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Auction House:Leski Auctions Pty. Ltd.Number of lots recorded:908
Sale Title:Sporting & General MemorabiliaLots with images:685
Auction Location:MelbournePrices available:595
Date:11-Feb-2009
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1950s Football Boots, pair of 'Mindale' football boots made by John Frith. Superb, as new, condition - have been on display at Scienceworks Museum in Melbourne
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St Kilda: 1966 original Weg poster, some folds, otherwise fine condition, framed & glazed, overall 51 x 67 cm. Extremely rare and sought after. Together with large photograph of the last game at Linton Street, framed, overall 77 x 51 cm. (2 items)
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Mick Nolan's Queensland jumper, match-worn with No. 25 on reverse. (North Melbourne 107 games, 1973-80, the Galloping Gasometer played a key role in Noth's first flag. He went to Queensland where he coached the state team)
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North Melbourne: Collection including c1994-99 Member's Season Tickets (6), Legends Club medals (4), caps (2), videos (10), books/brochures (4), 'Football Record's (4); also 1938-44 greyhound racing programmes (15)
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North Melbourne: Displays 'Nth Melbourne F.C. - 1996 Afl Centenary Premiers' signed by denis Pagan & Wayne Carey, framed & glazed, overall 79 x 39 cm; plus 'Kangaroos - Premiers 1999' signed by Denis Pagan, framed & glazed, overall 60 x 50 cm. With CoAs. (2 items)
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Poster 'Geelong Football Club, Celebrating 1000 Wins, Geelong v St. Kilda at Kardinia Park, 31st May 1997', signed by Gary Ayres (coach) and Barry Stoneham (Captain), window mounted, framed and glazed
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Hawthorn: Signed photographs of Jason Dunstall (with Hawthorn CoA), Shane Crawford & Daniel chick; plus signed action photograph of Pat Rafter. (4 items)
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Pair of 'King' football boots worn by Robert Harvey in his 1998 Brownlow Medal season, mounted in display case with a plaque, an action photograph and another photograph of Robert wearing his Brownlow Medal, framed and glazed, and with a certificate of authenticity
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Collingwood: Display 'Goodbye to Victoria Park', comprising football signed by Nathan Buckley (captain) & Tony Shaw (coach), window mounted with photograph of last game at Victoria Park, framed & glazed, overall 45 x 83 cm. Limited edition 1/50. With CoA
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Glenn Archer (North Melbourne): display commemorating archer's 200th game, comprising signed Kangaroos football jumper, limited edition 9/50, window mounted, framed & glazed, overall 82 x 108 cm
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Cigarette and trade cards: 1922 J.J. Schuh (Magpie Cigarettes) 'Portraits of Our Leading Footballers', part set (65/103 + 19 duplicates), plus 3 other cards. The biggest group of these scarce cards we have offered. (total 87)
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1970 football life/Nabisco 'Souvenir photograph' team photos (4/12) - Carlton, Collingwood, Geelong & St. Kilda. Also 1969 Surf/Omo/Sunlight 'Famous Australians' booklet for boy Charlton. Fair/G. (5 items)
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Team Photographs: Group with c1893 team picture of Leicester; photographs (4) including reprinted photo of St.George 1962; postcards (5) - 'The South African Football Team in England 1906-7', 'Australasian Rugby League Team 1921-22', 'Australian Rugby League Kangaroos of 1929', c1937 Kangaroos team (2). (Total 10 items)
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Albert Arapeta 'Opai' Asher (1879-1965, played for both the New Zealand 'All Blacks' and Australasian 'Kangaroos'): blazer, Awarded black wool, with badge on left breast embroidered 'N.Z. Maoris 1908-09/ N.Z. 1910-13-14/ (kiwi)/N.Z. Rugby football League/ life Member', made by Kaiapoi Petone group of New Zealand. Good condition. Rare
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Albert Arapeha 'Opai' Asher: blazer, awarded c1960s, black wool, with badge on left breast embroidered 'Australasia/R F L/ (kangaroo & silver fern) / 1914', made by canterbury of NZ, named on label 'Albert Asher'. One button missing, otherwise good condition. Rare
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Queensland: 1913 team photograph (15 x 19 cm, minor surface faults), overall 37 x 30 cm; lovely 1929 team photograph, endorsed at top 'Proof only from Melba, Sydney', overall 38 x 33 cm; plus team photographs - c1913 'Wallabies F.C. 4th Grade' & 'Valley Premiership Team, Q.A.R.L., 1917'. Photos generally good, mounts poor. (4 items)
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Rugby League photographs: lovely 1919 Queensland team photograph (34 x 29 cm); 1919 Peace day Rugby League Carnival group photograph including Queensland and New Zealand (48 x 27 cm, tone spots on mount); 'North Sydney District Rugby League Football Club 1924'; press photographs (7), most from c1958 Great Britain lions tour to Australia.
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New Zealand: 1925 team photograph titled '1925 Kiwi Rl', overall 31 x 25 cm; 1948 team photograph, with title 'New Zealand 'Kiwis' Rugby League Team, 1948', and players names on mount, overall 49 x 45 cm (photograph good, mount in poor condition); 1951 Nz v France action press photographs (3); plus team photograph 'Devonport 'League' at Whangarei 1935' and two press photographs of Bill Davidson. (8 items)
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1932 English Tour To Australia: Rare programme 'Nqrl, Programme, England v North Queensland, Played at Townsville, June 25th 1932' [Townsville, 1932]. Fair/Good condition
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1932 English Tour to Australia: embroidered pennant 'England, Rugby League Tour, 1932', 73 cm long, made by David Jones Ltd, Sydney, superb condition and extremely attractive; plus 1928 Pennants 'English, Rugby League Team', 81 cm long, fair condition; and 'Meraloma' (Canadian Rugby club), 71 cm long, ex England Captain Jim Sullivan, probably unique.
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1933-34 Australian kangaroos: postcard 'The 'Kangaroos' - Australian Team, 1933-4', with 6 signatures on reverse including ray Stehr, Les Mead & Fred Gardner
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1936 & 1978 Australian kangaroos: 1936 Australia v England action photograph, mounted on page with hand-painted title, 'The 1st test match', and players names, overall 32 x 25 cm; plus 1978 menu/Programme 'Anglo-American Sporting club (Manchester), Presents a Boxing-dinner evening, Our Guests of Honour, the 1978 Australian Rugby League Touring Team', with 23 signatures on covers. (2 items)
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1947-48 New Zealand Kiwis, autograph page with a total of 28 signatures laid down, noted Pat Smith (Captain), Scotty McClymont (coach) and Travers Hardwick
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Balmain: autograph book and autograph pages (6), with c66 signatures, of which about 55 are Balmain players of the 1940s-60s, noted 1948 team (15 pencil signatures) and team (12 signatures) - names include Peter Provan, Bob Boland, Keith Barnes, Harry Bath, Garry Leo, bill Bischoff, Col Geelan and Len Killeen
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1948-49 Australian kangaroos: Programme 'Hull R.L.F.C. Versus Australians', with 13 signatures to centre pages, including Johnny Graves, Noel Mulligan and Wally O'Connell
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1952-53 Australian kangaroos: autograph pages (2), with 20 signatures including Keith Holman, Frank Stanmore, Brian Carlson and Harry Wells; plus another page signed 1950 Queensland (18 signatures).
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1980 State Of Origin Official's Jumper, from the first State of Origin match, red with 'Q/(football)' logo, and sponsor's logo 'Nqx Transport'
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1895 Itinerary Card, 'New South Wales Rugby Union, Central Queensland Tour, July 1895', with engagements in centre pages. Split along fold, and some adhesion to back cover, though extremely rare
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Walter Marston: group with football-shaped fob, engraved 'Presented by S. Mahonen, Mt. Morgan, to /Best and most Gentlemanly player 1910/ Won by W. Marston'; plus gold pocket-watch, engraved 'To Walter from, mother, 21st Birthday 16.8.10'. (Marston played Rugby Union for Mt. Morgan, Queensland country and Queensland).
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1919 Rare Programme: 'N.S.W. Rugby Union Football, A.I.F. Team v New South Wales, Sydney Sports Ground, Saturday July 5th 1919'. Good condition
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1927-28 NSW Waratahs: autograph pages (2) with 45 pencil signatures, including almost the entire Waratahs team (26 players and manager) including Johnnie Wallace (Captain), Alex Ross, Cyril Towers & Charlie fox; & Essex cricket team (12 signatures); plus invitation 'London Rugby football Union - dinner to the Waratahs'. (3 items)
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Rugby Books, noted 'With the All Blacks in Springbokland' by Nicholls [Wellington, 1928]; 'Scottish Rugby Memories - A Souvenir Book of Scottish Rugby International Matches' - Volumes I & II, published by R.W.Forsyth Ltd [Edinburgh, 1945 & 1951]; 'Die Grondbeginsels Van Rugby' by Craven [Beperk, 1948]; 'Springbok Annals - International Tours to and from South Africa 1891-1958' by Craven [Johannesburg, 1958]. (16 items)
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1933 Australian Wallabies: Autograph pages (3) with 22 signatures, including Wild Bill Cerutti, Syd Malcolm & Dave Cowper; plus another page signed by 1933 Springboks (12 signatures). Unfortunately most signatures show ink traced over pencil. Scarce - the first tour to South Africa
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Rugby Collectables: Drinks Tray 'Rugby Tour 1966, Lions vs All Blacks, Souvenir Tray', 30 cm diameter, with Mickey Mouse the referee, and Goofy scoring a try for the All Blacks; Australian Wallabies black and white photos (5) - Rod McCall, Marty Roebuck, Dan Crowley, Bryant Gavin & Peter Slattery; Rl Programmes (4) comprising 1990 Great Britain v Australia 1st & 2nd Tests; 1992 World Cup Final at Wembley - Australia v Great Britain; 1994 Great Britain v Australia 2nd Test. (9 items)
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Rugby Union Collectables: Advertising sign 'Hahn Brewing, Longbrew Lager, Major Sponsor of S.A. Rugby Union', size 92 x 38 cm; Rugby Union ties (7) including Wallabies, Lions Tour of Australia & Rugby Club of South Australia; luncheon menu signed by General Peter Cosgrove, Chris 'Buddha' Handy & Michael Von Berg; Wallabies key ring; also menu signed by Jeff Kennett. (11 items)
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1922-23 Chums 'Football Teams' (20) & 'Football Teams new series' (8), complete sets. Together with 'The Chums photo album'. G/VG. (total 28)
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Aston Villa: Reprinted team photographs of 1981-82 European Cup winning team, one pre-game, two showing team celebrating, each with 10-11 signatures. (3 items)
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Replica Brazil shirt with seventeen signatures including Ronaldinho, Robinho, Dida, Kaka, Adriano and Julio Baptisa, with a certificate of authenticity and a page identifying the signatures
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France: replica France shirt (Euro 2008) with 20 signatures including Thierry Henry, Nicolas Anelka, Florent Malouda, William Gallas & Patrick Vieira, with CoA & page identifying signatures
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1834 Yarmouth Races Flyer/Poster, advertising poster with horse-race engraving at top, printed on front for 'First Day - Tuesday, 26th Aug., 1834' with Gold Cup stakes & Members' Plate; and on reverse printed for 'Second Day - Wednesday, 27th Aug., 1834' with Handicap sweepstakes & Champagne Stakes, 21 x 25 cm. Edge faults; some restoration
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Horse racing prints: 'Derby day at Flemington 1886', 'The Lawn at Flemington on Melbourne Cup day 1887' & 'The Betting ring at Flemington 1887', by Carl Kahler (Melbourne, 1970 - originally published 1889-90), all with accompanying key plates, all laminated, each 73 x 52 cm. Ex Rollo Roylance collection. (3+3 items)
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Woorak: Charcoal drawing 'Woorak' by Jack Porter (working 1919-41), signed by the artist and dated 1922, framed & glazed, overall 87 x 66 cm. [Woorak was an outstanding racehorse with wins including 1914 VRC Sires Produce Stakes & 1914 Epsom Handicap]
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Horse racing photographs: c1920s-40s photographs (42) of racehorses, jockeys (noted Jim Pike and Maurice McCarten) and race-finish photographs (9); plus book 'Turf and Heath - Australian racing Reminiscences' by Samuel Griifiths (signed) (Melbourne, 1906).
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Phar Lap's racing Bridle: a racing bridle used by jockey Jim Pike on Phar Lap from September to October 1931, with 1st places in the Hill Stakes, spring Stakes, Craven plate and Randwick plate. Jim Pike's widow Olga sold this bridle with the rest of his riding gear to John East in 1975, who sold them at auction through Scott's of Dandenong in 1998, to Reg Howarth of Tahoma stud
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Programme, 'A.I.F. Race Meeting, to be held at Barbara, near Gaza, on Saturday September 7th 1940. Under the Presidency of Lt. General Sir Thomas Blamey. Official Programme', bi-lingual English and Arabic, a horse racing meeting with 8 races, and an article 'The Arab horse by His Highness Prince Mohamed Ali (Crown Prince of Egypt), Fair/good condition. Scarce
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Scobie Breasley's riding boots: a pair of riding boots, both signed inside by Scobie Breasley. Arthur Edward 'Scobie' Breasley (1914-2006) was an outstanding Australian jockey, the winner of the Caulfield cup in Melbourne five times (1942-5 and 1952), the Epsom Derby twice, and the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe once. The racing authorities in the state of Victoria struck a medal in his honour, awarded annually since 1996 to the best jockey in the state. On its formation, Scobie Breasley was the first person…
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Jockeys Autographs: autograph page headed 'Jockeys NSW 1948', with 17 pencil signatures, noted hall of Fame jockeys Darby Munro, George Moore, Arthur Ward, Neville Sellwood and Billy Cook
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Jockeys Autographs: autograph page headed '1948 Melbourne Jockeys', with 12 pencil signatures, noted hall of Fame jockeys bill Williamson & Arthur 'Scobie' Breasley
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Horse Racing Memorabilia And Ephemera c1970, including, 1983 loving up Ballarat Turf Club, Scobie Breasley Medal, pair of horse shoes, Phar Lap Queen Elizabeth 5 dollar coin, 'First Hundred Years' history of the S.A. Tattersalls Club and other related items. Ex. Rollo Roylance Collection. (14)
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Horse Racing Framed Prints, including Phar Lap, cartoon by Jeff, print of Surround, hand tinted lithograph of Brown Duchess (1864) and other related items. All but one in frame. In good condition. (7)
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'Australian Race Results' published by Racing Services Bureau (a division of Victoria Racing Club), Volumes 1-14 complete, from 1977-78 to 1990-91 [Melbourne, 1978-91]
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Darren Beadman: Display 'Darren Beadman's Stable of Champions', comprising signed photograph of Darren Beadman, window mounted with action photographs of Octagonal, Saintly, Super Impose & Let's Elope, framed & glazed, overall 85 x 90 cm. Limited edition 113/500. With CoA
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Horse Racing Prints: Charles Billich prints (5), comprising: - 'Victoria', 'And They're Racing', 'Chance in a trillion', 'Charge!' & 'Mud, Sweat & Tears'; all titled at base, signed by the artist and numbered, each window mounted, framed & glazed, one @ 73 x 69 cm, & 4 @ 77 x 80 cm. (5 items)
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Makybe Diva: painting 'Makybe Diva', by Janet Thomas, oil on canvas, signed by the artist and dated '06' at lower left, framed, overall 79 x 96 cm
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Michael Schumacher, original oil painting by Claude Fantauzzo, oil on canvas, signed by Michael Schumacher, overall 76 x 51 cm
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Framed and glazed Michael Schumacher display comprising a signature on a'F1 racing' magazine cover, window mounted with two action photographs, and with a certificate of authenticity
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'Australian Olympic History', display comprising set of three Australia post 'Athens 1896 to Athens 2004' sheetlets, window mounted with signed photograph of Susie O'Neill, limited edition 32/250, framed & glazed, overall 48 x 100 cm; plus framed Olympic pins displays for Los Angeles 1984 (48 pins/badges) & Sydney 2000 (22 pins/badges). (3 items)
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Collectables: 'St.Louis/1904', silver flag pin, 17 x 25 mm; 1912 Stockholm official postcard No. 222 'Australasia's Team, 1st prize in Team Race 800m'; book 'Les IXes Jeux Olympiques d'Hiver a Innsbruck/the IXth Olympic Winter games at Innsbruck', published by IOC (Lausanne, 1964); plus 'Calgary 1988, the Xvth Olympic Winter games, the official Publication of the Canadian Olympic Association' by Spallek & Adolf (Toronto, 1988) in slip-case. Fine condition. (4 items)
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Collectables: 1924 showing Olympic football Champions Uruguay, published by Bayer; 'IXth Olympiad - Amsterdam 1928, General Regulations & Programme of the Olympic Games' (A'dam, 1928); Newspaper 'El Diario' from Montevideo 13 June 1928 celebrating Uruguay's victories in 1924 & 1928 Olympics football Championships; 1928 first day card issued by Uruguay post office with set of three stamps; 'The Olympics 1896-1972' (Lond., 1972); 1972 Esso 'The Olympics action collection' (17 cards in envelope) ; Copenhagen…
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1912 Stockholm, v Summer Olympics: official postcards 'Olympiska Spelens I Stockholm 1912 Officiella Brefkort', nice collection with Nos.50, 73, 79, 160, 161, 178, 186 (2), 188, 198, 208, 209, 216, 218, 220 (2), 230, 233, 234, 275, 281, 282. Includes opening Ceremony, shooting, gymnastics, track & field events, diving, swimming, equestrian, rowing. Fine condition. (22 items)
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1928 Amsterdam, IX Summer Olympics: Metal Wall Plaques showing footballers, both with text 'Olympische Spelen/1928', one circular, diameter 28 cm; other octagonal, overall 29 x 29 cm. Fair/Good condition. (2 items)
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1928 Australian Olympic Team: 'Australian Olympic Team, 9th Olympiad, Amsterdam, 1928' letterhead with 13 signatures - Edith Robinson (1st Australian woman to compete in athletics), Bonnie Mealing (swimming), Jack Standen (cycling), Dunc Gray (cycling - bronze medal), Charles Stuart (athletics), Andrew Charlton (swimming - 2 silver medals), Edna Davey (swimming), James Carlton (athletics), Arthur Ford (wrestling), Tom Boast (swimming), Mabel Springfield (chaperon) & H.M.Harp (coach)
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