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Auction House:
Abacus Auctions
Number of lots recorded:21
Lots with images:21
Prices available:21
Category:
Postcards
LotDescriptionPriceImage
*** Postcards & Cigarette Cards c.1920s-30s picture postcards (16) including some from Advance Sporting Budget Series & Don Photo Series; plus 1931 Muratti 'Australian Race Horses' complete set (24). Fine condition. (Qty 40) ***
*** Military: Group of photographs from an American soldier from the 37th Division in the Pacific campaign, noted New Zealand (31) with scenery & Maoris; Solomon Islands (9), and a few of an unidentified Chinese family. Plus a real photo postcard of natives… ***
*** Hockey: Early 20th Century real photo team postcards, one with message indicating it shows an Australian hockey team touring New Zealand in 1911. (Qty 2) ***
*** Great Britain - Anti Suffragette: Valentines Series postcard showing a Suffragette in the Dock, fine unused. ***
*** Great Britain - Anti Suffragette: National Series postcards 'The Ideal Wife', 'The Ideal Husband' & 'The Bachelor' complete sets of 6, mostly fine to very fine unused. (Qty 18) ***
*** Postcards Don photo series Wirraway, stand by, Bitalli, heroic, finish of Moonee valley cup 1923; 'Finish of Melbourne Cup 1905', 'Melbourne Cup 1906', 'Finish of Melbourne Cup 1909', 'Finish of the Melbourne Cup 1910', 'Caulfield cup 1905'; Flemington… ***
*** 1907 Australian Exhibition of Women's Work postcards 'Souvenir of the Australian Exhibition of Women's Work, 1907' 1) decorated with hand-painted bell, fine condition; 2) decorated with hand-painted map of Australia, minor tone spots. (Qty 2) ***
*** 1936 real photogravure portrait postcards 'Australian & English Cricketers 1936-37', almost complete set (19/20) compring Bradman, Brown, Chipperfield, Darling, Fingleton, Fleetwood-Smith, Grimmett, McCabe, Oldfield, O'Reilly, Allen, Duckworth, Fagg,… ***
*** Autographs Duke Kahanamoku faint signature 'Kahanamoku 1915' on front of real photo postcard in bathing costume. [Duke Kahanamoku was a five-time Olympic medallist in swimming 1912-24, and popularised the sport of surfing; his exhibition at Sydney's… ***
*** Postcards 'Dunlop Road race 1904', 'Start - Sydney Thousand', Rw 'Fatty' lamb (signed in black ink), Gus Lang, H Larsen, Jean Bardot, Harris Horder, Willie Spencer, Hubert Opperman (3 - two with facsimile autographs), Russell Mockridge (2), mainly fine.… ***
*** Postcards 1893 Victoria 1d Postal card advertising Aspendale park Races; 1920s postcards of Gloaming, Accarak, Roisel & Hall of Fame jockey Frank Dempsey. (quantity 5) ***
*** Postcards signed postcards or trade cards of Lionel Rose, Jimmy Carruthers, Jeff Fenech, Tony Mundine & Johnny Famechon; 1953 Jimmy Carruthers v Pappy Gault glove-shaped promo card; unsigned postcards (10) including Jimmy Carruthers, Jack Dempsey, Sugar… ***
*** c1915 May Gibbs postcard from 'Gumnut Babies Sporting Series', showing doubles tennis match, titled 'Hope you're still going strong'. Superb unused condition. (Illustration alongside Lot 459) ***
*** Picture Postcards: Collection with mostly Australian postcards (49) & view folders (12); two albums from a 1947 European trip with postcards (71) & photographs (106); few cigarette cards (10). Fair to fine condition. ***
*** Postcards real photo cards of Australian champions Walter Lindrum & George Gray, both with facsimile autographs. (Qty 2 items) ***
*** 'Out First Ball', original painting by Dugald Wynne (based on the humorous postcards by E.P.Kinsella, c1902), framed, overall 23 x 35 cm. ***
*** Scouting: 1948-49 Pan-Pacific Jamboree, scrapbook put together by a scout from Beecroft NSW who attended, noted Official Programme, covers (3), postcards (3), photographs (46), press clippings & tourist brochures. Album in battered condition, though… ***
*** Postcards real photo cards showing 'View of World's Sculling Championship Course Just After Towns Won, July 28th 1906'; 'Paramatta River, Aug.3.1907 The Sculling Championship of the World'; 'Souvenir. The World's Sculling Championship, Wanganui River… ***
*** Postcards Snowy Baker Promo cards for bill Lang, Nat Williams, ray Bronson, Dave Smith, Johnny Summers, Jimmy Fitton, Knock-Out brown, mainly fine; also photograph signed by Jack Rennie. (quantity 8) ***
*** 1902 'The Wilson Autograph Series' picture postcards No.4 Jj Kelly & No.6 Ra Duff. Very Fine condition. (Qty 2) ***
*** Picture Postcards: c1960s-80s Australian scenic postcards accumulation. Fair/Very Fine condition. (Qty 180) ***