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A superb collection of Blue Bird toys and games, including un-boxed tinplate, die-cast and plastic models of the cars in their various guises, the largest 32cm, the shortest 6cm long; boxed toys and models including two W Britain die-cast models (one with fixed body, the other with removable body displaying engine and chassis), Marx plastic friction drive Proteus Blue Bird with remains of box, a boxed Jetex powered "Two Bluebirds" set of Proteus car and K7 boat, used, box worn; a boxed Sutcliffe "The Bluebird Wonder Speed Boat", clockwork tinplate toy, (box worn); a boxed Sutcliffe Bluebird Speedboat, with coloured design to box lid, tinplate clockwork toy with outriggers, (box worn); a DWB Toys "Superspeed" Race game, boxed with instructions, playing card, counters and lithographed tinplate spinner depicting Schneider Trophy Seaplane, Miss England boat, Silver Jubilee locomotive and Bluebird car; and a Blue-Bird pencil case with feint traces of facsimile Malcolm Campbell signature.
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Two Malcolm Campbell's Blue Bird tinplate clockwork toys, 1928 and 1935, comprising a toy of the Napier-Campbell Blue Bird III by Kingsbury, American, finished blue with silver painted radiators, driver and wheel hubs fitted with Dunlop Cord tyres, 47cm long; and a toy of the Campbell-Railton Bluebird, Made in England, tinplate with fixed key, painted tinplate wheels, lithographed flags and driver, with facsimile signature on cockpit, 42cm long.
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A rare boxed tin-plate clockwork toy of Captain Malcolm Campbell's 'Blue Bird' Land Speed Record car by Gunthermann, circa 1931, lithographed tinplate in yellow and blue (crazing), 52cm long, with key and original box with decorated lid.

A good collection of photographs of "The Racing Campbells" and other speed record holders, over 100 images, including three signed Malcolm Campbell photographs, assorted other images Malcolm Campbell and Blue Bird including a rare image of the failed 1924 record attempt at Faroe Island, Denmark, 1931 Blue Bird at Gurney Nutting coachbuilders, Malcolm Campbell in RFC uniform with FE2b, circa 1917, family images of Donald and Jean playing with pedal cars, the Campbell family with bicycles, Malcolm Campbell at Brooklands Easter Monday 1923; assorted images of Donald Campbell and Blue Bird including the Proteus at Goodwood in 1962, K7 at Coniston, 'The Last Thumbs Up" taken on 4 January 1967, at Bonneville 1960, at Ullswater in 1955, detailed engineering images of Blue Bird II cockpit and engine 1960 and other drivers and speed kings including Henry Segrave, Goldie Gardiner, George Eyston, Ken Warby signed and annotated 317.60mph, Frank Hanning-Lee and other drivers, various sizes and conditions, seven matted ready from framing.
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A collection of Malcolm/Donald Campbell letters, correspondence, press cuttings, magazines and printed ephemera, including 301.129 menu, cord tied 8to with embossed cover; a letter dated 8 February 1937 to Sir Noel Curtis Bennett from Malcolm Campbell, signed, relating to "a little book on the European Situation" as written by Campbell, together with a copy of The Peril from the Air; a 1934 Christmas Card from Sir Malcolm Campbell with photographic front and rear views of the Blue Bird chassis; one hand-written and seven typed letters signed by Donald Campbell, 3 letters signed by Jean Hulme (Donald's sister); two comprehensive files of correspondence relating to the estate of the Late Malcolm Campbell, other legal matters relating to Donald Campbell, Jean Hulme, Leo Villa and others (with many carbon copies); a typed copy of the draft press release relating to the Segrave Trophy presentation to Donald Campbell; "The Proteus Bluebird" Goodwood July 1962 a printed four page article written by Donald Campbell for the Goodwood Magazine; two Castrol flicker books depicting Malcolm Campbell breaking World's Water Speed Record and George Eyston breaking the World's Land Speed Record in Thunderbolt; a large file of press cuttings and magazines both contemporary and modern: and a set of 24 Top Trump 'Record Breaker' cards.
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A Three Litre Sunbeam steering wheel, in framed display dated 1925-26, believed to suit twin-cam car, the metal four spoked wheel with whipped cord rim and leather joint covers, 46cm diameter, mounted in a glazed case, weathered, together with two photographs from the Geoffrey Goddard Collection depicting Dario Resta winner at the 1924 South Harting hill climb with f.t.d. of 25.8 seconds and H.O.D Segrave winner of the 1923 GP de l'A.C.F., each in Three Litre Sunbeam racing cars depicting a similar design of Sunbeam steering wheel.
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Colonel Ronnie Hoare's personal wood-rimmed steering wheel by Nardi of Torino Italy, the three-spoke "anni '60" wheel from the Nardi AutoAccessories Collection to suit various models including Ferrari 250 GTO, with wood rim, 38cm outside diameter, with manufacturer's markings to rear of spoke and with 'Nardi Torino' centre boss engraved to edge 'col. R. J. Hoare', in seemingly unused condition and complete with elasticated blue felt cover and original box bearing label marked 'R. J. Hoare', offered together with a Nardi related book by Franco Varisco and other personal motoring items comprising a Royal Horse Artillery enamel car badge by J R Gaunt of London (some loss to enamel), an enamelled Spa Royal Automobile Club metal plaque, an Automobile Club de L'Ouest 1964 Le Mans driver entrant's bronze medal, four small enamel Ferrari 'lapel' badges, and a 1987 'Anni 250 GTO' 25-Year commemorative blue canvas documents pouch, containing two chromed plaques and a Cavallino International folder with ephemera relating to the event sponsored by Moet & Chandon and held on France 7th-14th June.
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Assorted Ferrari 250GT spares, comprising five knock-off wheel spinners, a Schedoni leather base to display a spinner, a horn push, a gear lever knob, a door latch tightening spring, the remains of a Veglia instrument with some internals and a small crank handle.

A Scintilla "Vertex" 8-Cylinder magneto and a Smiths car clock to suit pre-war Bugatti, the G2 NV8-581689 magneto of Swiss manufacture, with plaque numbered 480-900-10°, with Bakelite cap, used condition, believed to suit various models including Type 59 Bugatti, the dashboard clock by Smiths, Swiss movement, with black dial and Roman numerals and Time of Trip subsidiary dial, nickelled surround with bevelled lens, the rear of case numbered 131349.
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A rare cased Robert Bosch ZR6 magneto repair kit, opening to purple felt lined interior housing magneto parts and accessories (some missing), the case 21 x 18.5 x 6cm, with paper covering (worn, lid loose) stamped in German text on lid.