Yet another collection of the strange and surreal from the catalogue of our local auction house. As always it is not just the wonderful variety of old toot that people sell, but the eccentric collections put together to make a lot. Enjoy this selection!
3 sweet jars full of matchboxes from around the world, and a small quantity of costume jewellery comprising 3 glitzy necklaces
A good quantity of interesting items incl. children’s toys and dolls incl. Bayko building set, cased Hotwheels Ferrari, tinplate model car with Dunlop tyres, a quantity of boxed playing cards, draughts and chess set, 1950s doll, a cased Polaroid Powerzoom camera and a Ricoh L20 camera, 3 old walking canes and a golf club, pewter chamberstick and snuffer, a small quantity of wooden items incl. fans, stands, etc., Beatrix Potter figure of Mrs Tiggywinkle and other small decorative items and pin trays, a quantity of carved items, a black and white picture of Concorde, etc.
Two decorative barbed hunting spears with metal engraved heads
Two Royal Doulton character jugs, ‘Sairie Gamp’ and ‘Simon Cellarer’, a quantity of novelty teapots incl. one in the form of a dresser and another as a desk with typewriter, a model phrenology head and a palmistry hand, a small quantity of model townhouses, an old zither, and a quantity of sheet music, etc.
A pair of mounted antlers c.1900, on a good mahogany acorn-leaf base
Two lady’s handbags, C. Valentini and Jacques Vert, a gentleman’s black shoulder bag, a handbag modelled in glass, a small quantity of blue and white plates decorated with country scenes, a few CDs and DVDs. a boxed Mesaco muse horn, two old photographs of World War II planes, a quantity of LPs incl. Boney M, a set of framed cigarette cards of planes, and a lady’s boxed watch
A pair of mounted antlers and a pair of mounted horns
A box of interesting items incl. four dolls, a kangaroo toy, an old peg doll in box, silver-plated fruit bowls, a quantity of cigarette cases and compacts, African wooden carvings, Panama hat, etc.
A Victorian taxidermy specimen of a four-legged duckling and another small bird in grassy case
A collection of decorative arms comprising a pair of tribal pistols, a Japanese sword, a chain mace, a throwing stick, also a native spear and an arrow, an Indian walking stick and two foils
A set of 25 antique glass eyes in fitted case
An Italian Fascist square printed scarf, in white against a black ground, with Mussolini’s Ethiopian speech dated 2nd October XIII (1935), and dominos in a box
A pith helmet, a fencing mask, and a policewoman’s hat
A good quantity of wall masks from across the world, including Thailand, Japan, Indonesia, etc., and others in the form of cats, a witch head, ideal for Halloween and a papier-mâché figure of a man.
A quantity of table lamps, ceiling lights, etc., walking sticks, box of framing nails, door handles, statue of Buddha, German vase, lava lamp, sports bags, etc.
A quantity of skis including Techno-pro and Monocoque, and a quantity of golf clubs including American Durablock, and a zimmer frame.
Yes, it was the zimmer frame with the skis that finally finished me off!