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A vintage Candlestick telephone, early 20th century, marked Bath 290, with brass and Bakelite fittings, marked PL'30 234 No 150, 32cm tall

Crate of collectables; Art deco Bakelite telephone, Oak Barometers, West German Red glaze vase, Wooden carved elephant figure, Polar bear figure, Chinese wares tea wares & other items.

Old Charm linen fold telephone seat. 74x93x51cm.

Seated girl talking on a telephone with a spotted dog laying besides her. Glazed finish. Lladro backstamp. This item has its original box. Box measures: 10"L x 9"W x 6.75"H. Artist: Juan HuertaIssued: 1988 - 2023Dimensions: 5"L x 4.5"W x 7.75"HCountry of Origin: SpainCondition: Age related wear.

Chinese hardwood telephone table comprising a seat with pierced dragon carved splat and solid seat, flanked by a cabinet with two doors and single drawer, on square shaped legs, 85cm high x 102cm long x 52cm deep 

A six bolt diving helmet, maker Siebe Gorman & Co London. non matching numbers to bonnet, corselet and brails, oval side windows with guards, circular front window with lashing eyes above, spitcock lower right, side outlet with cog, rear air intake and telephone, the corselet with maker's plate, front and rear hanging posts, inscription on corselet 'Presented to The Eye of the Wind July 1981 by Fred Saunders'.

A 12-bolt square corselet diver's helmet by C E Heinke & Co, Ltd. matching numbers '6533', circular top and side windows with bars, matching circular front window with spitcock lower left, lashing eyes above, rear air inlet and telephone, side outlet with cog, the corselet with maker's plate, front hanging posts and brass brails stamped en suite, together with telephone blanking plug and key, mounted on a metal stand with light to interior and brass helmet and dolphin crest to front, overall height,119cm

A vintage rotary Bell telephone in pink and black produced by the MFG company.

A Eumig Mark 501 projector with a rotary telephone, Poloroid Joycam and a Phillips radio

RING DIAL VINTAGE TELEPHONE, VINTAGE BRASS FINISHED SMOKERS STAND

DOUBLE DOLPHIN DISPLAY, VINTAGE STYLE TELEPHONE

An Alessi 9091 kettle by Richard Sapper, an FTR green telephone and a painted cast iron mechanical money box. (3). Alessi kettle 22cm high.

Two vintage telephone to include a mid-century Dictograph. [W]

Light blue Wedgwood Jasperware telephone produced for Astral Telecom, featuring classic rotary dial and handset components in polished brass-tone metal with beige plastic fittings. The cylindrical ceramic base is encased in traditional Jasperware with white classical Greco-Roman figures in procession set against a pale blue ground. The telephone body includes detailed molded accents including laurel garlands and foliage. The top plate reads "Wedgwood Jasper Telephone - Astral Telecom" on the dial center cap. A functioning rotary dial mechanism is mounted on top of the ceramic body, and the handset is supported by dual cradle hooks with ornate brass hardware. A coiled handset cord with modular connector and original Astral Telecom/Wedgwood tag are included. The dimensions are approximate.Issued: 20th centuryDimensions: 9.25"L x 7"W x 7.5"HCountry of Origin: EnglandCondition: Age related wear. Not tested, functionality not guaranteed.

LNER cast iron Doorplate TELEPHONE 11.5in x 3.5in approximately restored.

British Railways wood framed and glazed Telephone Circuit BARNHAM - BOGNOR REGIS. Dated 1st September 1953 it measures 10in x 6.75in.

Midland Railway shelf mounted Candlestick Telephone with original handset. Stamped MRCo on rear and also 1918. Together with a signal box Telephone with bakelite handset. (2 items)

Midland Railway Candlestick Telephone complete with handset. Unusual having a lockable top box with key. No railway markings test label inside shows date of 1935. Very good condition.

LNER Blanket together with a Signal Box Telephone; a BR Bardic Handlamp; a Gradient Diagram PORTOBELLO EAST TO FOUNTAINHALL; a couple of linen rolled maps with batons LNER and Scottish Railways and a few sundry items.

A Chippy Heath teak telephone seat

A red plastic telephone and a novelty lips telephone

An oak telephone seat, mahogany nest of tables, wall hanging shelf and a beech bookcase

An oak freestanding corner cupboard, a barleytwist occasional table and a telephone seat

A candlestick telephone and a novelty tin-plate money box in the form of a telephone

A 1940s Bakelite telephone

Emergency telephone box, extension cables etc.

A vintage Sylvester and Tweety pie working telephone, shipping unavailable

Dinky Toys group of 5 to include 269 Motorway Police Car, white body with driver figures, blue roof light and aerial, 255 Mersey Tunnel Police van, comprising red body with red hubs, 261 Telephone Service van, comprising green body with green ridged hubs and silver ladder and black roof, 256, Police Patrol Car, black interior, cream interior with figures, spun hubs, and a loose 152b Reconnaissance Car in military green.

Dinky Toys No. 299 gift set Post Offices Services comprising Royal Mail van, GPO telephones, Morris van, telephone call box, messenger figure and postman figure in the original blue & white Super Toys trade type box with insert, some playwear (GVG-BVG)

An Ericsson EH237 mobile telephone

Collection of mixed toys and games to include boxed diecast models featuring Burago 1/24 Ferrari Testarossa, Matchbox Models Of Yesteryear, etc, boxed Telephone Inter-Communication Set, Fisher Price Little Snoopy, etc (2 Boxes)

A 'Bleriot Aeronautique' dashboard plate, the brass plate with raised address lettering/telephone number on a black ground,5.1 x 9.1cm

Corgi, a boxed and carded group comprising of "RAC", "AA", Police, Commercial, Kits and similar, to include 96952 Mini Van "RAC", Corgi Kits 602 Telephone Box "RAC, AA", C656/5 Ford Transit "AA Service" and others. Although not checked for completness conditions generally appear Good in generally Fair to Good boxed and packaging. See photo. 

Linda Hampson (South African, 20th century), Flamingos, Pastel, approx. 38.5cm x 48cm, signed lower right, framed and glazed. Note: label verso with tax invoice, other with history of artist and stamp to back with name and telephone number etc.

A silver charm bracelet, suspending various various charms including pistol, car, armour, anvil, telephone dial, etc, a pewter charm (clasp deficient) together with a silver flat curb link bracelet, two hollow silver bangles, (one heavily dented) a white metal jasper set bangle and silver 925 tigers eye quartz ring (1 bag) Further details: wear and tear commensurate with age 

A brass and metal candlestick telephone, with paper label for GEC Made in England.

A Mid Century elm and beech hall bench/telephone bench. Ercol style. 95x48x69cm

Vintage Bakelite telephones including; RTT Kettle bell telephone; etc (3).

Telephones - Dolly part call exchange with telephone, other rotary telephones.

Taylor & Barrett Pre War Air Mail Van, lead blue body/wheel hubs, original white tyres, Taylor & Barrett Royal Mail Van, red/black body GR, white tyres, both in fair used original condition, plus a modern re issue lead Taylor & Barrett Royal Air Mail service car, Morestone No11 Royal Mail Van, three Royal Mail motorcyclists, fair, one repainted, small prewar lead Royal Mail van, 2 x Lead J Hill letter boxes and one other, Charben’s diecast telephone box.( 12 items)

Four Promod Royal Mail Models, Pro 246B 1974 Bedford TK570 Post Office Telephones, Pro 247 1981 Bedford TK860 Royal Mail Parcels, Pro 249B 1968 Bedford TK570 Post Office Telephone and Pro 277 1967 Karrier Gamecock Royal Mail van, all in mint condition, with certificates. (4 items)

Five Tri-ang Minic Royal Mail/Post office Telephones Vans, plastic bodies, working clockwork mechanisms, one original key, three Royal Mail vans, three variations, 1. GR Decals, 2. bright red, 3. GVIR decals and two Post office Telephone Vans, complete with ladders, two box variations, one with chrome base the other with black base, models are verry good to excellent original condition, boxes good to excellent, some edge/age wear. (5 items)

Quantity of Dinky Toys, including: 061 Ford Prefect, 064 Austin Lorry, 066 Bedford flat truck, 067 Austin Taxi (repainted) 072 Bedford Articulated flat truck, 2 x 14a B.E.V. Truck,25c Flat Truck, 25g trailer, 25d Petrol Tanker, 25m Bedford Tipper, 25p Aveling Barford Road Roller, 2 x 25r Forward Control Lorry,25y Jeep, 25X Commer Breakdown Lorry, 30s Austin wagon 30p Studebaker Mobilgas petrol tanker, 30v Express Dairy van, 31a Esso Trojan Van,33w Mechanical horse, 42b Police Patrol, 44b AA patrol, 60g Light racer, 2 x 105c hand trailer, 4 x 190 Caravans,250 Streamline Fire Engine,253 Daimler Ambulance, 256 Humber Hawk police car, 257 Nash Rambler Fire Chief, 2 x 261 Telephone Service Vans,269 Jaguar Police Patrol,282 Leyland Royal Tiger,283 BOAC Coach, 297 Boxed Silver Jubilee bus, 341 Land rover trailer, 401 Coventry Climax, 414 Dodge Tipper, 421 Hindle Smart, 443 Studebaker 449 Chevrolet El Camino, 512 Guy Flat Truck, 2 x 513 Guy Flat Truck with Tailboard,591 A.E.C. Monarch Shell Chemicals Limited,738 Sea Vixen, 921 Bedford Articulated Lorry, 958 Guy Warrior snow plough, 12 x road signs, 1 x belisha beacon, 2 x Dinky toys petrol pumps, 2 x postman Dinky figures, plus 3 x Matchbox models of yesteryear, 2 x regular wheel and 11 x road signs and two other petrol pumps, all in fair to good used condition . (Approx. 86 items)

Two Boxed Corgi Kits 610 Police & Public telephone boxes, both appear unmade with instructions, decal sheets, in excellent condition, original boxes are very good (2 items)

Tri-ang Spot On Model 210/2 Morris G.P.O. Telephone Mini Van, green body, cream interior Post Office Telephones decals, in good original condition, some wear, one rubber front tyre gone flat, card box is in fair original condition, one inner tab loose, one end flap has been repaired.

Quantity of Miscellaneous Toys, including Tinplate boxed Battery-operated Ambulance, Sanyo Airport limousine, tinplate friction drive, boxed, Strato Copter western Germany, boxed, missing wire, Hans Biller Automatic dock yard crane, Tinplate magic car, Wells clockwork drummer, Wells walking clown, Punch & Judy tinplate money box, Brimtoy signal box and tunnel, plastic friction drive racing car, early Subbuteo table soccer game, Codeg boxed telephone, Tri-ang push and go break down truck and three Blue box series sets, Circus, Farm Set and Road construction set. (17 items)

A Tri-ang pressed steel Willys General Jeep child’s Pedal car, English 1960s, original military green body, numbered 2068315-S and USA Army white star to bonnet,  with plastic steering wheel and white metal fold down windshield frame, steel front grill, steel disc wheels, chrome hubs,  solid rubber tyres and spare wheel to rear, in good original condition, missing telephone and jerry can  Approx L.39” (99cm), W.16” (41cm), H.19.5” (49.5cm)

A Quantity of Dinky Toys, including: unboxed, 29c AEC Double Decker bus, 12c Telephone box, 2 x 33w Mechanical horses, 166 Sunbeam Rapier, 455 Trojan Van Brooke Bond Tea, boxed 064 Austin Lorry, 105 Triumph TR2 Sports,131 Cadillac Tourer, 173 Nash Rambler, 189 Triumph Herald, 321 Massey-Harris Manure Spreader,322 Disc Harrow, 324 Hay Rake, 340 Land-Rover, 341 Land Rover trailer,673 Scout Car, 401 Coventry Climax Fork lift truck,736 Hawker Hunter Fighter, all in poor to very good used condition, boxes are fair to very good. (18 items)

Dinky Toys Pre War 34a Royal Air Mail Service Car, in fair condition, models does have metal fatigue, 6 x 34 b Royal Mail Vans 3 original, 3 repainted, 261 Post Office Telephones van, & 750 Telephone box, both in good original condition, 25d Petrol Tanker type 3, 35a Austin Seven saloon and a prewar 35c MG sports car, missing one rubber tyre, some metal fatigue. (12 items)

A vintage telephone by L.M. Ericsson & Co of Stockholm with trademark to back, 35 cm high, together with a 1920s French black painted metal cased wall mounted telephone by Levallois-Perret and one other wall mounted black bakelite cased telephone (maker unknown) (3)

A vintage Red Telephone upcycled to make a light, fully working, PAT tested.

The Nerves - Vinyl 7 inch record EP - Pressed in the USA in 1976 with white back cover Hanging on the telephone/when you find out/Give me some time/Working too hard Cat no N4501 in excellent condition. American power pop trio formed in 1974 and based in Los Angeles, California

Bygones, collectables, etc., to include various penknives, toffee hammers, razors, commemorative Coronation of Elizabeth II telephone book, etc. (1 tray)

STEWART JAMES: (1908-1997) American actor, Academy Award winner for Best Actor in 1940 for his role as Macaulay Connor in The Philadelphia Story. A good vintage signed 8 x 10 photograph of Stewart in a head and shoulders pose, speaking on a telephone, in costume as William J. ´Bill´ Lawrence from the American comedy film The Jackpot (1950). Signed by Stewart in bold, dark fountain pen ink with his name alone to a light area of the background. A couple of minor corner creases and very small tears to the white borders (one repaired with sellotape to the verso), otherwise VG

[PUTIN VLADIMIR]: (1952- ) Russian politician who served as Prime Minister of Russia 1999-2000, 2008-12 and as President of Russia 2000-08 and again since 2012. The rare official oblong 12mo business card of Vladimir Putin, unsigned, featuring the colour printed logo of United Russia to the head, with Putin´s name printed in Cyrillic immediately beneath (´PUTIN, Vladimir Vladimirovich´), and title as Chairman of the All-Russian Political Party "United Russia", with the addresses (in Moscow and Volgograd), telephone and fax numbers, and email addresses of the Central Public Reception office and Regional Public Reception office to the lower corners. VGVladimir Putin served as Chairman of the All-Russian Political Party United Russia from 2008-12.

ANOUILH JEAN: (1910-1987) French dramatist. A.L.S., Papa, one page, 4to, Belmont-sur-Lausanne, n.d. (1974), to his daughter Caroline (´Ma petite Caro´), in French. Anouilh states ´J´ai su par Nicolas (qui est à l´abri quelque part ne voulant pas dire où, et hors de danger - rassure maman) que tu étais là avec Gwendoline´ (Translation: ´I heard from Nicolas (who is safe somewhere, doesn't want to say where, and out of danger – don't worry, Mum) that you were there with Gwendoline´) and continues ´Je dois revenir à Paris et ça me fait tellement peur que je repousse toujours. Les affaires de théâtre sont arrangées dis le à maman je lui écris demain à ce sujet Houdinière et Herbert se sont accordés et il y aura 120 représantations - mais cela posera des problèmes que je lui dirai. Je pense que vous allez aller en Suisse avec Gwendoline et je voudrais savoir pour que je ne sois pas à Paris justement pendant que tu serais en Suisse - ou vice-versa. J´attends un petit mot ou un coup de téléphone de toi´ (Translation: ´I have to go back to Paris and I'm so scared that I keep putting it off. The theatre arrangements have been sorted out. Tell Mum, I'll write to her tomorrow about it. Houdinière and Herbert have agreed and there will be 120 performances – but that will cause problems, which I'll tell her about. I think you're going to Switzerland with Gwendoline and I'd like to know so that I'm not in Paris while you're there – or vice versa. I look forward to hearing from you, either by letter or telephone´). VGCaroline Anouilh (1950-2009) French author, daughter of Jean Anouilh and his second wife, Nicole Lançon (1926-2007), an actress and director. Gwendoline Hamon (1970- ) French actress, daughter of Caroline Anouilh and granddaughter of Jean Anouilh and Nicole Lançon. In 1974, Jean Anouilh supported the creation of the first and only play by his son-in-law, Franck Hamon de Kirlavos, Carolines husband, La chasse au Dahut, directed by Nicole Lançon and premiered on 8th February 1974 at the Théâtre de l'Athénée, where Jean Claude Houdinière had been director since 1973.

BECKETT SAMUEL: (1906-1989) Irish novelist and playwright, Nobel Prize winner for Literature, 1969. A good A.L.S., Sam, one page, small 8vo (folding letter card stationery), Paris, n.d. (´Saturday´, 5th February 1958), to Deryk Mendel. Beckett announces ´A friend - and a friend of O´Casey - has just rung me up to tell me that the Archbishop of Dublin has vetoed the Joyce adaptation which has in consequence been withdrawn from the [Dublin] Festival. With regard to the O´Casey play, the reason given by Smith for is withdrawal seems most dubious´, and continues ´If all this is confirmed I shall have to withdraw, both mimes and All That Fall´. Beckett further advises Mendel not to sign any paperwork, and asks him to telephone that evening or the following morning, adding ´There is no reason why you should not give your ballet programme. But it is impossible for me to participate if O´Casey and/or Joyce are boycotted´. Hand addressed by Beckett to the verso and also signed (´Beckett´) by him within the return address panel. A letter of interesting content. Some light age wear, minor staining to the left edge, and a small area of paper loss to the lower left corner. GDeryck Mendel (1920-2013) British ballet dancer, choreographer, actor and director, a friend of Beckett. The playwright wrote the short play Act Without Words I in 1956 for Mendel and the dancer first performed the mime at the Royal Court Theatre in London on 3rd April 1957.Sean O´Casey (1880-1964) Irish dramatist, and the first Irish playwright of note to write about the Dublin working classes. O´Casey´s play The Drums of Father Ned was scheduled to be staged at the Dublin Theatre Festival in 1958, however the Catholic Archbishop of Dublin refused to give his blessing, as Beckett suggests in the present letter. James Joyce (1882-1941) Irish poet, novelist, and literary critic. Joyce also had a play quietly dropped from the 1958 Dublin Theatre Festival, and as a result of both his and O´Casey´s works being dismissed, Beckett withdrew his mime piece in protest.John Charles McQuaid (1895-1973) Irish priest who served as the Catholic Primate of Ireland and Archbishop of Dublin 1940-72. McQuaid held an unusual amount of influence over successive governments and controversially extended a ban on Catholics attending Trinity College Dublin (where Beckett had studied modern literature and Romance languages from 1923-27).All That Fall is a one-act radio play that Beckett completed in September 1956 following a request by the BBC.

LES SIX: An interesting group of A.Ls.S. (2) and autograph statements signed by each of the composers collectively known as Les Six, a group of musicians informally associated with Jean Cocteau and Erik Satie, and who worked and lived in the Montparnasse district of Paris in the years following World War I. The lot comprises -(i) Georges Auric (1899-1983) French composer. Autograph statement signed, Georges Auric, one page, 8vo, n.p., n.d. (1951), in French. The composer writes, in full, ´Voici donc "le Groupe des Six" une fois encore réuni, à la faveur d´une exposition dont l´intention est si charmante et si cordiale qu´elle nous permettra, je l´esperè, d´en parler sans etre aussitot accusé d´une fatuité ou d´une vanité qui seraient aujourd´hui assez irsupportables! Remontant à cette occasion la Machine à explorer le Temps, que vois-je tout de suite qui, dans tout cela, me semble le plus saisissant? Non plus un "groupe" de musiciens desireux, "vingt ans après", de reprendre je ne sais trop quelles controverses esthétiques. Mais six camarades qui ont la très grande chance de se retrouver maintenant comme ils se retrouvaient naguère - et dont l´amitié n´a jamais changé. Voila, me semble-t´il, la plus belle leçon de cette petite exposition. Et c´est pourquoi je me rejouis d´y participer´ (Translation: ´So here is the ‘Group of Six’ once again reunited, thanks to an exhibition whose intention is so charming and so cordial that it will allow us, I hope, to talk about it without immediately being accused of a conceit or vanity that would be quite unbearable today! Going back to the Time Machine on this occasion, what do I see immediately that, in all this, seems to me the most striking? No longer a ‘group’ of musicians eager, ‘twenty years later’, to resume I don't know what aesthetic controversies. But six friends who are very lucky to be together now as they were in the past - and whose friendship has never changed. That, it seems to me, is the most important lesson of this little exhibition. And that is why I am delighted to be taking part´).(ii) A.L.S., Georges Auric, to the recto of a printed correspondence card as President of the Société des Auteurs, Compositeurs & Éditeurs de Musique, Paris, 28th November 1972, to a friend, in French. Auric writes, in part, ´Merci pour cette réédition des "Bagatelles" - qui me rajeunit singulierement. Je souhaite vous exprimer tout cela beaucoup mieux que dans ces quelques lignes qui d´ailleurs vous parviendront Dieu sait avec quel retard (parce qu´une nouvelle greve commence aujourd´hui!..)´ (Translation: ´Thank you for this reissue of ‘Bagatelles’ - which makes me feel remarkably young. I would like to express all this to you much better than in these few lines, which will reach you God knows how late (because a new strike starts today!)´ ).(iii) Louis Durey (1888-1979) French composer. Autograph statement signed, Louis Durey, one page, oblong 8vo, n.p., n.d. (1951), in French. Durey writes, in full, ´Quoi qu´aient pu dire certains esprits chagrins, le Groupe des Six aura marqué une étape importante dans l´évolution de la musique francaise. Significatif à cet égard, ce 34e anniversaire où chacun apporte le fruit de son labeur personnel à une petite communauté définitivement scellée par une amitié et une estime réciproque´ (Translation: ´Whatever some naysayers may have said, the Group of Six marked an important stage in the evolution of French music. Significant in this respect is the 34th anniversary, when each member brings the fruit of his personal labour to a small community definitively sealed by friendship and mutual esteem´).(iv) A.L.S., Louis Durey, two pages, 8vo, Rue Boissonade, Paris, 9th January 1952, to a gentleman, in French. Durey writes to his correspondent following a telephone conversation and gives his full consent ´ pour que les documents que je vous ai confiés en vue de l´exposition du "Groupe des Six" figurent dans une série d´expositions à l´etranger´ (Translation: ´for the documents that I entrusted to you for the ‘Groupe des Six’ exhibition to be included in a series of exhibitions abroad´), further adding ´Toutefois je desirerais que les manuscrits de musique dont je ne possède pas de doubles soient photocopiés ou microfilmés avant leur départ. Ce sont, par ordre de préférence: 1. La partition de "l´Occasion" 2. La Fantaisie concertante pour violoncelle et orchestre, ou les deux au cas où serait prévu l´envoi de plusieurs oeuvres. Je désirerais d´autre part retenir les partitions des trois cantates: La Guerre et la Paix, La Longue Marche, Paix aux Hommes par millions dont je pourrais avoir à disposer ici´ (Translation: ´However, I would like the music manuscripts, of which I do not have duplicates, to be photocopied or microfilmed before they are sent. These are, in order of preference: 1. The score of ‘l'Occasion’ 2. The Fantaisie concertante for cello and orchestra. Or both if several works are to be sent. I would also like to have the scores of the three cantatas: War and Peace, The Long March, Peace to Men by the Millions that I may have available here´). Two file holes to the left edge and with a few small, minor tears to the edges.(v) Arthur Honegger (1892-1955) Swiss composer. Autograph statement signed, A Honegger, one page, oblong 8vo, n.p., n.d. (1951), in French. Honegger writes, in full, ´Voici ce que me suggére le trentieme anniversaire de notre groupe des Six: D´abord la satisfaction de nous retrouver aussi amicalement liés que par le passé et toujours aussi different dans nos gouts et nos conceptions. De sentir chez certains cadets ou vieux critiques la confirmation de l´opinion que je me plais a repéter: En musique on passe sans transition de l´etat de jeune fumiste ou de jeune espoir à celui de vieux maitre ou de vieux fossile bon pour la retraite. Que, fort heureusement les interessés n´en soupçonnent rien´ (Translation: ´Here is what the thirtieth anniversary of our group of six suggests to me: First, the satisfaction of finding ourselves as amicably connected as in the past and still as different in our tastes and conceptions. To feel in some younger or older critics confirmation of the opinion that I like to repeat: In music, one passes without transition from the state of young upstart or young hopeful to that of old master or old fossil good for retirement. That, fortunately, those concerned suspect nothing of this´).(vi) Darius Milhaud (1892-1974) French composer and conductor. Autograph statement signed, Milhaud, one page, small 8vo, n.p., n.d. (1951), in French. The composer writes, in full, ´Grace à l´exposition de Six organisée par le centre de Documentation Musique Internationale, nous avons eu la joie de nous retrouver autour de Cocteau comme au bon vieux temps. Quelle joie d´évoquer ensemble en 1951 cette merveilleuse époque d´après 1919....´ (Translation: ´Thanks to the exhibition of the ‘Six’ organised by the International Music Documentation Centre, we had the pleasure of getting together around Cocteau, just like in the good old days. What a joy to evoke together this marvellous period after 1919 in 1951´).A rare and unusual grouping, with some minor faults and age wear, generally G to VG, 8 + 10OWING TO RESTRICTIONS IMPOSED BY THE SALEROOM THE COMPLETE DESCRIPTION FOR THIS LOT CAN NOT BE DISPLAYED - PLEASE CONTACT IAA EUROPE DIRECTLY FOR FURTHER INFORMATION.

COLETTE: (1873-1954) French author, best known for her novella Gigi (1944). A.L.S., Colette, two pages, 4to, n.p., n.d., to Leopold Marchand (´Mon petit Leo´), in French. The author enquires ´qu´est ce qu´on repond a ça? Veux ta t´en charger?´ (Translation: ´What should we say to that? Do you want to take care of it?´) and adds that she will be back on Thursday morning at which time he can telephone her, further writing ´Les orages sont arrivés, je vais quitter l´enchantement provençal, qui succédait sii bien à l´enchantement Breton´ (Translation: ´The storms have arrived, and I'm leaving the enchantment of Provence, which followed so nicely on the enchantment of Brittany´). One tape stain to the upper left corner, not affecting the text or signature, otherwise VGLeopold Marchand (1891-1952) French playwright and screenwriter, husband of Colette's close friend Misz Hertz (who committed suicide in 1942).

ROQUE JACQUELINE: (1926-1986) French model, muse and the second wife of Pablo Picasso from 1961. A moving A.L.S., Jacqueline Picasso, one page, small 8vo, n.p. (Vauvenargues, Côte d´Azur), n.d. (April 1973), to Jean Boissieu, in French. Picasso´s widow writes, in full, ´Nous sommes quittes...L´échange de larmes a eu lieu. Vous à Mougins et moi à Vauvenargues en vous écoutant. En amitié´ (Translation: ´We are even... The exchange of tears has taken place. You in Mougins and me in Vauvenargues, listening to you. With friendship´). The letter is written on a piece of light card, possibly neatly torn from a larger sheet by Jacqueline herself, and with a slightly uneven lower edge. VGJean Boissieu (1922-2009) French journalist, writer, art collector and, with his wife Gisèle, the co.founder of the Festival d´Avignon. Boissieu was a friend of many artists, including Picasso, and was the author of an article published in Le Provençal describing Picasso's funeral cortege leaving Notre-Dame de Vie, the house in Mougîns where the painter died.Agence-France-Presse dispatches, and especially those for the day of the funeral, made it possible to follow events live from Vauvenargues, and Boissieu would have relayed information to pass on to Paris, no doubt from a telephone booth or village café. As for Jacqueline, she was waiting in Vauvenargues for the painter's body to be laid to rest in the château grounds in a private ceremony. Given the content of the letter, it seems highly probable that it was written on the day of Picasso´s funeral, 11th April 1973. Picasso died, at the age of 91, on 8th April 1973 at his Mas Notre-Dame-de-Vie villa in Mougins, near Cannes. On the day of the artist´s funeral his coffin was taken from Mougins to the Château of Vauvenargues, a property he had acquired in 1958 and occupied with Jacqueline between 1959 and 1961. Jacqueline Picasso never recovered from the death of her husband. She had been frequenting Picasso's grave on the eighth of every month and said that he wanted her to join him. She shot herself, with Picasso’s gun, on 15th October 1986, at Mougins and was subsequently interred alongside her husband in the Château of Vauvenargues