Lot: 12
Books, pamphlets, programmes etc, 1880s to 1970s, much Manchester related; includes 1972 programme signed by Yehudi Menuhin and Hephzibah Menuhin, cigarette cards including bundle of Ogden ‘Guinea Golds', Lake District guides, etc. (8 kilos)
Lot: 17
Carton of books, ephemera, stamps, PPCs etc, all-periods, wide variety; includes 1846 House of Lords admission slip signed by Marquis Conygham, 1984 card signed by Lech Walesa, Lambert & Butler Aviation set of 50 cigarette cards, books on merchant ships etc. (Large qty.)
Lot: 20
Four small autograph albums, mostly Footballers, Motor Cycle Scramblers, and Entertainers, 1950s/70s, including Lonnie Donegan, Jimmy Hill, Peter Shilton, David Platt, Jimmy Greenhoff, Billy Wright, Don Revie, Mike Doyle, Tommy Docherty, and other well-known. (Qty.)
Lot: 41
Patrick Macnee and Honor Blackman: a pair of signed promotional cards for The Avengers. Fine (2)
Lot: 42
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello: an ink-signed promotional card, postcard size. Fine
Lot: 43
Ink-signed postcards, 1900s/1940s, including Gracie Fields, Hetty King, Marie Lloyd, Elsie Randolph, Dorothy Ward, and Elsie & Doris Walters. VG/VF (8)
Lot: 44
Jimmy Durante: a signed & inscribed 7x5” vintage photo, fair contrast.
Lot: 45
Robert Vaughan: fine signed 10x8” photo, in his role as Napoleon Solo in ‘The Man from U.N.C.L.E.', obtained ‘in person' by the vendor.
Lot: 46
Selection of signed items including Dylan Teague (comic book artist) pair of signed drawings; remainder are mostly stage & TV actors. Also 1906 Ellen Terry souvenir programme (not signed) in poor condition. (21 items)
Lot: 47
Jeremy Spenser: ink-signed PC size photograph. Spenser (b.1937) played opposite Marilyn Monroe in The Prince and the Showgirl. Fine
Lot: 48
Signed PC size photos of Entertainers including Jack Buchanan, George Formby, Jimmy Clitheroe, Will Fyffe and Stainless Stephen. Four with adhesions on reverse. (9)
Lot: 52
Johnny Dankworth, Cleo Laine and the Johnny Dankworth Seven, an autographed PPC of the 1951 Festival of Britain, signed on reverse by all nine members of the famous jazz band. [Cleo Laine joined the Johnny Dankworth Seven in 1951]
Lot: 54
Signed Theatre Programmes 1980s to 2000s, large format, including Richard Griffiths, Michael Gough, David Hare, Fenella Fielding, David Tennant, Howard Davies, Ned Sherrin, John Fowles (novelist), Michael Bryant, Matthew Bourne, and others, some with multiple signatures. (14 programmes)
Lot: 55
Autographed photos and some cuttings in album, including Joan Rivers, Richard Eyre, Val Doonican, Richard Wilson, Anne Robinson, Anthea Turner, Tom O'Connor, Petula Clark, Mitzi Gaynor (signed album page), and other entertainers. (80)
Lot: 61
Signed books by Sports celebrities, a collection, 1990s/2000s, mostly football & cricket, five with multiple signatures, including autographs of Jimmy Greaves, Bobby Charlton, Brian Clough, Gordon Banks, Garry Sobers, George Best, Graeme Sharp, Peter May and various others. Offered ‘as is', a signature of Muhammed Ali does not appear to be genuine. VG condition. Also one unsigned. (10)
Lot: 63
Matt Busby 1990 signed philatelic cover, Oldham Athletic v Manchester United, F.A. Cup Semi-Final. Fine
Lot: 148
All-period ranges in albums, s/book and loose with main interest in mint thematics and commemorative covers, and remainders in battered ‘Snef' album. Includes 1986 World Cup collection including a cover autographed by Bobby Moore, some useful Swedish booklets, packs of SG ‘Gard' mounts, etc. (Many 100s)
Lot: 169
Ralph Allen (1693-1764, city of Bath postmaster and founder of the ‘Cross Post' system): 1755 cut-down wrapper to London endorsed Free, R. Allen' with faint s/line BATH and Bishop mark on flap. Together with a modern PPC. [A note applied by a 19th (?) Century collector reads From Dr: afterwards Bishop Warburton, and dated from Bath June 28.1755.,W.V., and will have referred to the original letter enclosed,as it would appear that the address panel has been written and signed by Ralph Allen on the Bishop's behalf],
Lot: 170
John Palmer (1741-1818, founder of the UK Mail Coach system): 1805 wrapper from Bath to Brighton signed by Palmer lower left, with large FREE datestamp and s/line BATH. Together with a related cigarette card. [Palmer was M.P. for the city of Bath at this time].
Lot: 181
Great Britain Commemorative Covers in albums and plastic sleeves, mostly late-QE2, many autographed by well-known personalities, plus several with inset coins with values to £5 and a few with medallions. (123 covers)