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Auction House:
Abacus Auctions
Number of lots recorded:43
Lots with images:43
Prices available:43
Category:
Sporting - Horses
LotDescriptionPriceImage
*** Murray Tide: Silver-plated trophy plate engraved 'Qtc, Hopeful Stakes, won by 'Murray Tide', 20.10.51, owners Wh & Cw Mace & Le Musgrave, Trainer - A Tindall, Jockey Ab Tindall, Time - 1 min.1 sec., 5 Furs'; plus beautiful hand-coloured photograph of… ***
*** 1906 Wills 'Melbourne Cup Winners', complete set [45], mainly Fair/Very Fine. (Qty 45) ***
*** 1906 Wills 'Melbourne Cup Winners', complete set [45] + 1 spare, Fair/Very Fine. (Qty 46) ***
*** 1917 South Australian Derby silver buckle (from winner's ribbon), engraved 'S.A, Derby 1917. Won by Messrs Rs Vann & Ee Ambler's bc 'Cosmos', The Welkin - Demeter Trainer J.Patterson Rider F Blake, Time: 2.37¼'. ***
*** Scobie Breasley: collection of press photographs, various sizes, some duplication. Ex Scobie Breasley descendants. (quantity 17) ***
*** Terravista: original saddlecloth number '2' as worn by the horse in the 2015 Newmarket Handicap, signed by jockey Hugh Bowman, and with horsehairs still on the saddlecloth; plus an associated racebook. (quantity 2 items) ***
*** 1928 Australian Jockey Club: Member's badge for 1928-1929, with number '80' on reverse. Fine condition. ***
*** Books 'Jb Bart Cummings' by Tony Arrold [Melbourne, 1997], limited edition book & VHS tape in green cloth presentation case, No.158, signed inside by Bart Cummings. ***
*** 1928 Victoria Racing Club: Member's badge for 1928-29, with number '1815' on reverse. Fine condition. ***
*** Sydeston: racing silks & cap; plus race-finish photograph 'Fosters Caulfield cup, Caulfield 20-10-90, Sydeston 1st', framed, overall 70 x 47 cm. Ex Bob Hoysted collection. (quantity 3 items) ***
*** 1902 Racecard 'Victoria Racing Club, Autumn Meeting 1902. Cup Day, Official Card' (Tuesday 3rd March 1902). Fair/Good condition (puncture hole in top left corner). (The Australian Cup over 2¼ miles was won by Blue Metal. Wakeful was scratched from Bourke… ***
*** 1944-45 Racebooks for 1944 Mentone Turf Club & 1945 VATC Australian Steeplechase Meeting; plus c1935 Moonee Valley race-finish photo Membo easily from Disney & Dramask. Fair/Good condition. (Qty 3) ***
*** Badges: Membership badges for Victoria Racing Club 1933-34, 1937-38, 1939-40 & 1949-50; Hamilton Racing Club 1956-57 & 1958-59; Hobart Racing Club 1984-85; NSW Trotting Club 1919-20; c.1946 'Bernborough Souvenir'. Mainly Fine/Very Fine. (Qty 9) ***
*** 1862 'The Start of the Second Melbourne Cup 1862' by Frederick Woodhouse, Australian Racing Print 1978, window mounted, framed & glazed, overall 97 x 59 cm. ***
*** Phar lap: 'Phar Lap' print with b/w photo images of his four victories over the 1930 spring carnival, limited edition 178/1930, framed & glazed, overall 109 x 68 cm. ***
*** Phar lap: photograph of Phar lap in action, window mounted, framed & glazed, overall 48 x 41 cm. ***
*** 1950 Carreras (Turf Slide Issues) 'Famous Cricketers', complete set [50], mainly Fine condition. (Qty 50 items) ***
*** 1967 (circa) Melbourne Cup poster 'See you at the Melbourne Cup, First Tuesday in November' (62 x 99 cm) based on artwork 'At the Distance' by Leonard Annois, published by Tourist Development Authority of Victoria. ***
*** Shergar: Photograph of Shergar winning The Derby in 1981 by 10 lengths, signed by jockey Walter Swinburn. With CoA. ***
*** Photographs & Prints: 'Phar Lap, Nightraid-Entreaty, J.Pike up' colour print by Stuart Reid, published by Craftsman Publishing Company, Sydney, framed & glazed, overall 71 x 59 cm. Some minor soiling at right edge of margin. ***
*** Photographs & Prints: 'Phar Lap, by Nightraid-Entreaty' colour print, window mounted, overall 48 x 39 cm. On reverse is sticker of Booth & Chapman Ltd, Picture Framers, Victoria St, Hamilton (NZ). ***
*** Photographs & Prints: 'Phar Lap' print from 'Legends of the Turf Memorabilia Series', published by VRC, framed & glazed, overall 109 x 69 cm. ***
*** Black Caviar: Print 'Black Caviar', by Brian Clinton, signed by jockey Luke Nolen, trainer Peter Moody, and the artist and numbered 'A/P 1/4', size 83 x 63 cm. ***
*** Advertising 1907 Australian Jockey Club, Sydney envelope with lovely illustration of racehorses printed on the flap with enclosed letter from club secretary Ts Clibborn; plus another from the Maitland Races with enclosed letter from club secretary Aj… ***
*** Displays 'Horse Racing Legends' with photos of Carbine, Phar Lap, Tulloch, Kingston Town, Sunline, Might & Power, Saintly, Northerley & Makybe Diva, window mounted, framed & glazed, overall 89 x 113 cm. ***
*** 1960 Melbourne Cup 'Victoria Racing Club, Centenary Melbourne Cup Carnival 1960, Cup Day, Tuesday 1st November', Good condition. [Won by Hi Jinx] ***
*** Glass photograph slide 'Movietione News - Melbourne Cup Special', colour transparency to advertise their newsreel showing the running of the Melbourne Cup, circa 1940s. Also set of 6 Melbourne Cup coasters based on Carl Kahler's 1880s paintings. ***
*** Horse Racing Prints including 'Fores's Racing Scenes - The Flying Dutchman and Voltigeur'. All framed, various sizes. (Qty 6) ***
*** Manikato: Pastel drawing of Manikato by Peter Barlow, awarded to the winning trainer of 2006 Mv Manikato Stakes, framed & glazed, overall 59 x 56 cm. ***
*** Makybe Diva: 'The Diva' display with miniature silks window mounted with four action photographs, framed & glazed, overall 92 x 102 cm. ***
*** 1940 Racebook 'Derby Day, Victoria Racing Club, Spring Meeting, 2nd Nov.1940, Official Programme'. Fair/Good condition. ***
*** Phar Lap: Display with nice photo of Phar Lap with career record below, window mounted, framed & glazed, overall 39 x 51 cm. ***
*** Let's Elope: 1991 Melbourne Cup Celebration dinner menu signed by Let's Elope trainer & jockey Bart Cummings & Steven King. Minor toning, though scarce. ***
*** 1902 Racecard 'Victoria Racing Club, Grand National Steeplechase Meeting, First Day, Saturday 5th July 1902. Official Card', Good condition (puncture hole in top left corner). ***
*** Yeats: replica saddlecloth number 11 for the 2006 Melbourne Cup, signed by jockey Kieran Fallon, with CoA. Ex the first VRC auction . [Yeats was an Irish thoroughbred that won seven group one races and is the only horse ever to win the Ascot gold cup four… ***
*** Books 'Bloodstock Breeders Review' [London] 20 volumes including 1929-31 (the Phar lap era), 1938, 1943-52, 1956, 1959, 1971 & 1973-75. (quantity 20) ***
*** Photographs substantial group many extracted from 'Racetrack' magazine from the 1970s-80s, also includes around 40 with facsimile jockeys signatures, plus nice range showing black caviar. (quantity 364) ***
*** Books 'The Jockeys of vanity Fair' by Russell March (signed) [Kent, 1985]; plus Mowbray series postcard 'Randwick Racecourse, Sydney NSW'. (quantity 2 items) ***
*** Rising Fast: c.1954 32 mm badge 'Rising Fast Souvenir'. Fine condition. (In 1954 Rising Fast became the only horse in history to win the Melbourne Cup, Caulfield Cup & Cox Plate races in the same year) ***
*** 1925 & 1948 Epsom Turf Club racebooks, the latter event held on the Mentone Racecourse, Fair/Good Condition. (Qty 2) ***
*** Australian Racing Print 'Flemington Race Course from Footscray side of Salt Water River' by J Ryan 1979, window mounted, framed & glazed, overall 100 x 76 cm. ***
*** 1922 'The AJC Spring Stakes 1922' by Martin Stainforth, Australian Jockey Club Print 1979, window mounted, framed & glazed, overall 100 x 51 cm. ***
*** Phar Lap: Metal printer's plate (198 x 138 mm) from a contemporary photograph, a couple of light scratches and bends. Unusual. ***