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Lot 729
Audrey Cruddas, British, Costume Designer, 1912-1979- Red Motorbike; watercolour and bodycolour, signed and dated 1971, 52x79cm Note: Audrey Cruddas was a costume and scene designer, painter and potter. Born in Johannesburg she moved to England. Studied art at St. John`s Wood School of Art, Royal Academy Schools and Bram Shaw School of Drawing and Painting. During the war she worked as a `Land Girl` in the Women`s Land Army. At the end of the War she began to design costumes for the theatre and was quickly talent spotted by the dancer and actor Sir Robert Helpmann. soon becoming one of the leading modern theatre designers of the post war period. In the early 1950`s she became involved with the dynamic art community which included: John Aldridge, Edward Bawden, George Chapman, Stanley Clifford-Smith, Joan Glass, Walter Hoyle, Shelia Robinson, Michael Rothenstein and Marianne Straub among others. Cruddas lived in Walton House, Great Bardfield, next door to Edward Bawden`s Brick House.
Lot 367
A SELECTION OF PROBABLY 1920`S/30`S HEAD GEAR comprising an ivory kid leather skull cap and two others, brown leather stitched, one fur trimmed, six pairs of motorbike/pilot goggles, three with perished rubber surrounds, one fur and one leather in bo x marked Mark VIII Stores, the whole lot in a James Lock & Co card hatter`s box
Lot 511
Williams & Pritchard Ltd,a scratchbuilt scale model of a 1958 Lister Jaguar, as driven by Sir Stirling Moss and Archie Scott Brown, by Len Pritchard, wood and aluminium, with applied Williams & Pritchard Ltd metal plaque to the underside, 56cm long,20.5cm wide14.7cm high Provenance directly from the family of Len Pritchard.Williams & Pritchard created some of Britain`s iconic and spectacular racing car bodies of the 1950s, 60s and 70s, Lotus, Spidgets and Jaguars. Pritchard also designed motorbike frames for racing legends John Surtees OBE and Mike Hailwood. Both Len Pritchard and Charlie Williams served apprenticeships in specialist coachworks working on cars such as Rolls Royce, and during the war working on Supermarine spitfires. In 1948, they formed a partnership in Enfield and in 1954 they formed a Limited Company sharing premises with the early Lotus company. Working alongside Colin Chapman, they were intimately involved in the design and manufacture of bodywork for Lotus from the VI through to the Elite and several F1 and F2 bodies.(Classic Car Magazine, March 1989, and the Williams & Pritchard Register).
Lot 225
A quantity of German, British, and Japanese made tin plate clockwork toys, including a Japanese `Electric Train`, Technofix and other motorbike riders, fire engine etc. and assorted Dinky, Triang Mimic, Crescent and other die cast vehicles, to include a Dinky Guy Weetabix lorry and a box of keys
Lot 1752
Harley-Davidson wooden Motorbike on Rockers, complete with wing mirrors, licensed "Roaring Rocker Motorcycle" in stylish retro fashion, fitted with rocking roaring motorcycle authentic Harley-Davidson sound via a sound chip that can be easily activated, black leatherette seat, reflector lights and a sculpted and chrome front fork, the rocking motorcycle is anchored securely on solid wood anti tip rockers to prevent accidental tipping, 36"/92cm long x 25"/64cm tall x 16"/41cm wide, Near Mint.
Lot 400
Eight assorted early 20th century Dinky Die Cast vehicles, to include a 34 Series Bedford refuse wagon with fawn body, green tin plate shutters and red wheel hubs, a green 25D petrol wagon, a flat bed truck, a recovery lorry, a RAC motorbike and side car with patrolman, an AA patrolman with sidecar and two miniature open topped sports cars
Lot 266
A Jean-Paul Gaultier for Gibo Russian inspired dress, `Constructivist` Russian collection for Autumn-Winter 1986-7, labelled and size 44, of blue and brown waterproof fabric with padded shoulders and sleeves, navy and purpled knit to the waist, zip fastened down one side, with red and black Russian script down one sleeve and 1986 to the collar, metal roman numerals to the rear waist, zip pockets to the hips, bust 86cm, 34in. cf Jean Paul Gaultier by Colin McDowell p.125. "The power of post-revolutionary Soviet graphics, and experiments by artists like Rodenchko in the twenties to find a form of non-status dress for the proletariat, have exerted considerable influence on twentieth century thinking about design, but surprisingly had little effect on fashion until Gaultier`s `Constructivist` Russian collection for Autumn-Winter 1986-7, which captured all the power of the original and was taken up by the designers of motorbike leathers who are still following his guidelines today. Gaultier himself considers this one of his most important and influential collections and it was also memorable for its presentation. Each of the 120 models wore one outfit only and all were on stage at the same time. Gaultier was also one of the models."
Lot 167
Mixed Toys, including an SFA tinplate military motorbike and sidecar, friction drive with sparking action machine gun, a Lehmann Gnom Saloon Car No.807, a German tinplate single-seater open top carriage, with driver and lead wheels, a Lone Star diecast ticket machine, tickets, five brass canons on wooden bases, Indian silver carriage, Dinky aircraft, ships telegraph etc.
Lot 58
A small seal modelled as a goat, with plain hardstone, on decorative chain; another seal the stone engraved with a lion; an unmounted cameo; decorative gold metal and hardstone watchkey; a gold metal motorbike charm; 9ct gold fox mask charm; a long white metal guard chain with clear paste stones and similar items
Lot 1393
Sold by Order of the Family an outstanding Second World War bomb disposal George Cross group of eight awarded to Brigadier W. M. Eastman, Royal Army Ordnance Corps: with little relevant training, Eastman and a fellow officer rendered safe some 275 UXBs on Malta in 1940 - ‘Their courage was beyond all praise and it was a miracle that they both remained alive’ George Cross (Lieut. William Marsden Eastman, R.A.O.C., 24th December 1940); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star, clasp, 8th Army; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals; Coronation 1953; Jubilee 1977, mounted court-style as worn, lacquered, very fine and bettter (8) £15000-20000 g.C. London Gazette 24 December 1940: ‘For most conspicuous gallantry in carrying out very hazardous work.’ The original recommendation - written in conjunction with that for fellow R.A.O.C. officer, Captain R. L. J. Jones - states: ‘On various dates Lieutenant Eastman, with Captain R. L. J. Jones, R.A.O.C., worked under dangerous and trying conditions and performed acts of considerable gallantry in dealing with large numbers of various unexploded bombs, some of which were in a highly dangerous state and of the German delay type. on one occasion, these officers showed particular gallantry in dealing with an 1100lb. German bomb. Two attempts were made to explode this bomb but it failed to detonate; at the third attempt when it was in a most dangerous state, they succeeded in detonating it. on a second occasion, these officers, assisted by a Master Rigger of H.M. Dockyard, succeeded in removing a 400lb. high explosive Italian unexploded bomb which had been under water for a week in a 20ft. deep well inside a house. This bomb, fused at both ends, was in a dangerous state. It had to be raised to the ground floor by means of a gin, tackle, sling and ropes. This operation was doubly dangerous, as: (a) There was a possibility of the sling slipping while the bomb was being hauled up and (b) The bomb was two and half ft. long, the mouth of the well three ft. one inch wide, and for safety the bomb had to be kept horizontal, if possible, and pulled up thus. Lieutenant Eastman assisted the Master Rigger, guided the bomb from the floor of the well, and Captain Jones went to the top to guide it through the opening. They succeeded in getting the bomb out although there was only a six inch clearance as it came through the mouth of the well.’ William Marsden ‘Bill’ Eastman was born in Brentford in October 1911 and was educated at Uppingham and Cambridge University, but had to leave the latter seat of learning on his father’s death, in order to take over the family dyeing and dry-cleaning business. And it was as a result of his knowledge of chemicals drawn from that business that he was recommended for a commission in the Royal Army Ordnance Corps on volunteering shortly before the outbreak of hostilities. Having then attended the Inspecting Ordnance Officer’s course at Bramley, he was embarked for Malta in March 1940. Subsequent events are best summarised by Brigadier Sir John Smyth, V.C., in The Story of the George Cross: ‘At this period of the war in Malta, no expert Royal Engineer Bomb Disposal units had been formed and the job of attending to unexploded bombs and mines dropped on the Island had to be handled by the R.A.O.C. - in fact Jephson Jones and Eastman. They had no great special equipment, no trained staff and very little knowledge of the mechanism of German and Italian missiles. They just had to learn as they went along. they were told that they would have to deal with all unexploded bombs and mines which fell on the Island except those which dropped in the dockyard area and on airfields, which were dealt with by the Royal Navy and the Royal Air Force. No one imagined - or at any rate no one in Malta had imagined - that Malta would become such a target for the venom, first of the Italian Air Force and then of the Germans. But between 10 June and mid-November 1940, when their job was taken over by a properly constituted and trained R.E. Bomb Disposal unit, Jephson Jones and Eastman dealt with some 275 unexploded bombs. Their courage was beyond all praise and it was a miracle that they both remained alive. they were awarded the George Cross on Christmas Eve 1940 and were given a choice of receiving the decoration immediately from the Governor or waiting until they were posted back to the Middle East or the United Kingdom. They both chose the latter and were invested together by the King at Buckingham Palace in December 1944.’ A number of anecdotes survive from Eastman’s hair-raising sojourn in Malta, one of them recounting the occasion he worked in his shirt-sleeves on a hot day as a UXB was dug out, but then donned his tunic and Sam Browne before returning to diffuse it - when asked why by an onlooker, he replied, ‘If I have to die, I might as well die decent’; while another describes the occasion he journeyed to a UXB site on a motorbike, with his girlfriend, Yvonne Vassallo, along for the ride - she unhesitatingly accepted his invitation to sit on the UXB and steady it as he went about his perilous work! eastman was posted to G.H.Q., Cairo as Chief Ordnance Officer in 1942, but not before carrying out further gallant deeds, a case in point being his ‘clearance’ - over three days - of the valuable cargo of ammunition, kerosene and aviation fuel aboard the merchantman Talabot, which ship was eventually sunk at her moorings in Marsaxlokk harbour; so, too, on a later occasion, his clearance of a cargo of ‘infamous Dutch Anti-tank Mines’ from the holds of no less than seven ships, all the while conscious of the fact a mere 18-inch drop would set-off their hyper-sensitive detonators. remaining in the Regular Army after the War, he was latterly a popular Commandant of the R.A.O.C. Training Centre at Blackdown, and finally retired as Brigadier in 1966. Settling in Malta in the same year, he died at Sliema in April 1980 and is buried in Ta’ Braxia Cemetery; see One Step Further, Those Whose Gallantry Was Rewarded With The George Cross, by Marion Hebblethwaite, for further details. sold with a quantity of original documentation, including four ‘Investiture Day’ photographs and a later portrait, in uniform, as a Brigadier, wearing his Honour & Awards; his Buckingham Palace investiture letter and admittance ticket, dated 12 December 1944; his membership certificate for the Royal Society of St. George, dated 14 May 1942; his M.O.D. retirement letter, dated 19 October 1966; some post-war V.C. & G.C. Association tickets, invitations and programmes, etc., and several newspaper cuttings. £15000-£20000
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