An assortment of vintage household items, collectibles, and ephemera. The lot includes a large rectangular wicker basket with a rounded handle. Featured equipment includes a pair of black binoculars with a matching brown leather or leatherette carrying case featuring a snap closure. A small silver-toned two-handled trophy cup is included, mounted on a black stepped base. Wooden items comprise a cigar box with Lounge CIGARS engraved on the lid and a black lacquered box decorated with a traditional Japanese landscape in gilt and polychrome. The ephemera collection contains multiple issues of Abra cadabra: the world’s only magical weekly, dated between 1956 and 1967, showing a Hamleys, 200-202 Regent St., London address, alongside a Minsthorpe Garage Ltd School of Motoring instructional pamphlet. Additional items include a Dominoes Empire set by G. J. George and Co. Ltd marked MADE IN ENGLAND, a small Jack Daniel’s whiskey tin, a Wills’s O.K. Flake tobacco tin, and a wooden wall rack with a brass plate inscribed CHEER UP THINGS MIGHT BE WORSE. Also present is an oval wooden sign with stylized lettering for THE HINDSEYE.
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