M.Goldstein

Glowing pink neon nude model. The artist’s line gives the figure a hand-drawn quality, the simple, naturalistic pose is unusual in this medium.

Freestanding, measuring 40cm x 60cm.

Tu es la femme de mes rêves!

A well balanced pair of fairground distortion mirrors. One being concave, the other convex, with slight foxing to the original mercury coated glass. Dating from around 1880, measuring 50cm x 40cm. A warped view in a mercury reflection.

A very early phrenologists cane. The head is carved in ivory, with the corresponding phrenology index carved into the collar. Mounted on its original lacquered holly shaft which resembles vertebrae, this item is of exquisite proportions and would have been a wealthy young flâneur’s fashion statement.

Small scale stylised portraits with a distinctive, illustrative hand. The artist has used flat colour washes and crosshatch drawing techniques to make these portraits of attractive, stylish 1930s characters. Part of a collection.

Painted in around 1880, this is a petite (22.5cm x14.5cm) signwriter’s oil painting on board.

The subject matter suggests a pet emporium or a peddler or street trader. Depicting two English lop rabbits, rendered in a colourful, folk style. One of the most desirable antique trade signs Mr Goldstein has ever seen.

Original late 1960s neon and perspex Soho striptease club sign.

From Tisbury Court, this is the last existing piece of signage bearing the word, Soho. From a time when the Astral cinema played Russ Meyer films, the Raymond Revue bar was the place to be and spivs, porn barons and bohemians ruled the Soho streets.

150cm x 125cm, the font, colourscheme and signs of age make this an important timepiece representing the best of Soho. R.I.P.

Traditionally framed in a gilt mid 19th C surround, this was originally a lighthouse reflecting lens dating from 1916.

Acid etched by the makers Chance Brothers with patent, serial number and focus measurements, the condition is exceptional. The distortion in this concave parabolic reflector is complex; from different points and distances it changes dramatically. Viewed from close quarters it brings the viewer into focus with an intense clarity of definition, at a distance there is an unusual dimensional bounce difficult to describe without standing in front of the object. The reflection also sometimes gives the illusion of circular ripples in water.

At 75cm diameter overall it was used as a hall mirror in Slane Castle in Ireland.

An inspired combination of precision and tradition.

Unusual functional mirror for reading one’s height. According to the instructions painted at the top, “There is no occasion to remove your hat…” The scale is measured in feet and inches, reverse etched into the glass, with a moulded, decorative frame.

A rare and charming piece of Victoriana.

1940 concave glass reflector made by C.A. Parsons & Co, as acid etched in the centre.

95cm in diameter and in original condition with copper rim. Comes from a Royal Naval battleship from WW2, it was part of a large-scale searchlight.

To bring a mirror of this kind with its distorted reflection into a domestic interior is like introducing a vortex into your surroundings. Not only a rare, nautical antique, this object also makes an impressive artistic statement.

This monumental relic of the Atomic Age has just landed at M.Goldstein.
Named Cygan, created in 1957 by Dr Ing Fiorito, an aeromodeller from Turin. Over eight feet tall, this is probably one of Europe’s most advanced robots for the time. Originally he could walk, turn and lift. He accepted spoken commands as well as signals and responded to light rays, making him quite a celebrity in the 1950s and 1960s.

Cygan was first presented at the Milan sample fair in 1957. In 1958 his creator brought him to Olympia in London where he performed for the astonished crowds.
Today he still commands attention and resides in the interior of M.Goldstein…come and meet the dormant giant.