Miscellaneous Portraits and Posters

Hello all.

I recently bought a lot at auction (in England) which consisted mainly of family trees and pedigrees (which I am interested in), but it also included a few other items, including one which rather took me by surprise (you’ll see what I mean).

1. Print of a naked man. I’ve covered over his genitals (it is very detailed). I think the signature says “Semenzato ‘75” … does anyone know who he is/was?

2. Portrait of a man with glasses. Pencil and purple paint on green paper. I think it says “Edward Samaan 11-6-1976 London” … is that the artist or the sitter?

3. Japanese 1979 calendar. This came in a cardboard tube stamped "Oversea Courier Service Co., Ltd", from "C. Itoh & Co." (a very big corporation) and addressed to Mr. M. Yano at "The Bank of Tokyo, Ltd., Northgate House, 20/24 Moorgate, London".

4. Poster of … mythical scenes? Three copies. It says copyright “Verkerke GMBH Printed in Holland”.

5. Poster of “Crests and Insignia of the Royal Navy”. It seems to be a recruitment poster “devised by the Directorate of Public Relations, Royal Navy”.

6. Poster copy of a portrait of Richard III from the National Portrait Gallery. Published by HM Stationary Office.

7. Poster maps of Surrey and Middlesex.

I’m not interested in keeping any of these, so I’ll either take them to the charity shop, sell, or dump. Would any of this stuff be of interest to anyone, or is it all worthless?

 

Here's a photo of the signature on the naked man print.

Also Richard III again (hopefully the right way up this time).

 

Mavota-Please post these Pics 'Full Size'.Our kind & generous experts here will be hesitant to keep blowing them up to full size.It'll def up your response level.

 

Sure, here you go. I had posted as thumbnails because I didn't want to take up too much room.

 

some of these will interest some folks......others , not so much...
depending on where u r , and where you sell..

 

Those are mostly star signs by Johfra (short for Johannes Franciscus), a Dutch artist who painted 'esoteric' art. Very popular in the 1970s.
He made them for Verkerke, the best known Dutch poster and postcard company.

 

@komokwa
When I sell stuff (usually books), I use Ebay. I’m UK-based. I did have a look at “vintage posters” on Ebay earlier today but the market seems to be swamped by people doing on-demand reprints. (I’m not sure how they get away with calling a photo-copy vintage, but whatever.)

@Any Jewelry
Interesting, thanks. I’d never have guessed they were star signs – not something I know anything about. That will help if I do try to sell these.

 

One issue with selling on Ebay is I'd need to get poster tubes for postage, so if nothing is worth more than about £10 I'll just take the whole lot to the charity shop. Though I'm not sure if they'll thank me for them!