1910, France. The tiara of Countess Edwina Mountbatten was made from diamonds and set in solid platinum. Scroll and trefoil motifs surround the intricate design. Edwina Mountbatten, Countess Mountbatten of Burma, was the wife of Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, a member of the extended British Royal Family. 1910, France. The tiara of […]
American actress Marilyn Monroe (1926-1962) rides in a car with her husband, the American playwright Arthur Miller (1915-2005),and Monroe’s friend, American photographer Milton Greene (1922-1985) in New York, New York, 1956. They are driving in a 1956 Ford Thunderbird.
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The Gorgeous Nassau Tiara
The Grand Duchess Adelaide Tiara is said to have been part of the trousseau of Princess Adelheid-Marie of Anhalt-Dessau, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg, the second wife of Adolphe, Grand Duke of Luxembourg, who ruled Luxembourg from 1890–1905. It’s most closely associated with her granddaughter, Grand Duchess Marie-Adélaïde, who favored the tiara when sitting for […]
Clint Eastwood in His Jaguar XK150 Roadster Small car for a big guy. A shirtless Clint Eastwood strikes a pose with his Jaguar convertible, circa 1965. The laconic “man with no name” – a tough gunslinger – manipulates rival families warring over a small frontier town. Stylish, violent film A Fistful of Dollars […]
Rare and highly important ruby and diamond necklace, Late 19th Century Designed as a rivière of twenty-four cushion-shaped rubies alternating with twenty-four similarly shaped diamonds, mounted in silver and gold, length approximately 433mm, accompanied by the original worksheet listing the weights of the stones and stating that four rubies and four diamonds were added to […]
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English Royalty
Prince William, Duke of Cambridge and Catherine, Catherine – HRH The Duchess Of Cambridge attend the Charities Forum Event on board the Belmond Britigh Pullman train at Paddington Station on October 16, 2017 in London, United Kingdom Meghan Markle and Prince Harry attend the Wheelchair Tennis on day 3 of the Invictus Games Toronto 2017 […]
Famous as the “shark-mouthed” aircraft of the legendary American Volunteer Group―”Flying Tigers”―the P-40 was first flown in 1938 Curtiss P-40 Warhawk The Curtiss P-40 had a production run of 13,738 aircraft, making it the third most produced US fighter of WWII. Famous as the “shark-mouthed” aircraft of the legendary American Volunteer Group―”Flying Tigers”―the […]
Former P-40 fighter pilot John Bailey is of the opinion the P-40 ‘Kittyhawk’ was preferable to the renowned Spitfire. It was one of the best fighters in the campaign over the skies of Papua New Guinea, he says. They were built with quality, dependability, and longevity in mind. The Spitfire wasn’t as good in […]
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1941 Lincoln Zephyr Two-Door
We are proud to present this 1941 Lincoln Zephyr two-door 12 cylinder, a stylistic benchmark and highly desirable example of one of the most successful Lincoln models of the prewar era. 1941 Lincoln Zephyr Two-Door Named for the streamlined Burlington Zephyr high-speed express train, itself named for the Zephyrus, the mythical Greek god of the […]
The “Old Guys” here will recognize these…Al Redick, Supe Hoisington, Dick Harrison, Jim Maloney and, of course, Steve Hinton. We just got the plane in from Fullerton. From D-Day to the Battle of the Bulge, through reconnaissance missions and combat, fighting flying bombs and Me 262 Stormbird jets, P-51 Mustang pilots saw it all during World […]