Null Set of a hundred lighters

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Set of a hundred lighters

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Set of a hundred lighters

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Estim. 300 - 600 EUR

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Estim. 200 - 300 EUR

PRINCESS ALICE STEAMER INTEREST. A RARE SET OF THREE VICTORIAN TREEN SNUFF SHOES DATED '1878' AND '1879' each with brass tack inlay and buttons, two of double snuff box form with hinged tops and heels, the sole of one inlaid with initials 'I.M.O.P. A. 3. 9. 78', in memory of the Princess Alice Steamer tragedy, one heel dated '1878', one other '1879', one of the snuff shoes containing a newspaper cutting, inscribed 'The Last Survivor Mrs Emma Webb, buried to-day at Manor Park is believed to be the sole survivor of the Princess Alice steamer disaster in the Thames 1878....' (3) 8.5cm high, 10.7cm long (max) Provenance 'A Lifetime of Collecting' - The Property of a Gentleman. Catalogue Note By the late 19th century the river Thames had become increasingly busy with hundreds of vessels vying for space with no precise 'rules of the road'. Such confusion inevitably led to tragedy. On the 3rd September 1878 the paddle steamer Princess Alice sank after a needless collision in Galleons Reach, more than 600 people lost their lives in what is still the worst ever disaster on a British waterway. The present lot was presumably made to commemorate the disaster and were possibly acquired by the Webb family.

Estim. 300 - 500 EUR

[BALLETS - OPERA - RECITALS AND RUSSIAN SHOWS] COLLECTION OF PRINCE ALEXIS MICHAGUINE-SKRYDLOFF. Important set of documents, posters, invitations, visiting cards with handwritten annotations from celebrities of the period, actors, conductors, official members and directors of opera houses, performance programs (with autograph signatures and dedications from actors), letters and correspondence (including Joseph Kessel), autographed photographs (including one of Serge Lifar), press cards, passes, and several hundred press clippings devoted to the prince when he was a singer in Russia, and articles written by the prince when he was a journalist in France after the Russian Revolution, published in the European press of the time. All these documents, dating from 1915 to 1960, are contained in three large black folio albums. Weathered, as is. Biography: born in 1901, Alexis was the son of Prince Nicholas Illarionovich Skrydloff (1844-1918), an admiral in the Imperial Fleet. After brilliant studies at the Petrograd drama school, he took singing, piano and composition lessons, before undertaking numerous concerts in all major Russian cities. After fleeing the Bolshevik revolution and settling in France, he gave his first recital at the Salle Pleyel in Paris on January 22, 1928. From then on, he was a regular participant in major song galas, concerts and musical soirées. The young prince also wrote a memoir entitled "White Russia and Red Russia", published in 1935 by Plon. After a brief film career, he abandoned music to devote himself entirely to journalism, becoming, from the beginning of the Second World War until his death, the specialist on the world of music and one of the main players in the White Russian community in Paris.

Starting price 20 EUR

CIRCA 1910-1940 A collection of over one hundred photographs (postcards, laminated and unlaminated silver prints, and others). Amateur and professional photographers. Subjects: family, transportation, automobiles, mountain roads, militaria, etc. Various states and formats Expert : Isabelle CAZEILS

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