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Sporting & General Memorabilia — Leski Auctions Pty. Ltd.

Auction House:Leski Auctions Pty. Ltd.Number of lots recorded:567
Sale Title:Sporting & General MemorabiliaLots with images:312
Auction Location:MelbournePrices available:366
Date:21-Mar-2012
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C1963 'VFL Mascot Badges Series 1', part set [5/12]. G/VG. (5 items)
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1965 Mobil '1965 Mobil Footy Photos - Sanfl Footballers', complete set (40/40 + 6 spares). G/VG.
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1968 Ampol 'VFL Champions' folder & 45rpm record - Doug Wade, Geelong. Superb
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1973 'The Australian' 'VFL mascot posters', part set (5/12) - Carlton, Essendon, Geelong, Melbourne and North Melbourne; plus 1978- 79 'Sunday Press' 'Souvenir pin-up posters', part set (6) - Vin Catoggio (Carl), ricky Barham (Coll), Graham Teasdale (Sth Melb), Ross Glendinning (Nth Melb), John Newman (Geelong) and ray Shaw (Coll). Fair/G condition. (total 11)
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Boxes for card sets, noted Scanlens card Locker; range 1982-2006 boxes; game card holder tins for Team 2006 (13) & Team 2007 (12). Fair/VG condition. (total 155)
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1981 Ardmona 'Big League Series 1', complete set (396) with original box for each club in special folder. G/VG.
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1989 Scanlens (Stimorol) 'Footballers', complete set [168], in album; plus two extra of no.114 Michael Mitchell - one error card with Carlton logo; other corrected card with Richmond logo. G/VG. (total 170)
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1995 Bewick Enterprises 'AFL Quarters Series 1', [62 Common Puzzles] & [18 gold Puzzles]; 'AFL Quarters Series 2' - [45 Common Puzzles], [11 team Puzzles], [5 coach puzzles], Ted Whitten Tribute puzzle ( x2), [18 young gun Puzzles]. Also signature cards (5, unsigned). Housed in three albums. G/VG
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1947 'Official Programme of the 10th Australian National Football Council Carnival, (July 30 - August 9, 1947), at North Hobart Oval', programmes (3 - opening day, Fifth day & Concluding day). Also 1949 programme 'Interstate Railways Football Carnival'; & 'The Sporting Globe Football Book 1946'. Fair/good condition. (5 items)
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1952-95 Interstate Matches - 'Football Records For 1952, 1960, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1968, 1973, 1978, 1980 and 1991; 'SA Football Budget's For 1960 (2), 1963, 1964, 1965 and 1975; Tasmanian Programmes For 1968, 1980 and 1995. Fair/Good Condition. (Total 19 Items)
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1966 'Australian Football Championships', programmes - opening day (WA v VFA and Tasmania v VFL); 13th June (VFL v VFA and SA v WA); 16th June (x2 - WA v Tasmania and SA v VFA); 18th June (South Aust v Tasmania and VFL v WA). G/VG condition. (5 items)
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1967-80 'Football Record's, Comprising 1967 Golden Fleece Night Series Cup (4, Including Semi-Final - South Melbourne V Essendon); and 1980 Bound Volume with Finals (5) & Grand Final - Richmond V Collingwood. Fair/Good Condition. (Total 10 Items)
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1967-68 'Football Record's, Scarce Post-Season Group Nov.1967 to March 1968. Fair/Good Condition. (4 Items)
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1968-70 'Northern Football Record's (Tasmania). Fair/Good Condition. (5 Items)
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1968-69 'Football Record's, Scarce Post-Season Group Nov.1968 & March 1969. Good Condition. (2 Items)
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1969-79 'Diamond Valley Football League Football Record's, (143); Plus 'Western Border - Official Organ of Western Border Football League' (62 issues, 1988-97). Fair/good condition. (205 items)
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1971-72 'Football Record's, Scarce Summer/Post-Season Group Oct.1971 to March 1972. Good Condition. (5 Items)
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1973-74 'Football Record's, Scarce Summer Edition Groups Jan.1973; and (6) Oct.1973 to March 1974. Good Condition. (7 Items)
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1974-75 'Football Record's, Scarce Summer Editions (6) Oct.1974 to March 1975. Good Condition. (6 Items)
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VFA: 1975-77 'Football Recorder's, with 1975 (22 Issues) Including Grand Final - Geelong West V Dandenong; 1976 (24 Issues) with Grand Final - Port Melb V Dandenong; 1977 Centenary Year (15 Issues) Including Grand Final - Port Melbourne V Sandringham. Fair/ Good Condition. (61 Items)
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1975-76 'Football Record's, Scarce Summer Editions (6) Oct.1975 to March 1976. Good Condition. (6 Items)
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1976-77 'Football Record's, Scarce Summer Editions (5) Nov.1976 to Mar.1977. Good Condition. (5 Items)
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1933-34 Australian kangaroos: Menu 'Widnes R.F.C. Complimentary Dinner and Reception Given to Australian Touring Team 1933-34 at the Central Hotel Widnes', with 25 signatures on cover including Dave brown, Wally Prigg & Sid 'Joe' Pearce.
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Cronulla Sharks: posters (10) 'Legends of the Cronulla Sharks' by Dave Thomas, (unsigned), size 82 x 66 cm. (10 items)
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Cigarette and trade cards: 1978 Scanlens 'NSWRL Footballers', part set (139/156), plus Checklists (11/12). Fair/VG. (total 150)
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1978 Scanlens 'Nswrl Footballers', part set [94/156], plus Checklists [10/12] & spares (103). Fair/G. (total 207)
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1989 Scanlens (Stimorol) 'Nswrl Footballers', complete set [156]. Fair/VG
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1990 Scanlens (Stimorol) 'Nswrl Footballers', complete set [156]. Mainly G/VG
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1935-36 all Blacks: Scarce programme 'The Welsh Rugby Union. Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff. Saturday, December 21st, 1935, New Zealand V Wales, Official Programme'. Fair/good condition. [Wales won 13-12]
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AC Milan: 1949-50 team photograph with 17 signatures including legendary coach Lajos Czeizler, Lorenzo Buffon, Andrea Bonomi, Gunnar Gren, Omero Tognon, Enrico Candiani, Renzo Burini & Gunnar Nordahl, size 17 x 23 cm
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1933 Race finish photo, showing Gaine Carrington winning C.M.Lloyd Stakes at Flemington (he went on to win Caulfield cup in record time & dead heated for third in Melbourne Cup), window mounted, framed & glazed, overall 65 x 34 cm
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Phar Lap plate; plus collection of clothing from Flemington, Melbourne racing club & Mornington racing club - with jackets (8), polo shirts (13), shirt, hats (10), caps (7), ties (4), aprons (2) & scarves (4)
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Horse racing plates, Ashtrays and Placemats: plates (3) - 200th Anniversary of the Derby, 1982 grand National and scenes of Australia - country Races; Melbourne Cup ashtrays for 1968 and 1969 (superb condition); VRC Racehorse of the year placemats (set of 8 in box) and coasters (set of 6)
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Horse racing Calendars: collection, noted nice range from, the Injured Jockeys Fund [UK] (14). Condition mainly G/VG. (21 items)
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'The Ten Best Things That Ever Happened to Me -, the Bart Cummings Story' by Arnold [Auckland, 1997] deluxe book & video in display case, limited edition 66/4000. Superb condition in original box
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Saintly, limited edition Judith Leman print, signed by the artist and jockey Darren Beadman, limited edition Ap 26/50, size 86 x 65 cm.
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Saintly, oil on canvas, by Stephen Doyle, signed by the artist, framed, overall 137 x 91 cm.
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2006 Melbourne Cup: display comprising pair of jockey's riding trousers signed by winning jockey Yasunari Iwata of Delta Blues, and Damien Oliver (2nd on Pop rock), window mounted with two action photographs, framed and glazed, overall 105 x 115 cm.
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P ** 1985 Tuvalu - Nanumea: Automobiles - 15c Holden ‘FX’, 20c Buick ‘Skylark’, 50c Hispano-Suiza ‘V12 Saoutchik’ Cabriolet and 60c Mazda ‘RX7’, Vertical Pairs. Printer's Proofs, central part of the full sheet of four panes, with the four values as pairs and showing the plate no. and part printer’s imprint. (16)
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Ayrton Senna's Last Win: Ayrton Senna's signature on Checkered Flag from the 1993 Australian grand Prix (Ayrton Senna's last win), framed & glazed, overall 104 x 73 cm. Ex Glen Dix, famous for waving the fl ag at every Australian grand Prix in Adelaide. Together with print 'The Final Chequer' by Greg McNeill, signed by the artist, window mounted, framed & glazed, overall 89 x 72 cm. (2 items)
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1956 Melbourne, XVI Summer Olympics: 1956 Melbourne Participation medal, in bronze, designed by Andor Mezaros, minted by K.G.Luke in Melbourne, 63 mm diameter.
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1956 Olympic village Visitors book, suede covers with enamelled crest on front, Olympic rings & 'Xvith Olympiad, Melbourne, 1956', with c2086 signatures, comprising: VIPs - Prince Philip, Sir Robert Menzues (Australian Prime Minister), Sir William Slim (Governor-General of Australia), Sir Dallas Brooks (Governor of Victoria), Sir Frank Selleck (Lord Mayor of Melbourne), Avery Brundage (IOC President); plus officials & competitors from nearly every country - Afghanistan, Argentina, Australia, Austria,…
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1960 Rome, XVII Summer Olympics: Rome Olympic Team: photograph 'Rome Olympic Team, Townsville 1960', signed by the four swimmers below - Murray Rose, Jon Henricks, John Devitt and John Konrads, window mounted, framed and glazed, overall 60 x 54 cm. Ex John Konrads collection.
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Tennis Ceramics, noted c1910 Edwardian tennis player (maker’s mark 's Ded 12234'); Boy & Girl Tennis Players, Pair; Lady Tennis Player (French) Signed; Tennis Coffee Mug (Royal Doulton). (5 Items)
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Scarce programme 'United States of America V New South Walesand NSW Championships, Nswlta, Sydney, 1932-33'; also 1972 menu 'Annual Overseas Reception of the International Lawn Tennis Club of Great Britain'. (2 items)
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Tennis books box: wooden box with hinged lid, 26 x 46 x 50 cm, with brass plaque on top engraved 'Tennis Books, Brass Handles & Catch. Attractive and Scarce
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Tennis books, noted 'Our Open - 100 Years of Australia’s Grand Slam' edited by Clayton [Melbourne, 2004]; 'Aces and Places' by Harry Hopman [London, 1957]; '100 Years Of, the Wimbledon Tennis Championships' by Medlycott [London, 1977]; plus videos (2). (25 items)
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Tennis books, noted 'The Ultimate Tennis Book - 500 Years of the Sport' by Clerici [Chicago, 1975]; 'Royal South Yarra Lawn Tennis Club - 100 Years in Australian Tennis' by Yallop [Melbourne, 1984]; 'Game, Set and Glory. a History of the Australian Tennis Championships' by Matthews [Melbourne, 1985]; Australian open programmes 2009 & 2011. (22 items)
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Bendigo bread crock c1870, blue and green mottled finish, 40 cm tall, double handle, lid with handle, in wonderful condition for age. Nibblings around edge.
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A silver mounted travelling toiletry box. Hallmarked for London 1862/63, in rosewood case.
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Apothecary/Homeopathy: an electric shock machine 'Newely Invented For Nervous Diseases' c1860s.
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A rosewood cased travelling toiletry box with silver plated mounted bottles c1860s
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A mid 19th century dolls cot - scarce, especially in this condition.
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A mid Victorian walnut sloping deed box with 2 cut glass ink bottles and partitioned interior.
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Ink-well: pewter ink-well and pen holder, with original (but chipped) white porcelain insert.
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A pair of 19th century Lignum Vitae lawn bowls with inset ivory style buttons engraved 'Rr'. (2)
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A pair of 19th century Lignum Vitae lawn bowls with inset ivory style buttons engraved 'Dk'. (2)
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Sterling silver butter knife, 1881 by Hilliard & Thomason silversmiths, Birmingham England. Engraved blade, ivory handle, clear bright hallmarks. Included is an original handwritten card explaining the history of the knife. Fine example
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A rare set of 19th century mahogany apothecary drawers, the twenty drawers with original reverse painted and gold glass name panels and conforming glass knobs.
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Apothecary bottles x 4, plus 7 interesting chemists bottles, all 19th century. (11 items)
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Bottles: collection in three boxes, good range, including castor oils, cobalt glass, cods, torpedos, medicines, gins, baby feeders, salad oils; noted 'Clare Mineral Waters Co. Ginger Beer', 'H.Mace & Co. Christchurch Lemonade'; reference book 'Antique Bottle Collecting in Australia' by Vader & Murray [Sydney, 1975]. (75+)
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A set of postal scales, c1900, with costs of postage engraved in plate with 10 weights.
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Circus & Sideshow c1850 comprising, a carte de visite of 'Pantechnetheca' aka Dominick Sonsee, 'The Smallest Man in the World' 30 years of age, 24 inches tall and 44 pounds. a beautiful card in superb condition by Burman of Bourke Street East. Also a Staffordshire glazed ceramic statuette of Chang and Eng of Siam and the reason the condition became known as the Siamese Twins. Also in superb condition. (2 items)
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Ladies umbrellas/ parasols, 3 with Bakelite handles, all in reasonable condition. All would benefit from cleaning. (4)
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Edison Fireside Phonograph, combination type, latest patent date 1905 on metal label, the phonograph with the dome cover fitted measures 32 x 28 x 21 cm, missing its winder & horn. working condition. Plus Edison type music Cylinders (24).
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Collectables: album of c1915-30s Europe postcards (170); Slave Token recovered from wreck of 'Duoro'; shell road maps (11); plates & ornaments; team photographs of Eastern Suburbs Rufc c1980 & Redfern United Fc 1924; Heineken 2003 Rugby World Cup beer bottle; painting on canvas of American Indian 'Two Moons'
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Ephemera & Watches: Booklet 'Anzac Memorial Day 25th April 1917'; 'Anzac Memorial Drumhead Service, MCC Ground, Sunday, 29th April 1917' 'Grim Glory' by Mant [Sydney, 1945]; supplement 'Australia’s Test Team 1934'; plus old watches (5). Condition varies. (10 items)
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An unusual set of cloth buyers scales in original case by 'J. Casartelli & Sons Ltd' Ex Ballarat Woollen Mills.
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Australian peace officers badge (kc) Commonwealth of Australia, in silvered bronze and enamel (52 mm x 44 mm) by Stokes, reverse with impressed number 1540. Fine condition
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Teaspoons & Trophies: teaspoons collection with golf (24), tennis (18), lawn bowls (18) & croquet (5); 1929 sterling silver cycling trophy; tennis trophies (2); tennis jig-saw; cricket mug; tea pot; milk jug; ice bucket; silver-plated serving dish & spoon. (74 items)
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Minister’s desk, removed from old Paliament house in Canberra, c1930s, probably light oak, with three green leather panels to the top, each with gold embossed tooling & with three drawers running the length of the top. on a double pedestal base, one with three additional drawers, the other with one fake drawer and the bottom two forming a filing cabinet, the desk is an impressive 73 x 193 x 98 cm. in fine condition. [Ex Minister of unknown presuasion].
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An impressive credenza, removed from the home of the Governor General at Yarralumla, Canberra c1930s. Made of Queensland maple, it is in stunning condition. Three drawers below top with two lower sections with shelf for support. Stamped behind one leg is an upward pointing arrow surmounted by a Crown and the number 990. An important piece of Australian-made furniture and imposing at 84 x 200 x 31 cm.
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Ruby and Pave diamond set ring, 18kt white gold. Total ring weight 4 gms. Fine condition
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Advertising metal sign, c1950s, 'Kevin Dillon Motors For Holden, Ivanhoe Jx 1228.' good condit.30 x 60 cm
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Collectables, noted trade cards (13 albums); stamps (9 albums); Metropolitan Fire Brigade medal in box; Cuisenaire; DVDs (5); single records; books & ephemera; mantle clock (needs repair)
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Watercolours &, theatre Programmes: watercolours (4) including landscape by Maureen Slatter & streetscape 'A Village Street in Thanet' by Ernest Greenwood (all framed, various sizes);, theatre programmes (196) c1972-2008, noted excellent range from Melbourne, theatre Company, including 'Bran Nue Dae', 'Emerald City', 'The Crucible', 'The Club'
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Framed Displays: pink display, limited edition 33/200 (110 x 90 cm); plus framed posters of Marilyn Monroe & Kramer from 'Seinfeld'. (3 items)
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Arctic Exploration: 1856 (Nov.15th) 8-page letter from Admiral Sir George back regarding the design of the Arctic medal; retrieving the original sketch of 'Hallmarked Sterling Investigator Making the Nw Passage' from Leonard Charles Wyon; receiving a pocket compass & case of instruments from Princess Victoria prior to his 1834 Arctic Expedition, the Arctic medal was instituted in 1857, and was presented twice in the 19th century. Firstly to the men who engaged in a search expedition to discover the fate of…
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Captain Cook's 'Hm Bark Endeavour' plaque: a cannon emblem made from pig-iron ballast tossed overboard from hallmarked sterling Endeavour after it foundered in 1770 on what is now Endeavour Reef off the Queensland coast, the emblem, featuring the Royal crest of King George II, taken from one of the six cannons recovered, together with a quantity of iron and stone ballast, that was jettisoned by Captain Cook in 1770, and discovered in 1969 by an American expedition from the Philadelphia Academy of natural…
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Autographs: Displays comprising signatures on piece, window mounted with pictures, noted Dawn Fraser, Greg Norman, Stevie Nicks & Frederick Forsyth, each overall 30 x 42 cm, with CoAs. (4 items)
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Autographs: photograph signed in margins by Sir Robert Menzies & cricketers Ken Barrington & Ian Johnson; plus signed photographs (5) including Charles 'Bud' Tingwell, Robert Coote & Carol Raye. (6 items)
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Autographs: Don Bradman, Bob Hawke, Lionel rose & Dick Reynolds signatures on envelopes or magazine. (4)
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Autographs: Displays of Joan Sutherland, Dennis Lillee & bill Lawry. (3 items)
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Autographs: collection on pages, mainly signatures on Australian PSEs or FDCs, noted 55 signatures including Normie Rowe (7), Anthony Warlow, Sara Brightman, Michael Crawford, Dame Edna, Arthur Boyd, Pro Hart, Colleen McCullough, Bryce Courtenay, Jon Cleary, Christian Barnard, Pauline Hanson. (53 items)
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Autographs: signed photographs of Tom Hanks, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Richard Gere, Uma Thurman & Cindy Crawford. (5 items)
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Clement Attlee & Ben Chifley: page from Wembley Stadium Visitors book, for 1946 Rugby League Final - Wigan v Wakefield Trinity, with 10 signatures including Clement Attlee (1883-1967, British Prime Minister) & Ben Chifl ey (1885-1951, 16th Prime Minister of Australia).
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Australian Davis cup Team: Australian Davis cup shirt with 5 signatures on front - John Fitzgerald, Lleyton Hewitt, Todd Woodbridge, mark Phillipousis and Wayne Arthurs, window mounted, framed and glazed, overall 90 x 111 cm
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Baseball Legends, photograph signed by Joe Di Maggio, Mickey mantle & Ted Williams, window mounted, framed & glazed, overall 39 x 35 cm, with CoA from Scientific document Services.
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Darren Bennett (1965-, former Melbourne footballer, who forged a very successful career as an Nfl punter) signature on Nfl football
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Samuel Blackall (1809-71, 2nd Governor of Queensland), signatures (4) on four 1869 Queensland Land Purchase documents. (4 items)
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Omar Bradley (1893-1981, senior US army commander during World War I) signature on piece, window mounted with photograph
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British political Celebrities: c1840-80 group of letters (5) & pieces (16), noted W.E.Gladstone (Prime Minister), Earl of Shaftesbury, John bright (town of bright, re-named after him), Thomas Dyke Acland (Acland Street, St Kilda named after him), Earl Granville, Lord Meath, Earl of Bandon, Sidney Herbert, Lord Chatham, Evelyn Denison, Edward Newenham
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British/European Celebrities: c1866-1907 group of letters (11) & pieces (7), noted Lord Palmerston (Prime Minister), Louise of Sweden, Michael Hicks beach, Sir Richard Mayne (London’s first Police Commissioner)
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British Prime Ministers: - Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (1769-1852, defeated Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo, twice British Prime Minister 1828-30 & 1834), signature on piece, on page with laid-down signatures of 16 other Knights of the most Noble Order of the Garter - including Sutherland, Westminster, Camden, Clarendon, Devonshire, Derby (Prime Minister), Newcastle, Russell (Prime Minister), Shaftesbury, grey, Landsdowne, Marlborough, Rutland & Bucceleuch.
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British Prime Ministers: - William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne (1779-1848, twice Prime Minister of Great Britain 1834 & 1835-41, the city of Melbourne was named after him in 1837), nice signature 'Melbourne' on piece
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British Prime Ministers: - Sir Robert Peel (1788-1850, twice British Prime Minister 1834-35 & 1841-46, best remembered as the originator of the modern concept of the police force), signature on piece
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British Prime Ministers: - John Russell, 1st Earl Russell (1792-1878, British Prime Minister 1846-52 & 1865-66), signature on cover front addressed to Scotland Yard
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British Prime Ministers: - Lord Palmerston (1784-1865, twice British Prime Minister 1855-58 & 1859-65), 13th April 1862 signed letter on black edged paper, to F.T.Donaldson Esq, 'You Will Find Me at Broadlands Either Tuesday Or Wednesday'
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British Prime Ministers: - William Ewart Gladstone (1809-98, British Prime Minister 1868-74, 1880-85, Feb-July 1886 & 1892-94), signature on hand-written letter dated Jan.7 1878.
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British Prime Ministers: - Arthur Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour (1848-1930, British Prime Minister 1902-05), signed letter on 'Irish Office' letterhead, dated 5th June 1891. [Famous for the 'Balfour Declaration' - His Majesty’s government view with favour the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people ]
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