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Sporting Memorabilia and Collectables — Abacus Auctions

Auction House:Abacus AuctionsNumber of lots recorded:369
Sale Title:Sporting Memorabilia and CollectablesLots with images:369
Auction Location:MelbournePrices available:222
Date:22-Jul-2018
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2004 Select 'Top Prospect Signature- Sam Mitchell' & 'Premiership Commemorative- Fitzroy 1944'. Vf (Qty 2)
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2004 Select/Collingwood Football Club 'Collingwood Hall of Fame' signature cards for Murray Weideman, Tony Shaw, Peter McKenna & Gavin Brown. Vf (Qty 4)
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2015 Select 'Brownlow Signature' cards for Greg Williams & Robert Harvey; plus 'Brownlow Club Honour Roll' cards for Hawthorn & Western Bulldogs. Vf. (Qty 4)
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2015 Select 'Honours 2 Hawthorn Premiership Redemption', complete set (5), with Sam Mitchell card signed. F/Vf.
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2015 Select 'Honours 2 Hawthorn Premiership Redemption', complete set (5), with Liam Shiels card signed. F/Vf.
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2016 Select Certified 'Signature Cards' (13/36) including Shaun Grigg, Josh Kennedy & Dylan Shiel; plus other chase cards with 'Jake Stringer Match Worn Guernsey' card. Vf (Qty 19)
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1926-30card sets Wills 'British Rugby Players' (45); Players 'Footballers, Caricatures by Rip' (50) & 'Footballers, Caricatures by Mac' (50). Mainly F/Vf. (Qty 145)
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St George: c.1907 Valentine's picture postcard 'St George/District/Sydney Series/First Grade Rugby' (player kicking a round ball), a few defects, unused. Terrific & rare card.
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2007 two different Socceroos shirts, both with 'Hird' on reverse. Ex James Hird collection.
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1905 'The Rules of Golf Illustrated' by Charles Crombie (1st Edition, London, 1905). A classic publication. (Crombie's humorous postcard cartoons became a best-selling series)
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LP records for 1952 Melbourne Cup; 1965 Melbourne Cup; 1958 Washington International Stakes won by Sailors Guide (Aust). (Qty 3 items)
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1960 SMelbourne Cup poster 'See You At The Melbourne Cup, Victoria, Australia' showing jockey (64 x 101 cm), published by the Tourist Development Authority of Victoria, printed by AC Brooks Government Printer, Melbourne. An inspired image!
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1960 SMelbourne Cup poster 'See You At The Melbourne Cup, First Tuesday in November' (64 x 101 cm), published by Victour- Victorian Government Tourist Bureau.
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1960 SMelbourne Cup poster 'See you at the Melbourne Cup, First Tuesday in November, Australia's festival of Fashions, Flowers, Favourites' (62 x 100 cm), artwork by Verity, published by Victour- Victorian Government Tourist Bureau.
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1967 (circa) Melbourne Cup poster 'See you at the Melbourne Cup, First Tuesday in November' (62 x 99 cm) based on artwork 'At the Distance' by Leonard Annois, published by Tourist Development Authority of Victoria.
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1970 (c.) Melbourne Cup poster 'See you at the Melbourne Cup, First Tuesday in November' (63 x 100 cm), published by the Victorian Ministry of Tourism.
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1972 (c.) Melbourne Cup poster 'See you at the Melbourne Cup, First Tuesday in November' showing Baghdad Note reflected in Cup (64 x 100 cm), published by the Victorian Ministry of Tourism.
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1975 original painting of Wave King by John Lennox, oil on canvas, framed, overall 170 x 155 cm. (Wave King, foaled in 1969, was a popular horse with punters. Wins included 1975 Grafton Cup, 1975 Liston Stakes, 1976 Feehan Stakes & 1977 Memsie Stakes)
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2012 framed display 'Blink & You'll Miss Her- Black Caviar' inscribed 'To Hirdy, She's Better Than Bank Interest Mate, Luke Nolen, Go Bombers', window mounted, framed & glazed, overall 88 x 58 cm. Ex James Hird collection.
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c.1950 S-1980 S Enamel badges with an array of state club insignia including 'Electricity Commission Employees', 'Bakers & Allied Traders', 'Royal Bowling Association NSW', 'A.W.B.C Adelaide 1965', 'Victoria Police Bowling Club', plus 1959-1970 various womens' carnivals and championship competitions place award badges, mixed condition, overall very fine. (Qty 100+)
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Autographs: 2007 Toyota Formula 1 shirt with various embroidered sponsors logos signed by Ralf Schumacher. Ex James Hird.
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Posters: 1930 Monaco Grand Prix '2me Grand Prix Automobile, Monaco, 6 Avril 1930', artwork by Robert Falcucci (1985 official reprint).
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Posters: 1931 Monaco Grand Prix 'Monaco, 19 Avril 1931', artwork by Robert Falcucci (1983 official reprint).
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Posters: 1950 Monaco Grand Prix 'Monaco, 20-21 Mai 1950', artwork by B Minne (1991 official reprint).
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Posters: 1952 Monaco Grand Prix 'Monaco, 1er et 2 Juin 1952', artwork by B Minne (1991 official reprint).
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Posters: 1955 Monaco Grand Prix 'Grand Prix D'Europe Automobile, Monaco, 22 Mai 1955', artwork by J Ramel (1985 official reprint).
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Posters: 1957 Monaco Grand Prix 'XVe Grand Prix Automobile, Compatant Pour Le Championnat Du Monde Des Conducteurs, Monaco, 19 Mai 1957', artwork by B Minne (1983 official reprint).
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Posters: 1957 Monaco 'XVe Grand Prix Automobile, Compatant Pour Le Championnat Du Monde Des Conducteurs, Monaco, 19 Mai 1957', artwork by J Ramel (1985 official reprint).
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Posters: 1959 Monaco Grand Prix 'Championnat Du Monde Des Conducteurs, XVIIe Grand Prix, Monaco, 10 Mai 1959' (2002 official reprint).
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Posters: 1960 Monaco Grand Prix 'Championnat Du Monde Des Conducteurs, XVIIIe Grand Prix, Monaco, 29 Mai 1960', artwork by Rene Lorenzi (1994 official reprint).
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Posters: 1975 Monaco Grand Prix 'Monaco, 75 10/11 Mai', artwork by 'Geo Ham' (Georges Hamel) (1991 official reprint).
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Posters: 1977 Monaco Grand Prix '35e Grand Prix, Monaco 77, 22 Mai' (1990 official reprint).
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Posters: 1979 Monaco Grand Prix '37e Grand Prix, Monaco, 24-27 Mai 79', artwork by Alain Giampaoli (1991 official reprint).
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Posters: 1980 Monaco Grand Prix '38e Grand Prix, Monaco 80, 15/18 Mai' (1989 official reprint).
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Posters: 1982 Monaco Grand Prix '40e Grand Prix, Monaco 82, 20/23 Mai' (1991 reprint).
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Posters: 1985 Monaco Grand Prix '43e Grand Prix, Monaco 85, 16/19 Mai' (1991 reprint).
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2000 Sydney Olympics street banner 'Canberra/Olympic Games Football' size 75 x 181 cm.
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1936 Berlin Olympiad 'Olympia Zeitung' newspaper complete run (Numbers 1-30) in bound volume.
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1937 Winter Olympicsadvertising poster 'Legerissimo!/(Olympic Rings)/Olimpic/SA Cervo Italia' (72 x 98 cm), artwork by Studio Boggeri.
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1956 Melbourne calendar blanks of a very provocative 'pin-up' girl seated on Australia flag, the other of Olympic rings, torch & MCG; each 31 x 50 cm.
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1979 'Dawn!' movie poster signed 'Dawn Fraser' plus 14 magazines. (Qty 15 items)
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Balance of the Ben Lexcen collection in three cartons with experimental 'winglets' (3) used for the winged keel on Australia III or IV; c.1972-86 original plans, drawings & blueprints (300 approx) including Southern Cross KA4 & Apollo III, also nine DVDs. (Ben Lexcen- born Robert Clyde Miller- was the Australian marine architect who designed the innovative 'winged keel' for Australia II which, in 1983, became the first non-American yacht for 132 years to win the America's Cup)
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1952 French advertising poster 'Teleferique du Beout/Lourdes' featuring a cable-car (62 x 99 cm), artwork by Hubert Mathieu, couple of minor edge faults.
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Australia: Qv Volunteer Force Long Service Medal in original box, awarded to 'Bj Wardill, Major, Retired List', Ef. (Benjamin J. Wardill (1842-1917) was Victorian Baseball League President 1896-98 & 1907-09, and Melbourne Cricket Club Secretary 1879-1910)
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Australia: World War I Framed Medals (405 mm x 565 mm) comprising 1914-15 Star, 1914-18 War Medal (2) and Victory Medal (2) plus miniature set of 3 (reproductions), recess mounted, surrounded by five Australian uniform insignia.
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Australia: Mostly World War II group of Tinnies (tin badges) including Red Cross Pow 6d & 1/-, 'War Orphans Appeal', 'Jacks Day 1941 6d', 'Australian Comforts Fund Appeal 1/-', ' Allied Liquor Trades/Betty Bryant/ 1/-', 'Anzac House Appeal/Miss Gladys Moncrief Rsl Candidate', 'United Returned Soldiers Fund/6d Tin Hat Day', some non-military with 1954 Royal Tour, 'Sydney Cricket Ground 1912-13' member badge, plus enamel 'Air Observer Corps' and Rsl member badges, Rising Sun hat badge, World War II Pacific…
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Australia: World War II Framed Medals (695 mm x 700 mm) comprising 1939-45 Defence, War and Service medals x2, then 'Stars' with 1939-45, Atlantic, Air Crew Europe, Africa, Pacific, Burma, Italy, France/Germany, plus 11 miniatures (some reproductions), recess mounted, surrounded by five Australian uniform insignia.
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Australia: Korea Malaya & Vietnam Framed Medals (440 mm x 750 mm) comprising 1950-53 Korea (2), 1951-53 UN Korea, 1962 Malaya Service (2), 1964 Vietnam, 1964 South Vietnam (2), 1945-75 Australian Service (2), plus 6 miniatures, recess mounted, may include reproductions for the reverse examples.
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Australia: Returned Sailors & Soldiers Imperial League blue, red & white enamel badges x2, Victoria 'Arp/Ah 199' rev. 'Issued by/State/Emergency Council' and City of Brighton Municipal Band breast badge. (Qty 4)
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Australia: Victoria: Gippsland Regiment green enamel hat badge, '52' within gum leaves above 'Always Ready/the Gippsland Regiment', fine condition.
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British Empire: Uniform Insignia and buttons in box, range from Boer War to World War II, strength in Rhodesia and South Africa insignia with 'Sjab' x2, 'Rhodesia' x2, 'Saapcc/Saabkd', 'Army Cyclist Corps' (no pin); British Indian Army '53/Sikhs', and buttons including Airforce, Navy, South Africa '(Palm Tree)/Rwaff', Royal Scots, etc. (Qty 100 approx)
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Great Britain: Record of British Valour 1815 metal medallion case (74 mm) with portrait of the Duke of Wellington & reverse with 'Victory' penning the 'Record of British Valour', label inscribed 'The/Battles/of/The British Army/in/Portugal, Spain/and/France/From the Year 1808-1814/...Edwd Orme, bond street/London/1815', the case containing hand-coloured discs of various battle scenes with related text on the reverse, the whole in a leather-enclosed wooden case inscribed 'Record/of/British Valour'. An…
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South Africa- Boer War: 1899 set of 6 Jeppes maps of the 'Transvaal or SA Republic and Surrounding Territories', lithographed on linen, sheets 1 to 3 in separate folders and 4 to 6 in cardboard slipcase (lightly stained), some tone spots, sheet 3 has the lower 1/7th portion missing, scarce, plus 'St Helena' map (site of Boer Prisoner of War Camp), also books 'Commando- A Boer Journal of the Boer War' Deneys Reitz (1933) 328pp h/b with d/j, 'A Yeoman's Letters' by Corp P.T. Ross (1901) 186pp hardbound and…
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Literature: World War I group 'The Gallant Legion' (1933-36) complete set of 12 Australasian World War I stories, 'Desert Column' by Idriess, 'Hell's Bells' by Maxwell, 'Guests of the Unspeakable' by White, 'Jacka's Mob' by Rule, 'Gallant Company' by Williams, 'Fighting Cameliers' by Reid, 'Iron in the Fire' by Morrow, 'Silent Division' by Burton, 'Grey Battalion' by Tilton, 'Watchdogs of the Deep' by Jones, 'Aces and Kings' by Sutherland and 'Australian Victories' by Monash, plus 'Deeds That Thrill an…
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Literature: World War II group including 'The Second World War' (3 volumes) and 'Step by Step' by Winston Churchill, 'Khaki & Gown' (1941) by Field Marshall Lord Birdwood, 'DeGaulle's France' (1940) by Jamwes Marlow, 'My Years in Germany' (1939) by Martha Dodd, also other military titles noted 'Haldane 1865-1915 The Life of Viscount Haldane of Cloan K.T., O.M.' (1937) by Major-General Sir Frederick Maurice, condition mixed. Heavy. (Qty 15)
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Australia: 1867 HRH Duke of Edinburgh/HMS Galatea (48 mm) C# 1867/2 suspension hole & loop, pitted & edge knocks, G, 1938 Franklin & Tasman/Hobart Regatta Centenary (36 mm) commemorative, Tombac silvered with loop C# 1938/12 x2, also Qv Jubilee medallions 1887 (31 mm) gilded rev. 'Australian Celebration/21 June 1887' surrounding Coat of Arms C# 1887/35 and 1897 (31 mm) gilded '*Diamond Jubilee*/Australias Celebration' C# 1897/27d, plus Kgv Silver Jubilee (25 mm) 'Jubilee/of/King George V/Hobart/Tasmania'…
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Australia: Australian Manufacturers Exhibition 1908 Rubber (39 mm) obv. (similar to Carlisle # 1908/20), 'Dunlop Rubber Coy/Australasia' surrounding Coat of Arms, rev. USA Morgan Dollar design, variety not listed in Carlisle. Not seen by us before.
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Australia: Chinese Chamber of Commerce 1920 (circa) Silver medallion (32 mm) with bar, Chinese text in centre (Member of the Board), rev. flag with Chinese text surround.
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Australia: St Arnaud Pastoral & Agricultural Society 1882 Silver (39 mm) Cows, Horse and Sheep in paddock, tree to left, barn at right, 'Stokes & Martin/Melbourne' in exergue, rev. 'Awarded to: /Mr MB Trollop/For 2nd Best/Draught Entire 3yrs/5th October 1882'.
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Australia: 'the Honorary Justices Association of Victoria' 1918 gold medallion (22 mm, 6g, 9ct) in blue enamel surround, crown at centre, rev. 'Jp' at centre, engraved 'Lr Chamberlin/* Western Bailiwick 1918 *', scrollwork and suspension loop at top.
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Australia: Victorian Railways Silver Railway Pass (oval 35 mm x 24.5 mm), 'Free Pass/(crown)/Not Transferable' engraved 'James Liddel Purves Esq MP', obv. prospector with pick and shovel, kangaroo left, ram in front of train crossing viaduct, suspension hole at right. Rare.
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Australia: Victorian Railways Gold travel pass (23 mm, 7.7g) 'Member of Parliament Free Pass' pierced 'VR' at centre, rev. engraved 'Rf Toutcher Esq/MP', suspension loop at top.
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Australia: Victorian Railways Gold travel pass (23 mm, 8g) 'Member of Parliament Free Pass' pierced 'VR' at centre, rev. engraved 'Hon Eh Austin/Mlc', suspension loop at top.
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Australia: Victorian Railways Gold travel pass (19 mm, 4g) 'Parliam(E)NT Pass', pierced 'VR' at centre, rev. engraved 'Hon Tf Hamilton Mlc', holed on edge.
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Germany: Order of Merit 1957-66 (54 mm) red enamel gilt-edged cross patte, circular central gilt black eagle, wings outstretched, reverse hinged pin for wear in original fitted embossed case of issue with maker's mark 'Ce Juncker/Berlin So 36' in gilt letters on the base, fine condition.
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Great Britain: Knight Bachelor insignia in original 'Royal Mint' red boxed case with date letter 'p' as awarded in 1971 to Australian Sl 'Lance' Townsend for services to Obstetrics & Gynaecology; also a few coins and 10/- Coombs/Wilson banknote, fine condition. (Sir Lance Townsend served in the Royal Navy in World War II rising to the rank of Surgeon-Commander. He was Professor of Obstetrics & Gynaecology at Melbourne's Royal Women's Hospital as well as Dean of the University of Melbourne Faculty of…
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Great Britain: Obe Most Excellent Order of the British Empire Officers, Kgvi 2nd type ladies issue on a bow in Royal Mint case of issue, also miniature of same (ribbon faded), small pin-badge plus CBE enamel badge with 'For God and the Empire' on reverse. (Qty 4)
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Great Britain: Polytechnic Young Men's Christian Institute London 1894 Silver medal (57 mm x 4 mm, 120g) 'Awarded/To/As Handford/ Photogravure/for/Proficiency' below Castle, reverse St. George on horseback spearing dragon below, 'the Lord Is Our Strength' above, small 'After W Wyon Ra' below, plus bronze medal (44 mm) 'Ealing Photographic Society' surrounding Coat of Arms, reverse 'As Handford/1894' within Laurel wreath, 'Vaughton/Birm' at base, in presentation box with glass window lid, Ef. (Qty 2)
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Great Britain: Heart of Oak Benefit Society Silver 50 mm reverse inscribed 'Presented to/Mr Ae Pottinger/As A/Token of Respect For His Services to the Society' within oak wreath surround, plus Royal Horticultural Society Silver 45 mm 'Pomona Flora/Affiliated Societies' reverse laurel wreath without inscription (not awarded), both cased. (2)
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