Badictons Circus Original Advertising Poster

Comprising monochrome gloss prints of NASA launches: an astronaut walking through a crowd of air force and navy personnel, endorsed 'NASA For Release February 22, 1962. NASA Photo no. 62-MA6-121. Cape Canaveral, FLA Aboard USS Randolph Astronaut John H. Glenn walks down the aircraft carrier's hangar deck following world orbital flight.'; rocket on launchpad in flames, endorsed 'Nasa Photo Unclassified 3-2-65 Nasa/Centaur. Cape Kennedy, FLA : 8:25 A.M. EST. March 2. 1966. The fifth experimental Atlas Centaur launch vehicle lifted off the pad, and the main stage prematurely cut off, causing the vehicle to fall back on the pad and explode.'; rocket leaving launchpad, endorsed 'U.S.Air Force Photo / Air Force Eastern T[est] Range / Photographic lLboratory Operated by [Y}CA. / P-66-75271 8/25/66 C[.]YA, Titan... Lift off of Titan ...Unclassified'; rocket on launchpad, endorsed 'NASA For Release: December 12, 1970 / Photo No. 70-H-1641 70-HC-1160 ... Kenya, Africa -- Italy to launch U.S. satellite - The first American satellite to be launched by another country will be placed in Earth orbit by a team of Italian space engineers operating from a mobile launch platform located in the Indian Ocean. The launch will take place off the coast of Kenya in East Africa, no earlier than December 12. The spacecraft is the Small Astronomy Satellite-A (SAS-A) 42 in the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Explorer series. It is the first satellite equipped with sensitive experiments to detect high-energy X-ray sources in space, and is also known as the X-ray Explorer. Successful operation of the astronomy satellite will allow scientists to take the next giant step in astronomy -- the cataloguing of powerful X-ray sources both within and outside our galaxy, the Milky Way. During the first day of operation of its scientific instruments, the satellite is expected to collect more data than has been obtained with sounding rockets in the eight years since the science of X-ray astronomy was born.' 71 grams total, 25.3 x 20.4 - 25.3 x 20.3 cm



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

Skilfully carved cameo depicting the jewelled profile bust of Maria Theresa facing right, the background is highly polished, whilst the relief is rendered with contrasting polished and matt elements; the high-carat gold brooch setting likely original to the jewel and set with a border of blister pearls. 9.69 grams, 37 mm



Acquired on the European art market.

Maria Theresa Walburga Amalia Christina (c.1717-80) was ruler of the Habsburg dominions from 1740 until she died in 1780, and the only woman to hold the position suo jure. She was the sovereign of Austria, Hungary, Croatia, Bohemia, Transylvania, Mantua, Milan, Lodomeria and Galicia, the Austrian Netherlands, and Parma.

Oval orange carnelian gem showing two goats, one resting on top of a large stone while the other is standing against another boulder. 1.66 grams, 17 mm



UK private collection, acquired on the English art market in the 2000s.