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Leski Auctions Pty. Ltd.
Number of lots recorded:96
Lots with images:96
Prices available:96
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*** Cigarette Cards: 1926 Gallaher Ltd 'Famous Cricketers' complete set [100], F/Ef. Cat.£300. ***
*** Cigarette Cards: 1928 Milhoff 'Famous Test Cricketers' (76 x 51 mm), complete set [27], plus the standard size (66 x 36 mm) set [27], Ef. Cat.£320+ ***
*** The Gloucestershire Eleven in 1877: original albumen photograph with fully printed details to the surround, laid down to original presentation paper backing, overall 10.5 x 15 cm. The image depicts a side featuring W.G., E.M. and G.F. Grace, as well as… ***
*** Canterbury, Viscount, John Henry Thomas (Manners-Sutton) [Governor of Victoria, 1814-1877] signature and seal on Land Grant by purchase to Edward Fletcher of an allotment in Rathdowne Street, Carlton, dated 21st February 1871. ***
*** Banking: The Bank of Australasia passbook for William Howe of Port Melbourne, 1898 - 1900. Vellum-covered with brass clasp; pages with marbled edges. Customer's name inscribed to front cover and title page, with dated transactions in ink throughout. 16.2… ***
*** 1976 Scanlen's 'Footballers' an incomplete set + many duplicates, (131). Mixed condition. ***
*** Police Gazette; Or, Hue and Cry. Published by AuthorityA group of six editions, 1831 - 1834, published in London. Police Gazette; Or, Hue and Cry. Published by Authority A group of six editions of the 4-page newspaper, 1831 - 1834, published in London. 24… ***
*** All Is Lost! 25th August 1852 mss letter from Bathurst to a Mr Lowe, 'Regina v Sullivan. All is lost - Sullivan has been found guilty after two days' trial & sentenced to Death.' And signed illegibly 'in haste' probably by the solicitor representing… ***
*** 1933 Wills 'Footballers 1933' complete set, [200/200], most with light staining on backs, mostly G/VG. ***
*** Richmond: 1964 Scanlens 'Footballers' No.15 Neville Crowe. VG/Exc. ***
*** Views of Victoria in 1857 - cigarette cards: 1906-11 Sniders & Abrahams large-part set [29/32], plus various duplicates, condition to fine. (64) ***
*** William Hughes (1862-1952, Australia's 7th Prime Minister), signature on Royal Appointment document dated 27th Oct.1915, by which King George V appoints Hugh Mahon (1857-1931) Australia's Minister for external Affairs, also signed by Sir Ronald Munro… ***
*** Melbourne/Victoria: c1880s albumen photographs (each about 19 x 13 cm), titled 'Shortland's Bluff and Lighthouse, Queens-Cliff'; 'Government house from botanical Gardens'; Deaf and dumb Institution, Melbourne'; 'Kew Lunatic Asylum' (two different scenes);… ***
*** Goldmining, various documents and reports from the 1930s: 'Deep Leads of Victoria, Issued By Geo. Brown, Secretary For Mines..1937', 64 pages, lots of good maps; 5 articles from 1938 by J.P.L. Kenny 'Just-In-Time Mine. Daylesford'; 'Dereel Mine Dereel';… ***
*** 1964-2000 football group, noted circa 1964 Daffodil peanut butter 'Daffodil Club Songs' card; 'Mobil Football Photos 1964' (11/40 + 2 spares); 'Mobil Footy Photos 1965' (7/40); 1975 Sunblest 'VFL Footy Card' (1) ; Herald-Sun 1996 'AFL Footy Medals' (17) ;… ***
*** 1904 original watercolour artwork for Sniders & Abrahams 'Jokes' No. 56, with Uncle Dick stating football is the game to make your hair curl - and young niece asking bald uncle 'Do You Play Football Much, Uncle?', size 93 x 162 mm; together with an… ***
*** Books 'Maryborough Victoria Goldfields History' by James Flett, first edition in Hardback, 1975, 120 pages; together with 'The History of Gold Discovery' by James Flett, 1981 edition, 295 pages. (2) ***
*** C1934 Crown, theatre 'Australian Cricketers', part set (2/15), No. 2 Vic Richardson and No. 6 C.W.Walker. Large size (89 x 146 mm). Fair/G. (Not listed in Deadman catalogue) ***
*** 1933 Hoadleys 'Victorian Footballers' (numbered 51-100, text at base 'A Series of 100 League and Association'), Almost Complete Set (49/50 + 1 Spare). (Total 50) ***
*** 1964 'Mobil Football Photos 1964 - SANFL Footballers', complete set (40), most stuck into album ***
*** 1963 Scanlens 'Footballers' No. 14 Len Fitzgerald (Collingwood/Sturt). Fair/G (light horizontal crease) ***
*** The Southern cross in Suva 1928: original photographs by Ann Bernard of Kingsford Smith's arrival in the Southern cross at Naselai beach, on 8 June 1928, produced as Kodak postcards. One shows the Southern cross on the beach surrounded by local Fijians,… ***
*** C1924-2001 cigarette and trade cards in two albums, noted bat 1926 'Lighthouses' (50); Wills 1924 'Merchant Ships of the World' (50); Amalgamated press 1926 'Wonderful London' (24); Wills (NZ) 1929 'Past and Present' (25). G/VG. (738) ***
*** Cooking: 'Mrs. Maclurcan's Cookery book. A collection of Practical Recipies Specially Suitable for Australia' by Hannah Maclurcan (Townsville, 1898), 2nd edition, rebound. Fair/good condition, probably the best of the early Australian cookery books ***
*** 1910 Wills 'Victorian football Association - Pennants', complete set (10). G/VG ***
*** 1904 original watercolour artwork for Sniders & Abrahams 'Jokes' No. 9, regarding golfer playing his first game of hockey, size 162 x 93 mm; together with an example of the issued Sniders & Abrahams cigarette card ***
*** 1953 Argus '1953 football portraits', large size (11 x 19 cm), part set of Hawthorn players (3/72). G/VG (John Kennedy card with light vertical crease) ***
*** 1953 Argus '1953 football portraits', large size (11 x 19 cm), part set of South Melbourne players (4/72). G/VG ***
*** 1957 Kornies 'Footballer - mascot Swap cards', (1/36) - No. 28 Jim Taylor (South Melbourne). G/VG ***
*** Victoria: c1890 albumen photographs (19 x 13 cm), by Nicholas Caire (1837-1918) from 'Views of Victoria' serie, 'Scene Near Dandenong: Moon's Range'; 'Scene on the River Campaspe'; 'Bend of the River Watt'; 'View of Sailors' Creek bridge'; 'View of… ***
*** 1981 Ardmona 'Big League series 1 - Melbourne', complete set (33) in original box. G/VG ***
*** 1988 Scanlens (Stimorol) 'Footballers', complete set (144). G/VG ***
*** Melbourne: c1880 albumen photographs (6 - each 28 x 21 cm), by Charles Nettleton (1826-1902), including 'Princess, Theatre', 'Catherine St, Richmond', 'Organ Exhibition' & 'Botanical Gardens'. Also 'Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima, Eyewitness Account of P.C.… ***
*** 1921 J.J.Schuh (Magpie Cigarettes) 'Australian Footballers' (Rays), part set (18/40). Poor/G. ***
*** 1969-73 football life 'Adidas Player Posters', part set (5/30). ***
*** Laurence Olivier & Vivien Leigh, both signatures on theatre programme from their 1948 Australian Tour; together with tour brochure 'The Oliviers - a Brief Chronicle'. (2 items) ***
*** 'Batman Forever', movie poster with 8 signatures, including Val Kilmer, Tommy Lee Jones, Jim Carrey, Nicole Kidman & Chris O'Donnell, window mounted, framed & glazed, overall 85 x 1 20 cm ***
*** 'The Sporting English' from front line to body line - a Commentary by a man in the Street' (Sydney, 1933), minor tones, though a very good copy of this scarce body line book. ***
*** Aviation sheet music: 'Amelia Earhart's Last flight' 1939; 'Hustling Hinkler'; plus two dedicated to Miss Amy Johnson 'Johnnie (Our 'roplane girl)' and 'Johnnie's in Town' (both copyright 1930) ***
*** 'Nudes': C1910 Stereo-View Cards, Quite Rare, Lovely Images, Fine Condition. (4) ***
*** 'Nudes': C1910 Stereo-View Cards, Quite Rare, Lovely Images, Fine Condition. (4) ***
*** 1908 Wills 'Cricketers' (with Wills's with large S), complete set, noted Hon.F.S.Jackson, plum Warner & Lord Hawke. G/VG. (25) ***
*** 1907-50 cricket cards, noted 1907 Wills (Australia) 'Prominent Australian and English Cricketers', part set (22/81); 1922 Boys Realm 'Famous Cricketers' complete set (15); 1950 Carreras (Turf) 'Famous Cricketers' (50 + 2 spares); plus 1949 'Sports series'… ***
*** Canada: Maps by Tallis (London, 1851) with beautiful engraved vignettes & hand-coloured outlines - 'British America', 'West Canada', 'East Canada and new Brunswick' & 'Nova Scotia and Newfoundland', each 37 x 27 cm. Good/VG condition. (4 items) ***
*** 1936 Amalgamated Press postcards 'Australian & English Cricketers 1936-37', almost complete set of Australians (9/10) comprising Bradman, brown, Chipperfield, Darling, Fingleton, Fleetwood-Smith, Grimmett, McCabe & Oldfield. Good condition. Scarce. (9… ***
*** Melbourne: c1880 albumen photograph (28 x 21 cm), by Charles Nettleton (1826-1902), titled 'University' ***
*** Melbourne: c1880 albumen photograph (28 x 21 cm), by Charles Nettleton (1826-1902), titled 'Steam Ferry' ***
*** Melbourne: c1880 albumen photograph (28 x 21 cm), by Charles Nettleton (1826-1902), titled 'Yarra. From Canal' ***
*** Ballarat: c1889 albumen photograph (20 x 14 cm), by Charles Rudd (1849-1901), titled below 'Band & Albion Claim black Hill'. Prepared for an exhibition in France. Fair/G condition. Nice gold mining scene. (Apparently not in the state library of Victoria) ***
*** 1928-29 Wills 'Cricketers, 1928', complete set (50), noted Jack Hobbs, Harold Larwood and Douglas Jardine; plus 'Cricketers, 2nd series', complete set (50), noted Ames, Tyldesley and Woolley. G/VG. (total 100) ***
*** 1982 Ardmona 'Big League series 2 - Fitzroy', complete set (18). G/VG ***
*** 1982 Ardmona 'Big League series 2 - Footscray', complete set (18). G/VG. ***
*** 1926 Gallaher 'Famous Cricketers', complete, noted J.B.Hobbs, Clem Hill and Victor Richardson. G/VG. (100) ***
*** 1928 Major Drapkin 'The game of Sporting snap' (40); plus 'Australian and English test Cricketers' (40), complete sets. G/VG. (total 80) ***
*** 1928 Ogdens 'Australian test Cricketers 1928-29', complete set, noted Don Bradman, Archie Jackson and Jack Hobbs. G/VG. (36) ***
*** Australia World War I 'Australian Comforts' Fund', unused cards comprising no's 12, 14, 19, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 28, 29, 32. All in very good condition. (12) ***
*** 1908 Wills 'Cricketers' (with Wills's with large S), complete set, noted Hon.F.S.Jackson, plum Warner & Lord Hawke. G/VG. (25) ***
*** 'Railroadiana' published by London and Birmingham Railway (London, 1838), 216pp & various fold-out illustrations, some in colour including a hand-coloured engraved map in a pocket; cloth gilt stamped cover. Fair condition (front cover loose) ***
*** 1928 Ogdens Australian test Cricketers 1928-29, complete set, noted Don Bradman, Archie Jackson and Harold Larwood. G/VG. (36) ***
*** 1928 Ogdens 'Australian test Cricketers 1928-29', complete set, noted Don Bradman, Archie Jackson & Jack Hobbs. G/VG. (36) ***
*** Queensland: 'A Queenly Colony - pen Sketches and camera Glimpses' by Traill (Brisbane, 1901); 'West Moreton series No. 1 - Ipswich and Bundanba' and 'West Moreton series No. 2 - Lockyer and Stanley' (Brisbane, 1908); 'Central, Western and Northern… ***
*** 1928 Ogdens 'Australian test Cricketers 1928-29', complete set, noted Don Bradman, Archie Jackson & Jack Hobbs. G/VG. (36) ***
*** 1901 Federation: 'Programme of Celebrations, During the Visit of Their Royal Highnesses The Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York, from the 6th to the 16th of May 1901, For the Opening of the First Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia' [Melbourne,… ***
*** 1926 R.& J.Hill (Sunripe Cigarettes) 'Caricatures of Famous Cricketers', complete set, noted Herbie Collins, bill Ponsford & J.W.H.T.Douglas. G/VG. (50) ***
*** G. W. Perry, Melbourne: 'In Memory of the Rev'd William Hill, Wesleyan Minister, who met with a violet death at the hands of a prisoner, whilst visiting as chaplain, in the Pentridge Stockade, May 13th 1869. Aged 45 Years.' carte de visite, c1870. (Nb:… ***
*** 'East of Eden' (1955 - James Dean's first major screen role), UK one-sheet poster, size 99 x 73 cm, window mounted, framed & glazed. Condition A ***
*** 'On the Beach' (1959), wonderful post-apocalyptic film shot in Melbourne, starring Gregory Peck & Ava Gardner; US half-sheet poster (69 x 55 cm). Condition A ***
*** 'The Sydney Morning Herald' elephant folio volume April 2 1881 to June 29 1881, with c76 complete newspapers with Australian and Overseas news. Fair/good condition ***
*** War movie posters: group including 3-sheet poster ('Hell to Eternity'); US one-sheet posters (2); Australian one-sheet posters (2); daybill posters (3); lobby cards (18); black and white Stills & press Photos (25); press books (3). Movies Include 'The… ***
*** 1934-35 Allens 'Cricketers', almost complete set (35/39), plus card No. 12 from 1936-37 series. G/VG. (36) ***
*** C.J.Dennis and others c1920, including ginger Mick, Blackbloke Ballads, the Sentimental Bloke and others including, the Poor parson by A.H.Davis. A fine selection; books varied condition. (11) ***
*** 1978 Scanlens 'Cricketers', almost complete set (61/66 + 5 checklists), noted Geoff Lawson, Bob Simpson, Kim Hughes, Dav Whatmore (signed) & Geoff Marsh. G/VG. (total 66) ***
*** 1922 Amalgamated press ('the Champion') 'Sportsmen', complete set (66), including sub-sets 'Sporting Champions' & 'Famous football Captains', with football, boxing & cricket. Together with 2 albums 'The Champion picture gallery of Famous Sportsmen'. G/VG ***
*** Lord of the rings, movie poster, the Lord of the rings - the two Towers with 23 signatures including Elijah wood, Ian McKellen, Viggo Mortensen, Sean Astin, Cate Blanchett, Dominic Monaghan, Billy Boyd, Ian Holm and Orlando bloom, blockmounted, overall 57… ***
*** 'The Lord of the rings - the Return of the King' block mounted movie poster with twenty five signatures including Elijah wood, Ian McKellen, Viggo Mortensen, Sean Astin, Liv Tyler, Dominic Monaghan, Billy Boyd, Ian Holm and Orlando bloom ***
*** C1936 Sunday Sun 'Test Cricket Heroes', complete set (32) mounted in small booklet. (Booklet with minor faults). Rare ***
*** Australia: group of real photo cards including 'A country school garden, W.A.', Australia house, London (several diff.) ; the Australian Pavilion at the Franco-British Exhibition 1908; the wool Exhibit at the British Empire Exhibition 1924; several N.S.W.… ***
*** Group of real photo postcards with views of Hendes Ferry, Hokitika, Invercargill, Kelso, Lyttelton, Mosgiel, Nelson, Oamaru, Picton, Roxburgh, Timaru, Weimate, Westport and others. (21) ***
*** 1926 Gallaher 'Famous Cricketers' complete, noted J.B.Hobbs, Clem Hill & Victor Richardson. G/VG. (100) ***
*** 1928 Ogdens 'Australian test Cricketers 1928-29', complete set (36); plus 1928 Millhoff 'Famous test Cricketers', standard size, complete real photo set (27). G/VG. (total 63) ***
*** Tonga: c1888 photographs (2), one showing the free church of Tonga at Nukualofa, other showing baskets of food prior to a feast, each 20 x 15 cm, on mounts 35 x 29 cm, with captions on reverse in German. Fair/good condition ***
*** Norfolk Island: photograph, showing farmer with horse and cart, photo 20 x 13 cm on thick paper mount (24 x 21 cm), with caption on reverse in German ***
*** 1926-34 cricket cards, noted 1926 Wills (NZ) 'English Cricketers' (25); 1930 Players 'Cricketers 1930' (50); plus 1934 Players 'Cricketers 1934' (50). (total 125) ***
*** Norfolk Island: 1889 photograph showing whaling on the beach, photo 20 x 13 cm on thick paper mount (24 x 21 cm), with caption on reverse in German. Tone spots on mount, though wonderful photograph ***
*** 1930-38 cricket cards, 1930 Boys' magazine 'Zat card series (Cricketers series) ', medium size, complete set (11); Players 'Cricketers 1934', complete set (50); Players 'Cricketers 1938' (50). (total 111) ***
*** 1939 golden gate international Exposition: Remarkable photographs of the construction of the different sites for the exposition. 26 x 29 cm format, each picture has a typewritten description of the subject. Plus two other pictures. A remarkable… ***
*** 1928 Ogdens 'Australian Test Cricketers 1928-29', complete set, noted Don Bradman, Archie Jackson & Jack Hobbs. G/VG. (36) ***
*** 1934-35 Allens 'Cricketers', almost complete set (31/39), including the two cards numbered 24 (Hornibrook & Hunt). G/VG. ***
*** 'The Sydney Morning Herald' elephant folio volume January 4 1844 to December 31 1844, incomplete run with c200 complete newspapers with Australian & Overseas news. Fair/good condition ***
*** Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and through, the Looking glass (Macmillan & Co.London., 1927/28). Two volumes. Illustrated with 42 and 50 illustrations by John Tenniel, respectively. Fine mid 20th century bindings. Full red calf, spines fully gilt.triple… ***
*** W H Heath (mid c1870s) docks scene albumen paper photograph glued to board 16 x 12 cm on reverse: Melbourne scene albumen paper photograph glued to board 17.5 x 11.5 cm both with photographers stamp verso ***
*** W.D.& H.O.Wills 1910-38 mainly complete sets in albums, noted 1935 'Association Footballers' (50); 'Dogs' (50); 'Safety First' (50); 'Air Raid Precautions' (50); 'British Empire Series' (49/50). Fair/VG. (Total 649) ***
*** Greetings Postcards: Collection of Greetings-type postcards (125), cards (3) & 'rogrammes (3). Also books (2) including 'The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam', Translated into English Verse by Edward Fitzgerald, with Illustrations by Edmund Dulac (12 plates)… ***
*** 1936 real photogravure portrait postcards 'Australian and English Cricketers 1936-37', a part set (10/20) including Don Bradman, bill brown and Laurence Fishlock; also book 'Brightly Fades the Don' by Fingleton (London, 1949); programmes for 1968 world… ***
*** Picture Frames: pair of ornate Victorian frames in good condition 36 x 42 cm; also, a Victorian frame with ornate carved ebony slip; a World War I prisoner carved (chip art) with naval ensignia on top; a sterling small easel decorated with faceted topaz (… ***
*** 'Reservoir Dogs', movie poster signed by 6 original cast members, including Harvey Keitel, Tim Roth & Chris Penn, window mounted, framed & glazed, overall 83 x 115 cm ***