More peaceful attractions in the sale – which saw all but one of the 640 lots get away for a total of £24,500 – included a Jessie M. King Art Nouveau nursery rhyme design and a Louis Wain The Dandy Mascot which took £130 apiece. Anthropomorphism was a popular theme with a lot of six such subjects by Ellam selling at £105.
Heroic appeal on cards
Special Postcard Auctions, Cirencester, February 28, Buyer’s premium: 10 per cent THE First World War was the main attraction at the Corinium Galleries when a single silk showing a bearded Un Diable Bleu – the nickname given to France’s gallant and celebrated Chasseurs Alpin regiment – led the day at £290, and a similar portrait bust of Un Poilu (infantryman) made £230.
