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Memorabilia — Charles Leski Auctions Pty. Ltd.

$200,600
The First Brownlow Medal Ever Awarded - Edward ‘Carji’ Greeves 1…
$126,000
the First Wireless Operator to Fly Across the Ocean - The James …
$64,900
Len Thompson's 1972 Brownlow Medal: 9ct gold & enamel me…
$57,500
Verdun Howell's 1959 Brownlow Medal: 9ct gold & enamel medal, wi…








Auction House: Charles Leski Auctions Pty. Ltd.
Number of lots recorded: 6,319
Lots with images: 6,319
Prices available: 6,315
Category: Memorabilia




Lot Description Price Image
*** The First Brownlow Medal Ever Awarded - Edward ‘Carji’ Greeves 1924: The 18ct gold & enamel medal, with on front 'VFL/ Chas. Brownlow Trophy', and engraved on reverse 'Won by E.G.Greeves, Geelong, 1924', maker’s stamp 'H.E.Brown', with pin and safety chain added later so Brownlow could be worn on lapel. Accompanied by small red box with text 'Stokes (A’Asia) Ltd., Badge Makers and Medalists Since 1856, Melbourne Australia' on lid.… ***
*** the First Wireless Operator to Fly Across the Ocean - The James Warner Archive: James Warner (1891-1970) was the radio operator on the 'The Southern Cross' piloted by Charles Kingsford Smith and Charles Ulm for the first trans-Pacific flight in 1928. It was during this flight that radio communication was first used successfully on a long distance flight. In 1911 Warner went to Denver and enlisted in the Us Navy. He spent boot camp at Goat Island (later called Yerba Buena Island) in San Francisco Bay.… ***
*** Len Thompson's 1972 Brownlow Medal: 9ct gold & enamel medal, with on front ‘VFL/ Chas. Brownlow Trophy’, and engraved on reverse ‘L.Thompson, Collingwood F.C., 1972’, maker's stamp ‘K.G.Luke’, original royal blue ribbed-silk ribbon, with original presentation case. [Ex Lot 803, Len Thompson Collection, Christies Melbourne, September 1999]. Len Thompson - Collingwood 1965-78, 270 games, 217 goals. South Melbourne 1979, 20 games, 39 goals.… ***
*** Verdun Howell's 1959 Brownlow Medal: 9ct gold & enamel medal, with on front 'Vfl/ Chas.Brownlow Trophy', and engraved on reverse 'Victorian Football League, Chas.Brownlow Trophy, Season 1959, Won by V. Howell'. Verdun Howell was transformed by St Kilda into a prototype of the modern attacking full back. He played 159 games for the Saints between 1958 and 1968 and was second on a countback for the Brownlow in only his second season.… ***
*** A Don Bradman Correspondence: Excellent collection of correspondence from Don Bradman to Nigel Ward of Norfolk, England, who conducted personal research into Don Bradman's ancestry during the 1990's, comprising 49 hand and type written letters from Bradman dating from July 1990 to February 1999. The correspondence refers to Ward's research connecting Bradman's ancestors to two small rural villages - Bradenham in Norfolk, and Withersfield in Suffolk.… ***
*** Stan Judkins’ 1930 Brownlow Medal: the 18ct gold & enamel medal, with on front 'VFL/ Chas. Brownlow Trophy', and engraved on reverse 'Won by S. Judkins, Richmond F.C., 1930', maker’s stamp 'H.E.Brown', with black and yellow ribbons. Small part enamel missing, otherwise very The first Richmond player to win the game’s most prestigious award, the Brownlow Medal. Stan Judkins - Richmond 1928-36, 133 games, 5 goals. (b: 4 Oct 1907-1986, 166 cms, 61kg).… ***
*** One Of Don Bradman's Cricket Bats From The 1930 Tour Of England, full size 'Sykes - Don Bradman' Cricket Bat, signed to reverse 'Don Bradman/ Private' in the ownership position, and signed to front by Australia - Woodfull, Richardson, Bradman, Kippax, Grimmett, Wall, McCabe, Hornibrook, Walker, A'Beckett, Oldfield, Jackson, Ponsford, Fairfax & Hurwood; and below by the 3rd Test England team - Chapman, Hobbs, Sutcliffe, Tyldesley, Tate, Hammond, Duleepsinhji, Geary, Leyland, Larwood, Duckworth and Hendren.… ***
*** Phar Lap's Racing Bridle: A racing bridle used by jockey Jim Pike on Phar Lap from September to October 1931, with 1st places in the Hill Stakes, Spring Stakes, Craven Plate & Randwick Plate. Provenance: Jim Pike's widow Olga sold this bridle with the rest of his riding gear to John East in 1975, who sold them at auction through Scott's of Dandenong in 1998, to Reg Howarth of Tahoma Stud ***
*** Sam Loxton's Australian 'Baggy Green' 1948 'Invincibles' Test Cap, green wool, embroidered Coat-of-Arms & '1948' on front, endorsed on Farmers label 'S.J.Loxton'. Very Good condition. [Sam Loxton played 12 Tests between 1947-51]. ***
*** Allan Border's Australian 'Baggy Green' Test Cap, green wool, embroidered Coat-of-Arms on front, 'Albion' label inside signed 'Allan Border'. Fine condition. [Allan Border played 156 Tests 1978-94, including a record 93 as Australian captain]. ***
*** William 'Buffalo Bill' Cody's Vest, from the Australian tour of his famous Wild West Show in 1903, framed in a perspex display case together with a penny shot out of the hand of a volunteer during his sharp-shooting act, overall 51 x 51 cm. [Barry Spring's grandfather went to Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show during its Australian tour in 1903. He volunteered to let 'Buffalo Bill' shoot a penny out of his hand.… ***
*** Doug Walters' Australian 'Baggy Green' 1968 Test Cap, green wool, embroidered Coat-of-Arms and '1968' on front, signed inside 'Doug Walters'. Fine condition. Doug Walters, one of Australia's most popular cricketers, played 75 Tests 1965-81. He scored more than 1000 runs in his first 11 Tests, including centuries in his first two Tests, against England, in 1965-66. On the 1968 Ashes tour he scored 343 runs at an average of 38.11.… ***
*** 1899 10th Australian Team, original team photograph by Reinhold Thiele & Co., London, showing most of the players in their Australian caps & blazers, with 15 signatures on mount - Victor Trumper, Hugh Trumble, Alfred Johns, Bill Howell, B.Wardill (manager), Monty Noble, Frank Laver, Charles McLeod, James Kelly, Clem Hill, Jack Worrall, Joe Darling (captain), Syd Gregory, Frank Iredale & Ernest Jones, framed & glazed, overall 49 x 46cm.… ***
*** 1956 Melbourne, XVI Summer Olympics: 1956 Olympic Torch, metal, 42 cm tall, legend at top '1956: Olympia - Melbourne: XVI Olympiad'. Provenance: Philip Miskin, the Commandant of the Olympic Village. Extremely rare. The Olympic spirit was beautifully captured by Philip Miskin, the Mayor of the Melbourne Athletes' Village, with the quaint title of Commandant, who had suffered the deprivations of a prisoner of war on the island of Hainan for three years.… ***
*** Jack Collins' 1954 Leading Goalkicker Medal: Sterling silver & enamel medal, with on front 'Leading Goalkicker Medal/ AFL', and with bar on ribbon engraved '1954', in original presentation case. Jack Collins played 154 games for Footscray 1950-58. One of the best full-forwards of his era, Collins came from Yarraville. He played eight games for Victoria between 1952 and 1957 and won Footscray's best and fairest in 1951 and 1952. He was the Leagues leading goalkicker with 84 in 1954 and 74 in 1957.… ***
*** Richie Benaud's Australian 'Baggy Green' 1957-58 Test Cap, green wool, embroidered Coat-of-Arms & '1957-58' on front, endorsed on Farmers label 'R.Benaud'. Vg condition, usual wear spot on brim where cap has been rubbed while being taken off. [Richie Benaud played 63 Tests 1951-64, including 28 as Australian captain. Benaud's slow maturing bore rich fruit in South Africa in 1957-58, when he took 30 Test wickets and made 327 in seven innings (once not out) for an average of 54.5.… ***

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