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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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Replica Australian Baggy Green cap, fine condition
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Mike Hussey, display comprising signed miniature bat, window mounted with action photograph, framed and glazed, overall 59 x 67 cm. With CoA
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Wills 'Cricketer Series 1901', complete set, noted Trott, Ranjitsinhji and W.G. Grace. (50)
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1902 McCracken's City Brewery 'Cricketers' card 'L.Braund'. G/VG (small corner bend). Rare. in 1907 McCracken's city Brewery joined with six others to form Carlton United Breweries Ltd
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1906 Sniders & Abrahams (Milo Cigarettes) 'Cricketers in action', part set [32/40], noted Victor Trumper, W.G. Grace and Lord Hawke. Fair/Vg (mounted in frame using photo corners, overall 42 x 40 cm)
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1925 B.Morris and Sons 'Australian Cricketers', complete set, noted Warwick Armstrong, Monty Noble and Victor Trumper. G/Vg. (25)
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1926 Players 'Cricketers, Caricatures by Rip', complete set, noted Bardsley, Percy fender and Jack Hobbs. G/VG. (50)
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1926 D.C.Thomson (The Rover) 'The World's Best Cricketers', complete set, noted J.B.Hobbs, H.L.Collins and W.M.Woodfull. G/Vg. (32)
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1929 Wills 'Cricketers' (2nd Series), complete set, noted Ames, Tyldesley and Woolley. G/Vg. (50)
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1930 Players 'Cricketers 1930', complete set, noted Bradman, Archie Jackson and bill Ponsford. Mainly G/VG. (50)
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1932 Godfrey Phillips 'Test Cricketers 1932-1933', complete set (38), including Don Bradman, Harold Larwood and Douglas Jardine, window mounted, framed and glazed, overall 39 x 51 cm. Together with 1990s set of County Cricketers (15), window mounted, framed and glazed, overall 34 x 34 cm. G/VG. (2 items)
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1932-86 cricket cards in album, noted Godfrey Phillips 'Test Cricketers 1932-1933' [37/38]; Players 'Cricketers 1938' [50]; Kane '1956 Cricketers' [25]; 1986 Universal 'Australian Cricket Team 1905' [15]. G/Vg. (Total 166)
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1934 Carreras 'A Series of 50 Cricketers', complete set, noted D.G.Bradman, W.M.Woodfull and D.R.Jardine. G/VG. Scarce set. (50)
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1935 Ardath 'Sports Champions' (Title in 2 Lines - rarer New Zealand issue), complete set, including cricket (5), tennis, football, golf, boxing, Olympics. G/Vg. (50)
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1935 Ardath 'Cricket, Tennis and Golf Celebrities', complete set. (50)
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1936 Amalgamated Press postcards 'Australian and English Cricketers 1936-37', complete set of Australians (10) comprising Bradman, brown, Chipperfield, Darling, Fingleton, Fleetwood-Smith, Grimmett, McCabe, Oldfield, O'Reilly. Good condition. Scarce. (10 items)
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1938 Players 'Cricketers 1938', complete set, noted Don Bradman, Sid Barnes and Lindsay Hassett. G/Vg. (50)
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1938 Ogdens 'Prominent Cricketers of 1938', complete set, includes Don Bradman, Sid Barnes and Lindsay Hassett. Fair/G. (50)
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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 and Victor Trumper. G/VG. Very scarce set. (total 12)
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1950 Carreras (Turf) 'Famous Cricketers', complete set, noted Alec Bedser, Eric Hollies and Len Hutton. G/Vg. (50)
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1980-85 cricket cards, noted 1981 Scanlens 'W.S.C. Super Series' almost complete set (80/84 + 5 checklists + 2 advert cards); Ardmona 1980 'International Cricket 1980/81' (50); Australian Dairy Corporation 1983 'Super Cricket Card Series 1982/83' (54); 1985 'Kanga Cards' (63); plus 1983 ACB playing cards (54). G/VG. (total 308)
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1994 Weet-Bix/County print 'Australian Test Cricketers by John Ireland', complete set (20), all signed, includes mark Taylor, Steve Waugh and Shane Warne, window mounted, framed and glazed, overall 39 x 58 cm. G/VG
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1995 Futera 'The Heritage Collection - A Collection of Great Australian Cricketers' - two framed displays (each 62 x 30 cm), one with 4 signed cards (Sam Loxton, Ern Toshack, Ron Hamence and bill Johnston) ; other with 4 signed cards (Ian Meckiff, Gordon Rorke, Len Maddocks and Keith Slater) ; plus c2007 envelopes 'Come in Spinner! - Spin Bowlers of Australia', set of envelopes (42), noted Shane Warne, bill 'Tiger' O'Reilly, Clarrie Grimmett and Colin Miller. VG. (3 items)
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1995 Futera uncut sheet of 64 cards, comprising 'The Heritage Collection' [60] (not signed) and 'Don Bradman' [4]
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1920-21 Australian Team, for 2nd Test v England at Mcg, autograph page with 12 signatures including Warwick Armstrong, Herbie Collins and Jack Gregory. Rare
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1928-29 England Team, autograph page with 16 signatures, including J.B.Hobbs, Douglas Jardine (infamous Body-line captain), Harold Larwood and Walter Hammond. [The complete England team faced by Bradman in his Test debut]
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1930 Australian Team: '17th Australian XI, English Tour, 1930', 4-page tour itinerary, with 16 signatures on back cover including Don Bradman, Archie Jackson, bill Woodfull and Clarrie Grimmett
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'The Centurions - Scorers of 100 First-Class Centuries', team sheet with 10 signatures - Don Bradman, Glenn turner, Colin Cowdrey, Tom Graveney, Dennis Amiss, Geoff Boycott, John Edrich, Graham Gooch, Zaheer Abbas and Vivian Richards
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1949 New Zealand Team, autograph page with 15 signatures including Walter Hadlee (captain), Martin Donnelly and Merv Wallace
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1949-50 Australian Team to South Africa, official team sheet with 16 signatures including Lindsay Hassett, Arthur Morris and ray Lindwall. Central fold reinforced with sticky tape that has now stained. Scarce early official team sheet - rarer than the 1948 team sheet
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1949-50 Australian Team, autograph page with 14 signatures including Lindsay Hassett, Arthur Morris and ray Lindwall
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1956-57 England Team to South Africa, official team sheet with 16 signatures including Peter May, Doug Insole and Colin Cowdrey, good condition; also 'A Shell Guide to the M.C.C. Cricket Tour' in fair condition. (2 items)
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1958 New Zealand tour of England, official team sheet with 17 signatures including John Reid, Harry Cave, Tony MacGibbon and Alex Moir. Folds, otherwise fine condition
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1960 Commonwealth Team to South Africa and Rhodesia, official team sheet with 13 signatures including Richie Benaud, Bob Simpson and Ken Barrington
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1969-70 Australian Team, official team sheet with 15 signatures including bill Lawry, Ian Chappell and Alan Connolly. Fine
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1974-75 England Team to Australia and Nz, official team sheet with 19 signatures including Mike Denness, John Edrich and Tony Greig; additionally endorsed at top by John Snow
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1975-76 West Indies Team to Australia, official team sheet with 19 signatures including Clive Lloyd, Lance Gibbs and Vivian Richards. Minor tone spots
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1976-77 England Team to India, Sri Lanka and Australia, official team sheet with 18 signatures including Tony Greig, Mike Brearley and Bob Willis. Folded, otherwise fine condition
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1977-78 Victoria v New South Wales, VCA team sheets, Victoria with 12 signatures including Graham Yallop, Dav Whatmore and Ian Maddocks; Nsw with 7 signatures including Allan Border and John Dyson
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1977-78 Australia v India, 4th Test at SCG, official NSWCA team sheet signed by both teams, with 22 signatures including Bob Simpson, Kim Hughes, Jeff Thomson, Bishan Bedi and Sunil Gavaskar
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1978 Australian Team to West Indies, official team sheet with 15 signatures including Bob Simpson, Kim Hughes and Jeff Thomson. Fine condition. Scarce team sheet
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1978-79 England Team to Australia, official team sheet with 20 signatures including Mike Brearley, Ian Botham and Derek Randall. Fine condition
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1978-79 Australia v England, 4th Test at SCG, official NSWCA team sheet signed by both teams, with 23 signatures including Graham Yallop, Kim Hughes, Allan Border, Mike Brearley, Geoff Boycott and Derek Randall (scored 150)
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1979 Australian Team to India, official team sheet with 15 signatures including Kim Hughes, Andrew Hilditch and Rod Hogg; together with 'With compliments' card. (2 items)
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1979 Australian Team to World Cup, official team sheet with 14 signatures including Kim Hughes (captain), Allan Border and Graham Yallop; plus 'With Compliments' page. (2 items)
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1979-80 West Indies Team to Australia and Nz, official team sheet with 16 signatures including Clive Lloyd, Joel Garner and Malcolm Marshall. Light folds, otherwise fine
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1979-80 England Team to Australia and India, official team sheet with 20 signatures including Mike Brearley, Ian Botham and Geoff Boycott. Fine condition
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1980 Australian Team to Pakistan, official team sheet with 17 signatures including Greg Chappell, Kim Hughes, David Hookes and Dennis Lillee. Superb condition, endorsed by manager Fred Bennett
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1980 Australian Team, official team sheet for Centenary Test tour of England, with 14 signatures including Greg Chappell, Kim Hughes, Dennis Lillee and Rod Marsh. Superb condition
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1980-81 New Zealand Team to Australia, official team sheet with 17 signatures including Geoff Howarth, Lance Cairns and Richard Hadlee; plus letter from manager Ian Taylor and New Zealand helmet badge. (3 items)
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1981 Australian Team to Uk and Sri Lanka, official team sheet with 20 signatures including Kim Hughes, Dennis Lillee and Trevor Chappell; plus letter from manager Fred Bennett. (2 items)
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1981-82 West Indies Team to Australia, official team sheet with 17 signatures including Clive Lloyd, Vivian Richards and Joel Garner; plus 1981 West Indies Under 25 Team to Zimbabwe, official team sheet with 15 signatures including Faoud Bacchus, Desmond Haynes and Malcolm Marshall. Scarce. (2 items)
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1982 Australian Team to Pakistan, official team sheet with 16 signatures including Kim Hughes, Allan Border and Geoff Lawson. Minor tone spots. Scarce
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1982-83 Nsw v England, at Scg, official Nswca team sheet signed by both teams, with 20 signatures including Rick McCosker, Murray Bennett (9 wickets), David Gower, Geoff Cook (99 and 77) and Eddie Hemmings (7 wickets)
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1982-83 England Team to Australia, official team sheet with 19 signatures including Bob Willis, Ian Botham and Alan Lamb
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1983 Australian Team to Zimbabwe, official team sheet with 15 signatures including dirk Wellham, David Boon and Dean Jones. Folded, otherwise fine condition
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1983 New Zealand Team to World Cup, official team sheet with 17 signatures including Geoff Howarth, John Wright and Richard Hadlee. Fine condition
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1983 Sri Lanka Team to Australia and Nz, official team sheet with 18 signatures including Duleep Mendis, Roy Dias and Ravi Ratnayeke
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1983 Zimbabwe Team for World Cup, official team sheet with 17 signatures including Duncan Fletcher, John Traicos and Graeme Hick; plus 1992 Zimbabwe Team for World Cup, official team sheet with 17 signatures including Dave Houghton, Andy Pycroft and Andy Flower. (2 items)
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1983 Australian Team to Sri Lanka, official team sheet with 16 signatures including Greg Chappell, David Hookes and Allan Border. Minor tone spots
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1983-84 Australian Team v Pakistan, official team sheet with printed signatures. Scarce
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1983-84 Pakistan Team to Australia, official team sheet with 17 signatures including Imran Khan, Zaheer Abbas and Abdul Qadir. Scarce
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1984 Australian Team to West Indies, official team sheet with 18 signatures including Kim Hughes, Allan Border and Keppler Wessels. Folded, otherwise fine condition
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1984 Nsw v Western Australia, official Nswca team sheet with 24 signatures including Dirk Wellham, Len Pascoe, Rod Marsh, Bruce Laird and Graeme Wood. .
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1984-85 Australian team, 1st Test v West Indies at WACA, official team sheet with 12 signatures including Kim Hughes, Allan Border and Terry Alderman. Scarce
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1984-85 Australia v West Indies: 1984-85 Australian team, official team sheet with printed signatures; plus 1984-85 West Indies team, official team sheet with printed signatures. Scarce. (2 items)
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1984-85 Nsw v West Indies, official Nswca team sheet with 23 signatures including Dirk Wellham, John Dyson (98), Murray Bennett (8 wickets), Malcolm Marshall, Joel Garner and Richie Richardson; plus 1984-85 West Indies team, official team sheet with printed signatures. Scarce. (2 items)
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1985-86 Australian 'Rebel' Team to South Africa, official team sheet with 17 signatures including Kim Hughes, Graham Yallop and Rodney Hogg
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1985-86 South African Team v Australian 'Rebel' XI, official team sheets for 2nd Test in Cape Town and 3rd Test in Johannesburg, with 11 or 12 signatures including Clive Rice, Peter Kirsten and Graeme Pollock. (2 items)
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1985-86 South African Team v Australian 'Rebel' XI, official team sheet for ODIs, with 13 signatures including Clive Rice, Garth LeRoux and Roy Pienaar
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1986-87 Australian 'Rebel' Team to South Africa, official team sheet with 17 signatures including Kim Hughes, Terry Alderman, Graham Yallop and Rodney Hogg
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1986-87 South African Team v Australian 'Rebel' XI, official team sheets for ODIs (2 different), each with 12 signatures including Clive Rice, Garth LeRoux and Graeme Pollock; the later sheet with an early appearance of Allan Donald. Together with a signed letter from Ali Bacher. (3 items)
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1987 New Zealand Team to World Cup, official team sheet with 16 signatures including Jeff Crowe, John Wright and Martin Crowe. Fine condition
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1988 England Team to New Zealand, official team sheet with 20 signatures including Mike Gatting, Tim Robinson and Phil DeFreitas. Fair condition
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1990-91 Victoria v Nsw, Sheffield Shield Final at Mcg, official VCA team sheets (2 - one for Victoria, other for Nsw), each with 12 signatures incl. Simon O'Donnell, Jamie Siddons, Tony Dodemaide, Geoff Lawson and Michael Bevan. (2 items)
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1990-91 England Team to Australia and Nz, official team sheet with 20 signatures including Graham Gooch, Alan Lamb and Alec Stewart; plus 1994-95 England team to Australia, official team sheet with printed signatures. (2 items)
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1993 Australian Team to England, A4 card headed 'Australia Touring Squad' with 21 signatures including Allan Border, mark Taylor and Shane Warne (in his first Ashes tour bowled Gatting with 'The Ball of the Century'). Fine Condition. Scarce
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1993-94 South African Team to Australia, official team sheet with 18 signatures including Kepler Wessels, Hansie Cronje and Allan Donald. Fine condition
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1995 Australian Team to West Indies, official team sheet with 18 signatures including mark Taylor, Carl Rackemann, Glenn McGrath, Shane Warne and Steve Waugh. Folded, otherwise fine condition. Rare
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1996-97 South African Team, 1st Test v Australia at Johannesburg, official team sheet with 15 signatures including Hansie Cronje, Gary Kirsten and Allan Donald; together with signed letter from Ali Bacher. Fine condition. (2 items)
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'Whirlwind', limited edition print by Charles Billich (Official Artist for the Australian Team for the Games of the XXVI Olympiad), showing cycling, signed by the artist and numbered 18/249, window mounted, framed and glazed, overall 84 x 85 cm
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Stuart O'Grady: Tour de France Green Jersey (Sprint King) signed by Stuart O'Grady, window mounted with action photograph, framed and glazed, overall 80 x 110 cm
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Assortment: c1930s including Brass and Woodreels (2), Steelite reel, Morritts reel, Wicker Creel, Bait Bucket, Crab nets plus other assorted. Condition varies. (17 items)
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'Australia's 150th Anniversary Celebrations, Big Game Angling Contest 1938' superb certificate awrded to J.R.Porter for catching a 269lb. Mako Shark, framed and glazed, overall 59 x 46 cm; hand-painted cartoon of R.J.Porter by Harold Freedman (1915-99) titled 'Australasian Record Striped Marlin caught by J.R.Porter', framed and glazed, overall 47 x 67 cm; plus a photograph of Porter with a 650lb. Shovelnosed Shark caught around the same time, framed and glazed, overall 38 x 49 cm. (3 items)
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