Collectibles

1900's High Rollers Miniature Roulette Table With Balls

Price On Request Dimensions (cm): 44.5 x 17 x 16.5 Year: 1900 This highly detailed miniature roulette table was presented to "high roller" clients of Wilbur Clarke's Desert Inn in Las Vegas in the 1960's. The wheel actually rolls smoothly, and can be played with a small ball. The table is made of finished mahogany and pine, and is flocked and stenciled on the playing surface. There are a few minor paint touch ups in the green painted table area, as shown in the close up photo. The table is a wonderful treasure from the golden days of Las Vegas, and a joy to play and display. Bar Code: 10249

1940's Chromed American Flyer Burlington Zephyr 9900 Streamliner

Price On Request Dimensions (cm): 114 x 11 x 9 Year: 1934 On May 26, 1934, the Zephyr 9900 set a speed record for travel between Denver, Colorado, and Chicago, Illinois, when it made a 1,015-mile (1,633 km) non-stop "Dawn-to-Dusk" dash in 13 hours 5 minutes at an average speed of 77 mph (124 km/h). For one section of the...

1950's Model of 'La Valette' VX-575 Aeroplane

Price On Request DImensions (cm): 22 x 24 Year: 1950 A Model of 'La Valette', a VX-575 Aeroplane, painted and chrome body, on a curved stand, the ebonised turned circular stand with a plaque inscribed 'Presented to Air Vice Marshal N.H. D'Aeth C.B. C.B.E. by The Officers of No. 137 Maintenance Unit, Royal Air Force Malta G.C., September 1952. Bar...

1920's Staunton Pattern Box Wood and Ebony Chess Set Boxed

Price On Request Dimensions (cm): 24 x 15 x 10 Year: 1920's A Staunton Chess Set, the black set ebony, the white set boxwood, housed in a mahogany box labelled 'British Chess Company's Staunton Popular Chessmen, no. 4'. The Staunton Chess Set is composed of a particular type of chess pieces: According to the rules of Chess, this style is...

1870's Mahogany Collector's Cabinet

Price On Request Dimensions (cm): 78 x 35 x 68 Year: 1870's A Victorian mahogany Collector's Cabinet, the rectangular top over two banks of seven drawers of reducing heights. Bar Code: 10257

1920's Painted Puzzle Globe by the 'Geographic Educator, New York, USA'

Price On Request Dimensions (cm): 15 x 18 Year: 1920's An unusual and entertaining novelty terrestrial globe comprised of seven horizontal sections, six containing jigsaw map pieces of the continents. The globe is surmounted by a brass finial and metal angle arm. It is raised on a brown-patinated cast-iron tripod base. Two different models of tripod bases were manufactured. One...

1920's Giant Gents Wall Clock from a Railway Station Platform

Price On Request Dimensions (cm): 73 x 22 Year: 1920 Gents & Co Ltd was founded in Leicester, England by John Thomas Gent in 1872. In the 19th Century, the company was well-known as producing electric clocks which were used in public buildings and railway stations all over the world. It was taken over by Chloride becoming "Chloride Gent", in...

1900's Silver Plated Giant Pocket Watch with Roman Numerals

Price On Request Dimensions (cm): 16.5 x 19 x 4.5 Year: 1900 An Edwardian silver plated giant pocket watch with Roman numerals and subsidiary seconds dial. The case is numbered 1527071, the outer silver case of plain form with green leather backing and green velvet interior, the London hallmarks rubbed, maker's mark G&S Co. Ltd. for Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Company....

1900's Builders Ship Model in a Case

Price On Request Dimensions (cm): 61.5 x 26.5 x 278 Year: 1900 The models built back then followed the practices of model builders at that time which was the carved hull method, the plank on frame or plank on bulkhead models were all most unheard of. Bar Code: 10260

1900's Mahogany-cased Games Compendium

Price On Request Dimensions (cm): 18 x 23 x 33 Year: 1900 A superb mahogany Games Compendium with backgammon, chess pieces, draughts, cribbage board, dice, dominoes, cards and a horse race game complete with lead horses and fences. In a lovely lockable brassed box. Bar Code: 10258

1920's Blond Shagreen Cigar Box

Price On Request Dimensions (cm): 10.5 x 7 x 19 Year: 1920 Cigar box lined in cedar wood with adjustable compartments. Mounted with very subtle tortoiseshell trims on the lid. Rectangular in shape with an elegant design. Bar Code: 10264

1930's Dunhill Shagreen and Silver Plated Table Lighter

Price On Request Dimensions (cm): 8 x 11 x 3 Year: 1930 Alfred Dunhill Ltd is a British-based company specialising in men's luxury leather goods, writing implements, lighters, timepieces, fragrances and clothing. The business was developed in 1923 by Alfred Dunhill after he inherited his father's saddlery business on London's Euston Road. Responding to the growing demand for cars, Dunhill...

1960's Silver and Cut Glass Circular Ashtray from Northern Europe

Price On Request Dimensions (cm): 16.5 x 5 Year: 1960 An ashtray in the 1960s was more than a functional piece to dispose of ash, it aided as a decorative element in extravagant settings and intimate gatherings. Beautifully crafted, adorned cut glass - the transparency allowing refractions of gleaming light. Includes silver cigar rests either side of the ashtray. Bar...

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