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|
ITEM
No |
MAKER |
c.DATE |
DETAILS
inc. CONDITION (Mint, EF, VF with
±, Fair, Poor)
|
PRICE |
|
107 |
Goodall
|
1920 |
Gas
Fires Gas fire comfort. Good quality illustration of
very 1920s sitting room with fire glow and tea-tray.
Goodall AS. 52+box
(Goodall's Prize medal, telescopic.) clean VF. |
£30 |
| 902 |
Universal
|
1920 |
Fairy
Dyes for Home dyeing an early pack for Universal with linen-grained
cards, black and white joker and four indices. Wide cards. Lovely design
on the back of a fanciful pantomime style fairy. Used VF 52 + J, the joker
is in poor condition having been scribbled on and dented. |
£32 |
| 906 |
Waddington
|
1925 |
Harrods Knightsbridge
Playing Cards. An
early Waddington pack specially made for Harrods of Knightsbridge (but not
of the quality of cards by DLR or Goodall at that time). VERY RARE Ace of
Spades with a banner for Harrods (the only example I've seen of this
design). 52 cards used VF (small tear to margin of King of Clubs), the box
is quite damaged. |
£28 |
|
639 |
De La Rue
|
1925 |
Vactric
vacuum cleaners with
four special Aces. This
is one of the best packs with advertising on the Aces illustrating four
different vacuum cleaners. Reverse design in pink and silver. The box is
also pink. An excellent complete set in almost unused condition. 52+J+1
with original box. Cards VF+, box good. |
£45 |
| 949 |
De La Rue
|
1925 |
Roslin
Hall Hotel Torquay In
Belgrave Road, no longer in existence. A
good early souvenir pack for this old Torquay hotel. The scene shows the
hotel grounds with a tennis player and some other guests. Monochrome
green. Wide format cards. DLR's 'Superior' brand. 52+J VF |
£18 |
| 789 |
De La Rue
|
1925 |
Durham
Carpets An
early advertising pack for Hugh Mackay & Co Ltd of Durham 'Sole
manufacturers of Yakcam carpets' and a number of other brands listed on
the box. 52 cards used VF + 1 blank EF and the original box missing top
flaps. |
£8 |
|
103 |
Waddington
|
1930 |
Sadia
water heaters. Good painting of partially disrobed lady
sitting on edge of bath. Round cards. 6 indices. 52 + outer
case. Fair |
£20 |
| 988 |
Goodall
|
1925 |
Solignum
wood preservative Two
good small period pictures of houses. One exterior of a Dutch roof style
house typical of the 1920s housing stock, the other an interior of an
Elizabethan style stairway. The cards are sealed inside the duty wrapper
which is faded and torn along the lower left edge. The sample card is
showing and fully intact. |
£18 |
| 989 |
Universal
|
1935 |
Shaw
& Son Furnishing Specialists Huddersfield A super picture of a
1930s sitting room from a comfortable professional home, advertising J
Shaw & Son of Holmfirth and Huddersfield. Good advertising box with
company details printed, missing top flap. 52 + box. Cards good VF or
better. |
£24 |
| 904 |
Goodall
|
1935 |
Bovril
that
wonderful drink that keeps you healthy. This is an amusing pack with
typical humour of the time. The box has witty slogans on it such as
'Bovril prevents "ill" feeling' etc. Blue backs. Used VF 52 +J
+1 + box (re-attached top flap.) |
£22 |
| 664 |
Goodall
|
1935 |
Bovril
with Special Aces A
collectable pack for this once popular drink with four good special aces.
Red backs. Collectable item Complete 52 + joker + contract scoring card + box (some
marks to box). Appear to be unused, VF+ |
£30 |
|
109 |
De La Rue |
1940 |
Cosmos Lamps Metropolitan
Vickers. Head and shoulders of semi naked smiling young
lady in full colour on red background. Sealed pack with tax
wrapper plus box in very good condition. |
£30 |
|
110 |
De La Rue
|
1940 |
Cosmos Lamps Metropolitan
Vickers. Head and shoulders painting of attractive young
woman gazing to her right on black background. Sealed pack
with tax wrapper and box in very good condition. |
£32 |
|
1003 |
Waddington
|
1950 |
Sir
Joseph Causton & Sons Ltd. London & Eastleigh Printers
and stationers. Founded in 1869 and finally finished trading in 1989 when
taken over. The Eastleigh works was a colour printing plant. Double set
depicting gardeners' trug full of spring flowers, both decks sealed with
duty wrapper. Good clean box. Very nice item. |
£24 |
|
901 |
Waddington |
1955 |
Siemens
Ediswan sealed pack (tax wrapped) in the original box for Siemens
Edison Swan Ltd. |
£15 |
|
1015 |
Waddington
|
1965 |
'The
Hoovermatic Ace of washing machines' incorporating a spin dryer. Wow!
Every home needed one of these... This is an amusing non-standard
advertising design showing 'Hoovers' on the court cards (each suit similar
design) and the washing machine on the Ace of Spades. Telescopic box has
an embossed paper Hoover logo. 52+2J (standard jokers)+box. Cards VF
lightly used. |
£45 |
|
507 |
Jarvis Porter
|
1965
|
Butlins
holiday camps ‘Butlins for Holidays’ good
1960s design shows a man
and woman beside a swimming pool. Sealed pack with
specially printed padded top box. |
£28 |
| 1026 |
Waddington
|
1970
|
British
Life Reliance Insurance This
double set has the Waddington PCCo AS in use immediately after Amalgamated
(c1969-1971) and before the Welsh leeks were added to the design c.1974.
The reverse is for British Life Reliance Insurance with a striking bulldog
design. Blue deck is sealed in cellophane, red deck is unused 52 cards.+
plastic box (slight d.) |
£16 |
| 907 |
Not known |
1975
|
Tabac
original after shave lotion
The
House of Maurer and Wirtz 'Germany's leading range of men's toiletries'.
Sealed pack with the box. The Ace of Hearts has MRCP on the front which
may indicate the maker, not known to me. |
£15 |
|
606 |
Jarvis Porter |
1975
|
Butlins
holiday camps ‘Butlinland’ family riding on a carousel.
Cards in good condition VF. 52+J+1+complaints card with original box
missing both end flaps. |
£12 |
|
333 |
Jarvis Porter
|
1975
|
Butlins
holiday camps ‘Butlinland’ the
design shows a family riding on a carousel. Cards are
generally OK but there are a few blemishes. 52 VF- |
£7 |
