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Date : 27/04/2024 Lot 1181

Thomas Fletcher of Gateshead (Tyne-and-Wear) Eight-day oak longcase clock c 1820, with a flat top an...

Thomas Fletcher of Gateshead (Tyne-and-Wear) Eight-day oak longcase clock c 1820, with a flat top and turned pilaster flanking the break arch dial, trunk with canted corners and a spire topped door, tall plinth on shaped feet, painted dial with Arabic numerals, minute track and a painted scene of a sailing ship leaving port, with brass stamped hands, seconds and date dial, movement pinned via a falseplate to a rack striking movement with a recoil anchor escapement, with weights and pendulum. A good example of a typical Northeastern case and movement form the early 19th century. Thoma Fletcher is recorded as working in Gateshead and Newcastle upon Tyne 1810-1850.

Estimate: £150 - £250

Date : 27/04/2024 Lot 1173

Jas Shoolbred & Co. Victorian mahogany chest, fitted with two short over two long drawers, on skirte...

Jas Shoolbred & Co. Victorian mahogany chest, fitted with two short over two long drawers, on skirted base with castors, the top drawers stamped, with makers plaque to the back

Estimate: £50 - £100

Previous Auctions

Date : 14/12/2023 Lot 2970

Stamps including, 'The United Kingdom 1887 'Jubilee' Unused Stamp Set', '1949 Universal Postal Union Complete Omnibus Stamp Collection', '1969 to 1970 Complete Great Britain Unused Commemorative Stamp Collection', '1978 25th Anniversary of Queen Elizabeth's II Coronation Crown Agents Stamp Collection', other similar sets each housed in a Harrington and Byrne folder, 'Royal Anniversaries 1991' commemorative stamps in ring binder folder etc, in one box

SOLD £140

Date : 19/10/2023 Lot 2710

Great British and World stamps, including Queen Elizabeth II mint decimal stamps in presentation packs, first day covers mostly with printed addresses and special postmarks, Royal Mail Special Stamp books 1989, 1990 and 1991 each with mint stamps, World including Isle of Man, Lundy, Fiji, Ireland, Spain, France, Germany etc, mint and used stamps seen with postmark interest, housed in various albums, stockbooks and folders, in two boxes

SOLD £240

Date : 05/04/2024 Lot 207

Two stamp albums, containing Great British and World stamps, including Queen Victoria penny reds, Queen Victoria and later Mauritius stamps, including over prints, etc

SOLD £50

Date : 19/01/2024 Lot 5089

Queen Victoria and later stamps including imperf penny reds, King George V seahorses, some facsimile stamps, Queen Elizabeth II used postage stamps etc, housed in a green ring binder folder

SOLD £75

Date : 14/12/2023 Lot 2933

South Africa, Orange Free State, partial cover with one penny stamp cancelled with various postmarks 'Stopped By Censor Return To Sender' purple rectangular stamp and 'V R Opened Under Martial Law' pink slip and three telegrams with various stamp values

SOLD £40

Date : 14/12/2023 Lot 2950

Queen Victoria and later Great British and World stamps, including imperf penny reds, perf penny reds, 1873-80 three pence stamps, 1883-84 two shillings and sixpence, various fiscal and revenue stamps, King George VI ten shilling dark blue used block of four, Aden, Antigua, Australia, Bahamas, Barbados, Basutoland, Bermuda, British Guiana, British Honduras, British Solomon Islands, Burma, Ceylon, Falkland Islands, Heligoland etc

SOLD £170

Date : 19/10/2023 Lot 2614

Great British and World stamps and coins, including France 1869 two francs, 1938 ten francs coin, Netherlands 1940 one gulden coin, King George VI Australia 1941 sixpence coin, Great Britain and Northern Ireland 1980 coin year set, stockbook of stamps and a vintage stamp catalogue etc

SOLD £60

Date : 19/10/2023 Lot 2711

Queen Victoria and later Great British and World stamps, including penny reds, penny black with red MX cancel (space filler), small number of mint Queen Elizabeth II stamps, various United States Postal Service mint sets of commemorative stamps, Aden, Antigua, Ascension, Australia, Bahamas, Barbados, Basutoland, Bermuda, British Guiana, British Honduras, Canada, Cape of Good Hope, Cayman Islands, Egypt, France, Germany, Greece, Iraq, Italy, Monaco etc, housed in various albums and loose, in one box

SOLD £200

Date : 19/10/2023 Lot 2718

Great British and World stamps, including Queen Elizabeth mint stamps with some miniature sheets, first day covers, Commonwealth stamps, small number of banknotes, etc

SOLD £95

Date : 25/08/2023 Lot 320

Stamps and covers, including various Benham stamp covers, commemorative stamps etc, housed in various albums and folders

SOLD £40

Date : 11/08/2023 Lot 3084

Police - two pairs of steel nipper handcuffs, one stamped Hull City Police; two other chromium plated Hiatt steel nipper handcuffs, each stamped HCP (?Hull City Police); and a pair of chromed steel articulated handcuffs stamped WRC (?West Riding Constabulary) (5)

SOLD £100

Date : 29/06/2023 Lot 2572

Coins and stamps, including The Royal Mint Great Britain 1970 coin set in plastic holder, 2006 'Brunel' coin cover containing two commemorative two pound coins, Alderney 2006 sterling silver proof five pounds, two 2007 five pound coins in card folders, two limited edition mint first class stamp sheets each comprised of ten first class stamps, various first day covers many with special postmarks housed in 'Royal Mail' boxes etc

SOLD £75

Date : 25/04/2024 Lot 2023

Early 20th century rose gold mother of pearl cufflink and shirt stud set, stamped 9ct, two gold black enamel and seed pearl studs stamped 18ct & Pt, both boxed, and two other 9ct gold studs

SOLD £240

Date : 26/04/2024 Lot 5013

Stamps, coins and banknotes, including Ireland ten pound note 'UZN', five pound note 'STM' and one pound note 'BDK', Isle of Man one pound note 'K899562' and fifty pence note 'C466591', other banknotes, Ireland 1939 florin coin, Isle of Man 1982 decimal coin set in wallet, 1983 commemorative 'TT' fifty pence coin, United States of America 1964 Kennedy silver half dollar, 1976 commemorative one dollar coin, other world coins, loose stamps with King Edward VII and later Great British, Queen Elizabeth II pre and post decimal etc

SOLD £50

Date : 29/02/2024 Lot 2616

Collection of Norwegian silver flatware, including a set of six silver-gilt demitasse spoons, by David Andersen, stamped D-A 830s and a serving spoon, the pierced terminal with two doves, engraved with initial K and dated 10.09.32 verso, stamped 830s, etc

SOLD £120

Date : 07/02/2024 Lot 2716

Great British stamps including Queen Elizabeth II mostly commemorative mint decimal issues with 1st class, miniature sheets etc, pre-decimal issues and other QEII stamps with mint and used, housed in four ring binder folders and loose

SOLD £110

Date : 26/01/2024 Lot 3073

Early 19th century British Brown Bess musket rifle socket bayonet with zigzag fitting stamped D71 and triangular blade stamped 270 L55cm overall; and two other 19th century socket bayonets; no scabbards (3)

SOLD £80

Date : 26/01/2024 Lot 3170

German police long pattern dress bayonet for urban police, marked K.H.5 for Kriminalpolizie Hannover District 5, Weimar/early NSDAP period, the 33cm fullered blade marked with a knights head and 'Muhlenfeld Barken' to the ricasso, antler type two-piece grip with nickel plated eagle head pommel and cross-piece; in similarly stamped nickel plated and leather scabbard with leather frog stamped 'Fr.Aug.Muhlenfeld G.M.B.H. Barken' L50.5cm overall NB: The vendor advises 'information about the Police sidearm. It was my Grandads WO2 Walter (Jack) Volley of the 14th/20th Kings Hussars. He served in India during WWII and was The Army heavy weight boxing champion for a few years. After the war he was stationed in Wuppertal and Münster where my mother grew up. My mother remembers playing sword fighting with my Uncle who had the sidearm and my mother a large wooden spoon as he was older. This would have been around 1955ish'

SOLD £360

Date : 26/01/2024 Lot 3184

British 1796 Pattern Light Cavalry trooper's sword, the 84cm curving fullered blade stamped Hadley.1 to the back edge, steel hilt with knucklebow, D-shaped langets and leather grip; in polished steel scabbard stamped Osborn & Gunby Birmm. and W.R.16 ( ?16th Light Dragoons) with two suspension rings L100cm overall

SOLD £550

Date : 26/01/2024 Lot 3187

Early 19c Light Cavalry trooper's sword, the Russian 86cm curving fullered blade with cyrillic inscription to backedge dated 1827 and stamped marks to ricasso, 1st Empire French three-bar brass hilt with oval langets, stamped marks to knucklebow and leather grip; in polished steel scabbard with two suspension rings L106cm overall

SOLD £700

Date : 26/01/2024 Lot 3235

WWII German Luftwaffe M40 steel helmet, sand coloured finish with single decal and leather liner; side apron stamped S.E.64, back apron with indistinct number and top stamped N1

SOLD £440

Date : 19/01/2024 Lot 295

Rolex brown leather box, with decorative buckle to cover, opening to reveal wooden veneer interior, the inside lid stamped in gilded lettering 'Creation Genève Rolex', stamped beneath 'Montes Rolex S.A. Geneve Swiss 71.00.04, H8cm

SOLD £80

Date : 19/01/2024 Lot 5081

Coins including Great British pre-decimal, pre-Euro coinage, small number of banknotes, Great British Queen Elizabeth II 'kiloware' stamps on pieces, other stamps etc - collected at Filey Post Office and being sold in aid of Filey Rotary Club

SOLD £30

Date : 19/01/2024 Lot 5083

Great British and World stamps and coins, including various Queen Elizabeth II mint stamps in presentation packs, pre decimal coinage, 1995 old style two pound coin, etc

SOLD £40

Date : 19/01/2024 Lot 5087

GPO pre -decimal stamp booklets and other stamp booklets, some being complete

SOLD £25

Date : 19/01/2024 Lot 5152

Miniature 1853 and 1855 Almanacks, one containing stamps; miniature Testament book; small leather stamp holder and Cartwheel penny

SOLD £35

Date : 14/12/2023 Lot 2867

Coins, banknotes and stamps, including Queen Elizabeth II commemorative fifty pence and two pound coins, pre-decimal coinage, Bank of England ten shilling note, Queen Victoria penny lilac stamp on cover, various first day covers etc

SOLD £60

Date : 14/12/2023 Lot 2890

Stamps, coins and medallions, including ten coinage of Great Britain and Northern Ireland year sets dated 1970 to 1978 inclusive and 1980, commemorative crowns, 'The Royal Standards' three sterling silver ingot set produced by The Danbury Mint, small number of stamps etc

SOLD £110

Date : 14/12/2023 Lot 2894

Danbury Mint 'The Ultimate James Bond Collection' comprising stamps and coins housed in a display case, 'Concorde Queen of the Skies' sculpture, stamps, medallion display and 2020 'Centenary of the Unknown Warrior' five pound coin cover in Harrington and Byrne folder

SOLD £80

Date : 14/12/2023 Lot 2908

Six ‘The Welsh Black Sheep Company’ notes comprising Cardiff Castle ten pound, five pound, one pound, ten shillings, five shillings featuring modified Prince of Wales feather and fifty new pence note stamped ‘First February 1971 Stamp Duty abolished’, with both black and red cancellations, housed in plastic sleeves

SOLD £55

Date : 14/12/2023 Lot 2906

Great Britain Queen Victoria penny black stamp with red MX cancel and 1840 two pence blue stamp with black MX cancel

SOLD £95

Date : 14/12/2023 Lot 2907

Great Britain Queen Victoria penny black stamp with black MX cancel and 1840 two pence blue stamp with black MX cancel, both housed in folders

SOLD £70

Date : 14/12/2023 Lot 2908

Great Britain Queen Victoria penny black stamp with red MX cancel and 1841 two pence blue stamp, white lines added, with black cancel, housed in a framed display

SOLD £55

Date : 14/12/2023 Lot 2920

Great Britain King Edward VII one pound green stamp, two shillings sixpence purple, five shillings red, ten shillings blue etc, forming 'The United Kingdom King Edward VII Complete Stamp Collection', all used, previously mounted, housed in a Harrington and Byre folder

SOLD £120

Date : 14/12/2023 Lot 2930

Great British Queen Victoria and later stamps, including imperf penny reds, perf penny reds, half penny 'bantams', small number of stamps on pieces or covers, one penny lilacs with block and pairs, 1883-84 two shillings sixpence, five shillings and ten shillings, various King Edward VII issues, King George V seahorses etc

SOLD £150

Date : 14/12/2023 Lot 2942

Queen Elizabeth II Great British first day covers with special postmarks and printed addresses, other covers, QEII used postage stamps, Basutoland, Southern Nigeria and other world stamps, housed in various albums, stockbooks, folders and loose, in one box

SOLD £35

Date : 14/12/2023 Lot 2949

Stamps including British occupation of Italian Colonies overprints, French Morocco stamps with Tanger overprints, surcharges etc, housed in two albums

SOLD £110

Date : 14/12/2023 Lot 2955

Great British and World stamps, including Queen Elizabeth II mint stamps in presentation packs, PHQ cards, Canada, Rhodesia and Nyasaland etc, in stockbooks and loose

SOLD £60

Date : 14/12/2023 Lot 2956

Great British and World stamps, including Queen Victoria penny black with red MX cancel, Queen Elizabeth II GB stamps, Australia, Austria, Barbados, Belgium, Brazil, British Guiana, Canada, Ceylon, Cyprus, Denmark, Egypt, Ireland, Finland, France, Germany, Gibraltar, India etc, house in various albums, folders and loose

SOLD £70

Date : 14/12/2023 Lot 2957

1850s and later mostly Spanish stamps including, imperf examples, some mint stamps, commemorative issues etc, housed in two albums

SOLD £65

Date : 14/12/2023 Lot 2958

Stamps including air mail covers, overprints, stamps on pieces etc, mostly loose, in one box

SOLD £20

Date : 14/12/2023 Lot 2963

Great British and World stamps, including South Africa with some modern miniature sheets, Rhodesia, Zimbabwe, Australia, Antigua, Barbados, Bechuanaland Protectorate with a few overprints on Queen Victoria, Cayman Islands, Canada with eight postage stamp souvenir collections dated 1978 to 1985 inclusive etc, housed in various albums, folders and loose in packets

SOLD £130

Date : 14/12/2023 Lot 2971

Mostly Great British Queen Elizabeth II pre and post decimal mint stamps, including part sheets, marginal blocks, traffic light blocks, stamp booklets etc, in one box

SOLD £170

Date : 14/12/2023 Lot 2973

Great British and World stamps, including Austria, Hungary, Switzerland, France, Italy, Sweden, United States of America etc, various first day covers, stamps on envelope pieces etc, housed in albums, folders and loose, in three boxes

SOLD £30

Date : 14/12/2023 Lot 2975

Great British and World stamps, including Queen Elizabeth II pre and post decimal, first day covers, Spanish stamps etc and various postcards, housed in stockbooks, folder and loose

SOLD £40

Date : 08/12/2023 Lot 325

Raoul Dufy (French 1877-1953): Floral Design, gouache on paper signed with Artist's stamp and the cachet stamp of Bianchini Ferier 38cm x 30cm Provenance: with Leighton Fine Art; Bianchini Ferier Archive - Christie's London 16th November 2000. Notes: The silk weaving house of Bianchini Firier was founded in Lyon in 1888. In 1912 Raoul Dufy signed a contract with them and went on to produce about 4000 designs for Bianchini Firier between 1912 and 1928. After his contract came to an end Bianchini Firier continued to make fabrics for important fashion houses such as Worth, Madeleine Vionnet, Jeanne Lanvin Paquin and Patou. They produced scarves for Hermes, Jacques Fath and others and created imaginative designs for Givenchy, Balenciaga, Chanel, Dior and Yves Saint-Laurent etc.

SOLD £440

Date : 17/11/2023 Lot 209

Two late 19th century fruit picker canes, the first example a French ebonised bamboo cane, with pair of fruit scissors to base, the handle stamped Cueille Fruit, the second example with grabbing action, the cap stamped A C Harris, Leicester, together with two other 19th century canes, one with fork and the other with hoe

SOLD £200

Date : 16/11/2023 Lot 2214

Omega Meister 18ct gold manual wind wristwatch, Cal. 620, Ref. 111.035, stamped 18K with Helvetia hallmark, on integrated 18ct gold bracelet, stamped 750, with additional Omega Cal. 620 movement

SOLD £1300

Date : 19/10/2023 Lot 2134

White gold pave set diamond sliding heart, stamped 14K, on 18ct white gold link bracelet, stamped 750

SOLD £200

Date : 19/10/2023 Lot 2616

Great British and World coins and stamps, including pre-decimal pennies and other denominations, various part filled Whitman folders, Britain's first decimal coins set in blue folder, pre-Euro coinage etc and various stamps in albums

SOLD £85