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| Auction Details - AUCTION ALREADY HELD | |||
| Selected Antique Furniture & Collectors’ Items Books, Maps & Ephemera | |||
| Auctioneer: | W & H Peacock | Location: | Bedford |
| Contact: | Tel: 01234 266366 | ||
| Date: | 4th April 2014 | Time: | 11:00AM |
| Details: | Viewing Details Friday 28th March, 5pm - 8pm Saturday 29th March, 9am - 1pm Thursday 3rd April 9am - 6pm Morning of the sale from 9am |
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| Auction Lots - Page 9 | |||
| 551 | |||
| The Quiver 1888, 1890 - 1901. Twelve large qto. volumes of this Victorian periodical in an attractive binding with black leather,gilt spines and marbled boards. Each volume features a colour frontis ( some chromolithographs ) and a range of other engraved illustrations. Estimate £20 - £30 |
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| 552 | |||
| Folio Society : A collection of titles from this publisher which include : Gibbon : Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire; Shakespeare's Works and Lewis Carroll and twelve further titles. All volumes are with their original slipcase and in very good, near fine condition. Estimate £25 - £30 |
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| 553 | |||
| Jekyll G. : Garden Ornament, 1918. 1st.Ed. Folio, blue cloth, gilt, aeg. Colour frontis. Monochrome illus. throughout. Binding a little worn at the ext. with slight lifting of the cloth but otherwise very sound, contents vg. Estimate £100 - £150 |
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| 554 | |||
| Lutyens E. : Houses & Gardens, 1925. Folio, two tone red cloth, gilt. Some minor marking to binding, otherwise a vg copy. Estimate £60 - £90 |
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| 555 | |||
| Wilson J. : Imperial Gazetteer of Scotland or, Dictionary of Scottish Topography. Nd. C.1870. Two Vols. Royal 8vo. qtr. binding, marbled edges. Engraved Tp., folding map, engraved plates and tinted map plates. Together with : Lewis's Map of Scotland, central division. Nd. C.1850. Folding, linen backed, map with engraved coastline and border delineations. Soft coloured tint with stronger colour for county borders. Housed within an 8vo. maroon leather binding with ornate gilt panels and titling. Estimate £75 - £100 |
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| 556 | |||
| Philip's Handy Atlas of the Counties of England, nd. C.1895. 8vo. red cloth, gilt. Coloured dp maps. Also enlarged plans of six 'important towns', a new enlarged edition 'shewing every railway station in England and Wales' (!). Bartholomew J. : Cassell's Atlas, 1909. Qto. Two tone cloth, gilt. Complete series of maps of the world with full index of geographical names. Together with one period pocket atlas. Estimate £20 - £30 |
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| 557 | |||
| Candide, ou L'Optimisme, traduit de l'allemand de Mr. Le Docteur Ralph, 1761. 12mo. Qtr.binding. Purportedly by Voltaire ( 2nd. part of Candide ) but actually by either C.Campigneulles or H.Dulaurens. This copy needs rebinding but is otherwise a clean, tight copy of a scarce, early edition ( 2nd.) Estimate £80 - £120 |
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| 558 | |||
| English Furniture Reference Collection including : Symonds R. : Furniture Making in the 17th. & 18th. Century England, 1955; Present State of Old English Furniture, 1921; English Walnut and Lacquer Furniture, 1923; Jourdain M. : English Furniture - Georgian Period, 1953; Edwards R. : Dictionary of English Furniture, 1983. 3 Vols. Together with 10 other related titles, including qto. & 8vo. formats. Estimate £150 - £170 |
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| 559 | |||
| Housman L. : Stories from the Arabian Nights, Nd. C.1930. Tipped in colour plates by Edmund Dulac. 4to. Hb. + Dj. Estimate £20 - £30 |
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| 560 | |||
| Children's Selection : Watkins-Pitchford D. : The Little Grey Men - A story for the Young at Heart, 1942. 1st.Ed. 8vo.Hb. Scraper-board illustration frontis, plates and vignettes in the text. 1st.Eds. scarce. Uttley A. : Little Grey Rabbit's Spring-Cleaning Party, 1972. 1st.Ed. Small,square 8vo. Hb + Dj; The Songs the Letters Sing, Preparatory Primer, Books I & IA, II & IIA, III. Nd. C.1930. No author attributed. Colour Illustrations by Margaret Tarrant. Small, square 8vo. Hb. with illustrated boards Estimate £30 - £40 |
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| 561 | |||
| Arrian on Coursing : The Cynegeticus of the Younger Xenophon, 1831. 1st. Ed. Limited to 250 copies. Royal 8vo. Original olive green cloth binding, blind-stamped decoration, gilt on spine and gilt vignette on upper board. Engraved frontis. Scarce. Estimate £120 - £140 |
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| 562 | |||
| (Slight J. ) : A Narrative of the Loss of the Royal George at Spithead, August 1782. 12mo. Engraved frontis and three plates. Bound with the wood of the wreck (boards). Together with two German Nazi Iron Cross Medals dated 1939 one with a ribbon, 'The Scripture Vine' wall chart, framed and glazed, a Rosary and Measuring Glass. Estimate £60 - £70 |
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| 563 | |||
| Hull H. : Handbook to the Scripture Rainbow, nd. C. 1880. Square 12mo. hb. with cloth binding housing a linen-backed, coloured, folding chart and loose explanatory booklet. Very scarce - one copy recorded on Copac. Estimate £20 - £30 |
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| 564 | |||
| Fine binding : Bedfordshire Magazine, 1947 - 1983. 18 Volumes. 8vo. Green textured calf, ribbed gilt spines and panels on the boards. A fine set. Together with an index volume. Complete sets scarce. Estimate £120 - £160 |
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| 571 | |||
| Philately. King George V Card, Victorian Registered Letter together with other related items. Estimate £60 - £80 |
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| 572 | |||
| Philately : 120 Folded Sheet of Festival of Britain Stamps, 1951. Estimate £30 - £40 |
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| 573 | |||
| Clementine Churchill Signature : Christmas Greetings card with signature on the inside of the card, together with a small collection of other 'Churchill' material. Estimate £30 - £40 |
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| 574 | |||
| Scripophily :Chinese Government Reorganisation Gold Loan Bond Certificate, 1913; Government of the Chinese Republic, Province of Petchili Gold Loan Bond, 1913. Together with others including a Russian Troitz Railway Company Bond Loan Certificate, 1910 and another for the City of Vilna, 1912. Estimate £40 - £50 |
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| 575 | |||
| German Cigarette Card Collection. German coloured cigarette cards from the 1930s housed in dedicated binders with printed covers and detailed pages of notes relating to what is featured on the cards. Four binders relate to aspects of the Renaissance, three on the Impressionist Movement in the Art world, one on Bird Life, one on World Wild Life, one on German History, one on the History of Dress and the last on Farming. Estimate £130 - £150 |
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| 576 | |||
| Autograph Collection. A wide ranging and varied collection dating at least partly from the 1970s & 80s and perhaps earlier, appealing to a previous generation! They feature stars and performers from Film, Theatre and other forms of Stage entertainment. The autographs appear mainly on monochrome photographs or programmes. The collection is presented in a variety of formats - a wallet folder ( featuring stage production programmes signed by the cast - one example being 'Present Laughter' by Noel Coward ), others are photographs mounted on a board and a larger number loosely in envelopes. Names that may be well known include : Ted Ray, Ted Heath, Billy Cotton, Donald Sinden, Renee Houston, Frankie Vaughan, Bernard Miles, Dorothy Squires, Bernard Bresslaw, Russ Conway, Diana Dors, Dickie Valentine, Mel Torme, Rosemary Squires and Lonnie Donegan. There may be others here that those of maturer years may recognise!. The collection belonged to somebody who themselves performed in repertory. Estimate £100 - £150 |
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| 577 | |||
| 'Theatre World.' Three dedicated qto. binders housing a run of this publication from 1947 - 1958. An illustrated contemporary commentary and review of the stage during this period. Estimate £30 - £40 |
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| 578 | |||
| 'Picture Show' Magazine. Ten dedicated folders containing a run of this publication for the years 1950 - 1959. Estimate £20 - £30 |
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| 579 | |||
| Tututankhamun. Collection of contemporary newspaper cuttings from 1922 to 1923 detailing the discovery and excavation of the tomb at Luxor by Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon. The cuttings are mounted and displayed in an A4 folder. Estimate £20 - £30 |
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| 580 | |||
| 'The Aeroplane' Magazine. 100+ copies dating from 1929 - 1936. Textual commentary on contemporary aircraft and aviation development with many illustrations and adverts. Vg copies. Estimate £30 - £40 |
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| 581 | |||
| World War Magazines in original covers. Two selections of magazines comprising of 27 copies of 'The Great War' for 1916 & 17 and 33 copies of 'The War Illustrated' from 1940. Estimate £20 - £30 |
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| 582 | |||
| Family Memorabilia Archive. A varied selection of documents, letters, certificates and photographs dating from the late Victorian era into the early 20th.C. Items include : County of London Driving Licence, 1909; London School Board Regular Attendance Cards; Family photographs depicting members born in the 1860s onwards; London School Board Certificates recording Standards in the 3 Rs. 1890s; London School Board Attendance at School Exemption Certificate ( dependent on age and previous attendance at 13 years of age ), 1897; Temperance Society Cert. 1891; Volunteer Force Service Certificate 1917 - 1921, R.A.S.C.M.T; St. John Ambulance Certificate relating to an Examination in Air raid Precautions, 1938; Various References Typed on Commercial Note-heading; Photographs of an early motorised mobile catering unit and 7 editions of 'The Woodworker and Art Metal Worker Journal' for 1907. Estimate £30 - £40 |
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| 583 | |||
| Royal Ephemera : Early & Mid 20th.C collection of ephemera together with coronation-associated Metropolitan Police documents. Items include : Two Souvenir coloured crepe paper Doylies, one commemorating H.R.H. Princess Mary's Wedding, 29th.Feb.1922, the other commemorating the visit of Queen Mary to the Women's Hospital 4th.July 1916. ( both items in a remarkable state of preservation given their fragility). Official publications for Queen Elizabeth II's Coronation - Souvenir Programme, Ceremonies at Westminster Abbey, a London Transport / British railways 'Coronation' leaflet detailing coronation procession route and special transport arrangements and finally 'Background to the Coronation -Earl Marshal's Press Bureau. A silk bookmark with tassel & mounted inside a presentation card. Metropolitan Police items include : Booklet featuring items associated with 1937 Coronation - specimens of Official Windscreen Labels, Coronation Traffic Duties, Operation of Motor Cabs. Other miscellaneous items with this lot include : Windsor Castle Concert Programme with a pierced paper decorative border dated 1874; Metropolitan Police Commemorative Centenary Certificate 1929; HMSO Booklet 'Finger Print Clues' 1925; A British Empire Exhibition 1924 folding plan and a WWII Motor Fuel Ration Book. Estimate £60 - £80 |
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| 584 | |||
| George V, Commemorative Scroll Certificate for Corporal Robert Taylor, Northamptonshire Regiment, W.W.I. Mounted, framed and glazed. Estimate £20 - £30 |
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| 585 | |||
| Cigarette Card Collection. A collection of unmounted cards featuring : Turf - Zoo Animals, British Aircraft & British Fish; Players & Wills - Miscellaneous cards including Royal Air-Force Aircraft, Uniforms, Naval Craft and many others, together with some collections mounted in album. This lot also includes an extensive collection of a range of Brooke Bond Tea cards and a small pack of A. & B.C. Chewing Gum Cards. Estimate £35 - £55 |
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| 586 | |||
| General Guide Map to the District of Bedford with marginal calendars for 1914 - 1917. Commercially orientated and coloured folding Map of Bedford in its original printed maroon covers ( 8vo. sized ). Central map framed by contemporary illustrated advertisements from local businesses. Estimate £20 - £30 |
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| 587 | |||
| Fourteen Folio qtr. bound volumes containing manuscript copies of Solicitor's correspondence ( 'Letter Book' ) from the 19th.Century. Subjects dealt with reveal a remarkable variety and range from the mundane and routine to those which provide a more detailed insight into domestic and business life of the time : '' As to health, would it be an answer to prove she is delicate? She is one of those white faced girls who are subject to fainting fits. Otherwise she looks a strong girl. She admits she is subject to fainting fits in hot rooms. Her mother confirms this.''.......''As another year of your youngest brother's apprenticeship has expired we shall be glad to know if you and the other members of the family wish the apprenticeship to continue. When some of your sisters were at home last Xmas we understand that they were very dissatisfied with his progress. In one way, judging from his appearance, he certainly does not make much progress.'' ..... ''My Articled Clerk has to serve for 2 months longer before his articles expire. he would like to have some experience of London practice. Will you give him a seat in your office for the next two months?''.......''The next day he told Mr. Morrell he should not carry out the contract because one of the houses has not a bay window. The mistake is very annoying as the matter is sufficiently complicated without further difficulties.'' All life is here! A fascinating and revealing collection of documents that may be of value to social historians, those completing legal dissertations or as an impressive display on the study shelves! Estimate £75 - £100 |
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| 588 | |||
| Autograph Album with a fine full maroon leather binding with a gilt and colour floral 'Art Nouveau' style impressed on the upper board, aeg. The album contains a substantial number of significant autographs representing a wide spectrum of celebrities from the film, theatrical, radio, tv, music and political arenas. Signatures include ; Tommy Reilly, Dorothy squires, Geraldo, The Andrews' Sisters, Ted Ray, Renee Houston, Charlie Chester, Frankie Lane, Clive Richardson, Googie Withers, Charles Williams, Eric Coates, Hoagy Carmichael, Tommy Handley, Henry Hall, Cicely Courtneidge, Chico Marx, Ted Heath ( Band leader), Uncle Mac, Maurice Chevalier, Benjamino Gigli, John Major, Robert Donat, Dame Nellie Melba and Dolores Gray. A comprehensive set of notes is available providing details of the contributors. Together with some signed books. Estimate £300 - £350 |
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| 589 | |||
| Small Commonplace Album featuring copied verse, autographs, accomplished and humorous watercolour vignettes together with sketches. Estimate £20 - £30 |
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| 590 | |||
| Justices' Clerk's Minute Book - County of Huntingdon. C. 1940 - 1950. Large Folio qtr. binding with reversed calf, maroon labels, gilt, marbled edges and eps. Detailed shorthand manuscript record of a variety of cases appearing before the magistrates including : Selling sausages above the maximum price and containing an excess percentage of regulated meat content, fined 5/-; Exceeding speed limit, fined £1.16/- Supplying motor fuel without licence, fined £3; In charge of motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol, Fined £3; Light escaping from building, fined £2; Stealing potatoes, fined 15/- ; Failing to comply with land cultivation order, Fined £5. ( It should be noted that a large number of the cases are to be understood in the context of war time exigencies - reading the volume is almost an educational tour of the social environment of the UK at this time ). Estimate £80 - £120 |
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| 591 | |||
| Autograph Album : Small qto. album containing the autographs of Nobility,Theatrical, Film and Musical performers including Edith Coates, Anna Neagle, Vivien Leigh, Carl Dometsch, Herbert Cesari, Charles Mackerras and Eric Hope - with portrait and musical notation! Together with records of overseas vacations with signatures of fellow travellers, water-colour vignettes, photographs and a range of other contributions. Some signatures not immediately decipherable but possibly significant. Estimate £80 - £120 |
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| 592 | |||
| Film,Music and Theatrical Autograph Album, C.1930s/40s. Album containing the autographs of a range of actors, actresses, musicians, conductors, entertainers and nobility, sometimes with additional goodwill comments or musical notation with words. Individuals featured include : Sybil Thorndike, Thomas Beecham, Sandy McPherson, Charles Groves, Duke of Bedford, Charles Groves, Louis Kentner, Gilbert Harding, Clementine, Randolph & Sarah Churchill, Carl Dometsch, Yehudi Menuhin, Henry Wood, Myra Hess, Adrian Boult, John Laurie, Marie Goosens, Gerald Moore. Laurence Olivier, Vivien Leigh and John Gielgud feature with autographed portrait photographs. Other signatures are from complete string quartets. There are also a number of other indecipherable signatures which have an ostentatious flourish and may therefore be significant! Finally some pages also feature miniature watercolours, sketches and portraits together with a hand-embroidered silk of H.M.S. Dorsetshire. The provenance of the album is not certain but it seems probable that the original owner was a resident in Bedford during the 1940s which is where the BBC transferred some of its operations and that the autographs were obtained locally. Estimate £150 - £200 |
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| 593 | |||
| First World War Post Card Album. Album containing 20+ Embroidered card evidentially sent by a soldier from the front, one from Ypres for instance with a simple pencilled message '' Yours ever, Lennard, 11/3/16.'' Over 30 more cards of a 'sentimental' nature depicting individual members of the armed forces in thought about sweethearts or wives at home and vice versa, one card with the pencilled message '' My Dear Gracie, Just a few lines as we are going in the line tomorrow I think & perhaps I shall not be able to write there.'' This card stamped in red as 'passed by the field censor.' A further collection of humorous cards - 'They all like their little bit of red!'' and ''Naughty Netta's knitting knickers for the seat of War''. Together with a range of other contemporary cards featuring French locations, some with images of war damage. A card with a printed poem by Corporal G.E. Attwood, 2nd. London Reg. R.F. - 'Keep Your Head Well Down'. Altogether a poignant reminder and memorial to this conflict and its effects on ordinary people. Estimate £250 - £300 |
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| 594 | |||
| Tail Gun Turret ( Type F.N. 82, MK.1. Series 2 ). Original annotated folio-sized diagram illustrating the construction and design of a rear gun turret for a 2nd. W.W. Bomber Aircraft. Estimate £10 - £20 |
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| 595 | |||
| Cricketing Autograph Album. Well preserved album containing signatures of team members involved in County Cricket Tournaments in 1954. County teams include the following : Surrey; MCC; Middlesex; Hampshire; Worcestershire; Kent; Warwick; Glamorgan and Lancashire. Among two pages featuring 'Gentlemen / Players' for 1954 are the signatures of Colin Cowdrey, David Sheppard, Trevor Bailey, Tom Graveney and Peter May. Also featured are the signatures of the 1954 team from Pakistan. The autographs were collected by Len Dolding, former Chelsea footballer and Middlesex cricketer; there is a newspaper article about him pasted into the album. The autograph of Dirk Bogarde on a piece of paper is also included in the album. Estimate £200 - £300 |
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| 596 | |||
| Victorian Commemorative Cards featuring Iconographic and Religious themes. A collection of 50+ cards from this era featuring colour and monochrome images of Saints, popular Christian figures and other related images, many with an intricately ornate, gilt and pierced border or scalloped fringe. Estimate £50 - £100 |
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| 597 | |||
| Eliza Blunt, Canterbury 1868 : Slim qto. Commonplace, leather bound volume featuring a collection of poetry and prose copied in a variety of elegant styles of handwriting. The selection includes a contribution from Henry Alford, Dean of Canterbury Cathedral. Estimate £10 - £20 |
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| 598 | |||
| Mander Brothers Ltd., Wolverhampton. : Illustrated Catalogue of Specimens of Printing Inks. Nd. C.1910. 12mo. Original 12mo Landscape folder containing 100+ specimen sheets featuring heraldic shields, panels and portraits tabulated according to tint and colour. Sections include Tints, Posters, Blacks, Reds, Violets, Greens, Blues, Yellows & Browns. Scarce. Estimate £20 - £30 |
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| 599 | |||
| Gibbs and Dandy Ltd., Luton - Wholesale Catalogue, 1933. Royal 8vo. Many engraved-type illus. featuring a wide range of merchandise including tools, iron-mongery, electrical fittings and items, fireplace units, boilers, garden equipment etc. Together with a similar later catalogue for 1956. Estimate £20 - £30 |
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| 600 | |||
| Building World : Illustrated Weekly Trade Journal, Vol.XV ( Nos. 365 - 390 ) October 1902 - April 1903. Folio maroon qtr. binding. Engraved illustrations of contemporary domestic and industrial building plans and designs, new & patented devices, garden furniture etc. Together with a wealth of similarly illustrated advertising. Estimate £20 - £300 |
| Auction Details - AUCTION ALREADY HELD | |||
| Selected Antique Furniture & Collectors’ Items Books, Maps & Ephemera | |||
| Auctioneer: | W & H Peacock | Location: | Bedford |
| Contact: | Tel: 01234 266366 | ||
| Date: | 4th April 2014 | Time: | 11:00AM |
| Details: | Viewing Details Friday 28th March, 5pm - 8pm Saturday 29th March, 9am - 1pm Thursday 3rd April 9am - 6pm Morning of the sale from 9am |
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