Bidspirit auction | A Collection of Vintage Personal

A Collection of Vintage Personal Effects and Curiosities Including Darts and Chess Set - A collection of vintage and modern personal effects, games, and curiosities. This lot comprises an assortment of items including a set of three brass-barrelled darts with red plastic flights, housed in a cream plastic case with yellowed paper instructions for Q Flights mentioning Alwyn Mullins and Tommy Gibbons. A wooden sliding-lid box contains a set of light and dark wood chess pieces, featuring a handwritten inscription on the lid reading PROPERTY OF S. ETON and TO MUM + DAD FROM TERRY LOVE XMAS 1949. The collection further includes a copper-toned concertina-style mechanical corkscrew stamped with H.D. ARMSTRONG'S PATENT, a silver-tone open-face pocket watch with a white enamel dial and Arabic numerals, and an oval yellow guilloché enamel style case or compact with black scrolled borders. Also present are a glass magic lantern slide titled FAMOUS PICTURES OF THE WORLD, a framed miniature portrait of a figure in a red garment, a blue textured autograph book, and a long flat wooden paddle with two quatrefoil cutouts at the handle. A pair of modern black and grey binoculars with a neck strap is also included.