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Auction House:Leski Auctions Pty. Ltd.Number of lots recorded:485
Sale Title:Sporting MemorabiliaLots with images:401
Auction Location:MelbournePrices available:341
Date:22-Nov-2012
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Engraving: Front page of 'Australasian Sketcher' for July 7, 1877, with engraving titled 'At the Football Match', hand-coloured, window mounted, overall 41 x 51 cm. Very early football related image
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'The Footballer, (Fourth Year of Publication), An Annual Record of Football in Victoria and the Colonies, Edited By Thomas P. Power' published by R.P. Hurren (Melbourne, 1878), Poor/Fair condition (part of front cover missing, and some staining, but insides intact). Superb reference book, lists all Victorian Clubs, players of all leading clubs, summary of matches played. Extremely rare
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Engravings: Pair of full pages from 'The Australasian Sketcher' for August 2 & August 30, 1879, including engravings titled 'First Intercolonial Football Match' & 'Football by the Electric Light', both window mounted, each overall 40 x 51 cm. Early football related images. (2 items)
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'the City Football Club, First Team, Premier Club of Northern Tasmania, Season 1883', Premiership display 'Presented to J.Ellis Esq, President of the Club', with portrait photographs of 19 players and officials, framed and glazed (in original frame), overall 54 x 69 cm. The City Football Club of Launceston was a major stalwart of the northern Tasmanian football scene for many years, and boasted a large number of champion players, including all time greats Laurie Nash and Roy Cazaly. Originally formed in…
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Football Photographs & Cricket Shirt: Reprinted team photos (6) - Melbourne 1884; South Australia v Victoria 1911; Victorian teams - 1945 (2), 1964 & 1972. All but one framed, various sizes. Also 'Ganton' Business Shirt, size 42, with embroidered Australian Coat-of-Arms on left pocket, fine condition, given to Australian Test Cricketers. (7 items)
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Hamilton (NSW): 'The Members of the Hamilton Football Club, Newcastle, New South Wales, Winners of the Junior Cup, Northern District, Under Australian Rules, For the Season 1889', team picture from 'Australian Town and Country Journal' for Saturday 23 November 1889, hand-coloured, window mounted, overall 40 x 51 cm. Very early NSW football item
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Booklets: c1902-89 collection in album, noted 'Football Material - 1928 ABC Guide, the Melbourne Sports Depot'; 'Mcewan's Catalogue - Winter Sports 1923'; fixture books; 'A Primer of Australian Football' (5 editions 1944-65); 'Points of Australian Football' brochures in 4 languages; Laws of the Game booklets. (66 items)
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'The Australian Game of Football' published by the Victorian Football League (Melbourne, c1905), includes many testimonials (and some adverts) for Sherrin sports equipment. Fair condition (repaired tear to front cover)
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Football Collectables, noted 1910-25 newspapers (6) with football & other sports reports; 1944 Dinner menu 'Norwood - North-Adelaide Football Club, Premiership Dinner'; Corio Whisky 'League Football Souvenir' booklets (12) from 1961-76; 'Football Diary 1960'; 'Hutton's Football For 1963'; Barry Breen's St. Kilda 300th game testimonial certificate 1982. (27 items)
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Fitzroy Footballers' Cricket Club, 9ct gold fob/medal with batsman on front, engraved on reverse 'V.J.C.A. 2nd grade, Won by Fitzroy F.C.C., G.Shaw, Season 1911-12'. Weight 5.63 grams
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Fitzroy Footballers' Cricket Club, 9ct gold fob/medal with decorated with bats, ball & monogram 'Vjca', engraved '1912-1913, M.E.Green', engraved on reverse '1st Grade Premiers, Won By Fitzroy F.C.C.'. Weight 5.32 grams
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1913 Fitzroy Premiership Medal, solid 15ct gold medal with footballer on front, engraved on reverse, 'V.F.L. Premiers 1913. Fitzroy F.C. Pres By A.Mccracken Esq Pres. to G.Shaw'. Excellent condition. Very attractive and rare. George Yorky Shaw played 117 games for Fitzroy 1911-16 and 1919-20, and later coached VFA club Port Melbourne
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1913 Fitzroy Premiership Medal, solid 15ct gold medal with footballer on front, engraved on reverse, 'V.F.L. Premiers 1913. Fitzroy F.C. Pres By A.Mccracken Esq Pres. to M.E.Green Hon.Secty'. Excellent condition. Very attractive and rare
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Melbourne: 1927 Member's Season Ticket, with 'Premiers/M.F.C 1926' on reverse, and with fixture list & hole punched for each game attended. G/VG condition
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'North Fitzroy Football Club, Runners-Up 1927, 1928, 1929; Champions 1931. Presented to Jack Short, For services rendered as captain and Coach, Seasons 1930-31', Premiership display with team photograph & portrait photograph of Jack Short, framed and glazed (in original frame), overall 61 x 69 cm
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'The Australasian Pictorial' for August 27, 1932, with Syd Coventry full colour front cover; other colour pages - 'Notable Adelaide Teams' (4), 'Famous Victorian Teams' (4), 'Captains for 1932' & 'Old-Time Rugby Teams (4). Scarce colour item from this period. Comes with complete issue of the paper from that date, in great condition
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Collingwood: Poster-size sheet with printed caricatures of some Collingwood players and officials from 1934, by renowned cartoonist Alex Gurney. Includes Syd Coventry, Albert & Harry Collier, Jock McHale. Size 37 x 60 cm. G/VG condition
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Dick Reynolds (Essendon), print 'King Richard Reynolds' by d'Arcy Doyle, signed by Dick Reynolds and the artist, limited edition 1016/1500, size 55 x 81 cm
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Magazines & Press Kits: 'The Argus Weekend Magazine' from 1945-46 (31 issues); 'National Sporting Weekly' (Volume 1, 1965, in bound volume); 'The Saturday Sporting Globe' (24 issues, 1973); 'Wilson's Sportsman's Review' (129 issues 1970-89); 'The Junior Footballer/Australian Footballer' (42 issues 1978-85); 'Football Times' (59 issues, 1987-88; 'Inside Sport' (12 issues, 1999-2000); Press Kits, c1986-2004 collection (25); range of old newspapers & pages, mainly football content
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Geelong: Team Photographs for 1946, 1947 (with c32 pencil signatures on mount, faults), 1948, 1949, 1950 & 1951 (Premiership Year). Most about 25 x 21 cm. Fair/Good condition. (6 items)
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Cloth Badges: Wonderful collection of cloth badges, c1950-70s in album, all VFL clubs represented. inspection will reward. (215 items)
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Essendon: Group with 1950 Grand Final Souvenir colour front cover (framed, 50 x 60 cm); 1953 Kia-Ora sports Parade programme; postcard of John Coleman (signed on reverse); 1962 Grand Final pennant. (4 items)
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Fitzroy: Member's Season Ticket for 1951, with fixture list & hole punched for each game attended, marked 'Officials and Players' Pass' and named to Dave Shine. G/VG condition. Also photo of 1947-48 Fitzroy team (23 x 15 cm). (2 items)
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Collingwood: 1955 losing Weg poster, made for Neil Mann by Weg, a photographic production showing a magpie holding 'VFL Premiers 1955' flag, with Neil Mann & coach Phonse Kyne alongside, framed & glazed, overall 54 x 64 cm. Poster with some horizontal folds and faults, though a unique item - the first losing Weg poster produced. Greatly treasured by Neil Mann
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Carlton: Member's Season Tickets for 1955, 1956, 1962, 1963 & 1965, each with fixture list & hole punched for each game attended. The last 3 appear to be signed by players, including Adrian Gallagher. G/VG condition. (5 items)
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Fixtures: Collection including 'The Sun' newspaper (15 fixtures, 1955-81); Cub/Fosters (15 fixtures, 1969-99); also Courage Footy Fact Finder. Poor/VG condition. (31 items)
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SANFL Football Videos, collection including SANFL Grand Finals for 1958 & 1959, 1973, 1978, 1982, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1996 & 1998; 'Russell Ebert - The Story' & 'Barrie Robran - The Man and His Football'. (21 items)
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Carlton: Group with Scholar's Member's Season Tickets (3) for 1958, 1959 & 1960; Member's Season Tickets (3) for 1996, 2001 & 2002; ticket wallets (3); 1997 calendar. (10 items)
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Essendon: 1962 original Weg poster (some faults), window mounted with 1962 Finals tickets (5), framed & glazed, overall 70 x 101 cm. Poster missing small portion lower right, some creases & tears, though extremely rare
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Essendon: 1965 original Weg poster, size 50 x 68 cm. Fair/Good condition (folded, some peripheral tears & tape marks). Extremely rare
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Fixtures: c1968-2007 collection in album, with VFL/AFL, SANFL, WAFL, VFA, few others including British Australian Rules Football League (2). Mainly G/VG condition. (131 items)
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Alex Jesaulenko (Carlton), signature on 'Alex Jesaulenko - frame By Frame' print, limited edition 104/500, window mounted, framed & glazed, overall 121 x 61 cm
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Posters/Banner: Ansett 1970 Grand Final poster mounted on board (61 x 46 cm); Courage Draught poster of Jesaulenko's famous mark (on board, folded, 60 x 78 cm); 2008 Finals Series banner featuring Collingwood's Dale Thomas (75 x 160 cm). (3)
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WAFL: 'Ross Elliott's West Australian Football Register' 1974-1986 editions complete; plus 1970-2004 Club Annual Reports (35), noted Claremont (9), East Fremantle (3), East Perth (1), Perth (4), South Fremantle (2), Subiaco (7), Swan Districts (7) & West Perth (2). Fair/Good condition. (48 items)
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Neil Mann's Victorian Coach's Blazer, navy blue wool, with embroidered 'V/ Victorian Football League/ Coach' on pocket, made by Keith Courtenay, Melbourne. Together with programme 'Marlboro $5000, South Australia VS Victoria' in Sydney; pewter tankard engraved 'Marlboro $5000, Victoria V Sth Australia, 1974'. (3 items)
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VFL Park/Carlton: VFL Park Membership badges (13), duplicated range 1975-87, including different types for the same year. Carlton Social Club badges (4) for 1977-78, 1979-80, 1983 & 1988; Carlton tin supporter badges (2); plus 1976 Carlton sports bag with Avco branding. (20 items)
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1977 Brownlow Medal Dinner menu, with 29 signatures on front including Graham Moss, Peter Bedford, Jack Carney & Lou Richards. Interesting group of autographs. Fair/Good condition
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1977 'Souvenir Program, Truth Footy Olympics' with c56 signatures including Ted Whitten, Kevin Sheedy, David Parkin, Rodney Eade, Bill Picken, Royce Hart, Keith Greig & Kevin Bartlett. Fair condition
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Football Videos, collection including history videos for Carlton, Collingwood, Essendon, Fitzroy, Geelong, Hawthorn, Melbourne, Port Adelaide, Richmond & St Kilda. (40 items)
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Brisbane Bears, plaque 'Brisbane Bears Football Club. Inaugural Team. 27/3/1987. Brisbane Bears 19.23.137, North Melb 15.14.104', and showing players in their positions, Plaque No.69, overall 26 x 32 cm
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Fitzroy/Brisbane Lions: Fitzroy Member's Season Tickets (8) for 1989, 1991-96; Fitzroy ticket wallet; Brisbane Member's Season Tickets for 1999 (2 - General Admission & Social Club). (11 items)
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Collingwood: Copeland Trophy dinner menus (10) for 1989, 1990 (Premiership year), 1991, 1992 (with ticket), 1993 (with ticket), 1996 (with ticket), 1997 (with ticket), 1998 (with ticket), 2004 & 2010 (Premiership year). (Total 15 items)
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Sport Videos, collection including AFL football (25), cricket (15), Rugby League (5), NFL (4), wrestling (5), baseball (2), Olympics (1), other sport (12) & other videos (4). (Total 73 items)
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Football Collection, noted original paintings (3) of Ted Whitten, Ron Barassi & Allen Aylett by Barb Lyons; Bobble-Dobbles of Nathan Buckley & Ben Cousins; LP Records (2) including 'Footy Favourites'; Richmond casette player; 'The Big Match Football Game'; also Boonanza II - Talking Boony & Talking Beefy figurines
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Essendon: Member's Season Tickets (10) for 1991-92, 1996-98, 2001-02, 2004 & 2006; ticket wallets (6). (16 items)
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Collingwood: Group with membership badges (6) for 1996, 1999, 2001, 2005, 2006 & 2009; Official Cheer Squad badges (5) for 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994 & 1999; also 1988 'Club 20' badge. Other items include jig-saw puzzles (3); Pro Squad cards (3); poncho in style of Collingwood jumper; ephemera
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Football Toys & Caps, two boxes with miscellaneous toys, phone cases, Hungry Jacks cubes, Triple M mini-footballs, AFL Heroes figurines; range of caps (19) including 1996 AFL Centenary, Grand Finals (4), signed caps (2) & E.J.Whitten Legends Game. inspection will reward
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Collingwood: 'A Century of Proud Tradition' poster, signed by 10 legends including Peter McKenna, Len Thompson, Lou Richards, Peter Daicos & Bob Rose, size 100 x 69 cm
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St Kilda: 'The Point Of It All - The Story of St Kilda Football Club' by Feldmann & Holmesby [Melbourne, 1992], with 8 signatures including Robert Harvey & Ansell Clark; plus 'Heroes With Haloes - St Kilda's One Hundred Greatest' by Holmesby [Sydney, 1995]. (2 items)
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Football Books & Records: Books (51), noted '100 Years of Australian Football 1897-1996' edited by Ross (Melb.,1997); 'Ej - Ted Whitten' by Min (Melb.,1995); 'The Coach - a Season with Ron Barassi' by Powers (Melb.,2005); 'Tony Lockett' by Christison (Sydney, 1999); also VFL/AFL Year Books (6) 1987-2002. 1986-2010 'Football Record's (17), Comprising Season Previews (6) & Grand Finals (11). Fair/Good Condition. (68 Items)
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Collingwood: Album of official club player photos/postcards from mid-to-late 1990s, noted Damien Monkhorst, Sav Rocca, Tony Francis, Craig Kelly, Scott Russell, Gary Pert, Dermott Brereton, and many more. (Total 77 items)
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1995 AFL Collectable Cars, limited edition box set of 'Matchbox' cars, comprising complete set [16] in wooden case. G/VG condition
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Weg Posters: Collection including original Weg posters for 1995, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007 & 2008 (2); limited edition Brownlow posters (2); limited edition Premiers poster for 1943; Storm posters for 1999 & 2007 (2); Weg Tribute poster. (14 items)
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Framed Prints: 'Gary Ablett' window mounted, framed & glazed, overall 86 x 109 cm; plus 'Grabs and Goals', signed by artist Jamie Cooper, window mounted, framed & glazed, overall 93 x 76 cm. (2 items)
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Fitzroy: 'Fitzroy Football Club, Team of Our Century, 1897-1996' print by Jamie Cooper, with 16 signatures including Kevin Murray, Bernie Quinlan, Paul Roos, Garry Wilson, Bill Stephen & Alastair Lynch, size 100 x 50 cm
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Fitzroy: Member's Season Tickets for their last year - 1996, duplicated range with adult tickets (5), Concession (5), Country (5) & AFL Squadron (5). (Total 20 items)
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Fremantle: Group with Member's Season Tickets (11) for 1997, 1998 (2 different), 1999, 2000, 2001 (2 different), 2002, 2004 (2 different) & 2005; also Player & Official Passes (2) for 2000 & 2001. (Total 13 items)
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