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

Modelled in the round female figure holding an inverted amphora with liquid flowing forth; mounted on a sturdy gold pin. 2.97 grams, 45 mm



Private collection, Europe. Acquired on the English art market.

Large paper advertising poster in five tones depicting a country town with a mix of weatherboard, brick-built and Georgian shops and buildings, figures and horses; to bottom left 'Gregory Brown / 38'; title 'Old Country Towns in Southern England' over 'via Southampton Docks or the short sea routes of the Southern Railway'; bottom right 'Printed in Great Britain by Waterlow and Sons, London and Dunstable'; linen backed. 931 grams, 134 x 108.5 cm



Acquired on the UK art market. Property of a Harwich, UK, collector.

F. Gregory Brown was a commercial artist who inspired a generation of designers and helped to improve the quality of pre-war advertising in Britain. 'Old Country Towns' was one of Brown’s last works, printed just before his death aged 54 in 1941.

Comprising: original photo print of an astronaut with press and others around him, endorsed 'NASA For Release: February 22, 1962. NASA Photo No. 62-MA6-119. Cape Canaveral, FLA. Astronaut John H. Glenn Jr after world orbital flight, surrounded by fellow Astronauts Donald K Slayton and M. Scott Carpenter'; rocket lifting off from launch pad, endorsed 'John F. Kennedy Space Center, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Kennedy Space Center, Florida 32899. Photo Credit: NASA or National Aeronautics and Space Administration..... Photo No 126P-KSC-67P-122 For Release March 22, 1967 Kennedy Space Center, FLA -- A Delta launch vehicle carrying an Intelsat 11communications satellite lifted off at 20:30 EST from Cape Kennedy's Launch Complex 17. NASA launched the satellite for the 56-nation International Telecommunication Satellite Consortium. The new commercial communications satellite will be placed into a stationary orbit above the Atlantic Ocean and will relay telephone, television, teletype and facsimile transmissions between North America and Europe. It also will provide communications support for NASA's Apollo lunar landing program. Two previous Intelsat satellites linked the United States mainland with the Pacific, the new one joins Early Bird, the world's first commercial communications satellite over the Atlantic; Saturn V rocket ready for lift-off, endorsed 'John F. Kennedy Space Center, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Kennedy Space Center, Florida 32899. Photo Credit: NASA or National Aeronautics and Space Administration.....107-KSC-68P-120 UNCL.4-4-68. NASA/SATURN. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration's second unmanned Apollo/Saturn V space vehicle was launched today at 7:00 AM EST from Kennedy Space Center's Complex 39. Saturn 502'; original print of an astronaut on the surface of the moon with Lunar Roving Vehicle in foreground, notation 'NASA AS15-85-11437' to top left, no endorsement. 71 grams total, 25 x 20.4 - 25.4 x 20.5 cm



Acquired on the UK art market. Property of a Harwich, UK, collector.

Comprising: monochrome photographic print of a rocket on the launchpad, endorsed 'US Air Force Photo... 8-26-66 CKMYA Titan-Project OfficeSunrise Pre-Launch after Service Tower removal (Palm Tree in foreground) Unclassified'; monochrome photographic print of a rocket leaving the launchpad, endorsed 'US Air Force Photo..Air Force eastern Test [...] Photographic Laboratory Operated by RCA. CKMYA Titan-3C. Launch of Titan-3C Unclassified.'; monochrome photographic print of two rockets leaving their launchpads, endorsed 'US Air Force Photo / Air Force Eastern Test Range Photographic Laboratory Operated by RCA. NASA/GEMINI & Atlas Agena. Unclassified.'; monochrome photographic print of Apollo 9 capsule with flotation ring, endorsed 'John F. Kennedy Space Center. NASA Kennedy Space Center. Florida 32899. For Release March 13, 1969. Photo No. 108-KSC-69P-186 69-H-453. Aboard the USS Guadalcanal - The scorched Apollo 9 spacecraft, cradled in a foatation collar, is hoisted aboard the USS Guadalcanal. prime recovery ship, after safely carrying astronauts James A. McDivitt, David P. Scott and Russell L. Schweikart to splashdown in the Atlantic Ocean. The spacecraft shielded the astronauts from reentry temperatures which exceeded 2,000 degrees. They splashed down at 12:01 pm EST March 13, 1969, at the completion of their 10-day earth orbital mission to test a lunar module spacecraft. Ipact was less than 5 miles from the recovery ship and 780 nautical miles southast of Cape Kennedy. They were launched by an Apolo/Satrn V space vehicle March 3 from the Kennedy Space Center. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration directs the Apollo program. [copyright information.]' 74 grams total, 25.6 x 20.4 cm each



Acquired on the USA art market. Property of a Harwich, UK, collector.

Translucent cameo with the profile bust of Goddess Minerva wearing a crested helmet. 1.5 grams, 20 mm



Acquired on the European art market.

Composed of barley twist and melon beads with a large melon bead at the centre, restrung. 49 grams, 47.5 cm



Acquired in the 1990s-early 2000s. Ex London, UK, collection.

Long loop of biconical dark amber coloured beads. 262 grams, 119 cm



Private collection, London, UK.

Composed of coin-shaped and tubular beads, restrung. 45.8 grams, 31.5 cm



Acquired in the 1990s-early 2000s. Ex London, UK, collection.

Original albumen print of a toga-clad figure among architectural ruins; 'Giovane con toga nel cortile della Casa degli Archi' (IX 7,20) Pompei by Wilhelm von Gloeden; stamped to reverse W.von Gloeden Taormina, Sicilia (deposé)' and 'W.von Gloeden Tarmina (Sicilia) / Proprieta Artistica'. 5.2 grams, 15.6 x 11.7 cm



Acquired on the UK art market. Property of a Harwich, UK, collector.

Baron Wilhelm von Gloeden was known for photographic images of Italian youths posed as classical figures, often nude in a classical landscape or setting. At the outbreak of World War I he left Italy; Mussolini's fascists destroyed many of his images and glass negatives as obscene.

Pointed outer edge on a rounded loop, bifid knop on either end of the strap bar, surface decorated with stylised vegetal ornaments. 253 grams, 95 mm



Private collection, UK.

These buckles usually have one rectangular and one rounded D-shaped loop on either side of the central bar. During the late 16th and 17th centuries, the range of asymmetrical buckles became wide.

Convex cameo with a profile bust of a lady with coiffed hair. 4 grams, 35 mm



Acquired on UK art market. Property of a Middlesex gentleman.

Formed as a standing bull with exaggerated neckhump, four stub legs and long curving horns, U-shaped muzzle forming the spout. 1.37 kg, 36.5 cm wide



Private collection of Dr Alvin M. Soffe (c.1922–1995) and Elizabeth Ann Soffe, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, acquired circa 1960s–1970s; thence by descent. Accompanied by a copy of a letter no.S00256670 from the Art Loss Register confirming that this item was not found on their database.