Another selection of oddities, curiosities and amusements from the catalogue of a recent sale at our local auction rooms.
An unusual Dunhill silver plated lighter, incorporating a small compact with mirror, a 1939 school vice-captain badge, six pickle forks, an Ideal cork remover and a set of wine coasters.
Just the thing to set up your teenage daughter at Benenden!
A collection of old London Transport bus tickets, ABC of London Transport booklets, Titans of the Track, 1946, other railway books, and a box containing coastal maps, a quantity of Hearts football programmes, and a small number of 45 rpm records, etc.
2 cartons containing an old First Field Dressing, 1941, pocket watches, cigarette lighters, corkscrews, old record needles, a saucy flip book, brushes, an old photograph, paper cuttings and magazines, and a tin of old coins incl. silver and copper, mainly British
Basically all the toot that was left after we removed the naughty magazine from under the bed.
Two 2nd World War tin helmets, canvas kit bags, a red fez with black tassels, a Smiths Sectric clock in bakelite case, a pair of Dollond 20×60 binoculars in leather case, an old Pilot radio in wooden case, Brown & Sharpe micrometer calliper, old boxed razor blades, cut throat razors, Richter drawing set in case, etc.
And this was what was left in the attic.
A large Korean frame containing modelled masks: Yangban Tal, Gaksi Tal, Jung Tal, Chorergi Tal, Imae Tal, Halmi Tal, Backjong Tal, Bune Tal and Senobi Tal, and a framed ‘King Diadem Ornaments’ Paekche, National Treasure No. 154.
… various interesting items incl. Christmas decorations in a small leather case, various items of treen incl. trinket boxes, carved animals, plaques, etc., a cuckoo clock, pictures and prints, 2 old dolls, sewing equipment, cutlery, old tins, a Contessa Nettel camera with leather case, brown leather collar box, etc.
More treasures from the attic.
A Wade Tetleys cookie jar, Wade Andy Capp figure, 3 Homepride Flour graders, a Wade Christmas tea pot in the form of a Christmas tree, 4 small Wade dishes, Wade ashtrays, Milky Way money box, Tom and Jerry mug, etc.
I know this stuff is collectable, but why????
An interesting group of ethnographic materials incl. an Indonesian mask, another mask, Tibetan wood bowl, 3 pottery oil lamps, stone axe, etc.
A late 19th century Ceylonese porcupine quill box, the interior inscribed Matara
Is that a box made of porcupine quills, or one for storing them?
A comprehensive collection of early silk Mandarin’s clothing comprising navy silk trousers with blue waistband, a black silk jacket with blue and gold trimmed sleeves, appliqué decoration, black satin hem and three gilt metal buttons, a pair of purple silk leggings with ties, a navy silk pleated skirt on blue waistband, two cream cotton jackets, cream silk trousers and another pair in crepe, a pair of cotton socks and two floral embroidered hair bands with ties.
A selection of old rakes, spades, garden forks, a lawn edger, also a vacuum cleaner and Black & Decker strimmer and a garden umbrella, etc.
Ah, and now we have what was left in the garden shed!
An extensive collection of dragons, some including coloured crystals, over four shelves, prints, stands, etc.
I’m just astonished at what it appears to be worth trying to sell!
