Kev in Deva

http://www.bonhamsandgoodman.com.au/about_....php?article=39 The link will take you to the relevent web page, I also posted a copy of what is written here: Records Set to Break Bonhams & Goodman July Sydney Sales 17 July 2006 Bonhams & Goodman's July sales feature some of the most intriguing items to have appeared at auction in Australia. The auction series will begin this Sunday 23 July with the auction of Collectors' Cars and Automobilia. The impressive catalogue of 11 cars and bikes includes a 1934 Talbot 95/101 (85,000 - 120,000) and a 1926 Rolls Royce Phantom I Smith & Waddington Roadster ($80,000-120,000). Of particular interest at the sale of Automobilia is an important trophy (image 3) awarded to the winner of the first official Australian Grand Prix (1929). The trophy awarded to AJ Terdich takes the form of a mahogany and glass cocktail cabinet with a silver plaque affixed to the front. It has remained in the Terdich family's hands since it was presented in March 1929. The Bugatti car that won the race was acquired by the Power House Museum in Sydney. The collectables auction will conclude with 165 lots of Maritime collectables including 150 ship models, Balmain Bugs, steam engines, toys, chronometers and maritime pictures from the Maritime Model Museum Maritime Model Museum once on display in the old Department Store Gowings (now closed) in Sydney (due to expiration of lease). One of the highlights in the sale is an extremely rare museum quality model of a Gun Brig. Built in England, circa 1790-1800, it is fully rigged with comprehensive scratch built deck detail and hand sewn sails. Expected to fetch $15,000 - 20,000, this model is important from Australia's perspective as it depicts the type of of small ship that formed part of the 'First Fleet' to Australia. New records are expected to be set on Monday night, 24 July, when important medals (image 1) are included in the auction of Decorative Arts and Furniture. The interest in Gallipoli war hero Captain Alfred John Shout's medals, including his infamous Victoria Cross*, is expected to create a substantial stir on the night of the sale and set a new world auction record with bidders from Australia and abroad vying for the medals. Also included in this sale is the First Fleet White/Hamond Table c. 1790s (image 2). Made from casuarina (native to the coast of NSW) with tulip wood banding, the table has strong historic significance as it was made from timber (then referred to as ?beefwood') gathered at Botany Bay by the First Fleet. John White (1757-1832), Chief Surgeon to the First Fleet, sent the timber to London where it was made into a table for Sir Andrew Snape Hamond (1738-1828). The table has an estimate of $70,000 - $90,000 but may fetch considerably more. 207 lots will be offered at the sale of Australian, International and Aboriginal Art on Tuesday 25 July. The highlight is undoubtedly Conrad Martens' lost masterpiece View of Sydney from the North Shore (image 2), circa 1840-42. It is an early and large format work painted by Martens within seven years of his arrival in Sydney and was discovered by Bonhams specialists in rural England while undertaking a routine appraisal. The work has an estimate of $240,000 - $340,000. A Kevin Charles (Pro) Hart oil triptych, The Broken Hill Mural 1973, is expected to set a new auction record for the artist when it goes under the hammer. The image captures the true sense of Broken Hill mid last century and the town's history which is inseparable from Pro Hart's own story. Since the artist's death earlier this year, the demand for his work has increased dramatically as evidenced at the Bonhams & Bruce June sales in Adelaide. The large work (90 x 364.5cm) has an estimate of $80,000 - $120,000. All catalogues for the sales are available now online. More Images1234- - - - - - - End of Article - - - - - Next News Story can be found here with regards the sale of the medals: http://seven.com.au/todaytonight/story/?id=29324 * Why they list a V.C. as Infamous is beyond me, and why a V.C is rated beneath a load of Cars and steam models is also curious, apparently they are being sold to raise money for medical care for the Grandson of the V.C. winner. Kevin in Deva

Hallo Joe many thanks for your reply, and no dont go taking anything out at this time of night especialy if its gonna be a pain in the buttocks to get it in again Many thanks again from Kev in Deva, Transylvania where the vampires grow naturaly garlic free

Hallo Gentlemen, just a quick question with regards the Ribbon Ring mount, on the left hand cross, is it normal to WW2 EK II Class crosses??, please look at attached cropped picture. I have never noticed them pressed out like that before Kevin in Deva

Hallo Jens, just trying to undestand the career represented here by this bar, so please excuse my ignorance is it really possible for him to have had 15 years military service to Saxony, then followed by 25 years Police service ending with the iii reich Police? Would that mean he had to have joined the Police in the 1920s?? Kevin in Deva.

Hallo Gentlemen, I think its connected to Observation Balloon crews, if the use of these ballons was limited during the war then maybe the "service" medals were only issued in small numbers as a commemorative issue. I have never seen then being worn in any photographs though Kevin in Deva

Peter T34/85 i believe is the correct designation for the Soviet WW2 tanks, t-55 didnt arive till a few years after WW2 ended. Kev in Deva

Hallo Motorhead a very nice piece congratulations on finding it Kevin in Deva

Last picture. Thank you for any forth coming opinions. Kevin in Deva

Hallo Gentlemen would you please take the time to look at the following pictures and give an opinion. I will add more pictures as soon as the first to upload. Kevin in Deva

Hallo Mariner, apparently a whole "cottage" industry sprang up with regards the WW1 Trench Art scene, apparently tons of it were manufactured post WW1 and its very hard to sort out what was manufactured in the trenches as to what was made back behind the lines and in small workshops post war. Kevin in Deva

Hallo Dolf, I have to admit at having dabbled with models now and again, but you should see the stuff my younger brother, Anthony, has put together, man, with him its an art form, I will ask him to send some pictures of his stuff its incredible and I aint just saying that because we are related As soon as I get some I will post them here on this section of the Forum The Tiger and Jagd-Panther are my kits as well. Kevin in Deva.

Another shot of the Tigers taken outside in natural light. Kevin in Deva

Hallo Gents just spotted this on Ebay at: http://cgi.ebay.com/1942-Original-INP-Phot...1QQcmdZViewItem Sorry its a small picture but this really is ANTI-AIRCRAFT in its very basic role Kevin in Deva

Hallo Gentlemen some nice items pictured, here are a few I made a few years ago starting of with an Italia, German Sturmmoser in 1/35th scale. A couple of Tamiya large scales Tigers. and a Italia 1/35 German "Luchs", a light recon vehicle, if my memory serves me right Kevin in Deva

NICE ONE RICK or become an Elephant Collector he could use the elephant to pull the sledge, err how are elephants on ice??? Kevin in Deva

Hallo Ricardo, great pictures of your medals and the display is very tasteful, I must ask what type of camera are you using?? Kevin in Deva

I am with you, BJW on this, no British or Americans in sight Kevin in Deva.

Hello Westfale & SPM: Hope you dont mind, I took the liberty of highlighting and cropping the picture Kevin in Deva.

Hallo Stijn David The damage to this Stuka looks more surgical than that to plane in the second picture, the ground under the Stuka looks relatively undamaged, and some of the parts of aluminum seem to have been removed by a salvage crew, also there is no sign of a fire, no evidence of soot or melted metal, and from the area around the cockpit and wings there appears to be very little damage, so I guess its been pranged, or suffered a burst of fire through the rear fusalage. At worst a bad attack of rado battery acid gremlins Kevin in Deva.

There are some worse things than a .5 that can be humped Kevin in Deva

Hallo Chris, were the Brens used in the Falklands war not converted to 7.62?? with straight 30 round mags that fit the old SLR?? It (the Bren) was in use in .303 caliber up to about 1998+ in the Reserve Defence Forces of Ireland (F.C.A.) And a nice piece of kit the "Reserve's" said it was a bit akward to lug around. but since it was taken out of service they get to swear about humping the GPMG abd the .5 Browning As coincidence would have it I have a spare wooden Bren Gun Box (empty) stashed away in Ireland. Probably will never get to fill it now Kevin in Deva

Hallo Christophe No thats not it in this series they looked at the deaths of famous people, the Red Baron, Marylin Monroe, Robert Maxwell, Princess Diana etc...etc In the Red Baron one they looked at all the medical evidence of the inquest into the body, particularly the path of the bullet when it hit the body. Some great computer graphics. The characteristics of 303 ammunition fired from Rifles and machine guns (I believe the Canadian crew were using a Lewis). They also physicaly tried to pass a 303 round through the hole in the seat and it would not fit. Also a laser was fitted on a tripod on the ground and fired at a light aeroplane flying a similar course to the Red Barons last flight compiled from obsevation reports filed at the time. Kevin in Deva

Hallo Peter, I am sure I saw on the "Discovery" Channel, recently shown on Romanian Satalite Channels, that the "Bullet Hole" in the Red Barons seat does not corrospond with the diameter of a 303 bullet, it is in fact a rivet hole, that probably fixed the seat plate to part of the frame, and with the help of a laser device they concluded that both the RAF and Canadian anti-aircraft duo were not responsible for the hit, and that the plane had a 99% percent probability of being hit by the lone Australian Rifleman. Kevin in Deva.

Nice One Mike Kevin in Deva