| Auction House: | Charles Leski Auctions Pty. Ltd. | Number of lots recorded: | 574 | | Sale Title: | Sporting & General Memorabilia | Lots with images: | 468 | | Auction Location: | Melbourne | Prices available: | 348 | | Date: | 30/09/2009 | | |
| Lot | Description | Price | Image | | *** | 'Football Field and Sports Telegram', 11 issues from the first volume [Bolton, 1884-85], comprising Vol.1 Nos.14 & 17-26, with reports on football (soccer), rugby & cricket with Shaw's Eleven touring Australia. (11 items) | *** |  | | *** | 1907 programme 'The South London Harriers, Programme of the Spring Athletic & Cycling Meeting, held at Kennington Oval'; 1932 rare programme 'Track and Field Championships of New South Wales' (competitors include Olympians - Jack Metcalfe, George Golding & Eileen Wearne); 1948 Manly Annual Night Carnival featuring Herb McKenley & John Winter - group with programme, advertising flyer, two photographs & press clippings. (7 items) | *** |  | | *** | Sports Books, noted '200 Years of Australian Sport' by Heads & Lester [Sydney, 1988]; 'The Encyclopaedia of Sports & Games - Vol.1 'Cricket' by Earl of Suffolk [Lond., 1911]; 'The Sporting Collector' by Stanley [Lond., 1984]; 'The Makers of Australia's Sporting Traditions' by McKernan [Melb., 1993]; 'Man at Play - Nine Centuries of Pleasure Making' by Armitage [London, 1977]; 'Seventy Years of Bbc Sport' by Gearing & McNeill [London, 1999]. (74 items) | *** |  | | *** | Croquet Mallett, stated to have belonged to Bessie Terry, world champion at croquet. | *** |  | | *** | Sports: 1937 boxing poster 'Ben Valentine, Fiji Isles, Age 24. Open to Meet Any Middle-Weight in the World... From Shark Fighter to Prize Fighter' published in London, overall 25 x 38 cm; 'The 1947/8 Wallaby Tour - The One That Nearly Got Away' by Spark [Yorkshire, 1989]; Rl Tour Guide 'The Australians Tour 1948' (cover faults); plus scarce Rl programmes (2). (5 items) | *** |  | | *** | British Athletic programmes 1946-64, includes 1948 British Championships & 'British Empire v Usa' with Australian Olympians including Shirley Strickland; 1953 Gb v France; 1954 Championships; 1955 British Games. (17 items) | *** |  | | *** | 1956 Melbourne Olympics biscuit tin by M.A.Craven & Son Ltd (Uk); rugby collectables with 'All Blacks Souvenir - New Zealand's Rugby Players' by J.C.Rich [London, 1935]; programmes (5 with a few signatures); 1950s Tour Guides (2); 1978 Boxing-Dinner Evening menu in honour of The 1978 Australian Rugby League Touring Team; autograph page signed by French boxer Ray Famechon; photograph of Johnny Famechon; 1923 programme Victoria Coursing Club Waterloo Cup meeting in Geelong; plus Waterloo Cup 1836-2005 badge.… | *** |  | | *** | Lawn Bowls Badges, attractive display with 348 Lawn Bowls badges, mainly from the 1960s, plus another (rather tatty) display with a further 247 badges. (Total 595) | *** | N/A | | *** | Sports Books, noted 'The Sporting Image - A Pictorial History of Queenslanders at Play' by Howell & Brown [Brisbane, 1989]; 'The Best Ever Australian Sports Writing' by Headon [Melbourne, 2001]; 'Running with the Ball' by Mancini & Hibbins [Melbourne, 1987]; 'Pageantry of Sport' by Arlott & Daley [New York, 1968]. (35 items) | *** |  | | *** | Sports Books, noted cricket (44 books & 2 videos), Olympics (3 books & 1988 'Australian Olympians' Lp record), Commonwealth Games (2), football (3), tennis (5), golf (2). (68 items) | *** | N/A | | *** | Sport: Cricket books (8) incl. 'Australian Cricket - The Game and the Players' by Pollard [Syd., 1982]; & 'Trumper - The Illustrated Biography' by Mallett [Melb., 1985]; set of 8 cassette tapes 'Bradman - The Don Declares'; Rugby League books (9) incl. 'The Story of Australian Rugby League' by Lester [Sydney, 1988] & 'The Kangaroos - The saga of Rugby League's Great Tours' by Heads [Sydney, 1990]; also Rl video & Melbourne Football Club mirror. | *** |  | | *** | Basketball Group, noted Tony Ronaldson's signed South East Melbourne Magic basketball singlet; Tony Ronaldson's Titans basketball singlets (2 - one signed by Ronaldson, other with 5 signatures); plus 'Slam Dunk' Basketball with 5 signatures from South East… | *** | N/A | | *** | Prints by Gary Winter, 'Melbourne Grand Prix 1-2-3', signed by the artist and numbered 402/500, overall 75 x 65 cm; & 'Kiwi Magic' (America's Cup Yachting), signed by the artist and numbered 202/500, overall 75 x 65 cm. (2 items) | *** | N/A | | *** | Framed Displays/Prints (7) - Joe Montana signed display; Australia Cricket World Champions 1999 display; famous people print by J.Eathorne; basketball print by Brent Hayes; Vince Lombardi prints (2); Usa Women's Soccer Team display comprising 'Olympic Football Usa/Sydney 2000' T-shirt with 9 signatures; plus 'Ross Faulkner' Football with c20 Collingwood signatures. (8 items) | *** |  | | *** | Postcards & Newspapers: Postcards of Jack Johnson (1) & Fitzsimmons v Lang (3 diff. - Rounds 4, 8 & 9); plus 1911-67 part newspapers (10) incl. 1912 Sydney 'The Sun' showing Jack Johnson v Jim Flynn. Poor/Good condition. (14 items) | *** | N/A | | *** | Boxing Books: 'Australian Boxing Records 1927' by Jack Read [Sydney, 1927] (2 copies, one missing front cover); 'Jack Read's Australian Boxing Annual 1934' [Sydney, 1934]; 'Mick Simmons Australian Boxing Annual 1938' by Read [Sydney, 1938]; 'Read's Austral… | *** | N/A | | *** | c1940 Autograph Book, with c46 signatures, mainly Boxers & Wrestlers, noted Al Kimber, Terry O'Reilly, Chris Crispin, Fighting Carlos, Harry Fields, Dave Lefton, Young Gildo, Leo Jansen, Al Brown, Henry Burdett, Johnny Hutchinson, Archie Moore, Tod Morgan, Billy Hansen, Frank Lindsay, Bob King, Jimmy McIntyre, Pat Kelly, La Verne Baxter, Mickey Miller, Chief Thunderbird, Paul Boesch, Rolland Kinkmeyer & King Kong Cox. | *** |  | | *** | Dave Sands (1926-52, Australian Aboriginal boxer, middleweight, but held the Australian Light-Heavyweight and Heavyweight Championship titles at the same time & was also a Commonwealth Middleweight champion): Dave Sands' Boxing Boots, career used, ex Tom Maguire (Dave Sand's trainer & manager). Together with a reprinted photograph of Dave Sands in boxing pose 1946, window mounted, framed & glazed, overall 46 x 58 cm.… | *** |  | | *** | Dave Sands, folio of photographs, most original press photographs c1947-53, showing Dave Sands (52 photographs & postcard), Alfie Sands (9), Clem Sands (2), Russell Sands (13), Richie Sands (1), Sands brothers (1), Dave Sands memorial ceremony (3), Dave Sands (son) & daughters (1); also pictures/magazine covers (10). Wonderful collection, many with annotations on reverse. Fair/Good condition. (94 items) | *** |  | | *** | Tom Maguire's Sands Brothers Scrapbook: Large foolscap scrapbook, bound 6 inches thick, containing several hundred pages of press clippings, invitations & ephemera, c1941-52, featuring Maguire's boxers in action, mostly the Sands brothers, sequenced and many dated; but also Newcastle district boxing, including Les Darcy; as used in Tom Maguire's Newcastle gym 1920-69. Inspection will reward. Fair/Good condition. | *** |  | |
