Witches, Monsters and Mysteries

Lot 1 - A pair of apothecary potion scales 17th century,

Lot 2 - An oak animal charm 19th century,

Lot 3 - An oak stool probably 19th century, incorporating earlier timbers,

Lot 4 - A 'gypsy' tripod table late 19th century,

Lot 5 - A mystical quartz orb pendant 19th century or earlier,

Lot 6 - A memento mori gold skull ring 18th century,

Lot 7 - A Dark Ages pentagram protection or magic ring probably 5th/6th century CE,

Lot 8 - A vampire slaying kit early 20th century,

Lot 9 - 'Ye Vampyres! A Legend of the National Betting-Ring Showing what became of it' dated 1875, by the Spectre,

Lot 10 - 'The Wicker Man' poster circa 1973,

Lot 11 - 'The Blood on Satan's Claw' circa 1971,

Lot 12 - A salt-glazed stoneware witch's bellarmine bottle 17th century,

Lot 13 - A crescent moon hand mirror late 19th century,

Lot 14 - A witches' coven or cult grimoire manuscript book late 20th century,

Lot 15 - Naive School, late 19th century A fortune teller

Lot 16 - A Mother Shipton pipe rack 19th century,

Lot 17 - Thirty-two luminous witches' fingers circa 1970s, by Esco,

Lot 18 - A spooky carved wooden ghost sculpture late 19th century,

Lot 19 - A Ouija board early to mid-20th century,

Lot 20 - A Victorian photograph of a witch dated 1882,

Lot 21 - A witch on a broomstick early 20th century,

Lot 22 - A large cast iron ram's head late 20th century,

Lot 23 - An illustrated Halloween party invitation dated 1913,

Lot 24 - Tam o'Shanter escaping a coven of chasing witches 19th century,

Lot 25 - English School, early 20th century 'Guardian Angel'

Lot 26 - A carved and painted hardwood figure of the Egyptian God Osiris 19th century,

Lot 27 - An intriguing Egyptianesque marble niche carving probably 19th century, formerly the property of Sir Henry Rider Haggard (1856-1925) at Ditchingham House, Norfolk,

Lot 28 - 'The Mummy's Curse' film poster circa 1960s,

Lot 29 - A 'Witchcraft' and 'House of the Damned' double-bill film poster circa 1960s,

Lot 30 - A 'Dennis Wheatley Fortnight' advertising poster 1960s,

Lot 31 - Three unusual Fairground 'freak' advertising posters or handbills 20th century,

Lot 32 - A 'Rubini Beheading A Lady!' poster of recent manufacture,

Lot 33 - 'The Elephant Man' film poster and lobby cards circa 1980,

Lot 34 - A Pagan mancave Stonehenge Brewery enamel sign late 20th century,

Lot 35 - A Mexican Guanajuato Diablo mask 20th century,

Lot 36 - ▲ Catharni Stern (British, 1925-2015) 'Edward Bright's Waistcoat Wager, 1750, at The Black Bull Inn, Maldon',

Lot 37 - A wizard conjuring demons early 19th century,

Lot 38 - A box of glass human eyes early 20th century,

Lot 39 - English School, 20th century A spooky house, circa 1960s

Lot 40 - A symbolic owl stick pin late 19th century, Victorian,

Lot 41 - A Victorian bronze owl late 19th century,

Lot 42 - An unusual reverse-painted and gilt picture of two owls late 19th century,

Lot 43 - A Mexican retablo devotional folk art picture circa 1989,

Lot 44 - A letter detailing a flying saucer encounter circa 1953,

Lot 45 - A medieval sandstone carved corbel gargoyle head

Lot 46 - A sandstone carved corbel gargoyle head possibly medieval,

Lot 47 - Billy and Charley (or Shadwell) Forgeries c.1860,

Lot 48 - Billy and Charley (or Shadwell) Forgeries c.1860,

Lot 49 - American School, early 20th century 'The first dinosaur found in the United States - Haddy the Hadrosaurus'

Lot 50 - Two dodo foot bones pre-1690, Mauritius,

Lot 51 - A synsacrum bone from an extinct New Zealand moa bird pre-15th century,

Lot 52 - A modern artistic recreation of 'Colenso's' huia bird circa 2023,

Lot 53 - A Victorian sorcerer's mirror late 19th century,

Lot 54 - A Victorian sorcerer's mirror 19th century,

Lot 55 - A small sorcerer's mirror late 19th century,

Lot 56 - A Victorian sorcerer's mirror late 19th century,

Lot 57 - A large Victorian sorcerer's mirror late 19th century,

Lot 58 - A curved illusion mirror 20th century,

Lot 59 - A mysterious concave illusion mirror late 19th or early 20th century,

Lot 60 - A Victorian sorcerer's mirror late 19th century,

Lot 61 - A pair of lustred clear glass witches balls or ornaments late 19th century,

Lot 62 - A pair of Victorian decorative glass witches balls or decorations late 19th century,

Lot 63 - Two mercury glass witches balls late 19th century,

Lot 64 - A large Victorian witch's ball late 19th century,

Lot 65 - A rare silver mercury glass spherical witch's ball 19th century,

Lot 66 - A large Victorian witch's ball

Lot 67 - A rare Victorian ovoid amethyst mercury witch's ball late 19th century,

Lot 68 - A large cobalt-blue witch's ball late 19th century,

Lot 69 - Two silvered witches' balls late 19th century and later,

Lot 70 - A large crystal ball early 20th century,

Lot 71 - A witch's scrying ball probably 19th century,

Lot 72 - A Victorian mirrored crystal ball globe late 19th century,

Lot 73 - A crystal ball early 20th century, by Two Worlds Ltd.,

Lot 74 - A Victorian crystal ball late 19th century,

Lot 75 - A terracotta dragon ewer late 19th century,

Lot 76 - Three Dennis Wheatley murder novels 1930s,

Lot 77 - Patrick Branwell Brontë (British, 1817-1848) Boy fishing by a bridge

Lot 78 - After Leonardo da Vinci Portrait of the artist

Lot 79 - Two unusual Punch and Judy hand puppets late 19th century, possibly German,

Lot 80 - A Tibetan monster deity circa 1950s, originally located outside a cinema,

Lot 81 - A bronze novelty model of a Medieval iron maiden early 20th century,

Lot 82 - An Art Deco blue patinated-bronze figure of Icarus circa 1920s, after Leon Salat,

Lot 83 - Edwin Cooper (British, 19th century) Devilment and bestiality

Lot 84 - A cast metal doll's head mould early 20th century,

Lot 85 - After Claude Michel called 'Clodion' late 19th century,

Lot 86 - A cold-painted lead figure of a gorilla holding a naked woman circa 1920s,

Lot 87 - A Kosmic College certificate dated 1920,

Lot 88 - Alice Beach (British, 20th century) Fairies in a woodland glade

Lot 89 - ... Brierley (early 20th century) Fairies in a woodland, with a sleeping princess, watched by two snails and a snake,

Lot 90 - ▲ Harry Koolen (Dutch, 1904-1985) Virgin and child, 1936

Lot 91 - A novelty Austrian cold-painted devil on a pig figure late 19th century,

Lot 92 - CH Locke (British, 20th century) 'Count Dracula'

Lot 93 - After William Hogarth 'Cunicularii or The Wise Men of Godliman in Consultation'

Lot 94 - An unusual 'freak' advertising sign 20th century,

Lot 95 - An Occultist carved wood walking stick late 19th century,

Lot 96 - 'Cambridge University Medical Society Ball' late 20th century,