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†A BOXED ‘MERCEDES-BENZ’ RADIATOR
DECANTER BY RUDDSPEED, BRITISH,
1960S,
chromed with printed radiator grille, enamel
badge and miniature mascot, 22cm high,
contained in original presentation box.
£1,500 - 1,800
€1,700 - 2,100
54
†A BOXED ‘BUGATTI’ RADIATOR
DECANTER BY RUDDSPEED, BRITISH,
1960S,
chromed with black mesh grille and enamel
Bugatti badge and radiator cap, 20cm high,
contained in original presentation box.
£1,500 - 1,800
€1,700 - 2,100
55
†A BOXED ‘BENTLEY’ RADIATOR
DECANTER BY RUDDSPEED, BRITISH,
1960S,
chromed, with green wire mesh grille, enamel
badge and ‘dog-bone’ cap, 20cm high, in
original presentation box and with publicity
card.
£1,200 - 1,600
€1,400 - 1,800
56
†A BOXED ‘ROLLS-ROYCE’ RADIATOR
DECANTER BY RUDDSPEED, BRITISH,
1960S,
chromed with shutters, enamel badge and
town cap, 20cm high, contained in original
presentation box.
£1,000 - 1,500
€1,200 - 1,700
57
†A CASED SET OF MERCEDES-BENZ
STERLING SILVER COMMEMORATIVE
INGOTS, BY REINHOLD HUMBOLD FOR
FRANKLIN MINT, 1985,
wooden case with leather panel to lid, fitted
with 25 German sterling silver ingots, each
40mm wide and weighing approximately 16gms
and struck with image of a Mercedes-Benz
motorcar covering eras from 1886-1984, the
case 34.5cm wide, and offered with boxed set
of accompanying information cards.
£1,000 - 1,500
€1,200 - 1,700
60
A ROYAL OBSERVER CORPS SECTOR
CLOCK, FROM THE NO. 4 GROUP ROYAL
OBSERVER CORPS OPERATIONS ROOM
AT COLCHESTER,
the single chain fusee movement and anchor
escapement stamped 19339 Made by W. Elliott
Ltd, England, 1941, painted 35.5cm diameter
dial, with cast bezel, silvered sight ring and
mahogany surround to the pegged back-box,
(old split to wood of backbox), painted black
with white lettering “R 29-10-1934 stores No
21B/713; Con No. A194412/54C22 (b)” with
painted broad-arrow, the surround 47cm wide,
complete with three pegs, pendulum (not fitted)
and key.
£1,500 - 2,500
€1,700 - 2,900According to information supplied by the
vendor, his late father was a member of the
Royal Observer Corps and his final posting was
to the Colchester operations room. The clock
was given to him upon his retirement in 1982.The clock is believed to have been situated
in the operations room in No.4 group Royal
Observers Corps from 1941 to 1982.575859606158†A RARE PIRELLI BELT BUCKLE DESIGNED
BY SALVADOR DALI (1904-1989), ITALIAN
FOR THE NORTH AMERICAN MARKET,
CIRCA 1970,
solid brass, with cast signature to lower right
corner, numbered ‘NR 0032’ to lower left, with
erotic motoring scene design, 10cm wide, the
reverse marked ‘Made in Italy’.
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£1,000 - 1,500
€1,200 - 1,70059†A CASED SET OF STERLING SILVER
COMMEMORATIVE MOTORING INGOTS,
BY JOHN PINCHES, 1970S,
36 ingots, produced in the mid-1970s for
the Beaulieu National Motor Museum, each
hallmarked London and struck with image
of veteran, vintage or pre-War road or race
car including Alfa Romeo, Bentley, Bugatti,
Hispano-Suiza, Mercedes-Benz, and others,
each ingot 52mm wide and weighing
approximately 68gms, all contained within a
fitted wooden case 42cm wide, complete with
two keys and corresponding information cards.
£1,500 - 1,800
€1,700 - 2,100