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Auction House:Leski Auctions Pty. Ltd.Number of lots recorded:405
Sale Title:Sporting and General MemorabiliaLots with images:387
Auction Location:MelbournePrices available:283
Date:18-Dec-2012
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Don Bradman, signature on 'Sir Donald Bradman - Frame by Frame' print, limited edition 120/150, window mounted, framed & glazed, overall 117 x 55 cm
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D 1st & 5th December 1928 'Daily Mail' (England) newspaper 'Test Match Bulletins' for the First Test at Brisbane, 1st & 5th Dec. - Bradman's Test debut, includes text 'England's Record Test Victory - Australia Defeated By 675 Runs' & 'Australia's plight became hopeless when Chapman caught Bradman off White for a single', and Australia was defeated by a record 675 runs (Bradman was dropped for the 2nd Test, but re-instated for the 3rd Test, scored his maiden Test century to launch his glittering career).…
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'Australian XI, English Tour 1930', Orient Line brochure with pen-picture of each member of the touring party, and with each biography nicely signed in ink by the player featured, a total of 17 signatures including Don Bradman, Bill Woodfull, Archie Jackson & Bill Ponsford. Good condition
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Don Bradman's Bat From the 1931-32 Australia v South Africa Test Series: 'Sykes - Don Bradman' full size Cricket Bat, signed 'Don Bradman/Private' in the ownership position on reverse, (soiled and darkened, sliver lacking at base, lacking waxed string strengthening band). in the 1931-32 Australia v South Africa Test series, Bradman scored 806 runs, with a high score of 299 not out, and an average of 201.5. Together with a photocopy of a letter from Sir Donald Bradman, dated 20th Jan.1998, where he States,…
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Harold Larwood's England Jumper From the 1932-33 'Body-Line' Tour: England jumper (long sleeves), with name tag inside with stitched 'Larwood'. Together with a signed note 'This is the sweater that I used, during the 1932-3 Test Matches, presented to the Cricketers Bar. 24/3/77. Harold Larwood'. Also with a photocopy of Larwood's contract for the 1932-33 tour of Australia and New Zealand. Ex Windsor Hotel collection. Harold Larwood was an extremely accurate fast bowler best known for his key role as the…
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1932-33 England 'Bodyline' Tour to Australia: Dinner menu 'The Oxford and Cambridge Association of South Australia, Annual Dinner, Adelaide, November 5th 1932', with guests P.F.Warner, R.C.N.Palairet, J.R.Jardine, Nawab of Pataudi, G.O.Allen & F.R.Browne. scarce
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1932-33 England 'Bodyline' Tour to Australia: Dinner menu 'Melbourne Club, 12th November 1932' with handdrawn cartoon on reverse referring to 'F.B.' (England's Freddie Brown). scarce
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1933-34 New South Wales Team, original team photograph, with title 'New South Wales V Queensland, Sydney 1933-1934', and players names printed on mount, noted Alan Kippax, Bill Brown & Don Bradman, size 37 x 30 cm. Good condition. Ex Bill Brown's personal collection
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Don Bradman's 1934 Australian 'Baggy Green' Test Cap, green wool, wire-embroidered Australian Coat-of- Arms & '1934' on front, Farmers label inside endorsed 'D.G.Bradman'. Few small moth holes, otherwise in good matchworn condition. Provenance: Bradman originally gifted this cap to his golf coach, Jack Bahen, one of Australia's pioneer professional golfers. On Bahen's death it passed to his daughter Gretta Richardson, who in 1993 loaned it to the Mortlock Library in South Australia who were displaying…
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1938 Australian Tour to England: Official scorecard for 2nd Test at Lord's, partially completed in red by Bill Brown, showing his 206 not out in the first innings, described by him as his greatest achievment in Test cricket. Good condition. Ex Bill Brown's personal collection
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Australian Cricket Captains, display comprising miniature cricket bat signed by Don Bradman, Allan Border, Steve Waugh & Greg Chappell, window mounted with photographs of each Captain, framed & glazed, overall 69 x 50 cm
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1948 Australian 'Invincibles' Team, photograph of R.M.S.'Orontes' with 14 signatures on the photograph, including Don Bradman, Ray Lindwall, Neil Harvey & Arthur Morris (4 signatures have faded, though others are clear). Some tone spots on mount, overall 26 x 25 cm.
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Don Bradman, signed print of Don Bradman, limited edition 124/150, window mounted, framed & glazed, overall 82 x 95 cm
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Don Bradman, print 'Sir Donald Bradman' by John Christie, signed by the artist, limited edition 1376/1500, framed & glazed, overall 82 x 115 cm
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Don Bradman, signature on poster 'Farewell to Cricket - Don Bradman, Window Mounted, Framed & Glazed, Overall 54 X 63 cm.
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Don Bradman, signature on front cover of cassette case 'Don Bradman - Sir Donald's Speech at the Opening of the Bradman Museum' [Abc Spoken Word, 1990]; plus signature on Cd cover of 'Words from The Don - A Collection of speeches by the great Sir Donald Bradman' [The Bradman Collection/State Library of South Australia, 1999]. (2 items)
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Don Bradman, signatures (4) on 'Bradman - The Don Declares' [Abc, 1994]. Signatures on front of the three twin-casette cases, and another on the slip-case
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Don Bradman, original painting by Vincent Fantauzzo, oil on canvas, signed by Don Bradman at centre left, (unsigned by artist), framed, overall 50 x 65 cm
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Ray Lindwall & Keith Miller: 1950 poem 'Lindwall and Miller' mounted with cards signed by Ray Lindwall & Keith Miller (framed, 30 x 35 cm); plus Tasmania team sheet 1995-96 with 16 signatures (framed, 33 x 45 cm). (2 items)
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1953 Australian Team, official team photograph, with title 'Australian Cricket Team 1953. Coronation Tour' printed on mount, signed to mount by entire team, 18 signatures - ray Lindwall, Alan Davidson, Doug Ring, Jack Hill, Gil Langly, Ian Craig, Jim De Courcy, Lindsay Hassett (Captain), G.Davies (manager), Arthur Morris, Neil Harvey, Colin McDonald, Graeme Hole, Ron Archer, Bill Johnston, Keith Miller, Richie Benaud & Don Tallon, overall 31 x 25 cm. Fair/Good condition
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Rohan Kanhai's Warwickshire Jumper (short sleeves). Fair/Good condition. [Rohan Kanhai played 79 Tests for West Indies 1957-74, and 421 First Class matches including Western Australia 1961-62; Warwickshire 1968-77; Tasmania 1969-70]. Ex Windsor Hotel collection
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Lance Gibbs' West Indies Test Jumper (sleeveless), made by Bill edwards of Swansea, marked 'Kb' on label. Fair/Good condition. Ex Windsor Hotel collection. (Lance Gibbs played 79 Tests 1958-76, the first spinner to pass 300 Test wickets)
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Lindsay Kline's Australian 'Baggy Green' 1959-60 Test Cap, green wool, embroidered Coat-of-Arms & '1959-60' on front, 'Farmers, Sydney' label inside marked 'L.Kline'. Fine condition. Ex Windsor Hotel collection. Kline played 13 Tests 1957-61. He is probably best remembered for his involvement in the outcome of 2 test matches of the 1960/61 West Indies tour of Australia. He was the batsman who faced the last ball of the last over off Wes Hall in the famous Tied Test between Australia & West Indies at The…
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'The Tied Test', 1960 Australia v West Indies, 1st Test at Brisbane, display comprising action picture signed by Wes Hall & Richie Benaud, limited edition 592/1000, window mounted, framed & glazed, overall 88 x 62 cm
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1961 Australian Tour to England: P&O menu with 19 signatures on front cover including Richie Benaud, Bill Lawry, Neil Harvey, Bob Simpson, Alan Davidson & Wally Grout
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1977 Centenary Test: Scarce strip of 5 Reserved Seat tickets, one for each day of the Centenary Test, Australia v England at MCG, on 12th-17th March. Green tickets, for 'Reserved Seat, In the Open'
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1977 Centenary Test: Scarce strip of 5 Reserved Seat tickets, one for each day of the Centenary Test, Australia v England at MCG, on 12th-17th March. Yellow tickets, for 'Reserved Seat, Under Cover'
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1978-79 World Series Cup, full size 'Gray-Nicolls' Cricket Bat signed by Australia, England & West Indies teams, with a total of 44 signatures including Greg Chappell, Kim Hughes, Mike Brearley, David Gower, Clive Lloyd & Viv Richards. a couple of signatures faded, but bat varnished and majority in superb condition
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'the Knights of Cricket', display comprising 6 signed photographs of all the Sirs - Don Bradman, Clyde Walcott, Gary Sobers, Colin Cowdrey, Everton Weekes & Richard Hadlee, window mounted with details of their Test careers, limited edition 328/500, framed & glazed, overall 51 x 75 cm
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1985 World Championship of Cricket, full size Cricket Bat signed by India v Pakistan (two teams in Final at MCG), with 28 signatures including Sunil Gavaskar, Kapil dev, Ravi Shastri, Javed Miandad & Imran khan. Good condition
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1986-87 World Series Cup, full size 'Gray-Nicolls' Cricket Bat signed by Australia, England & West Indies teams, with a total of 44 signatures including Allan Border, Mike Gatting & Viv Richards, fine condition with all signatures identified. Ex Geoff Marsh collection
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Gary Kirsten, display comprising signed batting glave, window mounted with 4 photographs, framed & glazed, overall 92 x 75 cm. [Gary Kirsten played 101 Tests & 185 ODIs for South Africa, 1993-2004]
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Shane Warne: Photograph 'Ball of the Century' by Patrick Eagar, signed on mount by Shane Warne, limited edition 375/500, window mounted, framed & glazed, overall 93 x 73 cm
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South African Cricket, display comprising South Africa cap with 9 signatures including Shaun Pollock, Gary Kirsten & Jonty Rhodes, window mounted with 5 photographs, framed & glazed, overall 87 x 81 cm
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1993 Australian tour to England, 'Gabba' Cricket Bat from 2nd Texaco Trophy match at Edgbaston signed by Australia & England teams, a total of 23 signatures including Allan Border, Mark Taylor & Steve Waugh. (Rubber handle perishing & minor tones). (England 5/277 (Smith 167 not out) lost to Australia 4/280 (M.Waugh 113) by 6 wickets). Ex Craig McDermott collection, endorsed 'Billy' in ownership position
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'Master Class - Australia's World Champions', lithographic print by Brian Clinton, signed by Allan Border, Steve Waugh, Ricky Ponting and the artist, limited edition 75/250, framed & glazed, overall 99 x 71 cm
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The Chappell Hadlee Trophy, display 'The Chappell Hadlee Trophy' signed by Ian, Greg & Trevor Chappell, and Walter, Dayle, Barry & Sir Richard Hadlee, limited edition 12/100, window mounted, framed & glazed, overall 124 x 82 cm. (In 2004, Australia and New Zealand formalised their already strong cricketing rivalry with the introduction of the Chappell- Hadlee Trophy, named in honour of the legendary Australian and New Zealand cricket families)
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1905 Sniders & Abrahams 'Australian Cricket Team' (mauve printing), almost complete set (13/15), noted Warwick Armstrong, Joe Darling & Victor Trumper. Mainly G/VG
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1907 Wills (Australia) 'Prominent Australian & English Cricketers', part set [20/50]. 2 creased, others mainly G/VG
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Australia: Signed autograph cards (40 - cards with 'Australia Test Player' printed in green), including Brett Lee, Ricky Ponting, Usman Khawaja, Michael Johnson, Ben Hilfenhaus, Matthew Hayden & Glenn McGrath. (40 items)
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Australia & India: Signed autograph cards (32 - cards with 'Australia Test Player' printed in green), including Graeme Wood, Rodney Hogg, Rick McCosker, ray Bright, Ian Chappell, Shane Warne & Kim Hughes; also 1986 India - autograph pages (2) with 15 signatures; 1997 Australia - autograph pages (2) with 9 signatures. (36 items)
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1926 Australian Team, comprising autograph page with 17 signatures - Herb Collins (Captain), Warren Bardsley, Arthur Mailey, Clarrie Grimmett, Bill Ponsford, Bill Woodfull, Arthur Richardson, Charlie Macartney, Bert Oldfield, Hunter Hendry (twice), Sam Everett, Johnny Taylor, Tommy Andrews, John Ellis, Jack Ryder & Jack Gregory. scarce
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1938 Australian Team, official team sheet with 15 signatures including Don Bradman, Stan McCabe, Sid Barnes (scarce) & Lindsay Hassett. Very good condition. Good example of Australia's first official team sheet
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1945-46 Victoria Team, autograph page with 12 signatures including Percy Beames (Captain), Bill Johnston, Keith Stackpole, Ben Barnett, Ken Meuleman & Ian Johnson
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1945-46 Queensland Team, autograph pages (2) with 14 signatures including Bill Brown (captain), Colin McCool, Don Tallon, Alec Price, Geoff Cook & Aub Carrigan
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1948 Australian Team, page from return voyage on Rms 'Orontes', with 18 signatures including Don Bradman, Sid Barnes, Lindsay Hassett, Keith Miller & Ray Lindwall. VG condition
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1948 Australian Team, notebook page with 17 signatures including Don Bradman, Sid Barnes, Lindsay Hassett, Keith Miller & ray Lindwall. Fair/Good condition. Also picture of 1948 Australian team. (2 items)
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1948 England v Australia, 5th Test at the Oval, Surrey County Cricket Club pages (2), one signed by Australia with 16 signatures including Don Bradman, Sid Barnes, Lindsay Hassett, Arthur Morris (196) & ray Lindwall; other page (with tape stains) with 11 England signatures including Eric Hollies (who bowled Bradman for a duck in his last innings). Fair/Good condition. (2 items)
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1958 New Zealand Team, official team sheet with 18 signatures including John Reid (captain), Harry Cave, Bert Sutcliffe, Alex Moir & scorer George Duckworth
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1960-61 West Indies team, autograph book with 7 signatures including Seymour Nurse, Alf Valentine & Rohan kanhai; also Geelong footballer Doug Long
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1963 Australia v South Africa, autograph book with signatures of 15 Australians & 9 South Africans, including Bob Simpson, Neil Harvey, Ian Redpath, Trevor Goddard & Graeme Pollock
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1964 Australian Team, official team sheet with 16 signatures including Bob Simpson (captain), Brian Booth, Bill Lawry & Graham McKenzie. Fair/Good condition
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1968 Australian Team, official team sheet with 17 signatures including Bill Lawry (Captain), Ian Chappell, Doug Walters & Alan Connolly. Fair condition (some soiling)
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1972 Australian Team, official team sheet with 16 signatures including Ian Chappell (Captain), Keith Stackpole, Greg Chappell, Graeme Watson & Dennis Lillee. Fine condition. Also small piece with signature of Bruce Francis
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1993 Australian Team to England, official team sheet with 21 signatures including Allan Border, Mark Taylor & Shane Warne. (In his first Ashes tour, Warne bowled Gatting with 'The Ball of the Century'). Folded, Otherwise Fine Condition. Scarce
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2005 England v Australia, pair of excellent photographs, England with 14 signatures including Michael Vaughan, Kevin Pietersen & Andrew Flintoff; Australia with 15 signatures including Ricky Ponting, Adam Gilchrist, Glenn McGrath & Shane Warne. VG condition. (2 items)
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Essendon: 1891 wonderful original photograph of the Essendon footballers in their 'Sunday Best' clothes, size 20 x 14 cm. Photo is superb quality, allowing players to be identified. Together with reprinted photographs of 1892 (2) & 1897 (2) Premiership teams. (5 items)
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Collingwood: Silver-plated tray (64 x 38 cm), engraved at centre 'Presented to W.Proudfoot Esq, By the Collingwood Football Club, on His Retirement From the Game, & in Recognition of His Valuable Services Rendered Both As Player & Captain to the Club. March 29th 1900'. William Proudfoot played 108 games 1897-1906. a giant in Collingwood's early history, Proudfoot was a powerful, vigorous defender who tipped the scales at over 16 stone. He was a policeman whose career often became entangled with his…
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Collingwood: framed display 'Doc Seddon Sends Xmas Greetings From Egypt', comprising an original Anzac biscuit with drawing of a Collingwood footballer and text 'What I Am Training On. Egypt Xmas 1915, Greetings From Doc', framed & glazed, overall 30 x 36 cm. Together with the book 'A Collingwood Love Story' by Daley (Melbourne, 2011) in which this display is illustrated on page 195. Malcolm 'Doc' Seddon (born 31 May 1888) played with Collingwood in the VFL. Seddon was also a veteran of World War I, where…
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SANFL: 1924-2008 collection with club annual reports/yearbooks (62) - Glenelg (4), North Adelaide (7), Norwood (4), Port Adelaide (2), South Adelaide (4), Sturt (20), West Adelaide (14), Woodville (2) & West Torrens (5). Also 'Football Times Year Book's (14) & Club Newsletters/Magazines (88 Issues). Fair/Good Condition. (164 Items)
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Haydn Bunton (possibly the greatest footballer ever, winning 2 Brownlow Medals & 3 Sandover medals), signature on action photograph of Haydn in his Victorian jumper, size 13 x 20 cm
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Grand Final Previews: Binder with collection of Grand Final & Finals Previews, mostly from 'The Sun', c1935-2003. Fair/ Good condition. (c93 items)
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Essendon: c1952-98 Club ephemera including 'Kia-Ora Sports Parade' programmes (5) for 1952, 1953, 1956, 1958 & 1960. Fair/ Good condition. (14 items)
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Umpires: Victorian Football League Umpires' Association annual reports, complete run 1959-81 (23); plus other umpires ephemera (9) in binder. Fair/Good condition. (32 items)
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SANFL Ephemera: Collection in box, noted 1980s 'SANFL Mascots' badges set (10); Adelaide Crows - Year Books (12), books (3), magazines (23) & prints (2); 'SA Football Budgets' (25 issues 1974-95); other programmes (4); annual reports (14); newsletters (36); menus (10) including 1994 Margarey Medal dinner in honour of Gary McIntosh (signed); books/ephemera (9) with 1964 Port Adelaide souvenir brochure for Opening of New Premises. Fair/Good condition. (147 items)
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