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Auction House:Leski Auctions Pty. Ltd.Number of lots recorded:515
Sale Title:Sporting Memorabilia, Session IILots with images:502
Auction Location:MelbournePrices available:404
Date:23-Sep-2023
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St. Kilda: 1953 Member's Season Ticket (#3235), with Fixture List, details of the Club Leadership & holes punched for each game attended; issued in the name of R.G.W. Moss.
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South Adelaide Football Club: 1954, 1958 and 1965 membership badges, a life member's badge issued in 1974 and an undated badge for Repco (5 items)
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St. Kilda: 1954 Member's Season Ticket (#1543), with Fixture List, details of the Club Leadership & holes punched for each game attended; issued in the name of R.G.W. Moss.
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St. Kilda: 1955 Member's Season Ticket (#2684), with Fixture List, details of the Club Leadership & holes punched for each game attended; issued in the name of R.G.W. Moss.
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VFL Football Spoons: silver plated souvenir pitcher spoons (4) with enamelled images of footballers at tops of the handles, two in blue guernseys with black shorts (one in original box, as new), one in blue guernsey with white shorts, the other in red guernsey with white shorts, all stamped 'Pitcher E.P.N.S. A1. Melb.'on reverse. (4)
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Australian Football At The 1956 Melbourne Olympics: A promotional package produced by the Australian National Football Council to be distributed during the Olympic Games. Included are a'A Primer of Australian Rules', 'Laws of the Australian National Game of Football', 'Points on Australian Football', a poster featuring 'Spectacular High Marking', a photo of the MCG with the 1956 Grand Final crowd and a letter from the A.N.F.C. all housed in a souvenir envelope with Olympic and ANFC logos. Extremely rare…
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St. Kilda: 1956 Member's Season Ticket (#2831), with Fixture List, details of the Club Leadership & holes punched for each game attended; issued in the name of R.G.W. Moss; accompanied by a Schoolboy Ticket (#748) issued in the name of M.E. Moss, (2 items).
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The Victorian Football League Visitors Book 1956 - 1973 : Including The Visit of The Royal Family, April 1970. The large, leather-bound visitors book in which significant visitors to Harrison House (former headquarters of the VFL), the M.C.G. and V.F.L. House were invited to sign their names to record the occasion. With approximately 700 signatures on pages headed 'Australian National Football Council Executive Committee, November 1956', 'Visit of Representative Team of South Australian Football Union,…
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North Adelaide Football Club: 1957-1986 range of membership badges, a tie pin and one undated example for Repco; includes 1957, 1961, 1964-1967 (10 items)
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St. Kilda: 1957 Member's Season Ticket (#3039), with Fixture List, details of the Club Leadership & holes punched for each game attended; issued in the name of G. Moss; accompanied by two additional tickets: a Schoolboy Ticket (#853) issued in the name of M. Moss; and a Donor Card (#8) issued in the name of G. Moss. (3 items). A unique trio. St Kilda finished 9th on the ladder in 1957 with 8 wins and 10 losses. Despite this, the winner of the 1957 Brownlow Medal was Brian Gleeson of St Kilda with 24 votes.
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St. Kilda: 1958 Member's Season Ticket (#3429), with Fixture List, details of the Club Leadership & holes punched for each game attended; issued in the name of R.G.W. Moss; accompanied by two additional tickets: a Junior/Scholar's Ticket (#671) issued in the name of Marian Moss; and a Donor Card (#32) issued in the name of G. Moss. (3 items). A unique trio. St Kilda finished 8th on the ladder in 1958 with 7 wins and 11 losses. A Consolation Night Series was held for all the teams that failed to make the…
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St. Kilda: 1959 Member's Season Ticket (#264), with Fixture List, details of the Club Leadership & holes punched for each game attended; issued in the name of R.G.W. Moss; additionally handstamped 'Complimentary'. Accompanied by two additional tickets: a Scholar's Ticket (#1652) issued in the name of Marian Moss; and a Donor Card (#5) issued in the name of R.G. Moss. (3 items). A unique trio. Although finishing 8th in 1959 with 9 wins and 9 losses, St. Kilda full-back Verdun Howell won the 1959 Brownlow…
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St. Kilda: 1960 Member's Season Ticket (#201), with Fixture List, details of the Club Leadership & holes punched for each game attended; issued in the name of G. Moss; accompanied by two additional tickets: a Scholar's Ticket (#1245) issued in the name of Marian Moss; and a Donor Card (#2) issued in the name of G. Moss. (3 items). A unique trio. St Kilda finished 6th in 1959 with 9 wins and 9 losses.
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Graham Arthur - Hawthorn (1936 - 2021): Graham Arthur's 1961 season match-worn No.2 long-sleeved jumper, framed together with a plaque which recognizes Arthur in his capacity of Captain of the team during 1961 when Hawthorn won its' first Premiership. Overall 104 x 90 cm. The jumper is accompanied by letters from the Hawthorn Club acknowledging its' loan for display in the Hawks Museum where it was displayed by the present vendor, the grandson of Syd Syrett, who had been Arthur's personal trainer. Arthur…
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Kevin Murray, original signature on a photograph of him taking an iconic mark, as he climbs high over Melbourne's Ron Barassi at Brunswick Street Oval in 1961. 25 x 20 cm.
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Herald-Sun Privilege Books: 'Football Today 1961', 'Football 1962' and 'Football 1963'; together with 'Footy Fan Magazine (Vol.1, No.15) 1963 (with Geelong's Fred Wooller, Bob Davis and John Devine on the front cover). (4 items).
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St. Kilda: 1961 Member's Season Ticket (#384), with Fixture List, details of the Club Leadership & holes punched for each game attended; issued in the name of G. Moss. St Kilda finished in 3rd position on the ladder in 1961 with 11 wins and 7 losses. They were eliminated from the finals by Footscray, who defeated them in the First Semi-Final.
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St. Kilda: 1962 Member's Season Ticket (#483), with Fixture List, details of the Club Leadership & holes punched for each game attended; issued in the name of G. Moss. St Kilda finished in 6th position on the ladder in 1962 with 9 wins and 9 losses.
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A group of printed booklets, etc., including 'How to play Aussie Rules' [Lansdowne Press, Melb., 1963], with chapters by Bob Davis, Norm Smith, John Coleman, Ted Whitten, Ron Barassi and others; the 'E.S. & A. Savings Bank Football Book' (1963); 'Football 1963' from the Herald-Sun; the souvenir Football Record for the June 1964 Victoria v Western Australia match; the 'Australian Football Handbook' by Bruce Andrew (circa 1964); the 1966 Grand Final Record; plus 2 non-football items including the 1969 World…
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St. Kilda: 1963 Member's Season Ticket (#262), with Fixture List, details of the Club Leadership & holes punched for each game attended; issued in the name of G. Moss. St Kilda finished in 4th position on the ladder in 1962 with 13 wins and 5 losses. In a remarkably even outcome, the top five teams finished with 13 wins each, Hawthorn and Geelong finishing in 1st and 2nd place by virtue of a drawn game. St. Kilda lost to Melbourne in the First Semi-Final.
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Carlton Football Club: Membership badges and fobs comprising 1964, 1985 (2 including Junior) and 1993 Past Players & Officials Assoc. (4 items)
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St. Kilda: 1964 Member's Season Ticket (#274), with Fixture List, details of the Club Leadership & holes punched for each game attended; issued in the name of G. Moss. Additionally hand-stamped 'Complementary'. St. Kilda finished the 1964 Season in 6th position on the ladder with 10 wins and 8 losses. On 22 August 1964 (Round 18), St. Kilda played its farewell home game at the Junction Oval.
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An Original and Important letter from Ron Barassi. On letterhead dated 28th April, 1965, Carlton F.C. Princes Park, Parkville. Barassi responds to letter from a football fan who has clearly questioned his integrity in moving from Melbourne to Carlton, '...I fully realize the debt i owe to Melbourne, and the wonderful years they have given me, and if I do succeed in coaching, it will be because i have been grounded in football knowledge at its best, under the best coach in Australia.'. The typed letter is…
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St. Kilda: 1965 Member's Season Ticket (#486), with Fixture List, details of the Club Leadership & holes punched for each game attended; issued in the name of G. Moss. St Kilda finished on top of the ladder in 1965 with 14 wins and 4 losses. They defeated Collingwood by 1 point in the Second Semi-Final, but lost in the Grand Final to Essendon. It was St. Kilda's first Grand Final appearance since 1913.
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Sturt Football Club: A collection of items including 'Sturts 1966 Minor Premiers' Souvenir', 1969 final round souvenir 'Spearhead', 1970 souvenir 'Spearhead', 1971 Annual Report, 1976 fold-out wall poster, 1979 Paul Bagshaw tribute plus a range of 1970s - 80s membership medallions and an early football-shaped supporters badge in the club colours. (21 items).
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St. Kilda: 1966 Member's Season Ticket (#242), with Fixture List, details of the Club Leadership & holes punched for each game attended; issued in the name of G. Moss. Additionally hand-stamped 'Club Donor'. St Kilda finished in 2nd position on the ladder in 1966 with 14 wins and 4 losses. They lost the Second Semi-Final to Collingwood by 10 points; won the Preliminary Final against Essendon by 42 points, and won the Grand Final against Collingwood by 1 point. In addition, the winner of the 1966 Brownlow…
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St. Kilda: 1967 Member's Season Ticket (#4121), with Fixture List, details of the Club Leadership & holes punched for each game attended; issued in the name of G. Moss. St Kilda finished just outside the Top Four in 5th position on the ladder in 1967 with 11 wins and 7 losses. The winner of the 1967 Brownlow Medal was Ross G. Smith of St. Kilda with 24 votes.
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1968 Preliminary Final Essendon Football Club banner which includes the names of the 20 team members selected for the match. In front of a crowd in numbers of 103,549 Essendon defeated Geelong in the Preliminary Final 11.25 to 9.13 before loosing the Grand Final to Carlton by 3 points. The only example of this pennant known to us.
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VFL Park Membership fobs 1967, 1973, 1975, 1976 (2), 1977 (2) and 1982; 1953 West Adelaide Football Club badges (2), 1990 South Adelaide membership fob, 1990 Brisbane Bears Chairman's Circle fob,1980 Peckers Club membership fob, and a 1979 Perth Football Club pin, (14 items)
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Fitzroy: 'The Lions most noble of them all Roar-Roar-Roar.' preliminary artwork proof in black & white, for an unissued poster for the Herald-Sun, to which a small copyright symbol and '1972 Joe Greenberg' has been added at lower right. 77 x 51 cm. Believed to be unique; coming from the Estate of the artist who died in 2007.
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Saturday (morning) September 29, 1973 'The Sun' poster with Richmond predicted to be triumphant, 'Says Lou'. Artwork by Jeff Hook. Scarce. Three examples. Very good condition.
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Carlton: a selection of club publications including The Blues Premiership Souvenir 1973, The Blues Yearbooks 1975 and 1976, Carlton Yearbook '81, Blues News December 1995, Blues '95 Premiership Souvenir, Inside Carlton 1998 and 1999 Yearbooks, Inside Carlton Issue 11 and 12 2000, Inside Carlton 2001 Yearbook and Inside Carlton Issue 17 2002 (Total: 12 Items)
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Richmond 1973 Premiers: Match 'Des Tuddenham' signed football with dedication 'To Mini Max 1973/Grand Final/Richmond Football Club' with numerous signatures including Kevin Bartlett, Rex Hunt, Kevin Sheedy & Robert McGhie; signatures more or less faded. The vendor has owned the ball since it was presented to him following Richmond's 1973 Premiership win and has provided a statutory declaration stating this to be so.
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Saturday (morning) September 28, 1974 'The Sun' poster with North Melbourne predicted to be triumphant, 'Says Lou' in the Grand Final to be played later that day. Artwork by Jeff Hook. Scarce. All in very good condition. (6 copies). Lou was wrong on this occasion. Richmond defeated North Melbourne by 41 points.
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Saturday (morning) September 28, 1974 'The Sun' poster with North Melbourne predicted to be triumphant, 'Lou Says' in the Grand Final to be played later that day. Artwork by Jeff Hook. Scarce. Four examples, mainly in very good condition. Lou was wrong on this occasion. Richmond defeated North Melbourne by 41 points.
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A Carlton Football Club autograph book (produced circa 1978) with over 30 original signatures of the 1981 team including Peter Bosustow, Trevor Keogh, Val Perovic, Wayne Johnston, Brendan Hartney, David Glascott, Ken Hunter, Rod Waddell, Des English, Graeme Whitnall, Alex Marcou, Bruce Doull and Mike Fitzpatrick.
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Carlton: 1981 bronze premiership medal by Andor Meszaros (who also designed 1956 Melbourne Olympics medals), with a footballer to the obverse, reverse showing the names of players in their positions, surrounded by 'Victorian Football League : Carlton : Premiers : 1981'. Carlton finished the home-and-away rounds on top of the ladder with 17 wins and 5 losses. Carlton went on to defeat Geelong in the 2nd Semi-Final and Collingwood in the Grand Final, with 112,964 fans at the MCG. Provenance: Presented to a…
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Carlton: 1982 bronze premiership medal by Andor Meszaros (who also designed the 1956 Melbourne Olympics medals), with a footballer to the obverse, reverse showing the names of players in their positions, surrounded by 'Victorian Football League : Carlton : Premiers : 1982'. Carlton finished the home-and-away rounds in 3rd position on the ladder with 16 wins, 1 draw and 5 losses. Carlton went on to defeat Hawthorn in the Preliminary Final and Richmond in the Grand Final, with 107,536 fans at the MCG.…
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Noel Counihan (1913 - 86) 'A High Mark', lithograph in colours; limited edition (#178/850), numbered, titled and signed by the artist in the lower margin; framed & glazed, overall 80 x 58 cm.
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Carlton: 1987 bronze premiership medal by Andor Meszaros (who also designed the 1956 Melbourne Olympics medals), with a footballer to the obverse, reverse showing the names of players in their positions, surrounded by 'Victorian Football League : Carlton : Premiers : 1987'. Carlton finished the home-and-away rounds in top position on the ladder with 18 wins and 4 losses. Carlton went on to defeat Hawthorn in the 2nd Semi-Final and again in the Grand Final, with 92,754 fans at the MCG. This was Carlton's…
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Collingwood Football Club: 1990 Premiership display featuring a signed photograph of Tony Shaw holding aloft the Premiership Cup, framed together with a set of 21 caricature cards of Collingwood players. Overall 47 x 91 cm
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Essendon Football Club Legends poster - signed by 14 of the all time greats: Dick Reynolds, James Hird, Kevin Sheedy, Mark Thompson, Gavin Wanganeen, Tim Watson, Gary O'Donnell, Greg Sewell, Alan Hird, Simon Madden, Graham Moss, Jack Clarke, Terry Daniher and Ken Fraser. Limited edition 297 of 750. With Asm Certificate of Authenticity . Framed: 109 x 83 cm.
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Melbourne Football Club Great Moments poster (1996) limited edition (#365/501) signed by 15 club legends, including Jim Stynes, Ron Barassi, Hassa Mann, Jim Cardwell, Garry Lyon, Robert Flower and Brian Dixon. With certificate of authenticity. Overall 91 x 67 cm.
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South Melbourne/Sydney Swans Football Club Great Moments poster (1996) limited edition (#320/500) signed by 15 club legends, including Barry Round, Dennis Carroll, Peter Bedford, Bob Pratt, Gerard Healy, Bob Skilton and Tony Lockett. With certificate of authenticity; overall 66 x 92 cm.
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'Fitzroy Football Club Team of the Century 1897 - 1996' poster by Jamie Cooper, limited edition (377/500) signed by the artist. Overall 56 x 100 cm.
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Essendon Football Club Great Moments limited edition print (#421/750) signed by 14 club greats including Jack Clarke, James Hird, Tim Watson, Terry Daniher, Ken Fraser and Allan Hird. Overall 91 x 66 cm.
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A collection of Corinthian Prostar AFL Headliners, 1997, comprising of #2 Voss, #3 Lambert, #8 Hird, #9 O'Donnell, #11 Allan, #14 Dunstall, #15 Carey, #16 McKernan, #18 Richardson and #19 Campbell. All in their original unopened blister packs. (10).
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A collection of Corinthian Prostar AFL Headliners, 1997, comprising of #20 Loewe, #21 Burke, #22 Lockett, #23 Mattera, #24 Mainwaring, #25 Lyon, #28 Lynch, #34 Alessio, #35 Harvey, #36 Mercuri & #38 O'Reilly. All in their original unopened blister packs. (11).
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A collection of Corinthian Prostar AFL Headliners, 1997, comprising of #41 Crawford, #42 Daffy, #43 Winmar, #44 Roos (x2), #46 McKenna, #47 Worsfold, #48 Longmire, #49 Paul Salmon & #50 Schwass. All in their original unopened blister packs. (10).
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Melbourne Demons autographed football cards with caricatures by John Rogers of the 1959 Premiership team. Original autographs except for Don Williams, Ian McLean, Peter Brenchley, and the coach Norm Smith who were all deceased prior to 1999 when this 40th anniversary limited edition was issued, this being no.11/500.
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Tony Lockett's 1300th Goal: 'Record Breaker' panoramic limited edition print (#987/1,300), signed by Lockett; attractively framed and glazed, with AFL/Esp certificate of authenticity and the original letter that accompanied the purchase. Overall 58 x 113.5 cm.
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Sydney Swans: Complete team list photograph with a back drop of Sydney Harbour, signed by Tony Lockett and Paul Kelly. Framed and glazed 48 x 64 cm overall.
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