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Auction No 354, Category: Ephemera

18 Lots (displaying 1 - 18)

Bus & Coach leaflets, handbills and brochures, 1940s to 1980s with all periods well represented

Lot: 42

  • Auction Date: Wed 7th Oct 2015 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
SOLD £210
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Bus & Coach leaflets, handbills and brochures, 1940s to 1980s with all periods well represented; chiefly Express Coaches Services, Excursions, Timetable Alterations, plus forms, notices etc. Country-wide, some with filing holes in margin but mainly good to fine. (300+)

Manchester softbacks and ephemera including "Thumb-Nail Sketches of the Royal Jubilee Exhibition as seen from Chorlton-cum-Hardy", John Heywood, 1887;

Lot: 70

  • Auction Date: Wed 7th Oct 2015 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £70
SOLD £56
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Manchester softbacks and ephemera including "Thumb-Nail Sketches of the Royal Jubilee Exhibition as seen from Chorlton-cum-Hardy", John Heywood, 1887; Withington Baths 1909 City Architect's Plan and photogravure view; 1904 Charity Programme for Hulme Dispensary; auction catalogues for Worsley Old Hall and Scarisbrick Hall 1931-1945, and Red Cross Charity auction Midland Hotel 1915; etc. (Qty)

Colwyn Bay Rose Queen Festivals memorabilia 1925 & 1926,

Lot: 71

  • Auction Date: Wed 7th Oct 2015 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £30
SOLD £20
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Colwyn Bay Rose Queen Festivals memorabilia 1925 & 1926, including Souvenir Programme, and album containing Official Photographs (4) and private snapshots (8). (Qty)

Correspondence, receipts and billheads, 1800s to 1870s, all to Manchester familes including the Davenports of Plymouth Grove

Lot: 183

  • Auction Date: Wed 7th Oct 2015 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £100
UNSOLD
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Correspondence, receipts and billheads, 1800s to 1870s, all to Manchester familes including the Davenports of Plymouth Grove and the Adsheads of Withington, the letters both family and business related, the receipts & billheads including 8 with pictorial vignettes of the period 1810-20. (abt. 106 items)

Greetings cards from 1930s to modern, largely folding types

Lot: 184

  • Auction Date: Wed 7th Oct 2015 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £10 - £20
UNSOLD
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Greetings cards from 1930s to modern, largely folding types, with attractive designs noted. (177). Also few stamps and ephemera.

A WW2 Scrap Album formed by a serviceman in the R.A.O.C. serving in Egypt, Palestine and Italy 1942-1945, complete with his I.D. Tags,

Lot: 185

  • Auction Date: Wed 7th Oct 2015 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £70
UNSOLD
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A WW2 Scrap Album formed by a serviceman in the R.A.O.C. serving in Egypt, Palestine and Italy 1942-1945, complete with his I.D. Tags, including Cinema Tickets and Programmes, military paperwork, menus, guides, etc. Mostly laid down. Interesting lot. (118 items)

In Memoriam Cards for Glossop and Charlesworth bereavements 1860s to 1900s, largely 19th Century,

Lot: 186

  • Auction Date: Wed 7th Oct 2015 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
UNSOLD
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In Memoriam Cards for Glossop and Charlesworth bereavements 1860s to 1900s, largely 19th Century, plus some of Manchester; a few with ornate designs. (59) 

Assortment in box-file including large folding-map of the Yale District of British Columbia 1910,

Lot: 187

  • Auction Date: Wed 7th Oct 2015 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £76
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Assortment in box-file including large folding-map of the Yale District of British Columbia 1910, Great Northern Railway (Ireland) Souvenir album of Warrenpoint & Rostrevor c.1900, Woven Silk Bookmark by Welch & Lenton, 1919 Peace Celebrations Programme (London), and 3 issues of Piper o' Dundee magazine 1899-1912. (Qty)

Manchester Theatre & Entertainments Memorabilia including 1905-07 Posters for the Midland Hotel Theatre (3),

Lot: 188

  • Auction Date: Wed 7th Oct 2015 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £70
SOLD £48
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Manchester Theatre & Entertainments Memorabilia including 1905-07 Posters for the Midland Hotel Theatre (3), Manchester Ice Palace fliers & souvenir programme, Victorian & Edwardian programmes (7) mainly for St.James's and Prince's, fliers for The Palace (3) including Laurel & Hardy, etc. (Qty.). Also some non-related items. 

Souvenir Menus 1882 to 1960s chiefly Manchester related but including Cunard(11) and other shipping (8);

Lot: 189

  • Auction Date: Wed 7th Oct 2015 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £62
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Souvenir Menus 1882 to 1960s chiefly Manchester related but including Cunard(11) and other shipping (8); better include Midland Hotel Woodrow Wilson Freedom of the City 1918 & Peace Celebrations 1919; and Town Hall Receptions 1909 & 1910, & Juvenile Ball 1882. (58)

Manchester Programmes chiefly the Victorian Amateur Players at the Athenaeum 1901-1924 (25),

Lot: 190

  • Auction Date: Wed 7th Oct 2015 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £70
SOLD £40
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Manchester Programmes chiefly the Victorian Amateur Players at the Athenaeum 1901-1924 (25), but also Manchester Ice Palace (4, including Silver Jubilee 1936), The Midland Hotel Theatre (2), etc. (36)

Greater Manchester Theatre Programmes 1913-1960s, plus few fliers;

Lot: 191

  • Auction Date: Wed 7th Oct 2015 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
UNSOLD
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Greater Manchester Theatre Programmes 1913-1960s, plus few fliers; including Manchester Hippodrome 1928-32 Grand Variety Matinees (6) featuring Gertie Gitana, George Formby, Ted Ray, Sybil Thorndike etc; 1934 Rochdale Hippodrome Souvenir Brochure for Gracie Fields; Free Trade Hall re-opening 1951; etc. (26)

Victorian Scrap Album with 71 pages of largely chromo-litho greetings cards (one by Kate Greenaway) and scraps,

Lot: 192

  • Auction Date: Wed 7th Oct 2015 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £62
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Victorian Scrap Album with 71 pages of largely chromo-litho greetings cards (one by Kate Greenaway) and scraps, with emphasis on children, birds, animals and flowers. (Qty)

Collection of Product Labels, Packaging, Poster Stamps and Cigar Bands in binder, most of Scandinavian origin,

Lot: 193

  • Auction Date: Wed 7th Oct 2015 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
UNSOLD
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Collection of Product Labels, Packaging, Poster Stamps and Cigar Bands in binder, most of Scandinavian origin, some German,Dutch and others,1920s to 1970s, many attractive items. Much Beer and Tobacco related. (446)

Front of House Film Stills in sets and part-sets including Marlon Brando "One-Eyed Jacks" (1961, set of 8),

Lot: 194

  • Auction Date: Wed 7th Oct 2015 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
SOLD £54
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Front of House Film Stills in sets and part-sets including Marlon Brando "One-Eyed Jacks" (1961, set of 8), Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (7), High Noon (1981 re-issue, set of 10, Spanish), Shakespeare in Love (7), Gigi (1958, 6), The Negotiator (set of 8), Polanski's Macbeth (set of 8), and 10 others, several with German text. (20 sets or part-sets)

Marilyn Monroe Glamour Calendar "Golden Dreams", a 1990s reproduction

Lot: 195

  • Auction Date: Wed 7th Oct 2015 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £30
UNSOLD
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Marilyn Monroe Glamour Calendar Golden Dreams, a 1990s reproduction, VG condition

Pictorial Sheet Music 1930s to 1950s, largely Film related, including Bing Crosby, Fred Astaire,

Lot: 196

  • Auction Date: Wed 7th Oct 2015 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £52
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Pictorial Sheet Music 1930s to 1950s, largely Film related, including Bing Crosby, Fred Astaire, Gracie Fields, Dorothy Lamour, Eddie Cantor, Nelson Eddy etc. 35 have inked ownership signatures on front. (75)

Ephemera from 1870s especially Insurance related including Certificates, Contribution books,

Lot: 197

  • Auction Date: Wed 7th Oct 2015 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £30
UNSOLD
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Ephemera from 1870s especially Insurance related including Certificates, Contribution books, publicity leaflets etc; also 1893 German Fashion sales sheet, and other items. (Qty)