The Stars Align for H&H Auction Rooms
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The Stars Align for H&H Auction Rooms
The stars are aligning for Carlisle’s H&H Auction Rooms’ upcoming quarterly catalogued auction sale. Some of the items that are expected to create considerable interest include a very large autograph collection featuring film and television stars from the 19th and 20th Century, including signed Beatles albums. Also, a rare Carlton Ware coffee set, highly sought after World War Two war medals and a collection of historic English Lake District glass photography negatives. Being held on December the 10th this quarterly auction is one of the highlights on the Carlisle based auction rooms’ calendar.
Decorated with a cloaked, shadowy figure the Carlton Ware Mephistopheles or ‘Red Devil’ coffee service is expected to reach an estimated £3000-5000. The very rare coffee service is comprised of a coffee pot, cream jug and six coffee cans and saucers. They feature the ‘Red Devil’, a popular motif that was first produced by Carlton Ware in the 1930’s. The set is jewel enamelled and gilt over a lemon yellow ground and its origin dates back to between 1933 -1937.
Also attracting considerable attention are highly sought after Second World War Parachute Regiment and Arnhem officer casualty group gallantry from Sjt. L A Curtis AAC which comprises of military medals as well as facsimile documentation, accounts of his death and photographs. This includes 1939-45 Africa (1st Army) and Italy Stars, Defence and War Medals.
Expected to reach between £4,000 and £8,000, pounds the gallantry was awarded to Leslie Arthur Curtis who enlisted into the Grenadier Guards in January of 1940. With a Military Medal for conspicuous gallantry and leadership in Tunisia the accompanying documents cast an interesting story of one of the country’s many war heroes.
On another historical note is a collection of glass plate photographic negatives by George Perry Abraham & Sons and Henry Mayson & Son. The negatives span a period from 1860 through to the early 20th century. The plates record domestic Lakeland life and social history and comprise of 218 glass plate negatives as well as a quantity of copy negatives and photographs.
Georgina Nixon, Auctioneer and Valuer with H&H Auction Rooms commented on this highly anticipated sale;
“We are delighted to have such a large amount of collectors’ items up for sale at the next auction. The autograph collection is as big as these sorts of collections get and a rare opportunity for buyers to get their hands on. The war medals are also such highly sought after items; they are especially unique due to their provenance and the fact that they are fresh to the market. This is a fantastic sale and I am confident we will see some intense bidding”.
The sale will commence at 10am on Monday the 10th December, with viewing on Friday December 7th from 9am-5pm and Saturday December 8th from 9am-12pm. For more information or to view a sale catalogue visit www.hhauctionrooms.co.uk or contact the auction rooms on 01228 406 320.
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For further information contact:
Paul Laidlaw, Auction House Manager
H&H Auction Rooms, Rosehill, Carlisle, CA1 2RS
T: 01228 406320
