Sworders The Douglas Fairbanks Jr Collection 2 March 2022

THE DOUGLAS
FAIRBANKS JR
COLLECTION
Wednesday 2 March 2022
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M
Wanamaker,
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TIMED AUCTION | FRIDAY 1 - SUNDAY 10 APRIL
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ORDER OF SALE
Lots 1-114 Photographs, Posters etc.
Lots 115-158 Clothing and Accessories
Lots 159-181 Pictures and Prints
Lots 182-201 Silver, Jewellery and Objets de Vertu
Lots 202-228 The Fairbanks’ Home
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COLLECTION
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Douglas Fairbanks Jr (1909-2000)
Fairbanks Jr, the son of Douglas Fairbanks, was arguably one of the most
famous Hollywood actors of the early 20th century, starring in over 130
motion pictures opposite the likes of Greta Garbo, Ginger Rogers, Joan
Crawford, John Wayne and Fred Astaire.
His father, Fairbanks Sr, is considered one of Hollywood’s founding
fathers, having launched the United Artists Corporation in 1919
together with his wife, Mary Pickford, Charlie Chaplin and D W
Griffiths, which placed Hollywood at the centre of film production,
later becoming Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, as we know it today.
Fairbanks Jr was not only a great film star, but also a successful
movie and television producer, having screen written The Exile
and Fighting O’Flynn, as well as producing The Douglas Fairbanks Jr
Presents TV series that aired in America on NBC between 1953 and
1957 for a total of 157 episodes.
Fairbanks Jr’s film career was only one of his great achievements;
serving in the US Navy in World War II he saw six years of active
conflict, surviving the Russian convoys and rising to the rank of Lt
Commander. Having worked with Lord Louis Mountbatten on the
‘Combined Operations Command’, training commando units, Fairbanks
returned to the US and set up a secret camp to train a clandestine unit
known as the ‘Beach Jumpers’, later thought to have become the inspiration
for the US Navy Seals of today.
King George VI knighted Fairbanks Jr in 1949 for his post-war work in
founding three hospitals for war wounded; indeed, he was the only
American actor/film star to receive the KBE up until that time.
Fairbanks Jr met and mixed with presidents and royalty, culminating
in a Grand Reception at Syon House in 1981, the guest list of which
included HM Queen Elizabeth II and other well known members of
society.
Sworders are pleased to present a collection of signed photographs,
cinema posters, personal jewellery, objets de vertu, furniture,
paintings and clothing amassed over the various periods of
Fairbanks Jr’s fascinating life, many of which can be seen in
albums of photographs of their various homes.
THE DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS JR
COLLECTION
By Instruction of
Dominick Fairbanks
Dominick is the proud grandson of Douglas
Fairbanks Jr and a successful film producer in his
own right.
‘I have great pleasure in offering this collection of
family items from my late Grandfather’s estate, so
that they may be enjoyed by film collectors and
Fairbanks’ admirers all over the world.’
Dominick Fairbanks

1-114 PHOTOGRAPHS, POSTERS ETC.
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Lot 102
Sheila Metzner (American, b.1939)
A portrait photograph of Douglas Fairbanks Jr
embossed ‘Shelia Metzner and signed ‘SM’ in
pencil, inscribed verso and dated 1987
54 x 39cm; and
a lithograph of Douglas Fairbanks Sr
38.5 x 25cm (2)
£50 - 80
Sheila Metzner was the first female photographer
to collaborate with Vogue magazine on an
ongoing basis.
Lot 100
After Paul Sawyer, a signed
photographic print of Frank Sinatra,
with pen inscription ‘To Daphne fond
regards Frank Sinatra’,
25 x 20cm,
a black and white photograph of
Douglas Fairbanks Jr in Burlington
Arcade, London,
34 x 23cm, on card mount, unframed,
Douglas and Mary Lee by
Baron Studios,
signed ‘Baron’,
24.5 x 18cm, unframed,
Douglas and Mary Lee by
Dorothy Wilding,
signed on card,
18 x 15.5cm, unframed,
Douglas and Mary Lee on their
wedding day,
27 x 34cm, unframed, and
a photographic copy of a Douglas
Fairbanks and Douglas Fairbanks Jr,
35 x 28cm, unframed (6)
£200 - 300
Lot 101
A photograph by Baron Studios,
a formal photograph of Douglas and Mary
Lee Fairbanks in white tie evening dress and
wearing military decorations and fine jewellery,
signed ‘Baron’,
37.5 x 28cm, and
another,
unsigned, formal black and white photograph
on their wedding day,
34 x 27cm (2)
£100 - 200
102 part lot
101
100

PHOTOGRAPHS, POSTERS ETC. 1-114
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Lot 103
Sing-Si Schwartz (American, 1965-2005)
Douglas Fairbanks Jr
a black and white photograph, signed on the mount and inscribed
verso ‘To Douglas Fairbanks with respect and admiration’
18 x 18cm
£100 - 150
Lot 104
A black and white family photograph of Douglas Fairbanks Jr,
Mary Lee and their two daughters,
22 x 30cm
a wedding photograph, ‘39
33.5 x 28cm
a group photograph of Mr and Mrs Douglas Fairbanks Sr and Jr
on the same day
25.5 x 30cm
both signed Charles E Kerle(?)
a formal portrait signed Dorothy Wilding
31 x 25.5cm, and
another copy image of Douglas Fairbanks Jr with printed
signature
25.5 x 20cm (5)
£200 - 300
See Doyle New York, 13 September 2011, part lot 280.
Lot 105
Syon House Reception, 2 July 1981, hosted by Douglas
and Mary Lee Fairbanks Jr,
in honour of the new American ambassador and his wife,
Mr & Mrs John Louis, a bound book of thank-you letters
including a copy of a letter from HM Queen Elizabeth II, and
a copy letter from HRH Princess Margaret, together with the
correspondence and list of guests from the party planner,
Bridget Riley
£500 - 700
Lot 106
‘The Fighting O’Flynn’,
a Universal International
original movie poster,
chromolithograph, printed
by W E Smith Ltd., Sydney,
75.5 x 33cm, framed
£200 - 300
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106
104
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Lot 110
A collection of ten
French cinema movie
posters,
on five uncut sheets, two
per sheet,
59 x 82cm, unframed (5)
£100 - 200
Lot 109
A series of ten posters for The Thames Live Cinema Festival,
5-8 March 1987,
91.5 x 61.5cm
together with two ‘Hommage à Douglas’ Fairbanks
posters,
37.5 x 50cm,
two Thames Television ‘Thief of Bagdad’ posters, 1984,
64.5 x 46cm,
an Oscars poster to commemorate 70 years 1927-1997,
68 x 101cm,
a photographic Hollywood reprint black and white poster
of Douglas Fairbanks as a Musketeer,
62 x 93cm, and
two Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences certificates
to Thomas Edison signature posters,
55 x 42cm (15)
£50 - 80
Lot 107
‘Le Beaujolais Nouveau de Georges
Duboeuf est arrivé!’,
colour print poster with pencil
inscription ‘for Mr & Mrs Douglas
Fairbanks Jr, Le 19 Novembre 1987’,
64 x 49cm, framed
£60 - 80
Lot 108
A post-war ‘El Capitan Theatre’
billboard,
‘The Greatest Cast Ever Assembled
On Any Stage’, by the Theatre Guild
of California in Noel Coward’s
‘Tonight at 8.30’,
55 x 35.5cm
£70 - 100
109 part lot
110 part lot
108
107

PHOTOGRAPHS, POSTERS ETC. 1-114
Lot 114
A collection of 33rpm LP records
narrated by Douglas Fairbanks Jr,
comprising:
1 x ‘Blueskin the Pirate’,
1 x ‘The Flying Dutchman’,
1 x ‘Ivanhoe’,
2 x ‘Beauty and The Beast’,
3 x ‘Kidnapped’, and
3 x ‘The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam’ (11)
£60 - 80
Lot 113
A collection of 33rpm records narrated
by Douglas Fairbanks Jr,
comprising:
3 x ‘Kidnapped’,
1 x ‘Ivanhoe’,
1 x ‘Flying Dutchman’,
1 x ‘Beauty and The Beast’, and
3 x ‘Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam’ (9)
£60 - 80
Lot 111
An ‘Hall of Fame’ glass trophy, November 5, 1999 to
Douglas Fairbanks Jr,
by Tiffany & Co.,
22.5cm high, and
a ‘Care International Humanities Award’ on a presentation
stand,
11.5cm high (2)
£70 - 100
Lot 112
A collection of 33rpm records narrated by
comprising:
3 x ‘Kidnapped’,
1 x ‘Beauty and The Beast’, and
3 x ‘Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam’ (7)
£50 - 70
111
112
113 part lot
114
part lot

Clothing and
Accessories
Lots 115-158
In 1969, Douglas Fairbanks Jr was inducted into the
Hall of Fame of the International Best-Dressed List

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Lot 117
A collection of seven ties,
comprising: a Turnbull & Asser pink tie, a Metropolitan Club Washington DC tie,
WM Chelsea silk tie and others (7)
£50 - 60
Lot 118
A collection of eight ties,
comprising: Baekgaard Ltd., Turnbull, Ralph Lauren, Balmain, Fendi and others (8)
£80 - 120
Lot 119
comprising: Tommy Hilfiger, Turnbull & Asser, Dunhill Tailors and others (8)
£70 - 100
Lot 115
Douglas Fairbanks’ much-loved green felt trilby hat,
by Lock & Co., with rope detailing, and
his well-used brown leather briefcase,
with ‘DF’ initials to the front (2)
£80 - 120
Lot 116
A pair of 14k Cartier prescription sunglasses,
set with small diamonds to the ‘C’ of each arm hinge,
stamped ‘Cartier Paris’, in a red suede Cartier case
£200 - 300
119
118
117
116
115

115-158 CLOTHING AND ACCESSORIES
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Lot 120
A collection of nine ties,
comprising: Turnbull & Asser, The Metropolitan Club DE, the official tie
of the National Press Club, a WM Chelsea Ltd. suit tie and others (9)
£50 - 70
Lot 121
comprising: a Turnbull & Asser red ground tie, a blue multicolour spot
tie, a Nica & Rattner tie, a black St John Ambulance Brigade Centenary
tie and others (8)
£50 - 60
Lot 122
to include: a Christopher Hayes cream ground tie, a Turnbull & Asser
blue and white spot tie and a blue and red spot tie, a Dior blue silk tie,
a Toye & Co. Ltd. tie with red and yellow stripes (8)
£50 - 70
Lot 123
comprising: a Huntsman Savile Row tie, a Turnbull & Asser green and
brown striped tie and others (8)
£50 - 70
Lot 124
comprising a Turnbull & Asser tie and seven others (8)
£50 - 60
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123
122
121
120

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Lot 125
comprising: an Hermès yellow ground tie with a bird and leaf design, a Suka grey silk tie,
Turnbull & Asser ties, and others (8)
£70 - 100
Lot 126
Six ties,
various brands,
a velvet bow tie by Turnbull & Asser, and
a red ground silk scarf (8)
£50 - 60
Lot 127
Seven ties,
various brands,
a spotted bow tie by Turnbull & Asser, and
a paisley design multicoloured pockerchief (9)
£70 - 100
Lot 128
Eight ties,
comprising: Leslie Brown, General Dynamics ‘Electric Boat Division’,
Pick Smith Ltd. and others,
a cream bow tie by Turnbull & Asser, and
a paisley design pockerchief (10)
£50 - 60
Lot 129
Ten ties,
comprising: a grey
New & Lingwood, Jerry
Rothschild, and six others,
a cream Hawes & Curtis bow
tie, another striped bow tie,
a paisley design pockerchief
and three cummerbunds,
together with a green cord
Lock & Co. hat (qty.)
£80 - 120
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128
127
126
125

Lot 130
A pair of black suede shoes,
by John Lobb, with ‘DF’ red embroidered initials to the
front, with shoe trees, and
another pair of shoes with embroidered motif (6)
£60 - 100
Lot 131
A pair of brown leather custom-made shoes,
with shoe trees, and
a pair of brown suede loafers (6)
£50 - 60
Lot 132
A pair of beige/tan loafers,
with horsebit detail,
a pair of black leather brogues, and
a pair of brown leather loafers by Augusta (6)
£50 - 60
Lot 133
A pair of John Lobb black crocodile leather slip-on
shoes,
together with a pair of John Lobb brown crocodile
leather slip-on shoes with trees (6)
£100 - 200
Lot 134
with key and flower embroidery to the front, with shoe
trees, and
a pair of brown leather slip-on shoes,
by Maxwell, Dover Street (6)
£50 - 80
Lot 135
by Maxwell, Dover Street, London, with ‘DF’ embroidered
initials to the front, and
a pair of brown suede boots by Churchill (4)
£60 - 100
135
134
133
132
131
130

CLOTHING AND ACCESSORIES 115-158
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Lot 136
A pair of brown leather
brogues,
by Maxwell, Dover Street, and
a pair of black leather shoes
with horsebit detail (4)
£50 - 60
Lot 137
A pair of black leather
patent shoes,
by John Lobb, with shoe trees,
and
a pair of leather shoes,
by Maxwell, Dover Street, with
shoe trees (8)
£60 - 100
Lot 138
shoes with buckle,
and a pair of black leather
evening shoes,
by Simpson, with shoe
trees (6)
£50 - 60
Lot 139
A pair of black patent
leather evening shoes,
by John Lobb,
a pair of brown leather
slip-on shoes, and
a pair of white lace-up
shoes,
by Maxwell, Dover Street (6)
£80 - 120
Lot 140
boots,
together with a pair of
brown leather loafers, and
a pair of black slip-on shoes
with horsebit detail (6)
£70 - 100
Lot 141
A pair of beige slip-on
shoes,
with gold-tone detailing,
a pair of Anthony Cleverley
black leather shoes,
with trees, and
loafers (8)
£50 - 60
Lot 142
shoes,
by Freemans,
loafers,
a pair of black leather
slip-on shoes,
by Maraolo, and
a pair of white loafers,
by Dunhill Tailors (8)
£60 - 100
142
141
140
139
138
137
136

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Lot 143
Four suits by Stovel & Mason Ltd.,
comprising: a single-breasted grey
tweed suit,
a light grey single-breasted suit,
a dark grey double-breasted suit, and
a navy single-breasted suit (8)
£120 - 180
Lot 144
A dark blue double-breasted suit,
by Leslie Roberts (Tailors) Ltd., with
label to interior pocket printed
‘11/7/85 Douglas Fairbanks KBE D’,
a brown single-breasted suit,
by Stovel & Mason Ltd., and
a grey striped double-breasted suit,
designed for Lansons (6)
£100 - 150
Lot 145
Three suits by Stovel & Mason Ltd.,
comprising: a dark grey
single-breasted suit,
a mid-grey double-breasted striped
suit, and
a dark grey double-breasted suit,
together with a Daks
double-breasted tweed wool
jacket (7)
£100 - 150
Lot 146
A Simpsons blue & white
single-breasted pinstripe suit,
a Stovel & Mason dark grey
single-breasted suit,
a Stovel & Mason light grey
single-breasted suit, and
a Stovel & Mason single-breasted
jacket (7)
£120 - 180
146 part lot
145 part lot
144 part lot
143 part lot

Lot 147
A cream double-breasted jacket,
by Hughes & Hatcher, with gold-tone
buttons to the front and sleeves,
a cream linen waistcoat,
a pair of cream trousers,
by Hickok,
a dark grey double-breasted suit
and a mid-grey suit,
both by Stove & Mason (7)
£70 - 100
Lot 148
Three Stovel & Mason
double-breasted suits,
one each in dark, medium and light
grey (6)
£80 - 120
Lot 149
A Stovel & Mason dark grey
double-breasted pinstripe suit,
a Stovel & Mason light grey
single-breasted striped suit,
a Brooks Brothers light beige
single-breasted suit, and
a lightweight beige jacket (7)
£80 - 120
Lot 150
A black double-breasted tuxedo
£60 - 100
150
149 part lot
148 part lot
147 part lot

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Lot 153
A black single-breasted full-length
overcoat,
by Stovel & Mason, with a velvet collar
£100 - 150
Lot 152
A black and white long
single-breasted coat,
by Aquascutum, dual slip pockets to
front, faux fur lining
£70 - 100
Lot 151
A double-breasted coat,
by Stovel & Mason Ltd., with a velvet collar
and slip pockets to the front
£100 - 150
152
151
153

Lot 156
A light brown double-breasted overcoat,
with pockets to the front
£60 - 100
Lot 155
A grey tweed single-breasted overcoat,
by H Huntsman & Sons, with side slip
pockets
£60 - 100
Lot 154
A black double-breasted overcoat,
by Abercrombie & Fitch, with label for
‘US Navy Uniform’, with belt
£80 - 100
156
155
154

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Lot 158
A cream astrakhan full-length coat,
with moulded detailed buttons and
gold-tone thread trim
£50 - 80
Property of Mary Pickford.
Lot 157
A Maximillian full-length mink fur coat,
with hook closure, ‘MLF’ monogram to the lining
£100 - 200
158
157

Pictures and Prints
Lots 159-181

Photographed at
The Boltons, the
London residence
of the Fairbanks

159-181 PICTURES AND PRINTS
Lot 160
Louis Betts (American, 1873-1961)
Portrait of Mary Lee Fairbanks, née Epling,
three-quarter length, seated, in a red dress
signed ‘Louis Betts’ u.l., inscribed with sitter’s
name and date June 1935 verso, oil on canvas
102 x 77cm
£300 - 500
Lot 159
*Johan van der Linde Jr (Dutch, 1887-1956)
Portrait of Douglas Fairbanks Jr, half length, seated,
in a grey suit, 1947
signed ‘J. V. d. Linde Jr’ u.r., oil on canvas
60 x 51cm
£300 - 500
159
160

PICTURES AND PRINTS 159-181
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Lot 162
Edward Pritchett (1808-1894)
Gondolas on the Grand Canal, Venice, looking towards the Dogana and the Salute
signed ‘E Pritchett’, oil on canvas
20.5 x 31cm
£300 - 500
Lot 161
Douglas Fairbanks Jr (American, 1909-2000)
Palm Beach Garden
unsigned, oil on canvas
45.5 x 61.5cm, unframed
£500 - 700
See Doyle New York, 13 September, 2011, lot 89, for a similar work painted in the garden of ‘The Vicarage’, his Palm Beach home.
162
161

Lot 163
20th century
The Life of Douglas Fairbanks Jr
on a world stage, as a collage
oil on board
101.5 x 114.5cm, unframed
£300 - 500
As seen in a personal photograph album
163

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Lot 164
Mary Munn
Boxwood Farm
signed l.r, dated 1938, oil on board
22.5 x 29.5cm
£70 - 100
Boxwood Farm was the first country home
of Douglas and Mary Lee.
Lot 165
Lee Reynolds Burr (American 1936-2017)
London River Bridge
impasto oil on canvas, unstretchered canvas
74 x 99cm
£300 - 500
Lot 166
Continental School,
late 19th century
Flower pieces
a pair, oil on canvas, oval
60.5 x 50.5cm (2)
£300 - 500
165
164
166 166

Lot 167
Attributed to
Sir Martin Archer Shee
PRA (Irish, 1769-1850)
Portrait of a young girl,
seated full-length in a white
dress and holding a basket
of flowers
oil on canvas
92 x 71cm, in a carved
giltwood and gesso frame
£2,000 - 3,000
Photograph from
Westridge, Los Angeles
167

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Lot 168
After Edgar Degas
Ballerinas
offset lithograph in colours, signed in plate, bears blind
stamp l.l.
40.5 x 30.5cm
£100 - 200
Lot 169
Asian School, 20th century
Rice and Willow Harvest
a pair, woodblock prints on rice paper
36.5 x 44cm and 37 x 55cm (2)
£100 - 200
Photograph from The Boltons, the London
residence of the Fairbanks
Photograph from The Vicarage, Palm Beach
168
169

Lot 170
After George L Skypeck,
50th Anniversary D-Day Normandy Invasion, colour print poster,
inscribed by the artist ‘to Douglas Fairbanks Jnr (US Navy) with pride
and best wishes’, signed l.r, published 1994,
45 x 61cm
£50 - 70
Lot 171
Ron Lizorty
Douglas Fairbanks Snr in ‘The Exile’
etching, signed l.r.
51 x 69cm
£70 - 100
Ron was also a set designer and known for visual effects in film.
Lot 172
Fairbanks newspaper cartoon sketches:
‘Well, darling, and how was the Fairbanks ball?’
pen and ink 22.5 x 12.5cm, and
two others,
‘It’s alright darling, she’s had nothing that we haven’t had...’
21.5 x 14cm;
‘Tell me, Is it true that Mr Dalles Theatrical to withdraw Douglas
Fairbanks’
18.5 x 10.5cm;
together with two pen and ink cartoons and two newspaper prints (7)
£100 - 200
170
172 part lot
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Lot 174
Continental School, 20th century
A series of three stage costume studies
military and royal subjects, pencil and watercolour
42 x 29cm
two 35 x 24cm (3)
£150 - 200
Lot 173
Douglas Fairbanks Jr
Sketchbook of pen and ink sketches
two pages and the remaining part of the front cover,
including multiple studies of Fairbanks Sr,
45.5 x 30.5cm
£400 - 600
173
174 part lot

Lot 176
*Nicole Hornby (1908-1988)
Tulips
a pair, both signed ‘Nicole Hornby’ and
dated 1960 l.r., watercolour
39 x 28.5cm (2)
£80 - 120
The Trafford Gallery labels verso.
Lot 175
*Rory McEwen (1932-1982)
Tulips
signed ‘Rory McEwen’ and dated June ‘54 l.r.,
watercolour
sheet 43.5 x 28cm
£2,000 - 3,000
175
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Lot 179
James R Reynolds (1896-1996)
Boxwood Farm, Hot Springs, Virginia, 1941 - with
horse-drawn gig waiting for Douglas, Mary and daughter
Daphne at the garden gate
signed l.r. with ‘JR’ monogram, watercolour
85 x 115cm, in a silvered frame, and
a bedroom interior study of Mary Lee’s dressing table
watercolour
45 x 45cm (2)
£300 - 500
Photograph of the painting of Boxwood Farm, West Virginia. As seen in the
family photo album hanging above the fireplace at Westridge, California
Lot 177
James R Reynolds
(1896-1996)
still life studies, one of roses,
one of tulips
signed ‘JR 1937, Kildare’,
watercolour
40 x 40cm;
and another watercolour
39 x 60cm,
in matching velvet frames (3)
£100 - 200
Lot 178
Greek School, 20th century
City rooftops
signed l.l., watercolour
26.5 x 37.5cm
£200 - 300
177 part lot 178
179 part lot

Lot 180
Robert Mero Kalloch (American, 1893-1947)
Costume study
inscribed ‘To Mrs Douglas Fairbanks’, pencil and
watercolour
37 x 27cm
£200 - 300
Robert was chief designer for Columbia Pictures
in Hollywood in the 1930s and a trendsetter
in the world of fashion.
Lot 181
Letitia Fairbanks (American, 1913-1992)
Fairy Tales for Adults
eight pencil illustrations
35 x 45cm;
and original artwork for the cover
watercolour and pencil
51 x 38.5cm unframed (9)
£800 - 1,200
180
181 part lot
181 part lot

Silver, Jewellery
and Objets de Vertu
Lots 182-201

182-201 SILVER, JEWELLERY AND OBJETS DE VERTU
Lot 184
A pair of Cartier sterling silver tongs,
thread pattern with eagle claw grips, stamped
‘sterling 925-1000’,
18cm long, 2.6ozt
£50 - 70
Lot 185
Four matched George II silver dessert spoons,
Hanoverian pattern,
a similar spoon,
swan neck and feather crest engraved, and
another old English pattern spoon,
bottom stamped,
1740 and various dates,
11.7ozt (6)
£150 - 250
Lot 182
A large George II silver basting spoon,
by Thomas Spackman, London 1709,
Hanoverian pattern with rat-tail bowl,
35cm long, 6.2ozt
£400 - 600
Lot 183
A George III silver soup ladle,
by William Eley and William Fearn, London 1802,
old English pattern, crest engraved,
31cm long, 7ozt
£100 - 150
Lot 186
A pair of shallow sterling
silver dishes,
inset with Irish half crowns
and engraved ‘Douglas’ and
‘Mary Lee’, ‘Xmas 1940’,
10.7cm diameter, 4.7ozt (2)
£60 - 80
Lot 187
A sterling silver plate,
with graduated border,
engraved with ‘DF’ monogram,
stamped ‘Sterling, Newport’
verso,
25cm diameter, 6.68ozt
£80 - 120
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186
185
184
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SILVER, JEWELLERY AND OBJETS DE VERTU 182-201
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Lot 189
An Art Deco silver and gold faced sapphire set minaudière,
c.1935, of hinged rectangular form, the top decorated with applied gold plaques,
with sets of calibré French cut sapphire thumbpieces, fitted to include a compact,
mirror deficient, a lipstick holder, a cigarette lighter and a cigarette case, with
gilded interior, tested as silver and approximately 14ct gold,
75 x 53 x 18mm, 151.65g
£200 - 300
Lot 190
A sterling silver four-fold pocket photo frame,
with Fairbanks’ photos, given as a present to Douglas Fairbanks Sr from
Mary Pickford, inscribed ‘For my Douglas April 22, 1940’, ‘Mother’, ‘Pete’,
‘Mary’ and ‘Daphne’,
6 x 8.75cm
£250 - 350
Lot 191
A modern silver tumbler,
by Gilliam, London 2000,
set with American coinage, maker’s mark for George Gilliam,
8.6cm diameter, 7.5cm high, 9.5ozt
£200 - 300
Lot 192
A pair of cast white metal shell butter dishes,
each on three hoof feet,
9cm long, 5.4ozt (2)
£300 - 500
Lot 188
A five-piece sterling-silver-backed
dressing table set,
engine-turned decoration and
engraved ‘DF’ for Daphne Fairbanks,
stamped ‘Gorham Sterling’,
comprising: hand mirror, brush, comb,
shoe horn and lidded glass jar (5)
£200 - 300
188
189
190
190 detail
191
192

Lot 193
A pair of silver candlesticks,
maker’s mark for Hamilton & Inches, Edinburgh 1898,
each of octagonal shape, on a loaded base with detachable sconce,
9cm wide, 16cm high (2)
£200 - 300
Lot 194
A George III silver two-handled cup,
maker possibly John King, London 1775,
a wrythen moulded lower half, with rope twist band and repoussé-decorated wreath,
to the scroll-framed monogrammed cartouche,
9.5cm wide, 11.25cm high, 4.6ozt
£100 - 150
Lot 195
An ivory bound prayer book,
celebrating the first marriage of Douglas Fairbanks Sr, to Ann Beth Sully, 11 July 1911,
with 18ct gold clasp and mounts
£500 - 700
Ann Beth Sully was Douglas Fairbanks Jr’s mother.
Lot 196
A Russian two-colour gold and silver gilt, sapphire set, bell push,
maker’s mark unidentified, St Petersburg 1908-1917,
of scalloped trefoil form, a central cabochon sapphire push piece, rub set to a plain
collet with green gold guard swags, to a white guilloché enamel ground, 88 zolotnik
standard mark, damages,
60 x 51 x 25mm, 79.59g
£800 - 1,200
193
194
195
196

Lot 197
A Swiss or German Hanau four-colour gold
minaudière,
c.1820, with a later Russian standard mark
1908-1917, a later lift-out minaudière insert,
hand engraved ‘Fairbanks’, of rectangular cushion
form with a central oval raised panel of rose,
yellow and white chrysanthemums, with green
gold leaves and a galleried border, giardinetti
and flower heads to a textured ground, repeated
on the sides, with a pair of lions at either side of a
central giardinetti to the base, with foliage, snakes
or serpents, and a foliate border, a later mirror fitted
to the inside of the lid, damaged, with the minaudière
insert, one section deficient, later Russian standard mark
to the lid 1908/1917, tested as approximately 14ct gold,
265.83g excluding the mirror, 91 x 64 x 22mm approximately
£7,000 - 9,000
Provenance:
Given to Douglas Fairbanks Sr and Mary Pickford.
Photograph from The Vicarage, Palm Beach
197
197 detail

Mary Lee Fairbanks, born Mary Lee Epling, was the second
wife of actor Douglas Fairbanks Jr. The couple married in
1939, and remained married until her death in 1988. They
had three daughters.
Lot 199
A sapphire and diamond oval cluster ring,
with an oval mixed cut sapphire, claw set to the centre,
a border of old brilliant cut diamonds, all claw set to
a white head, with yellow open shoulders and a plain
shank, marked 18ct PLAT,
head 17.5 x 13.7mm, 5.1g, finger size E½
£500 - 700
Lot 198
Douglas Fairbanks’ gold signet ring by Cartier,
c.1960, with a flat section square head, intaglio
engraved with the Fairbanks crest, with the
Fairbanks crest, molten effect shoulders and
guards, signed ‘Cartier London’, tested as
approximately 18ct gold,
10.4mm wide, 14.46g, finger size J LE
£2,000 - 3,000
The engraved crest can be seen in his coat of arms,
which symbolises the uniting of the US and Britain
across the Atlantic, awarded to him by the College
of Arms in London.
Douglas Fairbanks wearing the gold signet ring
Mary Lee wearing the sapphire and diamond oval cluster ring
©
Keystone
Press
Agency/Keystone
USA
via
ZUMAPRESS.com).
Stock
Photo
-
13
January
1953
-
London
©
Allan
Warren
198
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Lot 201
A gemstone and diamond set blackamoor brooch,
c.1950, the headdress and tunic set with coral, synthetic ruby,
ruby, synthetic sapphire, sapphire and diamond, with pavé set
rose cut diamonds between, with a later brooch fitting and
hook support, tested as approximately 9ct gold, 14ct gold,
silver and gilt metal,
56 x 32mm, 25.89g
£3,000 - 5,000
Lot 200
A pair of American blue glass oval intaglio cufflinks,
each intaglio depicting the profile of a classical male head,
rub set to plain collets with swivel fittings, marked 14KT,
cufflink plaques 21 x 16mm, 17.09g (2)
£400 - 600
Mary Lee Fairbanks wearing the brooch
©
Archivio
Cameraphoto
Epoche
/
Carlo
Pescatori
200
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The Fairbanks’ Home
Lots 202-228

THE FAIRBANKS’ HOME 202-228
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Lot 202
A pair of Egyptian Revival figurative parcel-gilt
candlestick lamps,
each painted composition subject, holding a torchère sconce,
on an ebonised base,
39.5cm high
56cm high including base and light fittings (2)
£100 - 150
Lot 203
An embossed leather ten-piece desk set,
some pieces with an eagle crest, from the office
of Douglas Fairbanks Jr,
blotter 56 x 40cm
£200 - 300
Provenance:
A gift from David O Selznik, film producer;
Doyle New York, 13 September 2011, lot 109.
Lot 204
A Chinese agate box,
carved with dragons,
11cm wide
7.5cm deep
3.5cm high
£50 - 70
Lot 205
The copper engraver’s plate for the wedding invitation of Mary Lee to
remodelled as a table box,
12.5cm wide
9.5cm deep
2.5cm high, and
another, with change of address copper plate lid,
9.5cm wide
5.5cm deep
2.5cm high (2)
£80 - 120
Lot 203 as seen in the family photograph album at The Boltons, London
202
203 part lot
204
205

Lot 206
Douglas Fairbanks Jr (American, 1909-2000),
A plaster sculpture of a female nude,
believed to be Marlene Dietrich, a former
girlfriend of Douglas Fairbanks Jr, on a wood
plinth,
17cm wide
30cm high
£100 - 200
Lot 207
A plaster portrait case mask of Douglas
Fairbanks Jr,
from the film ‘Ghost Story’,
15.5cm wide
22.5cm high
£200 - 300
See Doyle New York, 13 September 2000,
part lot 81.
Lot 208
A pair of cinnabar lacquer table lamps,
each ornately carved with floral blooms, on an ebonised base,
46cm high (2)
£300 - 500
Lot 209
A pair of Dresden vases,
each decorated with Deutsche Blumen,
on a yellow ground with gilt borders and
scroll feet,
10cm wide
10.5cm high,
a Cantonese potpourri and another
similar with covers,
12 and 13cm, and
an 18th century Chinese export coffee
pot and three bowls,
each decorated with ribbon and floral crests,
coffee pot, 19cm high (10)
£80 - 120
206
207
208
209
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Lot 212
A pair of Belleek-type porcelain baskets
and covers,
each lustre glazed, ornately decorated with
briar rose, thistle flowers and with briar handles,
31cm wide
23cm deep
15cm high (4)
£200 - 300
Lot 211
A Continental porcelain
floral-encrusted vase lamp,
with cover, decorated with fruiting vine
and doves, later mounted for electricity,
56cm high including fittings
22cm wide
£150 - 200
As seen in the the album image for
lot 160.
Lot 210
A Continental porcelain
botanical-decorated dessert service,
early 20th century, with lattice pierced
borders, comprising eleven plates and
two cake stands of differing heights,
22cm diameter (13)
£70 - 100
210
Photograph from Westridge, Los Angeles
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Lot 216
Douglas Fairbanks Jr (American, 1909-2000),
‘Peasant Madonna’, a plaster figure, signed
‘D. Fairbanks Jr 1940’ and inscribed with title,
19cm wide
30cm high
£100 - 200
Lot 215
A series of four hurricane shade candlestick lights,
with etched shades and heavy moulded glass bases,
12cm wide
41cm high (4)
£100 - 200
Lot 213
A Chinese blanc de Chine libation cup,
18th century, gilt mounted,
13.5cm wide
10cm deep
8cm high, excluding the gilt mount
£100 - 200
Lot 214
A set of four cut-glass bonbonnières,
each with a crown-cut top of octagonal
form, on a star-cut lobed base,
17cm wide
14cm high (4)
£120 - 180
213
214
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Lot 217
A modern wool rug,
woven with a ‘Key and Roses’ family emblem
of the Fairbanks, manufactured by Carpets Inc.,
135 x 185cm
£200 - 300
Lot 218
A modern wool rug,
woven with the crest of Douglas
Fairbanks Jr, manufactured by Carpets Inc.
for his Whitehouse Office,
135 x 185cm
£200 - 300
Lot 219
A pair of Louis XVI Revival mahogany tables
ambulant,
each with a brass-galleried and leather-lined circular
top, on gilt metal-mounted swept legs and sabots,
41cm diameter
71cm high (2)
£500 - 700
217
218
219
Photographed at Westridge, Los Angeles

Lot 222
An 18th-century-style red lacquer low coffee table,
c.1900, decorated with chinoiserie and inscribed on the underside
with a Chinese poem by Liu Yong, with fret cut leg brackets, on
square legs and shaped feet,
104cm wide
38cm deep
41cm high
£150 - 250
By repute a gift to Daphne Fairbanks (eldest daughter of Douglas
Fairbanks Jr) from her godfather and family friend, Charlie Chaplin.
Lot 221 as seen in the Fairbanks’ family photograph album for Westridge, California
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Lot 220
A pair of Regency Revival grained and parcel-gilt
decorated bookcases,
20th century, each with a scroll decorated frieze, open
shelves and concave sides, on turned feet,
107cm wide
31cm deep
86cm high (2)
£800 - 1,200
Photographed in the family album at The Boltons,
London - as seen in the album image attached to lot 225.
Lot 221
A pair of Chippendale Revival
torchères,
c.1900, each with a pierced
fret-carved octagonal galleried top
and similarly carved column, on
a tripod base,
30cm wide
114.5cm high (2)
£300 - 500
220
221
222

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Lot 224
A George III mahogany three-tier
dumb waiter,
on a tripod stand, two tiers revolving,
with brass-mounted leather barrel
castors,
60cm wide
108cm high
£200 - 300
Lot 223
A Chippendale Revival mahogany lattice-back side chair,
c.1900, with an overstuffed seat, carved and pierced seat rail
brackets, on square chamfered legs,
59cm wide
55cm deep
97cm high
£100 - 200
223
224

Photograph from The Boltons, the London residence of the Fairbanks
Lot 225
A pair of Regency spoon-back chairs,
each parcel-gilt and scumbled chair,
decorated with an anthemion and bellflower
upholstered seat, on swept legs with
leaf-chased brass feet and brass castors,
67.5cm wide
61cm deep
94cm high (2)
£2,000 - 3,000
225
225
220

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Lot 226
A gilt metal two-branch wall light,
of laurel branches,
71cm wide
50cm high,
a three-branch wall light of palm
leaves,
65cm wide
61cm high, and
a two-branch light of a wheat ear
spray and leaves,
28cm wide
39cm high (3)
£150 - 250
Lot 227
A pair of tinplate ‘crossed sword’
five-branch wall lights,
believed to have been created to
celebrate Douglas Fairbanks Sr’s film,
‘The Three Musketeers’,
61cm wide
100cm high (2)
£300 - 500
Lot 228
A pair of French-style neoclassical gilt
metal three-branch wall lights,
each with two tiers of lustres, an oval
mirror and leaf-chased decoration,
43cm wide
93cm high (2)
£300 - 500
Photographed in the family album at
Westridge, Los Angeles - see lot 210.
226
227 227
228 228

GLOSSARY OF PICTURE CATALOGUING TERMS
A work catalogued with the forename(s) and surname of a recognised destination of an artist is or is probably a work by the artist, eg. David Cox.
Nevertheless, intending buyers are reminded that while a full designation is our highest category or authenticity, no unqualified statement as to
the authorship is made or intended. A full cataloguing does not necessarily imply a full warranty.
Attributed to David Cox
in our opinion a work of the period of the artist which may be in whole
or in part the work of the artist.
Circle of David Cox
in our opinion a work from the period of the artist and showing his
influence.
Follower of David Cox
in our opinion a work executed in the style of David Cox
After David Cox
in our opinion a copy of any date after a work by the artist
Signed/inscribed/dated
in our opinion the work has been signed/inscribed/dated by the artist
Bears/with signature, inscription, date
in our opinion the signature/inscription/date are not by the hand of the
named artist.
The addition of a question mark (?) after any of the above cataloguing
terms indicates an element of doubt.
A work catalogued as ‘School’ accompanied by the name of a place or
country and a date means that in our opinion the work was executed at
that time and in the location, eg. South Netherlands School, circa 1750.
All references to signatures, inscriptions and dates refer to the present
state of the work, ie. as at the time of inspection for the purpose of
cataloguing.
Condition reports are not included in the descriptions.
ARTIST’S RESALE RIGHT (ARR)
What is Artist’s Resale Right?
Following a European Directive in 2006, the Artist’s Resale
Right entitles creators of original works of art to a royalty
each time their work is resold, with the involvement of an
auction house, for 1,000 Euros or more.
This right covers sales of work by living artists and also the
beneficiaries and heirs of artists deceased within the last
70 years of the sale.
How are resale royalties calculated?
The artist’s royalty depends on the hammer price (sale
price without any VAT or Buyer’s Premium). The higher the
sale price of the artwork, the lower the overall royalty rate.
The royalty is worked out according to a sliding scale from
4% to 0.25%.
Hammer Price Royalty
From 0 to €50,000 4%
From €50,000.01 to €200,000 3%
From €200,000.01 to €350,000 1%
From €350,000.01 to €500,000 0.5%
Exceeding €500,000 0.25%
What is the qualifying threshold?
An artwork must sell for more than €1,000 to qualify for
a royalty. The law defines the price threshold in Euros and,
because the exchange rate between the two currencies
changes daily, the equivalent in Pounds Sterling must be
worked out according to the exchange rate on the date the
artwork was sold.
What nationality must an artist be to qualify?
The Artist’s Resale Right applies to the sale of artworks in the
European Economic Area (EEA). The following countries are
in the EEA:
Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark,
Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland,
Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg,
Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania,
Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom.
Artists who are nationals of these countries are therefore
generally eligible to receive resale royalties. The nationality
criteria only applies to the artist and not to the beneficiaries
or heirs.
Are all sales of artwork covered?
The Artist’s Resale Right does not apply to all sales of
artworks. A royalty is only due if the following conditions are
met:
• the artwork is a copyright protected work of graphic or
plastic art;
• it is sold for more than €1000;
• it is sold in the secondary market with the involvement
of an art market professional (e.g. auction house);
• and it is sold in the UK or another country in the
European Economic Area (EEA).
This royalty, where applicable, will be charged to the
purchaser. It is exempt of VAT.

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