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Memorabilia & Sports Collectables — Abacus Auctions

Auction House:Abacus AuctionsNumber of lots recorded:504
Sale Title:Memorabilia & Sports CollectablesLots with images:503
Auction Location:MelbournePrices available:295
Date:25-Nov-2018
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Ray Bright: Clothing noted Victorian jumper; club jumper; cricket ties (18) including Australia, Victoria & Tied Test; also cricket tea towels (7). Ex Ray Bright collection.
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Ray Bright: World Series Cricket clothing comprising Australian Supertest shirt; Australian One-Day shirt; and Australian One-Day jumper, each with WSC logos. (Ray Bright played 25 Tests & 11 ODIs between 1974-86)
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Steve Waugh: pair of match-used 'GM' batting gloves both signed. (Steve Waugh played 168 Tests & 325 ODIs for Australia between 1985-2004)
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Collection of signed photographs (117), pictures (4), pieces (130) & team sheet. Good range of autographs. Ex Don Wigan collection. (Qty 250+)
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1903-04 Vanity Fair Prints 'Yorkshire' (George Hirst) & 'An Artful Bowler' (Bjt Bosanquet) both window mounted, framed & glazed, each overall 41 x 57 cm. (Qty 2)
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1932-33 England Bodyline Team lovely lithographed picture of the 'Orontes' with facsimile autographs of the England team below, endorsed 'SS Orontes 1933 This Team Recovered the Ashes' and with genuine signature of Maurice Tate, window mounted, framed & glazed, overall 76 x 54 cm.
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Collection of signed photographs (14), pictures (11) & pieces (43). Good range of autographs. Ex Don Wigan collection. (Qty 68)
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Tour brochure 'Indian Cricket Tour to England 1932' published by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (New Delhi, 1932).
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Ms Dhoni: Indian Odi shirt with 'Dhoni' and number '7' on reverse, and also with faded signature on reverse, superb match-used condition. (Ms Dhoni has played 90 Tests & 320 ODIs from 2004 to present; he captained the Indian team in limited-overs formats from 2007-2016 and in Test cricket from 2008-2014, and is regarded as one of the best wicket-keepers in world cricket)
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Collection of signed photographs (47) & pieces (92). Good range of autographs. Ex Don Wigan collection. (Qty 139)
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Test cap black with embroidered silver fern on front endorsed inside 'Kiwi', signs of wear with two finger-holes (from left-hander) on front & broken visor. Ex Ray Bright collection. (Bright toured New Zealand in 1973-74, 1976-77, 1978, 1981-82 & 1985-86)
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Richard Hadlee & Fred Trueman: large colour photograph signed by the two great fast bowlers, overall 33 x 41 cm.
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Collection of signed photographs (47) & pieces (50). Good range of autographs. Ex Don Wigan collection. (Qty 97)
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Test cap replica signed by Imran Khan, Mohsin Khan & Zaheer Abbas.
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Collection of signed photographs (43), pictures (2) & pieces (125). Good range of autographs. Ex Don Wigan collection. (Qty 170)
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Collection of signed photographs (29) & pieces (46). Good range of autographs. Ex Don Wigan collection. (Qty 75)
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Collection of signed photographs (24) & pieces (23). Good range of autographs including Jaswick Taylor. Ex Don Wigan collection. (Qty 47)
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Brian Lara: nice bold signature on full size 'Brian Lara' Cricket Bat in a display case (glass removed), overall 32 x 106 cm. (Brian Lara played 131 Tests & 299 ODIs between 1990-2007; he holds the world records for the highest individual score in both first-class cricket (501 not out for Warwickshire v Durham in 1994) and Test cricket (400 not out for West Indies against England in 2004))
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Signed photographs (23), pieces (68) & team sheet; also Bangladesh signed photographs (23) & pieces (7). Good range of autographs. Ex Don Wigan collection. (Qty 120+)
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Team sheets & autograph pages (59) in 3 albums, noted 'Australia Players Taking 200 Test Wickets', New Zealand Centurions, Australia (3), England (8), Counties (37), India, Jamaica, New Zealand, Sth Africa Provinces (6); plus signed photographs (27). Good range of autographs. Ex Don Wigan collection.
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1914 NSW v South Australia, autograph page signed by NSW, with South Australia on reverse, with a total of 24 signatures including Warren Bardsley, Charles Kelleway, Johnny Taylor, Roy Minnett, Tommy Andrews, Edgar Mayne & Nip Pellew.
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1926 Australian Team to England, autograph page with 13 signatures including four Australian Test Captains - Herbert Collins, Warren Bardsley, Jack Ryder & Bill Woodfull, others include Arthur Mailey, Charlie Macartney & Clarrie Grimmett. Superb condition.
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1932 Australian Team to United States & Canada, autograph page with 14 signatures including Don & Jessie Bradman (on their honeymoon), Arthur Mailey, Victor Richardson, Alan Kippax, Hanson Carter & Stan McCabe, framed & glazed, overall 29 x 24 cm; together with photo of the World's Greatest Cricketer meeting the World's Greatest Baseballer (signed by Don Bradman); plus book 'The Don Meets the Babe - The 1932 Australian Cricket Tour of North America' by Sissons (signed by Bradman & author) (Cambridge, 1995)…
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1937 New Zealand team to England, autograph page with 15 signatures including Curly Page, Walter Hadlee & Merv Wallace; plus signed photograph of Walter Hadlee.
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1938 Australian Team: Superb example of Australia's first official team sheet, with 17 signatures including Don Bradman, Sid Barnes (scarce) & Lindsay Hassett, window mounted with postcard 'Australian Team 1938', framed & glazed, overall 31 x 51 cm.
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1946 India team to England, postcard from Thirlestaine Hotel, Cheltenham, with 15 signatures including Cs Nayudu, Vijay Merchant & Vijay Hazare.
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1946 A4 team sheet 'Players Scoring 100 Hundreds 1946-1992' with 11 signatures including Don Bradman, Len Hutton, Glenn Turner & Viv Richards. Ex Don Wigan collection.
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1946-47 Australian Team, 1st Test in Brisbane, autograph page with 12 signatures including Don Bradman, Lindsay Hassett, Keith Miller & Sidney Barnes, window mounted with colour team picture, framed & glazed, overall 48 x 69 cm. With CoA. (Australia won this match by an innings & 332 runs, and the five-Test series 3-0).
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1947 South Africa team to England, autograph page with 18 signatures including Alan Melville, Dudley Nourse & Tufty Mann; plus signed photographs (11) & pieces (2); unsigned photograph of players being presented to the Queen.
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1949-56 Autograph Book, with 40 cricket signatures, includes 1949 Commonwealth team (8); 1956 Australia (14); various India & England players, noted Ray Lindwall, Keith Miller, Alec Bedser, Derek Shackleton, Fred Trueman, Vijay Hazare, Duleepsinhji (scarce). Pages aged and some loose.
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1950-51 England team to Australia, postcard of P&O 'Stratheden' with 18 signatures on reverse including Freddie Brown, Len Hutton & Alec Bedser. Few minor surface blemishes.
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1951 South African team to England, autograph page with 14 signatures including Dudley Nourse, Eric Rowan & Hugh Tayfield; plus signed photographs of George Fullerton & Clive van Ryneveld. (Qty 3)
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1952-53 West Indies v India, card signed by West Indies on front & India on reverse, with 27 signatures including Frank Worrell, Clyde Walcott, Everton Weekes, Vijay Hazare, Polly Umrigar & Subhash Gupte.
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1954-62 Pakistan group with 1954 team on autograph page together with a team photo; 1962 official team sheet for tour to England; plus 3 signed photographs of team members.
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1956 Australian team to England, official team sheet with 17 signatures including Ian Johnson, Richie Benaud, Neil Harvey & Ray Lindwall. Some soiling at top. (This series included 'Laker's Match' - the 4th Test - where Jim Laker took 9 in the 1st innings & all 10 wickets in the 2nd innings. Match total 19/90 - still the world record).
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1958-59 England team, official team sheet with 20 signatures including Peter May, Colin Cowdrey, Jim Laker & Fred Trueman, window mounted, framed & glazed, overall 32 x 38 cm.
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1961 Australian team to England, official team sheet with 17 signatures including Richie Benaud, Alan Davidson, Bill Lawry & Peter Burge.
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1962-63 England team to Australia & New Zealand, official team sheet with 17 signatures including Ted Dexter, Colin Cowdrey & Fred Trueman. Fair condition.
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1967 India team to England, menu 'The Northern Cricket Society Honours The Indian Cricketers, at the Guildford Hotel, Leeds', with 17 signatures including Nawab of Pataudi, Farokh Engineer & Bs Chandrasekhar.
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1968 Australian team to England, official team sheet with 17 signatures including Bill Lawry, Alan Connolly, Ian Chappell & Doug Walters.
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1970-71 England team to Australia & NZ, official team sheet with 17 signatures including Ray Illingworth, Colin Cowdrey & Bob Willis; plus 10 signed photographs of team members.
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1975 Australian team to World Cup, official team sheet with 19 signatures including Ian Chappell, Gary Gilmour, Alan Turner & Dennis Lillee. (Australia 274 lost the inaugural World Cup Final to West Indies 8/291).
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1976 West Indies team sheets for 1976 tour to UK with Viv Richards & Clive Lloyd & 1995 tour of England with Brian Lara & Curtly Ambrose, both window mounted, framed & glazed. (Qty 2)
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1978-79 Australian team v England, 3rd Test at MCG, team sheet with 12 signatures including Graham Yallop, Graeme Wood, Rodney Hogg & John Maclean. (Allan Border's Test debut! He went on to become Australian Test Captain and at the time of his retirement the world's highest runs scorer).
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1980 Australian team sheets for 1980 tour to Pakistan & 1983 World Cup, both window mounted, framed & glazed. (Qty 2)
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1981 Australian team sheets for 1981 to England & Sri Lanka; 1982 to NZ; 1993 to UK on MCC letterhead; Season 1993-94. Ex Ray Bright collection. (Qty 4)
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1986 Australian team sheets with facsimile autographs, noted 1986 tour of India (3) - includes Tied Test; 1986 tour to New Zealand (5); also two signed pictures of Ray Bright (these two with real signatures). Ex Ray Bright collection. (Qty Total 10)
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1991 Queensland v India, Qca team sheet signed by both teams, with 23 signatures including Carl Rackeman, Peter Taylor, M.Azharuddin & Sachin Tendulkar. (The 1991-92 Australia v India series was Sachin Tendulkar's first tour to Australia, and also Shane Warne's debut series).
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1991 A3 team sheet 'Players Taking 200 Test Wickets (as at 1.6.91)' with 25 signatures including Richard Hadlee, Ian Botham, Michael Holding, Dennis Lillee & Gary Sobers. Ex Don Wigan collection.
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1993 Australian team to New Zealand, team sheet with 16 signatures including Allan Border, Shane Warne, Mark Taylor & Tony Dodemaide (replacing Craig McDermott who was injured during the tour).
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1993 India team v Zimbawe, team sheet with 15 signatures including Mohd Azharuddin, Sachin Tendulkar, Kapil Dev & Anil Kumble. (Zimbabwe's inaugural tour of India - a rarer sheet)
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1993-94 South African team sheets (5) - 1993 v West Indies, 1993-94 v Sri Lanka, 1993-94 Australian Tour, 1994 1st Test v Australia & 1994 3rd Test v Australia; plus 17 signed photographs of team members including two of match-fixer Hansie Cronje.
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1994 Australian team to South Africa, official team sheet with 18 signatures including Allan Border, Shane Warne, David Boon & Michael Slater. (Allan Border's final Test series - Glenn McGrath & Matthew Hayden's first tours)
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1996 Australian team to India, official team sheet with 17 signatures including Mark Taylor, Peter McIntyre, Steve Waugh & Paul Reiffel. (Brad Hogg's debut)
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1996 'Cricketing Knights' A5 team sheet with 7 signatures - Sir Donald Bradman, Sir Garfield Sobers, Sir Colin Cowdrey, Sir Richard Hadlee, Sir Clyde Walcott, Sir Alec Bedser & Sir Everton Weekes.
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1996-97 Australian team v West Indies, 4th Test at Adelaide, official team sheet with 15 signatures including Mark Taylor, Matthew Hayden (125 - maiden century), Michael Bevan (99 & 10 wickets) & Shane Warne (6 wickets). (Andy Bichel's debut)
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1998 Australian team to Pakistan, team sheet with 16 signatures including Mark Taylor (who retired on 334, equalling Bradman's Australian record Test score of 334), Stuart MacGill, Steve Waugh & Michael Slater.
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2000 Australian team v India & Pakistan, official team sheet with 14 signatures including Steve Waugh, Shane Warne, Adam Gilchrist & Ricky Ponting. (Brett Lee's debut)
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2003 Australian team to West Indies, official team sheet with 21 signatures including Steve Waugh, Ricky Ponting, Adam Gilchrist & Stuart MacGill. (This series most famous for the 4th Test at St John's where Brian Lara's team achieved the best ever run chase in Test history, chasing down 417 to win)
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2004 Australian team to Zimbabwe, official team sheet with 14 signatures including Ricky Ponting, Adam Gilchrist, Matthew Hayden & Glenn McGrath.
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2004 Australian team to Icc Champions Trophy in England, official team sheet with 14 signatures including Ricky Ponting, Adam Gilchrist, Matthew Hayden & Glenn McGrath. (Australia was defeated by England in the semi-finals)
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2004-05 Australian team v Pakistan, official team sheet with 14 signatures including Ricky Ponting, Adam Gilchrist, Matthew Hayden & Shane Warne. (In the 1st Test Glenn McGrath humiliated Pakistan with career-best figures of 8/24, rolling Pakistan for 72 as Australia raced to a 491 run win)
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2009 Australian team v England, Natwest Odi Series, official team sheet with 15 signatures including Ricky Ponting, Michael Clarke, Ben Hilfenhaus & Peter Siddle. (Current captain, Tim Paine, debuted and scored his maiden international century)
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1901 American Tobacco Co. 'Cameo English Cricketers' badges complete set (14 + 3 spares), above-average condition, affixed to defective but original Cameo Cigarettes advertising card.
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1905 Sniders & Abrahams 'Australian Cricket Team 1905', almost complete set (14/15). Fine to Very Fine condition. (Qty 14)
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1907 Wills ''Prominent Australian and English Cricketers', complete set (50). Mainly Fine/Very Fine. (Qty 50)
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1924 GG Goode 'Prominent Cricketer Series', complete set (17). Mainly Fine/Very Fine. (Qty 17)
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1926-34 group with Sweetacres (Minties) 'Cricketers' (34/36); 1928 Millhoff 'Famous Test Cricketers' (27); Players 'Cricketers 1934' (49/50). Mainly Fair/Very Fine condition. (Qty 110)
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1928 Major Drapkin 'Australian and English Test Cricketers', complete set (40), framed & glazed, overall 34 x 40 cm. (Qty 40)
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1930-31 Australian (Giant) Licorice 'Australian Cricketers', complete set (24). Fair/Very Fine. (Qty 24)
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1930-32 Australian (Giant) Licorice cricket cards, with 1930 'Australian Cricketers' (2/27 known); 1930-31 'Australian Cricketers' (13/24 + 1 spare); 1932-33 'English Cricketers' (17/18 + 5 spares). Condition varies, Poor/Fine. (Qty 38)
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1930-48 cigarette & trade cards, noted 1948 Nabisco 'Leading Cricketers' (32); 1946-47 Coles 'Cricketers' (22); Giant Licorice 'Cricketers' (22); Wills 'Footballers 1933' (25); other cards, mainly movie stars (129). Condition varies. (Qty 240+)
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1930-48 25 mm Circular badges, 'Australian Cricketers' (15) comprising Badcock, Barnes, Barnett, Brown, Ebeling, Grimmett, Fleetwood-Smith (2 different), Oldfield, Ponsford, Toshack, Waite, Walker, Ward & Woodfull. Mainly Fine/Very Fine. (Qty 15)
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1930-48 25 mm Circular badges, 'Australian Cricketers', comprising Bromley, Brown, Chipperfield (2), Darling, Ebeling, Fingleton, Fleetwood-Smith, Grimmett, Kippax, McCabe, McCool, Oldfield, O'Reilly, Ponsford, Waite, Wall, Ward, White & Woodfull; also 21 mm badge of Wally Hammond. Mainly Fine/Very Fine. (Qty 21)
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1931-38 cricket cards, noted 1933 Hoadleys 'Australian Cricketers' (10/18); 1932 Godfrey Phillips 'Test Cricketers 1932-1933' (38). Condition varies. (Qty 78)
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1932 Australian (Giant) Licorice ''English Cricketerers', complete set (18). Mainly Fine/Very Fine. (Qty 18)
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1932 Allens 'Cricketers', almost complete set (32/36). Fair/Very Fine. (Qty 32)
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1932 Sweetacres Champion Chewing Gum 'Test Records' (31/32); plus 'Prominent Cricketers' (31/32). Mainly Fine/Very Fine. (Qty 62)
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1934 Allens 'Cricketers', complete set (39), including the two cards numbered 3 (Ebeling & Love), 12 (Nash & Oxenham) & 24 (Hornibrook & Hunt). Fair/Very Fine. (Qty 39)
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1936 Allens 'Cricketers', complete set (36). Mainly Fine/Very Fine. (Qty 36)
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1936 Hoadleys 'Test Cricketers' (39/40); plus 1932 'Empire Games & Test Teams' (13/50). Mainly Fine/Very Fine. (Qty Total 52)
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1936-37 Circular badges, 'English XI' (8/14) & 'Australian XI' (1/12). Mainly Fine/Very Fine. (Qty 9)
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1937-79 cricket cards, noted 1937 Griffiths Bros 'Australian Cricketers' (2/21 known); 1946-47 Coles 'Cricketers in Australia' (20/40); 1948 Nabisco 'Leading Cricketers' (32); 1974 Sunicrust 'Cricketers' (39/40); 1979 Baratt 'Cricket, 2nd Series' (46/50). Condition varies, mainly Fair/Very Fine. (Qty 139)
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1938 Players 'Cricketers 1938', complete set (50). Mainly Fine/Very Fine condition. (Qty 50)
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1938 Allens 'Cricketers' (Coloured), complete set (36). Mainly Fine/Very Fine. (Qty 36)
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1938 Sweetacres 'Cricket Caricatures' (13/24 + 2 spares). Poor/Fine. (Qty 15)
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1946 Anonymous 'Cricketer Transfers', complete set with two large transfers (Bradman & Hammond) & 32 miniature transfers. Very Fine.
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1948 22 mm Circular badges, 'Australian & English Cricketers' (6/21 known + 1 spare) comprising Bradman, Harvey, Hammond x2, Hutton, Washbrook & Wright. Mainly Fine/Very Fine. (Qty 7)
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1950-51 Argus & Australasian Post 'Australia v England 1950-51 Test Tour badges', with English Cricketers (15/20 + 3 spares); 'Australian Cricketers' (10/15). Fair/Very Fine. (Qty 28)
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1950-51 Argus & Australasian Post 'Australian 1950-51 Cricket Series badges' (19/36 + 1 spare). Fair/Very Fine.
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1951 Potter & Moore 'Series of Famous Cricketers' with Australian Cricketers (20) & English Cricketers (20). Fine/Very Fine. (Qty 40)
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1963-64 Coca-Cola 'Test Stars bottle tops' with Australian Cricketers (7/30 + 2 spares) & South African Cricketers (10/15 + 4 spares). Fair/Fine condition. Very scarce. (Qty 23)
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1993-97 1993-97 Futera cricket cards in album, including range of chase cards. (Qty 500+)
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1996 Futera 'Vca Centenary 1895-1995', complete set (100) in special album. Ex Ray Bright collection. (Qty 100)
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1934 2nd British Empire Games in London, Participation Medal 'British Empire Games/London/1934', bronze, 44 mm diameter, in presentation case. Very attractive and scarce.
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1966-94 Participation Medals from Commonwealth Games in 1966 Kingston, 1986 Edinburgh, 1990 Auckland (in presentation case) & 1994 Victoria (in presentation box). Fine/Very Fine. (Qty 4)
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2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne Participation Medal, 'XVIII Commonwealth Games/ Melbourne 2006', bronze, 60 mm diameter, in original presentation case. Very Fine.
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'Cycles Saving/Grand Premier Prix Medaille D'Or', c1900 vintage French lithographed advertising poster of a gendarme chatting up a nurse by artist Philippe Chapellier, printed by Artistique P Chapellier, Paris, linen-backed, size 119 x 160 cm. Very Fine condition (minor peripheral faults). (Also see Griffon & Favor posters under Motor Racing).
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Hubert Opperman: Framed display comprising portrait photo of 'Oppy' signed 'Hubert Opperman/Oppy'; plus 'Australia's Olympic History 1896-2000' plate. (Qty 2 items)
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c1880s carte-de-visite photograph of a footballer, wearing a jumper with a diagonal sash. Corner fault, though photograph Fine.
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