A complete set of 5 comic books, including two copies of #1 featuring alternative cover illustrations
James Patterson, The Murder of King Tut.
Adaptation of the novel The Murder of King Tut by James Patterson and Martin Dugard, set in the time of Tutankhamun and follows Howard Carter's search for the King's tomb.
2 photographs taken by tourists visiting Luxor in 1923.
TAA iii.46.2.1
Three tourists, one man and two women, sitting on the modern enclosure wall of Tutankhamun's tomb, with two Egyptian police officers (1 standing on either side of the seated group).
Manuscript note on verso, "Outside the new Tomb. The Valley of the Kings - 1923."
TAA iii.46.2.2
Female tourist, also part of the group in the other photograph, standing next to the head of a colossus of Ramesses II in the Ramesseum.
Manuscript note on verso, "The Ramesseum - Thebes - 1923."
The identities of the people in the photographs and the owner of the pictures are all unknown.
Press photograph of Miss Evelyn Baldwin, Captian of the New York Girl Scouts, shaking the hand of "Mrs King Tut", taken at the International Flower Show, New York, on 15 March 1923.
Wording from sign featuring in the photograph: " Mrs. Tut | Here are the flowers that King Tut-Ankh-Amen's queen loved, as indicated by the Egyptian tomb Excavation. | They Include | Lotus | Poppy | Daisy | Delphinium | Acacia | Jasminium".
Verso
Affixed typewritten label: "PHOTO BY PICTORIAL PRESS | INTERNATIONAL FLOWER SHOW, NEW YORK, MARCH 15. | MISS EVELYN BALDWIN, CAPTAIN OF THE NEW YORK GIRL SCOUTS, SHAKES HANDS WITH MRS. KING TUT AT THE SHOW. BETWEEN THEM IS SHOWN THE NEW SWEET PEA, "KING TUT", AWARDED A CERTIFICATE OF MERIT. | 31523."
Ink stamped: "Please acknowledge PICTORIAL PRESS PHOTOS 145 West 41st Street, N. Y. C. | For your use only, and must not be used for Advertising Purposes without permission."
Ink stamped: "REFERENCE DEPT. | MAR 19 1923 | N .E. A." and annotated "A4323".
Tutankhamun-related stamp album with a full set of affixed collectable 'picture stamps', issued by Nestlé and Anglo-Swiss Condensed Milk (Export) Co. Ltd., in 1933.
"Nestlé's Picture Stamp Album, vol. 2: Wonders of the World", with a complete set of stamps affixed to the album pages.
16 pages and covers
Including "Tutankhamen’s Tomb" = series no. 18 on p. 9, 12 stamps.
Issued by Nestlé and Anglo-Swiss Condensed Milk (Export) Co. Ltd., Vevey, Switzerland.
Printed by F. Stannard, London, United Kingdom.
12 numbered Tutankhamun stamps, artist's impressions, most based on Harry Burton's photographs: