House of Wax / La Maschera di Cera

Original Italian film poster for the 1940 adventure romance film The Mark of Zorro. This film was directed by Rouben Mamoulian The cast includes Tyrone Power...

Original Italian film poster for the 1940 musical comedy second chorus. This Hollywood musical stars Paulette Goddard and Fred Astaire and features Artie Shaw...

Original German film poster for the Italian drama La Strada 1954. This film was directed by Federico Fellini and starred Giuletta Masina, Anthony Quinn and Richard Basehart. This pos...

Original Japanese film poster used in Japan when the film was first shown in 1967. This film was directed by Jean-Luc Godard and starred Anne Wiazemsky, Juliet Berto, Jean-Pierre Le...

Original Spanish film poster from the 1987 comedy, Thriller Atame! / Tie Me Up Tie Me Down. This film was written and directed by Pedro Almodóvar...

Original French film poster for the 1940 masterpiece directed John Ford and starred Henry Fonda, John Carradine, Jane Darwell. The striking artwork is ...

Framed La Cote De Nuits region wine map from 1972. The print has been removed to clean the glass, the frame has minor damage in places but nothing that detracts from its beauty, if a...

Antique map titled 'Australia'. Large folding map of Australia. With inset map of Tasmania. Printed by L.F. Johnston, Canberra. Artists and Engravers: Compiled and drawn by Propert...

Collection of Old School Posters on cardboard of the early 20th century. Most of the images are still intact with bright colours, but the outer marg...

The Life of a Forgotten Magicians We are proud to offer a unique collection of one of London’s most unquestionably entertaining magicians known as Bernard and Ms Radar. A fascinating collection of 1940s-1960s items relating to the telepathic magic act 'Bernard and Miss Radar', a mind reading husband and wife duo, who extensively toured British theatres performing their telepathy based act and who were apparently the recipients of the 'World Convention of Magicians Award', which they received at the Magic Circle Convention in London in 1955. The collection comprises the basis for their act; 2 large handmade jigsaw puzzles, a “Radar” hat, top hat and other associated items with which they performed. There is also a large quantity (over 1000) of publicity photographs, theatre contracts, Magic Circle programmes, scrapbooks and other ephemera relating to their career, plus approximately fifteen original 1940s and 1950s theatre and other posters and several hand bills and flyers, all including Bernard and Miss Radar on the billing, along with other variety acts of the period. Some of the theatre posters included are; The Hippodrome, Eastbourne, Arcadia Theatre, Skegness, Commodore, Ryde, The Knightstone, Weston-Super-Mare and The Palace Theatre, Reading, which now all been framed to preserve them for display. Dimensions in inches: (Poster sizes) H 32” x W 22” x D 2” Origin: England Condition: Aged through wear and tear is present across all the item, some fading across the posters however they are not torn or damp. Some of the hand painted items also show aged wear and light discolouration. Please take note that these items are over 70 years old and would have been used as part of this magician’s act, therefore its safe to say these items all show age, however, are very well preserved. Please review all the photos and propose questions were unsure of the condition to avoid any disappointment. Over 1000 artifacts - most not pictured due to volume of items. Postage cost is high due to the weight (30kg) and volume of items in this lot, 10 posts mounted, 1 full box of archived material, top hat box...

German Antique map titled 'Australien'. Map of Australia, New Zealand, part of China, Japan and Southeast Asia. In the upper right is a bit of the California coast by San Francisco. ...

Antique map titled 'L' Asie Divisee en ses Empires, Royaumes, et Etats'. Attractive, large map of Asia including all of Southeast Asia. The cartography is archaic for the period with...