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Auction House:Abacus AuctionsNumber of lots recorded:842
Sale Title:Sporting Memorabilia & CollectablesLots with images:842
Auction Location:MelbournePrices available:599
Date:25-Jul-2020
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1948 London: Movie poster, 'J.Arthur Rank presents, XIV Olympiad, The Glory of Sport. Filmed entirely in Magnificent Technicolor, Produced by Castleton Knight. Specially Flown to Australia by Qea and Boac'. Printed by We Smith Ltd, Sydneysize 38 x 50 cm (three small holes at top). [A similar poster sold in our November 2018 Sports auction for $420].
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1948 London: Large flag/wall hanging with London Olympics logo & 'XVI Olympiad, London 1948/ (Olympic Rings)', size 90 x 122 cm. Some wear holes and material loss, though an attractive room decoration.
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1956 Melbourne: Collection including menu/programme 'City of Los Angeles Salutes the United States 1956 Olympic Team'; 'Olympic Melodies' Ep record; 'Festival of Witness' poster & programme; brochures (10), maps (2), ephemera (c.40) with 'Notice of Empoyment/Transfer/Leaving'; calendar; ceramic ashtrays (2), plate & saucer; face-washer; placemats (2); also 1956-1992 magazines (50+). Inspection will reward. (Qty 110+ items)
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1956 Melbourne: Collection with programmes for 8 days of Athletics in superb condition; programme for 'Football Final & Closing Ceremony'; car badge; silk scarf; ashtrays (6); badges (7); Ron Clarke memorial service programme & signature on 2012 menu; Emil Zatopek magazines. (Qty 29 items)
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1956 Melbourne: Participation Medal in bronze, 63 mm diameter, designed by the Hungarian emigre Andor Meszaros, minted by Kg Luke, Fine condition in original perspex display-case. [Meszaros arrived in Australia in 1939, before the outbreak of World War II]
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1956 Melbourne: 'Victoria Police. XVIth Olympiad, Melbourne 1956, and Visit of His Highness The Duke of Edinburgh' (numbered '152' being the detailed instuctions to police) with the last page a list of a police officer's itinerary during the Olympics, 262pp, some wear due to use during the Games.
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1956 Melbourne: 'An Olympic Art Festival, November - December 1956' catalogue produced by Commonwealth Bank of Australia with Aboriginal artwork on front cover, fine.
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1956 Melbourne: 'Australian Aboriginal Decorative Art - Souvenir Issue XVI Olympiad Melbourne 1956' framed paintings on plywood comprising Standard Series No 1 'Corroboree' & No 2 'The Dead Aboriginal' (seriously?!); plus Miniature Series No 4 'Fish Story' & No 5 'Shipwreck' (2), each with explanatory label on reverse including Melbourne Olympics logo. Standard size 22 x 17 cm; miniature size 17 x 15 cm. (Qty 5)
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1956 Melbourne: All-different tin badges for the Games. (Qty 9)
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1956 Melbourne: Cup, saucer & plate made by Royal Albert Bone China (England), showing City of Melbourne Coat-of-Arms, Olympic rings, torch & map of Australia. (Qty 3 items)
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1956 Melbourne: Set of cups (6), saucers (6), plates (6) & ashtrays/pin plates (2 - with different logos) made by Royal Albert Bone China (England) showing City of Melbourne Coat-of-Arms, Olympic rings, torch & map of Australia. Remarkable to have survived intact. (Qty 20)
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1956 Melbourne: Cup & saucer made by Roslyn Fine Bone China (England), the saucer showing torch-runner & map of Australia.
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1956 Melbourne: Car badge, attractive design with Olympic rings, torch, map of Australia, and 'XVI Olympiad/Melbourne 1956', made by Streamlux, in superb condition with the original box.
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1956 Melbourne: 'Australian Olympians' almost complete set of trade cards [18/20] stuck onto two scrapbook pages. Issuer unknown but believed to be Brylcreem, variable condition. Extremely scarce: we haven't seen these before.
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1956 Melbourne: Drinking glasses including attractive engraved beer mug, small glasses (6), large glass, Aci glasses (2), coffee mugs (2, one cracked); also 1954 Royal Visit glass. (Qty 13)
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1956 Melbourne: Set of eight Athletics programmes, all signed by USA discus gold medallist Al Oerter. Superb condition. [Alfred Oerter Jnr was an American discus-thrower and the first athlete to win a Gold Medal in the same individual event in four consecutive Olympic Games 1956 1960 1964 & 1968] (Qty 8)
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1960 Rome: Collection including programmes for athletics (4) & swimming (2); map; books including 'Roma Olimpica' [Italy, 1955], 'Olympiad 1960' [First & Sports editions, Milan, 1958], '1960 United States Olympic Book', 'Die Olympischen Spiele 1960, Rom/Squaw Valley'. (Qty 22)
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1964 Tokyo: Collection including programmes for Athletics; maps (3); cuff-links & tie pin; postcards (10), souvenir folders (5) & stickers (12); books (4) including 'Tokyo Olympics Official Souvenir'; brochures (18); fans (4), towel, badges (3), letter openers (2), teaspoon, chopsticks, medallions (no gold); posters (2 sets). (Qty 60+ items)
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1968 Mexico: Collection including programmes for Athletics, Swimming, Equestrian & Closing Ceremony (3); 'Olympic Newsletter' (17) & 'Pictorial Review' (16); map; books; brochures (7), ephemera (13); caps (2), ashtray, plastic blow-up cushions (2), beer mats (13). [See also Lot 712097] (Qty 70+ items)
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1968 Mexico: Commemorative Medallions in pewter & bronze, each 63 mm diameter, in original presentation case (with some tone spots).
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1972 Munich: Collection including programmes for Athletics (6), Opening Ceremony & Closing Ceremony; 'Sportsbild' magazine (12); map; books (10) including 'Australia's Team 20th Olympiad, Munich 1972' & 'Abc Olympic Book'; brochures (14), ephemera (10); ceramic ashtrays (6); records (2), pennants (2), rain cape, beer mats (42). [The Munich Games were marred by the death of 11 Israeli team members & a German policeman at the hands of Palestinian terrorists & in a shootout with police] (Qty 100+ items)
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1976 Montreal: Booklet for Rowing, results for Archery, 'Official Australian Olympic Book', 'Official Programme/Programme Officiel'; ephemera (4); wall plaque by Copenhagen Porcelain. (Qty 9 items)
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1988 Seoul: Octagonal bronze Participation Medal for Officials & Judges, 65 mm diameter, in original presentation case.
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1996 Melbourne Olympics Bid: Duplicated range with newsletters, brochures; reports 'Melbourne 1996 Venue Information'; 'A Golden Opportunity - The Case For Melbourne' by George Patterson [Melbourne, 1989]; 'Melbourne Olympic Games 1996 - Proposal for Licensed Mechandise...' by Leo Walsh Marketing [Melbourne, 1989]. (Qty 48)
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2000 Sydney: Participation Medal, silvered, 50 mm diameter, in original presentation case.
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2000 Sydney: Collection of pins, original cost $800+. (Qty 85)
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2000 Sydney: 'Australian Olympic Legend - Dawn Fraser' Dna Authenticated set of 5 Collector Pins in case. Limited edition 3020/5000; other Sydney Olympics pins (14) in three cases; 'Official Australian Olympic Gold Medallist Collection' of medallions (2 complete & 2 incomplete). (Qty 23)
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2000 Sydney Olympics & Paralympics: Press photographer's collection including media backpack, photo bibs (3), film courier bags (2); 'Sydney 2000 Press Guide', 'Guide to Sydney - Media Edition', 'Sydney 2000 Photographers' Brief' in folder, media guide, press guide, 'Paralympic Games Results, Rome 1960 to Atlanta 1996'; team handbooks for Australia, USA, Britain, Iran, Germany & Swiss; Transport guide, Broadcast manual, ephemera; postcards; clothing with T-shirts for Olympics (2) & Paralympics (2),…
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Pat Cash: Display with headband & T-shirt both signed by Pat Cash & endorsed 'To Eddie', window mounted, framed & glazed, overall 90 x 110 cm.
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Pat Rafter: 'Reebok' Cap signed by Pat Rafter.
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Box of mostly British ephemera including 1742 'London Gazette', 1769 'North Briton', 1815 Marriage Certificate, 1825 parchment Indenture with Impressed Revenue £1/15/- on blue, silk panel of 'HRH Prince Albert' (135 x 210 mm), 1877 Militia Commission signed 'Victoria' at U/R (the signature is fine but the document is in poor condition), 1913 Spies Petroleum Co share certificate, various newspaper illustrations & bookplates including a beautiful Indian (?) illuminated panel of two women in a garden;…
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Ephemera c.1900-50s Bookplates (57), Blotters (47), advertising postcards (38), luggage labels (35), lottery/Tatts tickets (120+), photo wallets (28) & other ephemera. Diverse range, inspection will reward. (Qty 350 items approx)
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Photographs & ephemera with c.1924 10 x 8 inch photograph of Pyramids & Sphinx; photographs (21) of a hunting trip in India; No 4711 Eau de Cologne pricelist plus two order books; tin of mostly filstar cigarette cards (150).
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Phonecards huge collection in tins, mainly Australian, with some overseas included; plus Coca-Cola phonecard folders (10) & 'Australia's First Disney Phonecards' folder. Diverse range, inspection will reward. (Qty 3500 approx)
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Sketch Books 'Sketches, Rab, Near Manchester 1877' containing 12 pen and ink drawings & a watercolour, mainly of historic buildings; plus two c.1880 Australian sketch books with 16 naive watercolours of indoor & outdoor scenes; also two 19th Century comic sketches 'Beak' (Justice) & 'Trap' (Constable). (Qty 31 drawings)
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Book 'Covenants with Death' by Innes & Castle [London, 1934], showing the horror of World War I. Good condition.
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Book 'Vitalogy, an Encyclopedia of Health and Home, Adapted for the Home, the Layman, the Family' by Eh Ruddock Md [Chicago, 1938], Fair/Good condition.
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Box of ephemera including five miniature newspapers; Victoria 1888 Centennial Exhibition Attendant's Pass (superb), 1891 License [sic] for a Hawker, 1865 Government Gazette with notice re Gold Escorts, 1893 Review of Reviews with some beautiful engraved adverts, 1897 Certificate of Marriage, 1914 Cheltenham & Mordialloc Harriers Fixture Card, 1896-1909 Remembrance Cards x 6; Tasmania 1911 Memorandum of Mortgage; etc, generally fine to very fine. A very interesting lot. Ex Dr Alan Nicholson. (Qty 50 items…
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Ephemera related to Major Neild Mla of NSW, including 1896 invitation & menu from Royal Colonial Institute in London; 1896 menu from The New Vagabond Club in London with guest Lord Roberts VC; 1903 'The Royal Society of St George, Rules and Regulations', latter with some tone spots. (Qty 4)
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Ephemera & trade cards including cricket postcards (4); Vietnam war cover to Australia; 'Punch A Postie' flyer; World War II Civil Defence ephemera (3); Allens trade cards (140+); drink labels (170+) Australian & Russian. Poor/Fine condition. Inspection will reward. (Qty 300+)
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'Mad' magazines, various issues c.1978-95, in varied condition. (Qty 47)
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Badges: 'Sgt.Barrett's Gallipoli Concert Party 1917'; plus 'Sir Ross Smiths Flight/Hear the Story and See the Film'.
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Badges: including 'Sydney 2000/Olympic First Aid' (x 3); 'Australian Red Cross Q'land Div'; 'Ski Council NSW'; 'The Doll Collectors Club NSW'; 'The Bromeliad Society of NSW'. (Qty 64)
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Birds: 'The Gould League of Bird Lovers of NSW', membership cards/certificates (13) for 1933, 1935 (2), 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940 (2), 1941, 1944 (2) & 1954; plus Liebig set of 6 trade cards showing Loopvogels/flightless birds. (Qty 19)
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Convicts: 1842 Convict Pardon, parchment (32 x 20 cm), [Royal Coat of Arms] 'By His Excellency Sir John Franklin...Lieutenant-Governor of the Island of Van Diemen's Land, .....James Walker...who arrived at Hobart Town in the Year 1831 by the Ship Lord Lyndock under a sentence of Transportation for Fourteen Years... a Conditional Remission of his sentence..., Eleventh January 1842', manuscript signature 'John Franklin'. Rare.
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Convicts: 1845 Convict Pardon, parchment (35 x 27 cm), [Royal Coat of Arms] 'By His Excellency Sir George Gipps Knight/Captain General, Governor in Chief in and over Her Majesty's/ Territory of New South Wales, .....George Jones alias Austin...Convicted of Forgery and had sentence of Transportation passed upon him for the same... I do hereby grant to the said George Jones alias Austin a free pardon for his crime, ninth June 1845', manuscript signature 'Geo Gipps', Rare. Ex Dr Alan Nicholson George Jones…
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Convicts: 1852 Tasmanian form letter headed 'Convict Department' & being an approval for convicts to marry. [See also our May Stamps & Postal History Auction for a similar 1849 posted form]
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Electoral: Elector's Rights of 1866 on white with blank reverse (218 x 132 mm) and 1911 on bluish with printed 'Notes For The...Elector' on the reverse (225 x 167 mm), the latter for a married woman, minor faults. Ex Dr Alan Nicholson. [Non-indigenous women in Victoria were granted the vote in 1908] (Qty 2)
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Electoral: 'Burgess Roll for the Borough of Smythesdale [Vic]...1868-69' 3pp + canary-yellow cover & for 1874-75 5pp + white cover. [Excellent geneological sources. A burgess was a person entitled to vote. Burgess Rolls were renamed Voters Rolls in 1939]
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Etching: 'Aboriginal Man and Woman' by Be Minns (1863-1937), signed lower right, window mounted, framed (no glass). overall 39 x 32 cm.
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Etching: 'Henry Kendall's Gosford Home', by Be Minns (1863-1937), numbered 'No.30/50' and signed lower right, window mounted, framed & glazed, overall 29 x 34 cm.
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Fire Brigade: 'Metropolitan Fire Brigade, Calls Attended' book from 1930-1939 in the locality of Brighton, Hampton, Sandringham & Moorabbin, with details recorded including locality, owner, occupier, men & gear attending, and general remarks. Some wear due to a decade's use, and later reference. Fascinating content.
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Fire Brigade: Brass fire extinguishers, 'Pyrofoam' 40 cm tall & 'Simplex' 56 cm tall, both made by Wormald Brothers in Australia. (Qty 2)
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Local Histories: Queensland group with 'Rockhampton: A History of City & District' by McDonald [Brisbane, 1981], 'Queensland Heritage Sketchbook' by Winkle & Hogan [Sydney, 1988], 'The Darling Downs: A Pictorial History 1850-1950' by French & Waterson [Toowoomba, 1980], etc. (Qty 46)
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Military: 1868 commission in the NSW Volunteer Rifles signed by the Governor 'Belmore', central fold otherwise very fine; 1902 programme for Boer War Memorial at Stratford (Vic), quite fine; 1902 Bendigo Gunpowder Magazine invoices for storage of powder etc x 14, mostly fine; and 1946 Willoughby (NSW) 'Call to Arms' certificate for World War II service, folded. (Qty 17 items)
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Military: 'Town of Kew' World War I Roll of Honour certificate - very colourful and attractive; plus 1893 watercolour of a house in Kew by R Clark, signed lower left. (Qty 2)
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Newspapers: Supplement to the 'Australasian', December 27 1884, titled 'Christmas Holidays', overprinted in red 'Specimen Copy. Gratis', some tone spots and peripheral faults.
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Painting: Peg Maltby (1899-1984), 'Australian Wildflowers', large acrylic on paper, signed 'P.Maltby' lower right, size 76 x 52 cm, window mounted.
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Pharmacists: 1877 'Certificate of Registration' under the Pharmacy Act of Victoria to Nelson Samuel Macks & signed 'Harry Shillinglaw' Registrar, two vertical folds but quite attractive.
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Railways: 1941 'Commonwealth Railways Time Tables, Trans-Australian and Central Australia Lines', printed on linen by Government Printer, Adelaide, some toning though scarce and unusual wartime timetable.
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Receipts: Pre-World War II array with some illustrated types & a good range from Victorian Gold Mining companies, many with low value revenues affixed, condition variable but many are fine to very fine. (Qty 50+)
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Schools: Scotch College (Melbourne) c.1937-51 ephemera including 1951 Centenary programme & Order of Service; 1937 Stamp Club Magazine (Vol.1 No.1); 1938 dinner menu; 1937-40 programmes for Athletics (8), Swimming (2), Rowing (5) & Anzac Day (3), condition varies. Interesting history. (Qty 51)
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Soda Bottles: Vintage soda syphon bottles, one with 'Rogers Bros, 19 Malmsbury St, Hawthorn, Melbourne' on glass bottle and 'Rogers Bros' on metal trigger pull; other with 'G.H.Billson & Co., Brighton Rd St Kilda 1915, Melbourne' on bottle, and 'Wangaratta Brewery, Wangaratta' on metal trigger pull. Both need a clean, but would look great with some tender loving care. (Qty 2)
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Suffragettes: Rose Stereographs No.11950-51 'Great Suffragette Demonstration in London. Mrs Fisher, Mrs McGowen and Miss Vida Goldstein from Australia' & 'Great Suffragette Demonstration in London. The Empire Car (different Colonies) passing through Trafalgar Square'. (Qty 2)
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Balance of collection with Glass positives (74) noted Great Britain, Rome, Netherlands, Europe, Australian scenery, Png, golf (2); Rose Stereographs (29) including Coronation of King George V (23) & Suffragette (2); postcards (9); cigarette cards (63); ephemera including 1920 visit of Prince of Wales to Melbourne 'At Home' programme; plus two old cameras. (Qty 180+ items)
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Cabinet Cards: c.1890s-1910s group from Australia (28), UK (5), USA (4), Nijmegen (3) & unidentified (8), mostly studio portraits, but also boy on toy horse, several couples or families outside their houses, and a few outdoor groups, condition varies. (Qty 48)
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Cartes-De-Visite: c.1860s-1880s group of studio portraits, noted American photographers (48), Australia - photographers from various gold-mining towns (12), Denmark (2), Germany & unidentified (24). Scarce early photographs, including one from Echuca, condition varies. (Qty 87)
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Thomas Foster Chuck (1826-1898): Photograph album with 62 photographs of Victorian buildings and scenery, noted Melbourne, Ballarat, Sandhurst, Maryborough, Queenscliff, Lorne, Warrnambool, Echuca, Ballarat & district, Gippsland, annotated in pencil beneath each image, some tone spots on pages, though photographs generally fine. [Thomas Foster Chuck (1826-1898), photographer and entrepeneur, was born in London and arrived in Victoria in 1861. The following year he produced and toured a 'Grand Moving…
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Geology: c.1900 glass plate negatives (18 - with printed photos) showing Iron Knob, Sturt River, Mitchell River, Tambo Valley, Werribee Gorge, Batesford, Gisborne, Torquay & Cobar; plus c.1939 negatives (approx 200) in envelopes marked 'Geological Photographs of Northcote Brick Co's Quarry', 'Carapook', 'Flinders' & 'Easter 1939', condition varies. (Qty c.220)
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Photograph Album: c.1880s album of photographs with cabinet cards (8) & 'cartes de visite' (42), mainly Australian photographers, noted landscape, shooting, Chinese in Ballarat, Goulburn, shops (3) & famous tightrope walker Charles Blondin (3). Unusual collection in generally fine condition. (Qty 50)
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Photograph Album: An impressive album of photographs assembled for Hj Younger in 1890, titled 'Vol.1 Melbourne & The Surrounding Country', with 87 images of Melbourne, Ballarat, Bendigo (Sandhurst), Geelong, Maryville, Fernshaw, Aborigines & several of Malta. A number of the photographs identified as being by Jw Lindt. [John William Lindt, Frgs, was a German-born Australian landscape and ethnographic photographer, early photojournalist and portraitist]
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Photograph Album: c.1890s album of photographs of public buildings and street scenes in Melbourne, Ballarat, Adelaide & Sydney, with captions below photographs; plus a later photograph of aborigines, various photographers including Thomas Foster Chuck & Capt Samuel Sweet. (Qty 32 photos)
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Photograph Album: c.1936-45 photograph album, with about 120 photographs & 30 postcards, covering the North Africa campaign (Rats of Tobruk) and the New Guinea campaign, with photos of Victoria, Sydney, India, Tel Aviv, Suez Canal, Egypt, Tobruk, New Guinea & Queensland. Ex Lloyd Grigg. [After the war, Lloyd could not settle into civilian life and became a crocodile hunter and tourism pioneer. In the 1950s he and Vince Vlassof built the world's first underwater observatory on Green Island near Cairns].…
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Stereo Cards: 1920 group (11) showing visit of Prince Edward with HMS Renown, HMAS Australia and Melbourne buildings illuminated; plus c.1923-26 group (11) showing tours of Collingwood, Ballarat & St Augustine's Bands. (Qty 22)
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Tintypes: c.1860s-1870s group of studio portraits, noted three from American photographers, others unidentified. Scarce early photographs, generally in fine condition. (Qty 13)
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Ballet Russe: c.1937-40s Autograph Book with about 80 signatures, including 49 members of Colonel W de Basil's Ballet Company from the 1939-40 tour of Australia, and some theatre performers including Roy Rene (Mo) & Peter Dawson. {The 1939-40 Ballet Russe were stranded in Australia during World War 2, and many decided to stay, including Kira Bousloff who went on to found the West Australian Ballet}.
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Alfred Deakin (1856-1919, 2nd Prime Minister of Australia): signature on 1884 lease to Joseph Du Bourg for site of Post & Telegraph Office in Bowenvale, Victoria, with small map pinned inside.
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Sir George Gipps: signature on 1840 land purchase document for 4 acres in Alexandria near Sydney. [George Gipps was the 9th Governor of NSW. Gippsland was named in his honour]
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Lawrence Hargrave, signature on NSW 1½d Lettercard from Stanwell Park, Clifton to Launceston in 1896. [Lawrence Hargrave (1850-1915) was an Australian aeronatical engineer, whose portrait alongside some of his gliders appeared on the Australian $20 banknote from 1966 to 1994].
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Hubert Opperman: 1937 Lord Mayor's Fund huge Hubert Opperman label, signed 'Hubert Opperman Oppy', very fine.
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Accumulation including 1912 Wills 'Birds of Australasia' (100); 1912 Sniders & Abrahams 'Animals & Birds' (34); 1915 Wills 'Modern War Weapons' (50); Godfrey Phillips 'Test Cricketers 1932-1933' [36/38]; Kornies football cards (31); 1989 Scanlens card signed by Peter Knights, condition varies, though inspection will reward. (Qty 800 approx)
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Group including 1915 Wills 'War Incidents' 1st Series [50] & 2nd Series [50]; 1915 Wills 'Victoria Cross Heroes' [25]; 1935 Carreras 'Kings and Queens of England' [50], Fair/Fine. (Qty 175)
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Box of sets and part-sets including silks with Wills & Co 'War Medals' {36/66 with backs}, 'Birds and Animals of Australia' {12/50}, 'Best Dogs of Their Breed' {36/50 most with no backs}, Three Castles 'Kings and Queens of England' {8/38}, then 1926 Cavanders 'Ancient Chinese' set of 25 and extras {21/25}, Ardath Tobacco 'Our Empire' set {50}, Vice Regal 'British Empire Series {42/50}, Wills 'Garden Hints' set of 50 plus {46/50}, 'Wonders of The World' {24/25}, 'Overseas Dominions-Australia' {34/50},…
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c.1900-90s collection including sport & movies, noted 1938 John Sinclair 'Well Known Footballers - North Eastern Counties' [14/50] & 'Well Known Footballers - Scottish' [47/50]; basketball, World War F, NFL, baseball, horseracing, mainly Fine/Very Fine. Inspection will reward. (Qty 1000+)
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c.1905-11 cards, including Sniders & Abrahams 1906 'Australian Racehorse' (24), 1907 'Australian Racehorses' (50), 1908 'Admirals & Warships' (12), 1911 'Australian Racing Scenes' (33), Poor to Fine, some trimmed. (Qty c.280)
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c.1906-2008 cigarette & trade cards in tin, noted 1921 McIntyre Bros 'Australian Champion Eleven 19201-21' (1); 1907 Sniders & Abrahams 'Australian Jockeys' (22); 1920s White Signet 'Motor Monikers' (7), condition varies, Poor to Fine. Inspection will reward.
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c.1909-60s range, including album of cigarette cards (200) with c.1910 Cope's 'Noted Footballers' [55/472], 1909 Ogdens 'Soldiers of the King' [16/50], 1911 Players 'Ceremonial and Court Dress' [11/25]; also album of 1950s-60s swap cards (60), mainly Good to Fine, with the English football cards mainly Fine/Very Fine. (Qty 260)
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c.1913-60 cigarette & trade cards, many in albums, including 1915 Wills 'Birds of Australasia' [80/100]; 1936 Gallaher 'Sporting Personalities' [48]; 1960 'Tiger Album of Football Club badges' [110]; 1931 Players 'Dogs' [50]; also flowers, railway engines, birds, flags, navigation, navy, Poor/Fine. (Qty 1100+)
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c.1923-60 Australian trade cards including 1923 Amalgamated Press 'Modern Motor Cars' [31/32]; 1926 Allens 'Wrestlers' [18/24]; 1927 Champion 'Tip-Top Tricks & Teasers' [16]; c.1930 Hoadleys 'Gold Cup Mystery' [57/60] (featuring Skeet - a knock-off of Ginger Meggs); c.1960 'Channel 7 Star Gallery' (16); plus colour print of Phar Lap, condition varies, Fair to Fine. (Qty 214)
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c.1924-60s trade cards, noted Lux Soap 'Famous Film Stars' (59); Stamina (90); Douglass 'Fountain of Merit Series' (24); Goblins 'Cars & Trucks' (100+), condition varies, Poor/Fine. Inspection will reward. (Qty 500+)
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c.1978-2006 non-sport trade card sets, including 1978 Topps 'Grease' [66]; 1991 Impel 'Star Trek' [310]; 2006 Inkworks 'Firefly' [72], mainly Very Fine. Inspection will reward. (Qty 1400 approx)
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1994 Dynamic 'AFL Players choice' two uncut sheets of 110; 1996 Futera 'Cricket Decider' uncut sheet of 100 (set of 90 plus 10 preview cards); 1996 Futera 'Nbl Basketball' uncut sheet of 100. (Qty 4 items)
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Cartoons by British artists including Dudley Buxton - panel of 6 sporting scenes; Reg Carter (2) - one showing elves having snowball fight; Frank Smith & S Valda, various sizes, some ink, others watercolour. (Qty 5 items)
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Balance of collection with cartoons by mainly Australian artists including Cousin (2); Les Dixon Bluey and Curley (1956-75); Norm Hetherington (Mr Squiggle); Vane Lindesay (4); Littlewood - World War II cartoon of Goebbels; Alex McRae Ben Bowyang; Rowley; Ted Scorfield; Gkt?; Unk White; Wynne cartoon titled 'The Celebrity', various sizes and condition varies, though marvellous group. (Qty 15)
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British original artwork for saucy seaside postcards, with artists including Pedro, Arnold Taylor (2 + issued postcard) & Trow (2). Pencil, ink or warercolour. Taylor's pencil sketch has 'Blackpool Post Card Censorship Board Approved' handstamp on reverse. (Qty 5 items)
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Animation Art balance of collection including 1920s comic strips (4) of 'In Animal Town'; book 'How to Create Cartoons' by Greene [New York, 1941]; Storyboards (4) for 'Monster Force', 'Dog City', 'Wildcats' & 'Death Race 2000'; anime character design & concept art for 'Macross Frontier' & 'Crescent Love' (2); various concept art in folio (40 pages).
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Comics: Collection including science fiction pulps 'Captain Future' (Summer 1942 & Spring 1944); comics with 'Captain Marvel' (5) including Nos.16 & 20; 'Daredevil' (2) Nos. 43 & 89; 'Captain Midnight' (Australian) No.17; 'Bugs Bunny' [1949]; 'The Atom'; 'Iron Man'; 'Captain Atom'; 'Bat Man' (2); 'The Shadow', 'Green Lantern'. (Qty 24)
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Comics: Collection of UK comics with 'The Rainbow' 1944-52 (109); 'Illustrated Chips' 1947-51 (61); Canada 'Star Weekly Comics' 1962-73 (130+); also 'Play Box', 'Tiny Tots' & 'Jingle', condition varies. (Qty c.440)
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Comics: Collection including scarce Australian 'Corky - Chico & Kelly' #3 [Apache Comics, Sydney, 1955] (not listed in 'Panel by Panel - A History of Australian Comics' or 'Bonzer'); 'The Adventures of Superman' #505 with postcard of issue #1; 'Skunge Nypd' #0 & #1; 'Youngblood'; 'Air Hawk' magazine issue #4 & Summer Special; Mickey Mouse collectable book; plus poster 'The Australian Comic Book Exhibition 1930s-1990s'. (Qty 9 items)
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Concept Art: Joseph Mackie original artwork (3) for Daredevil, Black Bolt & Triton; Brett Breeding DC Comics artwork; plus concept artwork photocopies for 'Spiderman - The Attack of the Arachnoid'. (Qty 5 items)
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