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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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Collection including 'The Story of the Davis Cup' by Wallis Myers [London, 1913]; 'How to Play Tennis' by Harry Hopman [Melbourne, 1937]; 'The Davis Cup Story' [Sydney, 1947]; postcards (19) 2 signed by Evonne Goolagong-Cawley & Martina Hingis; signed covers (8) comprising Rod Laver, Margaret Court, Lleyton Hewitt, Todd Woodbridge & Mark Woodforde, John McEnroe, Monica Seles, Mark Philippoussis, also squash champion Heather McKay, FDCs (2); trade cards (2); ephemera 'Tennis Coach'; Poster '1933 Victorian…
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Autographs signed books (3) with 35 signatures including Jimmy Connors, Roger Federer & Steffi Graf; signed pictures (15), envelopes (10), pieces (3) & promotional cards (2) including Bjorn Borg, Pat Rafter & Pat Cash; also scarce 1958 programme Pancho Gonzales v Lew Hoad. (Qty 34 items)
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Autographs 1950s autograph pages (4) including 1951 Australian & United States Davis Cup teams, with a total of 23 signatures including Harry Hopman, Ken McGregor, Merv Rose, Frank Sedgman, Tony Trabert, Vic Seixas, Jack Kramer, Lew Hoad, Ken Rosewall, Ashley Cooper, John Bromwich & Jack Crawford.
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Autographs signed pictures, pieces, stamps & envelopes (22 items) including Ken Rosewall, John Newcombe, Frank Sedgman & Rod Laver; signed books (3) including Don Budge & Ken Rosewall; programmes for 1996 Wimbledon & 2005 Aust Open; magazines (7). (Qty 34 items)
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Autographs signed photographs & trade cards of Evonne Goolagong-Cawley, Rod Laver, Neale Fraser, Bjorn Borg & Martina Hingis; book 'Country Cracks - The Story of NSW Country Tennis' by Ron McLean (signed by the author); also medal '100 Years of Davis Cup - 1999 Final/Australia v France, Final, Nice, 3-5 December 1999' (won by Australia). (Qty 7 items)
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Autographs signed promotional cards of Andre Agassi, Pat Rafter & Monica Seles; plus ABC postcard 'A Meeting of Champions' with Jack Crawford & Ellsworth Vines; German postcard of Bill Tilden & Cilly Aussem. (Qty 5 items)
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Autographs collection with signed pictures, covers, photos & pieces (80 items), noted Leyton Hewitt, Rod Laver, Neale Fraser, Evonne Goolagong-Cawley, John Newcombe & Pat Rafter; 1998 Open programmes (2); also Atp Tour 'Top Class' tennis cards [99/100]. (Qty 180 items)
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Autographs signed book 'The U.S. Open - Game, Set, Unmatched' by Williams [Ny, 1997] with a piece bearing 27 autographs including Pete Sampras, Steffi Graf, Bjorn Borg, Ivan Lendl & Jim Courier affixed to the face.
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Autographs signed book 'Our Open - 100 years of Australia's Grand Slam' edited by Bradshaw [Melbourne, 2004] with with a piece bearing 14 autographs including John Newcombe, Rod Laver, Mark Edmondson, Chris Evert & Mary Pierce affixed to the face.
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Fred Stolle: 'Dunlop Maxply' tennis racquet with initials 'F.S.' in gold just above the handle, match-used by Fred Stolle, restrung. [Fred Stolle is an Australian tennis player and commentator. He won Grand Slam singles at 1965 French Open & 1966 Us Open, 10 Grand Slam doubles titles & 7 Grand Slam mixed doubles titles. This racquet was donated to Beckenham Lawn Tennis Club in 1968 after the World's Amateur and Professional event won by Stolle]
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Bobby Riggs: 1974 USA 'Tennis Centennial' First Day Cover signed 'Bobby Riggs', Very Fine condition. [Robert Larimore Riggs was a three-time Grand Slam champion. However, he is most famous for his 1973 'Battle of the Sexes' matches against Margaret Court, which he won, and then current World Number 1, Billie Jean King, which she won in three sets. At the time, Court was 32, King was 30, and Riggs was 55 and long-retired from professional tennis!]
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Artwork & Prints metal sculpture of a weightlifter, believed to be of Russian manufacture, 27 cm tall.
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Autographs signed postcards and photographs including Sammy Stein (also actor & NFL player), Danny Dusek, Rey Urbano & Marvin Jones; unsigned postcard of Billy Hansen. (Qty 5)
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Books 'Modern Wrestling Holds' by Emil Voigt (1908 Olympics gold medallist) [Sydney, 1933] with 20 signatures including the author, King Elliott, Walter Browning (Lofty Blomfield), George Pencheff, Jim McMaster, Ambrose Palmer, Dick Cameron, Billy Meeske, Jack Haines & Joe Kopach; plus postcards (4) including Ted Thye v Billy Meeske promo, Frank Gotch & Big Chief Little Wolf. (Qty 5 items)
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Books 'The America's Cup 1851-1987: Sailing for Supremacy' leather-bound by Lester & Sleeman [Sydney, 1986] limited edition No.74 signed by Sir James Hardy (three times America's Cup skipper), in slip-case; plus large postcard of 'Stars & Stripes' signed by the boat's skipper Dennis Conner. (Qty 2 items)
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Trophies silver-plated decorated bowl trophy with three lion feet engraved on front 'St Kilda Yacht Club, Presented by Mr Agar Wynne MP, Won by 'Eric', 30th Nov.1907'; a Boxing Kangaroo flag made famous during Australia II's victory in the America's Cup; also Postcards 1930s-80s collection, including many from 1983 & 1987 America's Cups, some with special postmarks, mainly fine condition. [ The Hon Agar Wynne was a prominent politician; he was Postmaster-General in Andrew Fisher's Labor government in 1913…
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Framed sets Players 'Cricketers 1934' [50]; 1938 Churchman 'Association Footballers' [50]; 1990 'Kings & Queens of England' reprints [50]; 1997 Sanitarium 'Sir Donald Bradman AC Greatest Hits' [16]. All framed, various sizes. (Qty 4 items)
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1880s-1990s cigarette & trade cards in five albums, including 1880s Duke & Sons (40); 1905 Ogdens 'British Birds' [50]; 1911 Wills 'Signalling' [50]; 1912 Wills 'Musical Celebrities' [49/50]; 1926 Wills 'VCs' [50]; 1931 Wills 'Strange Craft' [50]; 1934 Wills Famous Film Stars' [100]. Poor/Fine. (Qty appro x 1500)
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1880s-1990s swap cards & playing cards collection in three albums & boxes, including ten c.1880s early playing cards by Ferd Piatnik & Sohne (Vienna) . Excellent starter collection. (Qty appro x 3200)
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1880s-1970s cigarette & trade cards in six albums, including Chinese cards; 1924 Mac Fisheries 'Japanese Colour Prints' [10/14]; 1910 Wills 'Arms of the British Empire' [50]; 1923 Wills 'Lucky Charms' [50]; 1925 Cavenders 'Reproductions of Celebrated Oil Paintings' [25]; 1935 Wills 'The Reign of King George V' [50]; 1937 Ardath 'Your Birthday Tells Your Fortune' [50]; 1939 Wills 'Old Inns, 2nd series' [40]. Mainly Fair/Fine. (Qty 1000+)
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1890s-1990s cigarette & trade cards in five albums, including 1924 Players 'Boy Scouts' [50]; 1916 Wills 'Military Motors' [50]; 1938 Gerard 'Modern Armaments' [50]; 1938 Ardath 'Life in the Services' [50]. Condition varies, Poor/Fine. (Qty appro x 1800)
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1890-1970s cigarette & trade cards in five albums, including 1908 Wills 'Flag Girls of All Nations' [50]; 1909 Players 'Celebrated Gateways' [50]; 1910 Wills 'Aviation' [75]; 1925 Wills 'New Zealand Birds' [50]; 1926 Cavanders 'Ancient Chinese' [25]; 1934 Godfrey Phillips 'Stars of British Film' [50]. Poor/Fine. (Qty appro x 1800)
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1890s-1990s cigarette & trade cards in eleven albums, including 1965 Happy-ade (South Aust) 'Beatles' [8]; 1898 Wills 'Conundrums' [25]; Sniders & Abrahams 1905 'Cricket Terms [12], 'Naval Terms [10/12], 1906 'Jokes' [60] & 1909 'Dickens Series' [32]; 1934 Carreras 'Gran-Pop' [50]; 1960 Kane Products 'Disc Stars' [50]; 1962 Como 'Noddy and his Playmates' [50]; 1970 Nabisco 'Aristocats' [24]; Jurassic Park, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Thomas the Tank Engine; TV series & Disney. Fair/Fine. (Qty appro x…
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1895-1970s cigarette & trade cards in five albums, including 1895 Atc Bonanza Cigars 'Actresses' (19); 1912 Wills 'Birds of Australasia' [100]; 1932 Players 'Wild Animals, 2nd Series' [25]; 1935 Challis 'Wild Birds at Home' [36]; 1938 Godfrey Phillips 'Beauties of To-Day' [36]. Poor/Fine. (Qty appro x 1200)
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1900-70s cigarette & trade cards in five albums, including 1900 American Tobacco 'Beauties, Flower Girls' [25] & many others; 1905 Ogdens 'British Birds' [50]; 1914 Sniders & Abrahams 'Butterflies & Moths' [60]; 1916 Carreras 'Women on War Work' [27/50]; 1932 Players 'Butterflies' [50]. Poor/Fine. (Qty appro x 1200)
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1900s-70s collection of cigarette & trade cards in tin, mainly Australian, noted football (46) with Sniders, Thorps, Jj Schuh, Godfrey Phillips & Kornies; cricket (72), jockeys (110); others by Sniders & Abrahams, Giant Licorice, MacRobertsons, Sweetacres, Fountain Flour, Monkey Brand, Allens. Condition variable. (Qty 650+)
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1900s-2013 cigarette & trade cards in album, card boxes & loose, including 1950s Crusader Cloth [16]; 1969 Surf 'Famous Australians' booklets (5); 1992 Ctw 'Sesame Street' [100]; 1993 Cardz 'Muppets' [60]; Walt Disney Jungle Book, Jurassic Park, Beverley Hills 90210; 2013 Woolworths 'Aussie Animals' box. Mainly Fair/Fine. (Qty appro x 1500)
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1900s-90s cigarette & trade cards in five albums, including 1913 Wills 'Riders of the World' [50]; 1916 Wills 'Mining' [50]; 1929 Wills 'English Period Costumes' [50]; 1936 Players 'Tennis' [50]; 1995 'May Gibbs Collector Cards' [110]. Poor/Very Fine. (Qty appro x 1500)
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1900s-90s cigarette & trade cards in five albums, including 1915 Wills 'Victoria Cross Heroes' [25]; 1921 Gallaher 'Animals & Birds of Commercial Value' [100]; 1923 Players 'Bonzo' [25]; 1923 Wills 'Motor Cars' [48]; 1927 Mitchell 'Clan Tartans' [50]. Poor/Fine. (Qty appro x 1500)
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1900s-2013 cigarette & trade cards in five albums, including 1924 Edwards, Ringer & Biggs 'Musical Instruments' [25]; 1925 Imperial Tobacco Canada 'Game Birds' [30]; Tuckfields Tea 'Birds' 1-388. Poor/Fine. (Qty appro x 1200)
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1900s-2015 cigarette & trade cards in ten albums, including Liebigbilder-Album (100+); 1929 Churchman 'Warriors of All Nations' [25]; 1931 Players 'Military Head-Dress' [50]; 1937 Carreras 'History of Army Uniforms' [50]; 1942 United Tobacco 'Our South African Birds' [150]; 1996 Tempo 'Peter Rabbit' [110]. Poor/Fine. (Qty appro x 1200)
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1900s-2015 cigarette & trade cards in about 50 small albums, including Ogdens photo album (144); 1927 Players 'War Decorations & Medals' [90]; 1935 Wix 'Henry' [50]; 1938 Players 'Aircraft of the Royal Air Force' [50]; Tuckfield Tea cards. Poor/Fine. (Qty 1000+)
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1900s-2018 cigarette & trade cards in boxes & loose, including 1928 Wills 'New Zealand Race Horses' [50]; 1935 Ardath 'Sports Champions' [44/50]. Poor/Fine. (Qty appro x 1000)
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1900s-80s cigarette & trade cards in 7 small albums & loose in carton, noted Sniders & Abrahams racehorses & jockeys. Poor/Fine. Inspection will reward. (Qty appro x 2000)
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1901 (circa) Ogdens photo album containing Australian issue General Interest set numbered 1-100, in special album with printed slots for each card, almost complete with a few later issues placed in to fill missing numbers, includes Captain Cook, English cricketer Prince Ranjitsinhji, King Edward VII, Prime Minister Edmund Barton, composers Beethoven & Mozart, soldiers, racehorses, etc. (Qty 100)
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1904-15 Sniders & Abrahams collection, including 1904 'Natives of the World' [25]; 1905 'Actresses' (gold background) [30]; 1907 'How to Keep Fit' [30]; 1911 'Lady Smokers' [6/7 + 1 spare]; 1915 'Medals & Decorations' [48], mainly Fair/Very Fine. (Qty 140 items)
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1904-38 collection in album including 1904 Ogdens 'Fowls, Pigeons & Dogs' [48/50]; 1908 Edwards Ringer & Bigg 'Dogs Series' [23]; 1908 Players 'Nature Series' [49/50]; 1930 Faulkner 'Old Sporting Prints' [25]; 1930 Players 'Whaling' [25], mainly Fine. (Qty 530+)
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1905-80s cigarette & trade cards in five albums, including 1905 Wills 'Sporting Terms' [23/25]; 1905 Wills 'Russo Japanese Series' (29); 1911 Wills 'Signalling Series' [50]; 1912 Wills 'Roses' [50]; 1922 Wills 'Zoological Series' [50]; 1923 Wills 'Characters from Dickens' [50]; 1925 Players 'Mount Everest' [20]; 1925 Wills 'Australian Scenic Series' [100]; 1939 Players 'Types of Horses' [25]. Poor/Fine. (Qty appro x 1600)
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1908-60s cigarette & trade cards in five albums, including 1908 Ogdens 'Birds Eggs' [50]; 1910 Wills 'Kings & Queens of England' (silk) [38]; 1931 Ogdens 'Racing Pigeons' [50]; 1937 Players 'Wildfowl' [25]; 1939 Ogdens 'British Birds & Their Eggs' [50]. Poor/Fine. (Qty appro x 1200)
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1908-33 cigarette cards including 1908 Sniders & Abrahams 'Footballers' (2); 1921 Jj Schuh 'Australian Jockeys' numbered [22/30] & unnumbered [30] + 26 spares; Godfrey Phillips 'Test Cricketers 1932-1933' (40). Mainly Fair/Fine. (Qty 320 items)
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1910-15 group including 1910 Sniders & Abrahams 'Dickens Series' [28/32]; plus 1915 Wills 'Flags metal shaped for buttonholes', part set [15] comprising Australia (5), Belgium (2), France (2) & Union Jack (4), Poor/Fine condition. (Qty 41 items)
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1910-60s cigarette & trade cards in 22 albums, including 1910 Gallaher 'Irish View Scenery' (200); 1913 Wills 'Royal Mail' [50]; 1917 Sniders & Abrahams 'Australian VCs & Officers' (85); 1931 Players 'Poultry' [50]; 1940 Weeties 'The British Arms Series' [36]. Mainly Fair/Very Fine. (Qty appro x 2400)
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1910s-70s cigarette & trade cards in two albums, including Ja Pattreiouex (Senior Service) 1936-37 'Sights of Britain' [48], 2nd Series [47/48] & 3rd Series [48]; 1937 'Holiday Haunts by the Sea' [48]; 1939 'Beautiful Scotland' [48]; 1912-14 Wills 'Roses' [50]; 1924 Wills 'Flowering Trees & Shrubs' [50]; 1925 Wills 'Flower Culture in Pots' [50]; 1936 Wills 'Wild Flowers' [50], Fair/Fine. (Qty 900+)
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1910s-39 Wills collection in 5 albums & loose, including 1925 'Ships Badges' [50]; 1926 'Dogs' [50]; 1927 'Engineering Wonders' [50]. Mainly Fair/Fine. (Qty appro x 1500)
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1911-39 Players collection in 11 albums & loose, including 1911 'Ceremonial Court Dress' [25]; 1925-27 'Gilbert & Sullivan' 1st & 2nd Series [100]; 1927 Game Birds and Wild Fowl' [50]; 1929 'Dogs' [50]; 1937 'Zoo Babies' [50]. Mainly Fair/Fine. (Qty appro x 1500)
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1914-34 cigarette & trade cards, including 1914 Wills (Scissors Cigarettes) 'Derby Day Series' [22/25]; old stamp album with 185 cricket cards stuck in including Australian Licorice (24), etc, Poor/Fine. (Qty appro x 700)
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1915-70s cigarette & trade cards in eight albums & loose, including 1915 Wills 'Britain's Defenders' [50]; 1915 Wills 'War Pictures' [50]; 1934 Players 'Cricketers 1934' [50]; 1935 Players 'Kings & Queens of England' [50]; plus range of cricket & sports cards. Poor/Fine. Inspection will reward. (Qty 1000+)
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1920s-2018 cigarette & trade cards in carton & tub, including 1960s Channel 9 & Channel 7 publicity cards (400 approx.); 1987 Scanlens 'Neighbours' wrappers (10); 1935 Ardath 'Speed Land Sea & Air' [50]; 2018 Acs 'Keith Stackpole' card signed. Poor/Fine. (Qty 1000+)
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1920s-80s cigarette & trade cards in six albums & loose, including 1928 Lambert & Butler 'Common Fallacies' [25]; 1932 Ogdens 'Colour in Nature' [50]; 1935 Gallaher 'Film Partners' [48]; 1935 Ogdens 'The Story of Sand' [50]; 1936 Gallaher 'Famous Jockeys' [48]; 1936 Gallaher 'Dogs' [48]; 1938 Ogdens 'Actors' [50]; 1953 Rspa 'Modern British Motor-Cycles' [22]. Mainly Fair/Fine. (Qty appro x 2500)
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1924-33 Wills uncut proof sheets including British Butterflies [50], Do You Know 2nd Series [50] & 3rd Series [50], Engineering Wonders [50], Flowering Trees [50], Garden Flowers [50], Heraldic Signs [25], Old London [25], Old Silver [25], Romance of the Heavens [50], Wonders of the Sea [50], mainly Fine. (Qty 475)
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1925-39 medium-size cards in album, noted 1936-39 Wills 'Old Inns' [39/40] & 2nd Series [40]; 1925 Wills 'British Castles' [25]; 1929 Players 'Picturesque Bridges' [25]; 1929 Players 'Picturesque Cottages' [25], Fair/Fine condition (some toning). (Qty 350+)
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1930s German cigarette & trade cards in six albums, including 'Deutsche Uniformen' [240]; 'Uniformen Der Alten Armee' [280]; 'Die Reichswehr' [280]; 'Deutsche Kulturbilder' [300]; 'Olympia 1932' [273]; album with Choclat Tobler cards. Mainly Fair/Fine. (Qty appro x 1400)
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1930s-90s cigarette, trade & playing cards, including 1978 Boxcar 'Elvis' [66]; 1994 Futera 'Adelaide F1 Grand Prix' [110]; 1995 Futera 'Adelaide F1 Grand Prix' [90]; also four boxes of plastic cigarette card pages. (Qty 1000+)
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1934-70s cigarette & trade cards albums, including Carreras 1934 'Film Stars' (oval) [72] & 1935 'Popular Personalities' (oval - including Don Bradman) [72]; Wi x 1934 'National Flags' (silk) [60]; 1935 Players 'Kings & Queens of England' [50]; 1961 Nestle 'The World on Wheels'; also Wills, Tuckfields Tea, Trex, Brooke Bond, Ty-phoo Tea, Nabisco. Fair/Fine. (Qty appro x 1000)
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1942-70s Sanitarium Health Food Co (Weet-Bix) albums, including 1942/3 'Advance Australia - a Pageant of the Years' incomplete; 'The Childrens Australian Encyclopedia Series' (5); 'Marvels of the Great Barrier Reef' (5); 'Australia Yesterday and Today' (4); 1960 'Cavalcade of Cars'; many later sets to 1970s; plus range of empty albums. Mainly Fine. (Qty 1000+)
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1950s-70s swap cards in 21 albums, including flowers, birds, dogs, horses, cats, cartoons, Australiana, USA, dancers; also 1953-54 Coles 'Footballers' (4; all Essendon) & 2010 AFL collector cards (c.230), mainly Fine/Very Fine. (Qty 4600+)
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1950s-60s Atlantic cards in albums, noted 'Film Stars' [32] including Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra & Elizabeth Taylor; 'Racing Cars' [64]; 'Queensland's Centenary' [32] & 'English Historical Series' [32]. Mainly Fair/Fine. (Qty 160 items)
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1959-65 Shell Project card albums, all appear complete with 60 cards, Flowers/Animals (2), Shells, Fish and Coral (2), Birds (2), Butterflies and Moths (2), Transportation, Australian Beetles (2), Meteorology (3), Pets, Citizenship. Mainly Fine. (Qty 960)
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1990s collection in two albums, noted 1993-95 'Coca-Cola' [400] plus 'Santa' [40], 'Super Premium' [60] & some inserts; AFL Tazos (220+); Rugby League Tazos (55); Coca-Cola Tazos; Nhl; 1995 Hungry Jacks AFL [16]; 1995 Coca-Cola AFL [16]; 1995 'Classic Kangaroos' [18]; 1995 'Shoot the Hoops' [24]. Mainly Very Fine. (Qty appro x 1000)
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Animals & Birds: 1920s-80s cigarette & trade cards in six albums, including 1929 Players 'Curious Beaks' [50]; 1936-38 Gallaher 'Dogs' [48] x 2 sets & 'Dogs, 2nd Series' [48]; 1972 Brooke Bond 'Prehistoric Animals' [50] x 2 sets. Fair/Fine. (Qty appro x 2000)
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Doctor Who: 1996-2009 collection in nine albums, noted 1996 Series 4 [90]; 2001-02 Series 3 [240]; 2006-09 'Battles in Time' [1075] x 2 sets; plus range of insert cards including 13 signed. Mainly Very Fine. (Qty 2500+)
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Film Stars & Pin-Ups: 1900s-70s cigarette & trade cards in four albums, including 1900-05 Wills 'Sketches in Black & White' [39/40]; 1908 Wills 'Flag Girls of All Nations' [50]; 1934 Aust Licorice 'British Film Stars' [18/20]; 1934 Ardath 'British Born Film Stars' [50]; 1934 Wills 'Famous Film Stars' [100]; 1934 Godfey Phillips 'Film Favourites' [50]; 1936 Lloyd's 'Cinema Stars' [27]. Fair/Fine. (Qty appro x 1600)
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Flowers: 1913-80s cigarette & trade cards in two albums, including 1913 Wills 'Australian Wildflowers' [50]; 1925 Carreras 'Orchids' [24]; 1925 Wills 'Flower Culture in Pots' [50]; 1939 Wills 'Garden Flowers' [50]; 1939 Wills 'Garden Flowers, New Varieties' [40]. Mainly Fair/Fine. (Qty appro x 800)
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Historical: 1900s-88 cigarette & trade cards in five albums, including 1904 Sniders & Abrahams 'Natives of the World' [24/25]; 1912 Wills 'Historic Events' [50]; 1913 Wills 'Royal Mail' [50]; 1915 Wills 'Famous Inventions' [50]; 1916 Players 'Napoleon' [25]; 1929 Wills 'Crests and Colours of Australian Universities Colleges and Schools' [68]; 1938 Hoadleys 'Wild West Series' [50]; 1940 Australian Licorice 'Notable Persons' [70]; 1960 Buchanan's Flour Mills 'Maori Mythology' [25]. Mainly Fair/Fine. (Qty…
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Military: 1910s-76 cigarette & trade cards sets & part sets in three albums, including 1915 Wills 'Victoria Cross Heroes' [25]; 1910 Players 'Army Life' [25]; 1939 Wills 'Life in the Royal Navy' [50]; 1940 Weeties 'Warships Series' [36]. Fair/Fine. (Qty appro x 1200)
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Sports: 1900s-96 cigarette & trade cards in four albums, including 1934 Hoadleys 'Victorian Footballers' [43/50]; 1958 Atlantic 'Victorian League Stars' [97/128]; 1982 Scanlens 'VFL Football Heroes' [19/36]; 1927 Wills 'New Zealand Footballers' [47/50]; 1931 Churchman 'Sporting Celebrities' [49/50]; 1937 Godfrey Phillips 'Spot the Winner' [50]; 1938 Gallaher 'Racing Scenes' [48]; 1939 Churchman 'Kings of Speed' [50]; 1939 Morris (Forecasta) 'Racing Greyhounds' [25]; 1996 Blitz 'Atp Tour' [100]. Condition…
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Sports: 1913 British American Tobacco 'Sporting Girls', almost complete set [24/30], mainly Fine/Very Fine. A very attractive set. Cat £156. (Qty 24 items)
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Sports: 1925 Alexander Boguslavsky 'Sports Records', complete set numbered 1-50 [50], mainly Fine/Very Fine. Cat £110 (Qty 50)
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Sports: 1925 Cope Bros 'Sports & Pastimes' [25]; 1927 Churchman 'Sporting Trophies' [25]; 1927 Ogdens 'ABC of Sport' [25]; 1928 Wills 'A Sporting Holiday in New Zealand' [50], mainly Fine/Very Fine. Cat £285. (Qty 125 items)
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Sports: 1934 Gallaher 'Champions - A Series' [48] & 1935 '2nd Series' [48] including Don Bradman; 1936 Gallaher 'Sporting Personalities' [48], mainly Fine/Very Fine. (Qty 144 items)
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Sports: 1930s-80s cards including Wills 'Racehorses & Jockeys 1938' [40]; 1938 Allens 'Medals' [36]; 1982 Nabisco 'British Empire and Commonwealth Games, Perth WA 1962' [25], mainly Fine/Very Fine. (Qty 101 items)
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Sports: 1939 R&J Hill 'Celebrities of Sport' [50]; 1937 Godfrey Phillips 'Sportsmen - Spot the Winner' [50]; 1956 Radio Fun 'British Sports Stars' [20]; 1992 Worthington Best Bitter 'Sportsmen from 1920 to 1940' [36], mainly Fine/Very Fine, Cat £225. (Qty 156 items)
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Sports: 1996 collection in album including 1996 Dynamic Marketing 'Rugby League' [150] + spares & chase cards; 1996 Blitz 'Tennis' [100]; 'TV Week' [32]. Fair/Good condition. (Qty 600+)
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Sports: Baseball 1990s-2002 cards in five albums; plus range of basketball & rugby league cards. Mainly Fine/Very Fine. (Qty appro x 1000)
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Sports: Basketball cards (circa 1000); plus range of baseball, surfing & NRL; also Dick Tracey, Batman, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles & Aladdin. Mainly Fair/Fine. (Qty appro x 1500)
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Sports: Billiards 1928 Ogdens 'Billiards by Tom Newman', complete set [50], Fair/Very Fine. Cat £125. (Qty 50 items)
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Sports: Boxing 1938 Churchman 'Boxing Personalities', complete set [50], including Jack Dempsey, Jack Johnson & Joe Louis, mainly Very Fine. (Qty 50 items)
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Sports: Soccer 1929 Players 'Footballers 1928-9, 2nd Series', complete set [25], window mounted, framed & glazed, overall 29 x 45 cm.
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X-Rated: 1960s-90s Collection with playing cards in two albums (c.500); trade cards including 1993 Playboy [123]; book 'The Playbook - 50 Years' by Edgren [Koln, 2005] with signature of Hugh Hefner. (Qty 750+ items)
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X-Rated: 1990s cards in album, including 1992 Varga 'Pin-Up Girls' [50]; 1993-96 Playboy sets including 'Pam Anderson' [100 + 4 Checklists], mainly Very Fine. (Qty 640+)
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X-Rated: 1990s cards in three albums including 'Playboy's Pam Anderson' [40/100]; framed Playboy logo (46 x 56 cm); also 'Gladiators' [99/100] plus various chase cards. (Qty 270+ items)
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X-Rated: 1995-99 Playboy sets in album, mainly Very Fine. (Qty 750+)
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X-Rated: 1995-96 Playboy sets in album, mainly Very Fine. (Qty 500+)
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Balance of collection including 'The History of Australasia' by Huntington [Newcastle, 1888] covers loose but endorsed 'With the Author's Compliments'; plaster bust 'Elizabeth R 1953'; bust of Abraham Lincoln; brass bulldog; Ned Kelly facsimile of £8000 Reward poster; 1880s engravings (6); song sheets (4) including 'The Anzac Marseillaise'; 1920s Dunlop Rubber Co posters (3) of Edward Prince of Wales; reprinted photographs of early Melbourne (9); 1930s Atlas; various maps (14). (Qty 45 items)
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Balance of collection including Collar Box marked 1934-35 Melbourne Centenary; 1932 Sydney Harbour Bridge glass lolly trays (2); c.1890-1930 greeting cards (23); postcards (77), view folders (10), dance cards (15); c.1974 SS Oriana menus (10); train tickets (96), tram tickets (5), theatre tickets (4); Australiana ashtrays (7); royalty books (10) plus a photograph of the Queen Mother with Charles de Gaulle. (Qty 240+ items)
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Balance of collection Geelong Football Club books (7) including 'The Road to Kardinia' by Stephens [Sydney, 1996]; Geelong posters (c.20);, other football books (5) & 'Football Record's (13) with 3 Grand Finals; cricket books (4 - one signed by Chappell brothers); calendar 'England's Test Team 1946-47'; royalty books & magazines (18). (Qty 80+ items)
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Balance of collection noted 1939 Northern Territory Pastoral Map (in two parts); 1940 'Recruit Reception Depot Royal Park' Christmas menu with 21 signatures; Australian First Day Covers (8); Tuckfields Tea cards (70) & other trade cards. (Qty appro x 100 )
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Artwork & Prints Chinese landscape prints framed, each 30 x 40 cm. (Qty 4 items)
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Artwork & Prints 'Fairy Woods' by Edward Tyrell song sheet with beautiful cover artwork of a fairy by Ida Rentoul Outhwaite; plus small b/w print of a boy fishing with a girl in the water; also book 'Bruce Petty - Australian Artist in South East Asia' [Melbourne, 1962], deluxe leather-bound edition in slip-case. (Qty 3 items)
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Badges collection (230+) including World War I & World War II patriotic badges; charity badges; union badges (2), 1934 Centenary Air Race, 1935 Back to Gunnedah (2), 1937 Royal Agricultural Society NSW, Gould League of Bird Lovers (3), Australian Air League; 1970s Gunnedah & District Servicemens Club (11); Gunnedah Rsl Sports Club (15); matchbox covers (5) including 1954 Royal Visit; tins (17) mainly tobacco; Socceroos medallions [15]. (Qty 260 items)
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Badges Police metal badges (20+), buttons (30+) & cloth badges (50+) mounted in two glass-fronted wooden frames including items from Australia, Canada, Germany, USA, etc, condition variable, mostly Good/Fine. Heavy - must be collected from our premises. (Qty 100+)
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Badges group (80+) including Melbourne Cricket Club (5), Richmond Cricket Club, Carlton Social Club (5), Sandhurst FC 1949, Wagga Leagues Club, Mornington Racing Club; football figurines (23); few football cards; 1998-2006 Weg posters (29); also Coins including Defence Force $1 (3), condition variable. (Qty 100+ items)
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Badges including 'Flags of the World' metal badges (48) plus some cloth badges; also Tazos in 4 albums; phone cards; train & tram cards/tickets; fridge magnets; a few football items. (Qty 100s)
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Books Antiques library 'Miller's Antiques Price Guide' for 1982 & 1997; 'Everything Vintage' from 2006-2010 (first five editions); plus reference books regarding paper, coins & banknotes, Stanley tools, Spode, glass, silver, mainly Fine condition. (Qty 51 books)
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Books 'Sotheby's Art at Auction' hardbound books with dustjackets for 1989-90 to 1997-98; plus 2005 Sotheby's catalogue 'The Fosters Collection of Australian Art'. High-quality coffee-table publications. (Qty 10 items)
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Books 'Carter's Price Guide to Antiques in Australia', run with 1993 & 1995-2013, mainly Fine condition. (Qty 20 books)
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Books 'Barbie' reference library (22 books) including 'The Ultimate Barbie Doll Book' by Melillo [USA, 1996]; 'Barbie Fashion' in 3 volumes by Eames [USA, 1990-2004]; 1996 Tempo 'Barbie' cards [110]; also a few Beanie Kids books. (Qty 130+)
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Books mostly Australiana & Military including 'May Gibbs - Mother of the Gumnuts' by Walsh [Sydney, 1991]; 'The Comic Art of Norman Lindsay' by Wingrove [Sydney, 1987]; 'Cigarette Cards - Australian Issues and Values' by Skinner [Adelaide, 1983]; 'Trading Card Heroes - Australian Rules Football Card Catalogue' by Crennan [Melbourne, 2003], etc. (Qty 46 books)
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Books & Magazines 'Collectables' magazines (19); also 1960s French 'Realites' magazines (38); photography magazines (8); National Bank calendars (50+); other magazines & ephemera. (Qty appro x 150)
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Bottles collection of small pharmacy, first aid & ink bottles (40) including blue bottle marked 'Potassium Meta-Bisulphate'; also tins for Elastoplast, Cuticura Ointment & Laxettes; Snake & Spider Bite Kit. (Qty 60+ items)
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