EditorialOver 1,200 of Hollywoods biggest blockbuster film Artifacts and 20th and 21st century screen gems including John Travoltas Pulp Fiction suit and casino chips from James Bond film Casino Royale to dazzle the auction block
EditorialPortrait of John Hamden, with a cartouche underneath which depicts his eventual fatal injury during the Battle of Chalgrove on June 18, 1643., John Hampden, Jacob Houbraken (mentioned on object), Amsterdam, 1740, paper, pen, h 374 mm ? w 238 mm.
EditorialJohann Dominik Bossi, Joakim Daniel Wahrendorff, 1726-1803, painting, 1798, Watercolor and gouache on ivory, Height, 7.6 cm (2.9 inches), Inscriptions, Commerserr?d Wahrendorff Owner of ?kers Styckebruk, However there 1802, on paper from the mounting b...
EditorialLetter of Condolence - To Sylvia Forbes from General Manager, Commonwealth Hostels Ltd, New South Wales, 28 Jun 1963, Letter of condolence to Sylvia Forbes from R. Bruce Brown, General Manager, Commonwealth Hostels Ltd regarding her husband James Forbe...
EditorialExtract of Death Entry - James Forbes, State of Victoria, 20 Jun 1963, Extract of Death Entry for James Forbes, who died in an industrial accident on 20 June 1963. James, listed as a forklift driver and having died in Parkville, was employed by Stanton...
EditorialThe accident syndrome, the Genesis of injury, from General Dynamic F.U.N. Eduardo Paolozzi (British, 1924-2005); printed by Lyndon Haywood at Alecto Studios, London; published by Editions Alecto, London. Date: 1970. Dimensions: 380 x 254 mm. Screenprin...
EditorialDoctor Pibrac's bandage for a tongue injury 1,2, the tongue bandage in place 3, and a lithotome, an instrument used to cut the bladder 4. Copperplate engraving by Robert Benard from Denis Diderot's Encyclopedia, Pellet, Geneva, 1779.
EditorialWilliam Cameron, aka "Hawkie" was a famous Glasgow begger. Born in Stirling around 1790, a farmyard accident during childhood resulted in an injury to his leg, necessitating the use of crutches for the rest of his life. He was given a good education, a...
EditorialPartridges and their nests. Bestiary. England (Salisbury?); 1230-1240. (Whole folio) Above, partridges camouflage their nests and lead enemies away by feigning injury. Below, a female partridge steals the eggs of other birds, intending to bring up the ...
EditorialPartridges. Bestiary. England (Salisbury?); 1230-1240. (Top Miniature) Partridges camouflage their nests and lead enemies away by feigning injury. Image taken from Bestiary. Originally published/produced in England (Salisbury?); 1230-1240. . Source: ...
EditorialTamerlane (Timur the Lame) and the five princes at a party. Timur the Lame, as he was lame after sustaining an injury in battle) (1336_February 1405) was a renowned 14th century Mongol conqueror, ruler of the Timurid Empire (1370_1405) in Central Asia,...
EditorialDoctor Pibrac's bandage for a tongue injury 1,2, the tongue bandage in place 3, and a lithotome, an instrument used to cut the bladder 4. Copperplate engraving by Robert Benard from Denis Diderot's Encyclopedia, Pellet, Geneva, 1779.
EditorialSurgical procedures from the 19th century: cranial injuries, bandages on a fracture of the clavicle, leg injury. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry after an illustration by J. Farey Jr. from Abraham Rees' "Cyclopedia or Universal Dictionary," London...
EditorialAN AUTUMN TOUR IN SWITZERLAND: A LESSON IN LATIN; The celebrated Lion Monument at Lucerne is from a design by Thorwaldsen, to commemorate the Swiss Guards who fell in the memorable attack on the Tuileries, 10th August, 1972. The figure, which is hewn o...
EditorialTamerlane (Timur the Lame) and the five princes at a party. Timur the Lame, as he was lame after sustaining an injury in battle) (1336_February 1405) was a renowned 14th century Mongol conqueror, ruler of the Timurid Empire (1370_1405) in Central Asia,...