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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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| *** | Sir Arthur Fadden (1895-1973, 13th Prime Minister of Australia), signature on piece; together with black and white photograph of Fadden from the state library of NSW image library | *** |  |
| *** | 1901 opening of Parliament, invitation card (22 x 16 cm) to the Hon. John Lamont Dow & Mrs Dow to witness the opening of the Parliament of the Commonwealth, on 9th May 1901, from Edmund Barton, Prime Minister. Minor corner bends, though scarce | *** |  |
| *** | 1913 (Oct.24) autographed letter from Edward Evans (signing as 'Teddy') to Silas Wright on 'British Antarctic Expedition, 1910' letterhead. The letter regards tickets for a lecture Evans is shortly to deliver at Cambridge University, where, he regrets,… | *** |  |
| *** | 1914 (June 5) autographed note from A.S. Eddington to 'Silas' Wright, on 'Royal Astronomical Society' letterhead, suggesting Wright accompany him to an R.A.S. dinner, where his 'ambitions for geodetic apparatus' could be advanced in conversation with… | *** |  |
| *** | Australia: Signed autograph cards (40 - cards with 'Australia Test Player' printed in green), including Brett Lee, Ricky Ponting, Usman Khawaja, Michael Johnson, Ben Hilfenhaus, Matthew Hayden & Glenn McGrath. (40 items) | *** |  |
| *** | Australia & India: Signed autograph cards (32 - cards with 'Australia Test Player' printed in green), including Graeme Wood, Rodney Hogg, Rick McCosker, ray Bright, Ian Chappell, Shane Warne & Kim Hughes; also 1986 India - autograph pages (2) with 15… | *** |  |
| *** | British Prime Ministers: - Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby (1799-1869, British Prime Minister 1852, 1858-59 and 1866-68), signature on 2-page hand-written letter dated Oct.27 1859 from Knowsley hall in Lancashire | *** |  |
| *** | Sir Winston Dugan (1876-1951, 21st Governor of South Australia 1934-39; 18th Governor of Victoria 1939-49), superb photograph by Swaine, signed 'Winston Dugan, Governor of Victoria, 1941', overall 24 x 30 cm. | *** |  |
| *** | Autographed photographs: Oliver Peacock (dated 1913), Aga Lahoska, Camiall Urso (dated 1894), Apollo Granforte (dated 1928), Marie Hall, August Van Biene, R. Kennerley Rumford, and several others; all original signatures, all framed and glazed, several by… | *** |  |
| *** | Harold Holt (Australia's 17th Prime Minister), signed letter dated 15th August 1956 on 'Commonwealth of Australia, Minister for Labour and National service' letterhead. (Harold Holt's term as Prime Minister was brought to an early and dramatic end in… | *** |  |
| *** | Dame Enid Lyons (1897-1981, first woman to be elected to the Australian house of Representatives as well as the first woman appointed to the federal cabinet, wife of Prime Minister Joseph Lyons), nice signature on 1939 Sympathy Response letter on 'Dame… | *** |  |
| *** | William Ewart Gladstone (1809-98, four times British Prime Minister, widely regarded as the greatest British statesman of the 19th century), signature on 1892 hand-written Gb 1/2d post card | *** |  |
| *** | Rudyard Kipling (British author, best known for 'The Jungle Book' and 'Kim', 1907 Nobel prize for Literature, 1865 - 1936), signature on piece, tipped on to title page in his book 'An Habitation Enforced' (London, 1909), signature fine | *** |  |
| *** | Jockeys Autographs: autograph page headed '1948 Melbourne Jockeys', with 12 pencil signatures, noted hall of Fame jockeys bill Williamson & Arthur 'Scobie' Breasley | *** |  |
| *** | D 1937 Inauguration of US President Franklin D.Roosevelt, invitation to the Inauguration of the President of the United States - with enclosed portraits and facsimile autographs of Franklin D.Roosevelt and John Nance Garner, plus programme, ticket and… | *** |  |
| *** | 1905-17 autograph book with c186 signatures, plus photographs (22) and paintings/drawings (7), the highlights are H.J.L.Dunlop (Chief Engineer of S.Y.'Nimrod', ship used by Ernest Shackleton on 1908 Antarctic Expedition); J.Hugh Mather (Petty Officer on S… | *** |  |
| *** | Australian Prime Ministers: collection comprising Billy Hughes signed piece; Sir Robert Menzies letter signed Bob; John Gorton signed piece; Malcolm Fraser signed photograph; Bob Hawke signed first day cover; John Howard signed first day cover; also 1994… | *** |  |
| *** | Stanley Bruce (1883-1967, 8th Prime Minister of Australia, 1st Viscount Bruce of Melbourne), superb signature on piece | *** |  |
| *** | Harold Holt (1908-67, 17th Prime Minister of Australia, whose term as Prime Minister dramatically ended in December 1967 when he disappeared while swimming near Portsea and was presumed drowned), signed letter dated 8th Feb.1954 on Commonwealth of… | *** |  |
| *** | William Hughes (1862-1952, 7th Prime Minister of Australia), signature on 29th November 1940 letter on Commonwealth of Australia, Attorney-General letterhead | *** |  |
| *** | Rudyard Kipling (British author, best known for the Jungle book and Kim, 1907 Nobel prize for Literature, 1865-1936), signature on piece, tipped on to title page in his book an Habitation Enforced (London, 1909) | *** |  |
| *** | Sir George Reid (1845-1918, 4th Prime Minister of Australia, and 12th Premier of NSW), superb signature on piece (unfortunately covered in contact to preserve it) | *** |  |
| *** | Women's Suffrage: 1910 autograph pages (2), one signed by Vida Goldstein (1869-1949, Australian early feminist reformer and politician) with quote woman's sphere is the home - Yes it is her chief sphere of action, that is why we must send women into… | *** |  |
| *** | C1906-14 autograph book, with c87 signatures, mainly theatre personalities, noted Ada Crossley signed postcard, Maud Allan, Dame Clara butt, Kennerley Rumford, Ada Reeve, Wee Georgie wood, Hutin Britton & Matheson Lang | *** |  |
| *** | 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… | *** |  |
| *** | Victor Emmanuel II (1820-78, first King of a United Italy), nice signature 'Vittorio Emanuele' on a lower section cut from an 1869 document. | *** |  |
| *** | King William IV (1765-1837, King of Great Britain from 1830 until his death), nice signature as King 'William R' on a section cut from a document dated 'St.James's, March 2, 1833'. | *** |  |
| *** | C1940-48 autograph book, with c100 British entertainers, noted Vivien Leigh, Sir John Gielgud & Richard Attenborough | *** |  |
| *** | Prince Charles, signature on piece, collected when Prince Charles visited port Melbourne with photograph | *** |  |
| *** | Pamela Travers (1889-1996, Australian author of Mary Poppins books), lovely signature on piece, together with book 'Mary Poppins' (1st US edition, New York, 1934), with certificate of authenticity | *** |  |
| *** | Bernard Law Montgomery (1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, 1887-1976, 'Monty' successfully commanded Allied forces during World War II), nice clear signature on 20th Jan.1959 hand-written letter | *** |  |
| *** | British Prime Minister: - Arthur Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour (1848-1930, British Prime Minister 1902-05), signed letter on '4 Carlton Gardens, Pall Mall' letterhead, dated June 17th, 1918. (Famous for the 'Balfour Declaration' - his government favouring… | *** |  |
| *** | C1960s Autograph Book (poor condition with covers missing) with 44 signatures including Louis Armstrong, Frank Sinatra, Nat King Cole, Bob Hope, Dan Rowan & Dick Martin, Chips Rafferty, Frank Sedgman, Ken Rosewall & Lew Hoad | *** |  |
| *** | Winston Churchill - 1970s-80s Titles by official Biographer Martin Gilbert: - comprising 'The Challenge of war 1914-16', 'The Stricken world 1916-22', 'Finest hour 1939-41', 'Road to Victory 1941-45' & 'Never Despair 1945-65', also 'Churchill - a… | *** |  |
| *** | Amy Johnson nice autograph on single page typed letter on Amy Johnson 'In Australia' letterhead, together with a coloured lithograph portrait of Amy Johnson with facsimile signature. (2 items). The letter framed and glazed 21 x 16 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Jimmy Carter (39th president of the United States) signature with dedication in black ink on colour photograph, 25 x 20 cm overall. | *** |  |
| *** | Autograph pages with c34 signatures, many sports related from the 1950s, noted Judy Joy Davies, John Konrads, Marjorie Jackson, Les Perry, Len Maddocks, Sam Loxton, Lex Davison, Stan Jones, bill Patterson, Reg Hunt, Jack Purtell, Admiral Sir Edward Evans… | *** |  |
| *** | Victor Emmanuel II (1820-78, first King of a united Italy), nice signature 'Vittorio Emanuele' on a lower section cut from an 1869 document. | *** |  |
| *** | 19th century Celebrities: c1821-80 Group of letters (10) & pieces (60), noted W.E.Gladstone (Prime Minister), Earl of Shaftesbury, John Bright (town of Bright, Victoria re-named after him), Thomas Dyke Acland (Acland Street, St. Kilda named after him),… | *** |  |
| *** | Gough Whitlam (Australia's 21st Prime Minister), nice signature on 1979 programme 'Republic day, 11 November, 1979, Organised by Citizens for Democracy' | *** |  |
| *** | Pele, display comprising signature on piece, window mounted with biography, framed and glazed, overall 59 x 43 cm, with CoA | *** |  |
| *** | 1952-53 Australian kangaroos: autograph pages (2), with 20 signatures including Keith Holman, Frank Stanmore, Brian Carlson and Harry Wells; plus another page signed 1950 Queensland (18 signatures). | *** |  |
| *** | Herbert 'Doc' Evatt (1894-1965, Australia's Deputy Prime Minister 1946-49, helped draw up United Nations Charter), signature on 'Australian Legation, Washington, D.C.' letterhead, dated 28th Nov.1945; together with original envelope | *** |  |
| *** | Gough Whitlam (Australia's 21st Prime Minister), display with signature on piece, window mounted with photograph. Together with letter signed by Sir David Smith, official secretary of former Governor-General Sir John Kerr, who announced the sacking of Pm… | *** |  |
| *** | C1926-30 leather bound autograph book with 24 signatures of European writers & musicians, noted Erno Dohnanyi (Hungarian conductor), Emil Ertl (Austrian poet), Anton Wildgans (Austrian poet), Viktor Keldorfer (Austrian conductor), Franz Karl Ginzkey… | *** |  |
| *** | A leather-bound autograph book containing Hubert Wilkins (Feb.1939), Hubert Opperman (circa 1938), numerous Australian, Royal & U.S. Naval personnel, etc. | *** |  |
| *** | Autograph book containing several fine illustrations, late 1920s to early '30s entries. | *** |  |
| *** | American Jazz & Musical Theatre Singers - Books and Autographs: hardbound group comprising Pearl Bailey Talking To Myself (1971) signed by Bailey on front end paper, with two additional dedications signed Pearl, Lena Horne The Hornes - The Story of Lena… | *** |  |
| *** | American Actors: James Stewart autograph on large black & white photograph (25 x 20 cm) with personal message to correspondent To Eric Anderson/With my thanks and best wishes/James Stewart, a second signature on 1977 USA first day cover, Ernest Borgnine… | *** |  |
| *** | Laing, Five caricatures, pen & ink on artists card, 4 signed 'Laing', various sizes, the largest 25 x 14 cm. One depicts Australian Prime Minister Joseph Cook. | *** |  |
| *** | Show Business: 1940s era autograph book, with signatures including Will Fyffe, George Elliott, Sonnie Hale, Constance Cummings, Ralph Lynn, Georgie wood, Jean Colin, Max wall, Richard Walker, Celia Lipton, Arthur Askey, George Formby, Michael Redgrave,… | *** |  |
| *** | Viscount Melbourne: Willam Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne; Prime Minister of G.B. 1834 & 1835-1841 (The man after whom the city of Melbourne was named in 1837). Hand written letter with signature dated 1837. Excellent condition | *** |  |
| *** | Ronald Reagan (1911-2004, 40th President of the United States, 1981-89), signed photograph, window mounted, framed and glazed, overall 32 x 40 cm | *** |  |
| *** | 1905-17 autograph book with c186 signatures, plus photographs (22) and paintings/drawings (7), the highlights are H.J.L.Dunlop (Chief Engineer of S.Y.'Nimrod', ship used by Ernest Shackleton on 1908 Antarctic Expedition); J.Hugh Mather (Petty Officer on S… | *** |  |
| *** | British Prime Ministers:-William Grenville (1759-1834, British Prime Minister 1806-07), signature on piece | *** |  |
| *** | D 1929 Inauguration of US President Herbert Hoover, Invitation to the Inauguration of the President of the United States - with enclosed portraits and facsimile autographs of Herbert Hoover and Charles Curtis, in original 'Congress of the United States'… | *** |  |
| *** | Walter crane (1845-1915, English artist), display comprising 1890 signed hand-written letter on his illustrated letterhead, window mounted with picture, framed and glazed, overall 45 x 42 cm | *** |  |
| *** | King Victor Emmanuele II (1820-78, first King of a United Italy), nice signature 'Vittorio Emanuele' on a lower section cut from an 1869 document | *** |  |
| *** | Peniston Lamb, 1st Viscount Melbourne (1745-1828, British politician, father of Prime Minister William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne), signature 'Melbourne' on 2-page hand-written letter dated 'Whitehall Dec.20 1814', regarding the sale of his property at… | *** |  |
| *** | Bernard Law Montgomery (1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, 1887-1976, 'Monty' successfully commanded Allied forces during W.W.II), nice clear signature 'Montgomery of Alamein' on 24th Jan.1959 hand-written letter | *** |  |
| *** | Herbert Evatt (1894-1965, Australia's Deputy Prime Minister 1946-49, helped draw up United Nations Charter), signature on 30th Aug.1944 letter on Commonwealth of Australia, Attorney-General and Minister for external Affairs letterhead, to Treasurer, Ben… | *** |  |
| *** | Malcolm Fraser (22nd Prime Minister of Australia), signature on 5th Mar.1976 letter on Prime Minister, Canberra letterhead, regarding priveleges to be accorded Mr.Gorton as a former Prime Minister | *** |  |
| *** | Percy Grainger (1882-1961, Australian-born composer and pianist), signature dated 27.10.08 on autograph page; plus another autograph page signed by Ada Crossley (1874-1929, Australian singer). (2 items) | *** |  |
| *** | John Tait (Producer of the world's first feature-length movie, the story of the Kelly Gang in 1906), signature dated 24/10/09 on autograph page | *** |  |
| *** | Ben Chifley (1885-1951, 16th Prime Minister of Australia), signature on piece | *** |  |
| *** | Louis Armstrong (1901-71, American jazz musician), lovely signed autograph page. | *** |  |
| *** | Eamon de Valera (1882-1975, 2nd President of the Executive Council (Prime Minister)of Ireland 1932-37; 1st Taoiseach 1937-48, 1951-54 and 1957-59; 3rd President of Ireland 1959-73), superb signature on card | *** |  |
| *** | Autographs: Sir Edmund Hilary signed card; Jerry Lewis signed photograph: plus 2000 Olympics Volunteers uniform, noted T-shirt, trousers, water bottle and postcard signed by Tim Forsyth. (6 items) | *** |  |
| *** | British Prime Ministers: William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne (1779-1848, twice Prime Minister of Great Britain 1834 and 1835-41, the city of Melbourne, Australia was named after him in 1837), nice signature 'Melbourne' on piece | *** |  |
| *** | Mikhail Gorbachev original signature on a photograph of him disembarking from an Aeroflot flight, circa 1990, framed and glazed 32.5 x 37.5 cm overall | *** |  |
| *** | Paul Newman signature in blue ink on black and white photograph, 25 x 20 cm overall. | *** |  |
| *** | Marlene Dietrich signature in black felt tip pen on photograph, mounted on wood block. 12.5 x 9 cm overall. | *** |  |
| *** | Cecil B.de mille (1881-1959, one of the most successful flm makers during the frst half of the 20th century), nice signature on 1942 cheque | *** |  |
| *** | Astronaut - John Young (Gemini 3, Gemini 10, Apollo 10, Apollo 16, Sts-1, Sts-9, 9th person to walk on the moon), signed & endorsed Nasa photograph | *** |  |
| *** | Richard E. Byrd (1888-1957, American polar explorer): 1927 (Mar.3) autographed letter on 'Byrd Arctic Expedition' letterhead, responding to a request; together with the original envelope in which the letter was sent from Boston | *** |  |
| *** | C1909-50s collection on autograph pages and remnants of autograph books, c300 signatures including aviators Charles Kingsford Smith; comedians - Billy Bennett and Leslie Henson; Clive Evatt; radio personalities | *** |  |
| *** | 1945-46 Victoria Team, autograph page with 12 signatures including Percy Beames (Captain), Bill Johnston, Keith Stackpole, Ben Barnett, Ken Meuleman & Ian Johnson | *** |  |
| *** | 1905-17 autograph book with c186 signatures, plus photographs (22) and paintings/drawings (7), the highlights are H.J.L.Dunlop (Chief Engineer of S.Y.'Nimrod', ship used by Ernest Shackleton on his 1908 Antarctic Expedition); J.Hugh Mather (Petty Officer… | *** |  |
| *** | Military: 'The Second World War' by Winston Churchill in 6 volumes [London, 1948-54]; 'The Armouries of the Tower of London - The Ordnance', by Blackmore [London, 1976]; 'Letters from the Battlefield' by Harper [Auckland, 2001]. . | *** |  |
| *** | Henry Goulburn (1784-1856, English statesman, successful Chancellor of the Exchequer under Peel, the town of Goulburn was named after him), superb signature on 1843 letter from Downing Street, regarding the redemption of the Land Tax. | *** |  |
| *** | King Victor Emmanuele II (1820-78, fi rst King of United Italy), nice signature 'Vittorio Emanuele' on a lower section cut from an 1869 document | *** |  |
| *** | George H.W.Bush (1924-, 41st President of the United States 1989-93), signed photograph | *** |  |
| *** | Jimmy Carter (1924-, 39th President of the United States 1977-81), signed photograph | *** |  |
| *** | Entertainers; 1940 signed letter from Noel Coward during his Australian tour; 1945 signed letter from Gracie Fields in Melbourne, with photograph; also 1939 letter with signature we cannot decipher. (3 items) | *** |  |
| *** | Stanley Melbourne Bruce (1883-1967, 8th Prime Minister of Australia), signature on card | *** |  |
| *** | Autograph album. Black leather bound album with numerous hand-written and poems and dedication, plus several attractive illustration | *** |  |
| *** | D Henry Goulburn (1784-1856, English statesman, successful Chancellor of the Exchequer under Peel, the town of Goulburn was named after him), superb signature on 1843 letter from Downing Street, regarding the redemption of the Land Tax. | *** |  |
| *** | Military: 'The Second World War' by Winston Churchill in 6 volumes [London, 1948-54]; 'The Armouries of the Tower of London - The Ordnance', by Blackmore [London, 1976]; 'Letters from the Battlefield' by Harper [Auckland, 2001]. | *** |  |
| *** | c1926-30 Autograph Book with 18 signatures of European writers & musicians, noted Erno Dohnanyi (Hungarian conductor), Emil Ertl (Austrian poet), Anton Wildgans (Austrian poet), Viktor Keldorfer (Austrian conductor), Franz Karl Ginzkey (Austrian poet),… | *** |  |
| *** | 1963 Australia v South Africa, autograph book with signatures of 15 Australians & 9 South Africans, including Bob Simpson, Neil Harvey, Ian Redpath, Trevor Goddard & Graeme Pollock | *** |  |
| *** | Sir Alan Cobham (1894-1973, English aviation pioneer), nice signature on autograph page, window mounted with a picture of him in his flying gear | *** |  |
| *** | Bill O'Reilly, nice signature on double-sided hand-written card dated 30.8.85. Writes about sitting next to Douglas Jardine at a dinner at the Savoy Hotel hosted by Australian PM Robert Menzies. Menzies said he thought ‘That a vast number of Australians… | *** |  |
| *** | William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne (1779-1848, twice Prime Minister of Great Britain 1834 and 1835-41, the city of Melbourne, Australia was named after him in 1837), nice signature 'Melbourne' on piece | *** |  |
| *** | William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland (1738-1809, Prime Minister of Great Britain 1807-09), fine signature 'Portland' on portion of vellum document | *** |  |
| *** | Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth (1757-1844, Prime Minister of Great Britain 1801-04), fine signature 'Sidmouth' on portion of document with Royal seal on reverse | *** |  |
| *** | Sir Alan Cobham (1894-1973, English aviation pioneer), nice signature on autograph page, window mounted with a picture of him in his flying gear | *** |  |