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1145 Stefan Heiliger for Leolux, a red leather 'Parabolica' easy chair, raised on a brushed aluminium revolving base 78cm x 121cm x 103cm
396 Three Emergency Issue Hong Kong Government $1 notes overprinted on Chinese 5 yuan banknotes all running in sequence B045651,B045653, B045652. The notes were issued in 1941 shortly before the surrender of British forces to the Japanese Army. The vendor's father Ronald Sleap was based on Hong Kong from 1938 working for AS Watson. During the war he was a Lieutenant in the 3rd Artillery Battalion of the Hong Kong Volunteer Defence force. Interred by the Japanese in 1941 in Civilian Camp N (a postcard by Mr Sleap from the Internment Camp sold at Spinks for $2200HKD - auction CSS68 lot 615), later released in 1945 he remained in Hong Kong until 1968.
526 A George V Royal Mail telegraph pole post box 50cm h x 19cm w x 31cm d, complete with 2 keys
553 Palitoy, a set of ten Pippa Dolls, seven standards (1 x Pippa, 2 x Marie, 2 x Britt, 2 x Princess Pippa), three dancing ( Marie and two broken at the torso Tammies), together with a selection of outfits and 2 beds
1 A 9ct yellow gold charm bracelet, gross weight 58 grams
550 A letter from Mount Everest Base Camp signed by all members of the British 1936 Everest Expedition dated "1st May 1936" - together with covering letter from Team leader Hugh Rutledge explaining to the requestee of the signatures that this was the highest point they could offer autographs as above base camp the team is scattered and writing are limited to diary entries alone
15 An 18ct yellow gold single stone brilliant cut diamond ring 2ct, size H 1/2, 3.4 grams, colour E/F, clarity VS1
548 An extensive collection of autographs mainly collected in the 1930's contained in a leather bound folio to include Rudyard Kipling, Don Bradman, Gordon Richards, Malcolm Campbell, Baden Powell, Olave Baden-Powell, Prince Philip of Greece, Field Marshall Montgomery, General De Gaulle, Sir Lawrence Olivier, Stanley Baldwin, Wing Commander F F E Yeo-Thomas, Dr Michael Ramsey (Archbishop of Canterbury), the 1935 South African Cricket Team, Field Marshall Allenby, Norman Birkett, Augustus John, Anthony Eden, Viscount Snowdon, Margaret Scriven and others, together with one other album including a small collection of signed photographs including George Robey as Falstaff and Sonja Fleurie
33 A 22ct yellow gold necklace 46cm and a ditto heart shaped pendant decorated a dragon, 38.6 grams
449 A gentleman's steel cased Tudor Oyster Prince 34 Rota Self-winding wristwatch contained in a 32mm case numbered 234198/7950 with silver dial and steel batons
294 A good 19th Century Irish travelling set by James Le Bas comprising 2 silver beakers with gilt interiors, 2 silver fork ends, 2 steel knife blades, a silver dessert spoon, 3 silver handles, a double ended spoon, a cylindrical 3 section condiment set of salt, pepper and mustard with gilt interiors and a steel corkscrew/pick, all with an armorial, contained in a Moroccan leather case, monogrammed, Dublin 1868
145 A carved jade brooch in the form of a reclining figure with 22ct yellow gold mount 50mm, 16.2 grams gross
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Denhams is a family run auction house specialising in fine art and antiques based in Horsham, West Sussex.
We hold two public auctions fortnightly, one for Fine Art and Antiques and the other for Vintage items and Interiors . Amongst the antiques we regularly sell include Paintings, Carpets, Furniture, Ceramics, Silverware, Toys, Stamps, Jewellery, Clocks, Watches and any other collectables we are presented with.
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