Wandering hour watch

I love wandering hour watches, this is a particularly nice (and expensive!) example


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Radialva

Lot No: 97

Radialva

'Super-Boum'
No. 72480, primary white case, with turquoise speaker fret, knobs and incised complement; No. 72904, primary maroon case with red complements - both of circular form, circa 1960 - 8.3/4in. (22.2cm) wide

Estimate: £70 - 100



from: Sale 16781 - Mechanical Music, Scientific Instruments and the Jeffrey Salmon Collection of Radios, 28 Apr 2009
Knightsbridge

Bonhams Sale 17185

More Bonhams stuff - I can't resist and as I don't really expect to buy any of these things it's nice to hold them somehow

Sale 17185 - Pictures, including Works by 'Snaffles', Furniture and Works of Art, 6 May 2009

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Lot No: 181

A late Victorian 'W. Hall & Co's' mahogany four drawer shop sewing cabinet

Each drawer with an inset reverse printed gilt title on glass flanked by a pair of brass handles, damaged, losses, 35.5cm.

Estimate: £100 - 150

// loving the typography //

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Lot No: 198

A late Victorian walnut and electroplate mounted three bottle tantalus

With additional side carrying handles (key lacking) 38.5cm wide.

Estimate: £200 - 250

// I love a nice tantalus - designed to prevent the butler helping himself to the whiskey //

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Lot No: 173

A late 19th century Italian Sorrento ware ebonised, amboyna banded and panelled, kingwood, marquetry and line inlaid writing casket

Of upright form, inlaid with panels to the hinged top, front and writing slope top to the base with figures, an elephant and chickens, each within a geometric inlaid border, the interior fitted with drawers, compartments and writing surfaces, s.d., restorations, 41.5cm wide, 35cm high.

Estimate: £600 - 800

Odd images

Some images from my computer desktop - the building is for sale through Southwark Council if you're interested...

The others come from ebay I think.

Bike colour scheme

I am rennovating an old Ellis Briggs bike from 1958, trying to work out what colours to go for, here are some that I like:











I'm thinking probably a light blue, with white headtube and possibly white panel on the seat tube, like this one:



All the images come from Classic Lightweights

Bonhams sale

Bonhams have the most amazing stuff on their website - here are some interesting bits and pieces from Sale 16781 - Mechanical Music, Scientific Instruments and the Jeffrey Salmon Collection of Radios

Knightsbridge, 28 Apr 2009

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Philips

type 2634, 1931
with large speaker above micro-window vertical dial, side controls, in raised heptagon brown bakelite case; and a Nora-Radio type W3L in arched bakelite case (2)

Estimate: £200 - 250

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Lot No: 59

Emerson

type 258, 'The Strad', 1939
burr-walnut veneered version,
number unknown, with D shape dial, the famous case in the form of a stylised violin with f holes in the slight domed top, speaker with five-bar raised curved ribs, linier parallel inlay through the horizontal - 10.3/4in. (27.2cm) wide

Estimate: £150 - 250

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Lot No: 49

Phonola desk-top

type 547, 1939, by Livio Castiglioni (1911-1979)
Brown bakelite version, with three push-buttons between the square dial and plaque, twin wheel scales, single-mould raised speaker hood and square-form base - 9.3/4in. (24.8cm) wide

Estimate: £300 - 500

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Lot No: 50

Sparton

rare (English version) Type 517, 'The Sled', by Walter Teague, 1936,
No. 097614, with the main deep blue mirrored glass panels each with bevelled edges, the top with curved front right corner above linier five chrome ribs, etched continuation lines to the front surrounding rare circular type dial with the tuning knob to dial centre, wavelength and volume flanking below, the curved theme concluding to bottom left corner and cracked iced marble painted effect to dark wood trims to sides and three-bar 'sled' runners as base supports 17.1/2in. (44.4cm) wide

Estimate: £1,500 - 2,500

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Bonhams Sale 16777 - Antiquities, 29 Apr 2009

Some gems from trawling through the sale catalogue:


Lot No: 88^*

A pair of large Egyptian basketry sandals
Late Period, after 600 B.C.
Composed of plaited papyrus reeds, open toed, with finely plaited high sides and a bound reed thong, the left sandal with a strap over the instep, 14¾in (37.5cm) long (2)

Estimate: £5,000 - 7,000

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Lot No: 132

A South Italian red-figure owl skyphos
Circa 4th Century B.C.
Depicting an owl flanked by laurel sprigs on both sides, 27/8in (7.4cm) high, repaired

Estimate: £700 - 900

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Lot No: 108

A Phoenician hollow glass head pendant
Circa 6th-4th Century B.C.
The pale blue rod-formed glass head with a yellow face, nose and mouth, the applied eyes of white, with blue centres and rims and pronounced blue eyebrows, with an integral ridged suspension loop above, 37mm high, restored

Estimate: £1,800 - 2,200

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Lot No: 185

A large group of Syrian terracotta statuettes
Circa 1st Millennium B.C.
Including various bird-headed idols, some with pierced applied eyes, applied necklaces, cylindrical bodies and hands clasped to their chests, two seated on stools, one with hands clasped together, wearing a conical hat, 3in (7.7cm), the other with a striated beard and and pendant necklace, 33/8in (8.5cm) high; two quadrupeds with recessed eyes and upraised horns, 3¼in (8.4cm) long; some heads; and a flat-backed Astarte figure, standing naked with her hands cupping her breasts and moulded details of her pubic hair, necklace, long braided hair, facial details and himation pulled up over her head, with some red slip remaining, 5in (12.7cm) high, mounted; and some Not Ancient (a lot)

Estimate: £600 - 800