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Sporting & General Memorabilia — Charles Leski Auctions Pty. Ltd.

Auction House: Charles Leski Auctions Pty. Ltd. Number of lots recorded: 532
Sale Title: Sporting & General Memorabilia Lots with images: 199
Auction Location: Melbourne Prices available: 369
Date: 23/04/2008









Lot Description Price Image
*** Collection of Lawn Bowls badges, noted 'International Bowling Team, Visit to Australia and New Zealand 1925'; 'Australian Bowling Carnival, Melb, Victoria 1946-47' (2); 'Australian Bowling Carnival, Hobart, 1948'; 'Australian Bowling Carnival, Brisbane, 19… *** N/A 
*** Silver Trophy Cup, hallmarked Birmingham 1933-34, engraved 'The Champion Little Dargee Challenge Cup', 15 cm high; plus plate 'The Prime Mister's Olympic Dinner IV, 1996' and Cd 'Australian Dream'. (3 items) *** N/A 
*** 1983 America's Cup: Perspex paperweight 'A Piece of Australian History, Part of the sails from the victorious yacht Australia II'. Fine condition in original box. *** N/A 
*** Billiards and Snooker Autographs: Autograph page with signatures of Joe Davis, Horace Lindrum and Charles Chambers; plus facsimile autograph of King Edward VIII. *** N/A 
*** Billiards Trophy: Silver-plated Tea Pot, engraved 'Presented to, Tom Cleary, by Officials and Players C.F.C., to mark his success in Australian Billiards Championship, 1947'.… *** N/A 
*** Joe Louis: 'Joe Louis' Own Story - Born to Fight' [Chicago, 1935]; plus 4 press photographs including one of Joe Louis v Billy Conn, another showing Tony Galento after being Ko'd by Louis. (5 items) *** N/A 
*** Boxing Autographs: Group of signed photographs and pieces, with signatures including Max Schmeling, Leon Spinks, Ben Foord, Eddie Phillips (2), Jackie Jurich, Jack Doyle, King Levinsky and Sydney Hulls. (9 items) *** N/A 
*** Boxing group, noted signed autograph page/publicity cards (5) including Len Harvey, Lennox Lewis and Frank Bruno; postcard 'Jack Dempsey Knocks Out Jess Willard, Toledo July 4 1919 and becomes Champion of the World'; 'The Ring' magazine for April-May 1964 … *** N/A 
*** 1930 1st British Empire Games in Hamilton, rare programme for Opening Ceremony and Athletics on 16th August, noted Lord Burghley winning gold in 440yds Hurdles. *** N/A 
*** 1930 1st British Empire Games in Hamilton, rare programme for Athletics on 21st August, noted Marathon with map of course, Australia's Hillhouse silver in 3 miles. *** N/A 
*** 1930 1st British Empire Games in Hamilton, rare programme for Wrestling and Boxing on 22nd August. *** N/A 
*** 1930 1st British Empire Games in Hamilton, rare programme for Athletics on 23rd August (Last Day), noted Lord Burghley winning gold in 120yds Hurdles and One Mile Relay; and finishes with Presentation of Prizes for all British Empire Competitions *** N/A 
*** 1930 British Empire vs United States, Track and Field Games at Soldier Field, Chicago, rare programme for 27th August (shortly after first British Empire Games). *** N/A 
*** Cricket Group, noted team photographs of 1886 Oxford Eleven and a c1900 unidentified team with 3 players wearing Vca caps; 1902 Surrey v Yorkshire scorecard; newspaper supplements showing Ashes Tests in 1929, 1930 and 1933; also c1824 engraving of boxer To… *** N/A 
*** W.G.Grace, signature on piece (laminated); together with small picture. Poor/Fair condition, though rare. *** N/A 
*** Mailing Package, with label 'The Fifth and Deciding Test Match. Mr Stoddart's English Team v Combined Australia. Played on the Melbourne Cricket Ground, Victoria, March, 1895. England won by 6 wickets and 1 run'.… *** N/A 
*** 'With Bat and Ball - or 25 Years of Australian and Anglo-Australian Cricket' by George Giffen [London, 1898], original pictorial stiffened wrappers, generally good condition. *** N/A 
*** 1902 Australian tour to England, magazines 'Boys of Our Empire', showing on the front covers Australian cricketers Reginald Duff and Warwick Armstrong, A.C.Maclaren, Clement Hill and Monty Noble. (4 items) *** N/A 
*** Cricket Postcards, noted Littlebury's '1906-07 England Cricketers' (4); c1903-06 Captain magazine 'English and Australian Cricketers' (8); c1904 Valentines - Joe Darling; plus Cornhill Insarance cards (5 - 4 signed). (18 items) *** N/A 
*** Postcards: 'Oxford 1904' rowing crew postcard with name at base 'W.G.Grace' (not Grace's signature); plus postcards (31) of 1999 Cricket World Cup. (32 items) *** N/A 

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