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Line Astern, 1907 – Tobacco advertisement poster design by Frank
Insall (fl. 1900-1930s)
oil on board. signed and dated lower left; with provenance details on
typed label on reverse
34.50 x 21in. (87.63 x 53.34cm)
Provenance:
As per label on reverse:
Ex W.D. & H.O. Wills sale of Pipes, Tobaccian & Related Material, from
the Wills Museum, removed from the Nottingham Office (ICI);
Sold Bristol Auction rooms, 21 May 2002;
Private collection, Ireland
€800-€1,000 (£650-£813 approx)
488
Joseph Bardon & Fils Le Nil Cigarettes Poster
Colour litho., framed. A large and attractive poster featuring an
elephant, “Je fume que Le Nil” (“I only smoke Nile”). 48 x 63in. (122 x
160cm)
€200-€300 (£161-£243 approx.)
489
20th Century: Cigarette cards collection
A large collection of cigarette cards. Complete sets include Player’s
Riders of the World, Ship’s Figureheads, Life on Board a Man of War,
Struggle for Existence, Nature Series, Cries of London, Character’s from
Dickens, Will’s Lucky Charms, Railway Engines, and Lambert and Butler
The Thames. Also with approximately 30 incomplete sets and a 1907
British Army Field Service Pocket Book.
€120-€150 (£98-£122 approx)
490
20th Century: Collection of cigarette and collectors cards
A large selection of incomplete cigarette and collectors cards sets
contained within four albums. Including sporting, transport, military,
botany, nature, movie and television interest.
€100-€150 (£81-£122 approx)
491
20th Century: Collection of cigarette cards including sporting and
militaria interest
15 complete or nearly complete cigarette card sets. Including German
Orders and Decorations, Tony L. Oliver 1963. Railway Working, Player
1927, King’s and Queen’s of England, Players 1935, Cricketers, Player
1934 and 1938, Famous Jockeys, Gallaher 1936, Irish Industries, Wills
1937 etc. Also 28 flags of the British Empire silks by Kensitas. All
contained in a slipcase Guardian Album.
€150-€250 (£122-£203 approx)
492
20th Century: Large collection of mixed cigarette cards
A large collection of cigarette cards in a wooden box. Some sets
complete others incomplete. Including Will’s Hurlers, Association
Footballers, Speed. Player’s Racehorses, Racing Caricatures, Natural
History, Flags of the League of Nations. Carreras Popular Personalities,
Did You Know? etc.
€400-€600 (£325-£488 approx)
RAILWAYANA
493
1883 (10 April) Great Northern Railways Baldoyle Military Races
handbill
Double sided letterpress handbill by Alley & Co. Dublin advertising the
GNR service to the Military Races over the Baldoyle Course. 8 x 8.50in.
(20.32 x 21.59cm)
€80-€120 (£65-£98 approx)
494
1888-1955: Irish railway posters including Londonderry and Lough
Swilly Railway
3 framed letterpress railway posters. Comprising of Londonderry and
Lough Swilly Railway, Railway and Canal Traffic Act 1888 Notice of
Increase of Rates poster. Sligo, Leitrim and Northern Counties Railway 31
July 1955. Excursion Train to Sligo advertisement poster. County Donegal
Railways Time Table from 26 September 1948 poster. Various sizes. (3
items)
€100-€150 (£81-£122 approx)
495
19th-20th Century: Collection of international railwayana
An album of railway ephemera mostly from English and Scottish railway
companies but with some international content. Includes share
certificates, receipts, letterheads, handbills, dividend certificates, printed
material, letters, shareholders documents, bills etc. (100 approx. items)
€100-€150 (£81-£122 approx)
496
19th-20th Century: Collection of Irish Railway ephemera including
Clogher Valley Railway
Including Clogher Valley Railway sign. Baggage, package and live stock
labels. Railway and engine photographs and postcards. Pamphlets and
reciepts. Railways include Clogher Valley, GNR, Sligo Leitrim and Nothern
Counties etc. (50 items approx)
€200-€300 (£163-£244 approx)
497
19th-20th Century: Collection of Irish railwayana
A large collection of Irish railway ephemera contained in two albums.
The first a Lindner collectors album containing covers, letter heads and
notes, the second witth handbills, receipts, pamphlets, documents, notes
etc. Many companies covered including Midland Great Western, Dublin
& South Eastern, Waterford, Wicklow, Wexford & Dublin, Athenry &
Ennis Junction, Kilrush & Kilkee, Carlow & Wicklow, Clogher Valley,
Limerick, Ennis & Killaloe Junction etc. Items ranging in dates from early
19th to 20th Century. (100+ items)
€250-€350 (£203-£285 approx)
498
circa 1900: Midland & Great Western Railway of Ireland ‘Connemara’
poster
Colour lithograph backed on linen
Midland Great Western Railway of Ireland poster for ‘Tours in
Connemara, Galway, Achill and the West of Ireland’ With artwork by
Hugo d’Alesi showing Kylemore, Ballinahinch, Cliffs of Achill, Lough Gill,
Killery Bay and Clonmacnoise. 50 x 35in. (127 x 88.90cm)
€400-€600 (£325-£488 approx)
499
circa 1930: Liverpool Overhead Railway poster
Colour lithograph by Liverpool Printing & Stationery Co.
An attractive poster advertising the Liverpool Overhead or ‘Docker’s’
Railway. Artwork by W.T. 40 x 25in. (101.60 x 63.50cm)
€200-€300 (£163-£244 approx)
488