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The Melbourne Cup Auction — Mossgreen Auctions (No longer trading)

Auction House:Mossgreen Auctions (No longer trading)Number of lots recorded:658
Sale Title:The Melbourne Cup AuctionLots with images:641
Auction Location:MelbournePrices available:338
Date:7-Nov-2014
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Carlton: Member's Season Tickets for 1950, 1951, 1956, 1957 & 1959, each with fixture list & hole punched for each game attended. Mainly G/VG condition. (5 items)
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Geelong: c1952-53 original b&w cartoons (2) by Age cartoonist Samuel Wells, both featuring Geelong v Collingwood, each about 28 x 46 cm. (2 items)
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Collingwood: 1950s cup, saucer and plate set, made by Queen Anne fine bone china, England. Featuring lovely, vivid illustrations of Magpies, Collingwood players in action and a Collingwood logo. (3 items)
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C1955 Autograph Book, with c152 signatures, mainly VFL footballers, noted Fitzroy (15), Hawthorn (8), Geelong (8), St Kilda (19), Collingwood (25), Melbourne (10), South Melbourne (10), Carlton (13)
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C1956 poster, 'Australian Football for Non-Stop Action! Speed! Thrills! Spectacular High marks are a feature of. Australia's Greatest Winter Sport', published by Australian National Football Council, size 29 x 38 cm. Folded, otherwise excellent condition
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Carlton: c1956-61 original b&w cartoons (2) by Age cartoonist Samuel Wells, one featuring new coach Jimmy Francis and his team; other featuring John James (1961 Brownlow Medallist), each about 28 x 46 cm. (2 items)
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South Melbourne: Balance of collection, noted c1957 Grieg's Honey glasses (2 - one with 'Greig's Honey', other without); Bob Skilton doll; badge; cushion; 1953 Argus 'Football Portraits' (2); magnets
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Fitzroy: c1959 original b&w cartoon by Age cartoonist Samuel Wells, featuring a Fitzroy victory over Melbourne, size 29 x 46 cm
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South Melbourne: Member's Season Tickets for 1960, 1961, 1962 & 1963; plus Patron's Season tickets for 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967 & 1968, each with fixture list & hole punched for each game attended. Fair/Good condition. (9 items)
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Carlton: Member's Season Tickets for 1960, 1961, 1963, 1964 Centenary Year & 1966, each with fixture list & hole punched for each game attended. Mainly G/VG condition. (5 items)
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Football Magazines, noted 'Footy Fan' (35 issues, 1963-64); 'Footy Week' (issues 1-5, 1965); 'Football Life' (5 issues, 1974-75); football books (3); 'Football Record' for 1985 Grand Final
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Football Literature, noted 'Football Record's (38 issues 1966-78, with 12 Grand Finals including 1966 (one page missing); Essendon Annual Reports (22 issues 1964-96); 'Football Life' (9 issues, 1968-76)
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Richmond: 1967 original Weg poster. Minor peripheral faults, otherwise Good condition
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Carlton: 1968 original Weg poster, framed & glazed, overall 54 x 71 cm. Fair/G condition
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Balance of Football Collection, noted football badges (16); single records of club songs (11); LP records (3) - 1968 & 1984 Grand Finals & 1953 Caulfield Cup; 1979 Weg poster; drinks trays - Carlton & Hawks; West Coast Judd & Cousins Brownlow Medallists football jumper; Carlton scrapbooks (10); Carlton 'Premiers 1987' jumper; Aussie Rules football game; Peter Brock signed Hdt jacket; signed basketball cards (2)
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Weg Posters & Annual Reports: Weg posters for 1970 Carlton, 1972 Carlton, 1973 Richmond, 1974 Richmond & 1976 Hawthorn in Poor condition; plus 1969-91 Annual reports for Essendon (8) & Footscray (10)
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Carlton: 1970 original Weg poster, depicting Blues player with 6 fingers, framed & glazed, overall 54 x 71 cm. Fair/G condition
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Carlton: 1972 original Weg poster, framed & glazed, overall 54 x 71 cm. Good condition
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Richmond: Display with mini Weg posters for 1967, 1969, 1973 & 1974, and photograph of Tom Hafey celebrating Premiership with Kevin Bartlett & Royce Hart, all signed by Tommy Hafey, window mounted, framed & glazed, overall 67 x 100 cm
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North Melbourne: 1975 original Weg poster. Fair/Good condition (tear at top & some peripheral faults). [North Melbourne's first Premiership]
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Carlton: Original Weg posters for 1979, 1981, 1982, 1987 & 1995; plus a Rogers 'Carlton - 1987 Finalists' poster. All framed & glazed, various sizes. (6 items)
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Fitzroy: Members Season Tickets for 1980, 1982, 1983 (Adult, Pensioner & 2 x Junior), 1984 (Adult, Pensioner & Junior), 1985 (Adult & Junior), 1986 (Adult & Pensioner), 1987 & 1988. All with holes punched for each game attended. (15 items)
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Richmond: c1985 Director's Blazer, black with embroidered '(Tiger)/RFC' badge on pocket
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Jim Stynes' Victorian Football Jumper, match worn in 1991 Tasmania v Victoria match, and swapped with Tasmania's David Grant after the match, window mounted, framed & glazed, overall 83 x 107 cm
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AFL Centenary: 'Sherrin' & 'Sherrin - Match II' AFL Centenary footballs. G/VG condition. (2 items)
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Collingwood: 'The Premiership's A Cakewalk' by McFarlane & Stremski'[Melbourne, 1999], limited edition of 300
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Collingwood: Collingwood football jumper embroidered 'Collingwood Football Club/ Team of the Century' with 4 signatures including Des Tuddenham, Thorold Merrett & Murray Weideman
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'the Brownlow Medallists', display with signatures of 49 Brownlow medallists including Dick Reynolds, Keith Greig, Ian Stewart & Robert Harvey; window mounted with group photograph, framed and glazed, overall 93 x 65 cm
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Australia: Australia International Rules 2000 jumper with 11 signatures including Nathan Buckley, Brent Harvey, Brett Ratten, James Hird & David King
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Geelong: 'A Unique Gathering of Cats' display, comprising group photograph of the 1951/52, 1963 & 2007 Premiership players, with 48 signatures below including Bob Davis, Bill Goggin, Doug Wade, Gary Ablett, Cameron Ling, Tom Harley & Matthew Scarlet, window mounted, framed & glazed, overall 50 x 38 cm. With CoA
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Carlton: Display 'Glory Days', comprising replica guernsey, list of all Premiership Players of the Carlton Football Club, and 88 signatures, marked 'Player Edition/100', window mounted, framed & glazed, overall 127 x 109 cm. Ex Wes Lofts collection
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1904 Sniders & Abrahams 'Australian Footballers', Series A - without framelines, almost complete set [49/50]. Mainly G/VG. (Missing only the G.Miller card - there are some doubts as to whether it exists)
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1906-07 Sniders & Abrahams 'Australian Footballers - Victorian League Players', Series C, complete set [56]. One Poor, others mainly G/VG
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1906-07 Sniders & Abrahams 'Australian Footballers - Victorian Country Players', Series C, complete set [20]. G/VG
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1906 Fred Booty 'Football Series' postcards published by V.S.M. [3/6] - 'Kicking a Behind', 'Seeing the Umpire Home' & 'A Follower'; plus [2/6] published by O.S.& P.C. - 'Kicking a Behind' & 'A Follower'. Fair/G. (5 items)
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1906 Handy 'Football Sayings Cartoon Postcards' [2/6] - 'A Kick Off' & 'A Push Behind'. G/VG
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1906 Redmond Nolan 'Football Expressions Cartoon Postcards' [1/6] - 'Passing it along the Wing' (2 - one published by O.S.& P.C. in G/VG condition; another published by V.S.M. in Fair/G condition)
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1907-08 Sniders & Abrahams 'Australian Footballers', Series D (head & shoulders), complete set [56]. G/VG
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1908-09 Sniders & Abrahams 'Australian Footballers - Victorian League Players', Series D, complete set [60]. G/VG
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1908-11 Sniders & Abrahams 'Australian Footballers', comprising 1908-09 'Victorian League Players' [6/60] & 'Victorian Association Players' [3/20]; 1911 Pennants [3/60]. G/VG. (Total 12)
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1910-11 Sniders & Abrahams 'Australian Footballers', Series F (Rays), almost complete set [58/60]. G/VG. [The rarest of the Sniders & Abrahams sets]
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1921 J.J.Schuh (Magpie Cigarettes) 'Australian Footballers' (Rays), part set [10/40 + 3 spares]. Fair/VG
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1921 McIntyre Bros. 'Football Champion Series 1' [1/18] - P.Wilson (Melbourne). G/VG
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1922 J.J.Schuh (Magpie Cigarettes) 'Australian Footballers' (half to full length portraits), complete set [60]. G/VG
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1922 Thorp's Chocolate Fudge 'Football Captains' [3/19 known], comprising E.Jameson (Carlton), T.Drummond (Collingwood) & C.Lethbridge (Fitzroy). Fair/G. Scarce
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1923 J.J.Schuh (Magpie Cigarettes) 'Portraits of our Leading Footballers', almost complete set [101/106], includes numbers 1-96 with both types of Nos.15 & 16; plus the 3/8 unnumbered cards - L.Murphy, C.Tyson & R.Watt. G/VG
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1923 Lenten's Shamrock Store Bendigo 'Victorian Country Footballers - Eaglehawk', group [5/19 known], comprising Nos. 3, 4, 7, 18 (V.Trewarne) & 19 (C.J.Ellis). Fair/G. Extremely rare
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1923 Lenten's Shamrock Store Bendigo 'Victorian Country Footballers - Sandhurst', group [10/26 known], comprising Nos. 1, 2, 5, 6, 14, 16, 17, 18, 20 & 21. Fair/G (two creased). Extremely rare
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1949-50 Victorian Nut Supplies 'Caricatures of Australian Sportsmen by Bob Mirams' - No.3 Dick Reynolds; plus 'Leading League Players Caricatures by Bob Mirams' [1/18 known] - No.11 Jock Spencer (North Melb). G/VG condition. Rare. (2 items)
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1953 Argus '1953 Football Portraits', large size (11 x 19 cm), part set [10/72], with Hawthorn players (6) & Geelong (4). G/VG
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1953 Argus '1953 Football Portraits', large size (11 x 19 cm), the complete set of South Melbourne players. G/VG
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1954-55 Coles 'Footballers' (9 - 2 signed) & 1954 Kornies 'Champion Footballers' (4 - 3 signed). All Carlton players, some duplication. Fair/VG
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1954 Fyna Foods 'Victorian Footballer Caricatures' [2/24] with club colours at base - No.23 N.Pearson (Hawthorn) & No.24 K.Warburton (Carlton). G/VG
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1956 Argus 'Fireside Footballers', complete South Melbourne sheet [24/288]. G/VG
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C1960s Protype Footballs 'VFL Colours Badges', part set [7/12] - Carlton, Collingwood, Fitzroy, Hawthorn, North Melbourne, St Kilda & South Melbourne. Not previously seen
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1964 Heinz 'VFL Player Posters', Collingwood players Ray Gabelich & Terry Waters. Fair/VG condition. (2 items)
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1964-66 Scanlens cards, noted 1964 [4/33 + 5 spares]; 1965 [5/36 + 6 spares] & 1966 [1/72]. Poor/G
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1967 Scanlens 'Footballers', part set [62/72]. Fair/G
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1967-89 Scanlens 'Footballers', comprising 1967 (73); 1977 (8); 1979 (3); 1980 (20); 1981 (2); 1982 (16); 1988 (261); 1989 (155); plus unopened packets 1990 (5) & 1991 (4). Fair/VG
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1974-75 Ampol 'Team Mascot Stickers' [7/23 known]. G/VG
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1989 Scanlens (Stimorol) 'Footballers', almost complete set [162/168]. Mainly G/VG
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1909 'The Victorian Football Follower', Vol.XII No.14, for Saturday July 24, 1909, covers matches Essendon v University, Carlton v Geelong, Richmond v Collingwood, South Melbourne v Fitzroy, St Kilda v Melbourne. Fair/Good condition
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C1963-2012 'Football Record's, with Grand Finals (43) including 1966 St Kilda v Collingwood. Fair/G condition. (313 items)
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1964-96 'Football Record's (25) including 1964 Preliminary Final & 1964 Grand Final - Melbourne v Collingwood; Vfa 'Football Recorder' (12)
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'Souvenir of the Australian Rugby League 'Kangaroos', World's Tour 1933-34' [Otley, 1933]. Fair/Good condition
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Brisbane Broncos: Brisbane Broncos jersey with 22 signatures (framed 91 x 108 cm); plus signed football & cap. (3 items)
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Melbourne Storm: c2006 Melbourne storm away jersey with 17 signatures including Billy Slater, Gary Inglis & Cameron Smith
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Australian Jersey, 2008 Centenary Test v New Zealand at SCG, with 19 signatures including Mark Gasnier, Billy Slater & Greg Inglis
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Queensland State of Origin Jersey, with 17 signatures
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Football Medal, Many Peaks Rugby Union (Brisbane), 15ct gold fob/medal with initials 'Bu' & thistles on front, engraved on reverse 'Pres. by J.Ganter, to B.Ullman, Most Improved Forward, M.P.R.U., 1914'. Weight 4.62 grams
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1995 World Cup: Wallabies jersey with 'Rugby World Cup 1995' badge, with 28 signatures, window mounted, framed & glazed, overall 106 x 85 cm
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C1996 Wallabies: Wallabies jersey with 15 signatures including Jason Little, Andrew Heath & Matt Burke, window mounted, framed (no glass), overall 94 x 94 cm. Plus framed Rugby Union action photograph. (2 items)
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1997 Bledisloe Cup: Wallabies jersey signed by Australian captain John Eales, window mounted, framed & glazed, overall 105 x 85 cm
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Wallabies Centenary: Wallabies jersey with 'Wallabies/100 Years/ 1899-1999' logo, with 23 signatures, window mounted, framed & glazed, overall 84 x 105 cm
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1999 World Cup: Display 'Australian Wallabies/ Rugby World Cup 1999', with Wallabies mini jersey surrounded by 32 signatures including John Eales, George Gregan & Matthew Burke, limited edition 180/300, window mounted, framed & glazed, overall 63 x 48 cm
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World Cup Pins: World Cup pins for Competitors, both rare, 1934 Italy & 1954 Switzerland. Also 1950s badge for S.A.S.F.A. (South Australian Schools Football Association). (3 items)
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Notts County, large team photograph with 11 signatures on mount including Tommy Lawton (whom County stunned the footballing world by signing from Chelsea for a then-record fee), size 52 x 40 cm
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1949 Complimentary Ticket, Aston Villa v Manchester United
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Duncan Edwards (1936-58, English footballer who played for Manchester United and the England national team. He was one of the Busby babes, and one of eight players who died as a result of the Munich air disaster), signature on cut-out picture. (One of the most sought after & difficult signatures in English football)
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International Footballers: Signed cards (144), noted Ian Rush, Stan Lazaridis, David Clements, Kevin Wilson, Tommy Wright, Kevin Gallagher, Trevor Brooking
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Football Autographs: Rare signed Mark Viduka postcard; signed David Beckham photograph; plus signed 'Autographed Editions' cards (8) - Paul Allen, Viv Anderson, Gary Stevens, Stuart Pearce, Tony Cottee, Carlton Palmer, Alvin Martin & Peter Beardsley. (10 items)
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Golf Balls: 1960s-70s vintage golf balls (9 x boxes of 1 dozen), noted Jack Nicklaus, Lee Trevino, Sandy Walker, Cary Middlecoff, Bob Hill (only 9 in box), Enjay, Bert Yancey, Titleist & Charger II by Arnold Palmer. Nice start to golf ball collection
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Goodwood Cup: 'Grand Stand, Goodwood (Coming in for the Gold Cup - 1838)', restrike etching, originally engraved by Charles Hunt (1803-77), after John Frederick Herring (1795-1865), framed, overall 109 x 91 cm
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'West Australian. Winner of the 2000 Guineas, Derby and St.Leger 1853', aquatint and engraving printed a la poupee with added hand-colouring, engraved by J.Harris, published by Baily Brothers [London, 1853], window mounted, overall 91 x 71 cm
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'Melbourne, Bred in 1834, By Humphrey Clinker, Dam by Cervantes.', after a painting by Harry Hall, engraved by J.Harris & W.Summers [London, 1856], window mounted, framed & glazed, overall 95 x 78 cm
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Joseph Fowles (1810-78, Australia): 'Racehorse, Sydney', oil on canvas, signed lower right, c1860, framed, overall 63 x 53 cm
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Bronze Horse Sculpture, after Jules Moigniez (French, 1835-94), bronze sculpture of horse, signed on base, on marble plinth, 41 cm tall. Good condition
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First Melbourne Cup: 'The Argus' newspapers (3) for Thursday Oct.31 1861, Friday Nov.1 1861 & Saturday Nov.2 1861, the first including the acceptances for the first Melbourne Cup, including 'Mr.De Mestre's b h Archer, 5 yrs, 9st. 7 lb.', and the full programme of the three days racing
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Melbourne Cup: 'The First Melbourne Cup' print by Harold Freedman, window mounted, framed & glazed, overall 113 x 83 cm
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Folk Art Weather Vane Ornament of Horse, mid 19th century
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Racebook: 'Australian Jockey Club, Official Programme, Spring Meeting, Randwick, Thursday, September 9th, 1875'. Fair/Good condition
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1875 Melbourne Cup: Race card 'Victoria Racing Club', Spring Meeting, 1875. Cup Day. Official Card', published by Sands & McDougall, 4pp, includes the Melbourne Cup with winner Wollomai. Fair/Good condition
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W.S.Cox (the founder of Moonee Valley Racing Club): W.Barnard, 'Portrait of W.S.Cox', oil on canvas, signed lower right and dated 'London, 1876', framed, overall 100 x 125 cm. Needs repair
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1877 Melbourne Cup: 'The Victoria Racing Club Spring Meeting, 1877./ The Melbourne Cup Race: Bird's-Eye View of the Course', double-page engraving from 'The Australasian Sketcher' 1877, window mounted, framed & glazed, overall 65 x 55 cm
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Bronze Horse Sculpture, attributed to John Willis Good (English, 1845-79), bronze sculpture 'Hunter', on timber plinth, 55 cm tall. Good condition
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Riding Crop, topped with horse's head, engraved 'Tasmanian Turf Club 1879', and with gold collar engraved 'Ladies Cup, Won By Swiveller, Wm Martin, 13st 12lbs'
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1879 Melbourne Cup: 'Victoria Racing Club Spring Meeting -The Cup Day', double-page engraving by Julian Ashton from 'The Illustrated Australasian News' 1879, window mounted, overall 68 x 50 cm
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Bronze Horse & Jockey Sculpture, after Isidore Jules Bonheur (French, 1827-1901), bronze sculpture 'Le Grande Jockey', rider and winning mount, 92 cm tall. Good condition
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Bronze Horse & Jockey Sculpture, after Isidore Jules Bonheur (French, 1827-1901), bronze sculpture 'Le Grande Jockey', rider and winning mount, signed on base, 61 cm tall. Good condition
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The Assyrian (winner 1882 Melbourne Cup): Frederick Woodhouse Sr (1820-1909), 'The Assyrian. Owned by C.S.Agnew Esq. Winner of Melbourne Cup 1882, Hobart Cup 1883 & Other Races', oil on board, window mounted, framed & glazed, overall 52 x 44 cm
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