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Auction House:Abacus AuctionsNumber of lots recorded:904
Sale Title:Sporting Memorabilia & CollectablesLots with images:904
Auction Location:MelbournePrices available:677
Date:17-Jun-2021
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1907 Valentine's picture postcard 'Football Cartoons - Too much Headwork, Univrsity [sic] v Sydney District', Very Fine.
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1937 Springboks tour to Australia & NZ autograph page with 29 signatures including Phil Nel, Gerry Brand & Danie Craven. {One of the most successful Springbok tours in history - the only Springbok team to have won a series in New Zealand}
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Autographs signed books (4) with 26 signatures including Greg Norman, Gary Player & Nick Faldo; plus signed covers (13), photos (3) & ephemera (2) including Tiger Woods, Jack Nicklaus & Peter Senior; plus unsigned books (3). (Qty 25 items)
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Autographs signed photographs, pieces & covers (22 items) including Arnold Palmer, Greg Norman, Kel Nagle & David Graham; plus books 'Golf - The Golden Years' & 'Greg Norman'. (Qty 24 items)
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Autographs 1977 USA 'Augusta National Golf Club' First Day Cover signed by Sam Snead, Gene Sarazen, Ben Hogan, Gary Player, Arnold Palmer & Nancy Lopez, Very Fine.
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Clubs left handed set of golf clubs, mainly 'Gradidge - Bobby Locke' including woods (4), irons (9) & putter in 'Spalding' golf bag. Ex Clive Churchill collection .
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Collection including Tom Corrigan plaque; brass ashtray; brass wall plaque of Donovan; 1970s-2010 Melbourne Cup magazines (17); Melbourne Cup ceramic plates (2); signed videos (5) including Scobie Breasley, Tommy Smith & Gai Waterhouse; photos (8); 1900s-30s horse prints (7) in varied condition; Lonhro poster; newspapers (14) including Makybe Diva, deaths of Tommy Smith & Bill Collins; magazines (11); mainly fine. (Qty 70+ items)
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Artwork & Prints pair of Stanley Berkeley (1855-1909) photogravure prints titled 'Eclipse Stakes' & 'Grand National Steeplechase', both with some foxing but recently re-framed with new mounts, each overall 82 x 61 cm. (Qty 2)
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Autographs 'The Melbourne Cup' by Cavanough & Davies [Adelaide, 1971] signed Bart Cummings (12 winners), Mick Robins (Rain Lover 1968 & 1969) & Graeme Heagney (1963); 'The Master' with Fdc signed by Bart Cummings; collection of autographs with signed covers & pictures (22 items) including Scobie Breasley, Lester Piggott & Colin Hayes. (Qty 24 items)
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Autographs 'A Rare Breed - Legends of Australian Horse Racing' souvenir book by Wilmoth [Australia Post, 2007], together with signed commemorative covers & pictures of all six legends - Roy Higgins, George Moore, John Tapp, Scobie Breasley, Bart Cummings & Bob Ingram. (Qty 6 items)
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Badges South Australian Jockey Club (4) for 1975-76, 76-77, 77-78 & 78-79; Royal A & H Society of South Aust (5) for 1976, 1977, 1979, 1980 & 1985; Tenth Australian Scout Jamboree Woodhouse 1973-1974; propellor badge & RAF tie-pin. (Qty 12 items)
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Badges Warrnambool Racing Club membership badges & passes from 1988-89 to 2001-02, including member badges (15); lady's badges & passes (8); Guest passes (5). Superb condition. (Qty 28)
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Books 'Bloodstock Breeders Review' [London] 20 volumes including 1929-31, 1938, 1943-52, 1956, 1959, 1971 & 1973-75. (Qty 20 items)
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Books 'The Jockeys of Vanity Fair' by Russell March (signed) [Kent, 1985]; plus Mowbray Series postcard 'Randwick Racecourse, Sydney NSW'. (Qty 2 items)
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Books 'Heroes & Champions - The horses, jockeys, trainers and events that made Australian racing great' by Bob Charley (signed) [Sydney, 2014]; 'The Story of the Melbourne Cup' edited by Howell [Melbourne, 2010]; 'Bart - My Life' by Bart Cummings [Sydney, 2009]. (Qty 3 items)
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Cane c.1890 Ashford, Maker to the Queen walking stick cum horse measuring rule with metal handle engraved 'E.J. Barton', the handle extends to reveal a ruler for measuring the height of horses, with scales in hands, inches & metric; also two riding crops. Ex Edmund John Barton, editor of the Brisbane Courier and author of the 'Jubilee History of Queensland'. (Qty 3 items)
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Displays 'Horse Racing Legends' with photos of Carbine, Phar Lap, Tulloch, Kingston Town, Sunline, Might & Power, Saintly, Northerley & Makybe Diva, window mounted, framed & glazed, overall 89 x 113 cm.
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Photographs substantial group many extracted from 'Racetrack' magazine from the 1970s-80s, also includes around 40 with facsimile jockeys signatures, plus nice range showing Black Caviar. (Qty 364)
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Black Caviar: Display with two photographs, window mounted with ticket signed by trainer Peter Moody; racebooks (4) including 18 Feb.2012, 28 Apr.2012, 16 Feb.2013 & 22 Mar.2013; plus book 'Black Caviar - The Horse of a Lifetime' by Gerard Whateley & Illustrated edition. (Qty 7 items)
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Black Caviar: Original oil painting 'Black Caviar' by Arts Enemy, signed 'Ae' lower right, unframed, size 80 x 60 cm.
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Phar Lap: Display with nice photo of Phar Lap with career record below, window mounted, framed & glazed, overall 39 x 51 cm.
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Sydeston: Racing Silks & Cap; plus race-finish photograph 'Fosters Caulfield Cup, Caulfield 20-10-90, Sydeston 1st', framed, overall 70 x 47 cm. Ex Bob Hoysted collection. (Qty 3 items)
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Terravista: Original saddlecloth number '2' as worn by the horse in the 2015 Newmarket Handicap, signed by jockey Hugh Bowman, and with horsehairs still on the saddlecloth; plus an associated racebook. (Qty 2 items)
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Yeats: Replica saddlecloth number 11 for the 2006 Melbourne Cup, signed by jockey Kieran Fallon, with CoA. Ex the first VRC auction . [Yeats was an Irish thoroughbred that won seven Group One races and is the only horse ever to win the Ascot Gold Cup four times in succession; he finished a disappointing 7th in the Melbourne Cup]
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1929 Melbourne Cup 'Cup Day, Victoria Racing Club, Spring Meeting 1929, Official Programme' listing Phar Lap in the Melbourne Cup, window mounted, framed & glazed, overall 36 x 38 cm. [Phar Lap ran third, taking his record to date to 15 starts 5-1-1; the 1929 Melbourne Cup was won by Nightmarch, the first horse to win both the Melbourne Cup and Cox Plate in the same year]
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1960 Melbourne Cup 'Victoria Racing Club, Centenary Melbourne Cup Carnival 1960, Cup Day, Tuesday 1st November', Good condition. [Won by Hi Jinx]
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1973-2016 racebooks from VRC (11) including 1985 Melbourne Cup & Derby (5); Mrc (6); Mvrc (4) with Centennial Meeting 1983 & Cox Plate (2); country (6) including Ballarat, Darwin, Hanging Rock & Wangaratta; UK (2), USA (2), Pakistan (2), NZ & Sharjah; also other racing ephemera (3). (Qty 38 items)
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1906 Sniders & Abrahams 'Australian Racehorses' (horizontal back), complete set [56], mainly Fair/Fine condition. (Qty 56 items)
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1911 Sniders & Abrahams 'Australian Racing Scenes', complete set [40], mainly Fine condition. A very difficult set to complete. (Qty 40 items)
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Collection including 'How to Become A Champion at Bowls' by Rt Harrison (signed) [3rd Edition, Melbourne, c.1943], 'The Humour of Bowls' by Monro [Melbourne, c.1945]; 'Queensland Railway Bowlers Souvenir Programme 1924'; 'In the Groove and Advanced Bowling and Tactics' by Rvba [Melbourne, 1995], mainly Fine condition. (Qty 4 items)
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Autographs 1985 Women's World Bowls Championship in Melbourne, group of six FDCs, two with 16 signatures, four with 8 signatures of England Team including Norma Shaw, Jean Valls & Mavis Steele. (Qty 6 items)
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Autographs book signed by Jackie Stewart; signed covers (22), ephemera (4), photographs (4) & postcards (4) including Stirling Moss, Jacques Villeneuve, Alan Jones, Eddie Jordan, Peter Brock, Dick Johnson, Mark Skaife. (Qty 36 items)
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Model Cars V8 Supercars Biante diecast 1:43 scale models of Ford Falcon XR8 Super Cars including John Bowe, Craig Lowndes, Neil Crompton, Brad Jones, Greg Ritter, Tony Longhurst, Dick Johnson & Steven Johnson, all boxed in Fine/Very Fine condition. (Qty 20 items)
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Model Cars V8 Supercars Classic Carlectables diecast 1:43 scale models of Ford Falcon Ba Super Cars including Craig Lowndes, Glenn Seton, Marcos Ambrose & Russell Ingall, all boxed in Fine/Very Fine condition. (Qty 11 items)
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Ayrton Senna: Superb 'The Grand Prix Collection' postcard of Ayrton Senna, signed on reverse in gold pen, postmarked at 1992 Australian Formula 1 Grand Prix in Adelaide.
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Collection including 1952 Australian blazer pocket framed; British Olympic Association official reports for 1948, 1952 & 1956; books (28) including 'The Official History of the Olympic Games and the Ioc: Athens to London 1894-2012' by Miller; videos (13); 1956 Donald Clark aboriginal print on linen framed; 1956 ashtray, newspapers & athletics programme; Sydney 2000 coin collection in album (28 x $5 coins), jigsaw & plate; bus-stop poster; few stamps, coins, medals; pins (18) including 'British Olympic…
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Collection 1950s-2000s including 1956 Coles cards (15); Olympic flag; pins & badges (30+); ties (3); 1996 Melbourne Olympics Bid sweater, glasses (2) & ephemera; 1996 Atlanta T-shirt; 2000 Sydney programmes (2); 2006 Melbourne Commonwealth Games Baton signed by Peter Norman (black power salute fame) & Mike Powell (USA); also 'Football Record's for 2010 Grand Final & Replay. (Qty 100 approx)
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Balance of collection including signed covers (12), promo cards (11) & ephemera (3) including Peter Norman, John Winter, Robert De Castella & Tamsyn Lewis; scarce 1956 book 'Olympic Games - Climate of Melbourne with World Comparisons'; other books (4; one signed); 2000 Sydney football programme; unsigned covers & stamps. (Qty 70+ items)
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Accumulation including programmes 1996 Atlanta (American & Australian editions), 2000 Sydney (2), 2006 Commonwealth Games (4) & 2012 London; stamps & covers including Australia Post Olympic Gold Medallists sheetlets for 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012 & 2016 (Fv A$355); Olympic pins (10). (Qty 100s)
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Collection including 2000 Sydney tickets (6), 'Official Olympic Daily' (8 issues), scrapbook of press clippings; 2004 Athens Spectator Guide & 'Official Olympic Daily' (10 issues); 2008 Beijing 'China Daily - The Olympian' (16 issues) & 'The Tafnot Times' (10 issues); athletics magazines (15); also 2005 Iaaf World Championships in Helsinki programmes (10); 2006 Commonwealth Games tickets (14), 'Daily Events Guide' (6 issues). (Qty 95 items)
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Autographs signed photographs & trade cards including Edith Robinson (Australia's first female track & field athlete), Pat Farmer, Linford Christie, John Landy & Michelle Timms; plus unsigned postcard of Shirley Strickland. (Qty 6 items)
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Autographs extensive collection of Australian Gold Medallists, most with a page devoted to each Olympian, with signed covers, pictures, pieces & cards, noted Raelene Boyle, Ron Clarke, Betty Cuthbert, Dawn Fraser, Cathy Freeman, John Landy, Kieren Perkins & Murray Rose. Wonderful starter collection. (Qty 175 items)
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Autographs signed books 'Dawn: One Hell of a Life' (Dawn Fraser), 'Cathy: Her own story' (Cathy Freeman) & 'Ian Thorpe - The biography'; signed postcards/trade cards of Dawn Fraser (2), Murray Rose, Lisa Curry, Kieren Perkins, Ian Thorpe, Robert De Castella & Kirstie Marshall. (Qty 11 items)
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Badges 1960s-2000s group including Great Britain team badges for 1960, 1992 & 1996; 1984 USA team badges for Boxing & Synchronized Swimming; other team badges for Romania, Argentina & Pakistan hockey; range of badges from 1992 Barcelona (16) 1996 Atlanta (13) & 2000 Sydney (5). (Qty 59 items)
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Medals 1968 Mexico Olympics commemorative medallions in pewter & bronze, each 63 mm diameter, in original presentation case (with some foxing); plus 1988 Seoul Olympics octagonal bronze Participation Medal for Officials & Judges, 65 mm diameter, in original presentation case. (Qty 3 items)
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Postcards 1890s-1950s selection in album, noted Athens Stadium, 1908 Olympic marathon; Australian champions Jack Donaldson, Arthur Postle & Bob Pearce; 1936 Berlin Olympics (some with special postmarks), etc, then extensive assortment of reproductions & moderns, mainly fine condition. (Qty 250+)
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1906 Athens Olympics group of postcards with scenes from the Intercalated Games all postally used from Syros, Greece to Launceston, Tasmania in 1907, Fair condition. Very scarce. [The 'Intercalacated Games' were planned to be held in Athens in between the internationally organized games but only took place in the one year 1906; they were at the time considered to be Olympic Games and were referred to as the 'Second International Olympic Games in Athens' by the International Olympic Committee] (Qty 8 items)
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1932 Los Angeles Olympics 'Official Program, Xth Olympiad, Los Angeles USA' (covers loose); also 1936 Berlin Olympics official visitor's badge/pin, gold-plated iron, cream-coloured enamel, Brandenburg Gate over Olympic rings, text '1936/XI.Olympiade Berlin'; plus 'Olympia 1936' in two volumes. [The illustration is above Lot 581] (Qty 4 items)
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1956 Melbourne Olympics Participation Medal in bronze, designed by Andor Meszaros, minted by Kg Luke in Melbourne, 63 mm diameter, in original plastic presentation case.
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1956 Melbourne Olympics Official Badge for basketball official, minted by Kg Luke, with blue enamel border, silver background, and top of lilac ribbon attached to reverse, numbered '2162'.
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1956 Melbourne Olympics Basketball Official's group including Identity Card with official's photograph and handstamped 'Basketball'; Participation Medal in bronze, 63 mm diameter; booklet 'Olympic Games 1956 Basketball, The Australian Olympic Team' (not seen by us before); plus the two Basketball programmes. (Qty 5 items)
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1956 Melbourne Olympics Lapel Pin showing Melbourne Olympics logo; plus Australian Noc badge with kangaroo over Olympic rings, given to Australian athletes to swap with athletes of other countries. (Qty 2 items)
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1956 Melbourne Olympics Programmes including Athletics for 23rd Nov, 28th Nov, 29th Nov (2) & 1st Dec; Cycling for 4th Dec & 6th Dec; plus Souvenir Programme (2 - one missing covers). (Qty 9 items)
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2000 Sydney Olympics fourteen framed displays comprising almost 500 Olympics pins, including Shane Gould Dna, torch relay series & sports mascots.
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Duke Kahanamoku: Real photo postcard of Duke in bathing costume, faint signature 'Kahanamoku 1915'. [Duke Kahanamoku was a five-time Olympic medallist in swimming 1912-24, and popularised the sport of surfing; his exhibition at Sydney's Freshwater Beach on 24.12.1914 introduced surfing to Australia]
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Postcards real photo cards showing 'View of World's Sculling Championship Course Just After Towns Won, July 28th 1906'; 'Paramatta River, Aug.3.1907 The Sculling Championship of the World'; 'Souvenir. The World's Sculling Championship, Wanganui River February 1908'; 'Souvenir of the World's Championship Sculling Match. Wanganui River, New Zealand. February 1908'. (Qty 4 items)
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