6801 David May Collection 20th March 2010
David May Collection including an amazing selection of postcards relating to Colchester and East Anglia. Cigarette cards and other ephemera and bygones. Saturday 20th March commencing 10am. Entry by catalogue only available at £8 (admits two people). Catalogues availble by post at £10. Presale viewing Thursday 18th March 1pm - 5pm and Friday 19th March 9am - 5pm
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Lot 1 - Cigarette cards - an album of scarce type cards from large firms, housed in plastic sleeves to include, E & W Anstie, Adkins & Sons, Churchmans, Cohen Weenen (Footballers and cricketers), CWS, Edwards Ringer & Bigg, W & F Faulkner (Cricket and football terms included) Gallahers, Hignetts (Cabinet 1900 included), Hills, Lambert & Butlers, R J Lea, subjects to include sport, football, cricket etc., Beauties, motoring, animals, military (500+)
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Estimated £200 - £300
Hammer Price £400
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Lot 2 - Cigarette cards - an album of types from large manufacturers, housed in plastic sleeves to include those from Mitchells, B Morris, Ogdens early, Godfrey Philips, Pritchard & Burton, Pattreiouex, Salmon & Gluckstein, Taddys which include County cricketers, South African team, famous jockeys, VC heroes etc.. Other subjects Boer War, Beauties, cricket, rugby, scouting (400+)
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Estimated £200 - £300
Hammer Price £600
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Lot 3 - Cigarette cards - an album of types of small manufacturers, in plastic sleeves, to include Coronel, Carroll, Clarkes, Finlays World Aircraft, Franks & Sons, Golds Motor Cycles, Glass & Co., Russo Japanese, Huddens, Mason, Osborne & Co., E Robinson, Ray & Co., H Stevens, Thomson & Porteous, Taylor of Dublin, W H & J Woods, M White, Yeomans of Derby. Subjects to include sport, football, cricket etc., Boer War, Russo Japanese war, Beauties, some Channel Island companies and Irish based (300+)
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Estimated £100 - £150
Hammer Price £660
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Lot 4 - Cigarette cards - an album of foreign types, in plastic sleeves, including Australian spiders, Schuh Tobacco Co., Dukes, P H Mayo, Kinney Bros., Kimball, American Tobacco Co., British Cigarette Co., many anonymous issued, African Tobacco Co., Machado (Jamaica), Policansky, Scerris, Camler and other Maltese manufacturers. Subjects include Beauties, sport including rugby, football, Boer War, playing cards, animals etc (350+)
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Estimated £100 - £150
Hammer Price £280
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Lot 5 - Cigarette cards - an album of Players & Wills. Types include 1896 Gallery of Beauty, England's Naval Heroes, England's Military Heroes, Cricketers Calendar 1911 & 1912, Football Series, Transvaal Series, Scissors 1911 boxers, Indian regiments, Flag girls, Actresses, Derby Day, Drum horses, Beauties, overseas issues, Australian cricketers etc (450+)
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Estimated £100 - £150
Hammer Price £270
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Lot 6 - Cigarette cards - Players, Wills and Ogdens selection of sets including Regimental Uniforms, Butterflies and Moths, Life on board a Man of War, Steeplechase Owners, Trainers and Owners 1st & 2nd series, Aviation etc (24 sets)
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Estimated £150 - £200
Hammer Price £170
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Lot 7 - Cigarette cards - album of mixed trade cards housed in plastic sleeves includes Maypole War series, Lyons Maid International Footballers, Aplin & Barrett, Robinson Bros., Clevedon etc., mainly odds and part sets (300+)
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Estimated £30 - £50
Hammer Price £300
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Lot 8 - Cigarette cards - album of mixed odds from many different manufacturers, all housed in plastic sleevest to include Hills, Rutter, Osborne, Muratti, Jones (Footballers), Singleton & Coles, Brankston & Co., Churchmans, Roberts, Adkins (a royal family), Poppletons Cricketers, Edwards Ringer & Bigg, Whitfords. A few trade and USA produced cards (350+)
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Estimated £100 - £150
Hammer Price £420
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Lot 9 - Cigarette cards - album of Barratt trade issues 1930 Felix (2), 1914 National flags (1,) 1925 famous British Construction (1), 1933 Cricket Team folders (1), 1926 Australian Cricketers action series (5), 1941 Aircraft (21), 1911 Coronation (2), 1912 Prominent Buildings (1) plus modern sets with cards, Wild Animals, True Life, Cage and Aviary birds etc (qty)
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Estimated £40 - £60
Hammer Price £220
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Lot 10 - Cigarette cards - album of mostly sets including Players Regimental Colours and Cap Badges, Butterflies, Aviary and Cage Birds, Wills Fish and Bait, British Butterflies, selection of International Tobacco Company metal cards plus others (qty)
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Estimated £30 - £50
Hammer Price £44
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Lot 11 - Cigarette cards - Silks album containing R J Lea 1914 old pottery, Godfrey Phillips Old Masters, Morris English & foreign birds, Flowers, Muratti 1915 Regimental Badges, Godfrey Phillips 1921 birds, plus others (370+)
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Estimated £100 - £150
Hammer Price £70
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Lot 12 - Cigarette cards - an album of very mixed British and foreign odds to include USA and British Tobacco issues, small and large manufacturers noted with sport, Beauties, well represented. Several trade issue silks and some modern tobacco (100+)
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Estimated £20 - £30
Hammer Price £28
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Lot 13 - Cigarette cards - an album of Cohen Weenan & Co. including football club Captains, Boxers, Wonders of the World, Home and Colonial Regiments etc. (250+)
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Estimated £40 - £60
Hammer Price £320
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Lot 14 - Cigarette cards - Wix Kensitas silk flower issues, various series (some duplication) all small and medium size in folders, including colour variations (240)
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Estimated £100 - £150
Hammer Price £440
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Lot 15 - Cigarette cards - an album of odds and part sets including Adkin War Trophies (11), Soldiers of the Queen (44), Butterflies and Moths (27), Anstie People of Africa (23), People of Asia (16), Baker Beauties of all Nations (31), Bigg & Co. Life on Board a Man of War (8), John Cotton Golf Strokes A/B (2), Clarke Football series (3), Sporting terms (6), Marine series (24), Butterflies and Moths (19), P J Carroll 1912 Lough All-Ireland Champions (11) Drapkin, How to Keep Fit (7), Edwards, Ringer and Bigg, Flags of all Nations (27), Faulkner Our Colonial troops (40) (very mixed condition), Prominent Race Horses (26), Our Gallant Grenadiers (set plus odds) (650+)
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Estimated £200 - £300
Hammer Price £520
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Lot 16 - Cigarette cards - album with selection of Victoria Gallery & Nostalgia reprint sets including Wills Lawn Tennis, Taddy County Cricketers, Wills Cricketers, Allen & Ginter Fruits etc. (11 sets)
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Estimated £20 - £30
Hammer Price £18
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Lot 17 - Cigarette cards - album of cigar card sets including Players (Doncella) British Butterflies, Britains Nocturnal wildlife, Grandee Famous M G Marques plus others (21 sets)
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Estimated £15 - £20
Hammer Price £6
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Lot 18 - Cigarette cards - album of Australian trade cards including Douglas Planes of Other Nations, Licorice Co. Vintage Cars set of 24, Mac Robertson Sports of the World (26), Sweetacres Australian Fighting Force Badges (31), Series of Sports Champions (41), Hoadleys early Australian series (47), British Empire Kings and Queens (45), Magic Tricks (24), Wild Wild West series set, National Road Safety (37), Cricketers (black back) (4) plus others (500+)
In good/very good condition. Sweetacres Sports Champions set includes Bobby Jones
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Estimated £50 - £70
Hammer Price £340
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Lot 19 - Cigarette cards - Trade cards Barratt, selection in album including 1937 Famous Footballers (21), 1930 Football Teams (6) Famous Footballers (non-descriptive) (5), New Series (18), 1953 Series A1 (40), A2 (19), A3 (8), A4 (50) (mixed condition), A5 (40) (mixed condition), A6 (20) (mixed condition) A7 (11), A9 (49), A10 (21), A11 (36), A12 (48), A13 (35), A14 (10), A15 (30) plus range of Bassett football sets and odds (700+)
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Estimated £40 - £60
Hammer Price £480
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Lot 20 - Cigarette cards - Wills and BAT issues in album including Ships and their Pennants (23), Jiu-Jitsu Cricket Season 1928-29, Flags and Ensigns, Birds Beasts and Fishes, Birds of Australia, Australian Wild Flowers, Actresses etc (550+)
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Estimated £60 - £100
Hammer Price £70
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Lot 21 - Cigarette cards - album of Typhoo Tea trade cards including 1928 Whilst we Sleep, 1930 Lorna Doone, 1932 John Halifax Gentlemen, 1931 Tale of Two Cities, 1933 Work on the Farm plus others
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Estimated £80 - £120
Hammer Price £120
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Lot 22 - Cigarette cards - trade issues album including Hustler Soap 1925, Animals Series 1-3 and 1924 Regimental Nicknames sets, Gossage 1924 British Birds and Their Eggs, 1924 Butterflies and Moths, Lever Bros 1900 Celebrities, 1901 Celebrities, CWS Tea Company 1925, The Story of Tea, Typhoo Tea Calendar 1934, 1935 and 1937, 1924 Aesops Fables Set etc (qty)
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Estimated £50 - £70
Hammer Price £140
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Lot 23 - Cigarette cards - selection of foreign cards in albums including Malta, Actresses, Coats of Arms, Egypt, Italy and others (3 albums)
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Estimated £30 - £50
Hammer Price £320
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Lot 24 - Cigarette cards - album of mixed advertising cards including some foreign issues includes Jacobs, RNLI, Mister Softee, Dandy Glamour Cards, Vim, nearly all odds but some scarce (200+)
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Estimated £50 - £80
Hammer Price £210
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Lot 25 - Cigarette cards - Sniders & Abrahams 1915 Great War Leaders and Warships (44), 1912 Animals and Birds (66), 1909 Dickens Set (32), Allen (Australia) 1926 Wrestlers (12), Fliers (4), Footballers (59) plus others (400+)
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Estimated £60 - £100
Hammer Price £300
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