| Auction House: | Charles Leski Auctions Pty. Ltd. | Number of lots recorded: | 1,015 | | Sale Title: | Sporting & General Memorabilia | Lots with images: | 622 | | Auction Location: | Melbourne | Prices available: | 676 | | Date: | 30/03/2009 | | |
| Lot | Description | Price | Image | | *** | Wisden Cricketers' Almanack for 1905, rebound in brown cloth, preserving original wrappers. Fair/Good condit | *** | N/A | | *** | Charlie Macartney, superb signed photograph of The Governor-General in his Australian cap and blazer, 14 x 20 cm. [Macartney played 35 Tests 1905-36, Test player no.90] | *** |  | | *** | Stanley Jackson, signature on lower right margin of superb half-tone offset lithographic original of the England captain, Stanley Jackson, in full flight, published by The Swan Electric Engraving Company, London, 1st September, 1905; image size 28 x 42 cm, some tone spots, overall 56 x 76 cm | *** |  | | *** | The Hon.F.S.Jackson by Percy Cross Standing [London, 1906]. Fair/Good condition | *** | N/A | | *** | Framed Cricket Prints: Kent v Lancashire at Canterbury in 1906 by Albert Chevalier Tayler (modern, overall 92 x 60 cm); Cricket upon Shell Green, Gallipoli 1915 by Dave Thomas (2003), signed by the artist (76 x 65 cm); Glamorgan C.C.C. - Axa Equity and Law League Champions 1993 by Joy Hawker, signed by the artist (74 x 56 cm); The Greatest Test Match Wicket Takers - 300 and Over signed by Richard Hadlee (52 x 49 cm). (4 items) | *** |  | | *** | Hat Trick Cricket Ball, with silver shield affixed, engraved Presented to, C.Darling, by A.C.C., Hat Trick, 6-10-07, mounted on silver pedestal | *** |  | | *** | 1907 Cartoon: original pen and ink cartoon The Return of Cricket, signed Aem and dated May 4, 1907, window mounted, overall 36 x 34 cm. Plus booklet The Founding of Australia by D.Hope Johnston [London, c1938], signed by the author and endorsed to Keith Miller Best Wishes for a 100 + 100 at Old Trafford in 1953 (2 items) | *** |  | | *** | Great Bowlers and Fielders - Their Methods at a Glance by George Beldam and C.B.Fry [Lond.1907]. Good condit | *** | N/A | | *** | Jack Hobbs: Group of autograph pages (4) and pieces (3) with 27 pencil signatures, the only two of note are J.B.Hobbs and Colin Blythe. [Jack Hobbs played 61 Tests 1907-30, one of five Wisden cricketers of the century] | *** | N/A | | *** | J.B.Hobbs, lovely contemporary signature on real photo postcard. [Hobbs played 61 Tests 1908-30] | *** |  | | *** | Wisden Cricketers' Almanack for 1908, rebound in brown cloth, preserving original wrappers. Fair/Good condit | *** | N/A | | *** | J.B.Hobbs, signature on real photo postcard; also Herbert Sutcliffe postcard with facsimile autograph. [Hobbs played 61 Tests 1908-30; Herbert Sutcliffe played in 54 Tests 1924-35. ]. (2 items) | *** |  | | *** | Cricket Group: Postcards (5); books England v Australia 1877-1939 by Roberts [Birmingham, 1946]; England Keeps the Ashes - The record of the England and Mcc Tour of Australia, 1954-55 (2) by White and Webber [London, 1955]; photograph from David Bairstow's… | *** | N/A | | *** | Wisden Cricketers' Almanack for 1909, rebound in brown cloth, preserving original wrappers. Good condition | *** | N/A | | *** | Peter McALISTER, fine signature on postcard P.A.McAlister (The Australian Cricket Team 1909.). Ex Victor Trumper collection. [Peter McAlister played 8 Tests 1903-09. Australian Test Player No.86] | *** |  | | *** | Australian Cricket Tour 1909 by A.O.Jones [London, 1909]. Fair/Good condition (staples rusty). Extremely rare tour guide | *** |  | | *** | Wisden Cricketers' Almanack for 1910, rebound in brown cloth, preserving original wrappers. Good condition | *** | N/A | | *** | Chats on the Cricket Field by Bettesworth [London, 1910]. Fair/Good condition | *** | N/A | | *** | Wisden Cricketers' Almanack for 1911, rebound in brown cloth, preserving original wrappers. Good condition | *** |  | | *** | Wisden Cricketers' Almanack for 1912, original paper wrappers. Fair/Good condition | *** | N/A | |
