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LOT 2131
Stuart Period Clasped Hands Ring
CIRCA 17TH CENTURY A.D.
7/8 in. (2.41 grams, 21.62 mm overall, 18.40 mm internal diameter (approximate size British Q, USA 8, Europe 17.49, Japan 16)).
Comprising a slender hoop with two clasping hands. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx German art market, 2000s.
Acquired from an EU collector living in London.
From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 2131
Stuart Period Clasped Hands Ring
Estimate £40 - 60€46 - 70 (for guidance only)$54 - 81 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Museum Quality Replica of a Panel Showing a Theme from a Trojan Cycle in the British Museum
21st century A.D.Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Resin casting of a figural panel depicting a group of three men manoeuvring a model horse on wheels towards a city gate blocked by a female with arms raised to the heavens; stepped lower edge forming the base; suspension bracket to reverse. 1.37 kg, 22 cm wide
From the collection of David Donlan (1947-2025), a dedicated and lifelong collector with a passion for the ancient world and the natural sciences, forming his collection from 1960s onwards, using many reputable dealers across the United Kingdom, including the well-regarded Coincraft and The Parthenon Gallery. -
Original NASA Press Photograph Group
1960s A.D.Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
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. -
Post Medieval Bronze Medallion of Maria Magdalena of Austria
France, 17th century A.D.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
A heavy medallion bearing the profile bust of Maria Magdalena of Austria (1587-1629), cast from a medal by Guillaume Dupré, circa 1613; pierced twice through the edge for mounting. 93 grams, 76 mm
Private collection, UK.
Maria Magdalena of Austria (1587-1629) was the Archduchess of Austria, Grand Duchess of Tuscany and wife of Cosimo II de’ Medici (1589-1636).
