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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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Pucalithus Stromatolite: Cretaceous Period (145-66 million years ago), from El Molino Formation, Bolivia, large polished slice, 3.7kg, about 52 x 21 cm, very attractive sample showing layered mounds. [The illustration is above Lot 799]
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Spinosaur Vertebrae: Cretaceous Period (99 to 93 million years ago), from Taouz, Morocco, the vertebrae mounted on metal display stand, overall 26 x 29 cm, Very attractive dinosaur fossil.
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Hadrosaur Footprint: Cretaceous Period (80-78 million years ago), from New Mexico, USA, large footprint 44 x 32 cm. [Hadrosaurs lived in North America and were large animals ranging from 7-8m in length weighing 2000-4000kg].
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Tyrannosaurus Rex Tooth: Cretaceous Period (70-66 million years ago), from Hell Creek Formation in North Dakota, USA, 85 mm long. [The largest T-Rex tooth in Australia is in the National Dinosaur Museum in Canberra; this is believed to be the second largest]
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Mundrabilla Meteorite: Iron meteorite found in 1911 on the Nullabor Plain in Western Australia, 21 grams, about 3 x 2 cm. [One of the largest meteorites ever found with a total known weight of 22 tonnes, and a main mass (the single largest fragment) of 12.4 tonnes now housed in the Western Australian Museum]
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Nantan Meteorite: Nickel-iron Iab-Mg, coarse octahedrite, found in a strewn field near the city of Nantan, China in 1958, 115g, about 6 x 3 x 1.5 cm. [There is evidence that the fall of the meteorite may have been observed in 1516; fragments were gathered for smelting in the 1950s; about 9500kg have been retrieved, the largest having a mass of 2000kg now housed in the National Museum of Nature and Science in Tokyo]
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Sericho Meteorite: Pallasite, found in Sericho, Kenya in 2017, beautiful small slice, 18g, 5 x 3 cm. [According to the 'Meteoritical Bulletin', two brothers searching for their camels discovered this as several large dense stones; to date a total of about 2800kg has been recovered]
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Wolfe Creek Shale Ball: Iron Oxide, from the Wolfe Creek meteorite impact crater in Western Australia, 356g, about 8 x 6 x 6 cm. [The Wolfe Creek meteorite crater is one of the most 'obvious' meteorite craters on Earth with an average diameter of 875m, first spotted in an aerial survey in 1947. It is estimated that the meteorite that formed it was about 15m in diameter and had a mass of 17,000 tonnes. Small numbers of iron meteorites have been found in the vicinity of the crater, as well as so-called shale…
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Amethyst Crystal: Large geode containing a mass of deep violet amethyst cluster in a beautiful circular shape, mounted on metal display stand, overall 24 x 32 cm. A magnificent display item for home or office.
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Lapis Lazuli: Deep blue metamorphic rock, used as a semi-precious stone that has been prized since antiquity for its intense colour, 629g, 13 x 7 x 4 cm. A stunning 'designer' piece.
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Picture Sandstone: Evocatively-patterned beautiful sandstone from Kanab, Utah, USA, attractive slice 39 x 16 cm.
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Accumulation including 1870s (circa) 'Heraldry Album' with 160+ crests & insignia cut from envelopes; 1866-1868 Ledger book from an ironmongery business;1889 Singleton Show catalogue; 'Divisions of North Australian Tribes' by Mathews [New York, 1899]; 'Just the Thing for Visitors and Residents, Hobart, Tasmania' [1903]; c.1924 'Sydney' booklet showing visit of HMS Hood & HMS Repulse; 1927 'Canberra - Australia's Capital' booklet; also glass balls (20), few tins & boxes, condition varies. Ex the Morrison…
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Accumulation in 4 cartons including Singleton World War I certificate (tear at base); 1913 'Laying the Foundation Stones... at the Federal Capital City, Programme' (poor condition); 1918-40s masonic ephemera (33 items); letter signed Sir William McKell (12th Governor General); 1939 Introduction letter with facsimile autograph of Robert Menzies; 1919-70s magazines including 'Illustrated London News' (31), 'The Sydney Mail' (20) & 'The Bulletin' (10), etc, condition variable. (Qty 100+ items)
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Artwork & Prints 1820s-1870s (circa) prints including 'Macropus pencillatus' (Brush-Tailed Kangaroo), 'Petaurus pygmaeus' (Glider), 'Didelphys Derbiana' (Derby's Opossum), 'Paysage de Victoria - Foret Pres de Fernshawe, au Nord-est de Melbourne', 'Flotte de Taiti', 'Debarcadaire de l'ile Pitcairn'. (Qty 9 items)
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1988 Program For The Opening of Parliament House by Her Majesty The Queen 9 May 1988 and invitation to the opening ceremony, signed by Gough Whitlam and Malcolm Fraser . [When asked if he would sign this program, Whitlam is stated to have said 'I am not signing on the same page as him !' and signed on the inside front cover opposite Fraser's autograph]
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1896 invitation to Major Neild Mla of NSW from Royal Colonial Institute in London plus menu; 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 foxing. (Qty 4)
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1900s (circa) Freemasonry fob badge, 15ct gold (3.97g, 34 mm x 27 mm) dividers and set square within circle, suspension scroll and loop at top, in Hollingdale & Kessell box 'Jewellers/98 King St. Sydney'.
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1920s (circa) New South Wales Fire Brigade uniform with Fireman's jacket, boots & belt, the jacket marked inside 'Capt Millar' with 14 'Fb' brass buttons, the belt with axe marked 'N.S.W.F.B.' on silver head, and hose & nozzle spanner, both in belt holders; also a brass fire hydrant marked 'Quell Fire Fighting Equipment Ltd'. Wonderful group in fine condition. (Qty 4 items)
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1932 Sydney Harbour Bridge Opening group comprising Souvenir Telegrams & Envelopes (2; one with Ne Pylon postmark; the other with Se Pylon postmark) plus 'Inter-Pylon Telegraph Service' collection cards (2) unused; celluloid photographs (2); photograph prints (4); Opening Ceremony programme; book 'Parables of the Sydney Harbour Bridge' by Cash [Sydney, 1930]; commemorative illustrated tea towel & plaques (2), condition a little variable but the Telegrams Fine/Very Fine. (Qty 17 items)
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1932 Sydney Harbour Bridge Opening illustrated invitation (211 x 261 mm) to the Opening Ceremonies surmounted with the NSW Coat of Arms and featuring views of the Bridge and across the Harbour. A lovely item, and the finest example we have seen.
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1932 Sydney Harbour Bridge Opening souvenir book 'Sydney Harbour Bridge' by H Phillips, photographer [Sydney, c.1932], 26 pages with attractive colour frontispiece, pages loose from covers, otherwise Good condition.
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1877-1940s (circa) County Maps of South Australia most published by Surveyor General's Office, in a real estate agent's large folio book (55 x 56 cm) with various manuscript notes and shaded blocks throughout, apparently in use for decades so very worn and mixed condition. A wonderful insight into the development of South Australia. (Qty 125 approx)
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1890s Thomas Adcock cabinet card of the Adelaide warehouse for 'Cheetham's Pure Indian Teas' at 51 Rundle Street, a couple of insignificant blemishes on the reverse otherwise superb! A marvellous photograph with staff in the doorway & the upstairs loading docks and three horse-drawn carts in the foreground.
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1896 (circa) 'Plan of The late Wh Gray's Settled Reedbeds Estate, Hd of Adelaide', large scale hand-drawn map (10 chains to 1 inch) with hand-coloured outlines, showing parts of Henley Beach, laid down on linen, overall 72 x 66 cm.
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1920s photographs collection from trips around South Australia mounted in two albums; lovely group photo of 60 miners with poppet head in background and miners carrying candles!; plus two early Cartes-de-Visite. (Qty 100s)
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1941 'Commonwealth Railways Time Tables, Trans-Australian and Central Australia Lines', printed on linen by Government Printer, Adelaide, some toning. Scarce and unusual wartime timetable.
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1899-1902 handwritten electoral returns for the Mole Creek Roll in the Electoral District of Deloraine (Tasmania) for elections for 1899 Commonwealth Referendum, 1899 House of Assembly & 1902 House of Representatives. (Qty 3 items)
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1861 map 'Philips' Series of Travelling Maps/Victoria' (1st Ed., Nd circa 1861) by J. Bartholomew F.R.G.S, hardbound cover, coloured linen backed fold-out map (657 mm x 548 mm), #5 of nine Australian traveller maps by Philips', in Vey Fine condition. A very rare survivor. [An 1863 land survey of Gippsland reported to the Surveyor-General that 'the dimensions of Koo Wee Rup Swamp and Moe Swamp (or Great Swamp) are considerably reduced to those shown on old maps' (as they appear in this version), which…
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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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1880-1937 photographs group comprising 1880 'Melbourne International Exhibition' photograph by Charles Nettleton showing the Bright Brothers & Co exhibit of Antimony in the Mines & Minerals section; 1915-19 (circa) Camberwell Grammar School group (7); 1937 Spicers & Detmold factory in Coburg. (Qty 9 items)
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1884 poster 'Grant Park, West Brunswick', size 42 x 53 cm; also 1923 poster 'Werribee, Barbour's Glenluss Estate, 20 Splendid Building Blocks', size 51 x 64 cm, repaired tear; plus 1920s poster 'Mount Eagle Estate - East Kew' some faults along folds, size 95 x 63 cm; all showing maps of sub-divided estates in newly-suburban Melbourne. (Qty 3 items)
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1890 (circa) album with 62 photographs of Victorian buildings and scenery by Thomas Foster Chuck, noted Melbourne, Ballarat, Sandhurst, Maryborough, Queenscliff, Lorne, Warrnambool, Echuca, Ballarat & district, Gippsland, annotated in pencil beneath each image, some foxing on the pages but the photographs generally fine to very fine. [Thomas Foster Chuck (1826-1898), photographer and entrepreneur, was born in London and arrived in Victoria in 1861, where he documented the explorers and early colonists of…
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1928 'First Class/Certificate of Competency as Engine-Driver' awarded to Sidney Isaac Gladstone Furphy signed by him and the Chairman, Secretary & Board of Examiners for Engine-Drivers, the usual light folds otherwise fine, plus copy of typed biography compiled by his grand-daughter & 'newsletter' describing his work at Waranga Basin. [Sidney Furphy was a member of the Shepparton manufacturing family famous for the 'Furphy Water Cart' used in World War I and to whom a dedicated museum is now established…
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1967 Totem Pole Candle 18 cm tall in the form of Henry Bolte as all three of the Wise Monkeys (Hear No Evil/See No Evil/Speak No Evil) produced to protest the hanging of Ronald Ryan in 1967. Fascinating item of Victorian history & surely a rare survivor. [ Ronald Joseph Ryan was convicted of murder of a prison warder and sentenced to death by hanging; his execution was the last legal hanging in Australia and was carried out inside the walls of Melbourne's Pentridge Prison, while a mass protest & vigil was…
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1835 newspaper 'The Perth Gazette and Western Australian Journal' for Saturday May 23 1835. [A very early edition of this paper, now called 'The West Australian', which is the second-oldest continuously produced newspaper in Australia, having been published since 1833]
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1897 'West Australia' Photographs Album containing 35 albumen prints (each 240 x 175 mm) of photographic montages individually mounted on thick gilt-edged, linen-hinged card pages, showing images of personalities, localities & industries throughout Western Australia beginning with 'Gold Wine Grain' overlaid with vignette portraits of Sir John Forrest (Premier), Eh Wittenoom (Agent General) & other ministers, then Albany, Perth, Claremont, Fremantle, Railways including 'Albany Express' & 'Opening of Menzies…
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1919 England - Australia Air Race collection including 1919 front page of San Francisco 'The Bulletin' with headline 'Flight to Australia'; 1920s badges of Sir Ross Smith (2); real photo postcard of Sir Ross & Sir Keith Smith at Enfield Aerodrome; glass plate photo of Sir Ross Smith; reprinted photographs (34) of 1919 London - Australia Air Race contestants; 'The National Geographic Magazine' for March 1921 with story 'A Personal Narrative of the First Aerial Voyage Half Around the World - From London to…
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1919 England - Australia Air Race 'Australian Aero Club, New South Wales Section. Dinner of Welcome to Captain Gc Matthews AFC and Sergeant Td Kay. Loosen's Cafe, Sydney, June 15 1920', menu with 8 signatures including George Matthews & Sergeant Tom Kay (whose England - Australia air race attempt in a Sopwith Wallaby ended with a crash at Bali); plus Sir Ross Smith & Wally Shiers (part of the successful Vickers Vimy crew that claimed the £10,000 prize); also Edward Hart, D Alston & Capt Charles Hardy RN.
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1919 England - Australia Air Race 'The First Aeroplane Voyage from England to Australia', by Sir Ross Smith KBE, with Aeroviews by Capt Frank Hurley (of Antarctic fame), scarce New South Wales edition [Sydney, 1920].
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1919 England - Australia Air Race 'The Sir Ross Smith Aeroplane Race Game' roll-and-move race board game based on the air race from England to Australia organised by the Australian government in 1919, and won by Sir Ross & Sir Keith Smith in a converted Vickers Vimy bomber; board only (no dice or counters), Fine condition. [The board features a map of the world, with a path of spaces from England to Australia, and the usual penalties and bonuses en route]
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1919 England - Australia Air Race poster 'Great Air Race, London - Darwin 1919-2019, 2019 Centenary Celebrations' size 60 x 84 cm; together with large reprinted photographs (20), each 84 x 60 cm mounted on board. (Qty 21 items)
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1908 The American Fleet in Australia collection of Rose Stereographs (31); plus Keystone View Co. 'The Greatest American War Fleet', mainly fine. (Qty 32 items)
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1930s-2008 collection of ship menus & other ephemera, including items from P&O, Cunard, Sitmar & Orient Lines. A really attractive and appealing lot of ship-related ephemera. (Qty appro x 240)
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Collection in eleven albums & loose, noted wine labels, matchbox labels, publicity cards, Coca-Cola advertising, Walt Disney, magazine pictures, maps, etc; plus a box of greeting cards & other ephemera. (Qty 100s)
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Large accumulation in five albums & loose including beer labels, other drink labels, bookmarks, business cards, etc. (Qty 100s)
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Trade & Advertising Cards 1880s-1920s collection of American trade cards in two albums, including 'Goodall Advertising Cards, Campello Mass'; Elvichs Hats Ny; Home Insurance Company Ny, condition variable, Poor/Fine. Colourful and attractive. (Qty 180+)
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Trade Cards collection from 1870s-2000s in six albums including Cohen Bros Tailors trade card showing 1879 Sydney Exhibition; range European trade cards showing Australian aborigines; also some very nice Victorian era greetings cards, condition variable Poor/Fine. (Qty 750+)
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Share Certificates 1940s-90s accumulation including Bhp, Anz, Hills Industries, Adelaide Steamship Company, Pioneer Concrete, etc, etc. (Qty 150+ items)
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1893 World Columbian Exposition Chicago USA admission tickets, obverse Christopher Columbus at left, 'Admit The Bearer/1st.May to 30th.Oct 1893', serial numbers '352018' and '900397', Extremely Fine condition. (Qty 2 items)
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Library of mostly children's books including 'The Wind in the Willows' by Grahame [London, 1973]; also 'A History of the Writings of Beatrix Potter' by Linder [London, 1971] and 'The Work of Eh Shepard' by Knox [London, 1979]; condition variable Poor/Good. (Qty 55 books)
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1894 'The Holy Bible' large family bible endorsed in front 'A Present to James Orr Olive from his Grandma, April 13th 1894', with colour plates, engravings & maps; plus 'The Scots Worthies' edited by Bonar [Glasgow, 1879], Fair condition. (Qty 2 books)
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Balance of collection in four cartons, including maps (47); atlases (2); tourist brochures, greeting cards, ephemera, comics (24); magazines including 1908 'The Franco-British Pictorial'; Royalty books & prints; invitation & programme for 1954 Royal Visit Ball; Australia Post collectables (10), etc, etc, condition variable. (Qty appro x 250)
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Greeting Cards 1900s-2000s collection in five albums, mainly Australian with some colourful Victorian era greeting cards and later Australian themed cards; some greetings postcards; few early Australian trade/advert cards including Royal Piano & Music Warehouse, condition mainly Fair/Fine. (Qty appro x 600)
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1850s-1960s Maritime & Military correspondence relating to Reginald Roose Francis including letters, photographs, ephemera & documents from throughout his career as a purser on board the Orient Line Rms 'Ophir', 'Otway' & 'Omrah' from 1908-11; then during World War I he served as an Officer in the Royal Fusiliers; later as Director of London's Maritime Lighterage Company; 1920s-60s includes press clippings, World War II letters & airgraphs, menus, invitations & greeting cards; the final album includes…
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1880s-2010s accumulation in 16 albums & loose including greeting cards, postcards & publicity cards (100s); natural history pictures & prints; tourist brochures, local history, Christmas seals, food & alcohol labels, photos including Cartes-de-Visite (9); tickets, scrapbooks, dance cards; book 'A Phil May Medley', condition variable. (Qty 1000+)
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1950s-2010s accumulation in six albums & loose, including tourist brochures & books, photographs & postcards from holidays in UK, Singapore, NSW, Queensland & Victoria. Inspection will reward. (Qty appro x 600)
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1845 London 'The Illustrated London News Panorama of London and the River Thames' [London, circa 1845], hand-coloured wood-engraved panoramic bird's-eye-view by Smyth, mounted on linen (some creasing and sections missing), appro x 230 x 29 cm, on wooden roller with red cloth flap lettered in gilt, showing its age but a remarkable relic.
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1912 Antarctica 'The South Pole - An Account of the Norwegian Antarctic Expedition in the Fram 1910-1912' by Roald Amundsen in two volumes [London, 1912], some minor foxing otherwise fine. [One of the epic adventures from the Golden Age of Antarctic Discovery] (Qty 2 volumes)
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1859 'The Illustrated London News' bound volumes for July-Dec 1859 & July-Dec 1880; also 'Navy & Army Illustrated' Vol II June-Dec 1896 & Vol V Oct 1897-Mar 1898, includes wonderful engravings & plates noted Ned Kelly, covers are a bit battered but contents generally Fine. The illustration is above Lot 858] (Qty 4 volumes)
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1884 (Dec 27) supplement to the 'Australasian' titled 'Christmas Holidays', overprinted in red 'Specimen Copy. Gratis', some foxing and peripheral faults; plus 'Phar Lap - Claimed to be the greatest racehorse Australia has known', colour supplement to 'The Sporting Globe' from the painting by Daryl Lindsay, Fair condition. (Qty 2 items)
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1928 Herald-Sun heavy bronze plaque '1840-1928 The New Home of The Herald and Allied Publications', depicting the new Herald-Sun building, size 8.5 x 5.5 cm.
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1970 Victorian student newspapers 'Struggle - The Revolutionary Newspaper' [Melbourne] 35 issues 1970-73 including Number 1; plus 'Troll' [Melbourne] 9 issues 1971-73 including Vol.1 No.1; also 1940s-60s collection of record catalogues and flyers, including 'Records of Australian Compositions', 'Specially Imported English Records for The Australian Music Lover'; flyers for Tommy Trinder, Joan Hammond & Isaac Stern, Fair/Good condition. (Qty 100+ items)
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1880s-1960s collection with album of Cartes-de-Visite (19) including General Tom Thumb wedding group & various royalty; range of other photos & tourist photos in album. (Qty 100+)
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1890s-2000s collection including Cartes-de-Visite (31) with two showing Charles Dickens & three showing houses or businesses; cabinet cards (42); stereographs (12); real photo postcards (23), later photos in various sizes (600 approx); and a range of negatives (100+); many of the early photographs are from Ballarat, Melbourne, Hobart, Sydney & Fremantle; plus a nice small group from the South Pacific. [The image is above Lot 862] (Qty 800+)
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Books Australian War Memorial publications (20) including 'Active Service', 'Soldiering On', 'HMAS', & 'RAAF Log'; other military books (4) including 'The Story of the Twenty-First' [Melbourne, 1920]; Harley-Davidson owner's manual & parts catalogue; and a few others. (Qty 29 books)
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Books various World War II books including 'Yanks and Aussies in battle', 'The Battle of Egypt', 'War in New Guinea', 'The First Six Months' to 'Australia's Part in the Sixth Six Months', Fair/Good condition (Qty 12 items)
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Austro-Hungarian Empire: Helmet, Officers-Dragoon Regiment, pre-1905 pattern. Fair/Good condition. Make a real impression at your next fancy-dress party!
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France: Books 'Types et Uniformes - L'Armee Francaise' in 2 volumes by Detaille [Paris, 1885-89]; 'Recits De Guerre - L'Invasion 1870-71' by Halevy [Paris, c.1890]; 'Recits De Guerre - Souvenirs du Capitaine Parquin 1803-1814' by Mybach et al [Paris, 1892]. Covers battered, but treasured for the b/w & colour plates. (Qty 4 items)
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Boer War: 1900 (circa) New South Wales red & white pillbox hat, made by Hobson & Sons Army Contractors of London, endorsed inside 'Singleton WA Hewitt 6 5/8'; also a red & white side cap, both a bit moth-eaten. (Qty 2 items)
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Boer War: Humorous flyer 'The Transvaal. Two Guineas Reward. Will be paid by any of our 'Gentlemen in Khaki' to any person giving information that will lead to the apprehension of Ex-President Kruger, Who, on or about May 21st, Deserted His Loving Wife & Family...'. Issued by Baden Powell in Pretoria in June 1900 as part of his psychological warfare campaign. Ex Alexander Morrison collection.
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Boer War: 1902 printed letter signed 'Ew Witton' (with the envelope on which it was sent) asking the recipient to sign a petition to the King for the release of Lt George Ramsdale Witton, who was sentenced to death for murder - together with 'Breaker' Morant & Peter Handcock - after the shooting of nine Boer prisoners. [Lt Gr Witton joined the Victorian Imperial Bushmen and served in the Bushveldt Carbineers in the Boer War in South Africa; Handcock & Morant were executed by firing squad on 27 February…
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World War I: Four-page handwritten letter headed 'Gallipoli August 26th 1915', written on paper taken from a Turkish Officer's dugout after capturing the position, together with typed transcript; contents include 'Our last big engagement was our charge on August 6th. My Company of the 3rd Bat had the honour of leading this charge' & 'I got through safely excepting for a few holes through my clothes and tobacco tin, and some splashes from a bomb'.
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World War I: Display 'Charge of the Light Horsemen - The Battle of Beersheba', limited edition 504/1917, window mounted, framed & glazed, overall 81 x 90 cm; together with two framed explanatory pages. (Qty 3 items)
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World War II: Australian soldier Pte Sidney Isaac Gladstone Furphy correspondence & ephemera including covers sent home x20+ mostly from Egypt with letters enclosed, variety of postmarks including 'H.M. Transport' (sent from troopship) and 'Railhead P.O.', one an illustrated 'Mosque' Air Letter with Kgvi 3d blue tied British 'Field Post Office / 43' cds, couple of telegrams, 1945 hand-illustrated envelope from Lae, New Guinea enclosing 'Christmas Greetings from the Pacific' card, 'Identity Card' x2 one…
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World War II: Australia RAAF Recruiting Poster 'We're All in the Team! Join The RAAF Ground Staff', superb artwork, marked 'AF2-44' at lower right, size 63 x 51 cm, Superb condition.
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World War II: 1941-43 photographs from a wide variety of units and locations; plus 1961 'Government Railways of Australia' First Class Ticket from Perth to Melbourne and return. Ex Joan Richardson (Dowson) MBE Oam who served as a Voluntary Aid Detachment nurse in Palestine, Syria, Egypt, Australia & New Guinea and on board the HMS Formidable. Wonderful group. (Qty 165 items)
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World War II: Booklet 'AIF RAAF At Sea November 1941', a souvenir of the voyage aboard the Rms 'Queen Mary' to North Africa; plus '2/6 A.G.H. Magazine' Christmas Number Dec.20 1943. Ex Joan Richardson (Dowson) MBE Oam who served as a nurse in Palestine, Syria, Egypt, Australia & New Guinea and on board the HMS Formidable. (Qty 2 items)
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World War II: Bombing of Darwin photographs taken around August 1942 showing the damage to Darwin buildings from the bombing by Japanese Forces in February 1942. (Qty 13 items)
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World War II: Booklet 'Homeward Bound 1943', a souvenir of the voyage of the Ninth Division back to Australia aboard the Rms 'Queen Mary' after the Allied victory in North Africa. Ex Joan Richardson (Dowson) MBE Oam who served as a nurse in Palestine, Syria, Egypt, Australia & New Guinea and on board the HMS Formidable. Rare item.
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World War II: Press photographs, many with captions on reverse, mostly circa 1943 related to the Royal Australian Air Force in New Guinea & Northern Australia, includes two showing native constables receiving medals, a couple showing crashed aircraft, etc. (Qty 28 items)
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World War II: Swagger stick made of bamboo & bullets, believed to be an example of Prisoner of War camp art; together with a sword insert for a cane (without the cane). (Qty 2 items)
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Australia: World War II trio,1939-45 star Pacific star and War Medal, Rising Sun hat badge, Kgv & Kgvi 'Engineers' badges, framed (37 cm x 52 cm).
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Australia: World War II Army mounted group of 6, 1939-45, Africa & Pacific Stars, Defence, War Medal and Australian Service Medal, three impressed 'NX6473 G. R. Wheeler'. Replacement set, originals stolen from his coat on Anzac Day 1975. Service records and history includes 'Offence: Being asleep on sentinel duty at sea, fined 4 days pay'. (Qty 6)
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Australia: World War II Army group of 5, 1939-45 & Pacific Stars, Defence, War Medal, and Australian Service Medal MY190, all impressed 'VX60916 J.T. Bromley'. Includes full service history, Offences: 'Neglect to the prejudice of good order and military discipline, fined £5' and 'Using insubordinate language to his superior officer, fined £5'. (Qty 5)
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Great Britain: Qv 1856 Baltic Medal MY118, unnamed, rev. Britannia seated, 'Baltic' at top, '1854-1855/W.C. Wyon' in exergue, replaced ribbon, cleaned.
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Great Britain: Qv 1874 Ashantee Medal with 'Coomassie' bar MY126, rev. skirmish between British soldiers and Ashantee warriors in the jungle, gEF. [The Anglo-Ashanti Wars were a series of five 19th century conflicts in the interior of West Africa]
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Great Britain: Qv-Kgvi group of 5 comprising Boer War 1899 Queens South Africa Medal with 'Transvaal', 'South Africa 1901', 'South Africa 1902' clasps MY150 Type 3 reverse, impressed '761 Pte Hall Rifle Brigade', World War I War Medal, Victory Medal, Royal Naval Long Service And Good Conduct Medal MY218 Swivel Bar Type 2, impressed '13429 W.J. Hall. Musician R.M.L.I.' and Kgvi Coronation Medal MY314 engraved '48460 Segt. W.J. Hall. R.22nd Regt.Band', with Records Office copies of Qsa clasp entitlements,…
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Great Britain: World War I Navy Trio awarded to Frederick Robert Arkell 1914-15 Star, Bwm & Victory all impressed 'Py 12056 Pte/L.Cpl F.R. Arkell R.M.L.I.' with copies of service record and photograph.
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Italy: World War I group with Silver and Bronze 'Militare Al Valore' both engraved to 'Alberto Galeotti' plus 'Merito Di Gverra' with Sword, also Germany Iron Cross; Unification medal and other insignia. (Qty 14 items)
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New Zealand: Wounded twice at Gallipoli World War I trio awarded to Wallace Furphy, 1914-15 Star, Bwm, Victory, (no original ribbons) impressed '7/46 L/Cpl. W.Furphy. N.Z.E.F.', plus 1967 'The Gallipoli Medallion' impressed 'W Furphy' cased with certificate from Minister of Defence New Zealand Government, with other accompanying material including; 'dog tag' (38 mm) stamped 'N.Z. Mil. Forces /Ge/L.C.P./Furphy/W/CMRREGt/7.46'; postcard from Egypt 'Field Service Post Card' with 'Headquarters/Field/4 Au…
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Great Britain: Qv Sea Gallantry Meda l bronze (58 mm x 5 mm), MY67, Eimer 1503, obv. Queen Victoria facing left 'B. Wyon Sc.' below, 'VR/ Awarded By The Board of Trade For Gallantry in Saving Life' surrounding, rev. sailors and mother with infant stranded on storm-tossed rocks giving aid to a drowning sailor, sailor on broken mast waving shirt at approaching rescue boat, edge engraved 'Robert Weston Wreck of The 'SS Hurworth' of Newcastle On The 1ST December 1881', in original case with lid impressed…
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Great Britain: Qv Sea Gallantry Medal (Foreign Services) silver (33 mm), MY68, obv. Queen Victoria facing left 'L.C. Wyon' in truncation, rev. (My Type 4 ) 'For Gallantry and Humanity' surrounding crowned Oak leaf wreath, 'From/The/British /Government' at centre, edge engraved 'C.Tobiasen 2nd September 1887', scrolled suspension bar at top, replacement ribbon, with supporting documentation including a copy of 'Rewards Given By Her Majesty's Government 1887', gEF. C Tobiasen was the carpenter of the crew…
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Anpex Australia 1970 18ct gold stamp replicas with 1850 1d 'Sydney View' (10.41g) and 1913 £2 'Kangaroo and Map' (10.51g), both stamped '0867/Anpe x 1970/mg.18ct' on reverse, cased with Matthey Garrett certificate #867, total agw 15.69g. (Qty 2)
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First World War Macquarie Mint collection comprising gold 'Gallipoli' & 'Western Front' medallions (2g, 0.583), and twenty-four silver (16.5g, 0.333) medallions plus Kiribati 2017 $10 in three folders. (Qty 27)
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Postmasters of America (1974) Silver Medallion (0.925) First Day Covers addressed to Australia in album, total asw 15.5oz. (Qty 21)
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Greatest Stamps of the World (1977) International Society of Postmasters full set of 50 silver (0.925) stamp reproductions in presentation box, plus information book, total asw 0.550kg. Weighs 2.4kg. (Qty 50)
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International Society of Postmasters (1975-80) 'Official Commemorative' philatelic silver medallion (20g, 0.925) covers, including First Day issues in two albums, total asw 1.3kg+. Weighs 7.5kg. (Qty 72)
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The Australian Collection (1988) 'The Spirit of a Nation-Two Centuries of Achievement', cased set of 25 gold plated sterling silver (0.925) stamp reproductions, total asw 430g. (Qty 25)
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The Empire Collection cased set (#0088) of 25 gold plated sterling silver (0.925) stamp reproductions, rev. with Hallmarks, total asw 426g, all with tarnishing. (Qty 25)
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The Flags of the United Nations Ingot Collection (1974) full set of 135 silver (0.925) ingots, obv. United Nations member flag, rev. country location map, in two drawer wood presentation box, plus information book, total asw 3.895kg (125.2oz). Weighs 12kg. (Qty 135)
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