Postcards, Cigarette Cards and Trade Cards of the World

20 Mar 2007, starting at 11:00 GMT .

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Cats

A collection in an old time slot in album inc. undivided backs, chromo litho, Louis Wain (65), Ellam, Barnes, Boulanger, Thiele, Tom B., bookmarks, HTL, embossed etc., P-VG.

Sold for £ 4,230 (US$ 5,886) inc. premium

Christmas Card

A proof of one of the first Christmas cards, dating from 1843 and showing a family eating Christmas dinner.

The card was commissioned by Sir Henry Cole who had the card designed by J.C. Horsley a well known artist who also painted portraits of Prince Albert and Queen Victoria. He was an active public figure who had been a Captain in the Dragoon Guards, was involved in the introduction of the penny post, helped organise the Great Exhibition in 1851 and was a founder of the Victoria & Albert Museum.

1,000 cards were printed and they were sold at one shilling each (5p), but only around 20 are thought to have survived, very few of which are in private hands, the majority being in museums or public archives.

This is one of the few uni-coloured proofs known of this card and was inherited from an elderly gentleman who was married to one of Sir Henry Cole's grand-daughters. Some foxing but mostly away from the actual picture.

Sold for £ 3,760 (US$ 5,232) inc. premium

Music

A collection in four albums inc. ballet, opera, Clara Butt, Chaliapin, Coleridge Taylor, Delius, Fauré, Fokine, Percy Grainger, Humperdinck, Karsavina, Koussevitsky, Leoncavello, Mascagni, Paderewski, Pavlova, Rachmaninov, Hans Richter, Saint Saens, Schoenberg, Scriabin, Sibelius, Sousa, Richard Strauss, Stravinsky, Tetrazzini, Siegried Wagner, Weingartner, Henry Wood etc., many apparently signed, also an album "Bayreuth 1882", G-VG.

Sold for £ 1,997 (US$ 2,779) inc. premium

Lloyd

National Types, Costumes & Flags set (96), F-VG.

Sold for £ 1,410 (US$ 1,962) inc. premium

Albania

A collection in a box inc. many used, censorship, some with sealing wax, postage dues, royalty, military, street scenes, Durazzo, costume, markets, turkeys, shipping, Korce, Prince Danilo being cheered by officers, Balkan War 1912, fishing, orchestra, groups, bullocks, Shkodra, shoemaker, Turkish cafe, Italo-Albanian Demonstration, Tirana, Valona, Il Duce etc., P-VG.

Sold for £ 1,410 (US$ 1,962) inc. premium

Finlay

World's Aircraft part set (26/30), P-VG.

Sold for £ 1,116 (US$ 1,553) inc. premium

Cats A collection in an old time slot in album inc. undivided backs, chromo litho, Louis Wain (65), Ellam, Barnes, Boulanger, Thiele, Tom B., bookmarks, HTL, embossed etc., P-VG.

Christmas Card A proof of one of the first Christmas cards, dating from 1843 and showing a family eating Christmas dinner. The card was commissioned by Sir Henry Cole who had the card designed by J.C. Horsley a well known artist who also painted portraits of Prince Albert and Queen Victoria. He was an active public figure who had been a Captain in the Dragoon Guards, was involved in the introduction of the penny post, helped organise the Great Exhibition in 1851 and was a founder of the Victoria & Albert Museum. 1,000 cards were printed and they were sold at one shilling each (5p), but only around 20 are thought to have survived, very few of which are in private hands, the majority being in museums or public archives. This is one of the few uni-coloured proofs known of this card and was inherited from an elderly gentleman who was married to one of Sir Henry Cole's grand-daughters. Some foxing but mostly away from the actual picture.

Music A collection in four albums inc. ballet, opera, Clara Butt, Chaliapin, Coleridge Taylor, Delius, Fauré, Fokine, Percy Grainger, Humperdinck, Karsavina, Koussevitsky, Leoncavello, Mascagni, Paderewski, Pavlova, Rachmaninov, Hans Richter, Saint Saens, Schoenberg, Scriabin, Sibelius, Sousa, Richard Strauss, Stravinsky, Tetrazzini, Siegried Wagner, Weingartner, Henry Wood etc., many apparently signed, also an album "Bayreuth 1882", G-VG.

Lloyd National Types, Costumes & Flags set (96), F-VG.

Albania A collection in a box inc. many used, censorship, some with sealing wax, postage dues, royalty, military, street scenes, Durazzo, costume, markets, turkeys, shipping, Korce, Prince Danilo being cheered by officers, Balkan War 1912, fishing, orchestra, groups, bullocks, Shkodra, shoemaker, Turkish cafe, Italo-Albanian Demonstration, Tirana, Valona, Il Duce etc., P-VG.

Finlay World's Aircraft part set (26/30), P-VG.

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A collection of British and foreign, old to modern, in six albums inc. real photographs, exhibitions, Judges, Kingsferry Great Frost 1895, elephants, groups, Peter Saluting, Freetown Sierra Leone, Holidays with Holiday Fellowship, France,Italy, Belgium, comic, pageants, greetings, cats, shipping, France, Italy, Belgium, flowers, etc., P-EX.

A collection in five albums and loose inc. undivided backs, advertising, comic, novelty, Louis Wain, tartans, aviation, Art Nouveau, glamour, nudes, theatrical, Charlie Chaplin, Swiss army, royalty, Gruss aus etc., also some ephemera, P-EX.

A collection in albums and loose inc. real photographs, street scenes, British, foreign, Ostende, bathing cabins, Bruges, Singapore, France, Boscombe, London, Thornton Heath, Bookham, Cheddar, Ringmore, Shaldon, Hastings lifeboat, animals, military, aircraft, tanks, shipping, motor cars, Louis wain, greetings, royalty, hop picking, Louis Wain, parades, pageants, flowers etc., also ephemera, scrap book, photographs, RAF "Gold Roger", pressed botanical items, P-EX.

A collection in a blue album inc. Gruss aus, comic, Spurgin, patriotic, military, Harry Payne, stamp cards, stamp montages, coin cards, railways, novelty, Zeppelin's Dive to Death 1916, greetings etc., F-EX.

A collection in a brown album inc. real photographs, street scenes, Bedford Great Fire 1912, aviation, shipping, floating dock, Bainbridge taking off crew 1922, Russian Outrage, military, comic, Mackain, Bairnsfather, HMS Gladiator wreck, theatrical adverts, Nottingham Goose Fair, embossed, children, Barham, glamour, Kirchner, Littlehampton train crash 1920, Ramsgate tram crash 1905, Leicester Great Fire 1911, glamour etc., F-EX.

A collection of loose British and foreign, used and unused, cards inc. real photographs, exhibitions, pageants, tartans, heraldic, advertising, fantasy, greetings, artist drawn, children, religion, romance, views etc., P-EX.

A collection of loose cards in a carton inc. real photographs, undivided backs, Judges, Quinton, Egypt, Germany, shipping, Pevensey, Stony Stratford tram, cats, Prittlewell Village, hop-picking, shipping, embossed, military, novelty, A Flower Seller, lifeboat, aviation, Blind & Crippled Girls at Work, seaside, France, novelty, greetings, ethnic, Aden, embroidered silks, Buffalo Bill,s Wild West, railways, firemen etc., P-VG.

Subjects A collection of loose cards inc. cinema stars, folklore, hospitals, asylums, convalescent homes, smoking, sport, hunting, fishing, bowls, football, winter sports, trams, foreign, A Trip to the Scilly Isles, caves, clocks, rivers etc., P-VG.

A collection of loose cards in a box inc. real photographs, undivided backs, street scenes, Montreal Market, exhibitions, GB, novelty, embroidered silks, HTL, Indios Fueguinos, Paraguay School Children, Russia, Arab costume, Italy, Egypt, Germany, shipping, pageants, Natives hut building, military, Eynsford etc., P-EX.

A collection in a black album inc. undivided backs, Gruss aus, intermediate size, vignettes, some used 1896 onwards, Singapore, Russia, Egypt etc., F-EX.

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