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Sporting and General Memorabilia — Leski Auctions Pty. Ltd.

Auction House:Leski Auctions Pty. Ltd.Number of lots recorded:1,094
Sale Title:Sporting and General MemorabiliaLots with images:810
Auction Location:MelbournePrices available:645
Date:16-Feb-2010
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1981 Australian Team to UK and Sri Lanka, official team sheet with 20 signatures including Kim Hughes (Captain), Dennis Lillee, Allan Border and Martin Kent
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1981-82 West Indies Team to Australia, official team sheet with 16 signatures including Clive Lloyd (Captain), Vivian Richards, Larry Gomes, Malcolm Marshall and Joel Garner. Scarce
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1982 Australian Team to New Zealand, official team sheet with 15 signatures including Greg Chappell (captain), Kim Hughes, Terry Alderman and Dennis Lillee
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1982-83 England Team to Australia, official team sheet with 19 signatures including Bob Willis (captain), Ian Botham, David Gower and Derek Randall
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1983 New Zealand Team to World Cup, official team sheet with 18 signatures including Geoff Howarth, John Wright and Richard Hadlee. Fine condition
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1984 Australian Team to West Indies, official team sheet with 18 signatures including Kim Hughes (Captain), Allan Border, David Hookes and Keppler Wessels. Fine condition
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1984-85 Australian Team, 1st test v West Indies at WACA, official team sheet with 12 signatures including Kim Hughes, Allan Border and Terry Alderman. Scarce
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1986-87 Australian XI Team to South Africa, official team sheet with 17 signatures including Kim Hughes, Terry Alderman, Graham Yallop and Rodney Hogg
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Team Sheets, noted 1990 India, 1992 New Zealand, 1998 Sri Lanka, 2002 West Indies 'A' and 1980 Queensland v South Australia; also Nz tour guides for 1958 and 1965. (7 items)
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1992 England Team to World Cup, official team sheet with 17 signatures including Graham Gooch (captain), Alec Stewart and Ian Botham
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1997-98 New Zealand Team to Australia, official team sheet with 19 signatures including Stephen Fleming (captain), Nathan Astle and Daniel Vettori. Fine condition
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1997-98 South Africa Team to Australia, official team sheet with 19 signatures including Hansie Cronje (captain), Gary Kirsten and Allan Donald. Fine condition
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1999 Australian Team to West Indies, official team sheet for the one day international series with 16 signatures including Stephen Waugh (Captain), Shane Warne, Ian Healy & Colin Miller. Fine condition. Rare - each player received two team sheets
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Ian Browne's 1968 Australian Championships, Gold Winner's Medal, with chain, 'Amateur Cyclists Association of Australia', engraved on reverse 'Senior Australian Track Championships/ Sydney 1968/ 2000 Metres Tandem/ 1st I.Browne G.Johnson', 58 mm diameter. Very attractive and scarce. [Ian Browne, gold medal winner at the 1956 Olympics, won his fifth and final tandem and his last Australian Championship in 1968 with Johnson]
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North Park Football Club: 1887 Member's Season Ticket, blue, white and red leather cover with gilt 'N.P.F.C./1887', with fixture list and list of committee (including J.H.Gardiner, the key figure in the establishment of North Melbourne Football Club). Extremely rare. G/VG condition
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Armadale Football Club: 1888 Member's Season Ticket, red and blue leather cover with gilt 'Armadale F.C./Season 1888', with fixture list. Extremely rare. G/VG condition
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Collingwood: Collection of reprinted premiership team photographs, comprising 1896 (2), 1902, 1903, 1910, 1917, 1919, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1935, 1936, 1953, 1958 and 1990, all framed and glazed, each 31 x 22 cm. (16 items)
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1909 American Schoolboys Visit to Australia: a remarkable group of real-photo postcards recording a 9 month visit to Australia, New Zealand and Hawaii by the Columbia Park Boys' club of San Francisco. We have no record of any other postcards from this tour'.Mr. Simons pointed out that, as the league (West Australian football League) had approached President Roosevelt with the object of establishing the Australian game in America, and as the Columbia Park Boys' club Had Given up 'Rugby' and Had made…
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Postcard: c1909 Wesley College, Melbourne 'Big school and Prep. School Footballers.' titled 'Series B - No. 5' and imprinted on reverse 'W.C.P.S. Pavilion Fund series. Three sets (A B C) of 12 cards, each.', the first example we have seen. (See previous lot re. The role played by Wesley in the visit of the Columbia Park Boys' club.).
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'The Argus Football Guide - Records and History of The Australian Game' by 'Old Boy' [Melbourne, 1930]. Fair condition
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South Melbourne : Member's Season Ticket for 1931, with fixture list and hole punched for each game attended. Good/VG condition
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South Melbourne : Member's Season Ticket for 1933, with fixture list and hole punched for each game attended (the Swans 3rd Premiership, and last until 2005). Fair condition
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Collingwood: c1936 autograph book with 29 pencil signatures including Jock McHale, Albert Collier, Jack Carmody and Keith Stackpole
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Geelong: 'Geelong '52 Premiers' Weg posters (2 - issued late 1990s), both signed by Bob Davis, size 46 x 64 cm. Superb condition. (2 items)
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Collingwood: collection of Weg posters - 'Collingwood 53 Premiers' caricature poster; 'Collingwood 58 Centenary Premiers' caricature poster; 'Collingwood 58 Premiers' caricature poster signed by Murray Weideman; reprinted 1958 Weg poster; reprinted 1990 Weg poster; 'Collingwood '02 Runners-up' poster. All framed and glazed, each about 46 x 65 cm. (6)
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Footscray: 'Legends - Footscray 1954 Premiers' poster with 14 signatures including Ted Whitten, Charlie Sutton, Jack Collins, Wally Donald and Peter box, framed and glazed, overall 62 x 46 cm. From the collection of Jack Collins.
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Footscray: Reprinted 1954 team photograph, awarded to Jack Collins at the 50 year Celebrations at Crown Casino in 2004, window mounted, framed and glazed, overall 50 x 44 cm. From the collection of the late Jack Collins
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Melbourne: Two pennants - c1956 'Melbourne/Played The Demons' featuring captain Noel M cmahen; and 'Grand Final/ Melbourne/ 1964'; plus two Shaun Smith posters. (4 items)
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'History of Australian Rules Football 1858 to 1958' by Mullen [Melbourne, 1958]. G/Vg condition
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Collingwood: display comprising complete set of 'Centenary Premiers 1958' cards, with all but one signed on reverse, window mounted to show both sides of the cards, limited edition 127/500, framed and glazed, overall 85 x 89 cm
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Football Collectables, noted 1968 Heinz 'VFL Posters - Ken Fraser [Essendon]' (peripheral faults); Graham 'Polly' Farmer signature on '100 Years of Football/Afl Centenary' cut-out poster, overall 47 x 62 cm; 'Geelong 52 Premiers' caricature poster signed by Barry Davis; Tony Lockett poster. Fair/Good condition. (4 items)
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West Perth: football trophy, engraved on front 'W.A.N.F.L./Grand Final/ 1971 Won by/ L.O'Dwyer. Presented by Rothmans of Pall Mall (Australia) limited'. Much of the silver has worn off, but an interesting WA football trophy.
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Football Ephemera: c1980-2005 collection in 4 binders, noted 'Football Records' (16) including 2 Grand Finals; other records (10) including scarce 1992 St. Kilda v Carlton in Burnie (signed Peter Hudson and Ken Sheldon) ; Grand Final tickets (2) ; 1980 Magpies year book; Weg 'Jack Dyer Tribute' poster; much related to Tasmania football including photos and biography of Max Hargrave; also folder of Olympic Games ephemera including 'The Australian Olympic Federation, report of the Olympic Games 1980'
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Hawthorn: 'T.W.Sherrin - Hawthorn F.C.' football signed by 1980 team, 24 signatures including Michael Tuck, Terry Wallace, Rodney Eade and Gary Ayres. Good condition
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Collingwood: c1980-90 autograph book with 24 signatures including Darren Millane, ray Shaw, Tommy Hafey, Leigh Matthews, Gavin brown, Stan Magro and Mick McGuane
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Collingwood: Display 'Collingwood Football Club - Premierships', framed and glazed, overall 105 x 75 cm
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Collingwood: Collection of c1995-2000 player sponsor's photographs, all but one signed, comprising Gavin Brown, Gavin Crosisca, Gary Pert, Dermot Brereton, Tony Wood, Aaron James, James Waisley and Anthony Rocca, all framed and glazed, each about 41 x 52 cm. (8 items)
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Collingwood: football signed by 1997 team, in attractive perspex display case, overall 38 x 33 x 43 cm
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Corey McKERNAN (North Melbourne/Carlton): Corey McKernan's No.31 North Melbourne jumper, signed by Corey McKernan on reverse, and by North Melbourne team on front
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Williamstown: 'Williamstown Football Club, Team of the Century, 1900-1999', print, framed and glazed, overall 66 x 55 cm
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Collingwood: Collingwood football jumper with c25 signatures on reverse, noted Nathan Buckley, Gavin Crosisca and Scott Burns, window mounted, framed and glazed, overall 61 x 85 cm
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St. Kilda: 'St. Kilda Football Club, Team of the century' print by mark Sofilas, signed by the artist and 20 St players including cowboy Neale, Verdun Howell, Ross Smith, Allan jeans, Nathan Burke, Neil Roberts, Carl Ditterich and Robert Harvey, limited edition 19/300 (of which only 60 were signed), framed and glazed, overall 106 x 61 cm.
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Collingwood: Collingwood football jumper signed by 2002 Grand Final team, with 19 signatures, window mounted, framed and glazed, overall 81 x 94 cm
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Nathan Buckley (Collingwood), display 'Nathan Buckley - 2003 Brownlow Medallist', signed by Nathan Buckley, limited edition 160/250, window mounted, framed and glazed, overall 61 x 93 cm
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Nathan Buckley (Collingwood), signature on Collingwood football jumper, window mounted with photograph, framed and glazed, overall 80 x 110 cm
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Collingwood: 'Inaugural hall of Fame 2004' display comprising limited edition guernsey, window mounted with photographs and signatures of the 18 inaugural inductees (9 original signatures and 9 facsimiles for the deceased players), includes Nathan Buckley, Gavin brown, Peter Daicos and Peter McKenna, limited edition 28/50, framed and glazed, overall 97 x 133 cm
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Framed Items: St Kilda display signed by Nick Reiwoldt (46 x 56 cm); 'The Brownlow' book-launch poster with 6 signatures in gold pen - Kevin Murray, Barry Round, Greg Williams, Robert Harvey, Keith Greig and Bob Skilton (54 x 66 cm); plus Certificate 'Melbourne 1996/ (Olympic Rings)/ The Melbourne Olympic Candidature 1996 gratefully acknowledges the support of [Earle Fordham] during its bid to bring the 1996 Olympic Games to Melbourne' (38 x 48 cm). (3 items)
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1904 Sniders & Abrahams 'Australian Footballers', series a - part sets with blue framelines [11/24] and without blue framelines [22/50]. Fair/G. (total 33)
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1908-14 Sniders and Abrahams football cards, comprising 1908 (1), 1912 Pennants (2), 1913 Stars (25) and 1914 Shields (18). Poor/G. (Total 46)
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1909 J.E.Barnes postcard 'Essendon F.C. 1909'. G/Vg
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1909-15 postcards, 'Ch.Ch.Reps. Australian Rules 1909'; 'Alberts, Premiers, 1909-10'; 'Omfc, Premiers, 1915' and 'Victoria Park, Collingwood'. Fair/Vg. Scarce group. (4 items)
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1920 J.J.Schuh (Magpie Cigarettes) 'Australian Footballers', almost complete set [59/60]. One Fair, others good/VG condition
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1920-22 J.J. Schuh (Magpie Cigarettes) part sets - 1920 [10/60 + 1 spare]; 1921 [14/40 + 1 spare]; 1922 'Portraits of Our Leading Footballers' [10/103]. (total 36)
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1921 J.J.Schuh (Magpie Cigarettes) 'Australian Footballers' (Rays), complete set [40]. G/VG
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1922 Thorp's chocolate Fudge 'Football Captains - Victorian League and Association', part set (3/19 known), comprising Roy Cazaly (south Melb), Ernie Jamieson (Carlton) and Thomas Drummond (Collingwood). Good condition
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1923 Don Photo Series postcard 'St Kilda F.C.', team photo. G/Vg
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1928 Weekly Times 'Football Team Photos' (3/23 known), comprising South Melbourne, Albury and St.Patricks, all in tin frames, 41 x 27 cm. Fair/good condition. Extremely rare. (3 items)
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1929, the Australasian Newspaper 'Football Team Photos' (1/24), comprising South Melbourne, in tin frame, 42 x 26 cm. Good condition. Rare
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1932 Godfrey Phillips 'Victorian League and Association Footballers', part set [17/50]. G/Vg
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1932-54 football cards, noted 1932 Godfrey Phillips (2); 1933 Bob Mirams Caricatures (37); 1933 Personality Series (43); 1933 Allens (20); 1933 Godfrey Phillips (10); 1933 Hoadleys (8); 1933 Licorice Larks (2); 1933 Wills (89) and medium size (42); 1954 Argus Swap Cards (4). Poor/G. (Total 257)
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1933 Carreras (standard Cigarettes) 'Football series' (Bob Mirams Caricatures), almost complete set (67/72). One trimmed, one Fair, others G/VG
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1933 Hoadleys 'Victorian Footballers', part set (46/100). Mainly G/VG
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1933 Godfrey Phillips 'Victorian Footballers' [44/50] and [3/75]. Mainly G/Vg. (Total 47)
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1933 Wills 'Footballers 1933', complete set. G/VG. (200)
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1947-52 Argus Weekend magazine 'Player portraits' (2/16 known), comprising John Coleman (Essendon) and Les Foote (North Melbourne). G/VG. (2 items)
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1958 Atlantic 'Victorian League Stars' part set [38/128] stuck into Atlantic album. G/Vg
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c1972 Puma 'VFL Posters', Peter Hudson (Hawthorn) and Peter Bedford (South Melbourne). Good condition (minor peripheral faults). (2 items)
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1905 'The Victorian football Follower', Vol.5 No. 2, for Sat. May 13, 1905, for the matches between Fitzroy v St. Kilda, Essendon v Geelong, Melbourne v South Melbourne, Collingwood v Carlton; and team photos of 5 of the teams. Fair/good condition
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1905 'The Victorian football Follower', Vol.6 No. 8, for Sat. June 17, 1905, for the matches between Geelong v Melbourne, Fitzroy v South Melbourne, St. Kilda v Carlton, Collingwood v Essendon; and team photos of 7 of the teams. Fair/good condition
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1945 'Football Record', Sept.29, Grand Final - Carlton v South Melbourne. Fair/good condition (the infamous 'Bloodbath Grand Final)
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1966 'Football Record', Grand Final - St Kilda v Collingwood. Fair/Good condition. [St Kilda's first Premiership].
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c1967-2000 'Football Record's, duplicated range, comprising Home and Away (12), Finals (41), Grand Finals (37), interstate (3) and other football books/magazines (4). (Total c98)
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1968-87 Rare programmes for International Rules matches, comprising 1968 Gaelic Football Australian Tour; 1978 An Astrail v Ath Cliath; 1984 Ireland v Australia (1st and 3rd Tests); 1987 Ireland v Australia (1st, 2nd and 3rd Tests). Also 'Football 1962' magazine in Fair condition. (7 items)
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1969 'Souvenir Football Budget' Grand Final Sturt v Glenelg; plus scarce soccer programme Socceroos v Nigeria at Fulham (27 Nov.2007). Good condition. (2 items)
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c1980-90 'Football Record's, comprising Home and Away (c88), Finals (9), Grand Finals (3); also cricket tour guides (11) and magazines (2); 1992 Texas Rangers baseball magazine; 'Melbourne Olympic Games 1956' brochure. (Total c115) .
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1984-87 Rare programmes for International Rules matches, comprising 1984 Ireland v Australia (1st, 2nd and 3rd Tests); 1986 Australia v Ireland in Perth; 1987 Ireland v Australia (3rd Test). (5 items)
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1987 'Football Record's, bound volume comprising home and away matches (22); also 1956 night match Carlton v Fitzroy. Fair/Vg condition
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1947-48 New Zealand Kiwis, autograph page with 16 signatures including Len Jordan, Maurie Robertson, Rex Cunningham and Charlie McBride; also 1973 Great Britain v Australia programme (first time a Rugby League Test v Australia played at Wembley). (2 items)
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1955-56 New Zealand Kiwis, menu 'Dinner at the Town Hall, Keighley on the Occasion of the Visit of the New Zealand Rugby football Team' with 40 signatures on back cover; also 2004 programme Bradford Bulls v Penrith Panthers
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1956 New Zealand Team, panoramic team photograph titled 'New Zealand 'Kiwis' Rugby League Touring Team, Australian Tour, 1956', with players names in image, produced by Melba of Sydney, framed, overall 110 x 28 cm
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Rugby League Magazines/Programmes, noted 'Rugby League News' (22 issues 1962-73 including 1970 and 1973 Grand Finals - latter missing centre pages); 'Big League' (27 issues 1974-88 including 1982 Grand Final and 6 Test match programmes). (49 items)
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Nswcrfl: Embroidered patch 'N.S.W.C.R.F.L./(Australian Coat-of-Arms)/New Zealand v Riverina, 1963' (some holes); plus 1963 calendar 'Wagga Kangaroo Rugby League Football Club - Premiers, Group 20, 1963' (Fair condition, peripheral faults) (2 items)
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Parramatta Eels: Parramatta Eels jersey signed by 1981 Premiership team, with 11 signatures including Michael Cronin and ray Price, window mounted with photograph, framed and glazed, overall 88 x 108 cm
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'Kangaroo Captains', display comprising Kangaroos jersey with 16 signatures - Mal Meninga, Laurie Daley, Peter Sterling, Steve Rogers, George Peponis, Max Ktilich, Ben Elias, Wayne Pearce, Brad Fittler, Wally Lewis, Keith Barnes, Paul Harragon, Ray Price, Arthur Summons, Ken Kearney and Wally O'Connell; window mounted, framed and glazed, overall 89 x 110 cm. Limited edition 367/500
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Cigarette and trade cards: 1977 Scanlens 'NSWRL Footballers', complete set (132), noted one card (Russell Fairfax) signed. G/VG
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1978 Scanlens 'NSWRL Footballers', complete set (156). G/VG
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'A Rugby Match', restrike etching, originally painted by W. B. Wollen (1895), framed and glazed, overall 110 x 77 cm..
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Rugby Programmes: 1964-95 programmes, some quite rare, relating to Fiji tours to England and Wales (15); plus one re Western Samoa. Also 1992 commemorative cover 1992 Springboks v Australia, addressed to Nick Farr-Jones, with 13 signatures including John Eales. (17 items)
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1971 France v Australie menu signed by both teams, with 44 signatures including Dave L'Estrange, Russell Fairfax, Peter Johnson, P.Villepreux, R.Bertranne and J.Trillo
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David Campese and Jonah Lomu, display comprising 1997 Bledisloe Cup Rugby Luncheon menu signed by both, window mounted with photographs of the two legends, framed and glazed, overall 84 x 60 cm
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Rugby Union ties (7) including Wallabies, Lions Tour of Australia and 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 and Michael Von Berg; Wallabies key ring; also menu signed by Jeff Kennett. (11 items)
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2001 Australian Wallabies v The Lions, group of six panoramic photographs, titled, 'Reach for the Sky', 'Backline Action', 'Lineout Triumph', 'The Crucial Steal', 'Lion in Flight' and 'Touch Finder', all window mounted, each 50 x 18 cm. Each from a limited edition of 500. s. (6 items)
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'Football', restrike etching, originally drawn by Robert Cruikshank, engraved by George Hunt and published by Thomas McLean in 1827, overall 57 x 40 cm
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c1907-20 real photo postcards of football teams, noted 'Macedonia 1907-08 F.C.'; '1914 Rovers, Cup Winners' and 'Winners of the Victoria 5 aside Competition'. G/Vg. Scarce group. (5 items)
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1913 real photo postcard of a football team, believed to be the 1913 New Zealand touring side in Nsw, written by Tom (one of the players?) from Nsw to Auckland. G/Vg. Rare
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Group with medallion for 1st World Cup '1e Campeonato Mundial de Football Montevideo 1930' (worn); attractive badge 'Fifa 1904-1954'; football medallion with on reverse 'Malakoff 1956'; attractive 'Mecico 1970' badge; 'Fifa Fair Play' medal. Also Harry Kewell and Mark Viduka, signatures on full-page magazine pictures (7 items)
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1937 English Football Tour To Australia and Nz: Large tour album and autograph book ex English half back H.S.Robbins. The Autograph Book includes the England team (21 signatures), Ship's officers of Rms 'Tamaroa' and New Zealand Football Association Council members. The large tour album includes letters (5); telegrams (6); photographs (45); postcards (62); ephemera (25); tourist brochures (35); itineraries (4); press clippings and rare programmes (9) - England v Hawke's Bay England v Wellington England v…
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Diego Maradona, signature on Atgentine shirt, window mounted, framed and glazed, overall 81 x 107 cm
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1992 Australian Socceroos, Adidas Ais shirt signed by the entire team, 19 signatures including mark Viduka, beautifully mounted, framed and glazed, overall 99 x 79 cm
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Australia: Australian shirt with embroidered Coat-of-Arms and 'Soccer Australia' on left breast, window mounted with caption 'Australian Soccer Shirt, From the Australia vs Iran World Cup Qualifier', framed and glazed, overall 78 x 94 cm
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