Auction 32 - Modern Literature, Erotica, Posters & Advertising

Advertising – Olwin slot machine, Redcar, Yorkshire, England, circa 1950, Oliver Whales chewing gum dispenser, very good original condition

Advertising – Shop window head of a young lady, Germany, c. 1920, wax, glass eyes, on ebonized wooden base, height approx. 35 cm

Advertising – LARI FARI projecting sign, Berlin, c. 1920, metal frame and oil-painted wood, size approx. 85 x 80 cm

Advertising – Hugendubel umbrella advertising figure, Germany, c. 1920, painted plaster bulldog, original umbrella, approx. 31 x 35 x 25 cm

Advertising – Shop window head of a lady, Germany, c. 1930, wax, hand-painted, real hair, height approx. 43 cm

Advertising – Enamel sign herbal liqueur Gebrüder Herold

Advertising – Advertising figure Osiris

Advertising – Head of an advertising figure

Advertising – Shop advertising sign Guinness's Stout

Advertising – Two Dr. Qualm book dummies as cigar boxes, Germany, circa 1880

Advertising – A H. Upmann Havana cigar humidor, Cuba, circa 1930

Advertising – Two figural cigar holders from the Imperial Era, Germany, circa 1910

Advertising – Humidor as a model of a Swiss mountain hut, Brienz/Switzerland, circa 1870

Curiosities – Ancestral skull. Borneo 19th century, ritual skull carved and decorated with shells, in wooden box.

Curiosities – Opium pipe. China 19th century, bamboo and boxwood, on metal base. Length: approx. 52 cm.

Curiosities – Kapala Himalaya. Tibet 19th century, ritual skull with richly decorated silver mountings.

Curiosities – Masonic lidded box. Germany, circa 1860, cast lead with remains of original paint.

Curiosities – Pair of Russian cork carving dioramas, Siberia/Russia, c. 1870

Curiosities – Judith with the head of Holofernes, Germany, c. 1920, Art Deco

Curiosities – Memento Mori skull, Alpine countries 17th/18th century

Curiosities – Fine travel writing secretary, England, c. 1870, Toulmin & Gale

Curiosities – Headgear of a Maharaja's palace guard. India, c. 1970. Loose on glass hat stand.

Curiosities – Memento Mori crucifix. Bronze, wood and bone. Height c. 34 cm.

Curiosities – Erotic fetish leather whip. 20th century, carved bone, brass mountings, brown braided leather. Length c. 73 cm.