Auction No 431, Category: Ephemera

17 Lots (displaying 1 - 17)

Books & Ephemera including WW2 Telegrams (3) from the Secretary of State for the Colonies headed SECRET; various PPCs (32)

Lot: 3

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Jan 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
SOLD £52
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Books & Ephemera including WW2 Telegrams (3) from the Secretary of State for the Colonies headed SECRET; various PPCs (32) most of Advertising interest; a 1902 Queen Alexandra medallion in soapstone, set in a wooden frame; 1924 Wembley Exhibition souvenir album; a Tuck's ‘Happy Hours Transfers' booklet complete; King Penguins (5); cigarette cards in album & loose in sets and part-sets; etc.  (Qty.)

Softback publications with many pamphlets, including G.R. Woodward "St. Halward, the Martyr", 1929 (No. 37 of 120);

Lot: 10

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Jan 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £50
SOLD £26
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Softback publications with many pamphlets, including G.R. Woodward St. Halward, the Martyr, 1929 (No. 37 of 120); Wartime Rationing and Consumption, League of Nations, 1942 (bound in library cloth); Doreen Thomas Strike a Light: John Walker 1781-1859, author signed; Menezes Historical Notes on Goa, 1978; and wide range of others. (57) 

Ephemera late-1950s/early-1960s, comprising Ritz Ballroom novelty dance cards (2) with moveable eyes, and two packs of embroidery designs,

Lot: 11

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Jan 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £10 - £20
SOLD £26
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Ephemera late-1950s/early-1960s, comprising Ritz Ballroom novelty dance cards (2) with moveable eyes, and two packs of embroidery designs, containing 26 brochures in all. Dance cards with creasing and some wear. Brochures 11 x 8.5”

Ephemera, prints & softbacks, including 1974 Police Notices concerning the bomb outrage at Chorlton Street Bus Station, Manchester,

Lot: 13

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Jan 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
SOLD £30
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Ephemera, prints & softbacks, including 1974 Police Notices concerning the bomb outrage at Chorlton Street Bus Station, Manchester, and the murder of Tom Hewitt in Bury; framed prints of Highway Robberies (three by Phiz); plus unrelated items. (Qty)

Carton with many old PPCs, British & Foreign, with some better, plus newspapers from 19th Century, ephemera, scrap album, trade cards, photos, FDCs,

Lot: 16

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Jan 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £70
SOLD £58
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Carton with many old PPCs, British & Foreign, with some better, plus newspapers from 19th Century, ephemera, scrap album, trade cards, photos, FDCs, etc. Untidy lot. (100s)

WWI German Air-Drop leaflet warning the French of a growing ‘invasion’ of American troops to the Western Front. 8 x 6”, text both sides.

Lot: 28

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Jan 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £10 - £20
SOLD £17
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WWI German Air-Drop leaflet warning the French of a growing ‘invasion' of American troops to the Western Front. 8x 6”, text both sides. Folds and filing punch holes. 

"The Richmond Tragedy", a broadside, c.1835, concerning the murder of Ann Gray by Squire Rowland and the discovery of her body by William Gray,

Lot: 77

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Jan 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £50
SOLD £32
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The Richmond Tragedy, a broadside, c.1835, concerning the murder of Ann Gray by Squire Rowland and the discovery of her body by William Gray, her twin brother. 15 x 9.5”, frayed at periphery, small splits at the vertical & horizontal folds.

A Schoolgirl’s "Natural History Diary 1902", compiled by ‘Cowslip’ (Amy E. Morrisey) of the Mount School, York, in an exercise book, limp leather

Lot: 79

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Jan 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
SOLD £26
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A Schoolgirl's Natural History Diary 1902, compiled by ‘Cowslip' (Amy E. Morrisey) of the Mount School, York, in an exercise book, limp leather cover, comprising 76pp, illustrated throughout with watercolour drawings. VG condition, in protective mylar wrap with printed title. Also few items of ephemera including an 18th Century coaching ticket for the Black Swan Hotel (small tear), and three business cards, all York related.

The Assassination of Spencer Perceval, 1812, comprising a hand- coloured etching by Dennes Dighton of the assassin John Bellingham at the Old Bailey,

Lot: 82

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Jan 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
UNSOLD
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The Assassination of Spencer Perceval, 1812, comprising a hand-coloured etching by Dennes Dighton of the assassin John Bellingham at the Old Bailey, and an Act of Parliament to provide for the widow & children of Spencer Perceval. Also four other Acts including an 1842 Act for establishing a Prison at Pentonville, and two concerning Prisons at Millbank and Perth. The print 29 x 21cm, with some browning and manuscript annotations. (6)

Crime related ephemera including 19th Century public notices of a burglary at Swadlincote 1853, theft of timber at Froxfield 1835,

Lot: 83

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Jan 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £70
SOLD £100
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Crime related ephemera including 19th Century public notices of a burglary at Swadlincote 1853, theft of timber at Froxfield 1835, and Calendars of Criminal Trials at Ipswich 1840 & 1841; together with six issues of the Daily Mirror for 1933 concerning the murder of Walter Spratchett, and other items. (Qty.)

The attempted assassination of Queen Victoria 1840: a pair of coloured lithographs after T.C. Wilson depicting the attack by Edward Oxford

Lot: 85

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Jan 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
SOLD £30
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The attempted assassination of Queen Victoria 1840: a pair of coloured lithographs after T.C. Wilson depicting the attack by Edward Oxford and his appearance at the Old Bailey, printed by Alvey of London, framed and glazed, overall 17.5 x 15.5”; and a copy of The Examiner for 12th July 1840 with trial report and verdict. (3 items)

The Manchester Martyrs and the murder of Police Sergeant Brett, 1867, comprising an original 14 x 10.5” photograph on glass of Sergeant Brett,

Lot: 86

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Jan 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £100
SOLD £50
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The Manchester Martyrs and the murder of Police Sergeant Brett, 1867, comprising an original 14 x 10.5” photograph on glass of Sergeant Brett, and The Illustrated London News for 9th November detailing the trial of the members of the Irish Republican Brotherhood with a second edition insert describing their execution. Also a reproduction of a contemporary broadside, reproduction photographs, and research notes. The photograph of Sergeant Brett cracked, professionally repaired and subsequently framed and glazed. [The buyer of this lot to be responsible for its collection].

Maidstone Police document, 1838, signed by 16 police officers, acknowledging payment for their services from the 23rd to 29th September.

Lot: 87

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Jan 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £70
UNSOLD
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Maidstone Police document, 1838, signed by 16 police officers, acknowledging payment for their services from the 23rd to 29th September. 16 x 13”, framed & glazed.

Nazi propaganda poster issued by the NSDAP April 1944 featuring a quotation from Beethoven. Slight damp staining upper right. 19 x 9.5”.

Lot: 100

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Jan 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £50
SOLD £26
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Nazi propaganda poster issued by the NSDAP April 1944 featuring a quotation from Beethoven. Slight damp staining upper right. 19 x 9.5”.

Universal Studios "The Monster Legacy DVD Collection", set of 17 DVDs together with figurines of Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi & Lon Chaney Jnr.,

Lot: 113

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Jan 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £40
SOLD £34
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Universal Studios The Monster Legacy DVD Collection, set of 17 DVDs together with figurines of Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi & Lon Chaney Jnr., in original presentation box.

Marilyn Monroe and Steve McQueen original filmcells matted with related photos, latter from "The Great Escape", framed with acrylic glazing. (2)

Lot: 114

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Jan 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £10 - £20
SOLD £10
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Marilyn Monroe and Steve McQueen original filmcells matted with related photos, latter from The Great Escape, framed with acrylic glazing. (2)

Postal History mix with interest in India WW2 (6), 1904 with fine N.Z. Rly. TPO, New Zealand postage due cachets, Serbia 1897 Parcel Card, etc.

Lot: 258

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Jan 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
SOLD £66
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Postal History mix with interest in India WW2 (6), 1904 with fine N.Z. Rly. TPO, New Zealand postage due cachets, Serbia 1897 Parcel Card, etc. Also 17 issues of the newspaper Clarion, issued 1945-46 by the 35 Wing R.A.F. in occupied Germany. Fair to fine. (55 items).