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VIEWING
Viewing will be held at our Stansted Auction Rooms, Cambridge Road, Stansted Mountfitchet CM24 8GE, as follows:
Friday 14 August, 10am - 4pm
Sunday 16 August, 10am - 1pm
Monday 17 August, 10am - 4pm
All lots are, however, extensively illustrated and carry detailed condition reports - see 'Condition report' at the foot of each lot description.
The auction will take place at our Stansted Auction Rooms, Cambridge Road, Stansted Mountfitchet CM24 8GE.
Buyer's Notes
COLLECTIONS
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Lot 98
A palm-leaf manuscript early 20th century, Indian or Southeast Asian,
Lot 99
A cut-paper silhouette picture of hell late 19th century, French,
Lot 100
A carved bone acupuncture teaching aid 19th century,
Lot 103
A Cornish witch portrait, 19th century Dorothea Pentreath (1692-1777) of Mousehole, Cornwall,
Lot 104
An Ethiopian magic healing-prayer parchment 18th or 19th century,
Lot 106
A bronze skull and bones memento mori jewellery group late 20th century,
Lot 107
An Aleister Crowley 'Thoth Tarot' deck circa 1986, 'Swiss Blue Box' edition,
Lot 109
A 'Snake in your Boot' surprise trick novelty late 19th century,
Lot 111
An unusual two-toned brass crucifix with a secret hidden dagger 19th century,
Lot 114
▲ Linda Carmen (Parry) (British, 1910-1991) Hampstead graveyard, c.1950
Lot 114A
A novelty porcelain 'skull' beer stein and cover late 19th century, German,
Lot 115
An 'NPU (National Pharmaceutical Union) Poisons Register File' circa 1960s,
Lot 119
A collection of seventy-eight French funeral and church cards 19th and 20th century,
Lot 121
Peter J Polaine (British, 20th century) 'Still Life of a Skull',
Lot 125
A rare and fine hairworked spray circa 1860, probably American,
Lot 128
A bottle of holy water containing the tools of Christ early 20th century,
Lot 133
▲ Russell Sidney Reeve (British, 1895-1970) The Elephant Act
Lot 136
Nancy Christine Fletcher (1924-1999) 'Pavlativa Greatest Dancer of the World'
Lot 137
A fairground 'Jeu de Massacre' game early 20th century, French,
Lot 139
A French hand-painted passe-boule café or parlour game circa 1900-25,
Lot 140
'Our Lady of the Sorrows' processional figure early 19th century, European,
Lot 141
An Italian nativity figure of a man late 18th or early 19th century, probably from Naples,
Lot 144
A fairground galloper, carved and painted as a seal 20th century,
Lot 145
Large Festival of Britain lion and a unicorn circa 1951,
Lot 146
A wood and metal-mounted trapeze toy circa 1900, probably Siamese,
Lot 147
A Fairground Art carved mask of an elephant circa 1900, probably German or French,
Lot 149
A French papier mâché zoomorphic theatrical head circa 1950s,
Lot 151
A pair of folk art 'knock down jockeys' parlour game circa 1900,
Lot 154
A 'Ghost Train' neon sign modern, by Adam Turner of Derbyshire Neons,
Lot 155
A group of three Festival of Britain dancing dolls circa 1951,
Lot 162
An unusual folk art mask-head stool late 19th or early 20th century,
Lot 164
An unusual and unsettling illuminated shop display circa 1930s,
Lot 168
'The Wizard of Oz' by L Frank Baum hardcover book published by Hutchinson & Co.,
Lot 169
A group of 'Alice in Wonderland' books and ephemera 20th century,
Lot 170
▲ Simon O'Rourke (British, b.1978) Alice in Wonderland, circa 2015
Lot 171
A pair of Cruft's Dog Show presentation-plated wine coolers circa 1900,
Lot 172
An unusual pair of plated Britannia metal 'Cruft's Dog Show' trumpet vases circa 1900,
Lot 174
A carved and painted shop display figure circa 1920s, Indian,
Lot 175
A pair of bejewelled and embroidered silk elephant panels 20th century, Indian,
Lot 176
A Pearly King two-piece suit and a cap circa late 1950s or early 1960s,
Lot 178
'Durex', an original neon barbershop advertising light 20th century,
Lot 179
A full set of Victorian cast iron prison manacles 19th century,
Lot 181
A good collection of seventy-eight Valentine and other cards circa 1820s and later,
Lot 184
A French toleware painted Pêcher shop sign 20th century,
Lot 187
A Brock's 'Crystal Palace' fireworks box early 20th century,
Lot 188
A novelty silver-plated and cast armadillo inkwell circa 1860,
Lot 190
A fiendish pair of cast iron skull-and-crossbones nutcrackers late 19th century,
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