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Auction No 402, Category: Autographs

13 Lots (displaying 1 - 13)

Assortment including Acts of Parliament (24) several relating to Ireland, mostly Victorian; few WW2 newspapers; Tussauds 1950s catalogue, Blackpool;

Lot: 1

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Jul 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
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Assortment including Acts of Parliament (24) several relating to Ireland, mostly Victorian; few WW2 newspapers; Tussauds 1950s catalogue, Blackpool; Kork Ballington autographed photo; 1944 Percival Bros. parcel tickets; lettercards etc. Fair to VF (Qty)

Hermann Goring: autographed page from a notebook, inscribed in pencil "Hermann Goring, 1945, Nurnberg". Some creasing and slight staining o/w VG.

Lot: 34

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Jul 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £600 - £700
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Hermann Goring: autographed page from a notebook, inscribed in pencil Hermann Goring, 1945, Nurnberg. Some creasing and slight staining o/w VG. Together with a PPC of Goring PU 1940, and a 3-page statement (with covering letter) dated 1981 from one M.F Clarke who attended the Nuremburg Trials as U.S. delegate to the International Military Tribunal and who obtained the autograph through one of Goring's guards.

Clement Attlee autograph letter:1953 letter to his cousin Jenny in South Africa, on House of Commons notepaper, signed "Your affectionate cousin,Clem"

Lot: 35

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Jul 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £80 - £100
SOLD £70
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Clement Attlee autograph letter: 1953 letter to his cousin Jenny in South Africa, on House of Commons notepaper, signed Your affectionate cousin, Clem, with original cover postmarked HOUSE OF COMMONS SW1 cds. Tear to flap of cover o/w fine.       

Everest Expedition 1972 autographed souvenir card signed by 11 team members including Chris Bonnington, James Roberts and Doug Scott, fine,

Lot: 93

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Jul 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
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Everest Expedition 1972 autographed souvenir card signed by 11 team members including Chris Bonnington, James Roberts and Doug Scott, fine, together with the printed cover posted from Nepal.

Concert Programmes, mostly Operatic or Choral, 1955 to late-1980s, mostly signed internally and most with multiple autographs,

Lot: 96

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Jul 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £150 - £200
SOLD £110
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Concert Programmes, mostly Operatic or Choral, 1955 to late-1980s, mostly signed internally and most with multiple autographs, notably Liverpool Philharmonic, Leeds Festival and other provincial; includes signatures of Benjamin Luxon, Alexander Gibson, Heather Harper, Elisabeth Soderstrom (4), Carl Schultz, Simon Rattle, Felicity Palmer, Gwynne Howell, Clifford Curzon, Charles Groves (4), Robert Tear (2), Sheila Armstrong (3), Elizabeth Harwood, Peter Glossop (2), Edward Downes, Janet Baker, John Shirley-Quirk, and many others. VG/VF (36 programmes)

Royal Opera House Covent Garden and Glyndebourne Festival, programmes, photographs and related literature, with several autographed;

Lot: 97

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Jul 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £38
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Royal Opera House Covent Garden and Glyndebourne Festival, programmes, photographs and related literature, with several autographed; includes signatures of Felicity Lott, Gwynne Howell, Ryland Davies, Andrew Davis, Elisabeth Soderstrom, Gwyneth Jones (5 signed photos), Sherrill Milnes and others. Good to VF (Qty)

Royal Opera House Covent Garden, a collection of Programmes 1960s to 1980s, mostly autographed including Boris Christoff (3),

Lot: 98

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Jul 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £150 - £200
SOLD £110
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Royal Opera House Covent Garden, a collection of Programmes 1960s to 1980s, mostly autographed including Boris Christoff (3), Peter Glossop (2), Jessye Norman, Alfredo Kraus (3), Geoffrey Parsons, Lucia Popp (3), Hermann Prey (2), Heather Harper (2), Kiri Te Kanawa, Edward Downes, Geraint Evans (3), Stuart Burrows (2), Robert Tear, Gwynne Howell (3), Joan Sutherland, Janet Baker, Colin Davis (3), and many others, most with multiple signatures. VG/VF (43). Also a loose page signed by Placido Domingo and four others. 

Concert Programmes of the Royal Albert Hall and other London venues, 1960s/80s, mostly autographed including Stuart Burrows (2), Jessye Norman (4),

Lot: 99

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Jul 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £150 - £200
SOLD £110
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Concert Programmes of the Royal Albert Hall and other London venues, 1960s/80s, mostly autographed including Stuart Burrows (2), Jessye Norman (4), Birgit Nilsson, Felicity Palmer (2), John Shirley-Quirk (4), Elisabeth Soderstrom (2), Raymond Leppard, Janet Baker (3), Heather Harper, Robert Tear, Nicolai Gedda, Boris Christoff, Leonard Slatkin, Andre Previn, Claudio Abbado, Elizabeth Harwood (2), Lucia Popp (3), Edward Downes, Montserrat Cabbale, Hermann Prey, and many others. Most with multiple signatures. VG/VF (43). Also few unsigned fliers.  

[Josiah Wedgwood] "Account of the Barberini, now Portland Vase", privately printed, c.1786, extra-illustrated with 20 contemp. engravings & drawings,

Lot: 104

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Jul 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £250 - £300
SOLD £770
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[Josiah Wedgwood] Account of the Barberini, now Portland Vase, privately printed, c.1786, extra-illustrated with 20 contemp. engravings & drawings, with cut autograph of Josiah Wedgwood dated 1770 laid down beneath a fine pencil drawing of him, the book further inscribed From the Author at head of half-title; an alteration to the brief preface and the deletion of 6 lines of text to page 9 are in another hand. A presentation copy to Charles Townley, collector of antiquities, with seven pages of manuscript letters and a quotation from Erasmus Darwin's Economy in Townley's hand bound in at rear. Octavo, bound in full calf with gilt ruling and title, showing some wear. Bookplate of Henry Beaufoy; cutting from an old bookseller's catalogue tipped on to reverse of front endpaper. Some light browning o/w VG internally and a unique copy of this book.   

Frank Brangwyn R.A., R.W.S., 1867-1956: original watercolour sketch of a war scene applied to front endpaper of Brangwyn’s "Belgium"Kegan Paul,1916

Lot: 105

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Jul 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £150 - £200
SOLD £220
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Frank Brangwyn R.A., R.W.S., 1867-1956: original watercolour sketch of a war scene applied to front endpaper of Brangwyn's Belgium Kegan Paul, 1916, signed and inscribed by Brangwyn at foot of the sketch and dated 1917. The book is large format, in its original quarter cloth binding with gilt title; some occasional minor tone marks (mainly to prelims) o/w VG; a further interesting pencil sketch has been applied to the front pastedown apparently the work of another artist.

Enrico Caruso: 1921 post card from Italy to UK, written and signed by the celebrated tenor, thanking his correspondent for her telegram.

Lot: 108

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Jul 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £150 - £200
SOLD £115
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Enrico Caruso: 1921 post card from Italy to UK, written and signed by the celebrated tenor, thanking his correspondent for her telegram. Some corner creasing o/w VG. With certificate of authenticity from RR auctions, Amherst, USA, dated Sept.2012.

Various Covers & Cards, including 1856 with fine SHREWSBURY spoon; 1895 with fine OXFORD ST.B.O. / SOUTHAMPTON squared circle;

Lot: 183

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Jul 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
SOLD £40
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Various Covers & Cards, including 1856 with fine SHREWSBURY spoon; 1895 with fine OXFORD ST.B.O. / SOUTHAMPTON squared circle; WWI POW cards (3); 1934 with Nigeria 6d cancelled VICTORIA –CAMEROONS / UNDER BRITISH MANDATE; 1938 hand-illustrated cover UK to USA; 1998 FDC autographed by Terry Waite; etc. Fair-VF (53)

Ross Dependency 1967 fine cover from SCOTT BASE autographed by Edmund Hillary.

Lot: 279

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Jul 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
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Ross Dependency 1967 fine cover from SCOTT BASE autographed by Edmund Hillary.