IMPORTANT 2 DAY ANTIQUE AND COLLECTORS’ SALE By direction of Executors and Others CLIFFORD CROSS AUCTIONS LTD WISBECH AUCTION HALLS, WISBECH, CAMBRIDGESHIRE __________________ On Thursday, 19th November, 2015 OVER 400 LOTS WILL BE SOLD BY AUCTION Comprising VINTAGE WATER PUMP, 7 EASTERN RUGS, CLOTHES, SAMURAI SUIT OF ARMOUR, ETC., ANTIQUARIAN AND OTHER BOOKS; WISBECH HISTORIES AND FENLAND INTEREST; LARGE QUANTITY OF 1950s-1980s CHILDREN’S BOOKS OIL PAINTINGS, WATERCOLOURS, PRINTS AND MAPS INCLUDING FENLAND AND WISBECH MAPS AND PRINTS BRIC-A-BRAC including BOXES, CADDIES, TOYS, RECORDS, GRAMOPHONE, TRANMER 3 RADIO, also VINTAGE SIGNS, ETC., BRASS, COPPER, METAL, LAMPS AND MIRRORS CUT AND OTHER GLASS Sale to commence at 12 noon On view morning of sale from 9am ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ On Friday, 20th November, 2015 OVER 300 LOTS WILL BE SOLD BY AUCTION Comprising ANTIQUE AND OTHER POTTERY AND PORCELAIN, FIGURINES, TOBY JUGS, ETC., CROWN DERBY, BESWICK, TEK SING WRECK, and ORIENTAL ITEMS SILVER AND SILVER-PLATE JEWELLERY, WATCHES, COINS and STAMPS CABINET ITEMS including PENS, BAYONETS, BEADWORK, SILVER MOUNTED BATON, HARDY ROD, ETC., 3 LONGCASE AND SIX OTHER CLOCKS ANTIQUE, VICTORIAN, EDWARDIAN, REPRODUCTION, 20TH AND OTHER FURNITURE Sale to commence at 10am On view morning of sale from 9am ___________ CLIFFORD CROSS AUCTIONS LTD., AUCTIONEERS (established 1946) Wisbech Auction Halls, The Chase, Chapel Road, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire PE13 1RF Telephone 01945 584200 Fax 01945 584560 - view catalogue online at “the-saleroom.com”, also available at www.cliffordcrossauctions.co.uk e-mail: [email protected] Find Us on Facebook CATALOGUE £3.00 1 SPECIAL NOTES 1. Purchasers who are unable to collect their items on the day of the auction will need to make special arrangements with the auctioneers to collect any purchases. The Auctioneers are not available for collection other than by special arrangement with our office. Our auction office is attended from 9am to 2pm Monday to Friday on Wisbech 01945 584200. Purchasers will need to take a receipted invoice with them to ensure that any goods purchased are released. Any goods left by the purchaser following the day of the auction are stored for free by the auctioneers, but it is entirely for the purchaser to make their own arrangements with regard to insurance over for damage or theft. 2. Purchasers who leave commission bids and subsequently ask the auctioneers to send the same to an address of their choosing are advised that the auctioneers will make a charge for postage, packing and administration which will be added to the commission already paid. It will be for the purchaser to decide upon the best postage method to suit their requirements and to give the auctioneers their clear instruction accordingly. The auctioneers are happy to provide this service, but take no responsibility whatsoever for any damage or loss incurred as a result of such action being taken. NOTICES CLIFFORD CROSS AUCTIONS LTD., in these Notices and Conditions of Sale called ‘the Auctioneers’, for themselves and for the seller of each lot, whose agent the Auctioneers are, hereby give notice to all persons taking part in any Auction that: I. THE MAKING OF ANY BID WILL BE TREATED AS ACCEPTANCE BY THE BIDDER OF THE CONDITIONS OF SALE. 2. While care is taken to ensure that all statements as to authenticity, attribution, origin, date, age, provenance, quality and condition in the Auctioneers catalogues, advertisements and other literature are accurate and reliable, such statements are statements of opinion only and are not to be taken to be or as implying statements or representations of fact. PROSPECTIVE BUYERS MUST RELY UPON INDEPENDENT ADVICE AND/OR THEIR OWN JUDGMENT AS TO ALL SUCH MATTERS. 3. An Auctioneers’ fee of 18% (plus VAT) of the highest bid price of any lot is payable by the buyer to the Auctioneers for their own retention. 4. Buyers DO NOT pay Value Added Tax on items purchased at auction sales UNLESS the item has been entered in the sale by a seller who is registered for V.A.T. purposes. Buyers are not, however, required to pay V.A.T. on items entered by such a seller if the seller satisfies that certain conditions set out by H.M. Customs & Excise in Notice No. 712 and if the items fall into one of the following categories: (a) Paintings, drawings and pastels, executed by hand: (b) Original engravings, prints and lithographs: (c) Original sculptures and statuary, in any materials: (d) Antiques of any age, exceeding one hundred years, except loose pearls and loose gem stones: (e) Collections and Collectors’ pieces of zoological, botanical, mineralogical, anatomical,. historical, archaeological, palaeontological or ethnographic interest: 5. Lots upon which a buyer will be required to pay V.A.T. as an addition to the highest bid price are prefixed by an asterisk in the Catalogue. Any lot without an asterisk so prefixed but subject to V.A.T. will be announced when the particular lot is put up for sale. 6. While every effort is made to ensure correct description the Auctioneers give no warranties and can only take up (without prejudice and without accepting responsibility) any complaints that are received before the Vendor has been paid and in any event within 7 days of the sale whichever period is the shorter. 7. It will be necessary for intending Purchasers to complete an Auction Bidder’s Registration form (which will be enclosed with this catalogue). A MEANS OF IDENTIFICATION MUST BE SHOWN AT THE TIME OF REGISTRATION.On arrival at the Sale Room, the completed form must be handed in at the Registration Desk and intending Purchasers will be issued a numbered card which must be shown to the Auctioneer when making a purchase. 2 Please note on the first day we sell from Lot 1 – 406 plus late entry lots which will be numbered a-z. We sell at an average of 130 lots per hour. FIRST DAY’S SALE THURSDAY, 19TH NOVEMBER, 2015 commencing at 12 noon VINTAGE WATER PUMP, 7 EASTERN RUGS, CLOTHES, SAMURAI SUIT OF ARMOUR, ETC., 1 An antique cast iron wall mounted water pump. 2 An antique Persian rug, in need of restoration. 3 A small gold ground oriental rug with 3 borders and 3 central lozenges. 4 A large antique Persian rug 12'11" x 9'6". 5 A large red/blue Middle Eastern rug 3m x 1.42m (9'10" x 4'9"). 6 A small red/blue Middle Eastern rug 2.5m x 1.32m (8'2" x 4'4"). 7 A large red Middle Eastern rug 2.68m x 1.47m ( 8'2" x 4'10"). 8 A small red Middle Eastern rug 2m x 1.1m (6'10" x 3'7"). 9 An oval table cloth with hand-embroidered floral decoration, 84" x 64", together with 12 napkins, all with silver thread floral decoration. 10 A fine quality early 20th century linen table cloth with hand-embroidered silver thread floral and geometric design, together with 12 matching napkins. 11 A quantity of Victorian and other table linen including tray cloths, tablecloths, etc., 12 A box containing 2 white bow ties and tails, 2 dress shirts with waistcoat. 13 A box of Victorian and other table and bed linen, also Victorian child's clothing, etc., 14 An antique leather top hat box containing a top hat by Tress & Co, London, made for Sutterby & Gay, Wisbech. 15 A dressmaker's dummy on stand modelling an early 20th century copy of a Samurai Soldier's suit of armour. ANTIQUARIAN AND OTHER BOOKS; WISBECH HISTORIES AND FENLAND INTEREST; LARGE QUANTITY OF 1950s-1980s CHILDREN’S BOOKS 16 One volume "The Natural History of Northampton-shire with some accounts of The Antiquities" by John Morton 1712, with 14 plates, front cover disbound with book plate Birmingham Library with "Sold by order of Council" stamp. 17 Four volumes "The Topographical Dictionary of England" by Samuel Lewis 1842, and Lewis Topographical Dictionary of Wales, volume 1, 1843. 18 Five volumes "A Dictionary of Chemistry" by Henry Watts 1683 in quarter-leather bound volumes. 19 Nine Biggles books by Captain W.E. Johns, 7 by Dean and Sons, one Hodder & Stoughton, and one Children's Book Club. 20 A box of books of agricultural interest including Farm Management by Campbell, Farming Adventure by Wentworth Day, Dorset Horn Flock Book volume 70, Farming and Mechanised Agriculture 1948, etc., 21 One volume "The Colonial Clippers" by Basil Lubbock being the 1975 reprint, The Last of The Wind Ships by Alan J. Villiers 1934 and a New Light on the Mysterious Tragedy of The Worcester 1704-1705 by R.C. Temple with inscription "With The Authors Best Thanks For Much Kindly Assistance" R.C. Temple, and "The Last of The Wind Jammers" by Basil Lubbock. 22 One volume "The Horse - A Celebration of Horses in Art" by Barnes & Barnes. 23 One volume "The Guide Book and Standard to The American Rabbit and Cavy Breeders Association 1930/31". 24 A box of books of countryside interest. 25 A box of books of equestrian interest including "English Sport" by Watson, "Light Horses and Horse Keeping" by Barton, "Memoirs of Captain Marshall", "The Art of Riding" by McTaggart. 26 Two volumes by L. Rider Haggard being "The Rabbit Skin Cap" and "I Walked by Night" 1935, both Illustrated by Edward Seago. 27 A box of books of sundry interest including 2 volumes "Fifty Years of My Life" by Sir J.D. Astley Bart, "The Thrills of The Northern Trawl" and "North Cape", also books of Lincolnshire interest. 28 Two war time booklets issued by HMSO being Bomber Command and The Eight Army and an interesting Civil Defence First Aid and Light Rescue book by J.M.D.