The Final Chapter - September 2016

On Facebook c 4th September 2016 from Mr John MacDonald in Australia

Jimmy Shand Jnr has let me know of the following Event!
The end of great History and a Great Legend of Scottish Music - An auction of Sir Jimmy Shand MBE Memorabilia Material to be held at McTear's Auctions in Glasgow on the 16th of September 2016. I hope that some of Sir Jimmy's personal effects will remain in Scotland and hopefully be displayed for future generations to enjoy!
​Just some of the Memorabilia is pictured below.
53 lots ​- 19 unsold

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Lot: 1283  |  Estimate: £80 - £100  |  Hammer: £160
SEALSKIN SPORRAN with pierced and plated mounts
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Lot: 1284  |  Estimate: £80 - £120  |  Hammer: £130
SKEAN DHU with plated mounts; together with two pairs of tartan dress hose with flashes
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Lot: 1286  |  Estimate: £80 - £100  |  Hammer: £80
BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOGRAPH OF JIMMY AND HIS WIFE AT BUCKINGHAM PALACE together with a smaller photograph depicting Jimmy and his wife from the same day being awarded his M.B.E. and an embossed copper ...
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Lot: 1289  |  Estimate: £40 - £50  |  Hammer: £35
THREE COLOUR PHOTOGRAPHS OF JIMMY in later years, one with his original Shand Morino accordion, one as used in his autobiography and a copy of the portrait hung in the National Gallery, signed and ins...
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Lot: 1290  |  Estimate: £40 - £50  |  Hammer: £30
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Lot: 1291  |  Estimate: £40 - £60  |  Hammer: £35
FRAMED GROUP OF THREE ITEMS including the Dunedin Burns Club Scottish Country Dance Club handdrawn life certificate; along with two Alhambra Theatre Certificates for 1958 and 1963, framed and under glass
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Lot: 1294  |  Estimate: £50 - £80  |  Hammer: £70
COLLECTION OF SHAND'S DIARIES FROM THE 1960s AND 1970s related to band bookings
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Lot: 1295  |  Estimate: £30 - £40  |  Hammer: £55
GROUP OF DIPLOMAS AND CERTIFICATES including Fife Council, Dundee University and Masonic
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Lot: 1296  |  Estimate: £30 - £40  |  Hammer: £80
ORIGINAL PARLOPHONE CONTRACT, 1955
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Lot: 1300  |  Estimate: £400 - £500  |  Hammer: £700
THIS IS YOUR LIFE the album presented to Jimmy at the Thames Television programme broadcast on 29th November, 1978, the gilt tooled red morocco album containing a photographic record of the event, the title page inscribed 'Affectionately on behalf of so many - Eamonn Andrews' along with two scripts and Jimmy's handwritten notes in relation to the programme (2) 
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Lot: 1301  |  Estimate: £200 - £300  |  Hammer: £300
EMI RECORDS PRESENTATION ALBUM most interesting album of memories presented to Jimmy Shand by EMI marking the occasion of Jimmy's 90th Birthday, 28th January 1998. This facinating album contains facsimile letters, personal letters, album covers and photographs chronicling Jimmy's long and distinguished career 
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Lot: 1303  |  Estimate: £60 - £80  |  Hammer: £55
CONCERT PROGRAMMES including The Royal Performance at The Alhambra Theatre, 1963; White Heather Variety Show Programmes; Kenneth McKellar Show Programmes; an autographed 'Jimmy Shand Show' Programme from the Palladium Theatre; other White Heather and other Programmes from home and afar including Edmonton, Los Angeles, Ohio, Victoria, Alberta, Australia and New Zealand and a Dinner Menu signed by some of the cast and inscribed Sydney 22/4/1961 
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Lot: 1304  |  Estimate: £60 - £80  |  Hammer: £55
MATTH. HOHNER 100 YEARS ANNIVERSARY 1857-1957 book commemerating the 100th Anniversary of Hohner, 27th July 1957 with Programme of the Celebrations to which Jimmy was invited. The Programme also contains Jimmy's Hotel reservation at the Hotel Traube as a guest of Hohner 
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Lot: 1309  |  Estimate: £40 - £60  |  Hammer: £30
GROUP OF EPHEMERA Including Carl-Alan Awards Guest List and Seating Plan for 1962 and '63 and 1962 Programme; Certificate of Professional Membership of The British Academy of Songwriters, Composers & Authors; 1956 Songwriters Guild Share Certificate, No. 513; 1999 Tartan Clef Awards Programme and a 1996 BASCA Programme 
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Lot: 1311  |  Estimate: £80 - £120  |  Hammer: £100
FASCINATING EARLY EPHEMERA including a 1933 Hire Purchase Card to Mr James Shand from J. T. Forbes, Piano and Organ Saloons, 44 King's Road, Dundee for the purchase of a L'Organola de Luxe & case; two Letters from Forbes dated November 1933, in one Forbes congratulates Jimmy on being booked for an audition - 'Things are coming your way at last. Hearty congratulations' - Forbes relays some brief instructions about the recording procedure - remarks about contacting Hohner about the possiblity of free publicity via the B.B.C. also a Letter from Columbia Gramophone Company, Ltd. to Charles Forbes outlining their recording requirements and expectations and a 1936 Contract with The Mechanical Copyright Protection Society (5) 
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Lot: 1313  |  Estimate: £30 - £40  |  Hammer: £45
FOUR EARLY 20TH CENTURY WEMYSS PUBLIC SCHOOL CERTIFICATES awarded to Catherine, George, David and Jimmy Shand also a group of ephemera relating to Jimmy including Passports, Driving Licences, Motor Taxation Book, International Certificate of Vaccinations, Medical Card DRI and Disabled Parking Badge 
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Lot: 1314  |  Estimate: £100 - £150  |  Hammer: £260
GOLD DISC presented to Sir Jimmy on 29th November 1978 in recognition of a long and continued association with EMI and to acknowledge worldwide sales in excess of one million copies of his records

Lot: 1315  |  Estimate: £80 - £120  |  Hammer: £260
GOLD DISC presented to Sir Jimmy to mark the 50th Anniversary of his recording career - 1933-1983

Lot: 1316  |  Estimate: £80 - £100  |  Hammer: £120
SILVER DISC presented to Sir Jiimy by EMI Records Ltd. to mark the sale of 250,000 of his Parlophone LP Records - October 1962

Lot: 1317  |  Estimate: £30 - £50  |  Hammer: £65
CARL ALAN AWARD awarded for being the most outstanding Old Tyme Band Leader, 1960
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Lot: 1318  |  Estimate: £30 - £50  |  Hammer: £65
CARL ALAN AWARD awarded for being the most outstanding Old Tyme Band Leader, 1961
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Lot: 1319  |  Estimate: £30 - £50  |  Hammer: £75
CARL ALAN AWARD awarded for being the most outstanding Old Tyme Band Leader, 1962
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Lot: 1320  |  Estimate: £40 - £60  |  Hammer: £90
TWO PLATED PRESENTATION CIRCULAR TRAYS Engraved 'To Jimmy Shand from all his friends at Border Television ''Step We Gaily'' 1969 Series' also another 'Awarded to Jimmy Shand M.B.E. by Radio Clyde...
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Lot: 1321  |  Estimate: £60 - £80  |  Hammer: £140
SILVER GILT HONORARY PRESIDENT OF THE BURNS FEDERATION MEDAL presented 30th July 1998, in a fitted case
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Lot: 1323  |  Estimate: £40 - £50  |  Hammer: £30
EVENING CITIZEN PLEASURE PARADES PERFORMER OF THE YEAR, 1956 also a small plated rose bowl engraved 'J. S. Snr M.A.F.I.A., 1978' (2)
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Lot: 1324  |  Estimate: £80 - £120  |  Hammer: £220
NORDOOFF-ROBINS MUSIC THERAPY SCOTTISH ACCOLADE large burr elm and silver lined double handled quaich presented to Jimmy Shand, 34cm wide
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Lot: 1325  |  Estimate: £40 - £50  |  Hammer: £70
ORIGINAL WOODEN SAILING YAWL made by Jimmy Shand in the 1940's based on the fishing yawls at East Wemyss also another, unfinished pond yacht by Jimmy made in the 1980's and a model of the cruise liner...
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Lot: 1326  |  Estimate: £1500 - £2000  |  Hammer: £1100
ALLOY DIESEL NAMEPLATE ''JIMMY SHAND'' as carried by a Class 37 Diesel Locomotive, No. 37188, carried until 1996, mounted on a wooden board
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Lot: 1327  |  Estimate: £40 - £60  |  Hammer: £35
SCOTRAIL RAILWAY GUARDS FLAG presented to Jimmy at Oban Station during the naming ceremony of the nameplate and a copy of The Accordion Times with Jimmy and his wife Anne shown on the front cover at t...View Lot Details
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Lot: 1329  |  Estimate: £60 - £80  |  Hammer: £160
HOHNER DOUBLE RAY DE LUXE TWO ROW BURTON THREE VOICE MELODEON late 1940s
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Lot: 1330  |  Estimate: £60 - £80  |  Hammer: £100
HOHNER SINGLE ROW THREE VOICE MELODEON early 1950s in a decorative case
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Lot: 1331  |  Estimate: £60 - £80  |  Hammer: £100
HOHNER SINGLE ROW FOUR VOICE MELODEON early 1950s
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Lot: 1332  |  Estimate: £60 - £80  |  Hammer: £75
HARDY SCOT ONE ROW THREE VOICE MELODEON 1920's - 30's
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Lot: 1333  |  Estimate: £60 - £80  |  Hammer: £75
CHAMPION BAND ONE ROW FOUR VOICE MELODEON Antoria Made in Saxony
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Lot: 1334  |  Estimate: £50 - £80  |  Hammer: £60
THE PROFESSIONAL McK & F & G ONE ROW THREE VOICE with resonator, 1920s - 30s
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Lot: 1335  |  Estimate: £80 - £100  |  Hammer: £180

ORIGINAL PAOLO SOPRANI TWO VOICE MELODEON with bone keys, 1920s
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Lot: 1336  |  Estimate: £60 - £80  |  Hammer: £340
PAOLO SOPRANI WHITE TWO ROW THREE VOICE MEDOLDEON late 1920s - early 30s
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Lot: 1337  |  Estimate: £60 - £80  |  Hammer: £180
DIANA ONE ROW FOUR VOICE MELODEON with mother of pearl buttons
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Lot: 1338  |  Estimate: £60 - £80  |  Hammer: £170
EMPRESS QUEEN TWO ROW TWO VOICE BUTTON MELODEON 1920's - 30's
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Lot: 1339  |  Estimate: £150 - £200  |  Hammer: £850
SUPREMUS THREE ROW DIATONIC THREE VOICE with mother of pearl buttons, late 1930s
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Lot: 1340  |  Estimate: £60 - £80  |  Hammer: £200
DALLAPE TWO ROW ACCORDION 22 BASS THREE VOICE with ivory buttons
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Lot: 1341  |  Estimate: £60 - £80  |  Hammer: £220
HOHNER DOUBLE RAY BLACK DOT TWO ROW TWO VOICE MELODEON
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Lot: 1342  |  Estimate: £80 - £120  |  Hammer: £320
JIMMY SHAND'S FIDDLE (Strad. Copy), in case with bow
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Lot: 1343  |  Estimate: £100 - £150  |  Hammer: £170
HOHNER HARMONETTA in case, with instruction tutor
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Lot: 1344  |  Estimate: £30 - £50  |  Hammer: £140
WORLDMASTER TWO VOICE MELODEON
 
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Lot: 1281  |  Estimate: £80 - £120  |  Hammer: Unsold
RED ERSKINE KILT with Prince Charlie jacket and waistcoat
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Lot: 1282  |  Estimate: £80 - £120  |  Hammer: Unsold
DRESS ERSKINE KILT with Prince Charlie jacket and waistcoat; together with a tweed jacket and waistcoat
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Lot: 1285  |  Estimate: £30 - £40  |  Hammer: Unsold
SILVER MOUNTED SKEAN DHU set with cairngorm
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Lot: 1287  |  Estimate: £60 - £80  |  Hammer: Unsold
BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOGRAPH DEPICTING JIMMY SHAND AND JIM CAMERON from the 1940s, mounted, framed and under glass; along with a promotional photograph of Jimmy in a green kilt and two band photographs from the 1950's and 70's (4) 
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Lot: 1288  |  Estimate: £40 - £60  |  Hammer: Unsold
BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOGRAPH OF JIMMY AND HIS WIFE AT BUCKINGHAM PALACE together with a smaller photograph depicting Jimmy and his wife from the same day being awarded his M.B.E. and an embossed copper panel of Jimmy.
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Lot: 1292  |  Estimate: £40 - £60  |  Hammer: Unsold
LIFE MEMBERSHIP CERTIFICATE OF THE PRESTON AND DISTRICT CALEDONIAN SOCIETY together with Manchester & Salford Society Life Membership and the British Accordion Federation 'Most Popular Accordionist' 1959, and a British Academy of Songwriters, Composers & Authors Gold Badge of Merit, framed and under glass (4) .
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Lot: 1293  |  Estimate: £40 - £60  |  Hammer: Unsold
POEM WRITTEN ABOUT SHAND CALLED 'THE LADDIE FRAE THE WEMYSS' by Jack Annadale, framed and under glass; together with a group of minor ephemera relating to Jimmy Shand (12)
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Lot: 1297  |  Estimate: £50 - £70  |  Hammer: Unsold
FREEDOM OF FIFE CEREMONY COMMEMORATIVE ALBUM 22nd September, 1998, the tooled leather bound album filled with photographs recording the event and festivities along the  framed Freedom Certificate (2) 
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Lot: 1298  |  Estimate: £40 - £50  |  Hammer: Unsold
LARGE FRAMED COLOUR PHOTOGRAPH OF JIMMY AT HOME WITH HIS ACCORDIONS AND MELODEONS
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Lot: 1299  |  Estimate: £50 - £70  |  Hammer: Unsold
EIGHT INTERESTING LARGE BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOGRAPHS showing Jimmy in concert with legions of young fans surrounding the performer and his band, dancing and thronging the balcony of the venue also a black and white photograph of Jimmy being presented to the young Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip after a performance (9) 
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Lot: 1302  |  Estimate: £200 - £300  |  Hammer: Unsold
ROYAL INTEREST - TELEMESSAGE FROM H.M. QUEEN ELIZABETH II congratulating Jimmy and Mrs Shand on their Diamond Wedding Anniversary, 23rd January 1996 also 1999 Invitation from The Lord Mayor of London ...
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Lot: 1305  |  Estimate: £30 - £40  |  Hammer: Unsold
TWO ORIGINAL COPIES OF THE SCOTSMAN and THE TIMES for 28th January 1908 presented to Jimmy Shand on the occasion of his 90th Birthday also a group of various newspaper cuttings relating to Jimmy Shand
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Lot: 1306  |  Estimate: £30 - £40  |  Hammer: Unsold
TWO COPIES OF BOX and FIDDLE MAGAZINE March 2006 containing the Jimmy Shand Tribute Day also another - The Bronze Sculpture Issue; Group of Accordion Times from 1983-90 also two copies of Jimmy Shand ...
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Lot: 1307  |  Estimate: £100 - £150  |  Hammer: Unsold
1955 ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND ONE POUND NOTE the reverse signed by Jimmy and his band
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Lot: 1308  |  Estimate: £30 - £50  |  Hammer: Unsold
THREE 1953 CORONATION SOUVENIR PHOTOGRAPHS OF JIMMY AND HIS BAND Each inscribed 'Best Wishes' and signed by Jimmy and each of the band members 
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Lot: 1310  |  Estimate: £30 - £40  |  Hammer: Unsold
GROUP OF SOUVENIR PROGRAMME Including 1958 Royal Scottish Variety Performance (3); 1963 Royal Performance at The Alhambra Theatre; Fourth Festival of Scotland, 1962; 1971 Highland Ball at Bury St. Edmunds, signed by Jimmy, Jimmy Logan and others from the cast; Details of Jimmy's Portrait in the National Gallery; Certificate of Irish Letters Patent and other minor ephemera 
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Lot: 1312  |  Estimate: £40 - £60  |  Hammer: Unsold
SCOTTISH THEATRICAL AGENCY CORRESPONDENCE AND OTHERS five 1955 letters from the Agency relating to Bookings and Payment also a group of B.B.C. Contracts from 1962-65 and a group of Record Company letters from Hugh Mendl of Decca (1967) asking Jimmy to record with them; two Letters from EMI relating to Jimmy's recording of Dashing White Sergeant and four B.B.C. Scripts for The Jimmy Shand Story; The Lilt Is My Delight; Scottish Magazine and Welcome To The Hogmanay Ceilidh 
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Lot: 1322  |  Estimate: £40 - £60  |  Hammer: Unsold
SILVER GILT HONORARY PRESIDENT OF THE BURNS FEDERATION MEDAL presented 30th July 1998, in a fitted case
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Lot: 1328  |  Estimate: £40 - £60  |  Hammer: Unsold
GROUP OF CINE CAMERAS including a Pathex 9-5 mm., Bell and Howell 8 mm., Paillard - Bolex Autoset 8 mm., Cinemax 85E Auto Zoom and two film splicers (6)