GONE - BUT STILL HERE!


These items have been sold but thanks to the miracles of modern science you can still see them - you can't do that in a normal shop now can you?


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'Returning at one o'clock in the morning'

'Returning at one o'clock in the morning'

This delightful 19th century fairing is inscribed: ‘Returning at one o’clock in the morning.’ German We need say no more – except that the bottom...
£45.00

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1931 Raleigh ladies loop-framed bicycle

1931 Raleigh ladies loop-framed bicycle

VERY VERY OLD BICYCLE This lovely item - we have been told - is a 1931 Raleigh loop-frame lady’s bicycle, single speed with 28 inch wheels. It is...
£45.00

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3 Dead Scorpions

3 Dead Scorpions

3 Dead Scorpions in a Nasty Frame  This choice item defies description. 3 dead (we promise) scorpions, badly glued onto a piece of slightly soiled...
£12.00

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A bakelite Teapot Stand

A bakelite Teapot Stand

  We are selling a teapot stand made from carbolic acid (phenol) and formaldehyde, mixed, heated, and then moulded and calling it Bakelite. Fie! ...
£4.00

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A Cod Piece

A Cod Piece

This small articulated fish is made of white metal and abalone shell. Its mouth is gaping and we think you might be able to open beer type bottles...
£5.00

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A Drum shaped wooden box

A Drum shaped wooden box

... probably dating from the early 19th century Just over 1 inch high and under 1½  inches across Overlooked for years…it has a worn and torn label...
£15.00

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A Fireman's Helmet

A Fireman's Helmet

This has to be the fashion accessory of the year.  Ooh how stylish.  You could wear it to ladies' day at Ascot, to your daughter’s wedding, or to...
£67.00

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A First World War Postcard

A First World War Postcard

by Bruce Bairnsfather.  Unused - in reasonable condition for age. Price £4 includes postage and packing   From “Bystander’s” Fragments...
£4.00

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A Horse Brass

A Horse Brass

A Fake Horse Brass This horse brass has never been near a horse in its life. It is a real fake As most horse brasses are. Made with deception in mind...
£7.00

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A Netsuke

A Netsuke

This old Japanese netsuke* is carved from a tagua nut. The tagua nut comes from a type of palm tree called a Yarina (as eny fule no) which is found...
£72.00

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A Post Horn

A Post Horn

Yes you want this. You want it a lot!  Yes you do. Christmas is coming – angels blow these things don’t you know? Very festive, very decorative. ...
£25.00

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A silver sugar bowl

A silver sugar bowl

  Oh my goodness…. Is it?  No?   It can’t be…. Yes it is!  It’s Silver…. The real thing…. What could be more elegant when taking tea (English style)...
£37.00

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A Very Lovely Mug

A Very Lovely Mug

This is charming mug will make the perfect present for someone you know….the gold is in a very good state and the handle is unsurprisingly extremely...
£8.00

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A Very Special Brooch

A Very Special Brooch

Yes, this is the one you have been waiting for.  A red plastic Scottie-dog brooch. We had an argument about its date… some swore it is from...
£5.00

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An Interesting Map

An Interesting Map

Jolly interesting this It’s an ordnance survey map on paper probably dating from the 1930s.  It has been overprinted in red.  "Was heißt der...
£6.00

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An Oxymoron?

An Oxymoron?

A Susie Cooper Tea Cup and Saucer. Here we have a broken Susie Cooper cup – in the ‘Everlasting Life’ pattern. Conceptually speaking we think this...
£7.00

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Art Deco plate

Art Deco plate

Art Deco Cake Plate (Try saying that quickly!) This is a wonderful old (around 1930 we think) Art Deco Cake Plate. The leaf design is embossed and...
£22.00

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Book Ends

Book Ends

  These quite-well-made wooden book ends have a distinctly nautical theme.  Ship’s-steering-wheel-type-thingy.  We don’t know what is called …....
£12.00

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Cast Iron fire surround

Cast Iron fire surround

  This old cast iron fireplace has been pulled from the back of a shed It was once painted an inelegant and loathsome shade of cream, but this paint...


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Cow Teapot

Cow Teapot

This teapot displays a fundamental lack of understanding of bovine anatomy, for the cow’s mouth has been made into the spout and the tail, the...
£26.00

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Dessicated sea horse.

Dessicated sea horse.

Yes, this is the real thing – very small, very lovely, very dead and before you start thinking we are really horrible, this came to us dead – we did...
£5.00

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Edwardian photo in original frame

Edwardian photo in original frame

Edwardian Photo in its Original Frame Now here is a rather wonderful old photo…Edwardian we suppose – and no it is not a reproduction – it is an...
£15.00

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Elements of Riding

Elements of Riding

Elements of Riding By R.S.Summerhays   This is a wonderful little book – written for children and dedicated to New Riders. It contains all you need...
£4.50

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First World War Postcard by Bruce Bairnsfather

First World War Postcard by Bruce Bairnsfather

Unused - in reasonable condition for age. Price £4 includes postage & packing. From “Bystander’s” Fragments from France: So Obvious (series 1)...
£4.00

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First World War Postcard by Bruce Bairnsfather

First World War Postcard by Bruce Bairnsfather

  “THEY’VE EVIDENTLY SEEN ME.” (series 3) First World War postcard by Bruce Bairnsfather, Unused Reasonable condition for its age Price includes...
£4.00

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First World War Postcard by Bruce Bairnsfather

First World War Postcard by Bruce Bairnsfather

  “Watch me make a fire-bucket of ’is ’elmet.” (series 5) First World War postcard by Bruce Bairnsfather, Unused Reasonable condition for its...
£4.00

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First World War Postcard by Bruce Bairnsfather

First World War Postcard by Bruce Bairnsfather

THE NEST (series 8) “ ‘Ere, when you’re finished, I’ll borrow that there top note of yours to clean the knives with.” First World War postcard by...
£4.00

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First World War Postcard by Bruce Bairnsfather

First World War Postcard by Bruce Bairnsfather

    “WHERE DID THAT ONE GO TO?”  (series 3) First World War postcard by Bruce Bairnsfather, Unused Reasonable condition for its age UK...
£4.00

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Four Legs

Four Legs

As opposed to fore-legs you understand.  These 4 fluted mahogany (ho, hum probably) members are a bit pathetic really.  Where did they come from? And...
£10.00

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Hoof Ashtray

Hoof Ashtray

A nice item this – if you like bits of dead bodies that is.  It’s a small dish made from a real horse’s hoof.  We have found one in a...
£32.00

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Loadsa Money

Loadsa Money

      Thought you had struck it rich eh?  Lackaday – not so.  These dubloons (each depicting some English hero/heroine...
£20.00

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No comment!

No comment!

We absolutely refuse to comment on this object… we have nothing whatsoever to say about it. So we are not going to say anything.  Nothing.  Nothing...
£27.00

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Nut-crackers

Nut-crackers

Rubbed velvety smooth by generations of fondling – these delightful nutcrackers (don’t wince – that’s what they are) – will make an old man very...
£13.00

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Old Biscuit Tin

Old Biscuit Tin

Old Biscuit Tin No, no this is not a tin for old biscuits – well it could be we suppose – no, it is the tin that is old - very old.  The phrase ‘seen...
£7.00

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Parliament Past and Present

Parliament Past and Present

A popular and picturesque account of a thousand years in the Palace of Westminster, the home of the Mother of Parliaments. By Arnold Wright and...
£35.00

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Post card from first World War

Post card from first World War

First World War postcard by Bruce Bairnsfather.  Unused - in reasonable condition for age. Price £4 includes postage and packing   From...
£4.00

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Post card from World War 1

Post card from World War 1

by Bruce Bairnsfather.  Unused - in reasonable condition for age. Price £4 includes postage and packing From “Bystander’s” Fragments from...
£4.00

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Shhhhh guesss what……..

Shhhhh guesss what……..

One of these is not a book at all! Yesh we can shee both of you are ashtonished….. Itsh a gin bottle……. (cork mishshing………..itsh rolling around...
£14.00

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Statuette of a Hunting Dog

Statuette of a Hunting Dog

This is a splendid bronze statuette of a hunting dog by the French sculptor Mene. We believe it to be a reproduction made after his death. Why do we...
£143.00

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The Afternoon Tea Book

The Afternoon Tea Book

How to make Tea, Coffee, Chocolate, Cakes, Scones, Rolls, Sandwiches, Cooling Drinks and Ices. By Agnes C. Maitland Published by John Hogg, 13...
£8.00

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The Holy Bible (1870)

The Holy Bible (1870)

This is a fine old family bible with 3 pages of family history in the front. Originally presented to James Slade in 1872 by the girls in his Bible...
£57.50

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The Wipers Times

The Wipers Times

The Wipers Times was produced by soldiers fighting in the trenches in the First World War. In 1916 Captain F.J. Roberts of the 12th Battalion of...
£49.00

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Too Good To Be True!

Too Good To Be True!

Too good to be true! We must be honest with you here… much as we would like to be able to tell you to the contrary… these lovely sparkling diamonds...
£23.00

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Tortoise Jelly Mould

Tortoise Jelly Mould

Well now this will challenge you cooks out there.  A tortoise jelly mould.  Now we think that it would be a real cop out to make a lemon...
£5.00

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Treble Clef Earrings

Treble Clef Earrings

  Treble Clef Earrings What more ear-piercing present for that oh-so-hard-to-please musical friend? Silver plated base metal For pierced ears New £8...
£8.00

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Trench Art

Trench Art

This is a pot thingy made out of a brass artillery shell case (dated 1918) during or soon after the First World War.  Few pieces of trench art...
£32.00

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Trowel and Fork Earrings

Trowel and Fork Earrings

Lovely!  Great gift for a gardener. Silver plated base metal For pierced ears New £8 We have other equally handy earrings (including watering cans)...
£8.00

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Vase by E. Radford

Vase by E. Radford

Vase by Edward Radford (1882 – 1969)  Radford established Radford Handcraft Pottery in England around 1930 and is famous for his art deco handmade,...
£16.00

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Victorian brass tobacco jar

Victorian brass tobacco jar

Victorian Gothic brass pot with lid. We think this is almost certainly a tobacco jar. It is made of brass and is cylindrical in shape - the sides...
£20.00

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Victorian Mourning Card

Victorian Mourning Card

This rather sad little number popped out of one of our Bibles (see our Bookworm section) and we felt it deserved a slot of its own.  It’s a classic...
£5.00

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