Lot L/1. The unique prototype of Frederick Cordon Crosby’s Jaguar mascot. This lot has impeccable provenance through the family. It was owned by Gordon Crosby himself from its casting in 1938 until his death in 1943. The mascot then passed to his widow and on her death to her sole surviving son, Michael, who entered it into Brook’s Goodwood auction in June 1996. Full details inside. This is a truly historic piece of international quality. The mascot is a superb example of the three-dimensional work of one of the finest motoring artists ever. It also became the defining image for one of the most readily-recognisable motoring brands in the world today. (e£27,000-£29,000) DISTANT AUCTION SPRING 2011 BIDDING CUT-OFF IS NOON UK TIME ON 1st JULY 2011 The full text of this catalogue and full-colour images of most lots are available on our website: www.jaguarautomobilia.com If you have any queries at all, just e-mail me: [email protected] GUIDANCE NOTES We offer the following guidance to give you an indication of how we do business. Our aim in all this is to ensure that we give you the best service we possibly can and that you are satisfied with that service. Our Satisfaction Guarantee is spelt out at the end of this section. Please read these notes in conjunction with the Conditions of Business inside the back cover. How the bidding works. All bids must be made on the bid form in the sale catalogue - you can also download a copy from the web site in various formats. Forms may be despatched from the website or downloaded and sent by post or e-mail. We regret that we are not able to accept telephone or fax bids. No bids will be accepted after noon UK (local) time on the closure day printed on the front cover of this catalogue. We emphasise that this is not an online auction. The website is merely a different method of delivering the catalogue and entering bids - real-time electronic bidding is not possible. Bidding. “What you bid is what you pay”. If your bid succeeds, it will succeed at the value you enter on the bidding form. With the single exception of Lot L/1, there is no connection between the winning bid and any others that are made. If only one bid is received at or above the reserve price the hammer price will be that bid. Upset price, reserves and estimates. The upset price for JACPA is £5; i.e. no bid below £5 will be accepted. Reserves will be as agreed between the vendor and JACPA. Not all lots will carry a reserve. Estimates are our opinion of the price range within which the lot will sell. Estimates are not predictions of selling prices. There is no fixed linkage between reserves and estimates. Bids below estimate. We value your opinion. We only ask that you signify a below-estimate bid by placing brackets around your bid as we might need to contact the vendor. Commission and VAT on Commission. Commission for both vendors and buyers is 15% of the hammer price. VAT is payable on the commission at the prevailing UK rate. Payment. We accept payment by sterling cheque drawn on a UK branch of a UK bank; by bankers’ draft; by national and international electronic money transfer and by PayPal. We do not accept payment by credit or debit card. Payment must be made in full within 14 days of receiving the invoice. Prices realised. We aim to display these on the JAC website within 7 days of closure. Post and packing charges. Post, courier, packing and other packaging and delivery charges will be billed at cost. Overseas buyers have the option of despatch by air mail or surface mail. Confidentiality. Reserves are a private matter between the sellers and ourselves. Bids are a private matter between the bidders and ourselves. Please do not ask us to breach this trust. Insurance of purchases in transit is at the discretion of the purchaser. If the purchaser gives no instructions that the item(s) should be insured, JACPA shall not be in any way liable for any damage to or loss of or destruction of the item(s) whatsoever and however caused. Vendor’s items will be insured at the vendor’s expense whilst on JACPA premises. The rate for storage insurance cover will be £1 per £100, subject to a minimum charge of £1. Satisfaction Guarantee. We shall treat all reasonable complaints with care, speed and consideration. The buyer may return, within seven days of receipt, any lot which in his or her view significantly fails to conform to our catalogue description. The way in which the item fails to match the description must be made clear. The buyer will bear the return postage costs in the first instance. If the complaint is upheld, the sale will be set aside and the hammer price, commission and return postage costs, will be refunded in full. Welcome .....To our Spring 2011 Jaguar Automobilia Collector Distant Auction. It’s been quite a wait this time, but I hope you will think it has been worthwhile. With over 1300 Lots, including many rarities and unique items, I think I can safely claim that we have retained our reputation for offering the largest and most wide- ranging selection of Jaguar automobilia to come to the open market in 2010 or 2011 to date. And not just Jaguar, there are over 150 Lots on offer from the SS Cars era too. Our star Lots set the pace once more. Well ahead of the pack is the original Gordon Crosby prototype of his Jaguar mascot at Lot L/1. This comes to auction with verified provenance through the family. It is a truly historic offering of international quality. Other stars include the magnificent three-piece sterling silver SS Cars desk set. This was originally presented to Bert Henly, founder of the well-know dealers. There are also two SS Car Club badges, including a rare “Founder” badge. Roy Nockolds, the artist whose work helped define the Jaguar legend in the 1950s is well represented with copies of his two most famous posters for the company – the D-type poster for Le Mans 1954 and the poster for the 7-day record run at Montlhéry in 1952. Hardware includes an exceptional selection of factory and non-factory mascots as well as no fewer than 21 pre-war sales brochures. I am also delighted to be able to offer some quite exceptional original artwork. There is a 1937 chassis drawing from the master – Frederick Gordon Crosby. A superb selection of cut-away drawings of the V12 engine from the Motor and Autocar archives, including Vic Berris’ definitive drawing of the quad-cam XJ 13 engine, and no fewer than four works by Gordon Horner, the leading Autocar house artist. E-Type fans have over 200 Lots to choose from for their 50th anniversary and although I have not been able to pull in the same quantity, there are also some rare and unusual offering for the other birthday car – the Mark 10. All the star Lots are illustrated in this catalogue. Many, many more are illustrated in full-colour on my website (www.jaguarautomobilia.com). Other photos will be added to the website during the currency of this catalogue. If you would like to see photos of specific Lots that are not already illustrated, just let me know and I’ll put them up as soon as I can. My e-mail address is on the front cover. And don’t forget that you can down-load a full copy of the catalogue from the website, either as a Word document or as a pdf file. You can also submit your bids through the website as well as by post or as an e-mail attachment. Finally, some adminery to close. Drawing on my experience with last year’s auction, I have made a couple of changes to the way the auction is run; firstly, the bidding system. This has generated more correspondence than any other topic, some of it quite bad-tempered. I have therefore decided to move to the system favoured by the majority of postal or distant auctions “What you bid is what you pay”. With the sole exception of Lot L/1 (the Gordon Crosby prototype mascot) bidding steps will no longer apply. For the last sale, I processed only six credit/debit card transactions. For these, my card company charged me fees of £300, plus 5% commission. These figures did not stack up sensibly, so I have now closed my card accounts. If you would still like to use your cards, you can do so through PayPal. And now... Read on and enjoy - and good luck with your bids! 1 The Bidding Process For those of you who are not familiar with the bidding process for distant auctions, I hope this step-by-step guide will be helpful. One important difference from a podium auction is that your bids are not taken in numerical order. So if your bid on a late-numbered Lot fails, your funds can be transferred to an early-numbered Lot lower on your personal priority list. Keep this in mind when reading through this guidance. 1. Decide your bidding limit for this auction 2. Enter your limit in the box on the first page of the bidding form. 3. Read through the catalogue and note all the Lots that interest you.