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Auction House:Leski Auctions Pty. Ltd.Number of lots recorded:950
Sale Title:Sporting and General MemorabiliaLots with images:703
Auction Location:MelbournePrices available:592
Date:17-Aug-2010
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Framed cricket Displays: signed action photographs/pictures (5) - Leslie Ames; Cyril Washbrook; Tom Graveney; Len Hutton, Godfrey Evans & Dudley Nourse; Godfrey Evans & Dudley Nourse. All window mounted, framed & glazed (one, no glass), various sizes. (5 items)
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'Anti Body-line' by Alan Kippax & Barbour [English edition, London, 1933], original printed wrappers. Fair condition. An Australian view of the body-line controversy
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'The Sporting English? from front line to body line - a Commentary by a man in the Street' (Sydney, 1933), minor tones, though a very good copy of this scarce body line book.
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Don Bradman, display comprising signature on action picture, window mounted with Brian Clinton's colour bookplate 'Record Partnership' from his book 'The Art of Bradman', commemorating the record 2nd wicket partnership of 451 by Bradman & Ponsford in the Fifth test 1934, framed and glazed, overall 33 x 45 cm.
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1934 Australian Team, full size 'Sykes - Don Bradman' cricket bat, signed on front by the Australian Team, with 20 signatures - bill Woodfull (Captain), bill O'Reilly, Len Darling, Tim wall, Ben Barnett, Alan Kippax, bill brown, Bert Oldfield, W.bull (treasurer), Harold Bushby (manager), Ern Bromley, W.Ferguson (scorer), bill Ponsford, Hans Ebeling, Fleetwood-Smith, Stan McCabe, Don Bradman, Dr.Rowley Pope (1 test 1884-85), A.E.James (masseur) and Clarrie Grimmett. Bat varnished, so signatures in VG…
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1934 England v Australia, full size 'Sykes - Don Bradman' cricket bat, signed on reverse by Don Bradman in ownership position, and below by English and Australian teams, with 29 signatures including Bob Wyatt, Herbert Sutcliffe, Walter Hammond, Leslie Ames, Ken Farnes, bill Woodfull, Don Bradman, Clarrie Grimmett, bill Ponsford and Bert Oldfield. Fair/good condition.
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Don Bradman, signed photograph of the Don wearing his NSW cap, c1934, window mounted, framed & glazed, overall 47 x 60 cm.
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Don Bradman, signed photograph of Bradman playing a straight drive, window mounted, framed & glazed, overall 54 x 70 cm.
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1940s-50s cricket books, noted 'The game's, the Thing!' by Rodney (London, 1946); 'History of the Tests' by Sydney Smith (Sydney, 1946); 'Cricket in the blood' by Dudley Nourse (London, 1949); 'Cricket Heritage' by Edrich (London, 1948); 'Mr cricket, the Autobiography of W.H.Ferguson' (London, 1957); 'Just My story' by Len Hutton (London, 1956); 'Behind the Stumps' by Godfrey Evans (London, 1951); 'Cricket My world' by Walter Hammond (London, 1950). (28 items)
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1948 Australian Team, original photograph (16 x 20 cm) showing 8 members of the team boarding a TAA aircraft, with 8 signatures including Don Bradman, Lindsay Hassett and Ron Hamence.
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Cricket Prints: 'The Invincibles - 20th Australian Team tour - Great Britain, 1948' (framed, 90 x 80 cm); plus 'The Greatest Batsman of All Time - Sir Donald Bradman 1908-2001' (framed, 58 x 48 cm). (2 items)
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Alec Bedser, display comprising signature on colour picture, window mounted, framed and glazed, overall 35 x 43 cm. [Played 51 Tests 1946-55, selected as an all rounder in Bradman's best team]
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