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Auction House:Leski Auctions Pty. Ltd.Number of lots recorded:574
Sale Title:Sporting & General MemorabiliaLots with images:468
Auction Location:MelbournePrices available:348
Date:30-Sep-2009
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1928 Millhoff 'Famous test Cricketers', medium size, complete real photo set (27), plus extra signed cards of Leslie Ames & George Geary. G/VG. (total 29)
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1930 Boys' Magazine 'Zat Card Series (Cricketers Series)', medium size, complete set [11]; plus 1934 Players 'Cricketers 1934', complete set [50]. G/Vg. (Total 61)
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1930 Australian (Giant Brand) Licorice 'Australian Cricketers', almost complete set [23/27], noted Don Bradman, Archie Jackson & Jack Ryder. G/Vg. (Back inscribed '24 Photos in a Complete Set', though 27 known).
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1934 Players 'Cricketers 1934', complete set, includes Don Bradman, bill Ponsford & Clarrie Grimmett. G/VG. (50)
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C1938 cricket badges (25 mm, made by A.E.Patrick, Summer Hill, NSW) 'Australian Team', comprising C.L.Badcock, S.G.Barnes, W.A.brown, A.G.Chipperfield, J.H.Fingleton & M.G.Waite. G/VG. (6 items)
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1890-1920 England Test Cricketers: Collection of signed pieces & picture - J.T.Hearne, C.B.Fry, G.H.Hirst, J.R.Mason, Len Braund, A.E.Relf, George Gunn (2), Joe Hardtaff Snr, J.B.Hobbs, Frank Woolley, H.D.G.Leveson-Gower, J.W.H.T.Douglas, J.W.Hearne, Phil Mead, E.J.Smith & Lord Tennyson. A few with accompanying pictures or postcard. From the Brian Bassano cricket autographs collection (17 items)
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1927 Arthur Mailey's Bohemians Team: An Arthur Mailey colour lithograph of Charlie Macartney, with 11 pencil signatures including Arthur Mailey, Charlie Macartney, Tommy Andrews, John Ellis, Bert Oldfield, plus cartoonist Jim Banks with small portrait of his creation 'Ginger Meggs'. Endorsed on mount 'Played at Cowra, Easter Sunday, April 17th 1927'. Small tear to top edge not affecting the image. A very scarce set of team autographs.
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1934 Australian Team, autograph page with 13 signatures including Don Bradman, bill Woodfull, bill Ponsford, Len Darling, bill O'Reilly & Stan McCabe.
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C1934 New South WalesTeam, autograph page with 8 signatures - Don Bradman, Stan McCabe, Alan Kippax, Bert Oldfield, ray little, Gordon Horsfield, bill brown & Victoria's Leo O'Brien.
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1934 Australian Team, autograph page headed 'Australian Cricketers 26/4/34' with 6 signatures - Bill Brown, Ern Bromley, Arthur Chipperfield, Ben Barnett, W.C.Bruce (treasurer) & Harold Busby (manager); plus Bill O'Reilly signature on piece.
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Australia: signed autograph cards (77 - cards with 'Australia test player' printed in green), nice collection c1946-2009 including 5 of the 'Invincibles' - Neil Harvey, Arthur Morris, bill brown, Sam Loxton (2) & Ron Hamence; also Brad Haddin, Bob Massie, Graham McKenzie, Graham Yallop, Geoff Lawson, Doug Walters, Ian Craig & Ian Chappell. (77 items)
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England: Signed autograph cards (36 - cards with 'England Test Cricketer' printed in blue), nice collection c1946-99 including Sir Alec Bedser, Nasser Hussain, Geoff Boycott, Tom Graveney, Fred Titmus, T.E.Bailey, Graham Dilley, Graham Gooch, Alec Stewart, Neil Fairbrother & John Snow. (36 items)
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Test Cricketers: signed autograph cards (105), nice collection with cricketers from India (40), New Zealand (22), West Indies (12), South Africa (12), Pakistan (10) & Sri Lanka (9) ; noted Bishan Bedi, Harbhajan Singh, Anil Kumble, V.V.S.Laxman, Sir Richard Hadlee, Walter Hadlee, Lance Gibbs, Michael holding, Jonty Rhodes, Alan Donald, Chaminda Vaas, Muttiah Muralitharan & Shahid Afridi. (105 items)
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1956 Australian Team, autograph page with 11 signatures including Ian Johnson, Ray Lindwall & Neil Harvey; on reverse 1957 West Indies (11 signatures including Gary Sobers); also Daily Express postcard 'The 1956 Australian Touring Side' with facsimile autographs; 1949 Zululand Team (v Australia) autograph page with 12 signatures; 1949 autograph page signed by Transvaal (11) & Australia (7); Team Sheets - 1991 Western Australian (12 sigs); 1992 Queensland (12 sigs); 1985-86 Griqualand West (11 sigs);…
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1963-64 South Africa Team to Australia, autograph pages (2) with 16 ink signatures, including Trevor Goddard (captain), Eddie Barlow, Graeme Pollock, Joe Partridge & Peter Pollock.
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1966-67 Australian Team, official team sheet with 16 signatures including Bob Simpson, bill Lawry, Ian Chappell & Tom Veivers. Fine condition.
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1968 Australian Team, official team sheet with 17 signatures, including bill Lawry, Barry Jarman & Doug Walters. Folded, otherwise fine condition.
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1970 South African Team To England (Tour cancelled due to apartheid), team sheet with 15 signatures including Ali Bacher, Graeme Pollock, Barry Richards & Mike Proctor. Superb condition. Rare - Brian Bassano had 100 sheets made up
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1971-72 South African Team to Australia (Tour cancelled due to apartheid), team sheet with 16 signatures including Ali Bacher, Graeme Pollock, Barry Richards & Mike Proctor. Superb condition. Rare - Brian Bassano had 100 sheets made up.
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1980 Australian Team to England, official team sheet for Centenary test tour, with 14 signatures including Greg Chappell, Dennis Lillee & rod Marsh. Fine condition.
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1980 Australian Team, official team sheet for Centenary test Tour of England, with 14 signatures including Greg Chappell, Kim Hughes, Dennis Lillee & rod Marsh (some soiling) ; plus 1991 Australia v England, 3rd test at SCG, official NSWCA team sheet partially signed by both teams, with 17 signatures including Geoff Marsh, Steve Waugh & David Gower. (2 items)
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1981 Australian Team to UK and Sri Lanka, official team sheet with 19 signatures including Kim Hughes, Dennis Lillee & rod Hogg. Plus 1983 Australian Team to Zimbabwe, official team sheet with 15 signatures including dirk Wellham, David Boon & Dean Jones. Fine condition. (2 items)
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1985 Australian Prime Minister's XI v West Indies, official team sheets for Prime Minister's XI (9 signatures) & West Indies (14 signatures), noted Andrew Hilditch, Simon O'Donnell, Clive Lloyd & Malcolm Marshall. Scarce pair. (2 items)
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Pakistan test Cricketers: signed 4 x 6' photos of caricatures of Pakistan cricketers, noted Zaheer Abbas, Hanif Mohhamed, Fazal Mahmood, Khan Mohammed, S'ed Ahmed, Majid Khan, Mushtaq Mohammed, Sarfraz Narwaz & Imran Khan. (56 items)
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Australian test Captains: 1992 Sheffield shield Centenary stamps in gutter pairs, signed by 9 Australian captains - Don Bradman, Lindsay Hassett, Richie Benaud, bill brown, Ian Craig, bill Lawry, Ian Johnson (twice), Barry Jarman & Brian Booth (twice). Rare display.
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Football Collectables, noted 2003 'St. Kilda Football Club, Inaugural hall of Fame' dinner menu, signed on the front cover by Darrel Baldock; two c1890s team photographs in poor condition; '1930 football' catlogue published by Hartleys sports Stores; two 1980 newspaper banner/posters 'Magpie faces knee Op'; plus 'MCC News letter', 21 issues 1964-82 with some interesting football content.
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1925 Geelong Premiership medal, solid gold and blue enamel medal with monogram 'VFL' in centre, surrounded by text 'Victorian football League/ Premiers', engraved on reverse, 'N. Brushfield/Geelong F.', very attractive and rare. (Nick Brushfield played 41 games 1923-27. From the collection formed by his nephew, Brian Brushfield, who played 15 games for Geelong 1962-65).
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1925 Geelong Premiership matchbox holder, silver-plated, decorated with enamel 'City of Geelong' badge, engraved 'Nick P.Brushfield, Geelong F.C., Premiers 1925', very attractive and rare. (Nick Brushfield played 41 games 1923-27; see previous lot).
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North Melbourne, c1930s ceramic ashtray, horse-shoe shaped, showing two players going for a mark, with central shield in North Melbourne colours. Very scarce and unusual.
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'Fabulous 4': display, comprising pictures signed by Haydn Bunton (possibly the greatest footballer ever), Dick Reynolds, Ian Stewart & Bobby Skilton, window mounted, framed & glazed, overall 77 x 54 cm
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Ted Whitten (Footscray): 'Ted 'Ej' Whitten, Footscray Football Club, 321 VFL Games - 360 Goals, Member of the 1954 Premiership Team' display comprising 3 colour pictures with facsimile autographs, window mounted, framed & glazed, overall 78 x 42 cm. From the collection of the late Jack Collins.
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Ron Barassi (Melbourne), print 'Ronald Dale Barassi' by d'Arcy Doyle, signed by Ron Barassi and the artist, limited edition 214/1500, framed & glazed, overall 56 x 82 cm.
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St. Kilda: autograph book signed by 1962 St. Kilda team, with 30 signatures including Neil Roberts, Lance Oswald, bill Stephenson, Ross Smith, Darrell Baldock & Allan Jeanes; also 6 other signatures including South Melbourne 's Bobby Skilton & Elkin Reilly (Aboriginal Ruckman) .
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Geelong: dinner menu 'Geelong Football Club, Premiership dinner, Centenary hall, Thursday 5th December 1963', with 15 signatures on inside back cover including Colin rice, John watts, Roy West, John Brown & Paul Vinar. Some damage to back cover, though scarce. (Ex Brian Brushfield, who played 15 games for Geelong 1962-65).
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Football Group, noted c1968-99 'Football Record's with Grand Finals (14), Finals (2), home & away (3); 1980s Moorabbin VFA jumper; 'J.L.Burley Match II' football; also two 2006 Commonwealth Games 'Queen's Baton Relay' shirts. (23 items)
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Carl Ditterich's St. Kilda No. 10 jumper, with neatly repaired tears on front and underneath left arm. Given to Arthur Burge by Greg Wells (Melbourne Captain before Ditterich returned as Captain-coach). (Carl Ditterich, played 203 games for St. Kilda 1963-72 and 1976-78, and 82 games for Melbourne 1973-75 and 1979-80. He was one of the most feared ruckmen in League history and was a star from his very first game).
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Collingwood: 'Wall of Honour' print with colour team picture of Collingwood Premiership Team 1990, surrounded by facsimile autographs, window mounted, framed & glazed, overall 56 x 46 cm. From the collection of the late Jack Collins.
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Brownlow Medal: print 'Legends of the Brownlow' by Bryan Membrey, window mounted, framed & glazed, overall 100 x 78 cm. From the collection of the late Jack Collins.
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1996 AFL Centenary hall of Fame Legends: 1996 Centenary Grand Final poster, with 6 signatures - Jack Dyer, Dick Reynolds, Polly Farmer, Bob Pratt, Bobby Skilton & Jack Collins (signatures of Nicholls, Matthews & Barassi have faded), limited edition 12/50, window mounted, framed and glazed, overall 77 x 109 cm, with CoA.
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Football Autographs: c1998-2003 signed football cards (70) & stickers (8), noted Jason Akermanis, Lenny Hayes, Matthew Lloyd, Nick Stevens, Dale Thomas, Stephen Silvagni, Peter Burgoyne, Adam Goodes, Chris Judd & Brent Harvey. G/VG. (78 items)
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Western Bulldogs/Footscray: 'Team of the century, Western Bulldogs, Footscray F.C.' print by Jamie Cooper, signed by the artist and numbered 433/500, with 7 signatures at base including Charlie Sutton, Chris Grant & Jack Collins, size 90 x 55 cm. Ex the late Jack Collins, who played 154 games 1950-58 & President 1967-73, remembered for his 7 goals in Footscray's 1954 Premiership win.
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Anthony Koutoufides & Denis Pagan (Carlton), both signatures on Carlton jumper, window mounted, framed & glazed, overall 91 x 101 cm.
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1904-54 football cards, noted 1904 Sniders & Abrahams 'Incidents in Play' (11); 1932 Hoadleys 3d violet Nutty bar (19); also few Wills, giant Brand Licorice, J.J. Schuh, Godfrey Phillips, Atlantic & Kornies. Poor/VG. (total 62)
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-95 football cards (c261), all Fitzroy, noted Sniders & Abrahams 1904 (2), 1907 (1), 1908 (1), 1909 (2), 1910 (3), 1912 (1), 1913 (1), 1914 (1); J.J. Schuh 1920 (6); also Wills, Hoadleys, Allens, Godfrey Phillips, Kornies, Twisties, Scanlens, Select. Plus 1990 sticker album; autographs (3); posters (2)
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C1907-38 football cards (68), cricket cards (45), soccer (6) & golf (1) - noted Sniders & Abrahams 1907 (1), 1908 (1) & 1913 (2); 1933 Wills 'Footballers 1933' (59). Poor/G, though inspection will reward. (cTotal 123)
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C1913-34 football cards (49), noted Sniders & Abrahams 1913 (1) ; 1933 Allens (9), Carreras 'Personality series' (3), Licorice Larks (6), Godfrey Phillips (10) ; Hoadleys 1933 (12) & 1934 (8) ; also range of other cigarette & trade cards to 1970s. Poor/G, though inspection will reward. (c300)
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c1932-68 football cards (94), noted 1932 Hoadleys 3d Violet Nutty Bar (3); 1933 Hoadleys (33); 1934 Hoadleys (14); also few Carreras, Wills, Giant Brand Licorice, Godfrey Phillips; plus c1905-40s range of general cigarette & trade cards (143). Poor/Vg. (Total 237)
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Carlton: 1940-42 Chas.Boyles postcards 'VFL Teams', showing 1940, 1941 & 1942 Carlton teams. G/VG. (3 items)
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1965-91 Scanlens football cards, comprising 1965 (2); 1967 (30); 1968 series a (9) and series B (2); 1969, (10) and Die cut (4); 1970, (15); 1972, (18); 1974 (Cl 4); 1975 (Cl 2); 1976 (Cl 9); 1977 (Cl 13); 1978 (4 + Cl 2); 1979 (Cl 2); 1980 (Cl 9); 1981 (Cl 2); 1990 (617); 1991 (46). (total 800)
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Newtown: autograph page signed by 1933 Premiership team, 12 signatures including Arthur Folwell, Elliott, Ellis, spring, McLennan; plus another page signed ray Stehr, kangaroos 1933-34.
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Eastern Suburbs: autograph page signed by 1935 Premiership team, 13 signatures including Dave brown, ray stehr, Jack Beaton, Tom McLachlan; plus two other pages signed Tom Gorman (Captain of 1929-30 kangaroos), Les Mead, Ron Eaton & Cliff Pearce.
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Signed photographs (9), rugby cards (11) & New Zealand $1,000,000 notes (8), noted Andrew Ryan, Willie Poching, Luke O'Donnell, Trent Waterhouse, Ben Kennedy, Willie Mason & Michael Luck; also c210 unsigned rugby cards
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Cigarette and trade cards: 1981 Scanlens 'NSWRL Footballers', part set (121/168), plus cChecklists (12), and spares (30 + checklist). (total 163)
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Rugby Collection, noted c1900 unidentified team photograph; 1926 Players 'Footballers, Caricatures by Rip' (Rugby & Soccer) complete set [50]; autograph pages including 1936 Transvaal & Natal (3 pages with 24 signatures), 1937 Griquas (24 signatures), 1937 Natal (13 signatures), 1937 Transvaal (12 signatures), 1961 Fiji (11 signatures); 1980 Nz All Blacks (32 signatures on 'Kookaburra' football - now difficult to read); 2003 Rugby World Cup badge & key rings (2); also 2003 Australia Day badge. (c63 items)
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1908 Australian Wallabies tour to Great Britain, official programme, 'Lancashire versus Australia, Played at Fallowfield, Wednesday Nov.25th 1908', with team picture of the Wallabies to back cover. Fair/Good condition. [30 days earlier Australia had won the rugby tournament at the 1908 London Olympics].
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Rugby Union ties (7) including Wallabies, Lions Tour of Australia & Rugby Club of South Australia; Advertising sign 'Hahn Brewing, Longbrew Lager, Major Sponsor of S.A. Rugby Union', size 92 x 38 cm; luncheon menu signed by General Peter Cosgrove, Chris 'Buddha' Handy & Michael Von Berg; Wallabies key ring; also menu signed by Jeff Kennett. (11 items)
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