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Sporting and Historical Memorabilia, Day 1 — Leski Auctions Pty. Ltd.

Auction House:Leski Auctions Pty. Ltd.Number of lots recorded:533
Sale Title:Sporting and Historical Memorabilia, Day 1Lots with images:295
Auction Location:MelbournePrices available:394
Date:18-Sep-2013
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Sampler: c.1816 by ELizabeth Day. Attractive Georgian sampler, framed & glazed 36 x 39 cm overall. VG condition
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Sampler: c.1830 embroidered silk by Martha Hardman aged 12 years. Floral motif with butterflies surrounding a verse entitled 'Resignation'. 19th century framing (glass damaged). Rare in silk showing some age, 68 x 53 cm overall. Good condition
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Sampler: Rare Georgian needlepoint c.1830 by Charlotte Gibson aged 12 years, displaying her family of 10 siblings (born between 1808-1828) reference also made to her parents born 1771 & 1783. Condition fair. No glass
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Sampler: c.1836 By Hannah Watson of Beverley aged 9 years. Flowers & birds amongst text & numbers 20th century framing, 54 x 52 cm overall. Good condition
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Sampler: c.1844 By Belinda Harrap. Unusual montage style display with soldier on horseback, castle & country house, mother & child all surrounding a magnificant pheasant with animals & floral border. 19th century birdseye maple frame with old glass. 65 x 61 cm overall. VG condition
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Samplers: c.1845 By Elizabeth Bray, Crosland Hill near Huddersfield, nice floral motif amongst text & manor house (Stained, fair condition) 68 x 66 cm framed; Unsusal needlework map of Great Britain with flags & crest 66 x 64 cm framed & glazed. Good condition (2 items)
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Samplers: c.1849 By Sarah Horobin aged 10 years, lions & flowers in text; c.1867 By Hannah Mary Hewitt, impressive display of text divided by classical borders. Both framed & glazed. 45 x 45 cm each approx. VG condition (2 items)
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Samplers: c.1851 by Jane Ann Maws needlepoint stitched alphabet & numbers in timber frame; c.1881 by Dora Fussey aged 9 years & 11 months 'Psalm 118 Verse 8' in original oak frame. Both glazed with 19th century glass. G/VG condition (2 items)
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Sampler: c.1852 by Sarah Ann Pearson aged 11 years. Lovely folk art floral needlework display with birds & text. Timber framed with old glass, 49 x 41 cm overall. VG condition
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Samplers: c.1859 by Agnes Wallace aged 13; c.1871 by M.A.Jackson; c.1892 folk art needlepoint of a tallship 'May the Star of the Sea Guide You Forever' monogrammed C.E.J. G/VG condition (3 items)
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Antique needlepoint tapestry c.1870s. Fine wool work religious scene of Jesus & Judas. Beautifully displayed in contemporaneous mahogany frame, gilt slip mount & old glass. 68 x 58 cm overall. Excellent original condition
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Samplers: c.1889 by Beasley 'Forget Me Not' hand stitched rhyme; c.1901 By A.D.Bradshaw embroidered sample. Both framed & glazed 60 x 45 cm each approx. Good condition (2 items)
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Sampler: c.1891 by Emily Worthington Cornes aged 16. Attractive needle work with flowers & animals amongst rhymes & text 'Pleasures of Religion'. Presents very well in original birdseye maple frame, window mounted & glazed with 19th century glass. 64 x 54 cm overall. VG condition
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Samplers: Remains of collection; examples from the 1850s to the First World War. Varying condition (7 items)
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Indentures: c.1855 Prahran Parish Melbourne, Colony of Victoria, with wax seal; c.1875 & c.1880 Mortgages (Melb) & (Nth Melb & Carlton); c.1872 Birth Certificate (Melb). Vellum & Paper, G/VG condition (4 items)
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Engravings & Map: c.1857 engraving by S.T.Gill 'Market Square, Castlemaine'; 1880 engraving 'London From the Tower of Saint Saviour's'; 1736 map 'Gloucestershire'; all hand-coloured, framed & glazed, various sizes (3 items)
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Scales: Antique brass beam balance scales on hardwood base. Good working order (no weights) with rich 19th century patina c.1860. Purported to have come from the Victorian gold mining town of Clunes. VG condition
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Goldfields era blacksmith's ladle, shop bell, wooden screw driver, wooden screw adjustment for belt drive (Ex Ballarat) & Wheelwrights chisel. Good farm shed lot. (5 items)
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Japanese antique carved wooden statue (Meiji) 'The Snake Handler', gesso finish with human hair & hand made kimono costume, carved wood & gesso base with remnants of a signature on base (In need of restoration), 46 cm. Japanese 'Bunraku' antique puppet head. Fair condition (2 items)
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Australiana: Fine Antique splatter work Gypsy/wine table c1880. Octagonal top decorated with stencil work fern & wattle motif. Tripod base with ebonized turned legs & gilt highlights. Original patina, slight water damage spot on top. H. 66 cm. VG condition
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Moore Brothers c.1880s antique porcelain kerosene lamp. Applied floral decoration in the form of flowering cactus with 2 cupid blacksmith figures. Duplex black button single burner with bayonet mount As is condition, damage to porcelain. Extremely rare
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Miners lamps (2) 19th century carbide types, ex Broken Hill; hand forged heavy chain, 19th century. Good rustic condition. (3 items)
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Colonial pottery ink bottles (7) possible Bendigo; ambrotype portrait of a girl; antique tobacco cutter; antique keys (4) ex Ballarat Gaol; Goldrush era pill making machine ex Ballarat. VG condition (14 items)
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Stanley theodolite surveyors tool c1895 in fitted mahogany box with paper label. 19th century patina. Good condition
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Police Leg Irons & Ephemera: wall mount leg Irons stamped '1049' (believed to have come from the Moonee Ponds lock up); 'Victorian Police Gazette 1899' fair condition. Police charge sheet for William H.Brown of Bendigo for 'Assault with Intent to Rape' (1903), poor condition. (3 items)
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Medical: Antique & vintage bottles & jars (15), bedpan; bandages (15); thumb splint Mixed condition (32+ items)
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Antique wickerwork wheelchair c.1900. decorative piece with original wheels. Faded, with some damage, but full of character.
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Netsuke: Japanese carved ivory devil face mask; climbing monkey, plus (2) seated figural groups. VG condition (4 items)
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Cloisonne: Japanese dragon vase by Ota Toshiro c.1910 (slight scratch); Japanese pigeon vase (damaged) 15 cm each. (2 items)
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Netsuke: Japanese carved ivory monkey & (2) temple lions all with makers marks. Late Meiji, excellent condition (3 items)
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Netsuke: Japanese carved ivory & bone seated figures. Early 20th century, good condition. (4 items)
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Clocks: Antique French mantle clock with black slate & rouge marble case. Enamel dial (cracked) with Arabic numerals (top loose); also, German 400 day dome clock with cream enamel dial, base inscribed & dated 1913. No keys; as is condition (2 items)
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Balance of Collection: c.1789 map of New Georgia; c.1915-60s photographic archive (15 albums) of Madsen and Helms families from rural Denmark; antique sign 'Bee Hive Knitting Wools'; vintage sign 'The 1937 Lux Knitting Book'; movie poster 'A Kind of Loving'; Grand Lodge (South Yarra) illuminated certificate. Fair to good condition
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Nickel bound counter top display case c.1920s. 188 x 25 x 59 cm. Good condition
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Netsuke: 3 Japanese carved ivory figures with engraved hand coloured finish. 5-6 cm each. VG condition
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Tibetan antique prayer wheel. Carved bone adorned with turquoise & coral on a sandalwood turned handle Early 20th century VG condition
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World Globe by Philips' Challenge Globe c.1920s. Full of character this vintage piece sits on its original brown bakelite base with inset compass. The surface is crazed & has some minor damage. Great decorator item. 40 cm
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Carnival Glass: Cobalt 'Horse Medallion' bowl 18 cm; Marigold 'Imperial Windmill' bowl 19 cm; antique amber glass basket (small chip on rim). (3 items)
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Japanese ivory figure group of a man & woman in each others arms supported on a carved wooden base in the form of clouds, early 20th century. 10 cm, Excellent condition
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Sea Turtle Shell: Early 20th century. Lovely old patina. 42 x 35 cm. Excellent condition
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Chinese ivory carved figures (2) & Japanese carved ivory Geisha statue. Early 20th century (damaged), 12 cm, 14 cm & 20 cm (3 items)
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Indian carved ivory Hindu figures. Two on wooden bases. 7 cm, 12 cm & 14 cm, old patina VG condition (3 items)
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Ivory: 2 carved Indian Hindu God figures & 2 carved seated Buddhas (one in glass dome with carved cork diorama). Halo misssing on one Buddha statue otherwise good condition. (4 items)
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Set of (10) African carved ivory knife rests & old whales tooth. VG condition (11 items)
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Chinese Ivory: Carved puzzle ball on figured stand (cup damaged); pair of dragon condiments; figured chess piece with puzzle ball base; dragon lidded jar with later wooden base. (5 items)
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Ivory & Bone: Chinese fan; carved Chinese shoe horn; letter openers (3); stanhope pen; glove stretcher. Fair/ good condition (7 items)
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Remains of ivory & bone collection: crucifixes (3); pendants (6); brooches (2); tooth picks (16) with stand; dog netsuke (5); carved owl; elephants; deer; vanity ware etc. Some damage fair/good condition (50+ items)
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Ivory & Bone: Chinese carved & pieced village scene landscape; Chinese carved boats (2); Japanese figures (2). Some damage fair/good condition (5 items)
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Collection of carved ivory & bone necklaces, early to mid 20th century. Note nice Taj Mahal pendant. Good condition (8 items)
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Carved bone & ivory Japanese Netsuke with engraved hand coloured finish in the form of peasants, minstrel (cracked), scholar & priest. 5 cm to 6 cm each. G/VG condition (5 items)
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Ivory & Bone: (2)carved elephant bridges (damaged); (2) carved lions (one most likely Hippo tooth); monkey group; Indian farmer with oxen; camel & elephant. Some damage, fair condit. (8 items)
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Philips brown bakelite mantle radio, case in good order, original knobs & back Powers up but no signal
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'The Collectors Chess Set - a Celebration of the Great Game of Golf - Fort Since 1945'. Handsome chess set with pewter golfing pieces & green marble board, all housed in green presentation box (box water damaged) Set in excellent condition
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Cloisonne: Collection of Chinese vases (6); dragon censer; dragon tea cup & saucer; lidded jar; dish; worry balls in box & napkin rings (5). G/VG condition (17 items)
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Retro c1950s drying cabinet by 'Servex' with chrome badge. Cream metal finish, cool shape, great for the beach house.
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Balance of Collection, noted Wallabies jumper with 10 signatures; cricket ball signed by Shane Warne; World War II service book & discharge certificate; Evelyn Waugh books (4); c1952-56 scrapbook with photographs (100) ballet & theatre programmes
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Gold: 1966 Vatican medallion for Pope John XXII and Pope Paul VI, in a gold mount, both hallmarked. Both 18ct weighing 10.15gms
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Remains of collection; Medical implements; calenders including National Bank (26); art books (35). Fair to good condition (60+ items)
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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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Brass & timber desk ornament model coal mine. 20th century. excellent condition
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Bronze Statue: Figure group of a dancing couple. Limited edition 60/100 stamped 'Chiparus', mounted on a black marble base. Late 20th century. 48 cm, Excellent condition
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Optometrists' Chair: Impressive late 20th century electrified adjustable chair by 'Rodenstock' (West Germany) with 'Takagi' accessories tower & fittings.
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Pencil Sharpeners: Comprehensive collection of novelty pencil sharpeners, predominantly die-cast many with original boxes. G/VG condition. (140 + items)
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Franklin Mint: Brass Astrolab; Gunner's Level & Universal Ring Dial (2). Group of reproduction maritime instruments solid brass in original boxes with letters & certificates. Excellent condition (4 items)
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Franklin Mint: the Excalibur Backgammon Set with gold & silver plated bronze pieces. Originally only available by subscription. Excellent condition
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Australian Silverware - Jessie Bradman: Pair of sterling silver serviette rings made by Lady Bradman (with 'JB' & South Australian hallmarks). Together with hand-written letter from Don Bradman dated 24th Aug.1989 to Norm Bevan explaining how she came to make the serviette rings, 'They are plain but with her hall mark & the SA Shrike', signed 'Don'. (Jessie Bradman studied silver-smithing in later life and these are the only items known to us to have come onto the open market)
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Inro: Collection of Japanese carved boxwood Inro with predominantly animal motifs, each one with accompanying netsuke & ojime. 20th century. Excellent condition (10 items)
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Inro: Carved Japanese boxwood Inro (9) in the form of a basket, tree & the more traditional elongated form All with netsuke & ojime, 20th century. Excellent condition
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Netsuke: Collection of Japanese boxwood carvings; dragons (9); face masks (6); horses (4); birds (10) 20th century, excellent condition (30 items)
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Netsuke: Carved Japanese boxwood; figures (22); deer & buffalo (7); Skull. 20th century excellent condition (30 items)
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Netsuke: Collection of Japanese boxwood carvings; Foo dogs (6); rats & cats (14); dogs (5); Mermaids & nudes (5). 20th century, excellent condition (30 items)
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Netsuke: Japanese boxwood carvings; frogs, fish, rabbits, snakes & assorted animals. 20th century excellent condition (36 items)
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'Cross of the Millenium', acrylic sculpture by Frederick Hart, 31 cm tall, signed by the artist at base, limited edition 208/250 A.P., in a presentation box, accompanied by a book on Hart's life and work, an illuminated display stand, and a documentary video narrated by the artist
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Model car collection: Alfa Romeo (6), Mercedes Benz (2), plus a collection of car brochures (40+), badges, postcards, pictures etc. G/VG condition (50+ items)
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Bushmaster Mars 1400 telescope with tripod & additional lenses. Original box & instructions. Also includes a selection of astrological reference books & charts. Excellent condition
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Aboriginal: Central deserts Woomera (spear thrower), peck carved animal design with gum resin handle & wooden peg, 48 cm; Matching spear with wooden tip bound in animal sinew, probably for a child, 120 cm. Both mid 20th century; 'Tales From the Aborigines' by Bill Harney (London 1959) signed first edition with dust jacket. (3 items)
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Bark Painting: 'The Dreamtime Story About the Barramundi'. Sign lower right 'Rak.', Jumkinburri tribe with paper label verso. 51 x 15 cm. Excellent condition
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c1890s Maltese point of sale tobacco adverting signs. Colour lithograph on pierced card. Impressive survivors in remarkably fine condition. Minor damage in places to the edges. VG condition (3)
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Enamel Sign on tin, 'Osram' German Multinational lighting company. Convex oval shape in striking orange, blue and white. Some minor enamel loss to the edge. 50 x 39 cm. VG condition
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Tobacco: c1920s German & Dutch point of sale Tobacco advertisements, 'Maestro' (43 x 26 cm); 'Rookt Jaberico' (34 x 25 cm); 'Cruwell-Tabak' (38 x 24 cm). G/VG condition. (3 items)
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Collection in album (30 items) noted Robert Helpmann, Ken Rosewall, Clementine Churchill (facsimile), Arthur Calwell, Edward Dunlop & Miles Franklin; signed theatre programmes (5) - Maurice Chevalier, Pam Ayres, Gracie Fields, Rolf Harris & Debbie Reynolds. also c1880 Ashworth Bros ironstone dinner bowl. Inspection will reward
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Assorted lot including the Dalai Lama; Adlai Stevenson (U.S Vice President); Mick Armstrong (cartoonist); Maurice Chevalier (French Actor). Inspection will reward. VG condition (25+ items)
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Signed photos of Nelson Mandela & Thabo Mbeki (first 2 Presidents of Sth Africa); cover signed by John Howard (Australia's 25th Prime Minister); signed photo of John McEnroe. (4 items)
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Agro: Display 'Agro Vation' with costume signed by Agro. Framed, window mount & glazed, 110 x 84 cm overall. G/VG condition
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Clement Attlee (1883-1967, Prime Minister of Great Britain 1945-51), signature on piece
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1953 British Everest Expedition: Autograph page with 10 signatures of expedition members laid down on both sides - Edmund Hillary, Tenzing Norgay, expedition leader John Hunt, Charles Wylie, Michael Westmacolt, George Lowe, Michael Ward, George Band, Tom Bourdillon & Alfred Gregory
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Agatha Christie (1890-1976, English crime writer), nice signature on piece
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Faye Copeland (1921-2003, oldest woman on death row), handwritten 1998 2-page letter signed 'Faye' about the rain and her keeping a greenhouse in prison. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope, addressed in Copeland's hand, with her full signature appearing in the return address area. (2 items)
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Noel Coward (1899-1973, English actor & playwright), signature on picture inside 1937 booklet 'Programme of the Theatrical Garden Party, in Aid of the Actors' Orphanage, at the Queen Mary's Gardens, Regents Park', with 9 other signatures on title page, noted Sir John Gielgud & Elsa Lanchester
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John Curtin (1885-1945, 14th Prime Minister of Australia), nice signature on visiting card with Australian Coat-of-Arms
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Millvina Dean (recently deceased, last survivor of the 'Titanic'), Nice Signature on Photograph of the 'Titanic', window mounted with photo of front page of 'The New York Times', framed & glazed, overall 84 x 76 cm
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Millvina Dean (recently deceased, last survivor of the 'Titanic'), Nice Signature on Reprinted Photograph of the 'Titanic' departing Southampton. (Also see 'Titanic' postcard lots)
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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (British author most noted for his stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes, 1859-1930), signature on page from book
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D Sir Arthur Eddington (1882-1944, British astrophysicist), nice signature on 1914 (June 5) letter to antarctic explorer 'Silas' Wright, on 'Royal Astronomical Society' letterhead, suggesting Wright accompany him to an R.A.S. dinner, where his 'Ambitions For Geodetic Apparatus' could be advanced in conversation with Herbert Turner, Secretary of the R.A.S
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Edward & Wallis, Duke & Duchess of Windsor (King Edward VIII, 1894-1972, King from 20 Jan.1936 until his abdication on 11 Dec.1936; and Wallis Windsor (Simpson), 1896-1986), superb signatures on heraldic Royal Stationery, signed 'Edward, Duke of Windsor' and 'Wallis Windsor' the desire of Edward, who was then King Edward VIII of the United Kingdom, to marry Wallis, an American divorcee, caused a constitutional crisis in the United Kingdom, which ultimately led to his abdication to marry 'The Woman I Love'
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D Edward Evans, 1st Baron Mountevans (1881-1957, British naval officer and Antarctic explorer), nice signature 'Teddy' on 1913 (Oct.24) letter to Silas Wright (Canadian member of 1910-13 Expedition) on 'British Antarctic Expedition, 1910' letterhead. The letter regards tickets for a lecture Evans is shortly to deliver at Cambridge University
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John Pascoe Fawkner: Melbourne founding father. Fine signature on the title page of 'The Hobart Town Magazine' March 1834. Rebound in brown boards. Good condition
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William Ewart Gladstone (1809-98, four times Prime Minister of Great Britain 1868-74, 1880-85, 1886 & 1892-94), signature on piece
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Percy Grainger (1862-1961, Melbourne-born pianist & composer), lovely signature on front of postcard dated Ja.1.07 to English conductor Landon Ronald
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Jackson Five: c1972-73 autograph book with 1973 tickets (3) to the Jackson Five at Festival Hall; signatures of Michael Jackson, Germaine Jackson & Randy Jackson; 6 signatures of Australian support band Mississippi; also signatures of members of Blue Echoes & Cookies; few footballers including Ted Whitten & Barry Round
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