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Auction House:Leski Auctions Pty. Ltd.Number of lots recorded:842
Sale Title:Watches, Clocks and Banquet Lamps; Sporting & General MemorabiliaLots with images:535
Auction Location:MelbournePrices available:543
Date:7-Dec-2011
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Giant pocket watch window display, 14.5 cm diameter, nickel plated, works but stops, needs adjustment. In good to fair condition, complete.
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A French carriage clock c1890 with three enameled panels, all nudes. Enamel dial, subsidiary second hand, striker, and blind/night push button striker on top. Brass case 16 x 9 x 10 cm. All beveled glass including top and back. Marked to inside 'Made in France'. In wonderful working condition with key
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Omega military pocket watch c1930, in original wooden box. 15 jewel, Swiss made, subsidiary second hand. Backstamped 'B 1596 Dd'. Stainless steel case. in original condition.
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Movado military pocket watch c1930, in original wooden box, 15 jewel, stainless case, subsidiary second hand, backstamped 'D D A-279', in used but not abused condition, running.
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Omega sterling silver pocketwatch railway presentation 1903 Birmingham, Presented to Dick brown 1928 upon his retirement after 40 years of service at the London bridge station. Engraved case, open face, 15 jewel in running fine condition
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Omega pocket watch c1935, blued steel case (signed), subsidiary second hand, running in fine condition, 15 jewel movement (signed), 49.5 cm, open face
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Omega sterling silver open face pocket watch 1903 Birmingham, Arabic numerals, open cartouche to back. in fine running condition
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Omega military pocket watch Gstp c1938, 15 jewels, manual, back case signed Omega fab Suisse. 5.1 cm in diameter, watch ref number on back 'Y12812', original hang tag still attached. Luminous dial, subsidiary second hand. Running in excellent condition
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Omega military pocket watch Gstp c1938, 15 jewels, manual, back case signed Omega fab Suisse. 5.1 cm in diameter, Watch stamped 'y12984'. Running but stops needs adjustment. Fine condition.
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Omega gold plated hunters case pocket watch c1911, 15 jewels, manual, Roman numerals, enamel dial, black hands, subsidiary second hand. Engine turned and engraved case. Two small chips to dial otherwise immaculate and runnning.
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Omega gold plated hunters case pocket watch c1911, 15 jewels, manual, Roman numerals, enamel dial, black hands, subsidiary second hand engine turned, immaculate and runnning
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Omega gold plated hunters case pocket watch c1911, 15 jewels, manual, Arabic numerals, enamel dial, black hands, subsidiary second hand. Plain case, immaculate and runnning
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Omega open faced pocket watch c1920, 15 jewel nickel plated, roman numerals, subsidary second hand, white enamel dial, black hands, minor denting to back case, otherwise stunning and running
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Omega open faced pocket watch c1920, 15 jewel nickel plated, Arabic numerals, subsidary second hand, white enamel dial, black hands minor denting to back case, otherwise stunning and running.
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Rotherhams sterling silver open face pocket watch c1911, white enamel dial, roman numerals, subsidiary second hand, manual wind, engine turned and engraved back, running in fine condition
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Open face sterling silver pocket watch 1900, marked on face, ‘Improved Patent, English Lever', enclosed movement, subsidiary second hand, Stamped Chester, key wind, engraved back, very thick case, in working condition
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Omega hunters case sterling silver pocket watch c1920, mechanical, Roman numerals, white enamel dial, gold hands, subsidiary second hand dial, engine turned and engraved case, running.
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Omega hunters case sterling silver pocket watch c1920, mechanical, arabic numerals, white enamel dial, gold hands, subsidiary second hand dial, engine turned and engraved case, running.
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Omega hunters case sterling silver pocket watch c1920, mechanical, roman numerals, white enamel dial, gold hands, subsidiary second hand dial, engine turned and engraved case, minor dents to case back, running.
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Gold plated hunters case pocket watches c1900, Elgin (2), Am. Waltham, Betina. Complete, condition varies. Not working, for parts or restoration. (4 items)
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Man’s open faced pocket watch c1900, nickel case, thumbnail set, white porcelain dial, subsidiary second hand, beveled glass, working but needs adjustment. Marked to case inside 'Rubin'
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Open face sterling silver pocket watch 1900, marked on face, ‘Improved Patent, English Lever', enclosed movement, subsidiary second hand, stamped Chester, key wind, engraved back, very thick case, in working condition
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Open faced pocket watches for repair or parts. c1900-1920, inclucing an Elgin military pocket watch, a Waltham military pocket watch both with stampings on back. (10 items)
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Bulova mens wrist watch offering, 'rojet (self winding), automatic with original band, manual wind, all working, all in very good condition. (3 items)
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Sport Prints: 'The All England Eleven Versus the Victorian Twenty-two, Melbourne Cricket Ground, January 1st, 1864', colour print (40 x 60 cm); ‘The Golfers’, a colour engraving by Chas Wagstaff, depicting a match scene at St. Andrews, Scotland in 1850 (45 x 65 cm); together with a colour print by M.Kenyon of Jack Nicklaus in action (40 x 50 cm). (3 items)
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Cricket team sheets (8) - c1958 New Zealand, 1968 England v Australia, 1993 England 'A', 1999 NZ, 1998 Hampshire, 1999 Durham, 1999 Warwickshire and 1999 Leicestershire; cricket scorecards (2) ; 1924 boxing programme from 1st boxing Tournament at Wembley Stadium featuring Tom Gibbons (America) v Jack Bloomfield (England) ; also 1956 Wrestling programme from Southampton. (12 items)
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Australian Boxers: c1933 original caricature sketches by Joe Garvey, noted Jack Garcia, Alby Roberts (aboriginal), Royce McGrath, Jimmy Kelso, Tod Morgan, Johnny Condon, Johnny Peters, Jack Carroll, Rus Critcher & Les Ferris. All window mounted, each 37 x 44 cm, all signed by the artist. Fair/Vg condition. (10 items)
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Muhammad Ali, display comprising signed colour photograph, window mounted with three action photographs, framed and glazed, overall 71 x 83 cm. Plus Kostya Tszyu, display comprising 'Kostya Tszyu' T-shirt, window mounted with four action pictures, framed and glazed, overall 104 x 74 cm. (2 items)
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Joe Frazier v Jimmy Ellis - in Melbourne!!!: rare programme 'Showdown at St. Kilda, Frazier - Ellis Bout, Melbourne, 1975' extremely rare programme - does anyone remember this fight in Melbourne' Frazier's next fight was against Muhammad Aliin the 'Thriller in Manila'
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Sugar ray Leonard v Roberto Duran, display with both signatures on action photograph, window mounted, framed and glazed, overall 69 x 89 cm
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British Commonwealth Games: 1958 group with ladies silk scarves (3) ; Ticket and Accomodation Folder; General Rules and Information; souvenir Guide; 'Order For, the Opening Ceremony'; 'Welsh Team Handbook'; 'London Welcome Week'; 'Festival of Wales'; tourist brochure; wine list; permit to follow Road Race. 'NZ Sports Digest - Empire Games Special' following 1962 games. 1978 blazer pocket from Wales, programmes (8), badge, postcards (2) and souvenir magazine. (31 items)
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'Wisden Cricketers' Almanack's for 1870, 1871, 1872, 1873, 1874, 1875 and 1876, second facsimile reprints (1974), in salmon pink paper wrappers. Fine condition. (7 items)
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'Vanity Fair' cricket print: 'Cricket' (W.G.Grace) by Spy (Sir Leslie Ward), colour lithograph, published June 9 1877, window mounted, framed and glazed in maple frame, overall 44 x 57 cm. Print with minor tone spots, though attractive display. (This was the first 'Vanity Fair' cricket print).
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1878 1st Australian Team to England & North America: Original engraved newspaper picture, titled 'The Cricket Match Between The Australians and the New Yorkers, with Portraits of the Australians', hand-coloured, window mounted, framed & glazed, overall 54 x 44 cm. Scarce. Fine condition
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Cricket Group: 'Cheltenham - Cricket Match' etching by A.H.Wardle & F.G.Stevenson (signed by both in pencil), published 1891 by Dickinson & Foster, London, size 51 x 39 cm; 'In Quest of the Ashes 1934'; '1946-7 Sporting Globe Cricket Book'; plus laminated newspaper banners/posters re the death of Sir Donald Bradman (4 different). (7 items)
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Cricket Collectables, noted framed picture 'The Australians, 1893, Eighth Team'; literature including 'The Athletic News Cricket Annual' for 1913 & 1914; 'Five Years’ Averages (1919-23) of Our Leading Cricketers' by Jenn [London, 1924]; 'The journal of the Cricket Society' (25 issues); cricket prints
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Cricket Literature & Ephemera: Range of cricket related pages & clippings from books, magazines & newspapers, c1890s- 1960s; 1930s newspapers (c30); magazines (29); cricket scoring books (2) including Waratah C.C. Season 1898-9; books (8); 1906 Chevallier Tayler prints (5) in poor condition; ‘Sydney Mail’ supplements 'English Cricket Team 1932-33' (4); 1936-37 Ashes tour guide (poor); 'Bradman - The Don Declares' set of 8 tapes in folder; Don Bradman jig-saw; ‘Daily Telegraph’ 'Official 2006-07 Cricket…
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1899 Australian Tour to England: Print 'Australian 1899 Cricketers', published by ‘The Sun’, size 15 x 22 cm. Limited edition reproduction 26/50.
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Victor Trumper, display comprising nice pencil signature on piece, window mounted with action picture, framed and glazed, overall 20 x 27 cm. (Victor Trumper played 48 Tests 1899-1912. Australian test player No. 79).
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Victor Trumper, signature on lower right margin of superb half-tone offset lithographic print of Victor Trumper in full fl ight, by the photographer George W.Beldam, published by the swan electric engraving Company, London, 1st August, 1905; image size 38 x 30 cm, window mounted, overall 55 x 52 cm. Rare and attractive
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F. Stanley Jackson, signature on lower right margin of superb half-tone offset lithographic print of the Honourable Stanley Jackson in full fl ight, by the photographer George W.Beldam, published by the swan electric engraving Company, London, 1st September, 1905; image size 28 x 42 cm, window mounted, overall 45 x 63 cm. Some minor staining, though rare and attractive. (Stanley Jackson played 20 Tests 1893-1905, including 5 as England Captain)
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Pc Cricket Postcards, noted Monty Noble, Syd Gregory, Warren Bardsley, Clem Hill, Joe Darling, Harold Larwood, 1930 Australian team, 1953 Australian team. G/Vg condition. (16 items)
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Pc Cricket Postcards, noted 15 postcards from '1905 Australian Cricketers' by Bolland, Hanwell & Southall, including Victor Trumper, Joe Darling, Warwick Armstrong & Monty Noble; plus 3 postcards published by the ‘Captain’. G/Vg condition. (18 items)
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1906 song sheet, 'Australia. Joe Slater's Original Song Hit', with lovely pictures of Victor Trumper, Nellie Melba, Nellie Stewart, swimmer B.B.Keiran and rower Jim Stansbury. Fair/good condition
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1907-08 England Tour to Australia: Stereograph photograph by Underwood and Underwood of London, titled 'Great Britain International Cricket Match on the Grounds at Melbourne, Australia'. Shows Fane and Hutchings batting. Superb condition
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1907-08 England Tour to Australia: 'Souvenir Scoring Card, Price One Penny. Melbourne Cricket Ground, January 1,2,3,4,6, 1908. England v Australia', published by Alfred Wood, Richmond. Limited edition reproduction 36/50
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1907-08 England Tour to Australia: 'Cricket Guide. Fourth Test Match, England v Australia, At M.C.C. Ground, Commencing Feb 7, ‘08', plus 'Handy Cricket Score Card'. Both limited edition reproduction 31/50. (2 items)
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Cricket Literature: Books (6) incl.'England v Australia in the Tests' edited by Toms [London, 1909]; 'Cricket, Not War - The Australian Services XI and the Victory Tests of 1945' by Woodward (signed) [Melb., 1994]; 'Pavilion' magazine - first 2 issues; tour guide 1975-76 West Indies tour of Australia; benefit brochures (4) incl. Doug Walters & Richard Hadlee. (13 items)
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Plum Warner & Clem Hill, original caricature by Rip, c1909, signed by Rip at lower right, window mounted, overall 25 x 27 cm. (In 1926 Players issued a set of cigarette cards 'Caricatures by Rip').
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1909 Australian Team, large official team photograph, by photographer T.Bolland, signed to mount by the entire team, 16 signatures Vernon Ransford, Warren Bardsley, Hanson Carter, Peter McAlister, Roger Hartigan, Bill Whitty, Albert Cotter, Jack O’Connor, Victor Trumper, Bert Hopkins, Monty Noble (captain), Warwick Armstrong, Syd Gregory, Frank Laver, Charles Macartney & William Carkeek, window mounted, framed & glazed, overall 76 x 90 cm. Tear in lower left corner of mount (through Trumper signature),…
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1911-12 England Tour to Australia: panoramic photograph titled 'Second Test Match, England V Australia, Melbourne Cricket Ground 1911-12', framed and glazed, overall 157 x 51 cm
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'Victor Trumper Testimonial Match. N.S.W. v Rest of Australia, Sydney Cricket Ground, February 7, 8, 10, 11 1913. Souvenir Scoring Card'. Limited edition reproduction 27/50
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Victor Trumper, signature on original photograph, dated '8/2/13', the date of his Testimonial match, window mounted, framed and glazed, overall 24 x 29 cm. (Trumper played 48 Tests 1899-1912, and died prematurely in 1914).
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Charlie Macartney Scrapbooks: First scrapbook c1919-27 with press clippings, and also includes 1920 letter from NSW Governor (Sir Walter Davidson) to C.G.Macartney; other scrapbook includes 1938 Australian tour to England & C.G.Macartney 1939- 40. Fair/Vg condition
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1920-21 England Tour of Australia: Photograph of R.M.S.'Osterley', signed to the mount by Australian & English teams & both managers, with 32 signatures including Warwick Armstrong, Herb Collins, Jack Ryder, J.W.H.T.Douglas, J.B.Hobbs & Patsy Hendren, size 34 x 21 cm. Fair condition (some loss to photograph of ship, fault to lower right corner of mount)
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1921 Australian Team, large format official team photograph, signed in corner by photographer T.Bolland, with title 'Australian Eleven 1921' on mount, and signed to mount by the entire team, 16 signatures - Warren Bardsley, Jack Ryder, 'Stork' Hendry, Jack Gregory, Edgar Mayne, Tommy Andrews, Sydney Smith (manager), Arthur Mailey, Ted McDonald, Herbert Collins, Warwick Armstrong (Captain), Charles Macartney, Hanson Carter, Johnny Taylor, Clarence Pellew & Bert Oldfield, superbly framed & glazed to…
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Cricket Books, noted 'R.H.Campbell’s Inter-State Cricket Guide' [Melbourne, 1921]; 'Maiden Over, or Casual Cracks for Cricketers' by Caxtilian [Birmingham, 1948]; 'Wisden Cricketers Almanack' for 1961 & 1962. Also 'The Review of Applied Entomology' Volume XIX (12 Parts & Index) [London, 1931-32]. (33 items)
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1920s-40s Cricket Books, noted 'Gilligan’s Men - A critical Review of the Mcc Tour of Australia 1924-25' by Monty Noble [London, 1925]; 'Brightly Fades the Don' by Fingleton [London, 1949]; 'Cricket is My Life' by Len Hutton [London, c1948]. Fair/ Good condition. (17 items)
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1926 Australian Team, official team photograph, by T.Bolland, signed on photograph by the entire team, 17 signatures - Jack Ellis, 'Stork' Hendry, Jack Gregory, Jack Ryder, Arthur Richardson, Sam Everett, Sydney Smith (manager), Arthur Mailey, Clarrie Grimmett, Warren Bardsley, bill Woodfull, Herbert Collins (Captain), bill Ponsford, Charles Macartney, Tommy Andrews, Johnny Taylor and Bert Oldfield, overall 30 x 25 cm. Damage to top part of photograph, affecting some signatures, and majority of signatures…
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Bradman's first test - Team photograph: Daily mail press photograph of the Australian team for the 1st test v England at Exhibition ground, Brisbane 30th November - 5th December 1928, size 22 x 16 cm. Minor peripheral faults, though rare
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Don Bradman Scrapbook: c1928-53 Large Scrapbook with magazine & press clippings, pictures & cartoons; also includes colour Phar Lap print. Fair/G condition
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1930 Australian Team, team photograph, taken by Bolland specially for the Jaeger Co.Ltd, signed to mount by the entire team, 17 signatures - Bill Ferguson (scorer), Ted A’Beckett, Percy Hornibrook, W.L.Kelly (manager), Tim Wall, Alec Hurwood, T.Havard (official), Alan Kippax, Alan Fairfax, Victor Richardson, Bill Woodfull (captain), Bill Ponsford, Don Bradman, Archie Jackson, Charlie Walker, Clarrie Grimmett & Bert Oldfield, and endorsed in Oldfield’s hand 'To J.Winterbottom, with Best Wishes from the…
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1930 song sheet, 'Our Eleven. Words and Music By Jack Lumsdaine', attractive cover with cameos of Australian players including Don Bradman. Good condition
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Don Bradman, lovely signature on reprinted panoramic photograph of Bradman batting at the SCG during the 2nd test v South Africa 1931, limited edition 4/25, window mounted, framed and glazed, overall 139 x 55 cm. Plus Ben Hogan, signature on print 'Triple Tie in the Open, But Ben Hogan Triumphs Over Injuries to Win Title in the Play-Off' (1950 US open), window mounted, framed and glazed, overall 91 x 76 cm. (2 items)
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George Headley, signed picture, window mounted, framed & glazed, overall 31 x 41 cm. [Headley, known as 'the black Bradman', played 22 Tests for the West Indies 1930-54]
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Douglas Jardine, signature on piece. Together with large picture of Jardine's batting stance, 25 x 38 cm. (Douglas Jardine played 22 Tests 1928-34, England's infamous body-line Captain).
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1932-34 'The News' Supplements: 'The 1932-3 Victorious English Cricket Team'; 'Australians Who Played in 1932-3 Test Series'; also aviators Charles Kingsford-Smith and C.J.Melrose; movie stars - Clark Gable, Joan Crawford, Maurice Chevalier and Claudette Colbert; 'Australia's 1933 Davis Cup Team' (3; 'Australia's Tennis Ace - Jack Crawford' (2), all window mounted, each about 48 x 30 cm. Fine condition. (13 items)
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Don Bradman’S 1934 Australian 'Baggy Green' Test Cap, green wool, wire-embroidered Coat-of-Arms & '1934' on front, Farmers label inside endorsed 'D.G.Bradman'. Few small moth holes, otherwise good match-worn condition. Provenance: Don Bradman originally gifted this cap to his golf coach, Jack Bahen, one of Australia’s pioneer professional golfers. On Bahen’s death it passed to his daughter Gretta Richardson, who in 1993 loaned it to the Mortlock Library in South Australia who were displaying Bradman…
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1934 Australian Team, team photograph with players wearing their Australian blazers, signed on mount by almost entire team, 18 signatures - Bill Ferguson (scorer), Clarrie Grimmett, Bill Brown, Hans Ebeling, Harold Bushby (manager), Bill O’Reilly, Tim Wall, W.C.Bull (treasurer), Ern Bromley, Arthur Chipperfield, Don Bradman, Bill Woodfull (captain), Alan Kippax, Len Darling, Bill Ponsford, Ben Barnett, Stan McCabe & Bert Oldfield (only missing Chuck Fleetwood-Smith), overall 40 x 36 cm. Minor faults on…
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Team Photo Showcards: 'Australia’s Cricket Team, English Tour 1934' (49 x 32 cm); 'English Cricket Team, Australian Tour 1936-1937' (41 x 33 cm); 'The 1938 Australian Cricket Team Touring England' (40 x 27 cm). Poor/Fair condition. (3 items)
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