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Sporting Memorabilia & Collectables — Abacus Auctions

Auction House:Abacus AuctionsNumber of lots recorded:623
Sale Title:Sporting Memorabilia & CollectablesLots with images:623
Auction Location:MelbournePrices available:380
Date:20-Oct-2019
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1977-78 Australian team, WSC official team sheet with 26 signatures including Ian Chappell (captain), Greg Chappell, David Hookes, Dennis Lillee & Doug Walters. Superb condition.
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1960 Commonwealth Tour of Rhodesia and South Africa, official team sheet with 13 signatures including Richie Benaud, Tom Graveney, Fred Trueman & Len Maddocks. Superb condition.
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1936-37 England team, autograph page with 16 signatures including Gubby Allen (captain), Walter Hammond, Bill Voce & George Duckworth.
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1927 New Zealand team, autograph page with 14 signatures including Tom Lowry (captain), 'Curly' Page, Matthew Henderson (very rare autograph) & Herb McGirr. (From the tour to England to decide if NZ was ready for Test cricket: it was a success, and the MCC side visited NZ in the 1929-30 season)
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1931 New Zealand team, autograph page with 13 signatures including Tom Lowry (captain), 'Curly' Page, Stewie Dempster & Bill Merritt; mounted on A4 page with team photograph. (The first tour by a New Zealand team in which Test matches were arranged).
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1937 New Zealand team, autograph page with 15 signatures including 'Curly' Page (captain), Martin Donnelly, Walter Hadlee & Merv Wallace; mounted on A4 page with team photograph. (The third NZ team to tour England, and the second to play Test matches).
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1949 New Zealand team, autograph page with 15 signatures including Walter Hadlee (captain), Martin Donnelly, John Reid & Merv Wallace; mounted on A3 page with team photograph. (The fourth New Zealand team to tour England, and the most successful to date).
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1954 Pakistan team to England (the first Tests between the two sides), autograph page with 17 signatures including Abdul Kardar, Imtiaz Ahmad & Hanif Mohammad; plus 1962 official team sheet with 20 signatures including Javed Burki, Hanif Mohammad & Mushtaq Mohammad. (Qty 2)
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1977-78 West Indian team, WSC official team sheet with 16 signatures including Clive Lloyd (captain), Joel Garner, Michael Holding & Viv Richards. Superb condition.
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1977-78 World team, WSC official team sheet with 15 signatures including Tony Greig (captain), Zaheer Abbas, Imran Khan & Barry Richards. Superb condition.
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Collection 1905-84 in pages, noted 1905 Wills 'Australian Club Cricketers' (19/46); 1934 Carreras 'Cricketers' (30); Players 'Cricketers 1930' (50), 'Cricketers 1934' (50) & 'Cricketers 1938' (50). Mainly Fine/Very Fine. (Qty 417)
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1907 Wills 'Prominent Australian & English Cricketers', complete set 1-50 (50); 51-73 Grey Captions (23); 66-73 Red Captions (8). Issued in three parts and rarely available complete. Mainly Fine/Very Fine. A difficult set to find in this condition. (Qty 81)
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1908 Wills 'Cricketers' (Wills's with large S), complete set (25). Mainly Fine/Very Fine.
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1908 Wills 'Cricketers' (Wills's with small s), complete set (50), plus second types of numbers 2.Pelham Warner, 5.Lc Braund & 25.G Dennett. Mainly Fine/Very Fine. (Qty 53)
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1926 Wills (Australia) 'Cricketers', almost complete set of this real photo series (62/63). Mainly Fine/Very Fine.
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1926 Gallaher 'Famous Cricketers', complete set (100). Mainly Fine/Very Fine.
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1926 Ja Pattreiouex 'Cricketers Series', complete set (75). Mainly Fine/Very Fine. Scarce and colourful.
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1928 Amalgamated Press (Champion & Triumph) 'England's Test Match Cricketers' (16) & 'Famous Australian Cricketers' (16), complete sets. Mainly Fair/Very Fine (few with minor tone spots). (Qty 32)
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1928-80 cricket cards in album, noted 1946-47 Coles 'Cricketers' with framelines (32/40) & without framelines (40); 1951 Potter & Moore 'Famous Cricketers' (25/40); 1980 Ardmona 'Series III' (50). Mainly Fine/Very Fine. (Qty 213)
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1930 Erindale Handkerchiefs (Australia) 'Australian Cricketers', almost complete set (17/18). Fair/Very Fine. (Very scarce - we have only sold three complete sets in the last 20 years).
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1930-96 cricket cards, noted Players '1930 Cricketers' (50); 'Cricketers 1934' (50) x 2 sets; 'Cricketers 1938' (50) x 2 sets; 1946-47 Coles (20/40); 1996 Futera 'Vca Centenary' (100) x 2 sets; postcards 'Australian Cricket Hall of Fame' (10) x 2 sets. Mainly Fine. (Qty 600+)
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1932 Sweetacres Champion Chewing Gum (Australia) 'Test Records' (32) & 'Prominent Cricketers' (32), complete sets, noted Don Bradman, Douglas Jardine & Eddie Gilbert (one of the few sets to show this famous aboriginal fast bowler). Mainly Fine/Very Fine.
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1936 real photogravure portrait postcards 'Australian & English Cricketers 1936-37', almost complete set (19/20) compring Bradman, Brown, Chipperfield, Darling, Fingleton, Fleetwood-Smith, Grimmett, McCabe, Oldfield, O'Reilly, Allen, Duckworth, Fagg, Fishlock, Hammond, Hardstaff, Robins, Verity & Worthington. Fine/Very Fine condition.
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1938 Players 'Cricketers 1938', complete set (50). Mainly Fine/Very Fine condition. (Qty 50)
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1938 Players 'Cricketers 1938' (50) x 2 sets in special albums; plus postcard 'Concordia College Cricket Team, Season 1916-17'. (Concordia College is a Lutheran school in Adelaide).
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1938 Sweetacres 'Cricket Caricatures', complete set (24) plus one spare, noted Don Bradman, Lindsay Hassett, Walter Hammond & Joe Hardstaff. Mainly Fine/Very Fine. Rare - only the 4th complete set we have offered in 20 years.
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1946-47 Coles Stores (Australia) 'Cricketers in Australia' (back without framelines), almost complete set (39/40) & (back with framelines) almost complete set (35/40). Mainly Fine/Very Fine. (Qty 74)
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1946-50 Anonymous 'Cricket Transfers', comprising 1946 (scarce but seen occasionally) with two large transfers (Bradman & Hammond) and part sets of mini transfers Australia (15/16) & England (14/16). Also 1950 (not seen before) with two large transfers (Hassett & Freddie Brown) and mini transfers for Australia (16) & England (15/16). Mainly Fine.
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1947 Amalgamated Press (Radio Fun) 'Famous Test Cricketers', complete set (24). Mainly Fine/Very Fine.
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1951 Coles Stores (Australia) 'Australian & English Cricketers', complete set (48). Superb condition.
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1951 Potter & Moore (Australia) 'Famous Cricketers', complete sets of Australian Players (20) & English Players (20). Mainly Fine/Very Fine. (Qty 40)
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1953-54 Coles Stores (Australia) 'Australian & English Cricketers', complete set (28). Mainly Fine/Very Fine.
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1984-96 cricket cards (246) including 1996 'Vca Centenary' (100) in album; ephemera with 1892 invoice from Victorian Cricketing & Sports Compy & 1950s Melbourne Sports Depot catalogue.
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Footy Folder A3-sized including action photographs in a variety of sizes to A3 (90+); signed items (28) noted Ron Barassi, Allan Jeans, Brian Dixon, Don Scott; Herald-Sun Grand Final lift-outs; 'Football Notes of Len Smith' ex Allan Jeans collection; photocopy of letter to Allan Jeans from John Kennedy; colour facsimiles of team pictures. Ex Ken Piesse library.
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Balance of collection noted Gary Ablett Sr caricature mug; 1967 booklet 'Those Mighty Cats'; single records (3) including 'Tribute to Peter Hudson'; Essendon schooner glasses (4); 1968 Twisties cards (3); also other trade cards with Super Trumps 'Formula 1' (33), Marilyn Monroe (5) & Michael Jordan baseball. (Qty)
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Balance of collection including Hawks flag signed Graham Arthur; Swans cap signed Lance Franklin; Kangaroos cap signed Anthony Steven & Dean Laidley; mini-footballs (11) with signatures including Barry Davis, Ken Fraser, Terry Daniher, Francis Bourke. (Qty)
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Autographs on various items c.1935-2019 with 70+ signatures noted Ted Whitten, Peter Hudson, Greg Williams, Ron Barassi, 1966 St Killda photograph with 15 signatures, Peter Crimmins, Tommy Hafey, Jack Dyer, Bob Pratt. (Qty 50+)
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Books Yearbooks and Season Guides 1970s-2014, VFL and AFL. Ex Ken Piesse library. (Qty 46)
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Books including 'The Clubs - The Complete History of Every Club in the VFL/AFL' (1998); '100 Years of Australian Football' (1996); 'Australian Football Hall of Fame' (2000); 'When It Matters Most - The Norm Smith Medallist and Best on Ground in Every Grand Final' by Main (2006). Ex Ken Piesse library. (Qty 83)
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Books '100 Years of AFL Players' by Rodgers in three volumes (Melbourne, 1996). Ex Ken Piesse library. (Qty 3)
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Books (Autographed) 'The Brownlow' edited by Slattery (2003), signed by 18 Brownlow Medallists including Fred Goldsmith, Brian Gleeson, Neil Roberts, Bob Skilton, John Schultz, John James, Alistair Lord, Ross Smith, Kevin Murray, Peter Bedford, Bernie Quinlan & Barry Round. Ex Ken Piesse library.
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Newspapers cuttings re Brownlow Medallists, noted Bert Deacon, Ian Stewart, Dick Reynolds, Fred Goldsmith, Don Cordner, Ross Smith to Gary Ablett Jr & Matt Priddis; also files of football cuttings re Grand Finals 2010-2014. Ex Ken Piesse library.
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Newspapers cuttings, notes & references regarding older players and coaches, in two suitcases from a lifetime of collecting. Ex Ken Piesse library.
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Newspapers cuttings, obituaries, notes & references. A-Z in files in four boxes. An insight into how journalists researched in the pre-computer days. Ex Ken Piesse library.
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Photographs c.1880 photo backed onto glass (20 x 30 cm) showing a footballer wearing a canvas & leather lace-up jumper, Club unidentified but possibly Melbourne, glass crack in lower right corner & small faults top right, though superb detail and stunning appearance.
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Photographs almost all originals published in 'Inside Football', 'The Age', 'Sporting Globe', etc, in club order; plus feature folders of images of players Salmon, Lockett, Dunstall, Platten & Brereton (with all of whom Ken Piesse has written books). Ex Ken Piesse library. (Qty c.1470)
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Prints 'The Game That Made Australia - Celebrating 150 Years of Australian Football' by Jamie Cooper, limited edition 766/1500, framed & glazed, overall 101 x 73 cm.
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Statistics Greg Hobbs' black VFL/AFL stats books 1969-2013, mostly exercise book size, later ones foolscap. Generally two per year, one with teams as announced round-by-round & then the detailed results round-by round. The second books show individual players game by game (for example, in 1969 you can see in an instant the games Royce Hart played, the goals he kicked, against whom, when & where). A fabulous record of every player, club by club. Ex Ken Piesse library. (Qty 88)
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Yo Yos (12) in display box for Carlton, Collingwood, Essendon, Fremantle, Hawthorn, Melbourne, Port Adelaide (2), Swans (3) & West Coast; plus boxes of playing cards (11) with Carlton (2), Collingwood, Hawthorn (2), Melbourne (2), Richmond (2) & Western Bulldogs (2). Fair/Fine condition. (Qty 23)
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1905 Worker's Football Team real photo postcard captioned 'R.S.F.A. Ls & Co. Champions 1905-6' showing players wearing lace-up jumpers, sent to Collingwood. (Unidentified club; a gold fob engraved 'R.S.F.A., R & M, Premiers 1908' is known)
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1908 Jubilee Carnival real photo postcard of the New Zealand team, endorsed at base 'Australasian Jubilee Carnival/New Zealand Team', showing the players wearing their distinctive uniforms featuring the Silver Fern. (This was the only time that a team from New Zealand competed; captained by former Collingwood player Tom Wright - who would be killed in action in France in 1916 - New Zealand proved to be the surprise packet of the tournament, winning 6 out of the 11 matches they played on the tour, including…
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Queensland - Brisbane Lions: 1998 recruiting notes prepared for Brisbane Lions covering 30 matches from Under 18s, National Championships & schoolboys, noted some players who went on to AFL careers including Brendan Fevola, Stephen Milne, Josh Fraser, Cameron Ling, Paul Chapman, Jude Bolton, Michael Stevens, Craig Bolton, Toby Thurstans, Danny Jacobs & Adam Ramanauskas; also Brisbane Lions Yearbooks for 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001 & 2002. (Qty)
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South Australia: Books including 'Pride of the Bay - the story of Glenelg Football Club' by Cornwall & Wood (2003); 'Bound for Glory - The Story of the Port Adelaide Football Club' by Wood (1991); 'True Blue - The History of the Sturt Football Club' by Lysikatos (1995); 'The Centenary History of the North Adelaide Football Club' by Wood (1993). Ex Ken Piesse library. (Qty 16)
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South Australia - Port Adelaide: Jumper window mounted with 2003 team photograph and team sheet with 40 signatures including Warren Tredrea, Damien Hardwick, Chad Cornes, Peter Burgoyne & Gavin Wanganeen, framed & glazed, overall 82 x 122 cm.
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South Australia - Port Adelaide: Royal Selangor Pewter Premiership Cup, 21 cm high, for 2004, engraved on front 'Australian Football League, 2004, Premiership Cup, won by Port Adelaide Football Club', and with plaque on mahogany finish base showing players in their positions.
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Tasmania - North Hobart: 1908 real photo postcard showing team in playing jerseys captioned 'North Hobart Football Team Premiers 1908', sent 1908 to 'Zeahhan' (sic) with Pictorial 1d tied Hobart d/s, minor blemishes. A little over-exposed but rarely seen.
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Victoria: Books including 'The Zebra Story - A History of the Sandringham Football Club' by Hubbard (Melbourne, 1986); 'The Blue Boys - A history of the Prahran Football Club' by Fiddian (Melbourne, 1986); 'If You're Dandy - The History of Dandenong Football Club' by Farrow & Wiersema (Melboure, 2004). (Qty 8)
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Victoria: Books including 'History of Football in the Ballarat District' by Stoward (2008); 'History of Football in the Bendigo District' by Stoward (2008); 'A Taste of Port' by Keenan (1999); 'The Bears Uncensored - Caulfield Football Club' by Piesse (2010). Ex Ken Piesse library. (Qty 16)
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Victorian Football Association (Vfa): J.J.Liston Best & Fairest badge (not awarded); 1986 Vfa membership badge; group of Vfa clubs cloth badges (23). Superb condition. (Qty 25)
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Carlton: Books including 'Carlton Football Club Centenary Review' (Melbourne, 1964); 'The Blues' by Tim Hewat (1982); 'The Old Dark Navy Blues' by Lionel Frost (1998). Ex Ken Piesse library. (Qty 9)
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Carlton: Weg posters for 1981 (2) & 1982; also posters '79 Grand Final - The Blues' & 1982 Sunday Press 'Blues!'; Fair/Good condition. (Qty 5)
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Carlton: Photograph of Bruce Doull & Helen D'Amico signed by photographer Clive Mackinnon, framed & glazed, overall 41 x 51 cm; plus black and white photograph of the famous 'Jesaulenko, you beauty' mark in the 1970 Grand Final, framed & glazed, overall 41 x 54 cm. (Qty 2)
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Carlton: Jumper signed by 2007 team with 30 signatures including Brendan Fevola, Bryce Gibbs & Anthony Koutifides, window mounted, framed & glazed, overall 70 x 87 cm.
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Carlton: Jumper signed by their three first round draft picks - Marc Murphy 2005, Bryce Gibbs 2006 & Matthew Kreuzer 2008, window mounted, framed & glazed, overall 78 x 93 cm.
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Carlton: Print 'Proud History' with 5 signatures - Ron Barassi, David Parkin, Robert Walls, Mike Fitzpatrick & Stephen Kernahan, framed & glazed, overall 82 x 66 cm. Also 'Carlton Football Club Premiers' board, size 45 x 90 cm. (Qty 2)
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Carlton: Jumper signed by 2019 team with 44 signatures including Patrick Cripps, Sam Docherty & Marc Murphy, window mounted, framed & glazed, overall 69 x 96 cm.
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Carlton - Tom Gorman: Rare 2-page process printed pamphlet 'Address by Edmund Finn Esq, Delivered at the Melbourne Athenaeum, May 26th 1880... re death of Tom Gorman', 11 stanzas written by Edmund 'Garryowen' Finn (Melbourne, 1880), in which he asks Carlton and Melbourne Footballers to donate for the widow's purse. Together with book 'Garryowen's Melbourne' (Melbourne, 1967). A very rare (possibly unique) item of Australian Rules literature. (Tom Gorman was an original member of Carlton's teams from…
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Collingwood: 'Collingwood Football Club, VFL Premiers 1928' photo montage with portrait of each player wearing their Collingwood jumpers, including Syd Coventry (captain), Gordon Coventry, Albert Collier, plus committee members & staff, with plaque below printed 'Presented to G.Mountford with the compliments of the Collingwood Football Club', framed & glazed, overall 58 x 72 cm. (George Mountford was the founder of Mountford's Hat Stores, and was a member of Collingwood for about 50 years when he died in…
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Collingwood: 1955 Autograph Book with drawing of Magpie on first page, endorsed 'Best Wishes to Ross from the Collingwood Football Team 9/6/1955. The Magpies', and numbered 1-33 with beautiful signatures of the players including Lou Richards, Neil Mann, Jack Hamilton, Thorold Merrett, Bob Rose & coach Phonse Kyne. Superb condition
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Collingwood: Pennant, 'VFL Olympic Premiership/ (Olympic Rings)/ Grand Final Souvenir', showing players in their positions, framed & glazed, overall 30 x 38 cm. (Melbourne defeated Collingwood by 73 points in front of a record crowd of 115,902 spectators).
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Collingwood: 1958 original Weg poster. Fair/Good condition (some tape reinforcement along folds, and rapairs to top edge). Extremely rare and sought after.
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Collingwood: Preliminary design for 1981 Losing Weg poster, mounted on masonite board. (The final design had the Magpie's beak all white)
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Collingwood: Books including 'Collingwood Football Club - The Machine' by McFarlane & Roberts (Melbourne, 2005); A Century of the Best' by Roberts (Melbourne, 1992); 'The Official Collingwood Illustrated Encyclopedia' by Roberts & McFarlane (Melbourne, 2004). (Qty 23)
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Collingwood: Books including 'A Memorable Season - How Collingwood won the 1958 VFL Flag' by Fiddian (1998); 'The Magpies - The Official Centenary History of the Collingwood Football Club' by Hansen (1992); 'A Century of the Best' by Roberts (1991); 'The Official Collingwood Illustrated Encyclopedia' by Roberts & McFarlane (2004). Ex Ken Piesse library. (Qty 11)
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Collingwood: 'Sherrin - Collingwood' football signed in silver by 5 captains - Lou Richards, Murray Weideman, Len Thompson, Tony Shaw & Nathan Buckley.
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Collingwood: Collingwood jumper signed by c.2000 team, with c.26 signatures including Nathan Buckley, Scott Burns & Gavin Crosisca, framed & glazed, overall 57 x 79 cm.
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Essendon: Original photograph of the 1908 Essendon team, taken at the round 3 match v Carlton at Princes Park with 25,000 people in attendance. Photograph fine though mount with peripheral faults, overall 26 x 21 cm. Players identified on reverse. (These two teams would meet again in the Grand Final). Ex Jim Martin, who played for Carlton, Essendon & Fitzroy. The first person to play in consecutive premierships at two clubs - 1912 at Essendon & 1913 at Fitzroy.
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Essendon: 1940s Autograph Book with pencil signatures of 1944 Essendon team (33) including Dick Reynolds, Bill Hutchison & Doug Bigelow. Also a dozen other signatures of no significance.
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Essendon: Norm McDonald, Pewter mug engraved 'First Night Football Match, Royal Melbourne Showgrounds, Essendon v Richmond, 11-10-52, N.McDonald'. (Norm McDonald played 128 matches for Essendon 1947-53. He played in the Essendon premiership teams in 1949 & 1950 and won the Essendon Best & Fairest award in 1951. In 2005 he was named at half-back flank of the Indigenous Team of the Century).
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Essendon: Weg posters for 1984 & 1985 (2). Fair/Good condition. (Qty 3)
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Essendon: Books including 'Flying Higher: History of the Essendon Football Club' by Maplestone (1994 & 1996 editions); 'Fish Tales' signed by Paul Salmon (2002); 'Stand Your Ground' signed by Kevin Sheedy (2008). Ex Ken Piesse library. (Qty 18)
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Essendon: Michael Long AFL Northern Territory #21 collector's jumper, depicting an image of Michael on the front with 'Michael Long Learning & Leadership Centre' logo on the front and back.
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Fitzroy: Gerald Brosnan, Signed handwritten letter from 1963 to respected football historian CC Mullen clearing up details of his own career and other players from the first years of the VFL including George Stuckey, Bob Byers, Tod Collins, Albert Thurgood & the McShanes. (Gerald Brosnan played a few games with both Geelong & Essendon in the Vfa period, then Ballarat. He played 131 matches for Fitzroy 1900-1909 and was captain of 1904 & 1905 Premiership teams. He later coached University 1910-14 and…
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Fitzroy: 1906 Valentine League Series postcard 'Fitzroy', stamp removed, otherwise Fine/Very Fine condition.
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Fitzroy: 1924 Hobart Carnival gold medal with football & 'V.F.L Champions' engraved on front, and on reverse 'G.Collins, Hobart Carnival 1924', 32 mm diameter. (Goldie Collins played 64 matches for Fitzroy 1922-28; he played in Fitzroy's 1922 Premiership team and won Fitzroy's best & fairest in 1923; a quality follower, Collins represented Victoria on four occasions)
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Fitzroy: Haydn Bunton Sr Replica of Haydon Bunton's personal photograph album, with reprinted photographs (121) used by author Chris Donald in writing Bunton's biography; plus book 'Haydn Bunton - Best and Fairest' by Donald (2003). Ex Ken Piesse library.
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Footscray: c1954 Weg poster showing Bulldog, signed by Weg in image lower right, size 50 x 41 cm. Unusual. Folded, otherwise good condition (peripheral fault at left).
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Footscray: Ephemera collection in two folders, including Noel posters (28 - with 16 signed by players), Harv posters (3), Brocker posters (2), Rogers posters (2), Weg player posters (2); range of photographs with 2 signed - Chris Grant & Adam Cooney; newspapers & articles c1956-2015; local newspapers; 'The Bulldog'; Doug Hawkins 300th game certificate. Inspection will reward.
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Footscray: Ted Whitten, two displays with signatures window mounted with photographs, one 34 x 31 cm, other 34 x 36 cm. (Qty 2)
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Footscray: Books including 'A History of the Footscray Football Club - Unleashed' by Lack (signed), McConville, Small & Wright (1996); 'Sons of the Scray' by Buttler & Milne (1992); 'Both Sides of the Fence' by Doug Hawkins & Stevens (1991). Ex Ken Piesse library. (Qty 9)
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Footscray: 'A History of the Footscray Football Club - Unleashed' by Lack, McConville, Small & Wright (1996).
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Footscray: 'Warriors of the West - Celebrating 75 Years 1925-2000 - Footscray Football Club - Western Bulldogs', print by Jamie Cooper, signed by the artist plus Chris Grant, Scott Wynd & Tony Liberatore, limited edition 165/250, window mounted, framed & glazed, overall 107 x 86 cm.
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Footscray: 'Team of the Century - Western Bulldogs, Footscray Football Club', print by Jamie Cooper, signed by the artist, and marked 'Artist Proof', window mounted, framed & glazed, overall 99 x 68 cm.
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Footscray: Western Bulldogs clash jumper signed by Luke Beveridge & Easton Wood (Premiership coach & captain).
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Geelong: Graham 'Polly' Farmer, display comprising signature on piece, window mounted with two action photos, framed & glazed, overall 35 x 84 cm.
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Geelong Box of Geelong ephemera, including 'Cats Super Bonanza Lottery' booklets for 1984, 1985, 1986, 1991 & 1992; stickers; stamps; 'Cats' magazines (19); Premiers booklets for 2009 & 2011; 'Football Record's (5); few football cards.
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Geelong: Collection with 'Ablett - Gazza the Great' number plate; signed displays of Gary Ablett Sr & Garry Hocking; 2002 display of Select Geelong cards; 1977 Member's Season Ticket; Gfc mobile phone. (Qty 6)
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Hawthorn: Central portion of 1963 losing Weg poster (with 'Herald' & 'Premiers' excised). Fair/Good condition. A great rarity. Sold at another Melbourne auction in 2016 for $3416.
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Hawthorn: Weg posters for 1978, 1983, 1986, 1988 & 1989; also posters 'Mighty Hawks Premiers 86' & Rogers 'The Mighty Hawks Premiers' for 1989 & 1991. Fair/Good condition. (Qty 8)
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Hawthorn: 'Victorian Football League Premiership Medallion, 1983, Hawthorn Football Club', in gilded bronze (48 mm diameter). With case of issue, some spotting, nearly uncirculated.
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