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| Auction Details - AUCTION ALREADY HELD | |||
| Autograph Auction | |||
| Auctioneer: | IAA International Autograph Auctions Ltd | Location: | Radisson Edwardian Hotel, Heathrow |
| Contact: | Tel: +44 (0)115 845 1010 Fax: +44 (0)115 845 1009 | ||
| Date: | 26th April 2014 | Time: | 11:00AM |
| Details: | Viewing: On the day of the auction from 9am and throughout the duration of the auction |
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| Auction Lots - Page 13 | |||
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| TITO JOSIP BROZ: (1892-1980) Yugoslav Revolutionary and Statesman, Prime Minister of Yugoslavia 1943-63 and President of Yugoslavia 1953-80. Vintage signed 4.5 x 6.5 photograph of Tito in a half length pose wearing his uniform and curiously smoking a cigarette lodged into the end of a pipe. The original Camera Press of London press portrait is from an image by Karsh of Ottawa and bears the original printed caption to the verso. Signed by Tito with his name alone in dark fountain pen ink, across a slightly darker area of the image although legible. VG £100 - 120 |
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| MUGABE ROBERT: (1924- ) President of Zimbabwe 1987- . Signed colour 5 x 6.5 photograph of Mugabe in a formal half length pose. Signed ('R. G. Mugabe') in bold blue ink with his name alone to a light area of the image. VG £80 - 100 |
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| INDIA: LINLITHGOW MARQUESS OF (1887-1952) British Statesman, Governor-General and Viceroy of India 1936-43 & MILNER DOREEN MAUD (1886-1965) Marchioness of Linlithgow, younger daughter of Sir Frederick Milner. A very fine pair of vintage signed sepia 8.5 x 12 photographs by both the Marquess and Marchioness of Linlithgow individually, the images depicting them standing in formal full length poses, the Marquess wearing full ceremonial robes including the mantle of the Most Exalted Order of the Star of India, together with medals, orders and the collar of the Knight Grand Commander and the Marchioness wearing a long silk gown and the Imperial Order of Crown of India, with a tiara upon her head. The photograph of the Marquess is by Johnston & Hoffmann of Calcutta and the photograph of the Marchioness is by Janet Jevons and both are signed by the photographer's to the lower mounts beneath the images. Signed ('Linlithgow') in bold dark fountain pen ink by the Marquess to a clear area at the foot of his image and dated 1937 in his hand, and signed ('Doreen') by the Marchioness, also in bold dark fountain pen ink to a light area at the base of her image, and also dated 1937 in her hand. Together with a fine original unsigned vintage 11.5 x 7 photograph, being a panoramic view of the Viceroy's House as seen from the Mogul Garden, by Kinsey Bros of New Delhi and bearing their blindstamp to the lower white border. Two extremely light stains to the background of the photograph of the Marchioness, most likely caused by a small fault in the negative, otherwise EX, 3 £600 - 800 |
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| 604 | |||
| BEGIN MENACHEM: (1913-1992) Israeli Prime Minister 1977-83. Signed 4 x 5 photograph, the printed cardstock image depicting Begin standing in a half length pose in conversation with Shimon Peres. Signed by Begin in blue ink to the lower white border in both English and Hebrew. VG £100 - 120 |
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| 605 | |||
| GUEVARA CHE: (1928-1967) Argentine Marxist Revolutionary & Guerrilla leader, a major figure in the Cuban Revolution. D.S., Che, one page, oblong 4to, n.p. (Cuba), December 1961. The partially printed document, in Spanish, is a certificate of Honorable Mention issued to Alfonso Basilio Gowen, an Automotive worker with Unit H-5, Titanium of Cuba, for their outstanding effort in production increase for the month of December 1961. Signed by Guevara with his typically small signature, in bold ink, at the foot in his capacity as Minister for Industry. Some heavy overall age toning, light staining, surface creasing and tears to the edges and corners, resulting in some paper loss. The faults slightly affect the text but not the signature, only FR £300 - 400 |
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| 606 | |||
| WORLD LEADERS: Small selection of signed pieces and cards by various Monarchs and other World leaders including Louis Botha (fine example in bold, dark fountain pen ink), King Alfonso XIII of Spain, King Edward VIII ('Edward P', as Prince of Wales), Queen Mary (Autograph envelope addressed in her hand to Lady Mary Trefusis in Falmouth and signed 'from the Queen' in the lower left corner) etc. All are neatly mounted to 4to pages removed from an album with neat typed captions beneath. G to about VG, 5 £100 - 150 |
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| 607 | |||
| HISTORICAL: Collection of over 200 clipped signed pieces by various politicians, nobility, military and religious leaders and other historical figures, compiled by Harry J. Scott and each laid down in multiples to 4to pages of a homemade album, all with neat typed captions beneath, including John French FM, Francis Younghusband, Herbert Plumer, Lord Roberts VC, Admiral Jellicoe, Douglas Haig, Marquess of Curzon, Earl of Reading, Earl of Lytton, David Lloyd George, H. H. Asquith, Walter Runciman, Arthur Henderson, A. J. Balfour, Austen Chamberlain, Andrew Bonar Law, J. Ramsay MacDonald, Edward Carson, R. B. Haldane, Viscount Milner, Baron Chelmsford, Baron Stamfordham, Baron Hardinge of Penshurst, Lord Methuen, Joseph Pease, Robert Cecil, Hugh Cecil, Edward Grey, Douglas Dawson, Arthur Wilson VC, Francis Fleming, Cardinal Francis Bourne, Duke of Norfolk, Duke of Northumberland, Duke of Portland, Randall Davidson etc. G to VG £200 - 300 |
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| 608 | |||
| HISTORICAL: Selection of signed Free Front envelope panels, a few pieces and A.Ls.S. etc., by various British politicians, nobility, bishops etc., including Viscount Palmerston, A. J. Balfour, Joseph Hume, Earl of Derby (2; both signed as Stanley), Alexander Grant, Henry Corry, Henry Brougham, Alexander Baring, Charles Blunt, William Bagot, Thomas Bewes, Joseph Jekyll, Baron Lyndhurst, John Savile Lumley, Harry Dawkins, Earl of Coventry, Robert Heron, William Lowther, Lancelot Shadwell, Thomas Spring Rice, Horace Twiss etc. Most are neatly laid down in multiples to 4to sheets alongside printed biographies. FR to generally G, 92 £100 - 150 |
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| 609 | |||
| HISTORICAL: A collection of over 200 signed clipped pieces by various artists, writers, politicians and other famous individuals, each neatly inserted into plastic sleeves and contained in a modern album, including Andrew Carnegie, H. G. Wells, J. M. Barrie, William Holman Hunt, Owen Seaman, Edmund Gosse, T. P. O'Connor, Frederick Treves, Luke Fildes, W. T. Stead, John Morley, George Alexander, Charles Beresford (4), Henry Campbell-Bannerman, Walter Crane, Francis Carruthers Gould (5), Anthony Hope Hawkins (3), Charlotte Knollys, Reginald McKenna, Pyotr Kropotkin, E. V. Lucas, Thomas Lipton, Alfred Lyttelton (2), Oliver Lodge (2), A. E. W. Mason (4), Augustine Birrell, Stephen McKenna, John Masefield, Lord Northcliffe, W. Pett Ridge, Walter Runciman, Herbert Samuel, Charles Dilke, W. S. Gilbert (2) etc. Generally VG £250 - 350 |
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| 610 | |||
| HISTORICAL: A small 4to album containing over 50 signed clipped pieces, A.Ls.S. etc., by various French and English musicians, thespians and other famous individuals, most neatly corner mounted to pages, including Edouard Colonne (2; one a lengthy A.M.Q.S.), Pablo Casals, Jean Mounet-Sully, Johannes Wolff, Rejane, Benoit-Constant Coquelin, Theodore Dubois, Jeanne Julia Bartet, Maurice Farkoa, George Alexander, Coquelin Cadet, Edward German, R. Kennerly Rumford, Cyril Maude, Courtice Pounds, Ellaline Terriss, J. Forbes Robertson, Julia Neilson, Eva Moore, W. H. Kendal & Madge Kendal, Benjamin Constant, A. J. Balfour, John Burns, Joseph Chamberlain, Rene Bull (original watercolour drawing signed), George Dewey, John Ruskin, Walter Besant, J. L. Toole etc. G to generally VG £200 - 300 |
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| 611 | |||
HISTORICAL: A hardbound 4to album containing over 60 A.Ls.S., a few signed clipped pieces etc., by various painters, writers and other prominent Victorians, each neatly laid down to pages, most alongside extensive ink annotations in the hand of the collector, including David Roberts, Thomas Creswick, William Dyce, William Mulready, Charles Stanfield, Charles Eastlake, Edwin Landseer, John Gibson (2), Francis Grant, Henry Brittan Willis, Birket Foster, Copley Fielding, Sydney, Lady Morgan, Adelaide Anne Procter, Roderick Murchison, Charles Barry, Samuel Warren, James Fenimore Cooper (brief A.L.S., in the third person, in French, to la Comtesse de Bourbon), Samuel Rogers, Robert Peel, Frederick Pollock, Charles Napier, Massimo d'Azeglio, Alexander von Humboldt etc. A number of the letters are written to Sir Charles and Lady Eastlake. G to generally VG £200 - 300AVIATION |
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| 612 | |||
| WAGHORN RICHARD: (1904-1931) English Aviator, pilot of the winning aircraft in the 1929 Schneider Trophy seaplane race. Fountain pen ink signature ('H. R. D. Waghorn') and date, February 1931, in his hand on a piece. Neatly laid down to a page removed from an autograph album beneath a newspaper photograph. Together with a second, almost identical signed piece, also neatly laid down to a page removed from an autograph album alongside several newspaper portraits and an ink annotation in the hand of a collector. Autographs of Waghorn are rare as a result of his early death at the age of 26 in a flying accident. Also including Augustus Orlebar (1897-1943) British Air Vice Marshal, a Schneider Trophy winner and World Air Speed Record holder. Fountain pen ink signature ('A. H. Orlebar') on a piece, neatly laid down to a page removed from an autograph album beneath a newspaper portrait and ink annotation in the hand of a collector. Further including a second, almost identical signed piece (very minor smudging), also neatly laid down to a page removed from an autograph album beneath a newspaper portrait and ink annotation in the hand of a collector. G to about VG, 4 £100 - 120 |
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| 613 | |||
| COSMONAUTS: Small selection of signed colour 8 x 10 photographs and slightly larger (1), signed colour 4 x 6 (1) by the Russian Cosmonauts Gherman Titov, Andriyan Nikolayev, Valery Bykovsky and Konstantin Feoktistov. All are boldly signed in blue or black inks and depict the cosmonauts in head and shoulders poses. VG to EX, 4 £80 - 100 |
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| 614 | |||
| GRISSOM VIRGIL: (1926-1967) American Astronaut, one of the original NASA Project Mercury astronauts. Vintage signed colour 11 x 8.5 photograph, the image showing Grissom entering a spacecraft, surrounded by several NASA employees. Photograph by McDonnell Aircraft Corporation. Signed ('Gus Grissom') in bold black ink with his name alone to a light area of the image. Scarce. A few very slight, extremely minor surface and corner creases, otherwise VG £200 - 300 |
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| 615 | |||
| GLENN JOHN: (1921- ) American Astronaut. T.L.S., J H Glenn Jr, one page, 4to, Houston, Texas, 28th January 1963, to Mrs. E. M. Clarke, on the printed stationery of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Glenn thanks his correspondent for her interest in the flight of the Friendship 7 spacecraft and continues 'A great deal of valuable information was obtained from my flight and the flights of Alan Shepard, Gus Grissom and Scott Carpenter. Each flight is a steppingstone in our ever-expanding manned space flight research program'. Accompanied by a printed oblong 4to illustrated brochure entitled Astronaut John H. Glenn Orbits the Earth for America February 20, 1962 and the original envelope. A letter of good content. VG £80 - 100 |
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| 616 | |||
| APOLLO XI: An excellent set of three individual signed colour 8 x 10 photographs by the three crew members of Apollo XI (1969) comprising Neil Armstrong (1930-2012 , Commander, the first man to walk on the moon) Signed colour 8 x 10 photograph, the official NASA image depicting him standing in a three quarter length pose wearing his white spacesuit and with a large image of the moon in the background. Signed in bold blue ink with his name alone across a clear area of the image; Buzz Aldrin (1930- , Lunar Module Pilot, the second man to walk on the moon) Signed colour 8 x 10 photograph, the official NASA image showing him standing in a half length pose wearing his white spacesuit and with a large image of the moon in the background. Signed in bold black ink to a clear area of the image, with an additional quotation in his hand, 'We Came in Peace for All Mankind', adding Apollo XI in his hand beneath his signature; Michael Collins (1930- , Command Module Pilot) Signed colour 8 x 10 photograph, the official NASA image showing the astronaut standing in a half length pose wearing his white spacesuit and with a large image of the moon in the background. Signed ('M Collins') with his name alone to a clear area of the image. Sets of Apollo XI signed photographs not featuring inscriptions are rare and desirable, and the present set is enhanced by Aldrin's quotation. Some light surface creasing to Armstrong's image, otherwise VG to EX, 3 £2000 - 3000 |
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| 617 | |||
| SHEPARD ALAN: (1923-1998) American Astronaut, a member of Mercury Seven and Commander of Apollo XIV (1971). The fifth man to walk on the moon. A printed oblong small 8vo folding Golf scorecard from Poppy Hills golf course at Pebble Beach, California, signed and inscribed by Shepard in black ink to a clear area of the front cover and dated 14th September 1995 in another hand. A central vertical fold only very slightly affects the signature, G £100 - 120 Alan Shepard famously hit two golf balls on the moon's surface during the Apollo XIV mission. |
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| 618 | |||
| IRWIN JIM: (1930-1991) American Astronaut, Lunar Module pilot of Apollo 15, the eighth man to walk on the moon. Book signed and inscribed, a paperback edition of More than Earthlings - An Astronaut's thoughts for Christ-centred living, published by Pickering & Inglis, Basingstoke, 1984. Signed and inscribed by Irwin to the half title page in black ink, adding Apollo 15 and a small sketch of the moon in his hand beneath his signature. Together with Edmund Hillary (1919-2008) New Zealand Mountaineer, the first man, with Tenzing Norgay, to reach the summit of Mount Everest, 1953. Book signed, a paperback edition of View from the Summit, published by Corgi Books, London, 2000. Signed by Hillary with his name alone in blue ink to the title page. Some slight creasing, otherwise VG, 2 £100 - 150 |
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| MOONWALKERS: Signed colour 10 x 8 photograph by five astronauts individually, each of them moonwalkers, comprising Alan Shepard (Apollo 14, the fifth man to walk on the moon), Edgar Mitchell (Apollo 14, the sixth man to walk on the moon), Charles Duke (Apollo 16, the tenth man to walk on the moon), Eugene Cernan (Apollo 17, the eleventh man to walk on the moon) and Harrison Schmitt (Apollo 18, the twelfth man to walk on the moon). The image depicts the Earth rising over the moon's surface during the Apollo 8 mission in December 1968. All have signed in bold silver or black inks to the image, Shepard adding an inscription in his hand and Cernan and Schmitt adding their mission names in their hands beneath their signatures. Some extremely minor, light surface creasing, VG £200 - 300 |
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| 620 | |||
MOONWALKERS: A complete set of signed cards etc. by each of the twelve American astronauts who have walked on the moon comprising Neil Armstrong (Apollo XI, the first man to walk on the moon; signed 6.5 x 7 newspaper article with the headline Future Exploration, signed in bold blue ink with his name alone, largely across an image of himself in his spacesuit alongside Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins), Buzz Aldrin (Apollo XI, the second man to walk on the moon), Charles Conrad (Apollo XII, the third man to walk on the moon), Alan Bean (Apollo XII, the fourth man to walk on the moon; adding his mission name in his hand beneath his signature), Alan Shepard (Apollo XIV, the fifth man to walk on the moon; bold black ink signature on a card with a neatly affixed sticker bearing a red printed NASA logo), Edgar Mitchell (Apollo XIV, the sixth man to walk on the moon; adding Lunar Module Pilot Apollo 14 in his hand beneath his signature), Dave Scott (Apollo XV, the seventh man to walk on the moon; signed Commemorative cover issued for Apollo XV, 1971), James Irwin (Apollo XV, the eighth man to walk on the moon; signed cheque, made payable to himself for the sum of $783.90 and dated 2nd April 1984), John Young (Apollo XVI, the ninth man to walk on the moon; black ink signature on a ruled index card), Charles Duke (Apollo XVI, the tenth man to walk on the moon; full signature with the additional words Lunar Module Pilot - Apollo 16, 10th moonwalker in his hand beneath his signature), Eugene Cernan (Apollo XVII, the eleventh man to walk on the moon) and Harrison Schmitt (Apollo XVII, the twelfth man to walk on the moon). All have been matted alongside each other in dark grey to an overall size of 17 x 23. Generally VG to EX £800 - 1200MILITARY & NAVAL LEADERS |
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| 621 | |||
| VICTORIA CROSS: Frederick Roberts (1832-1914) British Field Marshal, Victoria Cross winner for his actions at the Indian Mutiny on 2nd January 1858. A.L.S., Roberts, one page, 8vo, War Office, London, 27th April 1901, to 'My dear Ward', on the printed stationery of the Commander in Chief. Roberts informs his correspondent that he has booked the following Friday for the War Office Council and asks for an agenda to be prepared; Edmund Phipps-Hornby (1857-1947) English Brigadier General, Victoria Cross winner for his actions during the Second Boer War at Sanna's Post, 31st March 1900. D.S., E J Phipps Hornby, Lt Col, ADC to C in C, one page, 8vo, War Office, London, 8th August 1902, on the printed stationery of the Commander in Chief. The manuscript documents admits the bearer to the Commander-in-Chief's levee room at Horse Guards. With blank integral leaf; George S. White (1835-1912) British Field Marshal, Victoria Cross winner for his actions during the Second Anglo-Afghan War in Afghanistan in October 1879 & September 1880. Fountain pen ink signature ('Geo. S. White') on the upper half of sheet of printed stationery from Government House, Gibraltar. VG, 3 £100 - 120 |
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| 622 | |||
| VICTORIA CROSS: Small selection of signed cards, a few signed postcard photographs and slightly smaller, A.Ls.S. (2) by various Victoria Cross winners including Philip Gardner, Eric Wilson, Gerard Norton, Ian Fraser, Keith Payne, William Reid, Tasker Watkins, David Jamieson etc. VG to EX, 9 £80 - 120 |
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| 623 | |||
| BULOW KARL VON: (1846-1921) German Field Marshal of World War I. Brief War date A.L.S., von Bulow, on one side of a Feldpostkarte, St. Quentin, 6th January 1915, to Errvin Albrecht in Berlin, in German. Bulow writes, in full, 'Kindest regards to you from the front, and many thanks for your good wishes for the New Year.' Some light indentations caused by a postal cancellation, not affecting the text or signature, otherwise VG £80 - 100 |
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| 624 | |||
| MACKENSEN AUGUST VON: (1849-1945) German Field Marshal of World War I. D.S., Mackensen, one page, small oblong 8vo, n.p., (Falkenwalde, Stettin), 26th November 1937. The partially printed document, in German, is an official Post Office certificate, in the form of a postcard, relating to a package sent to Mackensen by Hermann Wilke, presumably signed by Mackensen upon receipt. The Field Marshal's signature appears in bold black ink at the base of the card, above which he has added the date in his hand. VG £80 - 100 |
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| 625 | |||
| WORLD WAR I: A small 8vo page removed from an autograph album individually signed by ten individuals associated with World War I, most of them distinguished members of the Australian Imperial Forces, comprising James C. Robertson (1878-1951, Brigadier General), Robert A. Carruthers (1862-1945, Brigadier General), Thomas A. Blamey (1884-1951, Field Marshal, who also served in World War II), James Heane (1874-1954, Brigadier General), James C. Stewart (1884-1947, Brigadier General), Henry A. Goddard (1871-1955, Brigadier General), Carl H. Jess (1884-1948 Lieutenant General), Piers W. Legh (1890-1955, Lieutenant Colonel, Equerry to the Prince of Wales 1919-36 and King George VI 1937-46, Master of the Household 1941-53), Max Horton (1883-1951 British Admiral of World Wars I & II) and Joseph Joffre (1852-1931, French Marshal). All have signed with their names alone in fountain pen ink and Joffre's signature is neatly enclosed by a red ink box in the hand of a collector. An unusual grouping of signatures. VG £100 - 120 |
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| 626 | |||
| WORLD WAR I: An 8vo page removed from an autograph album individually signed by sixteen Allied Leaders of World War I comprising Ferdinand Foch (1851-1929, French Field Marshal), Ian Hamilton (1853-1947, British General), William Robertson (1860-1933, British Field Marshal), John J. Pershing (1860-1948, American General), Philippe Petain (1856-1951, French General), Douglas Haig (1861-1928, British Field Marshal), Edmund Ironside (1880-1959, British Brigadier General), Armando Diaz (1861-1928, Italian General), Henry Wilson (1864-1922, British Field Marshal), Archibald Murray (1860-1945, British General), Maxime Weygand (1867-1965, French General), John French (1852-1925, British Field Marshal), Earl Cavan (1865-1946, British Field Marshal), Charles Harington (1872-1940, British General), Henri Gouraud (1867-1946, French General) and Edmund Allenby (1861-1936, British Field Marshal). All have signed in bold, dark fountain pen inks, some adding their ranks beneath their signatures. A remarkable grouping of World War I signatures. VG £300 - 400 |
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| 627 | |||
| TIRPITZ ALFRED VON: (1849-1930) German Grand Admiral of World War I. T.L.S., v. Tirpitz, with two lines of holograph text, one page, 4to, Berlin, 30th November 1926, to Herr von Schack, Master of the Horse, Estates Manager to the Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, in German. Tirpitz explains the delay in replying to his correspondent's letter, as he was moving to Berlin, and asks for his respectful thanks be given to his Royal Highness for their kind invitation to Coburg on 18th January 1927, commenting 'Since I cannot at the moment foresee how I shall be placed, I should like to be allowed one or two weeks before giving a definite promise.' Accompanied by a good vintage unsigned cabinet photograph of Tirpitz in a half length pose wearing his uniform. Photograph by Nicola Perscheid of Berlin. VG, 2 £100 - 150 |
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| NELSON HORATIO: (1758-1805) British Admiral during the Napoleonic Wars, the victor of the Battle of Trafalgar, 1805. A.L.S., Nelson & Bronte, one page, 4to, Piccadilly, 8th February 1803, to Captain Longford. Nelson informs his correspondent 'I never saw Lord Hutchinson in my life which is a full answer to your applicn.' and adds that he 'should have been happy to oblige you if it had been in my power' before remarking 'Sir William & Lady Hamilton join in best compliments….' Some light overall browning and age toning and with some wear at the folds (professionally repaired to the verso), about G £3000 - 4000 General John Hely-Hutchinson (1757-1832) 2nd Earl of Donoughmore. Anglo-Irish Politician, Herditary Peer and Soldier. Created Baron Hutchinson in 1801. In March 1794 he obtained brevet promotion to Colonel, then became a Major-General in May 1796, a Lieutenant-General in September 1803, and a full General in June 1813. In 1811, he became Colonel of the 18th Regiment of Foot. |
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| HARDY THOMAS MASTERMAN: (1769-1839) British Naval officer, Flag Captain to Admiral Lord Nelson. Hardy commanded HMS Victory at the Battle of Trafalgar. Signed Free Front envelope panel, T. M. Hardy, to the lower left corner, addressed to Ralph Barnes in Exeter and dated London, 1st May 1834. Countersigned by Maurice Berkeley, 1st Baron FitzHardinge (1788-1867) British Admiral. Very slightly irregularly trimmed at the edges at with one very small area of paper loss to one corner, not affecting the text or signatures, otherwise VG £150 - 200 |
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| 630 | |||
NAVAL LEADERS: Earl Jellicoe (1859-1935) British Admiral of the Fleet during World War I. A.L.S., Jellicoe, one page, 8vo, Princes Gardens, 2nd January 1930, to Lord Wakefield. Jellicoe states that he has read with pleasure about the honour conferred on his correspondent and remarks 'No mere honour could do justice to all your great work, but your friends do like to see it recognised'; Prince Louis of Battenberg (1854-1921) British Admiral of the Fleet, father of Louis Mountbatten. A.L.S., Louis Battenberg, one page, 8vo, The Mall House, Spring Gardens, 4th November 1914, to Farquhar, thanking him, in haste, for his kind thought. With blank integral leaf; Louis Mountbatten (1900-1979) British Admiral of World War II. Blue ink signature ('Louis Mountbatten') on an oblong 12mo stiff cream card. Generally VG, 3 £100 - 150WORLD WAR II |
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| DOWDING HUGH: (1882-1970) British Air Chief Marshal, Commander of RAF Fighter Command during the Battle of Britain. Blue ink signature ('Dowding ACM') to the verso of a printed 8vo hymn sheet. Some creasing, minor age wear and light discoloration, only very slightly affecting the signature, G £100 - 120 |
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| PORTAL CHARLES: (1893-1971) British Marshal of the Royal Air Force, Commander-in-Chief of Bomber Command and Chief of the Air Staff during World War II. Vintage signed 6 x 8 photograph of Portal standing in a three quarter length pose wearing his RAF uniform. Signed ('Portal of Hungerford, Marshal of the RAF') in fountain pen ink at the base of the image, largely across a darker area of the image although legible. VG £100 - 150 |
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| BADER DOUGLAS: (1910-1982) British World War II Ace (22.5 victories), recognised for his important role during the Battle of Britain. Signed First Day Cover commemorating the 25th Anniversary of the Battle of Britain and featuring an attractive colour design. Post marked at Biggin Hill, 13th September 1965. Signed by Bader in blue ink with his name alone to a clear area. About EX £80 - 100 |
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| BADER DOUGLAS: (1910-1982) British World War II Ace (22.5 victories), recognised for his important role during the Battle of Britain. Signed 4 x 6 magazine photograph, being a reproduction of a head and shoulders study of Bader in uniform by artist Eric Kennington. Signed by Bader in bold blue ink with his name alone to the lower white border. Neatly laid down. Together with a T.L.S., Douglas Bader, one page, small 4to, London, 24th November 1965, to Mr. I. J. E. van Dulleman, thanking him for his letter and returning the photograph which he has signed, and further thanking him for a donation to the RAF Benevolent Fund. Also including a T.L.S. by Bader's secretary acknowledging van Dulleman's letter and explaining that Bader is presently in South Africa, 12th November 1965. Some very light, minor age wear to the edges of the letters, not affecting the text or signatures, about VG, 3 £100 - 150 |
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| BADER DOUGLAS: (1910-1982) British World War II Ace (22.5 victories), recognised for his important role during the Battle of Britain. Signed and inscribed 6 x 8 photograph of Bader in a head and shoulders pose, in later years. Signed in bold black ink across a clear area of the image and dated 15th March 1982 in his hand. Some light surface creasing, otherwise about VG £80 - 100 |
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| 636 | |||
| TUCK ROBERT STANFORD: (1916-1987) British Fighter Pilot of World War II. A colour 24 x 20 print by artist Robert Taylor entitled Hurricane (1979), the First Edition print depicting four aircraft in flight. Together with a second colour 24 x 20 print by artist Robert Taylor entitled Victory Over Dunkirk (1983) depicting Tuck claiming an ME110, one of three enemy aircraft he shot down over Dunkirk on 23rd May 1940. Both of the prints have been signed by Tuck in bold pencil with his name alone to the lower borders beneath the images. Rolled, VG, 2 £80 - 100 |
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| WALLIS BARNES: (1887-1979) English Scientist & Inventor of the bouncing bomb used in Operation Chastise (The Dambusters Raid), 16th May 1943. A.L.S., Barnes, five pages, 4to, n.p., 18th September 1969, to George. Wallis writes a largely social letter to his friend, commenting that he has been in hospital for an operation on a slight hernia caused 'by a very severe backfire on a large motor mower that gave me a violent blow in my right hand groin' and further reflecting on his age, 'Growing old is no fun, and Molly & I are wondering what we shall do if & when I ever have to retire' although also referring to his work, 'At 82 years I can & do still work full time at Vickers & am full of ideas. The new submarine is showing great promise, & between that & a new type of aircraft that should do some six to seven times the speed of sound I am more than busy….And one's mind is continuously pre-occupied with problems of work. Do you remember Akela, the lone wolf in Kipling's "Jungle Stories"? Once he missed his "kill", he was himself killed by the pack that he had led for so long. I feel rather like Akela!' Wallis also writes of his two adopted sons ('whom we helped to rescue when their parents were killed by a bomb') who are living in South Africa and Australia with their families. In a postscript Wallis recounts having met Sir Francis Chichester recently and having a long, interesting talk with him, 'He wears specs for short sight. Very awkward in bad weather. He told me he licks his when salted up, & both hands are busy. Now I never thought of doing that at Cowes.' A letter of interesting content. The upper portion of the first page is a little irregularly torn away, apparently with no loss of text except presumably the letterhead address, otherwise VG £100 - 150 |
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| CHURCHILL WINSTON S.: (1874-1965) British Prime Minister 1940-45, 1951-55. Nobel Prize winner for Literature, 1953. Fine, bold fountain pen ink signature ('Winston S. Churchill') on a piece, neatly laid down to a slightly larger piece with a typed caption. About VG £200 - 300 |
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| 639 | |||
| AVIATION: Selection of signed pieces, cards, some A.Ls.S. etc., by various RAF pilots, many associated with World War II and the Battle of Britain, including Robert Stanford-Tuck, R. C. 'Wilky' Wilkinson, Frederick Rosier, Neil Wheeler, Roland Beamont, Derek Hodgkinson, Roland Lees, Denis Crowley-Milling, Wallace Kyle (2), Geoffrey Tuttle (2), Christopher Foxley Norris, Donald Attlee, Robert Craven etc. Most are crudely laminated with tape and have ink annotations etc., in the hand of a collector and some are laid down. P to generally about FR, 20 £80 - 100 |
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| MARSHALL GEORGE: (1880-1959) American General of World War II, Chief of Staff of the Army 1939-45. Vintage signed 5 x 6.5 photograph of Marshall seated in a half length pose wearing his uniform. The original Camera Press of London press portrait is from an image by Karsh of Ottawa and bears the original printed caption to the verso. Signed ('G C Marshall') in bold blue fountain pen ink with his name alone to a light area of the image. VG £100 - 150 |
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| 641 | |||
| MUSSOLINI BENITO: (1883-1945) Italian Fascist Dictator of World War II. A printed small 8vo menu for a lunch at which Mussolini delivered a speech in his capacity as Presidente del Consiglio & Alto Commissario dell'Aeronautica, alongside Arturo Mercanti, President of the Aero Club of Italy, n.p., n.d. (c.1922-24), signed in bold black fountain pen ink by Mussolini, with his surname only, and also signed by Armando Diaz (1861-1928) Italian Field Marshal and Minister of War, also in dark fountain pen ink with his name alone. Matted in black and white alongside another portion of the same menu, either side of a reproduction image of Mussolini. Framed and glazed in a gold coloured frame to an overall size of 19.5 x 11.5. Some slight ink blotting to Mussolini's signature and some light staining to the edges of the menu, about VG £200 - 300 |
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| 642 | |||
| HITLER ADOLF: (1889-1945) Fuhrer of the Third Reich 1934-45. Vintage signed postcard photograph of Hitler standing in a three quarter length pose in profile. Signed in bold, dark fountain pen ink with his name alone across a light area of the image. VG £1000 - 1200 |
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| 643 | |||
| SPEER ALBERT: (1905-1981) Nazi Politician & Hitler's Chief Architect. Two T.Ls.S., Speer, each one page, 8vo and 4to, Heidelberg, 25th February & 5th July 1975, both to Scott Knill, in German (untranslated). Speer makes reference to books published by Macmillan and Collins. Both letters are accompanied by the original envelopes. VG, 2 £100 - 120 |
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| 644 | |||
| WORLD WAR II: Gerd von Rundstedt (1875-1953) German Field Marshal of World War II. Bold blue fountain pen ink signature ('von Rundstedt, Fieldmarshal') on an oblong 12mo stiff cream card, dated Camp II, 28th April 1948, in his hand; Omar Bradley (1893-1981) American General of World War II. Blue ink signature ('Omar Bradley, General of the Army') on an oblong 12mo stiff white card. VG to EX, 2. £100 - 120 Rundstedt's signature dates from his period of imprisonment at Island Farm, a prisoner of war camp in Bridgend, South Wales. |
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| WORLD WAR II: Signed colour 27 x 20 print entitled Alone at Dawn, by artist Gerald Coulson, signed in pencil by Coulson and ten other World War II pilots including Bill North, D M Strong, Michael Beetham, Lewis Hodges, Basil Fish, Larry Curtis, Drane Lowe, Jimmy James, Stan Bradford, Alex Henshaw etc. Double matted in olive green, framed and glazed to an overall size of 34 x 30. VG £80 - 100 |
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| 646 | |||
WORLD WAR II: Selection of signed First Day Covers by various individuals associated with World War II (mainly Royal Air Force) including William F. Dickson, Harry Broadhurst, Bill Bedford, Laddie Lucas, Basil Embry, Roland Beamont, Baron Penney, Henry Leach, John Fieldhouse etc. VG, 10 £80 - 100COLLECTIONS |
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| 647 | |||
| AUTOGRAPH ALBUM: An 8vo hardbound album containing a number of signatures including Bernhard Stavenhagen (A.M.Q.S.), Henri Marteau (signed postcard photograph), Edouard Risler, Emile Jaques-Dalcroze (A.M.Q.S.), Henry J. Wood, Claude Grahame White, George Schmitt (aviator; died in a plane crash at the age of 23) etc., the album also including various signatures of parties on board various liners, family and friends of the collectors, some original photographs and printed ephemera (a few relating to various aviators including Charles S. Rolls and Gustav Hamel), newspaper obituaries and magazine photographs etc. relating to various servicemen killed during World War I etc. Some overall age wear, G £100 - 150 |
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| 648 | |||
| AUTOGRAPH ALBUM: An autograph album containing over 60 signatures by a variety of famous individuals including George Bernard Shaw, Admiral Jellicoe, Bella Sidney Woolf, Thomas Southorn, Mark Hambourg (A.M.Q.S.), George Keyt, Leff Pouishnoff, H. A. Passe, Rajendra Coomaraswamy and other academics and individuals of the 1920s - 1940s. Many of the signatures would appear to have been collected on board various liners and many are dated at Colombo, Ceylon. VG £100 - 120 |
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| 649 | |||
AUTOGRAPHS: Selection of signed pieces, cards, A.Ls.S., T.Ls.S. etc., by various famous individuals, most associated with the arts, including Margot Fonteyn, Frederick Ashton, Frederic Leighton, Frank Auerbach, Evelyn Glennie, Solomon, Leon Goosseons, Adila Fachiri, Greta Berlin, Henry Hall, Vivian Ellis, Benny Green, Ski Harrison, Randolph Caldecott, Elizabeth Poston (5) etc. A few FR, generally G to about VG, 47 £80 - 100THE COLLECTION OF A LANCASHIRE LADY & GENTLEMAN |
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| 650 | |||
| MANCHESTER UNITED: Selection of signed album pages, a few signed postcard photographs, by various Manchester United footballers including David Beckham, George Best (3), Nobby Stiles, Andy Cole, Gordon Strachan, Gary Neville, Phil Neville, Bobby Charlton, Bryan Robson, Peter Schmeichel, Tommy Docherty, Karel Poborsky, Denis Law, Paul Ince, Eric Cantona (2), Brian Kidd, Alex Ferguson, Steve Bruce, Ryan Giggs, Dwight Yorke etc. Nine of the signatures are contained in an autograph album. A little duplication. Also including eight unsigned candid colour 4 x 6 photographs of various Manchester United players including Eric Cantona, Bobby Charlton, Alex Ferguson, Paul Ince etc. VG to EX, 31 + album £100 - 120 |
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| Autograph Auction | |||
| Auctioneer: | IAA International Autograph Auctions Ltd | Location: | Radisson Edwardian Hotel, Heathrow |
| Contact: | Tel: +44 (0)115 845 1010 Fax: +44 (0)115 845 1009 | ||
| Date: | 26th April 2014 | Time: | 11:00AM |
| Details: | Viewing: On the day of the auction from 9am and throughout the duration of the auction |
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