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LOT 2008
Vintage Child's Skis
CIRCA 1950S A.D.
37 3/4 - 381/2 in. (1.7 kg total, 96-98 cm).
Complete with leather fitting straps and hazel wood skiing poles with bamboo rings; metal bindings to skis marked 'MESTA PIONIER'; in ash or hickory. [4]
ProvenanceAcquired from Manfred Schotten Antiques, UK.
The Kusmirek Collection, UK.
Accompanied by a copy of the previous listing.
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LOT 2008
Vintage Child's Skis
Estimate £200 - 300€230 - 350 (for guidance only)$270 - 410 (for guidance only)
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Signed Athletics Stamp Cover
Dated 10 October 1980 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Sports Centeneries illustrated postage stamp cover bearing 15p stamp signed by Linford Christie, Steve Cram, Peter Elliott, Seb Coe, John Regis, Steve Ovett and Tim Hutchings; with Royal Mail presentation pack for the set of four stamps. 54 grams total, 21 cm
Acquired from Benham Collectibles Ltd, UK, 2014. The Kusmirek Collection, UK. Accompanied by a copy of the purchase invoice.
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Swiss Alpinist Mountain Climber's Axe
1930s A.D.Estimate: £150 - 200 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £53
Traditional pattern steel adze-blade and serrated pick head with wing extensions and pyramidal spike and socket butt fitted to long ash handle; the blade stamped 'TH. BIÖRNSTAD & CO / BERN' in two lines. 1 kg, 99 cm
Acquired from Manfred Schotten Antiques. The Kusmirek Collection, UK. Accompanied by copy of Manfred Schotten listing. -
German WWII Winter Over Boots
Circa 1940s A.D.Estimate: £120 - 170 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £47
The uppers of thick leather and a thick green-grey wool felt, leather mounts and hemming, iron buckles, wooden soles. 3.25 kg total, 31.5 cm high
Acquired from Czerny's Auctions, Italy, 2019, lot 79563. The Kusmirek Collection, UK. Accompanied by a copy of the Czerny's invoice and listing.
A type worn by German troops, mostly on the Russian front during the ferocious winter conditions experienced by the German army during the retreat from Stalingrad.
