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A small Triang rocking horse, c.1930, on safety stand, carved wood painted brown, black/amber glass eyes, horsehair tail, (poor) canvas saddle, stained pine stand with baluster turned uprights, 32" x 36" x 14" £70-100
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A large Haddon "School" rocking horse, c.1960, on safety stand, fibreglass painted dapple grey with nylon mane and tail, leather saddle, pine stand with tapered square supports and manufacturer's name plate, 51" x 70" x 23" £300-400
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A very rare extra large F.H. Ayres rocking horse, c.1886, with swivel head on safety stand, fully restored by Anthony Dew (early 1990s), now in carved wood painted in dapple grey with black/clear glass eyes, horsehair mane and tail, leather saddle with pommels, harness and stirrups, on heavy duty pine stand with baluster turned uprights, 51" x 61" x 20" (Illustrated Back Cover) £2500-4500
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A small Gy-Gy (French) prancing rocking horse, fur fabric covered padded frame, black/amber glass eyes, nylon mane and tail, leather cloth saddle and harness, one metal stirrup, on varnished wood supports and bow rockers, 34" x 39" x 15" £40-60
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A small convertible rocking horse, c.1960, fabric covered with amber/black glass eyes, on painted wood convertible stand with plastic wheels and bow rockers, 28" x 41" x 13", a small Habitat type rocking horse, c.1960, covered in brown fur fabric with black/amber glass eyes, beechwood rockers, 30" x 42" x 12", and a small German rocking horse, c.1940, painted hessian covered, carved wood head with black/clear glass eyes, on painted wood bow rockers, 29" x 41" x 15" (3) £60-80
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A French tricycle horse, c.1890, with cast iron head, painted wood body and legs, residual saddle and harness, cast iron pierced brackets to rear axle, spoked iron wheels, propulsion by winding handles on head via chain to rear, steering via front wheel foot pedals, 35" x 40" x 23" (Illustrated) £500-700
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A Lines Bros. tricycle horse, c.1920, in carved dapple grey painted wood, studded leather saddle and harness, steering handle bars to front wheel with iron pedals, rear wheels, rubber tyres to front and one rear, 27" x 39" x 22" £220-280
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A reproduction tricycle horse, Far Eastern, c.1990, in brown painted carved wood, black/amber glass eyes, tooled leather saddle, horsehair tail, cast iron rear brackets, wrought iron frame and spoked wheels with turned wood handles and iron front pedals, 34" x 35" x 25" £100-150
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A half horse's head, larger than life size, 2010 by Anthony Dew, a preparatory model for "Bigger Bertie", the world's largest hand carved rocking horse, 28ft long.
The head is carved from birch plywood with walnut wood eye, mounted on tulipwood display stand, in rear of head hangs "Bigger Bertie's" brain (a pickled walnut) and a lockable compartment comprising a "Bigger Bertie Rocks" banner, a DVD and other information regarding his construction, 52" x 55" x 16" (Illustrated Page Thirty) £1200-1400
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A near life size horse's head carved by Anthony Dew, c.2009, in birch plywood with black/amber glass eyes, horsehair mane, mounted on plywood stand, 38" x 27" x 20" £150-300
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A small rocking horse, Far East, c.1990, in painted carved wood on bow rockers, 24" x 33" x 10", a small rocking horse, India c.1990, in floral painted carved wood on bow rockers, 24" x 29" x 6", a small rearing horse, Thailand, c.2000, in carved teak, 20" high, and a small Triang horse, c,1950, painted plastic, black and amber eyes, no rockers, 20" x 20" x 6" (4) £60-90
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A small convertible rocking horse, c.1930, skin covered, with black/amber glass eyes, horsehair tail, leather saddle and harness, on lined and varnished plywood stand with rubber shod metal wheels on beechwood bow rockers, 34" x 49" x 16" £100-150
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A medium Collinson rocking horse, c.1970's, on safety stand, in carved wood covered in brown fur fabric, with black/amber glass eyes, leather cloth saddle and harness, horsehair mane and tail, on parana pine stand with oblong section uprights, 39" x 48" x 16" £300-500
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A small F.H. Ayres horse (only), woodwork fully restored, re-gessoed and painted dapple grey in Ayres style, black/amber glass eyes, no stand, hair or tack £120-180
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A rocking horse by Frederick Roebuck (Australia), c.1955, on safety stand, carved wood and painted dapple grey with horsehair mane and tail, leather saddle and reins, iron stirrup, painted wood stand with baluster turned uprights, 4" x 48" x 18" £250-350
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A medium rocking horse, early 19th century, maker unknown, in finely carved wood with exaggerated turn to the neck, painted grey with black/amber eyes, padded leather cloth saddle, residual harness, on steeply carved bows in stained pine, 40" x 65" x 15" (Illustrated) £500-800
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A medium Collinson & Sons, Liverpool, rocking horse, c.1960, on safety stand, carved wood painted dapple grey, horsehair mane and tail, leather and plastic saddle and harness, metal stirrups on varnished wood stand with tapered square uprights, 46" x 54" x 18"Note: Collinsons were early rocking horse makers still in business, established 1853, initially in black, but Queen Victoria visited Liverpool with dapple greys on her carriage which became the standard paint finish thereafter £300-500
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A small rocking horse, c.1960, covered in skewbald pony skin with nylon mane and tail, on chromium plated tubular metal bow stand, 33" x 40" x 16" £50-80
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A small rocking horse on convertible stand, c.1930, covered in skewbald skin, and fully restored in the 1980s with new ears, leather saddle, horsehair mane and tail, and stained wood stand with wooden wheels and bow rockers, 32" x 40" x 13" £100-150
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A Haddon medium "school" horse on safety stand, c.1960, in painted fibreglass with leather saddle, horsehair tail, on pine stand with tapered square uprights and printed metal manufacturer's label, 41" x 54" x 18" £60-90
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A small Lines Bros. rocking horse, c.1920, on safety stand in carved wood painted in dapple grey, with black/clear glass eyes, pressed medallion to chest inscribed "G & IS Ltd London" around thistle, leather saddle, on pine stand with baluster turned uprights, 33" x 36" x 14" £150-180
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A small rocking horse by Anthony Dew in carved Brazilian mahogany with black/clear glass eyes, horsehair mane and tail, leather saddle and harness with hand stitched bridle, on ash bow rockers with turned spacers, 32" x 56" x 12" £300-500
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A large "Bronko" rocking horse, c.1910, made by either the Star Manufacturing Co, London or Simpson Fawcett & Co, Leeds, on safety stand, finely carved wood and painted dapple grey, with black/amber eyes, horsehair mane and tail, leather Western saddle with high castle and pommel and cowboy stirrups, leather harness, on stained wood stand with turned uprights and Gamages, London label, 49" x 58" x 18"In their catalogue for 1913 this is a largest size "E" priced at 75 shillings. Completely original, and in the same family for over the last seventy years c.f. David Kiss "A Kiss of Rocking Horses, A Directory of British Rocking Horse Makers" (Illustrated Front Cover) £3000-4000
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A medium sprung rocking horse, c.1910, attributed to Crandall, the carved wood rearing horse painted in dapple grey with black/clear glass eyes, horsehair mane and tail, leather cloth saddle with high removable cantle, leather harness, over size rear legs mounted via large double springs to painted wood stand with turned spacers, 44" x 56" x 17" (Illustrated) £400-600
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A medium rocking horse on convertible stand, c.1930, skin covered horse with black/amber eyes, horsehair tail, unusual wood and leather saddle with stirrup, leather harness, shaped painted stand with cast iron wheels on painted wood bows with turned spacers, 39" x 52" x 16" £200-300
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A medium rocking horse on safety stand, c.1900, carved wood painted dapple grey, leather cloth saddle and harness, black/clear glass eyes, nylon tail, stained pine stand with turned uprights, 42" x 49" x 16"Stand pillars style of Hill & Harrison, Liverpool, (established 1884), horse style of Baby Carriages Ltd who took over H & H in 1906 £150-250
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Four hobby horses, two with carved heads and wood wheels by Anthony Dew, a "Goodwood" painted head horse and an Ikea soft head, a Pogo stick by Max Poling and Ernst Gottscall c.1930, with turned wood stick, and another by Wellskelo c.1960, with metal stick and plastic handle (6) £40-60
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A medium rocking horse on safety stand, c.1930, possibly repainted Lines Bros., in carved wood and later dapple painted, black/clear glass eyes, horsehair mane and tail, red leather saddle and harness with bells to bridle, painted wood stand with baluster turned uprights, 44" x 52" x 16" £300-400
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An extra large rocking horse by F.H. Ayres, c.1880, on safety stand, carved wood and dapple grey painted, amber/black glass eyes, leather harness, horsehair tail, original ironwork to pine stand with baluster turned uprights and incorporating two ash bow seats with footrests (reconstructed by Anthony Dew to match originals), 52" x 87" x 20" (Illustrated Back Cover) £1500-2500
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An extra large rearing Carousel horse, c.1885, by Gustav Bayol of Angers, vigorously carved wood, painted grey with polychrome harness and accoutrements, black/amber glass eyes, leather reins and stirrup straps, iron stirrups, inset maker's label, on stained pine rectangular stand with iron bar supports, 52" x 82" x 20" (Illustrated Page Thirty Four) £500-800
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Two similar cast iron horse's heads for playground rockers, early-mid 20th century, one with grab handle, 21" - 22" long £50-80
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Rocking Horse Magazine, published quarterly September 1999 to December 2001, seven complete sets each of ten issues plus one Special Edition, together with a modern print of "F.H. Ayres Sports & Games" advertisement, 16" x 11", framed (78) £60-90
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A wire horses automaton by Douglas Wilson, c.2000, model on stand gallops when handle is turned, 23" high £20-30
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A doll's house rocking horse by Sue Austen, 1993, in painted carved wood, exact 12th scale copy of Anthony Dew's "Large Traditional" rocking horse, 5" long, a signed first edition copy of The Rocking Horse Maker by Anthony Dew, published David and Charles 1993 (which covers both items), and two further 1/12th scale painted wood rocking horses on bow rockers, one 7" wide, the other signed Robert Vale 1996, 4 1/2" wide (4) £70-100
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A pottery rocking horse by Shirley Davis Dew, 11 1/2" wide, a porcelain rocking horse by Halcyon Days, 4 1/2" wide, boxed, a Staffordshire style pottery group of boy and girl on a rocking horse, 9 1/2" wide, and nine various rocking horse figures, eight in cast brass or iron, one in pressed painted tin (12) £50-90
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A collection of miniature rocking horses and horse figures comprising four painted and/or carved wood rockers on safety stands, eleven others various on rocker stands, seven various horses on stands, a Noah's Ark on separate rocker stand, 9" wide, a Middle Eastern carved and painted rocking horse, 23" high, and four other miniature items (28) £150-200
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A cast bronze rocking horse garden ornament with integral saddle and harness and bow rockers with scrolled sides, 29" x 34" x 9 1/2" £150-250
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A Lines Bros. Triang rocking horse on safety stand, c.1935, in dapple grey painted carved wood with amber/black glass eyes, horse hair tail, leather saddle and harness, on pine stand with baluster turned uprights and two metal manufacturer's labels, 34" x 36" x 13 1/2" £150-250
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A Mamod TE1A traction engine, steam powered, lightly used, boxed, a Mamod Line Shaft and Polishing Machine, boxed, G, a Meccano stationary steam engine, unused, boxed, and a Wilesco traction engine, lightly used, no box (5) £120-160
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Four Mamod models comprising Steam Wagon, Steam Roller, Steam Roadster, Lumber Wagon, and various other items, all playworn, to restore £80-120
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A Meccano constructor sports car in black with red wings and seat, clockwork motor (AF), and quantity of extra parts, to restore £80-120
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A Bayko Light Construction Set 2A, with brown roof and bases, boxed, with instruction book, a Bildajig No 1 jigsaw model of Cargo Liner, box AF, a Champion & Wise Combination jigsaw puzzle, a Chad Valley for Dunlop jigsaw puzzle, boxed, and a Bussey's Table Croquet, box AF (5) £70-100
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A Mamod T.E.1 steam traction engine (used), boxed, and two Triang Arkitex construction kits, Set No.D, and Junior Set D, boxed £50-80
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A very large quantity of Meccano parts, mainly green and red, in mainly slightly used condition, including wheels, cogs and accessories, housed in a metal two drawer cabinet, 12" wide, 29" high, 16 1/2" deep £400-600
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A large quantity of Meccano parts, mainly green, red and maroon, in well used condition including wheels and accessories, housed in a scratch build wood carrying case, 29" x 21" x 4" £100-150
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Two Meccano trays of parts, mainly blue and yellow, another containing Meccano Elektrikit parts, with instruction book, and a Robotic Arm with USB PC Interface and instruction manual £80-120
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Meccano accessories comprising three No 1 Clockwork motors, three electric motors, a hand generator, a Meccano Gears outfit A Set, Super Tool Set, a Meccano Stationary Steam Engine, all items boxed, a large quantity of modern Meccano parts in factory storage boxes, and a large quantity of instruction books and catalogues £150-200
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Mamod Railways items comprising two 0-4-0 saddle tank locomotives, a similar 0-4-0 locomotive with tender, a brake van, three flat wagons and a box van, a Mamod "Stourton" station ticket office, and other accessories £150-250
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Meccano Evolution Set 2 and Set 4 Erector Set, all boxed, a large quantity of Meccano parts, some playworn, some as new, various colours, part in Meccano tool case, and a Meccano working tank locomotive £100-150
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Three Minibrix all rubber construction sets Nos 1, 2 and 3, and two instruction books, boxed £30-50
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