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Sporting Memorabilia & Collectables — Abacus Auctions

Auction House:Abacus AuctionsNumber of lots recorded:904
Sale Title:Sporting Memorabilia & CollectablesLots with images:904
Auction Location:MelbournePrices available:677
Date:17-Jun-2021
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Photographs reprinted team photographs 'Australian Cricket Team 1902' & 'The Australian Cricket Team, Headingley, England 1930', both window mounted, framed & glazed, each overall 41 x 38 cm. (Qty 2 items)
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Postcards 'The Australian Cricket Team, 1905'; 'Australian Team 1938' & 'Australian Cricket Team, England, 1948'. Fine/Very Fine. (Qty 3 items)
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Postcards 'MCC Australian 1907-8 Team' & 'The Australian Cricket Team, 1921', both unused in Fair/Fine condition. (Qty 2 items)
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1902 'The Argus. The Popular Daily. The Cricket Tour. Our Eleven in England' newspaper supplement with photo of the 1902 Australian team including Victor Trumper, Warwick Armstrong & Jim Kelly (named Wisden Cricketers of the Year in 1903), printed in Melbourne, portion at left missing 'repaired' (hidden) by a piece of paper.
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1903 New South Wales 1d Postal Card with 'Singleton Cricket Club' printed logo (two cricket bats resting on stumps) & message on back dated 'Mar.9th 1903' advising T.Knox-Hill that he has been selected to play against Sedgefield, fine used locally in Singleton.
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Melbourne Cricket Club: 1907-08 membership badge, made by Bridgland & King, number 165, some loss of enamel. [See also Lots 712175-180 ]
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Autographs 'The Australian Captains Bat' full-size cricket bat with signatures of 18 captains, 5 of which are Fine (Don Bradman, Bill Brown, Ray Lindwall, Barry Jarman & Allan Border), the other 13 signatures faded (the Lindsay Hassett signature is a facsimile), limited edition 289/1000, handle rubber perished.
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Photographs Australian team photographs for 1934, 1946, 1948, 1953, 1956 (2), 1961, 1962 & 1964; plus two others including 1945 NSW, various sizes. (Qty 11 items)
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Programmes 1948 Australian XI v Tasmania in Hobart, very scarce programme with front cover photo 'Dg Bradman, captain of the Australian Team for English Tour 1948', some writing on cover hardly detracts.
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1935-36 Australian tour to South Africa display comprising official tour programme 'Australian Cricket Team, South African Tour 1935-36' signed on the front by entire Australian team, 14 signatures of Victor Richardson, Stan McCabe, Bill O'Reilly, Len Darling, Leo O'Brien, Clarrie Grimmett, Morris Sievers, Bert Oldfield, Arthur Chipperfield, Ern McCormick, Chuck Fleetwood Smith, Jack Fingleton, Ben Barnett & Bill Brown, window mounted with team picture, framed & glazed, overall 31 x 54 cm.
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1938 Australian Tour to England Tour guide 'The Ashes, The Australians are here! Souvenir of 1938 Tour'; plus reprinted colour photograph '1938 Australians To England', overall 41 x 30 cm. (Qty 2 items)
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1948 Australian Tour to England display 'The Invincibles - The Greats of 1948' comprising team photograph, window mounted with photo & record for each player, with 9 facsimile & genuine signatures including Arthur Morris, Neil Harvey & Bill Brown, limited edition 52/1500, framed & glazed, overall 114 x 93 cm. Also signed on reverse by Neil Harvey & Sam Loxton.
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1948 Australian Tour to England, booklets 'The Invincibles - The Tour' (7, 6 signed by Neil Harvey, Sam Loxton & Syd Barnes Jr); plus flyers for 'The Invincibles - The Greats of 48' (6 - 5 signed by Neil Harvey & Sam Loxton). (Qty 13 items)
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Melbourne Cricket Club: 1927-28 Membership badge, scarce Country member with reversed colours, made by Bentley, No.39.
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Melbourne Cricket Club: 1930-31 Membership badge, scarce Country member with reversed colours, made by Bentley, No.414.
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Melbourne Cricket Club: 1932-33 Membership badge, scarce Country member with reversed colours, made by Bentley, No.63.
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Melbourne Cricket Club: 1935-36 Membership badge, scarce Country member with reversed colours, made by Bentley, No.534.
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Don Bradman: 'Don Bradman: An Australian Legend' complete set of 9 cermic plates with artwork by Brian Clinton, all in original boxes; plus book 'The Art of Bradman' by Clinton & Mulvaney (signed by the author). (Qty 10 items)
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Don Bradman: Display '1930 Bradman Commemorative Ball' comprising Gunn & Moore cricket ball with picture of Bradman, on wooden display stand with signature of Don Bradman, limited edition 970/974.
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Don Bradman: Collection including books (6) with 'Bradman's Best - Collector's Edition' by Perry, 'Bradman's Band' by Mallett (signed twice by Sam Loxton); 'Bradman Centenary' folder with coin & stamps; yo-yos (2); posters (2), DVDs (2), stamps, FDCs & coins. (Qty 20+ items)
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Don Bradman: Panoramic photograph od SCG with Don Bradman batting with Keith Rigg, 1931 2nd Test v South Africa, window mounted with Don Bradman signed postcard, framed & glazed, overall 124 x 65 cm.
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Don Bradman, signature on large b/w photograph of the Don playing a cover drive, 40 x 51 cm. Very scarce in this size.
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Don Bradman: Page from 'The Age' newspaper for February 3 1937, with headline 'Australia 299 Runs Ahead with Six Wickets Intact, Bradman's Masterly 174 n.o.', window mounted, framed & glazed, overall 61 x 77 cm.
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Don Bradman: Framed items including 1948 Invincibles displays (7) each signed on reverse by Neil Harvey & Sam Loxton; framed 1948 averages page; display 'The Bradman Record 1927-1949'; Po display 'Australian Legends - Sir Donald Bradman'; framed Bradman poster. All framed, various sizes. (Qty 11 items)
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Don Bradman: 'Bradman's 1948 Invincibles' display with c.1930-48 badges (17), window mounted with Don Bradman cigarette card, framed & glazed, overall 33 x 27 cm.
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Don Bradman: Print 'The Don in Command' caricature by Albert Ricardo, limited edition 334/500, signed by the artist & Don Bradman, window mounted, framed & glazed, overall 52 x 65 cm. On reverse is colour photocopy of 1988 letter from Don Bradman saying he has autographed the caricature as requested.
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Don Bradman: Print 'The Don in Command' caricature by Albert Ricardo, limited edition 63/500, signed by the artist & Don Bradman, size 40 x 54 cm.
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Don Bradman: 'Bradman - The Illustrated Biography' by Michael Page [Melbourne, 1989], signed on title page by Don Bradman, Fine condition.
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Don Bradman: 1995 Sanitarium (Weet-Bix) 'The Bradman Collection' complete set of cards [20] with one card signed by Don Bradman, window mounted, framed & glazed, overall 48 x 51 cm.
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Don Bradman: Large print 'Bradman's Walk to Glory' by Colin Dudley, limited edition 9/99, signed by Don Bradman & the artist, framed, overall 116 x 149 cm. Together with original sales brochure signed by former South African Test captain Ali Bacher.
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Don Bradman: Display of Inaugural Australian Legends Stamps, comprising Fdc, Coin Fdc, Post Office Pack, stamp sheetlet & maximum cards; window mounted, framed & glazed, overall 55 x 71 cm.
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Don Bradman Display with signature on piece, window mounted with three photographs, framed & glazed, overall 67 x 47 cm.
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Don Bradman: Statuette 'Sir Donald Bradman - The Final Salute 1908-2001', 38 cm tall, in original box of issue.
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Artwork & Prints 'Centenary of Test Cricket Print Folio'; 'The First Test Australia v England MCG 1877'; 'The Australian Eleven 1909' (framed); and 1989 Australia team photo with facsimile autographs. (Qty 4 items)
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Artwork & Prints 'The Development of the Cricket Bat' wall plaque display with 1/7 scale replicas of bats taken from the MCC's collection, in oval frame, overall 27 x 34 cm, in original box.
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Artwork & Prints 'Commander & Chief - Celebrating Australia's Test Cricket Captains Since 1876' print, limited edition 33/100, window mounted, framed & glazed, overall 85 x 62 cm.
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Autographs 'The Blues Living Legends' (NSW) print with 12 signatures of Don Bradman, Keith Miller, Arthur Morris, Allan Border, Alan Davidson, Bob Simpson, Steve Waugh, Brian Taber, Glenn McGrath, Neil Harvey, Richie Benaud & Norman O'Neill, limited edition 3/250, window mounted, framed & glazed, overall 108 x 46 cm. With CoA.
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Autographs 'Field of Dreams - The Longest Winning Streak in Test Match History' print with 20 signatures including Steve Waugh, Adam Gilchrist & Shane Warne, limited edition 63/500, window mounted, framed & glazed, overall 94 x 69 cm.
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Autographs 'Commander & Chief - Celebrating Australia's Test Cricket Captains Since 1876' display personally signed by the 18 living Test captains, and with facsimile autographs of the other 25, limited edition 6/100. window mounted, framed & glazed, overall 122 x 82 cm.
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Photographs 'Coronation Tour Australian Cricket Team 1953' photograph with 18 signatures on mount including Lindsay Hassett, Arthur Morris, Ray Lindwall & Keith Miller, window mounted, framed & glazed, overall 45 x 40 cm. [The illustration is above Lot 148]
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Photographs 1963 Australian team photograph signed by Neil Harvey & Colin Guest; also photograph of 1967 Victorian team with 10 signatures; plus cricket books (21) including 'Against All Odds - The Story of Victoria's Sheffield Shield Triumph 1966-67' with 14 signatures; tennis books (3) including 'Rod Laver: A Memoir'; other sports books (3); Bradman Centenary calender. (Qty 30 items)
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Photographs Sydney Cricket Ground panorama with 10 signatures including Steve Waugh, Mark Waugh, Mark Taylor, Glenn McGrath, Shane Warne & Ricky Ponting, window mounted, framed & glazed, overall 90 x 47 cm. With CoA.
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Programmes 1970-2018 collection including 1970 Australia v England 1st Test at Brisbane; 1970 Queensland v MCC; 1977 Centenary Test; 1980 Centenary Test (signed on cover by Greg Chappell); 2017-18 Sheffield Shield Final - Queensland v Tasmania. (Qty 26 items)
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Tour Guides 1951-2005 collection including ABC Cricket Books (9) from 1970-71 to 2005; 1951 South African tour to England; 1956 Australian tour to England. (Qty 20 items)
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Tour Guides ABC Cricket Books (38) from 1975-76 to 2019-20; other tour guides (7); cricket magazines (12); 'Football Record's (36); programmes for soccer (2) & tennis (2); theatre/music programmes (12). Fair/Good condition (Qty 130 items)
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Trophies Newport Cricket Club trophies (4) won by W Hoyle, including 1948-49 hat-trick ball; 2nd XI Batting Average 1951-52; Best Clubman 1953-54; Best Clubman 1954-55; also Newport Cricket Club cap; plus cricket-related single records (3). (Qty 8 items)
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Trophies 1967 Myers v Farmers shield; Myrall Cricket Club - Best Clubman 1959-74; mirror for 1977 Test Cricket Centenary. (Qty 3 items)
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1953 Australian Team to England team photograph with 20 signatures on mount including Lindsay Hassett, Ray Lindwall & Keith Miller, window mounted, framed & glazed, overall 74 x 65 cm.
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1977 Test Centenary silver medallion 'First Test Match, Melbourne 15th March 1877/Test Cricket Centenary 1877-1977 England v Australia', in original presentation case; plus 1981-82 Collectors World teaspoons (5) comprising Dennis Lillee (World Record Test Wickets), Rodney Marsh (Australia's most capped player) and 100th Anniversary England v Australia set of 3. (Qty 6 items)
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1999 World Cup colour photograph of the run-out of Allan Donald in the Australia v South Africa Semi-Final, resulting in the game being tied, Australia moving on to the Final at Lords, where they beat Pakistan to become the World Cup One-Day Champions, with signatures of the 11 Australian players including Adam Gilchrist, Glenn McGrath & Steve Waugh, window mounted, framed & glazed, overall 69 x 51 cm.
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Allan Border: Signature on full size 'Duncan Fearnley' cricket bat, in display case, overall 17 x 87 cm; signed book 'Allan Border - Beyond Ten Thousand'; Allan Border ceramic plate from 'Australia's Cricketing Greats' series. (Qty 3 items)
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Michael Clarke: Signed display 'Captain's Knock' commemorating his 329 n.o. in the 2012 2nd Test against India at the SCG, limited edition 236/329, window mounted, framed & glazed, overall 86 x 66 cm.
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Terry Jenner: 'Baggy Green' Australian Test Cap, green wool, embroidered Australian Coat-of-Arms on front, small label inside endorsed 'Tj', very good match-used condition. [Terry Jenner played 9 Tests & 1 Odi 1970-75. In his latter years he was a leg-spin coach to many players around the world, and a great influence on Shane Warne. He was also a radio cricket commentator for the ABC]
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Jack Potter: Book 'Born Lucky' by Jack & Sarah Potter (signed by both) [Melbourne, 2021], limited edition 8/500 in slipcase; together with programme from the book's launch with 6 signatures including Alan 'Froggie' Thomson, Eddie Illingworth & Kevan Carroll.
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Shane Warne: Signed display commemorating Warne's 300th Test Wicket, limited edition 279/1000, framed & glazed, overall 54 x 41 cm.
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Shane Warne v Muttiah Muralitharan: Display 'Record Pursuit' signed by Muralitharan & Warne, limited edition 46/350, window mounted, framed & glazed, overall 56 x 76 cm. With CoA.
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Shane Warne: 1990s advertising poster featuring Shane Warne (before his hair transplant!), 'Don't get caught without sunscreen wear The Aussie Sunwatch', overall 42 x 59 cm. Resale opportunity. (Qty 21 copies)
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Shane Warne: 'Shane Warne - Ball of the Century' display comprising photograph by Patrick Eagar, signed on the mount by Shane Warne, limited edition 64/500, window mounted, framed & glazed, overall 78 x 58 cm.
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Shane Warne: Display '500 Test Wickets - Shane Warne Commemorative Shirt', with replica Australian Test shirt signed by Shane Warne at Harare, Zimbabwe on May 20 2004, mounted in attractive display case, overall 120 x 121 cm. Limited edition 53/100.
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Steve Waugh: Signature on caricature 'Steve Waugh, 4th Test Barbados 1995, c.Lara b.Benjamin, 200 Runs, 555 Mins, 425 Balls', window mounted, framed & glazed, overall 55 x 67 cm.
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Autographs collection of 80 different cards signed by England Test Players mounted and identified on 7 sheets, including John Edrich, Graeme Hick, Darren Gough, John Snow, Alan Knott, Graham Gooch, Devon Malcolm & Alec Bedser. (Qty 80 items)
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Autographs 1932-33 England 'Body-Line' tour to Australia autograph page with 15 signatures including Douglas Jardine (Captain), Wally Hammond & Herbert Sutcliffe. [The illustration is above Lot 163]
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Autographs 1936-37 England tour to Australia display comprising autograph page with 18 signatures including Gubby Allen, Maurice Leyland, George Duckworth, Walter Robins, Les Ames & Stan Worthington, window mounted with team picture, framed & glazed, overall 27 x 46 cm.
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Autographs 1990-91 England team to Australia, full size 'Kookaburra' cricket bat with 16 signatures including Graham Gooch (captain), Allan Lamb, Devon Malcolm & Alec Stewart, rubber on handle perishing, though signatures fine.
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Photographs England team photographs, including 1928-29 Supplement from 'Daily News'; 1932-33 Bodyline reprinted photograph; press photographs of 1946-47, 1950-51 & 1958-59 teams; official photograph of 1965-66 team with players' names printed on mount. Various sizes, condition generally Fine/Very Fine. (Qty 6 items)
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Photographs 1995 England team to West Indies, team photograph with 14 signatures on mount; plus 1995/6 England team to South Africa team photograph with 20 signatures on mount, includes Mike Atherton, Alec Stewart & Darren Gough. Both framed & glazed. (Qty 2 items)
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Postcards colour-tinted postcards 'Mr C.B. Fry/(Hamps)' with pin-holes & 'Blythe/(Kent)' postally used in India. Believed to be ex Ranjitsinhji's Jamnagar Palace collection. (Qty 2 items)
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Print 'The Cricket Match, between Sussex & Kent, at Brighton', engraved by GH Phillips, framed & glazed, overall 108 x 79 cm.
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Ties group of English County Cricket Club ties. (Qty 20)
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1932 tour guide for India's first Test tour to England, 'Indian Cricket Tour to England 1932', with player profiles and illustrated throughout, original decorative wrappers, minor edge blemishes.
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1953 'First Indian Cricket Team, Touring West Indies and British Guiana, Jan-April 1953' postcard with inset photos of players and facsimile autographs, some surface abrasions. Very scarce.
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Autographs 'The Immortals - The Book of New Zealand Cricket Test Players' by Verdon [Auckland, 2006], containing 170 original signatures of every living New Zealand Test cricketer, limited edition 378/665. Fine condition.
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Autographs collection of 22 different cards signed by South Africa Test Players mounted and identified on two sheets, including Peter Pollock, Jacques Kallis, Gary Kirsten & Trevor Goddard. (Qty 22 items)
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Autographs collection of 29 different cards signed by West Indies Test Players mounted and identified on 4 sheets, including Everton Weekes, Seymour Nurse, Michael Holding, Lance Gibbs & Joel Garner. (Qty 29 items)
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Sir Garfield Sobers: Signature on postcard alongside 35c Barbados 1966 Independence stamp featuring 'G.Sobers Barbados & Wi Captain' postmarked '2 De 66' on First Day of Issue.
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Sir Garfield Sobers: Signed display 'Brilliance All Round - Sir Garfield Sobers', limited edition 68/500, window mounted, framed & glazed, overall 46 x 58 cm.
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1900s-90s cricket cards in album, including a few early part-sets in mixed condition; 1956 Kane Products '1956 Cricketers' 1st Series [25] & 2nd Series [25]; 1974 Sunicrust 'Cricketers' part set with 4 signed; few 1980s & 1990s sets. Mixed condition, Poor/Fine. (Qty 500+)
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1908 Wills 'Cricketers' (Wills's with small 's'), complete set [50], window mounted, framed & glazed, overall 58 x 53 cm.
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1920 McIntyre Bros 'Australian Champion Eleven 1920-21', almost complete set [13/15], all trimmed at top and base as usual and one heavily creased. Very scarce. (Qty 13 items)
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1926-38 cricket cards, noted Wills 'Cricketers 1928' [50] & 'Cricketers 2nd Series' [30/50]; Players 'Cricketers Caricatures by Rip' [49/50], 'Cricketers 1930' [37/50], 'Cricketers 1934' [43/50] & 'Cricketers 1938' [44/50]. Fair/Good condition. (Qty 253 items)
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1926-38 cricket cards including Players 'Cricketers Caricatures by Rip' [50] & Players 'Cricketers 1938' [50]. Fine/Very Fine. (Qty 100 items)
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1926-32 Amalgamted Press 'Famous Test Match Cricketers' [31/32]; 'Famous Australian Cricketers' [16]; 'Australian & English Cricket Stars' [31/32], Poor/Fine condition (some creased). (Qty 78 items)
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1928-34 framed cricket cards, including Churchman 'Famous Cricket Colours' complete set [25], window mounted, framed & glazed, overall 29 x 45 cm; plus Players 'Cricketers 1934', complete set [50], window mounted, framed & glazed, overall 49 x 44 cm. (Qty 2 items)
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1928 Australian (Giant Brand) Licorice 'English Cricketers' (blue back), complete set [24], mainly Fine condition. (Qty 24 items)
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1930 Players 'Cricketers 1930' complete set of cricket cards [50], window mounted, framed & glazed, overall 32 x 84 cm.
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1930 Australian (Giant Brand) Licorice 'Australian Cricketers', almost complete set [24/27], Fair/Fine condition. {Note: Backs inscribed '24 Photos in a complete set', though 27 known} (Qty 24 items)
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1930-31 Australian (Giant Brand) Licorice 'Australian Cricketers', complete set [24], mainly Fine condition. (Backs inscribed 'There are 24 Photos in a complete set of Australians'} (Qty 24 items)
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1932 Allens 'Australian Cricketers', complete set [18] & 'English Cricketers complete set [18], mainly Fine condition. (Qty 36 items)
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1933 Allens 'Australian Cricketers' [16/18] & 'English Cricketers' [17/18], mainly Fine condition. Above average condition for these. (Qty 33 items)
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1933 Hoadleys 'Complete Set of Australians' [18], mainly Fine condition. (Qty 18 items)
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1934 Players 'Cricketers 1934' complete set of cricket cards [50], window mounted, framed & glazed, overall 29 x 82 cm.
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1936 Hoadleys Chocolates 'Test Cricketers', complete set [40], Poor/Fine condition (five creased). (Qty 40 items)
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1937 Griffiths Brothers (Black Crow Cough Drops) 'Australian Cricketers' [11/11 known], Fair/Very Fine. Extremely scarce. (Qty 11 items)
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1937 Griffiths Brothers (Ask Mother for Cruising Toffee) 'Australian Cricketers' [8/10 known], Fair/Very Fine. Extremely scarce. (Qty 8 items)
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1938 Players 'Cricketers 1938' complete set of cricket cards [50], window mounted, framed & glazed, overall 29 x 82 cm.
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1938 Allens 'Cricketers' (coloured), complete set [36], one creased, mainly Fine condition. (Qty 36 items)
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1938 Hoadleys Chocolates 'Test Cricketers', complete medium size set [36], Fair/Fine condition (five creased). (Qty 36 items)
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1938 Sweetacres 'Cricket Caricatures', complete set [24], noted Don Bradman, Lindsay Hassett, Walter Hammond & Joe Hardstaff, Fair/Fine condition (a couple may be trimmed). (Qty 24 items)
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1938-89 cricket cards, with 1938 Boys' Captain Ties and Braces 'Cricketers', complete set [18], mainly Fine/Very Fine; plus 1989 Scanlens (Stimorol) 'Cricket' complete set [84], in superb condition. (Qty 102 items)
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1948 Nabisco (Crispies Weeties Vita-Brits) 'Leading Cricketers', complete set [32], Fair/Fine condition (one creased). (Qty 32 items)
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