A quantity of photographs, badges, personal effects and ephemera formerly the property of Raymond Mays, including Mays' Club International des Anciens Pilotes de Grand Prix enamel lapel badge, with member's card signed by Mays and Louis Chiron, lapel for DKW Auto Union, Mays' cased miniature CBE enamelled lapel pin with ribbon, related photographs and luncheon menu signed by Amherst Villiers, Jacques R. de Wurstemberger, and other attendees, a 1938 BRDC Road Race at Brooklands finisher's bronze plaque engraved with race details, in original case, 1959 Daily Mail Bleriot Anniversary Race bronze medal, cased, two pairs of cuff-links for Rover and another pair in 9ct gold, two tie clips, sterling silver gentleman's accessories including hip-flask, cigarette cases, clothes and shoe brushes, St Christopher money clip and other items, some engraved with Mays' initials, a brown leather documents wallet by Gucci, with gilt embossed initials 'R.M.', several leather wallets containing business cards and Mays' Royal Automobile Club membership card, 1926, three photo albums containing various race images from mainly 1920s-1950s and later including Mays in his 'Cordon Rouge' and 'Cordon Bleu' Brescia Bugattis, Invicta, ERA, Thinwall Ferrari, V16 BRM, and other drivers and cars at Brooklands, Shelsley Walsh, Grand Prix and other race events including Silverstone, a quantity of other loose photographs of various race scenes and personal images, several books including a signed copy of Raymond Mays & Peter Roberts: BRM, signed by Mays; and Prince Chula: The Twain Have Met, signed with dedication by Chula; an Autocourse annual 1975-76, and various motoring magazines and other ephemera.
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