ACTORS: Wide-ranging array of leading men from Edwardian theatre & the 'talkies' to the Golden Age of cinema, mostly from Britain, Europe & America but including a few from Australia & elsewhere. A veritable panthoen of heart-throbs, lounge lizards, gigolos & beefcake including Leonide Massine, Fernando Lamas, Rudolph Valentino, Charles Boyer, Gary Cooper and the never-to-be-forgotten Swetislaw Petrovits and Waldemar Stagemann, on and on. Many of the later cards are film studio portraits with plain backs & there are some photographs included, the odd fault but generally fine to very fine and the German cards - which include ensemble pieces from various productions - are mostly superb. Weighs 2kg.
(300 approx)
Sale No: 249
Lot No: 2732
Symbol: C
Cat No: Collection
ACTRESSES: Expansive collection from Edwardian theatre & the 'talkies' to the Golden Age of cinema with hundreds of poses & portraits of the omnipresent Marie Studholme plus strong representations of Vesta Tilley, Phyllis & Zena Dare, Billie Burke, Jean Aylwin, Maud Jeffries, Gabrielle Ray & Gladys Cooper plus a myriad bit-players such as Alice Joyce, Olive & Edna May, Virginia Vivienne, Mabel Green, Marge Lessing, Millie Legarde, on and on, plus European stars including Ossi Oswalda Cavera & de Mérode, plus some child stars including Wanda Radford, Baby Watson, Freddie Bartholomew, Karin und Rebecca, etc. Then follows an array of mostly American stars from silent movies to the Golden Age of cinema into the 1940s, many of which are studio fan cards with blank backs, also some photographs, many cards signed or with facsimile signatures, generally fine to very fine. Weighs 6kg.
(1500 approx) (Image1)
Estimate AU$500
Opening AU$ 380.00
Sold...AU$ 900.00
Closed..Nov-09-2022, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 900
Sale No: 249
Lot No: 2733
Symbol: C
CEMETERIES: Box of mostly British & European cards but with others from China, India, Egypt, Hong Kong, Malta & Panama etc, includes headstones, monuments & elaborate tombs, generally fine to very fine unused or used. A fascinating, if somewhat ghoulish, theme.
(100 approx)
Sale No: 249
Lot No: 2734
Symbol: C
Cat No: Collection
ETHNIC: Bundle featuring ethnic groups from Asia and Africa, national costumes from European countries, some occupations, etc, generally fine to very fine used or unused. Excellent social history.
(100+)
Sale No: 249
Lot No: 2735
Symbol: C
Cat No: Collection
GLAMOUR: Group of artist cards including two delightful Kirchners (one with corner bend), Stengel & Co Motoring Mum & Babe by Popini x3, Hansa Kunstlerbund hand-painted Snappy Gents x3, others by Underwood & Vienne, etc, also printed Aristocratic Couples with the designs enhanced with stamp-collages x6 (one with corner fault), generally fine to very fine unused.
(27)
GLAMOUR: Floral box of mostly artist cards from Britain Europe & America including a duplicated surfeit of Astis, many by Pierre Boileau & a few by Charles Dana Gibson, etc, also many real photo types & some Art Nouveau, a veritable fashion parade of Edwardian-era gowns, hairstyles, outrageous hats, plus some incisive social commentary, generally fine to very fine. Weighs 4kg.
(many 100s)
Sale No: 249
Lot No: 2737
Symbol: C
Cat No: Collection
GRUSS AUS (= GREETINGS FROM): Marvellous collection mostly from Germany plus others from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Bavaria & Switzerland & a few non-Germanic types, about 25% are chromolithos & other early Undivided Back styles dating from 1896 & possibly earlier, numerous multi-views, some commemorative & advertising cards, some postal history/postmark interest, condition variable but a high percentage are fine to very fine and many are unused. A wonderful array of 'eye candy', with plenty of scope for further expansion. Weighs 2kg.
(400+) (Image1)
Estimate AU$2,000
Opening AU$ 1,500.00
Sold...AU$ 1,500.00
Closed..Nov-09-2022, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 1500
Sale No: 249
Lot No: 2738
Symbol: C
HOTELS: Box of mostly European establishments from tiny pensiones to grand hotels, condition variable. Weighs 1kg.
(836)
Sale No: 249
Lot No: 2739
Symbol: C
Cat No: Collection
HOTELS: Terrific pre-WWII collection of Grand Hotels, Village Hotels & Tourist Hotels from Great Britain including ancient inns, Europe, America, Canada, Japan & other Asia, many interiors & in-hotel restaurants, some beautiful advertising types including artist cards, a good number of real photo cards, etc, condition variable but generally fine to very fine. Weighs 2kg.
(420 approx) (Image1)
Estimate AU$1,000
Opening AU$ 750.00
Sold...AU$ 750.00
Closed..Nov-09-2022, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 750
Sale No: 249
Lot No: 2740
Symbol: C
Cat No: Collection
HOUSING: Extensive collection with perhaps half being from Australia with everything from bark huts & farm cottages to Queenslanders & suburban mansions, many featuring verandahs, gates & fences, gardens & water-tanks, roofing & wrought-iron etc that provide a veritable primer on early 20th century residential architecture, a high proportion are real photo types plus some postcard-size photographs; also strong selections from Britain & others from America & New Zealand etc, condition variable but generally fine to very fine. An engaging social history study. Weighs 2kg.
(300 approx) (Image1)
Estimate AU$750
Opening AU$ 575.00
Sold...AU$ 575.00
Closed..Nov-09-2022, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 575
Sale No: 249
Lot No: 2741
Symbol: C
Cat No: Collection
HUMOUR: Wide-ranging collection of mostly tame British cards plus some from Belgium & France, plenty of chuckle-inducing cards & no smut, subjects include romance & relationships, children, military, motoring & swanking, noted a few by Cynicus, Fred Booty, Red Nolan and Charles Dana Gibson, generally fine to very fine. Weighs 1kg.
(700 approx)
Sale No: 249
Lot No: 2742
Symbol: C
Cat No: Collection
HUMOUR: Shoebox of mostly post-WWII British cards with loads of tasteless gags & double entendres plus some genuinely funny lines, plenty by Donald McGill, Fitzpatrick & other illustrators plus lots of Bamforth Comic types, also 1940s group of saucy American 'girls next door' with plain backs, condition variable with many having tape-stains at the corners but these have been excluded from our valuation. Weighs 3kg.
(500+) (Image1)
Estimate AU$250
Opening AU$ 250.00
Sold...AU$ 280.00
Closed..Nov-09-2022, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 280
Sale No: 249
Lot No: 2743
Symbol: C
LIGHTHOUSES: Box of mostly British facilities including some small structures, also from France, Canada, United States & South Africa, condition variable.
(64)
Sale No: 249
Lot No: 2744
Symbol: C
Cat No: Collection
MILITARY: Box of mostly World War I cards with British 'Daily Mail' Official War Photographs x60+ from various series, Australian patriotics, a couple of Gallipoli plus Turner & Sons 'Remember Belgium' x5, Belgian Beverloo Camp x60+ including several of the Camp Clowns, numerous real photo portraits & groups, artist cards including French soldiers by Emanuel Dupuis (9 of 12) etc, victory & monuments, some World War II, also British & German uniforms including modern reproductions x50+, condition variable but generally fine to very fine. Weighs 4kg.
(400+) (Image1)
Estimate AU$600
Opening AU$ 460.00
Sold...AU$ 850.00
Closed..Nov-09-2022, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 850
Sale No: 249
Lot No: 2745
Symbol: C
Cat No: Collection
NAVAL: Large album mostly of warships with strong Australian content including British ships on the Australian Station, WWI troopships, duplicated group of WWII Japanese midget sub sunk off Sydney, etc, then predominantly British & a few New Zealand & other countries, nice group of portraits of sailors, many real photo types, generally fine to very fine. An excellent lot. Weighs 2½kg. (136 plus some reproductions & a few moderns) (Image1)
Estimate AU$1,000
Opening AU$ 750.00
Sold...AU$ 750.00
Closed..Nov-09-2022, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 750
Sale No: 249
Lot No: 2746
Symbol: C
RAILWAYS: Shoebox of train 'portraits', stations & other infrastructure etc from many countries including Australia, Great Britain, America, Canada, Europe etc, a good proportion are repros or moderns but many are from the Golden Age, generally fine to very fine. Weighs 3kg.
(350+)
Sale No: 249
Lot No: 2747
Symbol: C
Cat No: Collection
SHIPPING: Beautiful group of advertising cards for Cunard, Orient x4, P&O x7, NDL Bremen x5, NYK (Japan) x6, Melbourne Steamship Line, Adelaide Steamship Co, American President Lines, and North British Railway Co, several other ship cards including SMS 'Adler' on its side after hurricane at Apia, also naval ships from Britain x6, America x3, Germany x2, Argentina (?) and Tuck artist card of the 'Sydney' sinking the 'Emden' (superb), a few faults but generally fine to very fine.
(52)
TRACTION ENGINES: Mostly British postcard-size photographs of an array of machines with engine 'portraits', working engines, travellers/fairgrounds, etc, a bit of duplication, generally very fine to superb!
(80 approx)
TRANSPORT: Box of mostly Trains & Trams from all over Europe & America plus some from further afield including Donkey-Drawn Tram in Egypt, also Funicula, Zeppelins x6, Pyrenees Donkey Transport, Rickshaws, several Cable Cars, a Car Ferry & even a motor car after a collision, a few blemishes but mostly unused & generally fine to superb! Weighs 1kg.
(160+)
