More items from the collection of George Formby

Society founder member and first President, Bill

Logan will go under the hammer tomorrow 04/05

October 2024.

The location is Laidlaw Auctions in Carlisle. The loc-

ation of the sale is at The Temple Auction Rooms, St

Nicholas Street, Carlisle, Cumbria CA1 2EF

The item descriptions are below and the images can be viewed at the button link above. A George Formby owned "Baby" Gibson UB-2 De-Luxe / UB-3 banjo ukulele in Paxman case, previously described as "This was George's second favourite instrument, after his Abbott 'Monarch'. The Gibson was used in many films and broadcasts and for the recording of 'Our Sergeant Major', 'Fanlight Fanny' and 'In My Little Snapshot Album'". A George Formby owned Dallas D banjo ukulele, serial D/1906, the case numbered 5, 56 cm A George Formby owned National steel resonator ukulele, serial number 1663, 61 cm A George Formby owned Will Van Allen New Revelation banjolele, the case numbered 8, 55 cm A carved and painted comical wooden nodding George Formby figure, modelled standing in an ENSA-style uniform with his signature ukulele under one arm, circa 1940s, 29 cm, (lot 11 (part) Beryldene sale) A George Formby owned Dallas E resonator banjolele, serial E/1139, the headstock having an inlaid mother-of-pearl scroll plaque faintly engraved "George Formby", the case numbered 7, 56 cm A George Formby owned La Foley ukulele, the case numbered G6, 52 cm, previously described as " George's early practice instrument" A George Formby owned JV Bourdon & Son banjolele in a 'The Whirle' Windsor case, the case numbered 13, 55 cm A George Formby owned Windsor "The Whirle" banjo and case, 72 cm A George Formby owned Dulcet Ukulele by José Alvarez, bearing an internal label "José Alvarez Barcelona Dulcet Fabricado en España", the case numbered G7, 50 cm, (lot 442 of Beryldene sale), previously described as "This ukulele was used by George on his travels during World War II and can be seen in newsreels of the time." A George Formby owned William Lange "Banner Blue" banjolele, decorated with mother-of-pearl marquetry inlay, cased, 56 cm Two George Formby owned instrument cases, each a Paxman banjolele case with Paxman Bros Ltd label inside and numbered 'G1' and 'G3' respectively on the outer, latter 62 cm A Saskatoon Kinsmen faun beaver fur felt hat "especially for George Formby" by John B Stetson Company (Canada) Limited, boxed, size 5/8, (lot 740 (part) Beryldene sale) A George Formby owned "The Gibson" UB-1 banjo ukulele, the case numbered G6, 49 cm A quantity of George Formby sheet music publications including "Chinese Laundry Blues", "When the Lads of the Village Get Crackin'" and "The 2nd George Formby Big Hit Song Book", together with A Williams, "The "At-a-Glance" Ukulele and Ukelele- Banjo Method" and related photographs A George Formby owned Shelley "Late Foley" gilt enriched and silver mounted coffee set, cased, Walker and Hall, Sheffield, 1914, (lot 280 Beryldene sale) A 1930s painted plaster George Formby mask wall plaque, 22.5 cm, (Lot 94 Beryldene sale. "94. Plaster mask wall ornament") George Formby's Dunhill Denicotea cigarette holder, (lot 300 (part) Beryldene sale) A pair of uniformly framed photographs respectively of George Formby with Rolls Royce and Jaguar cars, registered 'GF1' and 'GF2', and with his ukuleles, former 16 cm x 20 cm overall A Canadian Pacific Steamships First luggage label inscribed "George Formby, 1960, SS Empress of Britain, Liverpool", together with a souvenir boomerang and a carved hardwood rhinoceros, latter 9 cm x 8 cm, (lot 11 (part) Beryldene sale)