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GERMANY. LANDESBANK DER PROVINZ WESTFALEN. Weimar Republic, 1918-1933. Gilt Bronze 10000 Mark, 1923. Obv: NOTGELD DER PROVINZ WESTFALEN, central depiction of a horse over denomination with date below. Rev: bust of Freiherr vom Stein right, MINISTER VOM STEIN•DEUTSCHLANDS FUHRER IN SCHWERER ZEIT 1757-1831.Chip to bottom right of NGC Holder. In secure plastic holder, graded NGC UNC DETAILS , certification number 6646565-020.Reference: Funck-645.7c; Jaeger N20a.Diameter: 45 mm.Weight: 31.7 g.Composition: Gilt Bronze.PLEASE NOTE: A 22.50% buyer's premium will be charged separately. VAT on the buyer's premium may apply in accordance with UK regulations. Additional 6% fee charged on the Saleroom. Payment can be made in EUR, CHF, or USD for an exchange fee. Please contact us to find out more.
GERMANY. LANDESBANK DER PROVINZ WESTFALEN. Weimar Republic, 1918-1933. Gilt Bronze 10000 Mark, 1923. Obv: NOTGELD DER PROVINZ WESTFALEN, central depiction of a horse over denomination with date below. Rev: bust of Freiherr vom Stein right, MINISTER VOM STEIN•DEUTSCHLANDS FUHRER IN SCHWERER ZEIT 1757-1831.In secure plastic holder, graded NGC MS 62 , certification number 6646565-021.Reference: Funck-645.7c; Jaeger N20a.Diameter: 45 mm.Weight: 31.7 g.Composition: Gilt Bronze.PLEASE NOTE: A 22.50% buyer's premium will be charged separately. VAT on the buyer's premium may apply in accordance with UK regulations. Additional 6% fee charged on the Saleroom. Payment can be made in EUR, CHF, or USD for an exchange fee. Please contact us to find out more.
GERMANY. Weimar Republic, 1918-1933. Gold plated Bronze 50 Million Mark, 1923. Obv: NOTGELD DER PROVINZ WESTFALEN, central depiction of a horse over denomination with date below. Rev: bust of Freiherr vom Stein right, MINISTER VOM STEIN•DEUTSCHLANDS FUHRER IN SCHWERER ZEIT 1757-1831.In secure plastic holder, graded PCGS MS65 , certification number 42942302.PCGS population in this grade: 33.PCGS population in higher grade: 18.Reference: Funck-645.11A; Jaeger N23a.Diameter: 44 mm.Weight: 32.5 g.Composition: Gold plated Bronze.PLEASE NOTE: A 22.50% buyer's premium will be charged separately. VAT on the buyer's premium may apply in accordance with UK regulations. Additional 6% fee charged on the Saleroom. Payment can be made in EUR, CHF, or USD for an exchange fee. Please contact us to find out more.
Dalí, Salvador (1904 Figueras 1989) "FLORDALI I" (1981). Farblithographie mit Reliefprägung, re. u. im Stein sign., verso Ex. 3.276/4.880, Druck bei Senan Bern, nach einer Collage, die Dalí speziell für die Edition schuf. Aus dem Jahr 1981. Bildmaß ca. 65x 97 cm, Blattmaß ca. 75,8x 106 cm, in Künstler-Rahmen. Wvz.: Michler/Löpsinger Nr. 1586, S. 179.
Cunard (Nancy). Parallax, 1st edition, London: The Hogarth Press, 1925, signed and inscribed by the author in brown ink to verso of front free endpaper 'Dear Solita - after Paris, Isle Adam, Rome, Le Lavandon, and perhaps most of all, Lyons. Affectionately, Admiringly, Nancy Cunard 1925', with later red pen inscription by Solita Solano beneath 'Given to my dear Daphne, October, 1966, Solita', occasional pen and pencil marginal annotations, spotting, edges untrimmed, original pictorial paper-covered boards, damp stain to head of lower cover, some marks and edgewear, 8voQTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: Solita Solano (1888-1975), American writer, poet and journalist; Daphne Fielding (1904-1997), British author and dedicatee of Evelyn Waugh's The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold, thence by descent.Woolmer 57.An exceptional presentation copy. Solita Solano joined a Parisian social circle consisting of, amongst others, Nancy Cunard, Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas in 1922. In 1918 she had begun a lifelong relationship with the American journalist Janet Flanner. Flanner and Solano stayed with Cunard and her then partner Louis Aragon in Padua in 1928 at a particularly fraught period of the latter's relationship. (Anne De Courcy, Magnificent Rebel)
Lang (Andrew, editor). The Red Fairy Book, 66/113 copies, 1890; The Green Fairy Book, 112/150, 1892; The Yellow Fairy Book, 6/140 copies, 1894; The True Story Book, 44/150, 1893; The Blue Poetry Book, 95/150, 1891, London: Longmans, Green, and Co. and New York, 1890-1894, black and white illustrations throughout, all uncut and untrimmed (except The Blue Poetry Book), two with Edward S. de Stein bookplate to front pastedown, original quarter Japanese vellum, rubbed with some marks, spines toned (The Red Fairy Book with partially detached spine), 4to, together with 10 further books edited by Andrew Lang, comprising: The Red Book of Animal Stories, 1899; The Book of Romance, 1902; The True Story Book, 1893; The Red True Story Book, 1895; The All Sorts of Stories Book, 1911; The Crimson Fairy Book, 1903, (lower board faded and detached); The Orange Fairy Book, 1906; The Red Fairy Book, 1890, (upper cover detached); The Yellow Fairy Book, 1894, (upper cover detached); and The Book of Saints and Heroes, 1912, (upper board faded), each with George Francis Lindsay bookplate to front pastedown, each with original covers and spine bound into rear, Sangorski & Sutcliffe bound for Brentano's black ink stamp to all free front endpaper versos, all uniformly bound, in green calf gilt, some rubbing to extremities, gilt decorated spines with brown morocco labels, faded and rubbed, 8voQTY: (15)
A selection of vintage costume jewellery and a Thomas Sabo silver ring,the costume jewellery includes a Lea Stein cat celluloid brooch, a Monet gold tone cuff bangle, a reverse painted flower lucite brooch, a Cilea Paris orange fruit brooch, a pair of Kershaw Tivoli green bakelite opera binoculars and a black enamelled marcasite set Stratton compact mirror,the Thomas Sabo ring is set with orange and yellow cubic zirconia's, stamped "TS 925", size M, approx. 12g gross, boxed
A box of various copper ware to include three watering cans and three measures, a German stein and a box of various brass ware including various toasting forks, fire tools, two beaten crocodile skin decorated jugs, an E Thomas & Williams Ltd of Aberdare miner's lamp, goblets, kettle, fire dogs, Corpus Christi figure, etc.
1972 commemorative German beer stein featuring a colorful relief scene of Olympia-Stadt München with the Olympic rings and the Olympia-Turm (television tower). The body is adorned with floral bands and alpine motifs, with a hand-painted color scheme in blue, beige, and red. Topped with a pewter lid bearing an ornate thumb lift and marked "DBGM" on the interior. The base houses a built-in Swiss music box by MAPSA that plays "Hofbrauhaus". A tribute to the 1972 Summer Olympics held in Munich, Germany.Issued: 20th centuryDimensions: 8.75"HCondition: Age related wear.
A horse bracelet, French, circa 1970, the polished wood cuff with realistically modelled horse head terminal with cabochon hardstone eyes and hoop to the mouth, mounted in 18ct gold, French assay marks, partial UK import mark, sponsor’s mark for Sannit & Stein, inner diameter 6cm. £1,000-£1,500 --- Condition Report The polished wood is a replacement with some indistinct adhesive evident around terminals on close inspection. Gross weight 45.6gm.
STEIN GERTRUDE: (1874-1946) American novelist, poet, playwright and art collector, famous for hosting her Paris salon where the leading figures of modernism in art and literature would meet. T.L.S., Gertrude Stein, one page, 8vo, Rue de Fleurus, Paris, 19th September n.y.. to Maurice Sachs. Stein states that it would give her much pleasure if Three Lives were to be translated into French, adding 'I am very nearly certain that I have the rights of translation but my agent Mr. W. A. Bradley,……with whom in any case you would make arrangements concerning royalties etcetera, will be able to give you all the information you may desire' and further remarking 'As for the translator, I would indeed very much like it to be done by my friend Rene Crevel if he would care to, though of this I am not at all certain. He has for some time admired the book'. VGMaurice Sachs (1906-1945) French-Jewish writer.Rene Crevel (1900-1935) French writer associated with the surrealist movement.Three Lives (1909) is a work of fiction by Stein which she wrote in 1905-06. The book is separated into three stories, The Good Anna, Melanctha, and The Gentle Lena.
SKIING: Selection of signed pieces, cards, album pages, signed postcard photographs (the majority colour images) by various skiers, many of them Olympic and World Ski Championship medallists etc., including Olle Fimfors, Sigge Bergman, Stig Sollander, Jonas Nilsson & Ingemar Stenmark, Lars-Borge Eriksson (3), Niklas Henning, Thomas Fogdo, Fredrik Nyberg, Finn Christian Jagge, Kjetil Aamodt, Jan Einar Thorsen, Lasse Kjus, Stein Eriksen, Gustav Lantschner, Alberto Tomba, Michael Mair, Peter Runggaldier, Ivano Edalini, Peter Roth, Hannes Zehentner, Markus Wasmeier, Didier Bouvet, Gustav Oehrli, William Besse, Danie Mahrer, Paul Accola, Urs Kalin, Ossi Reichert, Hubert Strolz, Patrick Ortleb, Gunther Mader, Thomas Stangassinger, Stefan Eberharter, Armin Assinger, Bill Johnson, A. J. Kitt, Tommy Moe, Pernilla Wiberg, Kristina Andersson, Kerrin Lee-Gartner, Picabo Street, Anita Wachter, Annelise Coberger, Petra Kronberger, Ingrid Salvenmoser, Sabine Ginther, Anni Kronbichler, Anja Haas, Sylvia Eder, Regina Mosenlechner, Maria Walliser, Vreni Schneider, Brigitte Oertil, Patricia Chauvet, Madeleine Chamot-Berthod, Pauletta Magoni, Katja Seizinger, Bibiana Perez, Chantal Bournissen, Karin Buder, Donna Weinbrecht etc. The majority of the images depict the skiers in action poses with inset portraits. A little duplication. Generally VG, 81
THE RUGBY CLUB HOUSE: SIGNED 1997 NEW ZEALAND INTERNATIONAL JERSEY, inner Canterbury of New Zealand label, size XL, bearing Canterbury middle logo, embroidered New Zealand All Blacks fern and Stein Lager sponsorship motif, together with rugby union ticket dated December 6th 1997Provenance: collection of John Sheehan, former landlord at the Kings Arms, Twickenham where he became friends and made connections with playersComments: framed and glazed, 35 signatures present in silver ink, some fading, please see photos of signaturesAuctioneer's Notes: The 1997 New Zealand Rugby Union tour of Britain and Ireland named a squad of 36, players of note; Sean Fitzpatrick, Todd Blackadder, Zinzan Brooke , Jonah Lomu, Chrisitan Cullen, Todd Miller, Tana Umaga
THE RUGBY CLUB HOUSE: ALL BLACKS 1998 NEW ZEALAND TEAM JERSEY, Canterbury of New Zealand size L with Canterbury logo, New Zealand All Blacks logo and Stein Lager sponsorship embroidered logo, jersey has 23 line spaces for signatures of the team in silver ink, to include John Hart, Jeff Wilson, Todd Blackadder, Olo Brown, Justin Marshall, Jonah Lumu, Walter Little, Christian Cullen, Carlos Spencer etc.Provenance: collection of John Sheehan, former landlord at the Kings Arms, Twickenham where he became friends and made connections with playersComments: framed and glazed
A small group of vintage Breweriana and retro collectables - 1960s-80s, including two novelty AM radios, one modelled as a Coke bottle, the other a can of Carling Black Label; a tin pub serving tray for West Country Beers, 'Enjoy your "West Country"', advertising Chelt Ale and Cotswold Ale; a Guinness miniature; a large German pottery stein; a novelty glass Wellington boot-shaped 0.5L glass; a boxed set of Jim Pike darts; a Whitbread china tankard; a 'Royal Heritage Fine China' 'Luvly Jubbly!' Only Fools and Horses plate; novelty playing cards; etc.
Traditional German beer stein featuring a detailed hand-painted relief scene of a family gathering in a pastoral setting. The front displays a German phrase. Decorated in vivid colors with floral accents and architectural framing. Topped with a finely cast pewter lid and thumb-lift. The base is incised Germany.Issued: 20th centuryDimensions: 11.5"HCountry of Origin: GermanyCondition: Age related wear.
Classic German stoneware beer stein featuring the blue Hofbrauhaus Munchen logo with crowned HB monogram on the front. Produced by SAHM, a well-known German manufacturer of brewery drinkware, this stein has a traditional cylindrical shape with a curved handle and is marked with a 1L capacity. The stein is finished in a smooth light gray glaze, typical of modern production methods used for durability and consistency. A popular collectible tied to the famous Hofbrauhaus beer hall in Munich.Issued: 20th centuryDimensions: 6.5"L x 7.75"HCountry of Origin: GermanyCondition: Age related wear.
Vintage German beer stein by Zoller & Born featuring a richly colored raised-relief scene of traditional Bavarian folk life. The stein is inscribed with the classic German motto: Erst mach deins sach, dann trink und lach, translating to First do your work, then drink and laugh. Figures in alpine attire gather around rustic cottages beneath detailed trees and mountains. Topped with a domed, embossed pewter lid and ornate thumb lift. Marked on the base with the Zoller & Born backstamp and Made in Germany. A fine example of traditional German stein artistry.Issued: 20th centuryDimensions: 9"HCondition: Age related wear.
Vintage ceramic beer stein by Original King, Germany, featuring a map of Switzerland surrounded by iconic locations including Zurich, Lucerne, Interlaken, the Matterhorn, and others. The front displays the Swiss cross with trilingual labeling Suisse Schweiz Svizzera. Raised relief Edelweiss floral accents and textured dot background decorate the sides. The stein is topped with a domed, ornately embossed pewter lid with a detailed thumb lift. Marked on base with model number 710 1/2 and the Original King logo.Issued: 20th centuryDimensions: 9.5"HCondition: Age related wear.
Hand painted figure depicting a brewer holding a stein of beer while leaning against the keg. Colored in hues of green, brown, cream, and grey. with gilt base. Bochmann impressed backstamp. Goebel backstamp. Artist: Gerhard BochmannIssued: 20th century Dimensions: 2.5"L x 2.75"W x 7.5"HCountry of Origin: Germany Condition: Age related wear.
Lea Stein celluloid fox brooch, 9.5cm, and another Lea Stein celluloid fox mask brooch, 7cm.Qty: 2Condition report:Both are stamped on the clasps (additional images have been uploaded to our website).Fox. very small chip to the right side edge near the nose, some glue residue visible, otherwise good conditionFox mask. Good condition.
Vintage German beer stein featuring detailed raised-relief scenes of Strasbourg Cathedral and the Château du Haut-Koenigsbourg. Decorated in vivid colors against a dark background, with ivy accents and labeled landmarks. The handle has a twisted branch design, and the piece is topped with a domed pewter lid adorned with scrollwork and a thumb lift. Marked with a "Made in Germany" label on the base.Issued: 20th centuryDimensions: 9.5"HCountry of Origin: GermanyCondition: Age related wear.
Vintage ceramic beer stein with a detailed raised-relief design featuring a traditional alpine scene on one side and a lively dancing couple on the other. The stein is finished in earthy tones with vibrant hand-painted highlights and a highly decorative handle molded in a twisting branch motif. Topped with a domed pewter lid featuring embossed foliate scrollwork and a decorative thumb lift.Issued: 20th centuryDimensions: 12.5"HCondition: Age related wear.
A set of two limited edition Budweiser holiday beer steins handcrafted for Anheuser-Busch. The first stein titled "Old Towne Holiday" featuring the iconic Budweiser Clydesdales in a snowy village setting under a starry sky. The second stein showcases a snowy rural scene with the hitch crossing a covered bridge, flanked by pine trees and festive decor. Both steins are richly detailed in bas-relief with vivid holiday colors and textural ceramic finishes. Undersides include full maker's marks and edition info.Issued: 2003Dimensions: Tallest: 5.5"W x 7"HCountry of Origin: Brazil Condition: Age related wear.
Set of three Mexican folk art "Tlaquepaque" tourist pottery pitcher and handled mugs or stein cups in the form of three Mayan or Aztec figures, ca. 1940s.(Pitcher) Height: 11 1/2 in x width: 4 in x depth: 4 in. (Cups, each) height: 6 1/2 in x width: 4 1/4 in x depth: 3 in. Condition: There is crazing to the glaze throughout. Several chips to all pieces, mainly along edges and high points. One larger chip along the headdress of the pitcher. Light wear to the footrims. No major repairs or cracks.
Maurice Vander Meeren (1903-1983) Pastor Van Ars, Johannes Vianney (1939) sculptured white stone.Signed and dated, 1939Sculptured white stone.Provenance: from the artist's collection.(39 x 106 x 23 cm)Maurice Vander Meeren (1903-1983), Pastor Van Ars, Johannes Vianney (1939), weißer Stein, gemeißelt.Signiert und datiert, 1939Geformter weißer Stein.Provenienz: aus der Sammlung des Künstlers.(39 x 106 x 23 cm)
Maurice Vander Meeren (1903-1983) Saint Isidore (1931) sculptured white stone.Saint Isidore.Sculptured white stone.Signed and dated 1931.Provenance: College Tielt.(46 x 136 x 36 cm)Maurice Vander Meeren (1903-1983) Heiliger Isidor (1931), weißer Stein, gemeißelt.Heiliger Isidor.Geformter weißer Stein.Signiert und datiert 1931.Provenienz: College Tielt.(46 x 136 x 36 cm)
Maurice Vander Meeren (1903-1983) 'Theresia Van Lissieux', sculptured white stone.Theresia à Jesu Infante, Theresia of the Child Jesus or Thereisa van Lissieux.Sculptured White Stone.Signed and dated, 1939.Provenance: Collection of the artist.(33 x 106 x 20 cm)Maurice Vander Meeren (1903-1983) "Theresia Van Lissieux", gemeißelter weißer Stein.Theresia à Jesu Infante, Theresia vom Jesuskind oder Thereisa van Lissieux.Weißer Stein gemeißelt.Signiert und datiert, 1939.Provenienz: Sammlung des Künstlers.(33 x 106 x 20 cm)
Autographed Pat Stanton 8 X 6 Photo : B/W, Depicting Celtic Manager Jock Stein Shaking Hands With New Signing Pat Stanton During A Photo-Shoot At Celtic Park Following His Transfer From Hibernian In 1976, Signed (By Stanton Only) In Blue Marker. Good Condition Est. 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
Alexander Koester 1864 Bergneustadt - 1932 München Enten am Teich. 1909. Öl auf Leinwand. Rechts unten signiert. 54,5 x 82 cm (21,4 x 32,2 in). • Zu diesem seinem Œuvre schließlich übergeordneten Thema der stimmungsvollen Enten-Darstellungen findet der Landschaftsmaler Alexander Koester 1896 während eines Aufenthalts in Klausen im Eisacktal, einem Südtiroler Künstlertreff. • Mit freiem, impressionistisch-bewegtem, breitem und lockerem Farbauftrag bringt Koester den flüchtigen Moment der sich im Wasser tummelnden Tiere, das Licht- und Schattenspiel auf dem Gefieder und die Reflexionen des Sonnenlichtes auf der Wasseroberfläche zur Darstellung. • Seine Werke erfreuen sich bald großer Beliebtheit, finden Eingang in Sammlungen und Museen, sogar Kaiser Wilhelm II. und König Vittorio Emanuele III. von Italien erwerben 1900 und 1907 zwei Enten-Bilder. • 1904 ist der Künstler mit drei Enten-Bildern auf der Weltausstellung in St. Louis, Missouri, vertreten und erhält eine Goldmedaille. • Vergleichbare Arbeiten befinden sich u. a. in den Sammlungen der Neuen Pinakothek, Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen, München, und des Belvedere in Wien. PROVENIENZ: Privatsammlung Niedersachsen. Privatsammlung Süddeutschland (2001 vom Vorgenannten erworben, Ketterer Kunst, München, Los 16). Privatsammlung Süddeutschland (2016 vom Vorgenannten erworben, Ketterer Kunst, München, Los 97). AUSSTELLUNG: Gedächtnisausstellung des Kunstmalers Alexander Koester, Ständige Kunstausstellung der Münchener Kunstgenossenschaft, Maximilianstr. 26, München, 1933 (Kat.-Nr. 8849). LITERATUR: Ruth Stein, Alexander Koester. Leben und Werk, Recklinghausen 1988, WVZ-Nr. 825. - - Kunstauktion Bantele, München, 27.3.1976, Los 518 (m. Abb. und Inserat mit Abb. in Weltkunst 4/1976, S. 170). Christie, Manson & Woods, London, 19th Century Pictures and Continental Watercolors:The Properties of Sir George Christie and from Various Sources, 23.6.1989, Los 134 (m. Abb.). Ketterer Kunst, München, 261. Auktion, 1.12.2001, Los 16 (m. Abb). Ketterer Kunst, München, 431. Auktion, 25.5.2016, Los 97 (m. Abb.). Aufrufzeit: 07.06.2025 - ca. 16.08 h +/- 20 Min. Dieses Objekt wird regel- oder differenzbesteuert angeboten.ENGLISH VERSIONAlexander Koester 1864 Bergneustadt - 1932 München Enten am Teich. 1909. Oil on canvas. Signed in the lower right. 54.5 x 82 cm (21.4 x 32.2 in). • Landscape painter Alexander Koester finally discovered the dominant theme of his oeuvre, atmospheric depictions of ducks, during a stay in Klausen in the Eisack Valley, a South Tyrolean artists' retreat, in 1896. • With a free, impressionistic, broad, and loose application of the paint, Koester captured the fleeting moment of the animals frolicking in the water, the play of light and shadow on their plumage, and the reflections of the sunlight on the water's surface. • His works soon became popular and entered collections and museums. Emperor Wilhelm II and King Vittorio Emanuele III of Italy acquired two duck paintings (1900 and 1907). • In 1904, the artist was represented with three duck paintings at the World's Fair in St. Louis, Missouri, and was awarded a gold medal. • Similar works can be found in, among others, the collections of the Neue Pinakothek, Bavarian State Painting Collections, Munich, and the Belvedere in Vienna. PROVENANCE: Private collection, Lower Saxony. Private collection, South Germany (acquired from the above in 2001, Ketterer Kunst, Munich, lot 16). Private collection, South Germany (acquired from the above in 2016, Ketterer Kunst, Munich, lot 97). EXHIBITION: Gedächtnisausstellung des Kunstmalers Alexander Koester, Ständige Kunstausstellung der Münchener Kunstgenossenschaft, Maximilianstr. 26, Munich, 1933 (cat. no. 8849). LITERATURE: Ruth Stein, Alexander Koester. Leben und Werk, Recklinghausen 1988, catalogue raisonné no. 825. - - Kunstauktion Bantele, Munich, March 27, 1976, lot 518 (illustrated and illustrated in an ad in Weltkunst 4/1976, p. 170). Christie, Manson & Woods, London, 19th Century Pictures and Continental Watercolors:The Properties of Sir George Christie and from Various Sources, June 23, 1989, lot 134 (illustrated). Ketterer Kunst, Munich, auction 261, Dec. 1, 2001, lot 16 (illustrated). Ketterer Kunst, Munich, auction 431, May 25, 2016, lot 97 (illustrated). Called up: June 7, 2025 - ca. 16.08 h +/- 20 min. This lot can be purchased subject to differential or regular taxation.
JOHN WAYNEArchive of materials relating to John Wayne and his yacht the Wild Goose. Los Angeles: mostly 1960s. Two plastic binders containing autograph material by and about John Wayne; several sleeves of photographs and related ephemera; an envelope of press cuttings about the vessel; and a Seth Thomas seven-jeweled eight-day ship's bell clock (with wooden mount and key) reputedly from the Wild Goose. Condition varies, some minor soiling but generally clean. The clock movement is currently running but not guaranteed to be in working order.John Wayne’s yacht Wild Goose was built in 1942—delivered 1943—as a U.S. Navy mine sweeper (USS YMS-328), serving off the coast of Alaska during World War II. The ship was decommissioned in 1946 and sold out of service in 1948, eventually (after passing through several hands as a private yacht) being purchased for $116,000 by John Wayne in 1962. A spacious vessel at 136 feet, it could accommodate over a hundred people in its saloon and had five staterooms, and Wayne had the ship renovated to the highest standards of luxury. It served him as a retreat during the last sixteen years of his life. Moored at Newport Beach, it is now listed on the US National Register of Historic Places, and it still operates for dinner cruises today.The first captain of the vessel under Wayne's ownership was Peter Stein, who developed a close bond with the new owner. Approximately thirty of Captain Stein's letters to his wife Nina from on board the ship are preserved, housed in one binder. These carry a wealth of anecdotes about John Wayne and his guests, and are written from various ports of call including Bermuda, Barcelona, Panama, Gibraltar, Costa Rica, etc. Most are dated in the early 1960s. Stein captained the vessel until 1969, when he suffered a massive heart attack and died. He is buried in the same Newport Beach cemetery as John Wayne, who succumbed to stomach cancer a decade later.The second binder includes two typed letters from John Wayne to Captain Stein (signed as "Duke"); a card from Pilar and John Wayne to Stein; a letter from Mary Batjac of Batjac Productions, Wayne's independent film production company; several visiting cards inscribed "Good Luck. John Wayne" and a signed card by Alan Jay Lerner to Stein; a signed photograph of Wayne, and another with an affixed signature; an extensive selection of images of the Wild Goose and life on the vessel; correspondence home from Peter Stein's grandson from on board the ship in the 1970s; and much other material.John Wayne's shipboard life was an important outlet from the pressures of Hollywood, especially as his health deteriorated in later years. On the Wild Goose, he could escape publicity and spend time with his friends and family. The photographs and letters here provide an interesting window into this private, gilded sanctum on the waves. No condition report? Click below to request one. *Any condition statement is given as a courtesy to a client, is an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact and Doyle New York shall have no responsibility for any error or omission. Please contact the specialist department to request further information or additional images that may be available. Request a condition report
[BOOKS - STEPHEN SONDHEIM] One signed book and a group of volumes inscribed to Stephen Sondheim. Together fifteen volumes formerly in the Library of Stephen Sondheim, the book signed by Mr. Sondheim is S.J. Perelman's Crazy Like A Fox, first printing, 1944, signed "Steve Sondheim" on the front blank, publishers cloth, cloth soiled, without dust jacket; the books inscribed to Stephen Sondheim each bear a gift inscription from various friends. These include Guillaume Apollinaire’s The Poet Assassinated, New York, 1923, one of 1250 copies, boards in dust jacket, inscribed to Mr. Sondheim on the opening night of Assassins, 2004 by Neil Patrick Harris; and others with non-authorial gift inscriptions in books by Maurice Sendak, Gertrude Stein, Stendahl, Robert Lowell, and others. Original bindings, some retaining jackets, a few softcover. General wear.No condition report? Click below to request one. *Any condition statement is given as a courtesy to a client, is an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact and Doyle New York shall have no responsibility for any error or omission. Please contact the specialist department to request further information or additional images that may be available. Request a condition report
Stein (Gertrude) Dix Portraits, one of 400 copies on Alfa from an edition limited to 502, Editions De La Montagne slip pasted onto title, broken glassine jacket loosely inserted, original wrappers, light toning to covers, spine tips a little chipped, light creasing to head, 4to, Paris, Editions De La Montagne, 1930.

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