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Sporting and General Memorabilia — Leski Auctions Pty. Ltd.

Auction House:Leski Auctions Pty. Ltd.Number of lots recorded:761
Sale Title:Sporting and General MemorabiliaLots with images:602
Auction Location:MelbournePrices available:528
Date:26-Oct-2010
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Thomas Bone, 1901-53 Australian ‘Second Valley’ Watercolour, 28 x 15 cm image size; framed glazed and signed lower right
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Laurence Travers, Australian ‘The Bridge’ Watercolour 23 x 25 cm image size; framed, glazed and signed lower right
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Norman Cathcart (b.1909) Australian ‘Homebush, Ellesmere’ Watercolour 46 x 35 cm image size framed, glazed and signed lower right (1944)
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Charles Nuttall (1873-1936) ‘Ever So Humble’ Dry poimt etching 18.5 x 15 cm image size; framed, glazed, signed and numbered lower middle 6/50
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Len Annois (1906-1966) ‘Spring Street’ Watercolour and ink pen, 31 x 35 cm image size framed, glazed and signed lower right
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Norman Cathcart Australian (b.1909) ‘September Day 1957’ Watercolour Signed lower left 18.5 x 23.5 cm
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Kevin Charles (Pro) Hart (1928-2006) sterling silver Ingots of mining scenes, both signed ‘Pro Hart’, one 5.5 x 6.5 cm, other 4 x 5 cm. (2 items)
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Aboriginal Artworks: Dinny Nolan Tjampitjinpa (1944-, Austalian, Aboriginal): ‘Willi Willi’, screenprint, signed lower right below image in pencil ‘Dimny’ [sic], numbered 15/80, window mounted, framed & glazed, overall 77 x 95 cm; Alun Leach-Jones (1937-, Austalia, Britain): ‘Untitled’, screenprint, signed lower left, numbered 30/90, window mounted, framed & glazed, overall 75 x 125 cm; Paddy Carroll Tjungurrayi (c1927-, Austalia, Aboriginal): ‘Untitled’, screenprint, signed in image ‘Dta’, numbered 19/80,…
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St. Kilda (Melbourne) c1870, Granny's Shop on the Esplanade in 1879. An immaculate image in a clear original photograph, 17 x 12.5 cm. Framed, glazed and mounted. A very important piece of Victorian History. Sold with a fine booklet ‘Granny, A History Mystery’. Published by the St Kilda Historical Society. In wonderful condition
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Melbourne/Victoria: c1880s albumen photographs (each about 19 x 13 cm), titled 'Shortland's Bluff and Lighthouse, Queens-Cliff'; 'Government house from botanical Gardens'; Deaf and dumb Institution, Melbourne'; 'Kew Lunatic Asylum' (two different scenes); 'Sailors home, Melbourne' and 'Bank of Australasia, Melbourne'. (7 items)
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Victoria: c1890 albumen photographs (19 x 15 cm), by Nicholas Caire (1837-1918) from 'Views of Victoria' Series - ‘Scene near Dandenong: Moon's Range’; ‘Scene on the River Campaspe’; ‘Bend of the River Watt’; ‘View of Sailors' Creek Bridge’; ‘View of Sailors' Creek Falls’; ‘Scene near Bright’; ‘View on the Upper Buckland River’; ‘Jebb's Pool, on the Erskine River, near Lorne’; ‘The Erskine River Waterfall’; ‘Crystal Brook, in the Cape Otway Ranges’; each overall 30 x 25 cm. Good/Vg condition. (10 items)
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motor racing: c1925-69 press photographs, noted Sir Malcolm Campbell and his blue bird car (12) & boat (6); Brooklands (11); 1932 Le Mans; Graham Hill (9). (43 items)
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Comic postcards: c1920s-40s saucy postcards, noted Donald McGill (11), Bamforth Comics (22), Bob Wilkin (6). Unused, (103)
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South Africa: c1904 ‘The Star Series Album, 36 Artistic Colored View Post Cards. Cape Colony (South Africa)’ with 33 postcards, and tatty front cover with another postcard affixed
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World: c1905-60s postcards, lovely range from USA (c110); also real photographs; Australian scenes; 3D nudes (5). (Total 175)
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Advertising posters for 'Peter Dawson Scotch Whisky' featuring Cassius Coolidge's whimsical 'Poker dogs', with prints titled 'His station and four Aces', 'A Bold Bluff', 'A Waterloo' and 'A friend in Need', each 51 x 39 cm. (4 items)
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c1930 travel poster ‘Tanger’, colour lithograph, linen-backed, size 61 x 95 cm. Condition B
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c1930 travel poster ‘The Chhattar Manzil Lucknow, See India’, artwork by S.S.C., printed for the Government of India by The Bolton Fine Art offset Litho Bombay, colour lithograph, linen-backed, size 64 x 105 cm. Condition A. Very attractive and colourful
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1931 poster, ‘Dunlop Road Race, Goulburn to Sydney, Saturday, September 19th, 1931’, with list of prizes, lithograph in colours, mounted on board, framed, overall 39 x 105 cm
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World War II propaganda poster, ‘Food is Strength and Energy! Don't waste It! Food is Doubly precious now’, World War II poster, generally good condition, framed & glazed, overall 31 x 45 cm
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World War I propaganda poster, 'While We waste bread. We Take a slice off Britain's Loaf, Don'T waste bread', issued by the Aid for Britain National Council, offset printed by Commercial print, linen-backed, 50 x 75 cm. Condition B
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Circus poster, 'Wirths' circus', artwork by E. S. Bailey, colour lighograph, printed by Victory Publicity Pty Ltd, linen backed, size 38 x 79 cm
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c1950s Australian Red Cross poster No.315, ‘Keep the flag flying, Please Give. Disabled Veterans, Homes and Hospitals, Disaster Relief, Blood Transfusion’, artwork by Skalberg, color lighograph, linen backed, 38 x 55 cm. Condition A
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1958 poster/map ‘South Island, New Zealand’, with ‘An Appreciation from Peter Jackson Motor Services Ltd., Land Rover Sales and Service, Main North Road, Cheviot’, published by A.D.Baldwin, Universal Business Directories Ltd. Auckland, Land & Survey Licence No.1958/3, offset printed, linen-backed, size 77 x 105 cm. Condition B-
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Travel poster 'The brightest star in the Stratosphere of fun! Thredbo. On happy occasions it's wise to ski', colour process lithograph, linen-backed, size 42 x 61 cm. Sensational Australian ski poster
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c1960s travel poster ‘Boac/ Australia/ A Snack for a Friendly Koala at the Sir Colin MacKenzie Sanctuary, Healesville’, printed by Posters Ltd of Sydney, colour process lithograph, overall 63 x 105 cm. Condition A
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c1960s travel poster ‘Boac/ Australia/ Exploring the beauty of a coral pool on the Great Barrier Reef at Heron Island’, published by Australian National Travel Association, printed by Posters Ltd of Sydney, colour process lithograph, overall 63 x 105 cm. Condition A-
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c1960s travel poster ‘Southern Philippines’, showing ‘Singkil, Dance of Muslim Royalty’, printed by Capital Publishing House Inc, Philippines, offset printed, size 64 x 95 cm. Condition A
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1960s Qantas travel poster ‘Japan. Australia's Overseas Airline - Qantas - In Association With B.O.A.C. and Teal’, artwork showing geisha, printed in Australia by Posters Pty Ltd, lithograph in colours, 37 x 55 cm. Condit: A
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c1960s advertising posters ‘Cooper, Engines. Made in Australia by Sunbeam Corporation Limited’ & ‘Cooper, Home Lighting Plants. Made in Australia by Sunbeam Corporation Limited’, colour process lithographs, each 49 x 75 cm. Condition A. (2 items)
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Australia: c1960s-70s travel posters - ‘Beach Girl. New South Wales, Australia’; ‘Jenolan Caves, New South Wales’; ‘Australia, Lifeguards at Sydney's Bondi Beach’ (linen-backed); ‘Qantas World Neywork as at April 1966’; ‘Australia/ Qantas’ (artwork based on the Sydney Opera House). Each about 63 x 105 cm. Condition A. (5 items)
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c1960 travel poster, ‘Yours for AdvenTure, MaTson Lines To Hawaii And The South Seas’, Litho in USA, size 101 x 65 cm (Condition B). Also ‘Poster Maps, Australia, New Zealand, Etc’, designed by F.Raymond Elms, Set No.724, made by Beckley- Cardy Company, Chicago [USA, 1943] (Set of 4 maps, each 71 x 45 cm), in original envelope. (5 items)
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c1960s Ansett poster, ‘Beach Girl. New South Wales, Australia’, colour process lithograph, published by the Department of Tourism, Sydney, linen-backed, 61 x 95 cm
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c1960s-70s Japan travel posters, various sizes. Condition A/B. (8 items)
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c1960s-70s Asian & Pacific travel posters, noted Thailand, Bangkok, Hong Kong (2), Far East, Fiji (2), Hawaii, Honolulu & Hilo, various sizes. Condition A/B. (10 items)
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1965 poster ‘Australia. Land of Tomorrow. A Nation of immense potential in the midst of an era of great development’, published by the Printing and Allied Trades Employers' Association of Victoria, printed at the 1965 Australian Printing and Packaging Exhibition, artwork by Clem and Pat Fraser, offset printed, size 76 x 55 cm. Condition A-
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c1967-70s Qantas travel posters (2) - ‘Fly Qantas/ Australia. Australia's Round-the-World Airline’, photos of Surfboat crew, Porpoise Pool at Tweed Heads & Sydney Harbour, printed in Australia by S.T.Leigh & Co, numbered P117, colour offset printed, 64 x 105 cm; & ‘Australia/ Fly Qantas. Australia's Round-the-World Airline’, showing Australia's superb ski slopes, Mt.Kosciusko, printed in Australia by Sungravure, colour offset printed, 37 x 55 cm. Also Macmillan's Geography Pictures (5) each 54 x 45 cm.…
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Rock and Roll: 1967 reprinted poster ‘7th Annual Shower of Stars’ featuring Otis Redding (framed, 60 x 85 cm); plus 1971 Van Morrison poster signed by artist B.Tuten (framed, 33 x 45 cm). (2 items)
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c1970s Qantas travel poster ‘London. Fly There By Qantas, Australia's Round-the-World Airline’, artwork by Harry Rogers, colour process lithograph, linen-backed, 70 x 95 cm. Condition A
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c1970s Qantas travel poster ‘Visit fascinating Fiji. Fly There By Qantas, Australia's Round-the-World Airline’, with further text ‘Just 4 hours from Sydney by Qantas 707 V-Jet lie the fabled Fiji islands the ideal place for a real tropic island holiday’, colour process lithograph, 49 x 75 cm. Condition A
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c1970s travel posters & maps - ‘Australia/ Uta French Airlines’ (43 x 55 cm); ‘Discover the Pacific’ published by Pacific Area Travel Association USA (55 x 45 cm); map ‘Australia, Railway Systems 1972’ issued by Commonwealth Railways (101 x 85 cm, peripheral faults). (3 items)
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Lindemans ‘Pyrus’ - Vintage 1997, Coonawarra, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc. (2 magnums)
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Penfolds ‘Bin 138’ - Vintage 2002, Old Vine - Barossa Valley, Grenache, Shiraz, Mourvedre. (6 bottles)
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Penfolds ‘Bin 128’ - Vintage 2001, South Australia, Coonawara Shiraz. (6 bottles)
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Rosemount Estate ‘Gsm’ - Vintage 1999, McLaren Vale, Grenache, Syrah, Mourvedre. Best Australian Producer & Wine Maker of the Year, International Wine & Spirit Competition, London 2000. (12 bottles)
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Rosemount Estate ‘Orange Vineyard’ - Vintage 1999, Shiraz. Multiple gold medal winner. Best Australian Producer and Wine Maker of the Year, International Wine & Spirit Competition London 2000. (12 bottles)
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Rosemount Estate ‘Traditional’ - Vintage 1995, McLaren Vale, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Petit Verdot. Gold Medal - Melbourne 1997. (12 bottles)
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Wild Duck Creek Estate ‘Alan's Vat 1 Cabernets’ - Vintage 1996, Heathcote. Also, ‘Alan's Cabernet’ - Vintage 2000. (2 bottles)
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Wild Duck Creek Estate ‘Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve’ - Vintage 1996, Heathcote. (2 bottles)
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Wild Duck Creek Estate ‘Springflat Shiraz’ - Vintage 1998, Heathcote. (6 bottles)
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Wynns Coonawarra Estate ‘John Riddoch’ - Vintage 1997, Coonawarra, Cabernet Sauvignon. (6 magnums)
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Mixed half dozen: 2 x Lindemans ‘Limestone Ridge’ - Vintage 1999, Shiraz Cabernet & 4 x Seppelt ‘St Peters’ - Vintage 2000, Great Western Vineyards, Shiraz. (6 bottles)
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Jarvis Estate ‘Lake William’ - Vintage 1993, Cabernet blend, Napa Valley, U.S.A. [Estate grown, cave fermented]. (1 bottle)
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Cognacs: Courvoisier V.S. (1 bottle), V.S.O.P. (2 bottles) & X.O. Imperial (1 bottle). (4)
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Cognacs: Godet Excellence (1 bottle), Hennessy Privilege V.S.O.P. (1 bottle), Hennessy Very Special (1 bottle). (3)
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Cognacs: Hennessy Paradis Extra Rare Cognac, 1.5ML in presentation box. [Retail: $1299]
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Cognacs, Etc.: Meukow Xo (1 bottle), Ararat Armenian Brandy (1 bottle), Marquis de Montesquiou Xo Imperial Armagnac (1 bottle). (3)
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Various: Grand Commandaria ‘The Wine of the Crusaders’ (Cypurs); Metaxa Amphora (70cl & 1L bottles); Shaoxing 12 y.o. Wine in presentation box; Mozart Chocolate Cream liquor (50cl). (5 bottles)
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1887 Swimming Trophy, silver cup, 33 cm tall, engraved ?Grafton Swimming Club, 1887, Challenge Trophy?. Very early Australian sporting trophy
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1903 Yachting trophy, pair of silver-plated platters, diamond-shaped, Art Nouveau design, 31 x 22 cm, one engraved 'R.Y.C.V., Mr W.J. Robb's trophy, Won by Mr W. Oliver's, 'Hurrica', 5-12-03'
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Group with 1906 rare programme ‘South African Lawn Tennis Championship Meeting, 1906’; 1930-70 football (soccer) medallions/badges (5); Harry Kewell & Mark Viduka signatures on full-page magazine pictures; Cricket group with reprinted photograph of 1868 England team; 1968 200th Ashes Test Match folder containing silk scorecards of 1st & 200th Ashes Tests; ‘W.G.Grace 1848-1915’ by Sugden [Surrey, 1965]; ‘Jack Robertson's Benefit Book’; autograph page signed by 1950s cricket commentators. (13 items)
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Sport: Collection including cricket books (16); tour guides (4); 1936-37 cricket postcards (2); team sheets 1977-78 Wsc Australia & Wsc World teams (both aged); Rugby League programmes (4); Rugby Union programmes (3); 1960s ‘Australian Cyclist’ magazines (22) & ‘Football Life’ (4); few Aust. States covers (7)
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'kangaroo Tours - the story of the Australian Rugby League Visits to England' by Chadwick (Huddersfield, 1948); Tour Guide 'The Australians Tour 1948, official souvenir'; menu for 1987 world club Challenge - Wigan v Manly Waringah; ticket 1992 Rl World Cup Final Australia v great Britain. Also 1948-58 Athletics programmes (5) from Middlesborough and Cleveland Harriers, includes 1952 programme 'Visit of the official Australian and Jamaican Olympic Teams En Route to Helsinki'. (9 items)
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Sport: Collection including football posters (10) including ‘Legends of the Brownlow’ signed by Greg Williams & Weg ‘Demons 1964 Premiers’ caricature posters (2 different); cricket posters (24 - one signed by Brett Lee); motor racing posters (15 - 6 signed Larry Perkins, one additionally signed Peter Brock); Australia Post posters (11); plus four binders of football ephemera with ‘Southern Football Record’ (8), ‘AFL Tasmania Record’ (10), 2008 Select ‘AFL Champions’ (198) & ‘AFL Classic’ (185), Peter…
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Prints/Posters, all unsigned, noted ‘Australian Test Team of the Century’ (2); ‘Twelve - The Record Breakers’ (2); ‘Richmond Football club - Inaugural Hall of Fame Inductees’; ‘Grabs and Goals’; ‘Kevin Murray’; ‘Reflections of Glory - Celebrating the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games’; ‘Melbourne's Greatest Ever Sport Stars’ (3); ‘1972 Chrysler Valiant Charger’. (12 items)
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Sport Prints/Posters, noted ‘Michael Schumacher - Scuderia Ferrari F300’ by Greg McNeill (signed 407/500); ‘Bradman Museum’ (10); Weg Boxing Day posters (7); horse racing (7) including ‘Phar Lap - The Flemington Onslaught 1930’ & ‘Sunline’; ‘Don Bradman’ by Fantauzzo; ‘The Year of the Bombers’ (2); ‘Australia's Finest’. (43 items)
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Balance of Collection, noted Bradman Museum posters (20) & postcards (14); range of stamps, P.O.Packs & FDCs including Vale the Don, Champions of the Turf, John Eales, Allan Border & Wisden Cricketers of the Century. Inspection will reward
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Walter Lindrum, billiards cue with engraved ivory plate 'The Walter Lindrum, world Champion cue. Break 4,137'. Scarce - we haven't had this one before
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Horace Lindrum, Billiards Cue with engraved ivory plate ‘Horace Lindrum (picture) Champion Cue’. Fine condition
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Rex Williams, signature on 2-piece billiards cue. Fine condition. (Rex Williams won the world Professional billiards Championship seven times from 1968 to 1983, including a reign as champion from 1968 to 1980)
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Les Darcy (1895-1917, widely considered to be the best boxer ever from Australia), display comprising pencil signature on piece, window mounted with large photograph, framed & glazed, overall 47 x 65 cm
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Jack Dempsey: Real photo postcard; plus Associated Press photographs (2) of 1926 Jack Dempsey - Gene Tunney fight; also press photographs (2) of Tunney - Heeney fight. Vg condition. (5 items)
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Joe Louis: Press photographs (4) with captions ‘The Brown Bomber, Joe Louis, World's Heavyweight Champion’; ‘Joe Louis KOs Tony Galento 4th Round’; ‘Louis KOs Carnera’; ‘Champion Joe Louis KOs Abe Simon at detroit, Mich’. Superb condition
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Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier, both signatures on action photograph from their 1975 'Thrilla in Manila', limited edition 75/500, window mounted, framed and glazed, overall 59 x 49 cm
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1962 Commonwealth Games in Perth, bronze winner's medal, with chain, '1962 VII British Empire and Commonwealth Games/ Perth/ Western Australia', engraved on reverse 'Fencing/ Sabre/ individual/ J.Andru/ Canada', 58 mm diameter. Very attractive and scarce. (John Andru (born 1933 in Toronto) represented Canada in the 1964 Tokyo and the 1968 Mexico city Olympic Games. He represented Canada and won bronze twice in the pan-American games (1959 and 1967). In 1965 he was awarded the Syl Apps Award. Canadian…
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1962 Commonwealth Games in Perth, bronze winner's medal, (no chain), '1962 VII British Empire & Commonwealth Games/ Perth/ Western Australia', engraved on reverse 'Fencing/ foil Teams/ J. Andru/ Canada', 58 mm diameter. Very attractive and scarce
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1994 Commonwealth Games Australian Blazer, navy blue, double-breasted, with gold Australian Coat-of-Arms & ‘1994 Commonwealth Games Teams, Victoria BC Canada’ embroidered on pocket, made by Sportscraft. Ex Keith Connor, Australian athletics coach, winner of gold medals at the Commonwealth Games 1978 & 1982, European 1982; & bronze in triple jump at 1984 Los Angeles Olympics. (Also see Olympics lots)
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1998 Commonwealth Games Australian blazer, deep green, with Australian coat-of-arms and 'XVI Commonwealth Games, Kuala Lumpur 1998' embroidered on pocket, made by Fletcher Jones. Ex Keith Connor, Australian athletics coach
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2002 Commonwealth Games Australian Blazer, pale brown, with Australian Coat-of-Arms & ‘Commonwealth Games, Manchester 2002’ badge on left breast, made by Table Eight. Ex Keith Connor, Australian athletics coach
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C1850 Staffordshire cricket mug: a coloured Staffordshire china mug, the body moulded with three relief figures depicting all-England cricketers William Clarke, Thomas box and Fuller Pilch, with a beaded rim. Height 11 cm. Fine condition
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First English cricket Tour to Australia 1861-62: Cravat pin with bat and ball over cricket stumps, engraved on reverse 'Presented by Hon.G.Coppin Mlc, 1862', in original presentation case. 'The English tour had been sponsored by Melbourne hoteliers Felix Spiers and Christopher pond, They had originally tried to bring the English novelist Charles Dickens to Australia for ?10,000 on one of his popular lecture Tours, but the great man failed to reply to their overtures. Instead, on the advice of the greatest…
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'The first Australian cricket Team to Tour England 1868' limited edition print on canvas by Dave Thomas, showing the Aboriginal team, signed by the artist and dated 2001, published by the Bradman Museum, the canvas mounted, overall 78 x 57 cm. Together with framed CoA with 4 signatures including Prime Minister John Howard and Steve Waugh
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1882 Australian Tour to England: Original photograph of the famous Ashes team, with the title, ‘Australian Cricketers, 1882’, and players' names printed on the mount (25 x 25 cm), produced by London Photographic Company. Mount brittle (with some faults top right), though extremely scarce
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1882 Australian Team: 1882 newspaper engraving titled ‘The Australian Cricketing Team’, window mounted, overall 40 x 45 cm; plus watercolour ‘Frederick Robert Spofforth’ by Astor (based on Vanity Fair print), window mounted, overall 28 x 35 cm. (2 items)
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1886 Australian Team, original cabinet card team photograph, 'The Entire Australian Cricketing Team', by London Stereoscopic and Photographic Company, laid down on its original card mount with players names (McIlwraith, Trumble, Jarvis, Bruce, Jones, Palmer, Spofforth, Wardill, Blackham, Evans, Scott, Bonnor, Garrett and Giffen), overall 16 x 11 cm. Rare - we have only had this team photograph once before
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‘the Australians, 1888’, group portrait printed on silk handkerchief, with players names underneath, very good condition considering its age and rarity, overall 42 x 45 cm
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Cricket Handkerchief: Rare silk handkerchief showing boy cricketers from 1758 to 1889, printed in pink, black & blue, overall 42 x 45 cm. Some soiling, though rare early cricketana
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C1890s Victorian cricket buttons, set of six, each button having a colour image of a cricketer, on original card marked 'Crossed swords trade mark'; together with a matching tie pin. Good condition. (7 items)
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1893 Australian Team to England: Original photograph of the team, size 13 x 5 cm. Very scarce. Good condition. (Players in same outfits but different poses to the photograph in ‘Home and Away’ by Jack Pollard [Sydney, 1995])
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1893 North of England Team: Original team photograph of the North of England team that played the South of England at Hastings on 11th-13th September 1893, noted Ernest Smith (captain), Charles de Trafford, Bobby Peel, W.Attewell & John Briggs, overall 41 x 35 cm. Vg condition
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1896 Australian Tour of England: rare scorecard 'M.C.C. And ground v Australians, Thursday, June 11, 1896'. (the powerful MCC team including W.G.Grace, A.E.Stoddart, K.S.Ranjitsinhji and J.T.Hearne dismissed Australia for 18 runs!). Fair/good condition
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'Our Cricketers Past and Present, special Australian number', published by A.D.Jones (London, 1896), containing 18 half-tone portraits and 6 team photos. Original paper front wrapper (missing back wrapper). Scarce. Padwick 7230
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Cricket group, noted c1900 batsman scrapbook; 1956 scorecards from each Ashes test (5) ; plus Dennis Lillee signed print. (7 items)
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‘Great Bowlers and Fielders - Their Methods at a Glance’ by George Beldam & C.B.Fry [London, 1907], endorsed inside ‘Geoffrey T.Butler from W.G.Grace 1909’. Poor condition, though housed in beautiful new solander book-box
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J.B.Hobbs, lovely signature on real photo postcard. [Sir Jack Hobbs played 61 Tests 1908-30]
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1909 Australian Tour to England: 1909 Hull cricket club Member's Season Ticket, containing 10/12 tickets for 1909 Lancs and Yorks v Australians match; together with real photo postcard of Monty Noble. Scarce
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Lord Tennyson & Jack Hobbs, displays with signed pieces mounted with cigarette cards. [Lord Tennyson played 9 Tests 1913-21, incl. 3 as England captain. Sir Jack Hobbs played 61 Tests 1908-30]. (2 items)
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Cricket Ball On Stand, ball with sterling silver shield engraved ‘H.T.T.C.C., Presented To Jk Christie, For His Feat Of 9 Wkts for 17 Runs, in Final Innings, Season 1919-20’
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Patsy Hendren, lovely signature on real photo postcard. [Patsy Hendren played 51 Tests 1920-35]
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Jack Ryder's Suitcase, with ‘J.Ryder, Australia’ on side, and painted with green & yellow stripes for easy identification. Handle broken, though nice souvenir of one of Australia's 1920s captains. Also a match-used ‘Gradidge - Wally Hammond’ Cricket Bat. [Jack Ryder played 20 Tests 1920-29, including 5 as Australian captain]. (2 items)
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