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Sporting Memorabilia — Mossgreen Auctions (No longer trading)

Auction House:Mossgreen Auctions (No longer trading)Number of lots recorded:729
Sale Title:Sporting MemorabiliaLots with images:719
Auction Location:MelbournePrices available:474
Date:5-Aug-2014
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Cricket & Other Cards: c1930s-50s range, noted 1934 Dudgeon & Arnell '1934 Australian Test Team' [14/16]; 1932 Sweetacres 'Test Records' [8/32] & 'Prominent Cricketers' [17/32]; 1938 Sweetacres 'Cricket Caricatures' [17/24]; c1940 Australian Licorice 'Notable Persons' (56); Allens 'Sports & Flags of Nations (36). Poor/VG. (c450).
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c1934 cricket badges (25 mm, made by A.E.Patrick, Summer Hill, NSW) 'Australian Team' [14], comprising Barnett, Brown, Bromley, Bradman, Chipperfield, Darling, Ebeling, Fleetwood-Smith, Kippax, McCabe, O'Reilly, Ponsford, Wall & Woodfull. G/VG.
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1938 cricket cards, noted Players 'Cricketers 1938' [50] x 4 sets; plus Ogdens 'Prominent Cricketers of 1938' [50]. Mainly G/VG. (Total 250)
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Cricket Cards & Tour Guide: 1948 tour guide 'The Listener In Test Cricket Book' [Melbourne, 1948]; plus c1926-2000s range of cricket cards (100s). Inspection will reward.
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1974 Sunicrust 'Cricketers' complete set [40]. Some staining and discolouration (as usual for this set). Very scarce.
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1977 World Series Cricket 'Souvenir - World Series Cricket', complete set, medium size (64 x 103 mm) [56]. G/VG. Very scarce.
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c1979-90 cricket cards, noted 1988 Scanlens 'Cricket' [144]; 1989 Scanlens [81/84 + spares]; 1990 Scanlens [84 + spares]; 1989 Fai Insurance 'Australian Cricket Team' [24]. Fair/VG.
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1989 Scanlens (Stimorol) 'International Cricketers', complete set [84] with Merv Hughes card signed; 1995 Benson & Hedges '1995-96 Season World Series' playing cards; also 1990 Regina 'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles' [132] & 1992 Topps 'Jurassic Park' sealed factory box (36 packs).
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1993 Futera 'The Greatest Legend - Sir Donald Bradman' card (plus Redemption & Certification cards). G/VG.
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1994 Futera 'Signature Series' [7] - Michael Slater, Shane Warne, Steve Waugh, Mark Waugh, Mark Taylor, David Boon & Checklist (6 Cricketers each with Redemption card & Certification card). VG.
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'Australian Test Cricket Captains', display (26 x 35 cm) with 27 signatures including Hugh Trumble, Clem Hill, Victor Richardson, Bill Woodfull, Don Bradman, Bill Brown, Lindsay Hassett, Richie Benaud, Ian Chappell, Mark Taylor, Steve Waugh & Ricky Ponting. G/VG condition.
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'Australian Test Cricket Captains', team sheet with 22 signatures including Don Bradman, Bill Brown, Lindsay Hassett, Richie Benaud, Ian Chappell, Steve Waugh & Ricky Ponting. Fine condition.
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Australian Test Captains: Team sheet with 18 signatures including Bill Brown, Don Bradman, Lindsay Hassett, Ray Lindwall & Richie Benaud.
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Australian Test Captains: 1992 Sheffield Shield Centenary stamps in gutter pairs, signed by 9 Australian captains - Don Bradman, Lindsay Hassett, Bill Brown, Ian Johnson, Richie Benaud, Kim Hughes, Bill Lawry, Ian Chappell & Mark Taylor. Scarce and attractive display.
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Surrey & Other Counties: c1924-95 autograph pages & team sheets in album, mainly Surrey with autograph pages (10) including teams from c1924, 1926, 1928, 1930, 1933 & 1938; team sheets (11); signed player postcards (8) & range of reprinted team photos; also Kent (3); Lancashire (7); Warwickshire - Brian Lara signed scorecard; c1938-39 England autograph page with 7 signatures. Wonderful range of autographs. Mainly G/VG.
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1932-33 England 'Body-Line' Team, autograph pages (2) with 15 signatures including R.E.S.Wyatt (twice), Herbert Sutcliffe, Walter Hammond & Harold Larwood. (No Jardine). G/VG condition.
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Cricket Autographs: Range on pieces & pictures, noted Archie Jackson, Richie Benaud (2) & Gary Sobers (2).
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1934 Australian Team, postcard 'Australian Cricket Team, England, 1934' with 18 signatures on reverse including Bill Woodfull, Don Bradman, Clarrie Grimmett & Bill Ponsford.
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c1936-89 group, noted 1936 Leveson-Gower's XI photo with 10 signatures; 1949 New Zealand autograph page; 1953 Australia (6 signatures on pieces); 1956 Australia team sheet; 1965 New Zealand team sheet; 1968 Australia team sheet; 1980 Australia signed scorecard; 1989 Australia signed scorecard. (8 items)
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1936-37 Australian Team, autograph page with 12 signatures including Don Bradman, Ross Gregory & Laurie Nash.
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1936-37 England Team, strip attached to autograph page with 18 signatures including Gubby Allen, Maurice Leyland & Walter Hammond.
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Autographs & Team Sheets, noted Don Bradman signed FDCs (4); Clarrie Grimmett; Harold Larwood; teams with 1936-37 England, 1978-79 England, 1991-92 India, 2000 Australian Women, 2003-04 India. Mainly G/VG. (16 items)
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1938 Australian Team, official team sheet with 17 signatures including Don Bradman, Stan McCabe, Sid Barnes & Lindsay Hassett. G/VG condition. Good example of Australia's first official team sheet.
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1938 Australian Team, official team sheet with 14 signatures including Don Bradman, Stan McCabe, Sid Barnes & Bill Brown. Fair/G condition.
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1948 Australian Team, official team sheet with 17 signatures including Don Bradman, Lindsay Hassett & Keith Miller; plus the usual handstamp of Sid Barnes. Folded, otherwise very good condition.
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1948 Australian Team, official team sheet with 17 signatures including Don Bradman, Lindsay Hassett & Keith Miller; plus the usual handstamp of Sidney Barnes. Mounted on A3 page with signed Don Bradman picture. Fair/Good condition.
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1948 Australian Team, official team sheet with 17 signatures including Don Bradman, Lindsay Hassett & Keith Miller; plus the usual handstamp of Sidney Barnes. Some tone spots.
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1948 England v Australia 1st Test, autograph page signed by England, 12 signatures including Norman Yardley, Len Hutton & Denis Compton; plus autograph page signed by Australia, 16 signatures including Don Bradman, Lindsay Hassett & Keith Miller.
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1949 Lindsay Hassett's XI v Arthur Morris' XI (Kippax & Oldfield Testimonial at SCG), autograph pages (2) with 24 signatures including Don Bradman, Lindsay Hassett, Keith Miller & Arthur Morris.
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1949-50 Australian Team to South Africa, official team sheet with 15 signatures including Lindsay Hassett, Arthur Morris & Ray Lindwall. Fair/Good condition and scarce early official team sheet - rarer than the 1948 team sheet.
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1950-51 England team sheet with 20 signatures including Freddie Brown, Denis Compton & Len Hutton; plus 1950 West Indies team sheet with facsimile autographs. (2 items)
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Victoria: c1951-94 Album with autograph pages (2) & team sheets (44). Some duplication, but wonderful collection of autographs. Mainly G/VG condition. (46)
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1951 Australian Womens Team, autograph page with 17 signatures including Molly Dive (captain), Betty Wilson & Myrtle Craddock. Scarce.
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New South Wales: c1952-91 Album with autograph pages (3), team sheets (18) & team sheets with both teams (6). Some duplication, but wonderful collection of autographs. Mainly G/VG condition. (27)
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Australian Team Sheets: Official team sheets for Ashes Tours of 1956, 1964 & 1968, window mounted together in single frame, overall 79 x 45 cm. Nice range of autographs including Ian Johnson, Bob Simpson, Bill Lawry, Keith Miller & Richie Benaud.
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1961 Australian Team, official team sheet with 19 signatures including Richie Benaud (captain), Neil Harvey, Bill Lawry & Wally Grout. (Fair/Good condition (tape stains at left).
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Australian Team Sheets: Official team sheets for Ashes Tours of 1961, 1972 & 1977, each window mounted, framed & glazed, various sizes. Nice range of autographs including Richie Benaud, Neil Harvey, Ian Chappell & Greg Chappell. (3 items)
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South Australia: c1972-95 Album with team sheets (51), autograph page (1) & team sheets with both teams (6). Some duplication, but wonderful collection of autographs. Mainly G/VG condition. (58)
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Tasmania: c1977-93 Album with team sheets (48). Some duplication, but wonderful collection of autographs. Mainly G/VG condition.
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1978 Australian Team to West Indies, official team sheet with 17 signatures including Bob Simpson, Jeff Thomson & Kim Hughes; plus signed on reverse by 13 members of West Indies team.
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Australia: 1979-85 team sheets with wide range of autographs. G/VG condition. (7 items).
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Australian Team Sheets: Official team sheets for Ashes Tours of 1980, 1985 & 1993 (missing lower left corner though signatures fine), each window mounted, framed & glazed, various sizes. Nice range of autographs including Greg Chappell, Dennis Lillee, Allan Border & Steve Waugh. (3 items)
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Team Sheets, noted New Zealand 1980-81; Pakistan 1985; Sri Lanka 1987-88 (2); West Indies 1988. Wide range of autographs. Mainly G/VG. (5 items).
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Sheffield Shield & One-Day Finals: c1981-99 Album with team sheets from competing teams - NSW (12), Queensland (5), South Australia (24), Victoria (7) & Western Australia (28); plus team sheets with both teams (8). Some duplication, but wonderful collection of autographs. Mainly G/VG condition. (Total 84).
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Team Sheets: Collection of mainly official VCA team sheets 1982-2005, noted Victoria (27), NSW (8), Queensland (2), South Australia (8), Tasmania (4), WA (10), Australia (3), West Indies (1) & India (1). Wonderful range of autographs. Mainly G/VG condition. (Total 64 items).
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Victoria: Extensive collection of official VCA team sheets 1984-2005. Some duplication, few incomplete. Wonderful range of autographs. Mainly G/VG condition. (91 items).
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South Australia: Collection of official VCA team sheets 1984-2005. Some duplication, few incomplete. Wonderful range of autographs. Mainly G/VG condition. (16 items).
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Tasmania & Canberra: Collection of official VCA team sheets for Tasmania 1984-2002 & for Canberra 1999. Some duplication, few incomplete. Wonderful range of autographs. Mainly G/VG condition. (17 items).
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England: Official team sheets for 1984-85, 1986-87 & 1988; plus incomplete sheet for England 'A' 1996. Good range of autographs. (4 items).
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New South Wales: Collection of official VCA team sheets 1985-2003. Some duplication, few incomplete. Wonderful range of autographs. Mainly G/VG condition. (19 items).
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1986 Australian Odi Team, Saca team sheet with 12 signatures including an early Steve Waugh. Rare. In this series Australia suffered its heaviest loss in a Odi game - Aust lost to NZ by 206 runs.
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Western Australia: Collection of official VCA team sheets 1987-2004. Some duplication, few incomplete. Wonderful range of autographs. Mainly G/VG condition. (17 items).
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Queensland: Collection of official VCA team sheets 1988-2006. Some duplication, few incomplete. Wonderful range of autographs. Mainly G/VG condition. (13 items).
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1990 India Tour to England, official team sheet with 18 signatures including Sachin Tendulkar on his first tour to England. Tendulkar scored his 1st Test century - & now holds the record for the most Test & Odi centuries.
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1991 West Indies Tour to England, official team sheet with 18 signatures. The Changing of the Guard - Viv Richards last tour & last Test match; Malcolm Marshall's last Test match; Brian Lara's first tour of England.
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1992 West Indies Team to World Cup, team sheet with 16 signatures including Brian Lara. Malcolm Marshall's last ever International game - he retired after the World Cup.
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1996 Australian Tour to World Cup, official team sheet with 9 signatures, including Glenn McGrath, Shane Warne & Steve Waugh. Incomplete, but rare team sheet we haven't seen before. Sri Lanka defeated Australia in the Final.
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1997 Australian Team for Ashes tour, official team sheet with 22 signatures including Mark Taylor (captain), Steve Waugh, Adam Gilchrist & Shane Warne, window mounted, framed & glazed, overall 40 x 45 cm. Fine condition.
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2004 Australian Tour to India, official team sheet with 17 signatures including Ricky Ponting, Adam Gilchrist & Michael Clarke. Australia's first series win on Indian soil since 1969. Michael Clarke's first Test - Century, on debut, making 151 in 1st Test. Rare.
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South Melbourne - 1888 VFA Premiers Cap, blue & yellow with wire embroidered 'Premiers, 1888', some wear to inside lining, otherwise VG condition. 1888 was South Melbourne's 3rd VFA Premiership.
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South Melbourne Player's Cap, red & white horizontal bands, some wear and moth-holes. Rare player's cap.
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Football Literature: Huge collection of research re team lists, all VFL clubs 1896-1970s; photocopies of football reports from newspapers from 1897 on; football books (30+); 'Inside Football' & other magazines; AFL Annual Reports (14 issues 1965-2011); also range MCC ephemera & 'Ancestor' magazines. Poor/G. Inspection will reward.
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1901 Port Melbourne VFA Premiership Medal, 9ct gold medal decorated with football & pennants, with text 'Premiers 1901/ VFA/ Port Melbourne', engraved on reverse, 'Bromley', very attractive and rare. (Ring at top broken). Port Melbourne's 2nd Premiership.
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Runners-Up Medal, sterling silver, engraved on front 'A.F.C. 1901 Runners Up', and engraved on reverse 'Presented to E.Groves, Forward'.
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Carlton: Annual Reports for 1906, 1912 & 1920; plus booklets (3) including 'Carlton 1864-1989 125 Years'. Fair/VG.
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1907 Carlton Premiership Medal, 15ct gold medal decorated with football & pennants, with text at centre 'V.F.L. Premiers 1907', and 'Carlton Football Club', engraved on reverse, 'Presented by A.McCracken Esq, Presidt, 1908, To N.C.Clark, Vice Capn', very attractive and rare. Norman Clark played 125 games for Carlton 1905-12. A tough and reliable defender, Clark played in the 1906-08 premiership sides, and coached Carlton in 1912, and then from 1914-18 and 1920-22. He also coached VFA club Brighton and St…
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1908 Carlton Premiership Medal, 15ct gold medal decorated with football & pennants, with text at centre 'C.F.C./ Premiers', with below 'VIC. Football League', engraved on reverse, 'Presd by A.McCracken Esq, President, 1908, E.Kelly', very attractive and rare. Ernie Kelly played 8 games for Carlton in 1908, scoring 11 goals.
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1911 Leopold Premiership Medal, 9ct gold medal decorated with wreath, with text '1911/ Leopold Football Club/ Premiers', with initials 'Ck' at centre, engraved on reverse, 'Presented by H.Skinner Esq/ C.Kelly', very attractive and rare. Mounted as a badge but clasp broken.
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1922 Thorp's Chocolate Fudge 'Football Captains' [4/19 known], comprising E.Jameson (Carlton), T.Drummond (Collingwood), C.Lethbridge (Fitzroy) & H.Craven (Geelong). Fair/G. Scarce.
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Football Ephemera, c1923-99 range, noted 'Wells Football Cartoons' [Melbourne, 1923]; 'The Sporting Globe Football Book' [Melbourne, 1929-30]; original cartoon of Bob Pratt & photo of Peter Reville; poster 'The Sporting Globe's Australian Rules Centenary Supplement 1934'; matchbox holders with 1929 Oakleigh fixtures (4); VFL Park brochure; newspaper supplements & lift-outs.
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Football Autographs, noted Carji Greeves, Muhammad Ali (inside 1998 Grand Final 'Football Record'), Ted Whitten (2), Brownlow Medal Winners (44), John Coleman, Jack Dyer, Gary Ablett Sr. Fair/VG condition. (84 items)
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Hawthorn: sterling silver trowel, engraved 'To Commemorate, The Laying of the Foundation Stone, Kennon-Owen Stand, Hawthorn June 7th 1924'. Beautiful piece of Hawthorn history. Hawthorn, together with Footscray & North Melbourne, joined the VFL in 1925.
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1925 South Bendigo Premiership Medal, football-shaped 9ct gold medal, engraved 'H.M.Leggo Trophy/ Bendigo League/ Premiers 1925, Won by/ South Bendigo, M.McGregor', very attractive and rare
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Richmond: Member's Season Ticket for 1935, with fixture list & hole punched for each game attended. Fair condition.
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Life Member Badges: 9ct gold & enamel badge 'Ringwood District F.L./Life Member' engraved on reverse 'A.R.West 1936'; 9ct gold & enamel badge 'Victorian Football Union' engraved on reverse 'A.R.West, Life Member 1950'; plus 1975 Grand Final ticket; range cricket & football ephemera.
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Carlton: Member's Season Ticket for 1940, with fixture list & hole punched for each game attended. G/VG condition.
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Fitzroy/Brisbane: Fitzroy Annual Reports (21 issues, 1940-81); Brisbane Annual reports for 1987 & 1988; plus few other ephemera items. Fair/G (some annual reports with filing holes).
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Jack Dyer (Richmond), print 'Captain Blood' by D'Arcy Doyle, window mounted with signature on piece & football card, framed & glazed, overall 71 x 95 cm.
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Jack Dyer (Richmond), print 'Jack Dyer' by John Balmain, signed by Jack Dyer & the artist, and numbered 143/500, window mounted, framed & glazed, overall 60 x 85 cm.
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Richmond: Member's Season Ticket for 1945, with fixture list & hole punched for each game attended. Fair/Good condition.
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Carlton: Member's Season Ticket for 1946, with fixture list & hole punched for each game attended. G/VG condition.
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Richmond: Member's Season Ticket for 1946, with label applied 'Official and Players' Pass', and fixture list & hole punched for each game attended. Fair/Good condition.
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Carlton: Member's Season Ticket for 1947 (Premiership Year), with fixture list & hole punched for each game attended. Good condition. Carlton's 8th Premiership.
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Richmond: Member's Season Ticket for 1947, with fixture list & hole punched for each game attended. Fair/Good condition.
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Richmond: Member's Season Ticket for 1948, with fixture list & hole punched for each game attended. Fair/Good condition.
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Carlton: Member's Season Ticket for 1949, with fixture list & hole punched for each game attended. Fair/G condition.
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Carlton: Member's Season Tickets for 1950, 1951, 1956, 1957 & 1959, each with fixture list & hole punched for each game attended. Mainly G/VG condition. (5 items)
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Richmond: Member's Season Tickets for 1950, 1951, 1954, 1956, 1957 & 1959, each with fixture list & hole punched for each game attended. Fair/Good condition. (6 items)
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North Melbourne: Annual Reports (16 issues, 1951-96). Fair/G (1950s reports with filing holes).
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Footscray: 1954 original Weg poster, 2nd edition with '1954' on Bulldog's nose, window mounted, framed & glazed, overall 65 x 75 cm. Extremely rare and sought after. G/VG condition (two small pin-holes in top corners).
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Footscray: c1954 Weg poster showing Bulldog, signed by Weg in image lower right, size 50 x 45 cm. Unusual. Folded, otherwise G/VG condition.
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Ted Whitten's 1955 Team of the Year Medal: '1955/ VFL/ Sporting Globe/ Team of the Year' Medal, engraved at base 'E.Whitten', made by K.G.Luke, Melbourne.
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Collingwood: Member's Badge from 1955 (1st year), number '148' on reverse. Fair/Good condition.
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Ted Whitten's 1956 Team of the Year Medal: '1956/ VFL/ Sporting Globe/ Team of the Year' Medal, engraved at base 'E.Whitten', made by K.G.Luke, Melbourne.
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St Kilda: Photograph of Neil Roberts, signed on reverse by 1956 team, with 18 signatures including Brian Gleeson, Allan Jeans, Alan Killigrew & fan Graham Kennedy; plus Neil Roberts signature on separate page.
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Ted Whitten's 1959 Team of the Year Medal: '1959/ VFL/ Sporting Globe/ Team of the Year' Medal, engraved at base 'E.Whitten (Capt)', made by K.G.Luke, Melbourne.
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Carlton: Member's Season Tickets for 1960, 1961, 1963, 1964 Centenary Year & 1966, each with fixture list & hole punched for each game attended. Mainly G/VG condition. (5 items)
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Richmond: Member's Season Tickets for 1960, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966 (2), 1967 (Premiership Year) & 1969 (Premiership Year), each with fixture list & hole punched for each game attended. Fair/Good condition. (9 items)
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Victorian Football League, lapel badge with white 'V' surrounded by text 'Victorian Football League', made by K.G.Luke.
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Ted Whitten's 1961 Team of the Year Medal: '1961/ VFL/ Sporting Globe/ Team of the Year' Medal, engraved at base 'E.Whitten Capt', made by K.G.Luke, Melbourne.
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