A group of objects of Vertu , various origins and dates

comprising: a gold and enamel Art Deco cigarette case, reeded with black enamel ornament and sides, apparently unmarked, 9.7cm., 3 7/8 in; a German gold cigarette case, opening as an envelope, engraved in a brick pattern, maker’s mark CH, numbered 61302, 11cm., 4 3/8 in.; and an engine-turned gold box, maker’s mark illegible, probably German, in suede pochette stamped for Koch /Franfurt a/M / Baden-Baden, 8cm., 3 1/8 in. wide; four gold tie pins: one set with turquoise beads, one enamelled as a polo stick, one with clay seal, and another; two chained gold good luck charms, one in the form of a horse shoe, the other inscribed  and dated August 1928

Overall good, the Art Deco example chipped to enamel, engine-turned gold box dented on both sides. gold boxes: engine turned: 85gr ; Art Deco: 187.2gr; brick pattern: 161.8gr For all sales which take place on or after 1 February 2015, please note that the rate of buyer's premium for each lot (charged as a percentage of the hammer price achieved for that lot) has been revised and shall be calculated at the thresholds set out below: Buyer's premium is 25% of the hammer price up to and including £100,000; Buyer's premium is 20% of the hammer price on any amount in excess of £100, 000 up to and including £1,800,000; Buyer's premium is 12% of the hammer price on any amount in excess of £1,800,000. As stated above, the revised thresholds are effective as of 1 February 2015.
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The Art Deco box engraved inside: 'with loving thoughts', the brick pattern example, dated: 10.XII. 1929, and signed Vera and Richard; the engine-turned box: 19. Dex. 1933. Vera von Weinberg, married in 1915  1st Alexander Markgraf Pallavicini,  2nd in 1921 Paul Count Münster, and after that her 3rd husband was Richard von Szilvinyi, her 4th husband was Dr.Josef Reiss whom she married in 1935. She died 1943. Richard von Szilviniyi married after the war Liselotte (Lilo) von Schnitzler, daughter of Georg and Lilly von Schnitzler, divorced from Dr. Herbert Scholz.