A UK private collection of Chinese jades, mostly assembled in the 1990s, comes for sale at Bishop & Miller in Stowmarket on August 23.
This 18th century Qing celadon jade table screen (pictured top) carved to one side with figures looking up to a flying crane and to the other with lily was purchased at Sotheby’s in 1994. Estimate £2000-3000.
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There are six of the famous Dunhill plated and lucite ‘fish tank’ lighters in the Chiswick Auctions Design sale on August 23.
This rare model worked with a reverse intaglio scene of a woodpecker to one side and an osprey to the other is estimated to bring £5000-8000.
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A 1960s oak and leather Safari chair by Aage Bruun & Son, estimate £300-500 at W&H Peacock.
The Mid Century Design sale at W&H Peacock in Bedford on August 18 includes this version of the classic 1960s oak and leather Safari chair by Aage Bruun & Son. Estimate £300-500.
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Original artwork double page of a Heros, The Spartan episode painted and signed by Frank Bellamy for The Eagle comic in 1964 estimate £4000-4500 at Comic Book Auctions.
The Comic Book Auctions timed online sale ending on August 27 includes this original artwork double page of a Heros The Spartan episode painted and signed by Frank Bellamy for The Eagle comic in 1964.
It proclaims: ‘Surviving a terrible storm, Heros and his crew are attacked by strange vessels, their wild, mad-eyed leader screaming vengeance at the Roman invaders…’
Bellamy painted with quick-drying Pelikan inks which have retained their their initial brightness, says CBA, the board having been stored away from the light for over 50 years. Estimate £4000-4500.
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Maltese and local and Mediterranean costume studies, estimate £600-800 at Claydon Auctioneers.
The 18th century Maltese artist Vincenzo Fenech specialized in local and Mediterranean costume studies.
Four of them are for sale (in two pairs) at Claydon Auctioneers in Buckinghamshire on August 20-21. This pair, estimated at £600-800, show a Maltese lady wearing a traditional black faldetta and an Armenian lady with an ermine red jacket.
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Suffragette card game called Panko or Votes for Women, first manufactured by Peter Gurney in 1909 in London, estimate £100-150 at Hansons.
A Suffragette card game called Panko or Votes for Women, first manufactured by Peter Gurney in 1909 in London, is estimated at £100-150 at Hansons of Etwall, Derbyshire, on August 17-22.
It is named after the political activist Emmeline Pankhurst (1858-1928). Panko was distributed by the Women’s Social and Political Union.
It pits opponents and supporters of the political movement against each other in a game similar to rummy. The game features illustrated cards designed by Edward Tennyson Reed, a political cartoonist known for his work in Punch magazine, showing images of prominent figures in the Suffrage movement as well as opponents.
This example was found among a group of old board games at a property in Leicestershire during a house clearance.
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Dame Laura Knight oil on canvas portrait, estimate £20,000-30,000 at Lay’s.
The sitter of this Dame Laura Knight (1877-1970) oil on canvas portrait on offer at Cornish auction house Lay’s on August 24-25 is unknown but two strong contenders have emerged.
Lay’s says that the previous owner spent considerable time researching the identity of the lady, “satisfying himself and several local experts that it was very likely to be of the writer Fryn Tennyson Jesse” (a niece of the poet Lord Tennyson).
It adds: “The other strong contender is Florence Carter-Wood, the tragic first wife of AJ Munnings. The physical resemblance is strong both to contemporary photographs and other paintings of her. It is well documented that she posed for both Harold and Laura Knight.”
The signed, 2ft x 20in (61 x 51cm) work is estimated at £20,000-30,000.
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