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Autographs — Memorabilia - Leski Auctions Pty. Ltd.
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| Number of lots recorded: | 96 |
| Lots with images: | 96 |
| Prices available: | 96 |
Category:
Autographs
| Lot | Description | Price | Image |
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| *** | c1950-92 folder of letters (24) & cards (6), with signatures including Robert Menzies, Bob Hawke, Hazel Hawke, Joan Kirner, Sir Roden Cutler VC & other politicians; also range of invitations & ephemera (28 items) | *** |  |
| *** | Prime Ministers: - Harold Wilson (1916-95, British Prime Minister 1964-70 & 1974-76), signed letter on 'House of Commons' letterhead, dated 14.VII.70 to cricket administrator Geoffrey Howard + Sir Robert Menzies (1894-1977, 12th Prime Minister of… | *** |  |
| *** | Margaret Thatcher (1925-2013): Prime Minister of the United Kingdom 1979-1990, fine signature on portrait photograph. Excellent condition | *** |  |
| *** | William Hughes (1862-1952, 7th Prime Minister of Australia), signature on piece dated November 22nd 1924; together with signed letter on 'The Parliament of the Commonwealth, House of Representatives' letterhead | *** |  |
| *** | Sir Robert Menzies (1894-1977, 12th Prime Minister of Australia), signed letter dated 7th January 1976 on 'Sir Robert Menzies' letterhead. | *** |  |
| *** | Autograph book & Pages: with numerous signatures including Charlie Chaplin on piece, annotated 'On Brighton Belle' (London-Brighton electric pullman train service) and dated '12.10.52' shortly after Chaplin arrived in England for premiere of 'Limelight'… | *** |  |
| *** | Female Entertainers & musicians: autographs of 1930s-2000s era performers usually on photographs/images or on piece, comprising Gracie fields, Vera Lynn (on philatelic cover), opera singer June Bronhill, actress, comedienne & singer Carol Burnett, the… | *** |  |
| *** | Bruce Lee, (1940-73, the most influential and famous martial artist of all time), signature 'Love and Peace, Bruce Lee' on autograph page | *** |  |
| *** | D Ben Chifley (1885-1951, 16th Prime Minister of Australia), bold signature on 9th Feb.1949 letter (regarding attending the forthcoming Kippax-Oldfield Testimonial match) on 'Commonwealth of Australia, Prime Minister, Canberra' letterhead. | *** |  |
| *** | Malcolm Fraser & His 1979 cabinet, two pages on 'Parliament of Australia' letterhead, with 14 signatures - Malcolm Fraser (Australia's 22nd Prime Minister), Doug Anthony, Phillip Lynch, Ian Sinclair, John Carrick, Anthony Street, Peter Nixon, John Howard… | *** |  |
| *** | Sir Robert Walpole, (1676-1745, 1st Prime Minister of great Britain), superb signature clipped from a document | *** |  |
| *** | 1913 (Dec.11) autographed letter to 'Silas' Wright from J.J. Thomson on 'Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge' letterhead, thanking Wright for a gift to the Laboratory of equipment that had been used during the scientific experiments in the Antarctic. In 1906… | *** |  |
| *** | Charles Kingsford Smith & Malcolm Campbell, nice photograph of Smithy offering Malcolm Campbell a smoke, signed 'Yours As Ever, Malcolm', window mounted, overall 25 x 23 cm. Photo with small fault, though attractive | *** |  |
| *** | D Edward Evans, 1st Baron Mountevans (1881-1957, British naval officer and Antarctic explorer), nice signature 'Teddy' on 1913 (Oct.24) letter to Silas Wright (Canadian member of 1910-13 Expedition) on 'British Antarctic Expedition, 1910' letterhead. The… | *** |  |
| *** | Winston Churchill - Speeches & Maxims: - mostly hardbound group with war speech titles by Charles Eade comprising 'The Unrelenting Struggle', 'The end of the Beginning', 'Onwards to Victory', 'The Dawn of Liberation', 'Victory' (2, one with d/j), &… | *** |  |
| *** | Prime Ministers - John Howard: autographs on three Australian 'Prime Ministers' first day covers, neatly presented within display folder. Vendor's annotations on reverse of folder suggest they were signed during the 2001 'Tampa Affair' refugee crisis when… | *** |  |
| *** | Autograph Book: circa 1954/58, containing nearly 50 pen autographs, including R.T.Simpson, Godfrey Evans, Len Hutton, Peter May, Colin Cowdrey, Alec Bedser, Tony Lock, Ron Tattersall, Denis Compton, Jim Parkes, Wazir Mohamed, Jim Laker, Zulfiqar Ahmed,… | *** |  |
| *** | 1947-76 Autograph Book, with c209 signatures, noted Charles Robberts Swart, (1st President of South Africa); South African MPs and mayors; 'Pik' Botha; Arnold Palmer; 1970 Springboks; 1976 All Blacks; 1976 Springboks | *** |  |
| *** | Sir Hubert Wilkins, (1888-1958, polar explorer, soldier, pilot), signed photograph | *** |  |
| *** | British Prime Minister: - Henry Pelham (1694-1754, British Prime Minister 1743-54), Treasury Warrant signed by Pelham and others dated 24th March 1746 for the watering of the road from the West gate in Hide Park to H.M.Palace at Kensington Palace | *** |  |
| *** | British Prime Minister: - William Ewart Gladstone (1809-98, British Prime Minister 1868-74, 1880-85, Feb-July 1886 and 1892-94), signature on 2-page hand-written letter on '10 Downing Street, Whitehall' letterhead, dated Nov. 16.93, to D. Paulin | *** |  |
| *** | Dame Nellie Melba, (1861-1931, Australian opera soprano), nice signature dated 1924 on mount of original photograph, framed and glazed, overall 17 x 25 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Jockeys Autographs: autograph page headed 'Jockeys NSW 1948', with 17 pencil signatures, noted hall of Fame jockeys Darby Munro, George Moore, Arthur Ward, Neville Sellwood and Billy Cook | *** |  |
| *** | Bob Hawke & His 1985 cabinet, two pages on 'Parliament of Australia' letterhead, with 17 signatures - Bob Hawke (Australia's 23rd Prime Minister), Lionel Bowen, John button, Don Grimes, Ralph Willis, Paul Keating (Australia's 24th Prime Minister), Michael… | *** |  |
| *** | Israeli Prime Ministers and Presidents, collection of signed pieces, photographs and first day cover, comprising Moshe Sharett, Levi Eshkol, Menachem Begin, Yitzhak Shamir, Shimon Peres, Zalman Shazar and Ezer Weizman. | *** |  |
| *** | First day cover Earle page (1880-1961, 11th Prime Minister of Australia), signature on 1949 first day cover (stained though signature fi ne); with black and white photo of page from the state library of NSW image library | *** |  |
| *** | British Prime Ministers:-William Ewart Gladstone (1809-98, British Prime Minister 1868-74, 1880-85, Feb-July 1886 and 1892-94), signature on hand-written letter with Royal arms at top, written from Cannes dated Jan.26 1883 | *** |  |
| *** | Australia: Signed autograph cards (51 - attractive coloured cards with gilt edges), including Mike Kasparowicz, Kerry O'Keefe, Fred Freer, Peter Allan, Gary Cosier & Sam Gannon. Some scarcer players autographs. (51 items) | *** |  |
| *** | Winston Churchill - 1908 Election Campaign Photograph: Original photograph (24 x 35.5 cm) taken on the 4th May 1908 showing Winston Churchill (front centre) following his speech at Kinnaird Hall, Dundee, during the campaign to elect him as MP for Dundee,… | *** |  |
| *** | Queen Victoria (1819-1901, Queen of Great Britain from 1837 until her death - 63 years), fine signature on piece with seal cut from document | *** |  |
| *** | 1930s autograph pages (6), noted Charles Kingsford Smith; Dunc Gray (gold medal, cycling, 1932 Olympics); C. Koshnitsky (Australian chess Champion 1932-34). | *** |  |
| *** | Stanley Bruce (1883-1967, 8th Prime Minister of Australia), superb signature on 1932 letter on 'Commonwealth Treasury, Canberra, Fct' letterhead, window mounted, framed and glazed, overall 31 x 41 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Vida Goldstein, (1869-1949, Australian early feminist reformer and politician), signature on 1910 autograph page with quote 'We Have Entered a new Age of Chivalry - the Chivalry of Women towards Women' | *** |  |
| *** | D C United States Presidents and Vice-Presidents: collection including Hubert Humphrey signature on 1965 letter on 'The Vice President, Washington' letterhead; Lyndon Johnson 1961 'Office of the Vice President' Envelope with printed signature as free… | *** |  |
| *** | Sir Robert Menzies (1894-1977, Australia's 12th Prime Minister), signature on 4th April 1957 letter on Prime Minister, Canberra letterhead | *** |  |
| *** | Sir Robert Menzies (1894-1977, 12th Prime Minister of Australia), signature on 1947 letter on 'The Parliament of the Commonwealth, Leader of the Opposition, Canberra, Act' letterhead, window mounted, framed & glazed, overall 41 x 31 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Sir Robert Menzies (1894-1977, 12th Prime Minister of Australia), signature on 30th Dec.1957 letter on 'Prime Minister, Canberra' letterhead | *** |  |
| *** | Sir Keith Macpherson Smith (1890-1955, Australian aviator, who, with his brother Ross and two others were the first to fly from England to Australia), superb signature on 23.9.1924 hand-written letter; together with booklet 'The first 'roplane voyage from… | *** |  |
| *** | James Scullin (1876-1953, 9th Prime Minister of Australia), nice signature on a piece cut from 'Prime Minister' letterhead | *** |  |
| *** | Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936): 'Songs From Books' by Rudyard Kipling (London 1920) with tipped in signature on the title page. Hinges beginning to crack, signature fine | *** |  |
| *** | A miscellany comprising 1904 St.Louis Olympics/Louisiana Purchase Exposition ticket folder with 4 tickets remaining (issued to Adam O'Kane, photographed in his Jefferson Guard uniform), a collection of 26 small original photographs of the 1906 Games in… | *** |  |
| *** | Government & Politics: autographs on philatelic covers comprising Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen longest serving Premier of Queensland (2) plus autograph on colour photo (18.5 x 14 cm), Senator lady Florence Bjelke-Petersen (8) plus autograph on monochrome photo… | *** |  |
| *** | Bette Davis signature and dedication in black ink on large format photograph by George Hurrell for Warner Brothers. 35.5 x 28 cm overall. | *** |  |
| *** | Sir Robert Menzies (1894-1977, 12th Prime Minister of Australia), signature below colour photograph of Menzies in his Order of the thistle Robes, endorsed to Roy Welensky, Prime Minister of Rhodesia and Nyasaland | *** |  |
| *** | Lord Palmerston (1784-1865, twice British Prime Minister 1855-58 and 1859-65), May 13th 1857 signed letter on black edged paper, to My dear Waddington, asking him to assist in a difficulty which had arisen with the Bishop of Exeter concerning the new… | *** |  |
| *** | P.T.Barnum (1810-91, American showman who is best remembered for founding the circus that eventually became Ringling Bros. And Barnum and Bailey circus): signature dated July 29th 1876 at foot of an autograph hunter's letter; together with book 'Life of… | *** |  |
| *** | Sir George Reid (1845-1918, 4th Prime Minister of Australia), good signature on piece | *** |  |
| *** | circa 1935 'Gunn & Moore's Autograph Bats' point-of-sale advertising display featuring W.G.Grace, Allan Steel, Billy Barnes, George Ulyett, Arthur Shrewsbury and several other fine batsmen who had been clients of Gunn & Moore in the 1880s. 27 x 20.5 cm.… | *** |  |
| *** | Aviation: 1931 dinner menu 'The Guild of Air Pilots & Air Navigators of the British Empire', with 18 signatures including Bert Hinkler, Charles Kingsford-Smith, Jim Mollison, Amy Johnson, Air Vice Marshall Augustus Orlebar, Charles Scott, George… | *** |  |
| *** | Sir Keith Macpherson Smith (1890-1955, Australian aviator, with his brother Ross and two others were the first to fly from England to Australia), superb signature on 23.9.1924 hand-written letter; together with booklet 'The first 'roplane voyage from… | *** |  |
| *** | Sir Joseph Cook (1860-1947, 6th Prime Minister of Australia), lovely signature on piece dated 1878 | *** |  |
| *** | King O'Malley (1858-1953, one of Australia's more prominent and clourful members of Parliament), signature dated 12/12/07 on autograph page. (O'Malley played a prominent role in selecting the site of the future capital of Australia, Canberra, and agitated… | *** |  |
| *** | James Scullin (1876-1953, 9th Prime Minister of Australia), group of autograph pages (3) signed by 23 Australian Members of Parliament including James Scullin | *** |  |
| *** | Rare Prince of Wales pitcher, a white English stoneware pitcher in matte finish with round bottom wide neck and small spout. Large twisted handle, moulded to side. Sides elaborately moulded with royal coats of arms and 'England Scotland Ireland Wales… | *** |  |
| *** | Balmain: autograph book and autograph pages (6), with c66 signatures, of which about 55 are Balmain players of the 1940s-60s, noted 1948 team (15 pencil signatures) and team (12 signatures) - names include Peter Provan, Bob Boland, Keith Barnes, Harry… | *** |  |
| *** | Sir Robert Menzies (1894-1977, Australia's 12th Prime Minister), signature on card; together with accompanying 1971 letter from private Secretary on Sir Robert Menzies letterhead; plus black and white photograph of Menzies | *** |  |
| *** | Sir Robert Menzies (1894-1977, 12th Prime Minister of Australia), signed letter dated 7th January 1974 on 'Sir Robert Menzies' letterhead, tipped into his book 'Afternoon Light - Some Memories of Men and Events' (Melbourne, 1967) | *** |  |
| *** | Phineas T. Barnum (1810-91, American showman who is best remembered for founding the circus that eventually became Ringling Bros. And Barnum & Bailey circus): 1876 letter, Barnum's answer to a request for an autograph, signed on the original autograph… | *** |  |
| *** | Dame Nellie Melba (Australian soprano, the first Australian to achieve international recognition in the form, 1861-1931), lovely group with signature on autograph page; ticket to concert in Bairnsdale; 'Souvenir, grand opera Season, His Majesty's, Theatre… | *** |  |
| *** | Group of official signed Government letters, incudes Michael T.Somare [Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea], Gareth Evans, Bronwyn Bishop, John Kerr, Dr.J.T.Gunther, Zelman Cowan, Philip Lynch, B.T.G. Chidzero (2), Moshe Erell, Stephen FitzGerald and Jim… | *** |  |
| *** | Astronaut - John Glenn (Mercury 6, Sts-95), signed colour photograph | *** |  |
| *** | Astronaut - Charles 'Pete' Conrad (Commander Apollo 12, third man to walk on the moon), signature on colour Nasa photograph. With CoA | *** |  |
| *** | Autographs: c1854-1915 Group of letters (23) & pieces (28), noted Lord Palmerston (British Prime Minister), Louise of Sweden, Sir Richard Mayne (London's first Police Commissioner), Sir Walter Scott, Baroness Orczy, Frederick York Wolseley (inventor of… | *** |  |
| *** | Lady's Autograph Book, c1893-1911, with c74 signatures including George Swinburne (founder of the institution which later became Swinburne University of Technology), plus his wife and two of his daughters; also a wonderful selection of watercolours (10) &… | *** |  |
| *** | D Sir Ralph Darling (1772-1858, 8th Governor of NSW (1825-31)), superb signature on 1837 letter, 'I shall be obliged to you to let me know should any orders be issued respecting the 9th regt, as in the event of its being sent to India, it would affect my… | *** |  |
| *** | Autographs: signed photos, pieces and menu, noted H.rider Haggard (author of 'King Solomon's Mines'; Olivia de Havilland (2), Hubert Wilkins, Anthony Hopkins, Kirk Douglas, Hugh Hefner, Anthony Quinn, Tim Brooke-Taylor. (15 items) | *** |  |
| *** | Sir John McEwen (1900-80), 18th Prime Minister of Australia), signed black and white photograph | *** |  |
| *** | Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930, British author most noted for his stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes), signature on piece | *** |  |
| *** | 1913 (Nov.11) autographed letter from Edward Evans (signed 'Teddy Evans') to Silas Wright at Cambridge, on 'British Antarctic Expedition, 1910 - Commander Evans's Lecture Tour' letterhead. The letter regards a letter Wright has asked Evans to write | *** |  |
| *** | 1938 Australian Team, autograph page with 8 pencil signatures including Don Bradman, Lindsay Hassett & Sidney Barnes. VG condition | *** |  |
| *** | Hunter Laurie 'Stork' Hendry (1895 - 1988) played for New South Wales, Victoria and Australia: A collection of thirteen original letters from Hendry to Cooke (1980 to 1987), a framed display which includes a signed photograph, plus other items. | *** |  |
| *** | An autograph book containing mainly 1956 Olympian's signatures including John Landy, Neville Scott, Graham Gipson, Bill Butchart, Albie Thomas, Ronald Crawford, Leon Gregory, Mervyn Lincoln, John Goodman, Sven Coomer, Faith Leech, John Hayres, Dawn Fraser… | *** |  |
| *** | Sir George Reid, pen-written 2-page Als on house of Commons library letterhead, to the Librarian, Royal Colonial Institute, requesting assistance in borrowing 'The NSW Hansards for 1896, 1897, 1898, 1899 and 1900'. Reid, having served as Prime Minister… | *** |  |
| *** | John Gorton (1911-2000, 19th Prime Minister of Australia), signature on letter dated 5th April 1965 on 'Minister for works, Parliament house, Canberra' letterhead | *** |  |
| *** | Dalai Lama (Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama, 1935-), signature on piece | *** |  |
| *** | Australian Prime Ministers: collection comprising Billy Hughes signed piece (covered in contact); Sir Robert Menzies letter signed 'Bob'; John Gorton signed piece and signed first day cover; Malcolm Fraser signed first day cover. (5 items) | *** |  |
| *** | Stanley Melbourne Bruce (1883-1967, 8th Prime Minister of Australia), superb signature on 'Prime Minister' notepaper | *** |  |
| *** | British Prime Ministers: - Sir Robert Peel (1788-1850, twice British Prime Minister 1834-35 & 1841-46, best remembered as the originator of the modern concept of the police force), signature on piece | *** |  |
| *** | 1901 Federation: invitation, 'His Majesty's Ministers of State For the Commonwealth of Australia, Request the Honour of the Presence of (Capt.W.Davis and Mrs Davis) in the Exhibition Building, Melbourne, on Thursday, 9th May, 1901, to Witness the Opening… | *** |  |
| *** | British Prime Minister: - John Russell, 1st Earl Russell (1792-1878, British Prime Minister 1846-52 and 1865-66), signature on 2-page hand-written letter dated 1st July 1866 advising of appointments to the Order of the Bath. | *** |  |
| *** | Harry Potter colour photograph signed by the three main stars, Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint and Emma Watson | *** |  |
| *** | D Ferdinand Marcos (1917-89, President of the Philippines 1965-86), superb signature on 1971 letter on 'Malacanan Palace, Manila' letterhead; together with an unsigned photograph | *** |  |
| *** | Apollo 13, display comprising clapboard from Ron Howard's highly acclaimed 1994 movie, with 5 signatures - Tom Hanks, Kevin Bacon, bill Paxton, Dean Cundley and Ron Howard; window mounted with photograph from the movie, framed 7 glazed, overall 45 x 72 | *** |  |
| *** | Frank Sinatra, signature on autograph page; together with two other pages signed by members of 1955 Frank Sinatra show - Vic Damone, Louis ray and Ann McCormack | *** |  |
| *** | William M. Hughes (1862-1952): Australian Prime Minister 1915-1923. Signed letter on Commonwealth of Australia Attorney-General letterhead dated 29th Sept.1941. Addressed to Benjamin F.Parker. Good condition | *** |  |
| *** | Albert Namatjira (1902-59): Australian Aboriginal artist from the German Lutheran Mission at Hermannsburg; autograph on page in blue ink. VG condition | *** |  |
| *** | 1960s Autograph Book, mostly entertainers, with c47 signatures, noted Bee Gees (Maurice, Barry & Colin), Cole Joye, the Delltones, Bobby Limb, Warren Williams & Jimmy Hannan | *** |  |
| *** | An Edwardian autograph sketchbook featuring numerous ink sketches, watercolours and cartoons including Gus Dirks and Hal Waugh. | *** |  |
| *** | World leaders: autographs of 20th century world leaders, usually on photographs/images, including King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofia of Spain, Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom… | *** |  |
| *** | British Prime Minister: - Stanley Baldwin (1867-1947, British Prime Minister 1923-24, 1924-29 and 1935-37), signed letter on 'Prime Minister/ 10 Downing Street, Whitehall' letterhead, dated 18th July, 1928 | *** |  |
| *** | Rudyard Kipling (British author, best known for 'The Jungle book' & 'Kim', 1907 Nobel prize for Literature, 1865-1936), signature on piece, tipped on to title page in his book 'An Habitation Enforced' (London, 1909). Book in good condition, signature fine | *** |  |
| *** | Pair of 1957-58 'Wallabies' autograph pages with thirty three signatures | *** |  |
| *** | D Robert Menzies, autograph in pen on Oct.1941 Commonwealth of Australia, Minister for Defence Co-Ordination letterhead from Canberra; typed note to Captain St.J. Scott-Scott. | *** |  |
| *** | Australian Prime Ministers: Gough and Margaret Whitlam (21st P.M. And his wife), both signatures on black and white photo; Bob Hawke (23rd P.M.), signature on colour photo; John Howard (25th P.M.), signature on 13th July, 1979, letter on 'Treasurer,… | *** |  |
| *** | William Pitt, the Younger (1759-1806, youngest ever Prime Minister of Great Britain 1783-1801 & 1804-06), good signature on free Frank front dated Ju.27.95 | *** |  |
| *** | 1908 Visit of United States Fleet to Australia: autograph pages (7) containing 16 signatures, photographs (2) and drawing, mainly of officers from USS 'Georgia'. (12 items) | *** |  |