An interesting collection of Polo memorabilia
£300 - £500
An interesting collection of Polo memorabilia, including a watercolour of a polo match at Deauville by Pierre Gaillardot (French, 1910-2002), signed lower right, watercolour on paper, 29 by 46cm., label of Axel Thorpe Gallery, Houston, Texas to reverse, mounted, framed & glazed, overall 45 by 62cm., very good condition, Gaillardot received a retrospective in 1967 at Musee D'Art Moderne in Paris; charcoal pastel of a polo player on horseback, artists monogram lower margin Gran (?), framed, 78 x 62.6 cm; sold together with a Nikolai Leikine ''Je de polo'', oil on canvas, signed lower right, framed, 46.5 x 65.5 cm; a polo scene by an unknown artist, mounted and framed, 48.5 x 64 cm; Eddie Kennedy (Irish, b. 1960) On the lines, Limited Edition 79 of 650, signed in pencil lower right margin, framed, 66.5 x 91.5 cm; seven volumes by or regarding the renowned polo & equestrian artist Paul Brown (American, 1893-1958), i) ''Hits and Misses'', limited edition, 185/900, signed by Paul Brown, being a facsimile reproduction of the artist's sketchbook including manuscript annotations, pictorial cloth over hard boards, The Derrydale Press, New York, 1935, wear to boards but overall good; ii) ''Polo'', Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1949, green papered boards, spine paper present but detached; iii) ''Polo, A Non-technical Explanation of the Galloping Game'', Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1949, with dust jacket, areas of paper loss; iv) ''Crazy Quilt, The Story of a Piebald Pony'', Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1934, children's crayon marks & colouring in to inside front boards; v) ''Black & White, Simplified Drawing'', Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1939, good condition; vi & vii two copies of M L Biscotti's ''Paul Brown, Master of Equine Art'', 2001, Polo collectables; two sets of John Jenkins whiskey tumblers, boxed and unused, each etched with a polo player and pony; a glass trinket box and cover, the lid reverse carved with two polo players and ponies in match action, factory mark to lid, 3.3 x 11 x 8.5 cm; the lot also including a pewter ashtray by the Wilton Company, commemorating the 2003 Newport International Polo Series in the USA; a decorative poster for Sagpond Vineyards La Ferme Martin Chardonnay 1993, 76 x 46 cm; a Ellen C. Maze small watercolour of a polo player and pony, pair of vintage polo player knee pads etc., (a lot)