State: from The Time of Oliver Cromwell, to the Abdication of K. James the Second, written by the great Wits of the Age..., 1703, The Works of Mr. John Oldham, together with his Remains, 1698, Hudibras: in three parts, written in the Late Wars, corrected and amended: with additions, 1710, mostly bound in leather, various conditions, mostly 8voQTY: (10)NOTE:ESTC R11985 for the first work; ESTC R47, Gibson 22, Wing B286A for the second.
Lot 1165
SOUTHEY ROBERT: (1774-1843) English poet of the Romantic school who served as Poet Laureate from 1813-43. A.L.S., R Southey, one page, small 8vo, Keswick, 7th June 1823, to a gentleman (annotated in pencil to the verso as being John Gibson at Whitehaven). Southey states that he is obliged to his correspondent ´for transmitting Mr. Clarkson´s message´, adding that it will probably not be too long before he sees him, and remarking ´Meantime I shall gladly concur to petitioning for the abolition of slavery - without which I have long perceived that the abolition of the slave trade would be of little effect´. In concluding Southey returns some state papers and a pamphlet by Mr. Macaulay. Some light, minor age wear, VGThomas Clarkson (1760-1846) English abolitionist, and a leading campaigner against the slave trade in the British Empire.Thomas Babington Macaulay (1800-1859) English historian, poet and politician.
Lot 286
MEDICAL DRAMAS: A good selection of signed 8 x 10 photographs and slightly smaller (2) by various actors and actresses, each of the images depicting them in costume from various American television medical dramas, and related sitcoms, comprising Richard Chamberlain (as Dr. James Kildare from Dr. Kildare, 1961-66), Sam Jaffe (as Doctor David Zorba from Ben Casey, 1961-66), Vince Edwards (as Ben Casey, a neurosurgeon, also from Ben Casey), William Daniels (as Dr. Mark Craig from St. Elsewhere, 1982-88), Holland Taylor (as Ina Duckett, a nurse, from the American sitcom Harry, 1987), Alex Kingston (as Dr. Elizabeth Corday from ER, 1997-2004), Adam Arkin (as Dr. Aaron Shutt from Chicago Hope, 1994-2000), Thomas Gibson (as Daniel Nyland from Chicago Hope, 1994-97), Mandy Patinkin (as Dr. Jeffrey Geiger, also from Chicago Hope), Wayne Rogers (as Dr. Charley Michaels from the American sitcom House Calls, 1979-82), and Isaiah Washington (as Preston Burke from Grey´s Anatomy, 2005-07). All are boldly signed to lighter areas of the images, and only one is inscribed. Colour (5). VG to EX, 11
Lot 1431
NEWTON HELMUT: (1920-2004) German-Australian fashion photographer. A.L.S., Helmut, two pages, 4to, Sunset Boulevard, Hollywood, California, 19th January 1984, to Nicole [Wisniak], on the printed stationery of the Chateau Marmont, in French. Newton writes, ´Voici une idée pour le prochaine "Egoist". j’ai vu la mise en page de Vanity Fair de mes photos de Pina Bunsch (Compagne de danse de Wuppertal) et le magazine a utilisé vraiment très peu des vraiment très intéressantes portraits etc. Si ça t’intéresses a avoir un assez important portfolio, pourquoi pas appeler Alex L et lui demander la permission. Léo était fouté à la port et maintenant Tina Bown est rédactrice en chef. Le 3ème en mis d’une année. Laisse moi savoir qu’est ce que tu penses. J’ai aussi une text avec ca de 2 tappé à la machine, assez drôle…..on a passé 4 jours dans le désert avec Gibson, beaucoup de rigolades….Est-ce que Philippe est déjà à la tête du Figaro ? Est-ce qu’il est devenu très fasciste?´ (Translation: ´Here's an idea for the next ‘Egoist’. I saw the layout of Vanity Fair with my photos of Pina Bunsch (Wuppertal's dance partner) and the magazine used very few of the really interesting portraits, etc. If you're interested in having a fairly large portfolio, why not call Alex L and ask him for permission? Léo was fired and now Tina Bown is editor-in-chief. The third in a year. Let me know what you think. I also have a typed text with two of them, quite funny... we spent four days in the desert with Gibson, lots of laughs... Is Philippe already head of Le Figaro? Has he become very fascist?´). At the foot of the page the photographer´s wife, June Newton (1923-2021) has added her own message to Wisniak, in French and English, referring to a book, her and her husband´s travel plans, and also asking ´Does Billy Wilder interest you? ("Some Like it Hot"..."Sunset Boulevard" - among others) I´ll photograph him anyway! And we´ll see!´. Together with a second A.L.S., Helmut, two pages, 4to, Monte Carlo, Monaco, 3rd September 1987, also to Nicole [Wisniak], in French. Newton writes ´Je suis un peu déçu dans tes promesses que tu n’as pas tenue. Soi gentille et envoi le plus vite possible tous tirages fait par Junie et moi pour Égoïste, également 4 exemplaires du dernier numéro au bureau de John…..J’ai besoin de ces exemplaires que tu as dis sont disponibles maintenant. Tu peu te servir toujours des autres qui arrivent plus tard. Mais j’aimerais à avoir mes copies du magazine maintenant.´ (Translation: ´I'm a little disappointed that you didn't keep your promise. Please be kind and send all the prints Junie and I made for Égoïste as soon as possible, as well as four copies of the latest issue to John's office... I need the copies you said were available now. You can always use the others that arrive later. But I'd like to have my copies of the magazine now.´) and in a postscript remarks ´Chérie, c’est, après tous, la seule récompense que nous demandons. Pas trop cher n’est ce pas??´ (Translation: ´Darling, after all, it's the only reward we ask for. Not too much to ask, is it??´). VG, 2Nicole Wisniak (1951- ) French journalist, creator and director of the magazine Égoïste. Newton made contributions to the magazine, before being replaced by Richard Avedon.
Lot 1531
SCOTT WALTER: (1771-1832) Scottish historical novelist, poet, playwright and historian. Autograph Manuscript, unsigned, two pages, small oblong 4to, n.p., n.d. (c.1825). Scott has written a series of manuscript notes on various topics, including a play about Queen Elizabeth I (´If You Know Not Me, You Know Nobody; or The Troubles of Queen Elizabeth´ by Thomas Heywood), inventions, universal corruption, and historical events, being extracts taken from Samuel Pepys's famous diaries, in part, ' They cannot for example but be delighted to learn that the account of the new play Queen Elizabeth's troubles and the history of Eighty Eight which is very curious as it seems to have consisted almost entirely in scenery.....The Queens Elizabeth and Mary appeared dressed in the costumes of their age and stood on the stage and explained the meaning of the action to the audience. Pepys was much affected with the sad story of Queen Elizabeth which he had sucked in from his cradle but fully as much as to see Krupp dance among the milkmaids and come out in the night-gown with no locks on but her bare face and hair only tied up in a knot.....The play as well as the very peculiar mode of representation seem to have escaped the industry of Isaac Rush......As a member of the useful arts may also remark that the introduction of the most successful inventions are not always successful in the commencement. Such was the case with the sort of carriages now most commonly in use and called at their first introduction glass coaches. Lady Ashly debated upon their bad qualities to Mr. Pepys......There were several men killed on the side of the French, one or two on that of the Spaniards & an Englishman by a bullet.....a similar commotion during the protectorate Cromwell brought to trial and cut of[f] the head of Don Pantaleon for the brother of the Portuguese ambassador. Corruption was universal. All offices were made subject to open traffick.....The slightest promise of service required such an acknowledgement and which round sums of money, silver porringers, gold cups and so forth were.....among the rich and noble, the ´smallest donation´ accepted and expected from those who had no more to give. Upon a bare civil speech from....Sir George Downing, Pepys dispatched a porter for his best fur cap that he might bestow it on Sir George as in duty bound. But the porter tarried so long on the way that the principal had sailed before his arrival and so the cap returned its place in Mr. Pepys wardrobe......What should we now think of the courtesy of a clerk who in return for some favourable speech of his master made his willing principal in the abundance of his gratitude a present of his best beaver hat.....Such were ´Good King Charles´s golden days´. However such great Scourges upon the land to punish as it served their enormous wickedness. War, pestilence and conflagration ravaged England by turns. Of these.....calamaties many and highly curious particulars are preserved in the Memoirs, Pepys having been called upon by situation to exert himself actively during them all and having uniformly displayed both sagacity and firmness. If quitting the broad path of history we seek for.....information causes may account manners & customs the progress of arts and sciences and the various branches of antiquity we have never seen a source so rich as the volumes before us absolutely resemble the general cauldrons at the wielding of Camacho....´. Rare in this form. Some light age wear and minor staining, and a small strip of former mounting to the upper left edge, otherwise about VGSamuel Pepys (1633-1703) English writer and politician, most remembered today for the diary he kept for almost a decade.In July 1825 Scott had acquired a copy of the Diary of Samuel Pepys, which had just been published for the first time. Scott´s son-in-law John Gibson Lockhart declared that he had not seen Scott ´more delighted with any book whatsoever´. Inspired by Pepys´s diaries, and an 1821 journal by Lord Byron, Scott began his own new diary on 20th November 1825 and, with a few breaks, continued to make entries in it until April 1832. Since its first complete publication in 1890, The Journal of Sir Walter Scott has attracted high praise, being considered by many critics one of the finest diaries in the English language.
Lot 114
'THE CONTESTED DALLAS UKULELE'; believed to be an experimental instrument based on a late Dallas E, the proposal was to make a model to rival the Gibson ukulele, the instrument bears a plaque with a picture of George Formby and his name to the pegboard and has a walnut base length 56.5cm, uncased.
Lot 912
60S TO 90S POP 7" COLLECTION - a collection of approximately 464 60s to 90s Pop 7"s. Collection to include: Take That, Gloria Estefan, Tiffany, Grace Jones, Ripple, James Brown, Neneh Cherry, Linda Clifford, Martika, Five Star, ABBA, Waterfront, Streetband, Billy Joel, The J. Geils Band, Cutting Crew, Ian Vint, Sabrina, Dannii, Debbie Gibson, Kenny Rogers, Hot Gossip, Baccara, Elton John, Natalie Cole, D.J. Jazzy Jeff and The Fresh Prince, The Floaters, Peter Brown, Sybil, Anita Ward, Gladys Knight, and more. The collection is generally in VG+ to Ex+ condition
Lot 330
Braveheart Movie collection. Patrick McGoohan and Randall Wallace 2003 signed Screenplay. Original Screenplay by Randall Wallce. Printed Mel Gibson signature and Printed Randall Wallace signature on Braveheart Movie book. Included one signed screenplay, one signed Braveheart screenplay front page, one unsigned screenplay and one printed signed Braveheart movie book.
Lot 159
1958 Invitation Card (with autographs) from Borough of Stretford Town Council to local Councillor for the dinner to celebrate the Manchester United Football Club appearance in the 1958 FA Cup Final (for the second year in succession). To the reverse has the following signatures: Leslie Lever (Lord Mayor Manchester), Stan Crowther, Ian Greaves, Dennis Viollet, Ronnie Cope, Freddie Goodwin, Alex Dawson, Matt Busby, Alan Gibson (director), Joe Armstrong (Chief Scout, Joe was Jimmy Murphy's great friend and colleague); comes with 1958 FAC Final match programme; fair/good. (2)
Lot 2046
A pair of Jane Austen and Napoleonic War interest George III silver Egyptian Revival commemorative table candlesticks, each of tapered cylindrical form to a stepped spreading foot, having palm and acanthus leaf borders, the stems having a quatraform square knop engraved with a Pharoah's head to each side, the feet engraved with a lengthy engraved presentation inscription to Captain Francis William Austen of the ship St Albans, from several commanders of the East India Company late under his orders from St Helena to England, dated London November 1808, named captains to include William Ward Farrer, William Hay, Walter Campbell, and Robert Wellbank etc, having engraved coat of arms incorporating those of Austen (chevron and bear paws), Leigh (cross from his mother's family), and Gibson (three storks from his wife's family), with detachable sconces and weighted bases, maker John Roberts & Co, Sheffield 1806, h.34cmNote: Admiral of the Fleet Sir Francis William Austen was a Royal Navy officer and brother of author Jane Austen. He was a commanding officer during the Napoleonic Wars and helped pursue the French fleet to the West Indies while in command of HMS Canopus; a French ship captured during the Battle of the Nile in 1805. On 13 July 1808, the East India Company gave Austen £420 with which to buy a piece of plate: this was a substantial gift (perhaps the equivalent of a year's salary) in thanks for his having safely convoyed to Britain from St Helena seven of their Indiamen, plus one extra (voyage chartered) ship. A biographical manuscript written by Francis Austen has been recently purchased and transcribed by the Jane Austen's House museum in Chawton, and page 34 includes the statement: "For his attention to the Convoy, the Board of East India Directors voted him 400 guineas, as they had the beginning of the year 200 guineas on his arrival from the Cape; and the Captains of the 8 ships he conveyed, in a letter expressive of their sense of his gentlemanlike conduct to themselves, as well as his attention to the safety of the convoy, requested his acceptance of a piece of plate, as a testimony of their satisfaction and best wishes they presented him with 2 pairs of handsome Candlesticks of an Egyptian pattern."Jane and her mother were living with 'Frank' and his wife at lodgings in Southampton during this time, so there is every chance that these candlesticks illuminated the desk where Jane wrote. The Napoleonic Wars rumbled on in the background to the voyage from St Helena to England, and Austen aboard the St Albans played a small part in the start of the Peninsula War, whereby Napoleon attempted to usurp the Spanish crown and install his brother Joseph Bonaparte as king. On 20th June 1808, there is a log entry stating "Exchanged numbers with the Raven brig. The brig is from off Lisbon. The French have taken possession of Spain. The Spanish Royal Family are prisoners in France. It is not certainly known where the Rochefort squadron is gone, but supposed into the Mediterranean". Later entries in August record witnessing the battle of Vimiera and employing boats to shore to take in wounded soldiers and French prisoners of war. This war, combined with Napoleon's disastrous decision to invade Russia, would prove to be the beginning of the end for the French. In 1815, St Helena became the exile and final home of Napoleon Bonaparte following his final defeat at the Battle of Waterloo. Read more here. Both excellent with no breaks or repairs.Would benefit from a polish, otherwise no faults.
Lot 2912
JOHN CLERK OF ELDIN (SCOTTISH 1728-1812) BRECHIN CHURCH WITH THE PICTISH TOWER Mixed media on paper, bears inscription upper right, 25 x 37cm (9.75 x 14.5"), unframed, and an engraving of the same subject (2) Provenance: Bears inscription verso 'Brechin Church with the Pictish Tower/Drawing by Mr Clerk of Eldin/Given to Mr James Gibson Craig Junior' Condition Report:Drawing: Discolouring to sheet. Folds, creases and minor tears. Spotting. Damage to edges. Appears to have been varnished.
Lot 191
The Frank Strike Collection of Cornish Shipwrecks- Archive Two boxes of photographs, postcards, letters and other related ephemera A large collection in two alphabetised boxes, including James Gibson, Gibson & Sons, Hawke &c. &c., titled and annotated, a marvellous collection.Including;Agar Robartes – 1 photo (unknown); Adolf Vinnen – 3 photos (unknown); Alba – leaflet and poem (unknown); Ardgoury – photo & leaflet (unknown); Avebury – 1 photo (Gibsons); Barque William – various (Gibsons); Bardic – 8 photos (1 Gibsons); Bay of Panama – 1 photo (Gibsons); Blue Jacket – 1 photo (Gibsons); Branklow – 1 photo (Gibsons); Busby – 1 photo (Gibsons); Cambria – postcard (unknown); Cap – postcard (Gibsons); City of Cardiff – photo (Gibsons); City of Paris – 5 photos (2 Gibsons); Cloudsly Shovell – 1 photo (Maritime Museum); Crete Avon – 1 photo (Western Morning News); Cromdale – 1 photo (Gibsons); Cviet – 3 photos (2 Gibsons); Dattetree – photo (Gibsons); Egret? – 1 photo; Falmouth Castle – 1 photo (Gibsons); Flying Enterprise – 7 photos; GJ Jones – 2 photos; GJ Jones – 3 photos; Gibsons; Gibsons; Gibsons; Gibsons; Gibsons; Gibsons; Gibsons; Gibsons; Gibsons – 1 photo + N? cutting; Glensaddle 1 – 1 photo; Glensaddle 2 – 1 photo; Glensaddle 3 – 1 photo; Gunvor S – 1 photo; Hanne – 1 photo; Henry C. Teignmouth – 3 photos; Hunt – 1 photo; Kyber – 1 photo; Kodak – 1 photo; Lady of the Isles – 2 photos; Lifeboat entrance – 1 photo; Lizard Lifeboat – 10 photos; Lundy – 3 photos; Lundy – 3 photos; Malla – 1 photo; Maurice B – 1 photo; Miner V – 1 photo; Nossel – 2 photos; Ocean Liner – 3 photos; Olympic – 1 photo; Pamela Holmes – 3 photos; Parthia – 1 photo; Port Tirpitz – 1 photo; President CA V.S. – 1 photo; Queen Margaret – 1 photo; Robert Henry – 1 photo; Roseland – 1 photo; Royal Navy – 3; Salto – 2 photos; Socoa – 2 photos; T J Rickson; T J Rickson; 1 Gibson, 1 House of Hester; 1 Western Morning News; Wright & Logan; SS. Mohegan- 8 photos and near contemporary letter from a sailor of her sister ships, &c. &c.This remarkable collection was assembled by the well-known local historian Frank Strike, who used it for many years to give engaging lectures on local history. Born in 1895, Frank began his working life as a shipwright before becoming a builder and undertaker. In 1929, he joined the coastguard, where he served with distinction for forty years. He was awarded the Coastguard Long Service Medal and spent 35 years as the Number One in the Life-saving Team, responsible for aiming and firing the rocket that carried a rescue line to ships in distress.Frank’s interest in local history—particularly that of Porthleven—led him to begin collecting slides in 1947 to support his public talks. He lectured regularly, often once or twice a week, and his presentations became well known in the community. Frank passed away in 1967, and his collection has been carefully preserved by his family.Now being offered is the archive he used for both research and presentation. His glass slides, sold by Lay’s on 16 November 2023 for £15,000, formed an integral part of this historic and much-valued collection.
Lot 158A
(Isles of Scilly) A good collection of seventy three glass lantern slides Mostly depicting the Isles of Scilly, many with contemporary hand written descriptions, five produced by Owen Graystone Bird, many by the Gibson family and a few from ‘A Tour through Cornwall’ by Wrench and Son, c.1887, a very good collection. (73)Some titles include;Counting & tying Flowers, Cromwell’s Castle, Life Boat Launching, St. Martins Head by H. Cox, Bishops Lighthouse by Gibson & Son, armoriels (?) Home Samson by Gibson, Gathering Scilly Whites by C.J. King, The Father of The Island by C. J. King, Sunset over Samson, Giants Castle, Hangmans Island, Old Fire Cresset Tresco Gardens by Gibson, Waiting for the Ferryman by G. Bird, Lady of the Isles by J.V, Bryher Hell Bay, &c. &c.
Lot 192
The Frank Strike Collection of Cornish Shipwrecks Over 200 Postcards of the Cornish Coastline – Many by the Gibson Family A remarkable collection, meticulously assembled into one folder and organized into three sections—featuring numerous works by James Gibson, F.E. Gibson, Gibson & Sons, and others, annotations and some MS to versos. (200+)Section 1 Falmouth to St Ives: Including Ocklinge, D. S. Harper, Maurice Bernard, the crew of the Queen Margaret, Adolf Vinnen, Nivelle, 13 showing the S.S. Tripolitania including the crew and the salvage, Civet, Noisel, Jeune Hortense, Saluto, Petrellen, Leon Bureau, Ansgir, Cragoswald, Maud, Busby, the salvage of the Trifolium, City of Cardiff, Voorspoed, Bessie, Mary Barrow, Rosedale, S.S. Alba, Granite State, &c. &c.Section 2 Scilly; The Scillonian, S.S. Minnehaha including the salvage, S.S. Plympton, Castleford, Horsa, Queen, Gothland, Brinkburn, King Cadwallon, Serca, River Lune, Rosa Tacchini, Sophie, Aksai, an aquaplane &c. &c.Section 3 Hartland & Bude: Scotia, President Garfield, Elizabeth, Rosalia, Flora Amsterdam, HMS Montague, Jebba, Herzogin Cecilie, S.S. Empress, &c. &c.This exceptional collection was put together by the noteable local historian Frank Strike, and used by him for many years to give illustrated lectures. Frank Strike was born in 1895 and started as a shipwright, later becoming a builder and undertaker. In 1929 he joined the coastguard, to which he dedicated forty years of his life. He held the Coastguard long service medal for 35 years as Number One in the Life-saving Team, during which time he was responsible for aiming and firing the rocket that carried the rope to the shipwreck. He started his collection in 1947 and combined it with his passion for local history, particularly the history of Porthleven, by giving regular lectures with slides. He gave lectures as often as once or twice a week. Frank died in 1967 and his collection has been carefully preserved by his family.
Lot 760
An Aboriginal Corroboree Dream painting. "Woman Dreaming "Oil on Canvas By Eileen Napinunga Gibson from the Warlpiri Tribe & Napperby Communitythe painting was created in the hills country, this "Dreaming" tells the story of how the men sit down and think about women's dreaming and how all the Corroborees are to be conducted because the men are the custodians of the woman's dreamingmeasures approx. 24.5inch x 24.5inch
Lot 176
Trade cards, Spain, La Novela Semanal Cinematografica (The Weekley Film Novel magazine), a collection of approx. 200 postcard size cards of Cinema Stars issued in the 1920's/30's including Harold Lloyd, Hoot Gibson, Lon Chaney, Mary Astor, Greta Garbo, Mildred Harrys Chaplin (Charlie Chaplin's first wife), Natalie Talmadge Keaton (Buster Keaton's wife) etc (a few with slight marks & minor creasing, mostly gd)
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