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Auction House:
Abacus Auctions
Number of lots recorded:29
Lots with images:29
Prices available:29
Category:
Unclassified
LotDescriptionPriceImage
*** 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) ***
*** Manuel Ortiz V Luis Castello: 1944 'Official program, Olympic boxing, Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, calf Nov.14, 1944', Fair/Good condition, together with 1949 'The main Event' magazine & 1948 Topps 'Boxing Champions' card #22. Scarce programme.… ***
*** Balance of Ray Bright Collection including J&B 1.75L whisky bottle (empty) etched for 1981 Australian team to Sri Lanka; cricketer toby jug; menu with 4 Invincibles signatures; Boonie & Beefy dolls; Centenary Test cuff-links; range cricket posters &… ***
*** Books Annuals 'Sporting Globe football Book' for 1946, 1948, 1953 & 1954; 'Football souvenir VFL season 1949'; 'Mullen's Footballers' Australian Almanac 1951'. Fair/Fine condition. (quantity 6) ***
*** 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… ***
*** J.Edgar Hoover: signature inside his book 'Masters of Deceit' (New York, 1958). Hoover was the first director of the Fbi. ***
*** Box of 1950s trade cards including Stamina, Atlantic, Sanitarium, Shell. Fair/Fine. Inspection will reward. (Qty 500+) ***
*** 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… ***
*** 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) ***
*** 2001 'Grabs and Goals - Carlton Draught AFL Official Mark and Goal of the Year 2001', print by Jamie Cooper, signed by Essendon's Gary Moorcroft, limited edition 614/700, window mounted, framed & glazed, overall 92 x 72 cm. ***
*** Books '100 Years of Australian Football' edited by Ross [Melbourne, 1996] deluxe edition in slipcase; plus photograph of Collingwood's Dick Lee flying for a mark. (Qty 2 items) ***
*** Collingwood: Collection with books (7) including 'Kill for Collingwood' by Stremski [Sydney, 1986]; magazines (12) with 'Let's Look at Football' by Hugh Buggy [Melbourne, 1952]; Grand Final 'Football Record's (3); newspapers, cap. ***
*** 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… ***
*** 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. ***
*** 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) ***
*** Don Bradman: collection including books (6) with 'Bradman's best - collector's Edition' by Perry, 'Bradman's Band' by Mallett (signed twice by Sam Loxton); 'Bradman Centenary' folder with coin & stamps; yo-yos (2); posters (2), DVDs (2), stamps, FDCs &… ***
*** Don Bradman: Statuette 'Sir Donald Bradman - The Final Salute 1908-2001', 38 cm tall, in original box of issue. ***
*** Collection including book 'Australia and the Olympic Games' by Harry Gordon [Brisbane, 1994]; 1998 Olympic Dream medallions (5); 2000 Sydney group with Prime Minister's Olympic Dinner album, Olympic Torch Relay pin album, other pins (13) & newspapers &… ***
*** Books William Inglis & Son 'Annual summer Yearling Sale' catalogues (13) from 1973 to 1989; plus 'Australian stud book - Bicentennial Edition' [Sydney, 1987] almost complete set (28/30 volumes), some water damage. (quantity 13) ***
*** Jack Potter: Book 'Born Lucky' by Jack & Sarah Potter (signed by both) [Melbourne, 2021], limited edition 8/500 in slipcase; together with programme from the book's launch with 6 signatures including Alan 'Froggie' Thomson, Eddie Illingworth & Kevan… ***
*** Book 'Covenants with Death' by Innes & Castle [London, 1934], showing the horror of World War I. Good condition. ***
*** Books 'FIFA Museum collection - 1000 years of Football' [Switzerland, 1996]. ***
*** Balance of collection including 1961 programme Arsenal v Leicester City; ABC Cricket Books (3); 'How To Swim' booklets (2); photo of racehorse. (Qty 11 items) ***
*** Books extensive library including 'My Life and Work' by Henry Ford [Sydney, 1924]; 'Motor's Auto Repair Manual' (6 editions c.1940-1973); 'Repco Parts Directory' Number 9 March 1964; 'Model A Ford for the Restorer', condition unfortunately rather poor.… ***
*** Autographs group of signed cards including John Illsley (Dire Straits), George Young (Easybeats), Swanee, June Bromhill, Colleen Hewett, Sir Richard Stilgoe. (Qty 16 items) ***
*** 1956 Melbourne Olympics: group with Athletics programmes (3), tickets (3), souvenir programme for Olympic Mass & book. ***
*** Books 'Australian Motor Manual' for 1953 & 1956; plus 'The Kings of the Road' by Purdy [UK, 1957]. (Qty 3 items) ***
*** Catalogues Thoroughbred Yearlings (7) from H Chisholm & Co for 1924-1930; William Yuille & Co catalogue for 1917 (very fragile); 'Broodmares of Australia' 7 volumes from 1980s. ***
*** Cox plate 1995-2015 group with race books for 2013, 2014 & 2015; also Committee room passes (5), other passes (15); pens (6), mainly fine. (quantity 29 items) ***