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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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Europe: World War II silk maps (for evasion and escape purposes) showing the Balkans (Romania, Bulgaria, Turkey), numbered at lower right ‘R1’ [believed to be British, c1942], each about 43 x 55 cm. (2 items)
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Ship's Bell SS Taviuni, with black infilled lettering at top ?Taviuni, 1890?, 30 cm diameter. [S.S.Taviuni, built by William Denny at Dunbarton, Scotland. Launched 1890, owner Union Steamship Co. of New Zealand. Involved in a collision with French mail steamer Nera in Sydney Harbour 2nd Oct.1911. Hulked 1924 & sunk off Sydney Harbour in 1931]
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‘Aloha, Le Chant Des Isles’ (1937), [Two London-Melbourne Air Race competitors crash on a Pacific Island], starring Jean Murat & Daniele Parola, rare movie poster, published by La Societe des Films Sirius, printed by Cinematographie Francaise, Paris, 4-sheet size, 119 x 165 cm. Condition C (needs some Tlc and to be linen-backed)
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Australian/NZ Movies: ‘A Town Like Alice’ (1956) [re-released in USA as ‘The Rape of Malaya’ (1959)] UK one-sheet poster (68 x 105 cm) for ‘A Town Like Alice’; plus set of 8 US lobby cards for ‘The Rape of Malaya’. ‘Kangaroo’ (1951), US one-sheet poster (68 x 105 cm). ‘The Seekers’ (1954) [the first major studio film shot in New Zealand, released in USA as ‘Land of Fury’], US half-sheet poster (71 x 55 cm) for ‘Land of Fury’. Plus daybill posters for ‘Stone’ (1974) & ‘Mad Max’ (1979). Condition A/B. (13…
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John Adamson (d.1841) ‘Melbourne from the South Side of the Yarra Yarra, 1839’, engraving endorsed ‘Printed from the original plate in an edition of 100. No.94/100. June 1969’, window mounted, overall 63 x 45 cm
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Phil May (1864-1903, Australian) Original pencil sketch of man with pipe, signed ‘Phil May’ lower right, window mounted, overall 17 x 15 cm
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L. Ledochowski (sometimes incorrectly spelled 'Leducyhowski') Australian pair of oil paintings, 'Dogs' and 'Kookaburras' 22 x 29 cm and 35 x 24 cm image size framed and signed lower right (2)
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Arthur Victor Gregory (1867-1957, Australia) 'The T.S.S. Loongana, in the Rip', gouache and watercolour, signed 'A.V.Gregory '16' lower left, framed and glazed, overall 80 x 58 cm
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Anne Montgomery Australian (1908-1991), 'White bowl of mixed flowers', watercolour framed, glazed and signed lower left 50 x 50 cm
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Jessie Laver Australian (1860-1943), 'House by the Coast', watercolour framed, glazed and signed lower left image size, 32 x 23 cm
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Elsie Barlow, Australian (1877-1943), 'Tall trees', watercolour framed, glazed and signed lower left image size 17 x 31 cm
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Job Nixon (1891-1938) ‘An Irish Landscape’ Drypoint Etching Framed, glazed and pencil signed in margin lower right image size 25 x 35 cm
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