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Sporting Memorabilia — Mossgreen Auctions (No longer trading)

Auction House:Mossgreen Auctions (No longer trading)Number of lots recorded:502
Sale Title:Sporting MemorabiliaLots with images:500
Auction Location:MelbournePrices available:298
Date:25-Feb-2014
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1932 Hoadleys chocolates 'Empire Games and test Teams', complete set [50], noted Maurice Leyland, bill brown & Don Bradman. Mainly G/VG. Scarce - cat. £450
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1932 Godfrey Phillips 'Test Cricketers 1932-1933', set inscribed 'B.D.V.Cigarettes' [38]; set inscribed 'Grey's Cigarettes' [38]; set with no brand title [38]; also scarce 1932 B.D.V.package design cut from packets [2/55]. One Poor, others mainly Fair/VG
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1932 Sweetacres Champion Chewing gum 'Test Records' [32] & 'Prominent Cricketers' [32], complete sets, noted Don Bradman, Eddie Gilbert (one of the few sets to show this famous aboriginal fast bowler) & Archie Jackson. Fair/VG
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1933-36 cricket cards, noted 1933 Cadbury (NZ) 'Celebrated Cricketers' [12]; Players 'Cricketers 1934' [50]; 1935 Galler 'Champions, 2nd series' [16 cricketers]; 1935 D.C.Thomson 'Secrets of cricket' [66/80]; 1936 Australian Licorice 'Australian & English Cricketers' [7/44]. Poor/VG
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1933 Hoadleys 'Australian Cricketers' [17/18] & 'English Cricketers' [17/18]. Fair/VG
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1933 Hoadleys 'Victorian Footballers' (numbered 51-100, text at base 'A series of 100 League and Association'), complete set [50]. Mainly G/VG
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1934-35 Allens 'Cricketers', complete set [39], including the two cards numbered 3 (Ebeling & love), 12 (Nash & Oxenham) & 24 (Hornibrook & Hunt). Fair/VG
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1934 Amalgamated press 'Test match Favourites', complete set [40], noted bill Woodfull, Douglas Jardine & Don Bradman. Fair/VG
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1934 Australian Licorice 'Australian Cricketers', part set [17/24]. Poor/VG. Very scarce
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1934 Carreras 'A series of Cricketers', backs inscribed 'Fine quality Cigarettes' [50] & backs inscribed 'High-Class Cigarettes' [30]. G/VG. (total 80)
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1934 Dudgeon & Arnell (patrol tobacco) '1934 Australian test Team', complete set [16], noted Don Bradman, bill Woodfull & Alan Kippax. G/VG
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1935 Ardath 'Cricket, Tennis & golf Celebrities', complete set (brown back, New Zealand issue) [50], plus complete set (grey back, Gb issue) [50]. G/VG. (total 100)
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1936 Hoadleys chocolates 'Test Cricketers', complete set [40], noted Don Bradman, bill Woodfull & Harold Larwood. Poor/VG
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1936-38 cricket cards, noted 1936 Churchman 'Cricketers' [50]; 1936-38 Ardath 'Photocards' [31 cricket subjects]; 1937 Barratt 'Famous Cricketers' [2/60]; 1938 Barratt 'Famous Cricketers' [11/40]. Mainly G/VG
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1936-38 Griffiths Brothers range, with 1936 black Crow Throat drops 'Australian Cricketers' [3/10 known]; 1937 black Crow Cough drops 'Australian Cricketers' [10/11]; 1937 Cruising Toffee 'Australian Cricketers' [7/10 known]; 1938 black Crow Cough drops 'English Cricketers' [2/7 known]; 1938 Cruising Toffee 'English Cricketers' [3/7 known]. Poor/VG. Extremely rare. (total 25)
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1936 Allens 'Cricketers', complete set [50], noted Don Bradman, Stan McCabe & Gubby Allen. G/VG
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1936 Amalgamated press 'Australian & English Cricketers 1936-37', real Photogravure portrait postcards, part set [10/20]. G/VG
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1938 Allens 'Cricketers' (coloured), complete set [36], including Don Bradman, bill brown & Len Hutton. One poor, others Fair/VG
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1938 Boys' Captain ties and Braces (Australia) 'Cricketers', complete set [18], noted Don Bradman, Stan McCabe & Lindsay Hassett. G/VG. Very scarce
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1938 Hignett Bros 'Prominent Cricketers of 1938', complete set [50], noted Denis Compton, Sid Barnes & Lindsay Hassett. VG. Scarce set
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1938 Hoadleys chocolates 'Test Cricketers', medium size, complete set [36], noted Don Bradman, Ross Gregory & Walter Hammond. Fair/G.
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1938 Sweetacres 'Cricket Caricatures', part set [18/24], noted Don Bradman, Lindsay Hassett, Walter Hammond & Joe Hardstaff. Poor/VG. Rare
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1938-48 cricket cards, noted 1938 Ogdens 'Prominent Cricketers of 1938' [50]; Players 'Cricketers 1938' [50]; 1938 Topical Times 'Cricketers' [8]; 1948 Nabisco 'Leading Cricketers' [32]. Fair/VG
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1946-47 Anonymous (Australia) 'Cricketers' (with ages following players names), almost complete set [33/34], noted Lindsay Hassett, Sid Barnes & Len Hutton. Fair/VG. Rare
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1946-47 Coles Stores (Australia) 'Cricketers in Australia' (back without framelines), complete set [40], noted Don Bradman, ray Lindwall & Sid Barnes. Mainly G/VG
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1946-47 Coles Stores (Australia) 'Cricketers in Australia' (back with framelines), complete set [40], noted Don Bradman, ray Lindwall & Sid Barnes. Mainly G/VG. Very scarce set
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1946-2012 cricket cards & postcards, noted 1946 Anonymous 'English test Team 1946-1947' [1/2 known]; 1948 Donaldson 'Sports Favourites' (3 cricketers); 1950 W.C.Douglas 'Fountain of Merit series' [1/12 cricketers]; 1984 Brindley 'Cricketers (the Jubilee book of cricket)' [30]; c1986 Aust Cig.card Co. 'The first Australians - Tour of England 1868' [16]; 2000-05 Bodyline books 'Golden Age Greats postcards' (39). Poor/VG. (total 151)
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1947 Amalgamated press (radio Fun) 'Famous test Cricketers', almost complete set [21/24], noted Lindsay Hassett, Don Bradman & ray Lindwall. Fair/VG
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1947 Stamina clothes (Australia) 'No.4 series - an Ideal cricket eleven', complete set [11 + title card], noted W.G.Grace, J.J.Kelly & Victor Trumper. G/VG. Scarce set
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1948 Kiddy's Favourites 'Popular Cricketers', complete set [52], noted Don Bradman, Sidney Barnes & Don Tallon. Mainly G/VG. Scarce - 1st complete set we have offered
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1950 Sporting Publicity 'Cricket stars', complete set [32], noted Hutton, Hollies & W.G.Grace. G/VG. Scarce
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1950-53 cricket cards, noted 1950 Carreras 'Famous Cricketers' (Turf slides) [50]; 1951 Potter & Moore 'English Cricketers' [20]; 1953 morning Foods 'Test Cricketers' [25]. Fair/VG
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1953-54 Coles (Australia) 'Australian & English Cricketers', complete set [28]. G/VG
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Don Bradman: 1995 Sanitarium (Weet-Bix) 'The Bradman collection', complete set [20], with all cards signed by Don Bradman
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Cricket Autographs: collection beautifully presented on pages, most with associated pictures, including Barry Richards, Cutly Ambrose, Shoaib Akhtar, Ian Botham, Alec Bedser, Geoff Boycott, Colin Cowdrey, Kapil Dev, Sunil Gavaskar, Richard Hadlee, Merv Hughes, Doug Walters, bill Lawry, Dean Jones, David Boon. G/VG condition (136 items)
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Cricket Autographs: signed postcards (9), cricket cards (13), pictures (35) & pieces (25), nice range of signatures including Brian Lara (4), Muttiah Muralitharan (2), Ian Botham, Shane Warne (7), David Boon, Richie Benaud, bill brown, Arthur Morris, R.E.S.Wyatt, Frank Tyson, Clarrie Grimmett & Ricky Ponting
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1921 Australian Team, autograph page with 9 pencil signatures including Warwick Armstrong, Herb Collins, Arthur Mailey & former England Captain Archie MacLaren
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1928-29 England Team, autograph page with 12 signatures including Percy Chapman (Captain), J.B.Hoobs, Douglas Jardine (Captain of the 1932-33 Bodyline team), Maurice tete & Harold Larwood. Also another page signed by two umpires in Victoria v England match. Fine condition. From the collection of umpire Herbert Nichols
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1928 West Indies Team (the year West Indies were granted full test status), autograph page with 17 signatures including Karl Nunes (Captain), Learie Constantine, Herman Griffith & Snuffy Browne. Very scarce
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1930 Australian Team, autograph pages (2) with 15 signatures including Bill Woodfull, Victor Richardson, Archie Jackson & Don Bradman. Together with reprinted team photograph. Fine condition
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1930-31 West Indies Team to Australia, autograph page with 17 signatures including George Headley (the black Bradman), Jackie grant (Captain) & Herman Griffith; also the two umpires in the Victoria v West Indies match. From the collection of umpire Herbert Nichols
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International test Cricketers: signed autograph cards (93), nice collection c1931-2013, with cricketers from England (12), Australia (12), West Indies (12), South Africa (12), India (12), New Zealand (12), Sri Lanka (11) & Pakistan (10); noted Sir Alec Bedser, mark Butcher, rod Marsh, mark Waugh, Michael holding, Lance Gibbs, Alan Donald, Gary Kirsten, Harbhajan Singh, Sir Richard Hadlee, Walter Hadlee, Muttiah Muralitharan, Rameez Raja. (93)
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C1931-32 Australian Team, 'Lennons Hotel, Brisbane' letterhead with 11 signatures including bill Woodfull, Don Bradman, Jack Nitschke & Laurie Nash
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1931-32 South African Team, autograph page signed by the team that toured Australia, with 16 signatures including Jock Cameron (Captain), Alex bell, Jim Christy & Ken Viljoen. Fine condition
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1932 India Team to England, autograph page with 16 signatures including C.K.Nayudu (Captain), Janardan Navle, Naoomal Jaoomal, Syed Wazir Ali, Jahangir Khan & Amar Singh; together with team picture
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1932-33 England 'Body-line' Team, autograph pages (2) with 15 signatures including R.E.S.Wyatt (twice), Herbert Sutcliffe, Walter Hammond & Harold Larwood. (no Douglas Jardine). G/VG condition
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1932-33 England 'Body-line' Team, autograph page with 15 signatures including Douglas Jardine (Captain), R.E.S.Wyatt, Nawab of Pataudi (scarce) & Harold Larwood. On reverse is 1931-32 Australia with 12 signatures including Don Bradman, bill Woodfull & Clarrie Grimmett. Superb condition
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1933 West Indies Team, 'Lord's cricket ground, London NW8' letterhead with 12 signatures including Jackie Grant (Captain), George Headley (known as the black Bradman), Herman Griffith & Manny Martindale. Fair/good condition
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1934 Australian Team, autograph page with 16 signatures including bill Woodfull, Don Bradman, Bert Oldfield, bill Ponsford & Clarrie Grimmett. Together with reprinted photograph of Australian team at Windsor Castle. Good condition
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1935-36 Australian Team to South Africa, autograph pages (2) with 14 signatures including Victor Richardson (Captain), Stan McCabe, bill brown, bill O'Reilly & Ben Barnett
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1936 India Team to England, autograph pages (2) with 21 signatures including Vijay Merchant, Dattaram Hindelkar, C.K.Nayudu, Syed Wazir Ali, Jahangir Khan, C.S.Nayudu & Mushtaq Ali
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New Zealand Autographs: collection with signed photographs (60), pictures (22), cards (151) & cricket cards (2), wonderful range of autographs with some duplication, noted Walter Hadlee, Richard Hadlee, John Reid, Merv Wallace, Martin Crowe, Glenn turner, Bert Sutcliffe & John Wright
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1938 Australian Team, official team sheet with 17 signatures including Don Bradman, Stan McCabe, Sid Barnes (scarce) & Lindsay Hassett. Very good condition. Good example of Australia's first official team sheet
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1939 West Indies Team, menu 'West Indies v Warwickshire, President's luncheon, 9th August, 1939', with 17 signatures on front, including Rolph Grant (Captain), George Headley, Kenneth Weekes & Leslie Hylton (hanged in 1955 for murdering his wife - the only test Cricketer to have been executed). Fine condition
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1946-47 Australian Team, autograph page with 12 signatures including Don Bradman, Lindsay Hassett & Fred Freer (in his only test). In autograph book with no other signatures of note. Fair/good condition
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1946-47 England Team, autograph page with 14 signatures including Walter hammond, Alec Bedser, Len Hutton & bill Voce. G/VG condition
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1947-48 Indian Team to Australia, official team sheet (scarce) with 18 signatures including L.Armanath, Vijay Hazare & Vinoo Mankad. Folded, otherwise good condition
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1952 Indian Team to England, official team sheet with 18 signatures including V.S.Hazare (Captain), H.R.Adhikari, Gulam Ahmed & Pankaj Roy. Scarce
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1952-53 West Indies Team, card with 12 signatures including Jeffrey Stollmeyer (Captain), Frank Worrell & Clyde Walcott
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1953 Australian Team: interesting collection of 6 autographs from a collector in 1953, with original envelopes - Neil Harvey, Don Tallon, Jimmy de Courcy, Colin McDonald, Ian Craig & Ron Archer
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1954-55 West Indies v Australia, autograph page signed on both sides by Australians (8) & West Indies (9) including ray Lindwall, Richie Benaud, Keith Miller, Everton Weekes & Clyde Walcott. Together with 2-page letter dated 16.4.55 from Vincent Valentine (2 Tests 1933) who collected the autographs
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1956 Indian Team to Sri Lanka, 'S.P.Foenander MBE' letterhead with 15 signatures including V.S.Hazare (Captain), H.R.Adhikari, Gulam Ahmed & Pankaj Roy. Together with photograph of the team entering the field with 5 signatures & match tickets (3). Scarce group
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1956 West Indies to New Zealand, autograph page with 15 signatures including Denis Atkinson (Captain), Gary Sobers, Everton Weekes & Alfred Valentine. Together with letter dated May 14th 1956 from New Zealand Captain Harry Cave who collected the autographs
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1957 West Indies to England, 'The Queens Hotel, Leeds' letterhead with 19 signatures including John Goddard (Captain), Clyde Walcott, Everton Weekes, frank Worrell & Gary Sobers. Together with reprinted photograph of the team
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1958-59 West Indies to India, 'The cricket club of India Ltd, Brabourne Stadium, Bombay' letterhead with 17 signatures including Gerry Alexander (Captain), Gary Sobers, Rohan Kanhai, Wes hall & Lance Gibbs. Good condition
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1958 Surrey, team sheet 'Surrey, County cricket Champions, 1952-53-54-55-56-57-58', with 16 signatures including Peter May, Alec Bedser, Jim Laker & Tony Lock. Fair condition
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1962 Pakistan team to England, official team sheet with 20 signatures including Javed Burki (Captain), Hanif Mohammad, Mushtaq Mohammad & Intikhab Alam
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1965 New Zealand Team to India, Pakistan and the UK, official team sheet with 17 signatures including John Reid (Captain), Graham Dowling & Bert Sutcliffe
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1965 South African Team, official team sheet with 16 signatures including Peter van Der Merwe, Peter Pollock & Graeme Pollock. Light folds, otherwise fine condition
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1968 Australian Team, official team sheet with 17 signatures, noted bill Lawry, Alan Connolly, Barry Jarman & Ian Chappell. Folded, otherwise VG condition
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Sri Lanka: collection of team sheets comprising 1977 v MCC; 1977 v Derrick Robins' XI; 1982 v India; 1983 World Cup; 1983 v West Indies; also 1982 Arosa Sri Lanka (2 team sheets). G/VG. (7)
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India: autograph page signed by 1977 Indian team for 3rd test in Melbourne, with 10 signatures; plus 1991/92 Gala test match dinner menu signed on front by Kapil Dev
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Pakistan: 1977 signed autograph pages (2); 1992-93 team sheets (2); also 1954 reprinted team photos (7)
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1980-81 Indian Team to Australia & New Zealand, page with 17 signatures including Sunil Gavaskar (Captain), G.R.Viswanath, Dilip Doshi & Roger Binny. Fine condition
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1980 Australian Team, scorecard for Centenary test, with 12 signatures including Greg Chappell, Kim Hughes, Allan Border & Dennis Lillee
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1986 Indian team, 2nd test v Australia, official team sheet with 15 signatures including Kapil Dev (Captain), Ravi Shastri & Sinil Gavaskar. Good condition
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1989 Australia v the Birmingham Centenary - League cricket Conference, rare scorecard with 25 signatures including Allan Border, Geoff Marsh, Dean Jones, Bryan Knowles, Simon O'Donnell & Maninder Singh
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1991-92 West Indies to Australia, autograph page with 13 signatures including Richie Richardson (Captain), Brian Lara, Desmond Haynes & Malcolm Marshall
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1992-93 Pakistan Team to Australia & New Zealand, official team sheet with 17 signatures including Javed Miandad, Wasim Akram & Inzmam-Ul-Haq. Fine condition
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1997 India team to West Indies, team sheet with 18 signatures including Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly & V.V.S. Laxman; plus 1996 India team to South Africa, page with 14 signatures
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Geelong: framed items (5) including reprinted photograph of D.Hickinbotham (Captain 1886 & 1888-89); original painting of Gary Ablett Sr by G.Dingemans; reprinted Shilling cartoon re 1937 Premiership; reprinted Weg cartoon. An attractive group
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Geelong: Team photograph, with title 'Geelong Football Club, Tasmania, 1888' and players names printed on mount, in original frame, overall 56 x 52 cm. Fair/good condition
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Fitzroy: 1903 letter listing the players chosen to represent the Fitzroy club for the following season; also mentions 'Quite a rush has already taken place for members tickets, the first edition of 1000 is already exhausted & the record of last year is already sure to be beaten'
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C1905-96 various football adverts & articles cut out of newspapers (46); plus 1960s Collingwood pennant
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Collingwood: c1910 small cloth badge (34 x 42 mm) showing Collingwood footballer, that Collingwood players were to sew onto their caps
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Football Collectables, noted folder of club auction catalogues; annual reports of VFL second Eighteens 1926 & 1939; Victorian football Union (4) & Saturday morning football League (2); 1910 Australian football Council minutes (poor); 1948 Kia-Ora sports Parade; 'Champion' footy stops in packet; Hurdy Gurdy that plays 'Up There Cazaly'; kewpie dolls (4)
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1917 Pioneer Exhibition game in Cambridge: Team photograph, titled 'Australian football Team, Emmanuel College, Cambridge', framed & glazed, 60 x 51 cm; mounted on large football-shaped backing board (overall 108 x 65 cm), with text 'First Australian Rules football Exhibition in England. Played at Cambridge University oval 26.1.17. Captain W.Kennett an old Hamilton player'. Fair/good condition. Note: the first exhibition match had actually been played in London on 28th October 1916.
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Richmond: Member's Season Ticket for 1920, with fixture list & hole punched for each game attended. Fair condition
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Collingwood: Range with 1927 dinner menu for West Adelaide hosting Collingwood; 1969-81 newsletters (15); Collingwood mini flashlight
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Newspaper lift-Outs, Supplements & posters: collection in 9 binders, folder & bag, c1928-2008, with 'Herald-Sun' & 'Age' sporting pages; 'Age' supplements; magazine supplements; 'SA Advertisor' lift-outs; SA team photos & lift-outs; miscellaneous posters & placemats; newspaper banners. Inspection will reward
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Richmond v Carlton: 'Souvenir of the Richmond & Carlton Football Clubs Tour of Queensland & New South Wales, July-August 1930' rare 4-page programme/itinerary for both clubs, housed within a stiff card cover with embossed graphics on the front, this one tied with a black & yellow twine. VG condition
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1933 'The News' full page supplements 'South Australian football Captains', almost complete set [7/8], each 28 x 45 cm. G/VG condition
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Big 'V' Team photographs: Victorian team photographs, noted 1948, 1952, 1954 (2 - v south Aust & WA), 1955 & 1968 (2 - v SA & WA), each with title and players names printed on mount. Fair/G condition. (7 items)
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Football badges & prototype medals: Range of badges (46), noted swan Districts (20) from 1948 to 1982; VFA for 1963 & 1978; Carlton Social club 1970-71; Cbc Bank - Richmond; WAFL; also prototype medals 'Premiers/ Grand Final 1980' & 'Runners up/ Grand Final 1980'; medallion club medal
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Geelong: 'Geelong 52 Premiers' Weg Caricature poster with 9 signatures including Bob Davis, Tom Morrow & bill McMaster, framed, overall 51 x 71 cm; plus 1929 Weekly Times poster for Geelong (framed, 57 x 43 cm). (2 items)
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C1957 Greig's honey football glass for Collingwood. Fine condition (with 'Greig's honey' at base)
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Collingwood: collection of Collingwood Social club & Membership badges (51) including scarce 1960 (showing new Social club building) 1962 & 1963, through to 2005 with a few duplicates or different types; also few other badges including 'Magpie Football Club/life Member', 'Collingwood Magpies/Herald for Footy' & a Collingwood cricket club badge. Inspection will reward
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St Kilda: 1966 Premiership Team, 'Saints 66' Weg poster, signed at 2004 Premiership Players club induction, with 18 signatures including Ian Cooper, Ross Smith, Verdun Howell & Barry Breen, limited edition 17/66, size 42 x 60 cm, with CoA
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Weg posters: original Weg posters for 1967, 1974, 1975 & 1977 in Poor condition
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VFL Park badges, extensive collection. Inspection will reward. (124)
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