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Auction House:Abacus AuctionsNumber of lots recorded:819
Sale Title:Sporting Memorabilia & General CollectablesLots with images:818
Auction Location:MelbournePrices available:533
Date:4-Dec-2021
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1930-31 West Indies tour to Australia comprising team photograph (145 x 85 mm); three notebook pages with 9 pencil signatures including George Headley, Learie Constantine & Clifford Roach; page with 3 signatures of Herman Griffith; postcard of HRH the Prince of Wales signed on reverse by Oscar Scott. (quantity 6 items)
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Autographs 1939 West Indies tour to England, autograph page with 14 pencil signatures including Rolph Grant (Captain), George Headley (kniown as the 'Black Bradman') & Leslie Hylton (hanged in 1955 for murdering his wife - the only test cricketer to be executed). Fine condition.
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Clive Lloyd: County cricket bat with the thickest handle we have ever seen, match-used & signed by Clive Lloyd on reverse, and with 11 faded signatures including Wes hall, Michael holding & Malcolm Marshall. [Clive Lloyd played 110 Tests & 87 ODIs 1966-85, and was one of the most successful test captains of all time]
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1908 Wills 'Cricketers' ('Wills'S' with large S), complete set [25], mainly Fine/Very fine, cat £225. (quantity 25)
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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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1921 Trushine boot Polish 'Australian XI 1921', complete set [12], mainly condition, extremely scarce set: we have never before offered the complete set. (quantity 12)
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1924 R&J hill (Sunripe Cigarettes) 'Famous Cricketers', small size [50], mainly Fine/ very fine, cat £300. (quantity 50)
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1924 R&J hill (Sunripe Cigarettes) 'Famous Cricketers', medium size [50], mainly Fine/ very fine, cat £300. (quantity 50)
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1938 Sweetacres 'Cricketers Caricatures', part set [18/24], 2 poor, others Fair/Very fine, cat £540. (quantity 18)
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1940s-50s Duncan's yacht matchbox labels showing Australian & English cricketers, noted Len Hutton, Freddie brown, Alec Bedser, Lindsay Hassett, ray Lindwall & Neil Harvey, Fair/Very fine. (quantity 23)
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1981-2016 cricket card sets in album, including 1981 Scanlens 'WSC super Series' [84], 1986 Scanlens 'Clashes for the Ashes' [66], 1988 Scanlens/Stimorol 'Cricketers' [144], mainly Fine/Very fine. (quantity 558)
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1982-2002 reprinted cricket card sets in album, including 1987 Taddy & Co. 'County cricketers 1907' [238], 1998 Tony Sheldon 'The Don' (reproductions of signed Don Bradman cards) [20], 2002 Allens 'Bradman's records 1932' [18], Fine/Very fine. (quantity 694)
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1982-95 cricket stickers & pogs in album, including 1983-84 Scanlens stickers [172], 1984-85 Scanlens stickers [208], 1985-86 Scanlens stickers [132]; 1995 Crown & Andrews/Wpf 'Cricket Australia Pogs' [110], mainly Fine/Very fine. (quantity 648)
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1984-2006 cricket card sets in album, including 1984 John Brindley 'Cricketers' [30], 1984 Cbs Ltd 'Glamorgan Cricketers' [30], 1995 County print '1950s England cricket Characters' [25], Fine/Very fine, cat £296+ (quantity 817)
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1985-2013 cricket cards in 3 albums, including 1989 Scanlens 'Cricketers' [84], 1990 Scanlens 'Cricketers' [84], 1994 County print 'Cricket autograph Collector Cards' [216], 2013 Jf sporting Collectables 'Cricketers 1919-39, 8th Series' [24] & 'Cricket Personalities 1940/50s, 8th Series' [24], mainly Fine/Very fine. (quantity 1180)
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1985 Apd Snackfoods 'Double Trouble', complete set [60 + title Card], mainly Fine/Very fine. Very scarce set. (quantity 61)
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1991 Fai 'Indian summer of cricket 1991-92', complete set [19 + 2 title Cards], with all 19 cards signed, including Allan Border, Dean Jones & Steve Waugh, Fine/Very fine. (quantity 21)
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1995 Futera ' the Heritage collection - a collection of great Australian Cricketers', complete set [60] with 58 of the cards signed (some fading), including Don Bradman, ray Lindwall, Neil Harvey & Graham McKenzie, window mounted, framed & glazed, overall 89 x 110 cm.
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1995-2016 New Zealand cricket cards in album, including 1995 Topp 'A Centenary of New Zealand Cricket' [43/90] plus limited edition 'Master' [12] & certificate cards [12]; 1996 card Crazy 'High Velocity Cricket' [90], 1998 bank of New Zealand 'Video Motion card Collector Set' [10/12], 2015-16 Caltex/Tap'N'Play 'Blackcaps' [20], mainly Fine/Very fine. (quantity 187)
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1995 Sanitarium (Weet-Bix) 'The Bradman Collection', complete set [20], with one card signed by Don Bradman, window mounted, framed & glazed, overall 48 x 51 cm. (quantity 20)
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1996 Heritage/Futera 'Sir Donald Bradman limited edition Collector Cards', complete set [4] in special folder, with cards Db 230/500, Dgb 238/500, Don 441/500 & Sdb 178/500, VeryFine. (quantity 4)
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1996-2016 cricket cards in album, including 2008 signatures [9/12] with Adam Voges, David Hussey & Marcus north; 2008 case cards [7]; 2009 Elite signatures [4/8] with Brad Haddin & Phillip Hughes; 2016 signatures [1/10] with Usman Khawaja, mainly Fine/very fine. (quantity 74)
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1997 Sanitarium (Weet-Bix) 'Sir Donald Bradman AC - Greatest Hits', complete set [16] all signed by Don Bradman; plus another unsigned set. (quantity 32)
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2003-04 Esp cricket cards in album, including base set [81], World Cup [16], Award Winners [7/8], great Moments [8], Tributes [2], Trophies [4], case cards [3], album card - Matthew Hayden, signatures cards [7/9] including Matthew Hayden, Glenn McGrath & Brett Lee, Promo [3], Fine/Very fine. (quantity 132)
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2008-09 Select cricket cards, including base set [120], Past Heroes [20], foil Sigs [24], border medallist [6/7], Promo [4], signatures cards [9/12] including David Hussey, Cameron white & Marcus north, Fine/Very fine. (quantity 183)
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2009-10 Select cricket cards, including base set [115], foil die Cuts [64], foil Sigs [25], 5000 test run club [16], Freshman [12], Masters gem [7], Legend gem - Don Bradman, signatures cards [8] including Phillip Hughes, Shane Watson & Brad Haddin, plus Redemptions [8], master signature - Allan Border & Redemption, Fine/Very fine. (quantity 258)
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2011 cricket Australia/Heritage 'Australian test cricket Captains 1877-2011' complete set [43], limited edition 208/700, window mounted, framed & glazed, overall 90 x 76 cm. (quantity 43)
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2015-16 Tap'N'Play 'Ca & BBL' cricket cards in two albums, including base set [180], silver [188], gold [83/180], Memorable Moments [12], best of the Bash [12], young stars [12], medal Winners [6], Superstars [12], Perth Scorchers Champions (2), signature cards [5/6] - Steve Smith, Nathan Lyon, Mitchell Starc, Ellyse Perry & James Faulkner; Brett Lee jersey card & Redemptions [7], Fine/Very fine. (quantity 520)
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2016-17 Tap'N'Play 'Ca & BBL' cricket cards in album, including base set [198/200], gold [62/200], Memorable Moments [16], Award Winners [17], young stars [10], match Winners [8/10], jersey numbers [7/10], gold jersey numbers [1/20], signature cards [3/10] - Adam Voges, Nic Maddinson & Usman Khawaja; Ultimate Performers [1/10], signature patch card [1/2] - Nathan Lyon & Redemptions [4], Fine/Very fine. (quantity 328)
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Postcards 'Dunlop Road race 1904', 'Start - Sydney Thousand', Rw 'Fatty' lamb (signed in black ink), Gus Lang, H Larsen, Jean Bardot, Harris Horder, Willie Spencer, Hubert Opperman (3 - two with facsimile autographs), Russell Mockridge (2), mainly fine. (quantity 13 items)
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Anna Millward: Australian cycling shirt 'Cycling Australia, 1998 Australian Champion' signed by Anna Wilson, framed, overall 93 x 87 cm. {Anna Millward, nee Wilson, won the overall Uci points title in 2001, and twice was Uci overall World Cup points champion, winning a total of 5 World Cup races in her career. In the 2000 Sydney Olympics she finished fourth in both the time trial and the road race. In the 1998 Commonwealth Games she won gold & bronze medals, and won a silver in the 2002 Commonwealth Games}.
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Autographs 1930s autograph page with 14 pencil signatures including Bob Pratt (Sth Melb), Dave McNamara (St Kilda), Bert Rankin (Geelong), John Harris (Coll & Haw), Doug Hayes (Richmond), Les Boyd (St Kilda & Melbourne), Jack Austin (Sth Melb).
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Autographs 'Lions club of St Kilda Annual Footy Feast' programme with 13 signatures including Carl Ditterich, Ross Smith, Peter Hudson, Stan Alves, Peter Bedford, David Parkin, Kevin Bartlett & Alex Jesaulenko.
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Autographs 'Lions club of St Kilda Annual Footy Feast' programme with 13 signatures including Bobby Skilton, Roger Dean, Robert Walls, Ross Smith, Brian Dixon & Kevin Bartlett; plus 1954-55 Coles 'Footballers' cards (2) in condition. (quantity 3 items)
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Books group (12) including 'The Ted Whitten Story' signed by Ted Whitten, 'The 500 Club' signed Kevin Sheedy & 'Dynasty' signed Fos Williams; plus magazines (9). (quantity 21 items)
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Books 'Origins of Australian Football', volumes 1-5 by mark Pennings [Victoria, 2012-16], as new condition. Undoubtedly the best reference books on the early years of Australian football. (quantity 5)
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Records 1960 'Football Record' comprising Nos.1, 7, 9, 10, 16 (missing 4 pages), 18, 20, 21, 22, 23, 1st semi Final - Collingwood V Essendon; 2nd semi Final - Melbourne V Fitzroy; Prelim Final - Collingwood V Fitzroy; & Grand Final - Melbourne V Collingwood. Fair/Good condition. [Melbourne's 11th Premiership]. (quantity 14)
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Records 1995-2000 'Football Record' comprising 1995 home & away (22) finals (2) & Grand Final - Carlton V Geelong; 1996 home & away (22), finals (2) & Grand Final - North Melbourne V Sydney; 1997 home & away (22) & Grand Final - Adelaide V StKilda; 1998 home & away (22); 1999 home & away (22) finals (3) & Grand Final - kangaroos V Carlton; 2000 home & away (22), finals (3) & Grand Final - Essendon V Melbourne; bound in 11 blue cloth volumes; mainly fine condition. (quantity 147)
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Records 2001-11 'Football Record' comprising 2001, 2002 (Rounds 1-11), 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007 (Rounds 1-11 & Finals), 2008, 2009 & 2011 (Finals), in twenty-two bound volumes. (quantity 22 volumes)
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Carlton: pennants collection including 'Carlton Premiers 1949', 'Grand Finalist, Carlton 1972', 'Carlton football club Premiers 72', 1979 'Come on Carlton, Grand Finalist' with Alex Jesaulenko (2), 'Carlton football club Premiers 81', 1981 (circa) 'The Mighty blues, Finalist'; also 1980s blues flags (2). (quantity 9 items)
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Carlton: collection of Carlton social club membership badges 1975-76 to 1993 (66), interesting collection with senior & junior membership badges, some duplication; plus five Carltonian pins. (quantity 71 items)
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Collingwood: 1931 (circa) photograph of the Pannam/Richards family - Charles Pannam Sr (194 games Collingwood & Richmond 1897-1907), Charles Pannam Jr (142 games Collingwood & South Melbourne 1917-28), Alby Pannam (183 games Collingwood & Richmond 1933-47), Lou Richards (250 games Collingwood 1941-55) & Ron Richards (143 games Collingwood 1947-56), mounted on board, overall 30 x 25 cm.
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Collingwood: 1934 autograph page with 27 pencil signatures including Jock McHale, Sid Coventry, Gordon Coventry, Harry collier, Albert collier & a very young Phonse Kyne.
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Collingwood: bronze sculpture of player number 4, Nathan Buckley, made by Milo with 'European bronze Finery' logo, 36 cm tall.
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Collingwood: display 'Anthony Rocca - celebrating 200 Games' with signed print, limited edition 53/100, window mounted, framed & glazed, overall 50 x 75 cm.
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Essendon: 1985 65 mm bronze premiership medal with design of a footballer by Andor Meszaros (who also designed 1956 Melbourne Olympics medals), with reverse showing names of players in their positions, surrounded by 'Victorian football League/ Essendon Premiers 1985'. Ex Brim medallions Archives.
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Essendon: displays '2008 Select Champions, Essendon F.C., complete team Set' with cards [34], window mounted, framed & glazed, overall 71 x 85 cm; plus '2009 Select Champions, Essendon F.C., complete team Set' with cards [32], window mounted, framed & glazed, overall 71 x 85 cm. . (quantity 2 items)
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Footscray: bronze sculpture of player number 14, probably Luke Darcy, made by Milo with 'European bronze Finery' logo, 36 cm tall.
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Geelong: large team photograph 'Geelong cricket and football club. Team 1912' with players names on mount, endorsed at base 'Presented to Hy young, Esq, by the players', shows the players in their lace-up canvas jumpers with blue & white hoops, mount with some water staining, framed & glazed, overall 87 x 73 cm. [Henry 'Tracker' young played 214 games for Geelong 1892-1910, was Geelong Captain 1901-1909, and was one of the original inductees to the AFL hall of Fame]
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Geelong: 1986 (circa) reunion programme 'Geelong's Premiership Years - 1925, 1931, 1937, 1951, 1952, 1963', with 38 signatures of Premiership players on reverse including Jack Jennings, Bernie Hore, Robert Treighton, bill M cmaster, Frank Mockridge, Fred Wooller, and many others.
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Melbourne: signed photograph, displays & print of Ron Barassi, Shaun Smith, Jack Trengove & Jack Watts, all framed & glazed, various sizes. (quantity 4 items)
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North Melbourne: 'North Melbourne football Club/1st VFL Premiership 1975', one ounce silver medal, back showing committee and players in their positions, in original case; plus 1979 Grand Final breakfast 38 mm bronze medal with 'VFL Grand Final/[Premiership Cup]/1979' on front, and advertisement on reverse for Brim medallions . (quantity 2 items)
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Richmond: group ex Len Ablett (70 games 1939-43, uncle of mercurical footballer Gary Ablett) including 'Richmond football club, second eighteen, five Years Certificate'; photo of c.1950s Myrtleford team; photo of 1968 Myrtleford FC board; photo of 1970 Ovens & Murray team; reprinted photos of 1950 Melbourne team with 5 signatures on mount & 1953 Wodonga team signed Stan rule (coach). (quantity 6 items)
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St Kilda: 'The point of it all - the story of St Kilda football Club' by Feldman & Holmesby [Melbourne, 1992] with 29 signatures inside including Neil Roberts, Barry Breen & Allan jeans; plus St Kilda ephemera (8), 1993-2000 'Football Records' (45) with Grand Finals (2); also Johnny Walker mirror. (quantity 55 items)
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Western bulldogs: display 'Marcus Bontempelli' with signed football card, window mounted with three photographs, framed & glazed, overall 49 x 85 cm.
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1899 (circa) L Miller & Sons USA (Le Roy Cigarettes) football card badge 'Favourites' showing George Vautin of Essendon, very fine. [George Vautin played in 5 Premierships for Essendon 1891-94 & 1897, and was Champion of the Colony in 1895. He also played cricket for Tasmania & Victoria.] a very exciting new discovery, and now t he earliest known football badge.
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