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May Antique Auction — Cordy's

Auction House:Cordy'sNumber of lots recorded:681
Sale Title:May Antique AuctionLots with images:21
Auction Location:AucklandPrices available:435
Date:25-May-2010
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A vintage Lincoln Toys fire chief siren car. Length 18 cm
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Five boxed various toys includes three Fun Ho window boxed scale models, articulated Milk Tanker, Tractor Scraper and Aveling Road Roller and Matchbox window boxed A-1 accessory pack service lamp and Dinky Toys Happy Cab, window boxed
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Three boxed Corgi toys includes Daktari Gift Set complete with two figures and three animals in original box with some distress, 'Rough Rider U.S. Custom Van' and 'Chevrolet Caprice Taxi'
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Dinky Toys 'Ford Transit Police Accident Unit' complete with standing figure, two 'Police Slow' signs and three cones in original box with fitted packaging
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Dinky Toys 'Dragster Set', #370 with Speed wheels, complete with starter unit, instructions, original box and display packaging
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Dinky Toys 'Forward D. 800 Snow Plough And Tipper Truck', #439 'an exciting scale model', original box
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Dinky Toys 'Battle of Britain' Junkers 87b Stuka with dropping cap-firing bomb! Missing propeller, in original box
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Dinky Toys 'Joe 90' car, # 102 complete in original box and display packaging
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A Dinky Toys 'Lady Penelope's Fab 1' car with fluoro pink finish, complete with two figures, three rubber headed missiles and three smaller missiles, original box (with some distress) and display packaging
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Dinky Toys 'Thunderbirds 2 and 4' # 101 complete in original box with display packaging
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Corgi Toys 'James Bond's Aston Martin D.B. 5 # 261', gold finish, complete with two figures, original box and display packaging
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A Corgi toy, the Monkee Mobile, complete with four figures in original box with display packaging
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Small Mamod tin plate stationery steam engine. Length 17 cm
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His Master's Voice vintage cathedral form radio with curved top and open panelled grill front with cloth backing, original label, restored. Height 35 cm
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A vintage Crossley cathedral form radio with curved peaked top and pierced front grill with fabric backing, deco form brass mount to tuning dial above the four knobs, burr walnut panel highlights, restored case. Height 40 cm
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A vintage mantle radio of cathedral type with stepped top and open panelled front grill with cloth backing, curved metal mount to dial aperture above three knobs flanked by reeded columns. Height 45 cm
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An old Hornby tin train with four carriages and various lengths of track
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Two old wooden bird scarers with turned handles and nice old patina
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Circa 1900 mahogany boxed draughtsman's set complete with various brass instruments, one with turned bone handle, most in fitted upper tray
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The Huntington 'Texilscope' in original wooden box. This device was invented by Dr Huntington around 1924 to permit the user to determine the quality of silken and woollen cloth. Height 8.5 cm width 10 cm
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A late Victorian wooden chess set by Jacques of London with finely turned and carved pale timber and ebony pieces, in Victorian mahogany hinged lid box
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A large old hardwood ship's wheel, traditional design with eight turned spokes and rounded peg handles - with old dark red paint finish. Diameter 1050
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An old ships wheel with central brass boss, eight turned spokes with peg handles, the circumference with brass strapping - old green paint finish. Diameter 92 cm
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A good quality scratch built model of a gaff rigged yacht with fine detail and rigging, green hull with white topsides. Length 84 cm, height 84 cm on wood stand
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A vintage metal model of the NZ warship Achilles, grey topsides, wood deck, red hull, single funnel. Length 144 cm height 81 cm. See front cover
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A vintage metal model of the German warship Graf Spee with grey topsides and red hull. Length 160 cm height 81 cm. See front cover
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A vintage metal model of a World War II British war ship, grey topsides, wood deck, red hull, single funnel. Length 140 cm height 80 cm. See front cover
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A vintage metal model of a World War II British war ship, grey topsides, wood deck, red hull, twin funnels. Length 146 cm height 85 cm
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A vintage metal model of a World War II British war ship, grey topsides, red hull, twin funnels. Length 124 cm height 78 cm
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A vintage metal model of a German World War II fuel supply ship with grey topsides and red hull, single funnel. Length 140 cm height 70 cm. See front cover
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A scratch built model of an 18th century Spanish sailing ship with furled sails. Length 110 cm height on wood stand 900
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A Georgian percussion cap pistol with walnut stock and brass mount. Length 38 cm
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A Georgian percussion cap pistol with walnut stock and brass mounts. Length 41 cm
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A bronze Rough Riders 1900 Transvaal War medal, with suspension loop
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Four World War I French bayonets converted to a four branch table candelabra, the points as curved feet, the rifle fittings as the sconces, with two circular centre support rings, chromed. Height 40 cm
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An old naval Bosun's whistle, with suspension ring. Length 2 cm
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A Georgian oak deed box of plain country style, oblong shape with hinged top and single full width drawer below. Width 55 cm depth 30 cm height 13.5 cm
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A fine quality Russian Koleskov black lacquer dressing table box painted with figure on cliff overlooking stormy sea, signed with initials. Length 15.5 cm Original paper label and box
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Wheatley alloy fly box with internal leaf giving four pages complete with approx. 80 large wet flies, 6' x 3 1/2', c1950
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A set of six old ivory balls, one with red staining, the others plain with strong graining evident. Diameter 40 ea
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A Victorian period bronze seal with large heavy ivory turned handle. Length 10.5 cm
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A Victorian period small amethyst seal in decorative metal mount with turned ivory handle. Length 5.5 cm
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An old inlaid box containing two rock crystal seals, two carnelian seals and two wax seal impressions in their boxes
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A Victorian period tortoise shell card case of rectangular form, the lid inset with filigree cut and engraved silver of floral and leaf form and stringing, push button release to reveal section fan form interior with ivory border. Length 11 cm width 7.5 cm
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A lorgnette with tortoise shell handle, gold plated frame, with case
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A Victorian period nutcracker in the form of Mr and Mrs Punch with a registration number. Length 3 cm
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An old nutcracker in the form of a long case clock. Length 4 cm
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An old wooden country nutcracker in the form of callipers with engraved decoration. Length 20 cm
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An Edwardian period string holder in the form of a cricket ball, with leather covering and metal interior.
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An Edwardian period travelling inkwell in the form of a football, leather cover and metal and glass interior. Diameter 7 cm
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An old cricket ball together with a miniature wooden bat
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A small Edwardian period oak collector's/ smoker's cabinet with single glazed panel door enclosing three drawers with copper shaped handles, moulded borders top and bottom, copper side handles, complete with key. Height 26 cm depth 20 cm width 22.5 cm
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A New Zealand greenstone boulder, the burr totara plinth base marked 'Queenstown 1958'. Length 21 cm
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A small Victorian period meershaum pipe carved with penny farthing bicycle. Length 10.5 cm original case
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A late Victorian period pipe, silver mounts and amber mouth piece in original box. Length 15.5 cm Birmingham 1895
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Three old letter openers, one of horn and ebony with animal foot handle, one in tortoise shell with damaged handle, and another with carved wooden handle in the form of a bird in branches. Lengths 32 cm, 21 cm, 300 cm
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A wooden walking cane with ivory top
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A Victorian period walking cane, the L shaped bone handle with carved leaf and berry decoration. Length 85 cm
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A fine quality Victorian period whalebone walking cane, the sea ivory handle carved in the form of a woman's leg with stitched boot. Length 92 cm
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A fine quality Victorian period walking cane, the ivory handle carved in relief with horse and dog heads - plain ivory ferrule. Length 80 cm
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An old sectional bone and horn walking stick, the carved horn dragon's head handle with protruding bone eyes. Length 96 cm
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Eight volumes of royal dictionary Cyclopaedia, Victorian period in good condition
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A Victorian period wooden parasol handle with a Sevres style China mount and decorated bronze handle. Length 33 cm
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A pair of Edwardian period lady's knee high leather boots, two inch high heel, front lacing, approximately size 6.5. Height 43 cm
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An old opera hat in original fitted box
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An old opera hat in original box
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An old collapsible top hat in original box
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An old collapsible top hat in original box
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An Art Deco period metal hat block for a Homburg hat raised on metal bracket stand. Height 21 cm Width 27 cm
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An Art Deco period metal hat block for a wide-brimmed bonnet, the brim of finely angle ridged repeating forms, raised on flared metal bracket with retailer's plaque 'Boon and Lane. England'. Height 20 cm Width 44 cm
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A pair of Art Deco style chrome door handles with round bakelite type knob to the end of each handle. Length 26.5 cm
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A pair of leadlight panels decorated with herons amongst flowering bushes, in colours of white, blue, pink, red, green and yellow, framed in modern gilt frames. Height 116 cm width 56 cm
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A good quality leadlight glass panel of oblong shape with painted deco-
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Pair of reproduction tall Blackamoor figures, the mirror pair each with one arm held high supporting ten gilt metal scrolling branch lights, all on three way scrolling bases, carved wood, paint finish. Height 217 cm
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A fur coat of winter wolf pelts, opera length, fully lined
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Brown striped mink coat, fully lined
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A beaver fur coat fully lined
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Smokey mink fur jacket, label reads 'Pelz-Bremer-Peine'
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Silver fox fur cape, label reads 'Biber Furs - Sydney'
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A vintage carved bone sewing implement holder, profusely engraved to exterior with dragons and birds, contains some old bone implements. Length 16 cm
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A 1920's ivorine and bone satin and lace fan together with an Art Deco period ebonised wood, ivorine and satin fan. Length 38 cm
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A collection of Florence Nightingale memorabilia including an antique engraving, an original letter from Florence Nightingale to Nurse Wilson at the Montreal General Hospital 1878, a facsimile book of her reports to the governors of her nursing home, two books on how to nurse sick children, a first edition copy of an index of diseases and their treatment with handwritten inscription to Nurse Wilson from Florence Nightingale dated July 1877 (rebound) and embroidered insignia on black felt attached to a…
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A large Regency period mahogany sarcophagus two compartment tea caddy with central well for glass mixing bowl, standing on four bun feet. Length 40 cm depth 24 cm height 23 cm
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A Regency period mahogany tea caddy of sarcophagus form, the interior with two fitted compartments with original lids. Height 14 cm width 23 cm depth 130.
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A Regency period tea caddy of sarcophagus shape, decorative brass
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A Victorian period treen travelling roulette wheel, the case in the shape of a fishing reel, the internal red and black painted gaming wheel with turned bone handle. Diameter 10 cm
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A Victorian period treen string holder in the shape of a small barrel with finely beaded band around the middle and ivory aperture. Length 9 cm
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A pair of Georgian mahogany country style hanging candle boxes, decoratively shaped back, minor damage. Height 10 cm Width 29 cm Diameter 30 cm
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Three vintage pocket watch stands, one of rectangular form with ebonised finish and sprung hinged lid set with brass, other of hinged form with carved lid and one in walnut of tear drop form with drawer section
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Edison standard phonograph with brass and copper horn and nine musical cylinders, with lid. Height 28 cm Width 32 cm Depth 210
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A Swiss antique music box, plays 12 tunes, the exterior of the box with painted decoration of musical instruments and flowers with a border of a wood effect, two teeth missing. Height 25 cm width 57 cm depth 350
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An Edwardian walnut cased wall barometer with thermometer, leaf inscrolled carved decoration. Height 90 cm
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A walnut cased wall barometer with thermometer, brass bezel carved decoration. Height 80 cm
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An Edwardian period gilt brass cased pocket barometer with ring suspension, Short and Mason, London. In leather wallet.
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An original Ericsson Skeleton phone, the handset with black plastic curved trumpet mouth piece sitting to the cradle, crank action, twin bells enclosed by the base. Height 30.5 cm.
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A small Regency toilet mirror, oblong form with brass finials to upright, minor damage. Height 47 cm width 32 cm
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A Victorian period copper coal scuttle, helmet shape, swing handle. Height 40 cm width 50 cm
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A Victorian period mahogany pole screen decorated with bead work on a green tapestry ground. Height 136 cmmm
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An Edwardian period wood book slide, the ends with brass Gothic decoration. Length 32 cm
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An Edwardian period wooden book slide, the ends with brass and ivorine decoration. Length 32.5 cm
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