ENDING 4TH JANUARY 2005
Full details are in the auction catalogue but here are some of the highlights
| Some of the early Wills' series caught my eye; in particular the Vanity Fair set at lot 361 (£200) featuring caricatures of prominent personalities at the turn of the 20th century. From around the same period are the Kings & Queens at lot 291 (£275) issued while Victoria was still on the throne, and at lot 108 are five cards from the exceptionally rare Maori Series of 1900 (lot 108, £400). A fine set which doesn't come up often is Singleton & Cole's Kings & Queens (lot 22, £400) issued at the beginning of Edward VII's reign in 1902. Moving on to the World War I period, we have Morris's silk Regimental Colours (lot 300, £85), Gallaher's The Allies Flags (362, £90) and Mitchell's Army Ribbons & Buttons (363, £90), but for me the star lot is Player's Life on Board A Man Of War in 1805 and 1905 (lot 197, FCC, £110), a beautiful set, undervalued in my view, and of special topicality in this the bicentenary of Nelson's victory at Trafalgar |  |
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Lot 22 |
| A trio of sets by Ogden, all from 1926, reminds us of our sporting heritage from the between-the-wars period - Captains of Association Football Clubs & Colours (lot 290, £130), Famous Rugby Players (292, £120) and Derby Entrants (304, £60), whilst Churchman's Three Jovial Golfers (105, £120), Wills' Golfing (24 out of 25 in fair to good condition) at lot 104, £110 and Cope's Boxing Lessons (208, £100) emphasize the popularity of sports subjects then as now. But this was a time when issuers selected a wide range of other themes, so we have Player's Clocks Old & New (lot 36, £95), Faulkner's Our Pets 2nd Series (127, £70), Kensitas Flowers 1st Series (198, £180), United Kingdom Tobacco's Beautiful Britain 2nd Series of postcards (344, £75), and so on. Note also the thirteen Doyle's Beauties at lot 107 (£160). |  |
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Lot 290 |
| Television has really only come into its own since the war, and in this sale are several scarce sets which owe their existence to 1960's TV programmes - Como's Sooty's New Adventures 2nd Series (lot 23, £90), Cadet's UNCLE (Drawings, Scarce) at lot 121 (£125) and Somportex's Thunderbirds (black & white) at lot 312 (£170), but I was particularly intrigued to see lot 278 an unrecorded Rediffusion Set Stars of Television with the likes of Peter Sellers, Michael Miles, Hughie Green and a youthful Roger Moore. Terrific! Amongst a strong line-up of other trade cards are two on railways Cadbury's Locomotives dating from around 1910 (lot 35, £120) and A & BC's 1958 Railway Quiz (192, £42). Lots 216 to 239 are all Brooke Bond, including a set of Bird Portraits, scarce albums, order forms, USA cards, Place-the-Face, Tak Tik, etc. |  |
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Lot 312 |
| A Fine selection of rare individual cards begins with lots 43 to 72 where you will find a Cope's Golfer, Richmond Cavendish Yacht, a Murray Footballer, a Phillips 1936 Cricket Fixture Card and two South American Jackie Cooper cards. Amongst lots 130 to 159 are a Hill's 1912 Footballer, a Cohen Weenen Cricketer, Clevedon Dan Dare, Mason's Naval & Military and an extra-large Kesitas Flower. The next batch, from 240 to 264, includes proof cards, a Zat Card Cricketer, Taddy and an unrecorded card by Duke USA showing a New York Police Captain. The final group, lots 315 to 341, has a Will's Waterloo card, Wills'1901 Cricket, early Barratt Football, inserts, coupons, an unrecorded Van Houten Fountaines Fables Card, and seven pairs of unusual varieties. Further information on the three unrecorded lots in this auction can be found on the "Discoveries" page in the December 2004 Card Collectors News Magazine. |
| There's more to our auctions than just mainstream
collectibles, as you will see from these less common items - a
decoder for A & BC's Batman (lot 63), Playboy Nudes (77),
packets and wrappers (81 to 87 and 173 to 175), magazines forty or
fifty years old (88/9), a Typhoo promotional watch and camera
(171/2), a London album (179), A & BC World Cup Poster (256), A
& BC Derby County Team Poster (270), a Player's advertising
folder (331), albums with or without cards (349 to 358) a Typhoo
Eddie McCreadie card (359), matchboxes (393 and 403), Ogden's and
Player's proof sets (401/2), die-cuts, foils, etc. for Inkwork's Men
in Black (406-8), Skybox Star Trek Autograph cards (414-16)
and rare promo cards (417-20).
How's that for a choice! Don't get distracted by Christmas - make sure you get your bids in now so you can relax and enjoy the festive season. |
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Lot 416 |
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