Ancient Art, Antiquities, Books, Natural History, Stamps & Coins

With a narrow hoop and thick integral bezel, incuse design of Hercules grappling the Nemean lion. 10.90 grams, 25.50 mm overall, 19.39 x 15.78 mm internal diameter (approximate size British L 1/2, USA 6, Europe 11.87, Japan 11)



From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Treasures of Early Irish Art 1500 B.C. to 1500 A.D., New York, 1977, 222 pp., Paperback. 69 col. photos, b/w photos. 903 grams, 27.8 x 21.5 cm



Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.

G. Dibley & B. Lipkin, with cone translations by Julie Masquelier-Loorius, foreword by Naguib Kanawati, London, paperback, 302 pp, black-and-white illustrations. 1.29 kg, 29.7 x 21 cm



From the private collection of Peter Clayton, FCILIP, Dip, Arch, FSA, FRNS, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, UK; formed since the late 1950s.

A comprehensive reference guide to Egyptian funerary cones, including the transliteration and translation of the hieroglyphic texts of over 600 examples, together with a note of the tomb number where known.

J.A. Sakellarakis et al. - Tainia - Band I: Text, Mainz, 1980, 541 pp, hardback with cloth covers; Band II: Tafeln, hardback with cloth covers. 100 monochrome plates. 3.23 kg total, 30.2 x 21.5 cm



Property of a London, UK, gentleman.

De Beer, G., Sir, Hannibal, The Struggle for power in the Mediterranean, London, 1969 (1975), 320pp, 232pls. 16 in colour; Hamblin, D.J., The Etruscans, London, 1975, hardcover, 160pp, col. and b/w ill.; Various, Art and History of Greece, Florence 2001, paperback, 144 pp, colour photos; Various, Greek Mythology, 2007, paperback, 184 pp, colour photos (4 in B/W). 3.14 kg total, 24.6 x 17.7 - 26 x 23.4 cm



Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.

Froehiner, W. - Published by Le Pecq, J.Charvet, Chateau du Donjon, 1879, cloth-covered boards with gold titling; copy number 77 of 150 from E.G. Muller, London; 139 pp, lithographic frontispiece and 34 hand-coloured plates (numbers 29 and 33 absent) and additional black and white illustrations within text; bookplate 'Ex Libris Ray Winfield Smith'; plates generally clean, plates XXX-XXXIV spotted and browned, text spotted and browned, marginal waterstain towards end of text. The Charvet Collection of Ancient Glass is now part of the ancient glass collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. 6.06 kg, 55.9 x 37 cm



Bonhams, London, 30 November 2016, no.119. Private collection, London, UK.

Miller’s Antiques Price Guide 1983, London, 1983, 835pp, b/w ill.; Sotheby’s Guide, Antiques and their prices worldwide, 1986 editions, London, 1986, 688pp., b/w and col. ill.; Sotheby’s Guide, Antiques and their prices worldwide, 1988 editions, volume 8, London, 1988, 736pp., b/w ill.; Miller’s Antiques Price Guide 1992, London, 1992, 796pp, b/w ill.; Miller’s Antiques Price Guide 1994, London, 1994, 810pp, b/w and colour ill.; Curtis, T., Lyle, Antiques Price Guide 1998, Haydock, 1998, 864pp., b/w ill.; Miller, J., Antiques price guide 2004, The best all-colour, all-new guide to over 8000 Antiques, London, 2003, 752pp, full colour ill.; Miller, M., Antiques Source Book 2004-2005, The definitive guide to Retail Prices for Antiquities and collectables, illustrated in full colour, London, 2004, 639pp, full colour ill. 14 kg total, 21.5 x 13.7 - 27.7 x 16.7 cm



Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.

Mann, Sir J., Wallace Collection Catalogues, European Arms and Armour, Volume I-II, Armour and Arms, Volume III Supplement, London, 1962-1986, 236 B/W plates. 2.35 kg total, 24.5 x 15.7 cm each



Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.

APOLLO: February 1972 (double); LAURIN-GUILLOUX-BUFFETAUD-TAILLEUR 25 mai 1988 (art negre, archeologie,-art de l’islam); ADER PICARD TAJAN 17 juin 1988 (Art Islamique Tableaux Orientalistes); 18 novembre 1988 (Art Islamique Tableaux Orientalistes orfevrerie russe); 19 Decembre 1988 (Art Islamique Tableaux Orientalistes); 17 mars 1989 (Art Islamique Tableaux Orientalistes, archeologie); 5-9 novembre 1989 (Art Islamique Tableaux Orientalistes); 6 april 1990 (Art Islamique Tableaux Orientalistes); 11 juin 1990 (Art Islamique Tableaux Orientalistes); 6 novembre 1990 (Collections Le Tallec IIe Vente); 20 novembre 1990 (Art Islamique Tableaux Orientalistes); 27-28 Mai 1991 (Art Islamique Tableaux Orientalistes, Art Russe et Armenien); 18-19 Novembre 1991 (Art Islamique, Art Russe, Tableaux Orientalistes); 13 April 1992 (Art Islamique Tableaux Orientalistes); 16-17 novembre 1992 (Art Islamique Tableaux Orientalistes); 17 april 2012 (Tajan); DROUOT RICHELIEU 25 novembre 1988 (Collection d’art oriental, tableaux anciens et moderns, objets de bel ameublement, sculptures, sieges XVIIIe, Meubles XVIe, XVIIe et XVIIIe, Boiseries d’epoque Louis XV, Tapisseries, XVIIIe ); 10 novembre 1989 (Art Islamique); 15 fevrier 1990 (Art d’Orient, Archeologie, Art de l’Islam); 29 juin 1990 (Bibliotheque de Monsieur, Architecture, Bibliographie, Sciences et techniques, geographie, voyages, marine, beau recueil de miniatures indiennes, livres moderns illustres par des peintres); 14 octobre 1991 (Arts de l’Islam); 30 octobre 1991 (Art Islamique, Asie Centrale et Iran); 21 fevrier 1992 (Extreme Orient, Archeologie Orientale et Islamique, Antiquites Prehispaniques); 27 Mars 1992 (Collection de Monsieur V. Ceramiques et Islamiques); 14 Octobre 1992 (Art Islamique, Art de l’Antiquite’, Extreme-Orient, Tapis); 15 novembre 2013 (archeologie, art d’orient, art d’Asie); 18 mai 2016 (Collection de Madame M.); 10 Juin 2020 (archeologie, art de l’Islam, icons, ceramiques europeennes); ETUDE DAUSSY-RICQLES 16 decembre 1988 (Art Islamique); 26 fevrier 1988 (Art Islamique); 15 juin 1990 (Art Islamique); 14 decembre 1990 (Art d’Orient); 1 juillet 1991 (Art Islamique, archeologie); 13 decembre 1991 (Art d’Orient); LYON – HOTEL DES VENTES DES TUILIERS 20 mars 1990 (exceptionell ensemble de ceramiques ottomans des XVIe et XVII siecles); 6 novembre 1991 (ancienne collection Aynard ceramiques ottomans); GABUS 2-12 decembre 1990 (Art islamique et miniatures indiennes); MILLON & ROBERT 23 Janvier 1991 (Arts de l’Islam, Tapis d’Orient); 3 decembre 2012 (Arts d’Orient et Orientalisme); GALLAIS-LIVINEC-PINCEMIN-GAUDUCHEAU 1er Octobre 1991 (Dessins et tableaux moderns, Dessins et tableaux anciens, Art nouveau, Art deco, Bijoux Argenterie, Objects d’art et de decoration, meubles); 1er Octobre 1991 (Lampe en verre emaille’ de la moitie’ du XIV siecle); ARCOLE 7 decembre 1992 (Orientalisme-Africanisme); NAGEL 16-18 Marz 2013 (Sammlerteppische & Ethnologica); COLLIN BOCAGE 8 novembre 2013 (Archeologie, Art Precolombien, Art d’Asie). 15.15 kg total, 20 x 25.5 - 24 x 30.5 cm



Property of a North West London gentleman.

Hardback with dustjacket, 250 pp., black-and-white illustrations. 1.37 kg, 27.8 x 22.5 cm



Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.

BAR British Series 120, 1983, paperback; part i: 350 pp, black-and-white illustrations; part ii: 740 pp, black-and-white illustrations. 2 kg total, 29.5 x 21 cm each



Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.

Hardback with dust jacket, 454 pp, black-and-white illustrations and detailed line drawings of stone tools. 1.28 kg, 25.4 x 19.4 cm



Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.