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Sporting & General Memorabilia, Session 1 — Leski Auctions Pty. Ltd.

Auction House:Leski Auctions Pty. Ltd.Number of lots recorded:484
Sale Title:Sporting & General Memorabilia, Session 1Lots with images:280
Auction Location:MelbournePrices available:336
Date:24-Sep-2008
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Australiana Assortment c1950, including advertising thermometers, Peak Freen winner advertising tin (lacks handle), advertising rulers (2), Gross and Blackwell glass lidded jar and other related items. Good condition. (15)
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Collectables: 1908 Wills 'Views of the World - Stereoscopic Photos' [46/215 + 17 spares]; c1940s playing cards (10); Woody Woodpecker doll. (74 items)
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Swimming: 'The Badminton Library of Sports and Pastimes - Swimming' by Sinclair and Henry (edited by the Duke of Beaufort) (London, 1903); plus nice c1900 photograph of a swimming club, with names of swimmers and officials printed on mount in gold, overall 40 x 31 cm
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Remainder Of Sport Collection: c1920s-60s range, comprising - Greyhound Dog Racing Muzzles (3), Boxing Gloves (2 sets one miniature Muhammad Ali small size), Boxing Bag, Fencing Mask, Framed lures, Fishing Clock, Riding Crop, Wooden Speed Skates. Condition varies. (11 items)
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Assortment Of Pottery and Glassware including, Royal Doulton, Royal Winton, Carlton Ware and many other brands. All in reasonable condition. (40+)
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1930s-70s interesting range of medallions and coins with an aviation or space theme, includes four larger impressive bronze medals commemorating aviators Chuck Yeager, Helene Boucher, Gago Countinho and Sacadura Cabral, and Apollo/Soyuz Astronauts. Worth inspection. (20 items)
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Badges/Medallions, 1934-35 Melbourne Centenary - City of Malvern medallion; 1937 Coronation Day badge; 1956 Melbourne Olympics luggage/key tag; 1960 Royal Life Saving Society medal named to E.Anderson. (4 items)
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Sport Autographs: 1949 page with signatures of 3 World Record holders - Fanny Blankers-Koen (100m), Herb McKenley (400m) and Lloyd La Beach (100m), also Jan Blankers; plus 1956 signed letter from Percy Cerutty. (2 items)
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Gambling Wall Mounted 'Pub' Ticket Machine c1950, 20 cents give you a ticket redeemable at the bar for stubbys (if you win). In perfect working condition with approx. 1000 unused cards. Rare. 75 x 25 cm
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Slot Machine - 10 cent Coin Operated Electrically Illuminated 4 Reel One armed bandit style in perfect working condition. 'Riviera' by Nutt, Muddle & Sons, Sydney. 74 x 40 cm
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Amusement Park Machine 'The Swagman' c1950 10 cent amusement park puppeteer type dancing doll, missing 8 track sound (mechanism still intact), otherwise complete and in working order. Two small broken pieces of glass and lock on door is missing. Quite a rare machine, most were destroyed from overuse. Great graphics
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Mink 3/4 length light brown coat, lined in good condition
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Peter Brock and Carlton: 'Bill Paterson Racing - 1977' poster showing Brock's win in the Sandown 400K, signed by Peter Brock, overall 55 x 38 cm; plus Carlton Member's Season Ticket for 1955, with fixture list and hole punched for each game attended. (2 items)
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Autographs: c1960s Autograph Book (faults) with c75 signatures, mainly football and cricket, noted Ron Barassi, Hassa Mann, Brian Dixon, Bob Skilton, Alec Bedser, Keith Stackpole and Neil Hawke; plus weightlifting medal. (2 items)
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Programmes: Collection with 1960 'World Championship Tennis' (includes Lew Hoad and Ken Rosewall); 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games; Football (Soccer - 2) 1984 Forest v Australia and 1992 Sheffield United v Nz; 1953-83 athletics programmes (9); 1943 Batc Albion Park race book; plus 1998 Commonwealth Games badge. (15 items)
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Sport Collectables: 'Football Record's (6) including 1992 Fitzroy v Nth Melb in Tasmania (signed by Paul Roos); 'Tasmanian Football Record's (6) including 1989 Collingwood v StKilda (signed Darrel Baldock and Ken Sheldon); books (7); signed Scanlens cards (6); 1984 Los Angeles - Koala stuffed toy dressed in Australian Olympics outfit, 65 cm tall; Australian team handbook from 1964 Tokyo (faults); 'Guinness book of Olympic Records' [London, 1964]; 'Abc Olympic Book, Munich 1972'; also limited edition tennis…
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A Carnarvon Tracking Station and The Apollo Program Archive In February 1960, the governments of Australia and the United States of America formally agreed to co-operate in space flight programs being conducted by the U.S. Australia undertook to establish and operate a number of tracking stations which would form part of a world-wide network under the control of the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Nasa). Carnarvon (W.A.) was officially opened June, 1964. Essie Duncan was employed on the…
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'Baden, Harlem Globetrotters' basketball with twelve player's signatures
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Sport Collectables: Framed displays/posters (6) - Don Bradman, Ian Chappell (2, both signed), cricket cards 'Ashes Winning Captains' [25], Tiger Woods, Dick Reynolds; plus bottle of champagne signed by Johnny Famechon; special Brownlow Medal Crown Lager bottles 2002 (2), 2003 and 2006; Coca-Cola bottle 2006 All-Australian Awards Dinner. (12 items)
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'Victorian Golf Association/Victorian Open Club Championship' Trophy sponsored by Cub; sponsorship banner 'Reschs Pilsener/ Sponsors of Australian Sport', 150 x 160 cm; plus 1984 plaque awarded to Carlton and United Breweries in recognition of significant assistance provided to sport in Australia during 1984. (3 items)
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Muhammad Ali and Jack Nicklaus: Display 'The Greatest Meets the Greatest' comprising colour photograph signed by both Muhammad Ali and Jack Nicklaus, window mounted, framed and glazed, overall 65 x 65 cm
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Collectables: Motorcycle helmet signed by Wayne Gardner; golf ball and glove signed by Robert Allenby; 'Team National' cap with 9 signatures incl. Steve Waugh and Andrew Gaze and signed basketball and signed 'Crown' cap(6 items)
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Collectables: Framed displays - two with Don Bradman cards - 'Sir Donald Bradman Greatets Hits' [16] and 'The Bradman Collection' [20]; History of Football (Soccer) display; Ayrton Senna display; Holden 2000 Racing Team display with T-shirt signed by Craig Lowndes and Mark Skaife. (5 items)
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Sport Collectables: Framed displays/prints (5) - Australia Cricket World Champions 1999 display; famous people print by J.Eathorne; basketball print by Brent Hayes; Vince Lombardi prints (2). (5 items)
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Sportswomen: Display 'Tag Heuer Australia, Marion Jones Alter Ego Collection Launch, 2001', comprising Australian flag with 12 signatures - Cathy Freeman, Nova Peris, Lee Naylor, Susan Hobson, Susan Andrews, Melinda Gainsford-Taylor, Michelle Timms, Louise Dobson, Tammy Van Wisse, Linley Frame, Lauren Burns and Marion Jones, window mounted, framed and glazed, overall 112 x 66 cm
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Sport Autographs: Signed photographs of Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic; plus 'Football Australia' T-shirt signed by U23 Australian Football Team (Olyroos) that are going to the Olympics, 19 signatures including captain Mark Milligan and Adrian Leijer. (3 items)
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Reference Book: 'Chats on Autographs - A Practical Guide for the Collector' by Broadley [London, 1910]
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Collection with photo signed by Christiaan Barnard (1922-2001, South African cardiac surgeon, famous for performing the world's first open heart transplant); Olympic Torch cover signed Ron Clarke, Herb Elliott and John Landy; Margaret Court (tennis) signed poster; 1969 London-Sydney Air Race cover with 4 signatures including Sir Ivor Broom Dfc; commemorative cover signed by Eric Wilson Vc. (5 items)
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1920s-30s Autograph Book, including: Charles Kingsford Smith (aviation pioneer), Sir Hubert Wilkins (submarine expeditions under the Arctic), Harry Lyons (co-pilot on the Southern Cross), Bob Bartlett (captain on the Roosevelt under Robert Perry), and many others. An original pencil sketch by Will Dyson.
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1947-76 Autograph Book, with c209 signatures, noted Charles Robberts Swart, (1st President of South Africa); South African MPs and mayors; 'Pik' Botha; Arnold Palmer; 1970 Springboks; 1976 All Blacks; 1976 Springboks
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Balance Of Autograph Collection: Noted Edward Kennedy, Henry Kissinger, Prince Hirohide Fushimi (Japan), Clayton Moore (Lone Ranger), Billy Cotton (band leader), Major-General Sir Henry Ponsonby, authors - Erskine Caldwell, Robert Ludlum, Jeffrey Archer, Moss Hart; Anthony Quayle, Neil Simon, Neville Wran, Elisabeth Murdoch, Rupert Hamer, Teddy Kollek (mayor of Jerusalem); archbishops, cardinals and clergy (45 items); tennis - Tracy Austin, Hannah Manlikova; golf - Aaron Baddeley, Brett Ogle (2), Bob…
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Autograph Collection: c1960s-70s signed letters (13), photographs (2) and card, noted Glenda Jackson, Jack Thompson, Air Vice-Marshall Harry Wrigley, David Avery (London's Lord Mayor), Lord Casey, Judy Patching, Air Commodore Sir Frank Whittle, Lord Thomson of Fleet. (16 items)
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Autographs: signed photographs of Sylvester Stallone (as Rocky); Anna Nicole Smith (1967-2007, American model and television personality); Def Leppard (British heavy metal band), with CoAs. (3 items)
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Autographs: Balance of collection ex Brigadier J.C.Reed, noted 1945 Obe certificate with handstamps of King George VI and Queen Mary; signed letters from James Ramsden (Minister for Defence), Lieut.General Sir Harold Knight, Major General Trevor Hart, E.Broadbent; plus 1937 'United Grand Lodge' certificates from Lahore and Melbourne. (8 items)
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AC/DC LP 'Who Made Who' with five signatures including Malcolm Young, Angus Young, Brian Johnson, Phil Rudd and Cliff Williams
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Christina Aguilera framed and glazed display comprising a signature on a raunchy photograph, window mounted with four other raunchy photographs and a CD cover
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'Sir Douglas Mawson's Antarctic Expeditions' limited edition poster (257/500) from the 'Great Moments' series, with nine signatures includong Sir Edmund Hillary, Dr Alf Howard and Dr Phillip Law
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Athletes: Dinner Menu (Testimonial Dinner for athletics coach Franz Stampfl) with 6 signatures - Herb Elliott, Ron Clarke, John Landy, Merv Lincoln, Chris Brasher and Sir Roger Bannister
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The Beatles: George Harrison signature on cover from 45rpm single 'All Those Years Ago'; Paul McCartney signature on piece, laid down to poster from LP; also LP record 'Beatles For Sale' (no album cover). (3)
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Don Bradman (1908-2001, the greatest cricketer of all time): nice signature on 24th March 1997 letter on 'Sir Donald Bradman, A.C.' letterhead
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Eric Burdon, display comprising signed LP cover 'The Best of Eric Burdon And, the Animals Vol.II', window mounted, framed and glazed, overall 52 x 67 cm
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Johnny Cash (1932-2003), influential country/rock and roll singer-songwriter), display comprising signature on piece, window mounted with LP picture disc 'Great Songs of Johnny Cash', framed and glazed, overall 60 x 50 cm
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Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965, British P.M. During World War I, generally regarded as one of the most important leaders in modern British and world history, won the 1953 Nobel prize in Literature), lovely signature dated '1941' at base of portrait titled 'Our Skipper', published by Photochrom Co. Ltd., London, overall 36 x 44 cm
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Walter Crane (British Painter and Illustrator, 1845-1915), display comprising 1890 signed hand-written letter on his illustrated letterhead, window mounted with picture, framed and glazed, overall 45 x 42 cm
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Cecil B. De Mille, display of signed cheque, window mounted with picture, framed and glazed, overall 31 x 39 cm
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Marlene Dietrich, (1901-92, German-American actress, entertainer and singer, one of the greatest female stars of all time), signed postcard;, together with signed letter dated Sept.18th 1985
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Albert Einstein (1879-1955, German born theoretical physicist - 1921 Nobel prize), display comprising signed piece, window mounted with picture, framed and glazed, overall 32 x 27 cm, endorsed on reverse 'Signed in New York, Saranac, Adirondack Mountain Lake, on 6 August 1945'
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Queen Elizabeth (the Queen mother, 1900-2002): 1927 Royal Visit to Australia: Autograph letter written by the future Queen Elizabeth (the Queen mother) as Duchess of York, from her residence at 145 Picadilly, to Madame Handley Seymour, regarding the cost of her wardrobe for the Royal Visit to Australia. (Madame Handley Seymour had designed the Duchess's wedding dress in 1923, and later the Coronation dress in 1937)
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Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, both signatures on 1956 certificate awarding a CBE to Colonel Joseph Clynton Reed Obe MB
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Ian Fleming (1908-64, British author, best remembered for creating the character of James Bond), signed photograph (signature clear though faded)
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Henry Forster (1866-1936, 7th Governor-General of Australia), signed photograph dated Jan.18th 1906. [A cricketer, Forster played 43 first-class matches for Hampshire, Oxford University and Marylebone Cricket Club 1885-95]
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King George V and Queen Mary (King George V 1865-1936 and Queen Mary 1867-1953), a pair of photos signed by each and dated 1910 (the year George V ascended the throne), window mounted side-by-side, overall 35 x 28 cm
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King George V, (1865-1935, King of the United Kingdom 1910-36), superb signature on 1934 certificate appointing Joseph Clynton Reed M.B. a Lieutenant in the Land Forces
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Mikhail Gorbachev (1931-, last head of state of the USSR), signature on large colour photograph, 35 x 28 cm
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John Gorton (1911-2000, 19th Prime Minister of Australia), signature on letter dated 5th April 1965 on 'Minister for Works, Parliament House, Canberra' letterhead
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Bob Hawke (23rd Prime Minister of Australia), signature on colour photo of the Australian Prime Minister's XI
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Harold Holt (1908-67, 17th Prime Minister of Australia), signed letter re gold mining industry dated 12th Nov. 1964 on 'Commonwealth of Australia, Treasurer' letterhead
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The Harold Holt Collection And Archive A collection of letters, documents, photo albums, presentation folders, scrap books and other items never previously seen. Photographs: A. c.1965 a colour 24 x 19 cm photograph mounted with the inscription to mount. 'To Harold Holt from his friend Lyndon Johnson' Framed. B. c.1965 a black and white 19 x 20 cm photographed mounted framed and glazed. Inscription to mount 'To Prime Minister Harold Holt with High Esteem - Lyndon B Johnson.' C. Two 36 x 29 cm black and…
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Michael Jordan, signature on 'North Carolina' basketball. With CoA
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Charles Kingsford Smith and Charles Ulm (2 of the crew of 'The Southern Cross'), both signatures on autograph pages; plus attractive photogravure picture titled on mount 'Kingsford Smith - Champion of the Air!' with facsimile autograph, overall 27 x 21 cm. (3 items)
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Laurel and Hardy, autograph page (dated 1947) signed by Stan laurel and Oliver Hardy
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Jerry Lee Lewis, display comprising signed photograph, window mounted with 3 other pictures, framed and glazed, overall 46 x 56 cm
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Charles Lindbergh (pioneer aviator), display comprising signature on piece, window mounted with two pictures, framed and glazed, overall 43 x 51 cm.
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Harold Macmillan (1894-1986, British Prime Minister from 1957-63), lovely signed picture
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Elle McPherson, display comprising signed photograph, window mounted with two other photographs, framed and glazed, overall 87 x 54 cm
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Sir Robert Menzies (1894-1977, Australia's 12th Prime Minister), signature on 14th April 1970 letter on 'Sir Robert Menzies' letterhead
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Bernard Law Montgomery (1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, 1887-1976, 'Monty' successfully commanded Allied forces during World War II), nice clear signature on 20th Jan.1959 hand-written letter
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Music: Autographs collection - Leopold Stokowski signed 1930 letter, together with black and white photograph; plus signed photographs of Kiri Te Kanawa, Andre Previn, Beverley Sills and Michael Feinstein. (5 items)
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Benito Mussolini and King Vittorio Emanuele III, signatures on 1936 Italian document
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Willie Nelson, display comprising signed FDC, window mounted with LP picture disc 'Willie Nelson - 20 Golden Classics', framed and glazed, overall 50 x 60 cm
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Nobel Prize Winners, display comprising photograph of ten Nobel Prize winners with King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden - Henry Taube (Chemistry, 1983), Arthur Schawlow (Physics, 1961), Robert Hofstadter (Physics, 1961), Paul Flory (Chemistry, 1974), Paul Berg (Chemistry, 1980), Burton Richter (Physics, 1976), William Shockley (Physics, 1956), Linus Pauling (Chemistry, 1954 and Peace, 1962), Arthur Kornberg (Physiology or Medicine, 1959), window mounted, framed and glazed, overall 39 x 63 cm
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Linus Pauling (1901-94, American theoretical chemist, 1954 Nobel Prize in chemistry and 1962 Nobel Peace Prize), nice signature on 1987 letter on 'Linus Pauling Institute of Science and Medice' letterhead
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Herbert Ponting (1870-1935, professional photographer, best known as the expedition photographer and cinematographer for Robert Falcon Scott's Terra Nova Expedition to the Ross Sea and South Pole 1910-13), signature and endorsement in his book 'In Lotus-Land Japan' [London, 1922]
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The Rolling Stones, 'Fender - Squier Bullet Strat' electric guitar signed by Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Ronnie Wood, Bill Wyman and Charlie Watts, window mounted, framed and glazed, overall 85 x 135 cm
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The Rolling Stones: Publicity picture signed by Mick Jagger; plus two pieces signed by Bill Wyman. (3 items)
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Murray Rose, official limited edition Apo Olympic Legends display comprising Fdc with Murray's signature, print of the original artwork, framed and glazed, overall 34 x 46 cm
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'The Sopranos', colour photograph signed by 7 cast members - James Gandolfini, Lorraine Bracco, Edie Falco, Robert Iler, Dominic Chianese, Tony Sirico and Vincent Pastore
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Britney Spears, display comprising signature on raunchy photograph, window mounted with two other raunchy photographs and 4 CD covers, framed and glazed, overall 107 x 67 cm
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'Star Trek' colour photograph signed by six of the original cast members, including William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, James Doohan, Nichelle Nichols, George Takei and Walter Koenig, with a certificate of authenticity
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Kiri Te Kanawa (1944-, lyric soprano from Nz), signed photograph; plus 1989 signed leter on 'Kiri Te Kanawa' letterhead. (2 items)
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Three Stooges, small black and white photograph of the Three Stooges, signed and endorsed on reverse by Larry Fine
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Sir Hubert Wilkins, (1888-1958, polar explorer, soldier, pilot), signed photograph
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Medicine: 'Accurate Disquisitions in Physik' by Bickerton [London, 1719], bound in full calf
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'The London Gazette', for Saturday January 5 to Tuesday January 8, 1788. Scarce newspaper dated three weeks before the First Fleet landed in Australia
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'Australasian Pocket Almanack, For the Year of Our Lord 1826', published under the sanction of His Excellency Lieut.General Darling, by Government Printer R.Howe [Sydney, 1826], folding table, back wrap and spine replaced, hinges taped
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Sydney Newspapers: 'The Sydney Morning Herald' elephant folio volume July 1 1843 to Dec.30 1843, with c158 complete newspapers with Australian and Overseas news. Noted news of Boxing Day cricket match Campbelltown v Camden. Poor/Fair condition
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Sydney Newspapers: 'The Sydney Morning Herald' elephant folio volume January 4 1844 to Dec.31 1844, incomplete run with c200 complete newspapers with Australian and Overseas news. Fair/Good condition
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Sydney Newspapers: 'The Sydney Morning Herald' elephant folio volume January 1 1844 to June 29 1844, with c156 complete newspapers with Australian and Overseas news. Fair/Good condition
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Sydney Newspapers: 'The Sydney Morning Herald' elephant folio volume July 1 1844 to Dec.31 1844, with c158 complete newspapers with Australian and Overseas news. Fair/Good condition
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Sydney Newspapers: 'The Sydney Morning Herald' elephant folio volume January 1 1845 to June 30 1845, incomplete run with c85 complete newspapers with Australian and Overseas news. Fair/Good condition
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Sydney Newspapers: 'The Sydney Morning Herald' elephant folio volume July 1 1845 to December 31 1845, with c158 complete newspapers with Australian and Overseas news. Fair/Good condition
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Sydney Newspapers: 'The Sydney Morning Herald' elephant folio volume January 1 1846 to June 30 1846, with c149 complete newspapers with Australian and Overseas news. Fair/Good condition
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Sydney Newspapers: 'The Sydney Morning Herald' elephant folio volume July 1 1846 to December 31 1846, with c158 complete newspapers with Australian and Overseas news. Fair/Good condition
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Sydney Newspapers: 'The Sydney Morning Herald' elephant folio volume Jan.1 1847 to June 30 1847, with c155 complete newspapers with Australian and Overseas news. The Feb.9 issue shows drawings of the skull of a katenpai (Australian Yowie or Bunyip) killed by Aborigines. Fair/Good condition
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Sydney Newspapers: 'The Sydney Morning Herald' elephant folio volume July 1 1847 to Dec.31 1847, with c156 complete newspapers with Australian and Overseas news. Noted exhibition of a Bunyip's skull in Colonial Museum of Sydney (July 7). Fair/Good condition
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Sydney Newspapers: 'The Sydney Morning Herald' elephant folio volume Jan.1 1848 to June 30 1848, with c156 complete newspapers with Australian and Overseas news. Fair/Good condition
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Sydney Newspapers: 'The Sydney Morning Herald' elephant folio volume July 1 1848 to Dec.30 1848, with c157 complete newspapers with Australian and Overseas news. Fair/Good condition
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Sydney Newspapers: 'The Sydney Morning Herald' elephant folio volume Jan.1 1849 to June 29 1849, with c155 complete newspapers with Australian and Overseas news. Fair/Good condition
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Sydney Newspapers: 'The Sydney Morning Herald' elephant folio volume July 2 1849 to Dec.31 1849, with c157 complete newspapers with Australian and Overseas news. Fair/Good condition
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Sydney Newspapers: 'The Sydney Morning Herald' elephant folio volume Jan.1 1850 to June 29 1850, with c155 complete newspapers with Australian and Overseas news, the last issue announcing the Commencement of the First Australian Railway and offering tickets at 5/- each. Fair/Good condition
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