Denhams Auction Catalogue

for our Antique, Fine Art and Collectables auction to be held on Wednesday 2nd of October 2024

Lot No Description Est Image
601 John Player and Sons cigarette cards - Badges and Flags of British Regiments (1904) H.341, 3 complete sets (2 of brown back numbered and un-numbered, 1 of green back 1903) and an additional 27 mixed spares and extras 40-60
602 Wills overseas cigarette cards, Merrie England Studies (1916) W.79 a complete set of 40 40-60
603 Wills overseas cigarette cards, Beauties - heads and shoulders set in background (1911) playing card inset W.141, Star, Circle and Leaves issue, a complete set of 52 50-75
604 Wills overseas cigarette cards, Police of The World (1910) W.290, a complete set of 25 40-60
605 Wills overseas cigarette cards, Indian Regiments (1912) W.239, Scissors Issue, a complete set of 50 and 2 duplicates 40-50
606 Wills overseas cigarette cards, Famous Footballers (1914) W.205, Scissors Issue, a complete set of 50 200-300
607 Wills overseas cigarette cards, Music Hall Celebrities (1911) W.269, Scissors Issue, a complete set of 50 30-40
608 Wills overseas cigarette cards, complete sets to include Victoria Cross Heroes (1915) Scissors Issue, Army Life (1914) W.133, Scissors Issue, What It Means, Heroic Deeds (1913), War Incidents First Series (1914) W.113, Scissors Issue 80-120
609 Wills overseas cigarette cards, Britains Defenders (1915) W.51, 4 complete sets (each 50 Scissors Issue) to include green upright packet (C1/D1/H1), red upright packet (C1/D1/H1), red upright packet (C2-H2) and red slanting packet (E-F-G) 50-75
610 Wills overseas cigarette cards, Chinese Trades (1905) W.369, a incomplete set of 23 40-50
611 Wills overseas cigarette cards, Best Dogs Of Their Breed (1914) W.48, anonymous backs, printers error "Wills's Cigarettes" to front, incomplete set of 26 30-40
612 Wills overseas cigarette cards, Conundrums (C1900) W.21, complete set of 50 without album clause, inscribed "fifty different" 100-150
613 Wills overseas cigarette cards, Conundrums (C1900) W.21, with album clause, a complete set of 25 (plus extra Why is This Man Like Berlin) 50-80
614 Wills overseas cigarette cards, Conundrums (C1900) W.21, without album clause, redrawn, a complete set of 25 (plus 13 duplicates and 3 extra Why Is This Man Like Berlin) 60-80
615 Wills overseas cigarette cards, Chinese Beauties first series (1907) W.362 and second series (1909) W.363, complete sets of 25, (both Pirate backs, vertical format dot in "C", side reading top to bottom), together with China's Famous Warriors (1911) Pirate issue first series W.357 and second series W.358, complete sets of 25 (A. closed packet with dot in "C" of cigarettes, side writing reads top to bottom), third series W.359 and fourth series W.360 complete sets of 25 (D. closed packet with dot in "C", Bristol and London Central) 80-120
616 Wills overseas cigarette cards, Chinese Proverbs (1928) W.367 and (1914-16) W.368, all pirate issue, approximately 300 plus of incomplete sets including duplicates, multiple variations 50-80
617 Wills overseas cigarette cards, Chinese Beauties first series (1907) W.632 and second series (1909) W.363, complete sets of 25 (pirate issue, A. vertical format dot in "C" side reading top to bottom) together with China's Famous Warriors (1911 pirate issue) first series W.375 a complete set of 25 (Y. open large packet no dot in "C"), second series W.358 (X. open large packet dot in "C"), third series W.359 (X. open large packet dot in "C") and fourth series W.360 incomplete missing 1 card (Y. open large packet no dot in "C"), together with several further sets of incomplete China's Famous Warriors and 2 incomplete sets of Birds of The East W.355 and W.356 50-75
618 Wills overseas cigarette cards, Flags, Shaped Metal (1915) W.65, fourteen 22mm including GB&France, Servia, Belgium x 2, Great Britain x 2, France x 3, Russia, GB&Belgium x 2 and GB&Australia x 2 together with four 17mm Great Britain x 2, Australia x 2, all Capstan mixed backs 80-120
619 Wills overseas cigarette cards, Horses of Today (1906) W.75, incomplete sets of approx. 105 (includes duplicates) mixed Capstan and Havelock issues 50-75
620 Wills overseas cigarette cards, Stage and Music Hall Celebrities (1904) W.102 93 in total, Capstan (44) and Vice Regal (49) issues 40-60
621 Wills overseas cigarette cards, Types of The Commonwealth Forces (1910) W.107, complete set of 50 (plus 38 duplicates), Vice Regal issue 80-120
622 Wills overseas cigarette cards, a binder of incomplete sets to include Builds of All Nations, A Tour Round The World, Time and Money in Different Countries and 3 sets of Aviation 30-40
623 Wills overseas cigarette cards, Footballers (1933) small size, a complete set of 200 100-150
624 Wills overseas cigarette cards, a collection of complete sets of silks to include Australian Butterflies, Arms of The British Empire, Birds and Animals of Australia, Crests and Colours of Australian Universities Colleges and Schools and Popular Flowers (2 sets with complete back variations of the backs) 100-150
625 Wills overseas cigarette cards, Footballers (1933) medium size, an incomplete set of 163 100-150