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Postal Auction NO 4PREVIEW 7
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A curved vitreous enamel sign for Jaguar dealers “Granville Motors” of Burnley and Nelson in Lancashire, North West England. Measuring 10 x 12 with fixing holes in each corner, the curvature would suggest that it was fixed to a pillar or post. The inscription is “Jaguar” at the top in red, then below in black: “granville motors (note lower-case initial letters) at “Hammerton Street, Burnley” and “Leeds Road, Nelson”. Condition is very good, with only a stone chip on the word “Road” and minor loss of enamel at the edges and around the securing holes (as is normal). A rare and unusual offering, probably from the immediate post-war period and in very good condition.
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National Motorists Association Badge. A brass, chrome and enamel badge approx 5.5 x 3.25. It is heavy in the hand at nearly 10 ounces. This badge is of special interest to owners of SS cars as being the only pre-war club badge I am aware of that bears a probable depiction of an SS car. At the top, between the Union Jack and the saluting patrolman is what looks to be an SS1 Drophead. Inscription on the badge is “National Motorists Association” with the Association’s motto at the foot “Omnium Saluti”. The back is stamped with the maker’s name “Collins London” and the badge number 1575. In very good condition, with no significant stone chips affecting the enamel.
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A chrome-plated sign, 12 x 2 ins, with the word “Jaguar” in red. This sign is from the interior of a showroom display case from the 1950’s. The chrome plating is worn and the red paint has been roughly touched in, otherwise in good condition
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A triangular ashtray commemorating the SS Car Club Bournemouth Rally in 1934, measuring 3.9 ins along each side and bearing a stamped impression of the SS Car Club insignia in the centre. The metal is in fine condition with no dents or scratches. The base is stamped “epns” (electro-plated nickel silver) and the whole would benefit from re-plating.
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A circular ashtray presented as a “1st Class Award” at the 1936 SS Car Club Rally at Scarborough. The ashtray is 4.5 ins in diameter with five cigarette rests. A short central pillar supports a matchbox holder, marginally tilted to the left, bearing a small enamelled SS Car Club badge. The base is stamped “epns” (electro-plated nickel silver) with the maker’s name “Birmingham Medal Co”. It would benefit from re-plating. Complete - and unusually so: the matchbox holder is often broken or, like the badge, missing.
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Rear bumper badge from the SS Saloon and Drop-Head Coupe. Hexagonal, 3.6 ins by 3.6 ins, with the original chrome stripped and the “SS” initials re-painted. The touch mark of the maker, Wilmot Breeden, is shown on the back along with the part number “B 1496”. Restored
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A hand blotter showing an arched wooden support for the blotting paper mounted with a flat chrome-plated top, 6 x 3.1, the whole surmounted by a chrome-plated knob engraved with the “SS” initials and hexagon. The top shows a slight distortion on each side and the knob is marginally tilted. Generally in very good condition.
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A post-war “roller” blotter to complement the pre-war item above. This is one of a number of desk pieces produced by the factory in the 1950s. They were fettled by apprentices, often using discards from main-stream work in the factory. For example, the fine walnut veneers on this item, were off-cuts from the dashboards of the Mark VII/VIII/IX series of saloons. Of especial note is the superb cast bronze Jaguar head. This is the only factory item I am aware of that bears this particular casting. One or two have been seen on other items, but I suspect those were private enterprise using heads “mislaid” in the factory or removed from faulty pieces. An unusual piece in very good condition.
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SS Car Club “Founder” badge. In unrestored condition with only a tiny stone chip above the “SS” initials and minor loss of the chrome-plating. The mount bears the maker’s name correctly stamped “J Fray Ltd Birmingham”. This badge along with the JDC Founder’s badge below, represent the twin pinnacles of SS Cars and Jaguar badge collecting. Club records have been lost, so it is not possible to confirm the number of “Founder” badges that were issued, but it will not have been large, with even fewer surviving. However, genuine SS Car Club badges are rare enough and genuine Founder badges only pass by me every five years or so. This example carries my personal guarantee of originality. I have known the collection whence it came for many years and the badge came to me direct from that collection. A rare opportunity to secure an example one of the seminal items in any worthwhile collection of SS Cars automobilia.
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Jaguar Drivers Club “Founder” badge. In unrestored condition with some loss of chrome-plating and two stone chips in the enamel of the scroll for the Club name. Bears the correct bronze plaque with the single word “Founder” mounted just below the scroll and correctly secured with two “pins”. The back is stamped with the name of the maker: “Pinches London” and the badge number “13”. Again, the loss of Club records, make it impossible to know how many Founder badges were produced. However, this badge is of even greater rarity than the SS Car Club Founder badge. In 35 years of collecting and trading in Jaguar automobilia, this is the only example I have held in my hand and I have only known of two others. I know of none that has sold on the open market. Once more the badge carries my personal guarantee of originality. It came to auction direct from the same collection as the SS Car Club Founder badge in Lot??? above. An exceedingly rare opportunity to secure an example of the other of the two seminal items in any worthwhile collection of SS Cars or Jaguar automobilia. And what better time to secure a Founder badge than in the 50th anniversary year of the Club’s foundation?
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An SS Cars pulley-block. Cast iron with a top hook, two pulley wheels and a pole-operated side fitting to lock the rope or chain. Bears the stamp “Popelock Pat no 520?” with the last number indecipherable. On the opposite side of the block to the locking mechanism is a brass “SS Cars Ltd” tool plate showing Machine No 361, with the date stamp blank. There is also the hand-painted inscription “Load 10 cwts”. A most unusual item, unrestored but in full working order. There has to be something quite neat about working on your SS car using a fully original pulley-block from the SS Cars factory!
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A late Mark 1 or early Mark 2 tool box. Contents are: four open-ended spanners: 11/32" & ¾ " AF stamped Jaguar and Garrington; 7/16" & ½ " AF stamped Jaguar and Garrington; 9/16" & 5/8" AF stamped Jaguar and Garrington; ¾ " & 7/8" AF stamped Jaguar and T/W. Small adjustable spanner, 4¼” long, stamped Jaguar and Garrington. Ratchet handle for jack, stamped King Dick. Dunlop tyre pressure gauge with no Jaguar wings (incorrect). Champion N5 spark plug, unused. Tecalamit grease gun No GC3020, “Instructions for Filling leaflet attached” (with what looks like the original elastic band!). ½” BSF & ¾ “ AF wheel nut and spark plug box spanner. Tommy bar. Screw-driver with handle stamped Jaguar and double-ended posidrive and slotted shaft. Pair of pliers, stamped BSH Sheffield. Tool for removing wheel spats. Bleeder tube tin, still sealed. Cam alignment tool. Three-blade feeler gauge - .004/.006/.008 thou. Key type feeler gauge - .014 &.016 thou. Brass tyre valve remover. With the exception of the tyre pressure gauge, this is a full set of genuine Jaguar tools and equipment. The three smaller items at the end are often missing. All have only a very slight dusting of surface rust and I would guess that they have regularly oiled until the last five to ten years. The sponge rubber lining to the lid has perished (as usual). The wooden tool frame has a clean green flock finish. The metal container is in good to very good condition and is unusually, though not totally, free of rust.
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A showroom tray from the 1960s, measuring 14 ½ ins x 20 ins. Roy Nockolds’ atmospheric painting of the blue S Type in the Highlands makes for a striking centrepiece. Another interesting feature of these trays is the unique casting of the Jaguar leaper mascot used for the handles. This item is in moderately used condition, with a modicum of damp seepage under the glaze causing a slight “ripple” in the image. Nonetheless, a collectable item in good condition.
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For the E Type owner who has everything! It is a tribute to the enduring fascination of the lines of the E Type, that they have been adapted to so many different applications – some a long way from motoring. This imposing Series 1 FHC is a teapot! Measuring 12 ins nose to tail, the Webasto sun-roof is the lid and the spout is under the front air intake. An amusing item in flawless condition
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