Of Mice and Men

Original British trade advertisement for the 1948 Film Noir T-Men Directed by Anthony Mann and starring Dennis O'Keefe, Alfred Ryder, Wallace Ford. This piece is paper backed and ...

Original US lobby card for the 1935 Gangster film G-Men. This film starred James Cagney, Margaret Lindsay and Ann Dvorak and was directed by William Keighl...

Original Italian film poster for the 1956 horror, science fiction film starring Yumi Shirakawa and directed Ishiro Honda.

Original French Movie poster for Jean-Pierre Melville's French New Wave film staring Pierre Grasset, Michele Bailly, Christiane Eudes, Ginger Hall. The...

Original British film poster for the 1947 film The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby. This British drama was directed by Alberto Cavalcanti, and stars Derek Bond, Cedric Hard...

Original American film poster for the cult British 1987 comedy. This British black comedy was written and directed by Bruce Robinson. The story follows two unemployed substance-abusing actors who escape London life for the weekend, and stay at a cottage owned by Withnail's (Richard E. Grant) eccentric uncle, in order to restore their health. However, a different story unfolds ! This was Richard E. Grant's first full-length feature role. The film also stars Paul McGann, Richard Griffiths and Ralph Brown...

Presented is a vintage U.S. Army recruitment poster, dating to World War I. The poster depicts an Army officer conferring with a soldier. They stand next to an artillery battery, manned by two soldiers. Their fort looks over a cliff, with water and clouds completing the background. The text "Men Wanted for the Army" is printed in bold red letters at the top of the poster. The bottom margin of the poster includes a cartouche where the name of the recruiting station can be filled in. The color lithograph was illustrated by Michael P...

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 '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...

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...

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...