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Abacus Auctions
Number of lots recorded:96
Lots with images:96
Prices available:96
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*** Military: Taddy 1901 'Boer Leaders' complete set (20), condition variable but mostly fair to fine. (Qty 20) ***
*** Dogs: 1923 Players 'Bonzo Dogs' (21/25); 1931 Players 'Dogs by Wardle' (50); 1937 Wills 'Dogs (50), condition variable but generally fine to very fine. (Qty 121) ***
*** Range including 1970 National Bank 'Peter Hudson'; 'Mobil Footy Photos 1965' (40) in tatty album; Scanlens (all St Kilda with some duplication) 1967 (3), 1968 (5), 1969 (3) & die-cuts (2), 1970 (8), mainly Fine/Very Fine. (Qty 65) ***
*** Greeting Cards 1880s 'Australian New Year Card Series' showing kangaroo with swag & billy can, published in Sydney by Gibbs, Shallard & Co., beautiful colour chromolithography, edges trimmed slightly. Very early example of an Australian themed… ***
*** 1897 'West Australia' Photographs Album containing 35 albumen prints (each 240 x 175 mm) of photographic montages individually mounted on thick gilt-edged, linen-hinged card pages, showing images of personalities, localities & industries throughout… ***
*** Buildings: Summit 1934 'Famous Buildings and Monuments of Britain' copper metal plaque cards full set (50) affixed in printed album (some toning on album), plus 14 loose cards still in their original glassine printed covers (scarce), and an additional… ***
*** 1992 Regina 'Footballers' (176); plus 1993 Select 'Footballers' (192). Mainly Fine/Very Fine. (Qty 368) ***
*** Birds: WD & HO Wills Vice Regal 1912 'Birds of Australasia' complete set (100), very fine. (Qty 100) ***
*** The Adventures of Buck Rogers: Australian edition comics Nos. 1 (covers loose), 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22 & 23 [19 issues, Melbourne, Oct.1936 to Nov.1939]; plus Special Half-Yearly Issues Nos (1), 2, 3, 4, 5 & 9 [6… ***
*** 1934 Hoadleys 'League Footballers', complete set [100] in superb condition. (quantity 100) ***
*** General: WD & HO Wills Vice Regal 1908 'Time and Money in Different Countries' (49/50 ex #27); Will's Specialities (cut-out) issue 1913 'Animals' (51/60); 'Australian Wild Flowers' grey-brown back (47/50); plus Sniders & Abrahams 1912 Peter Pan… ***
*** Military: 1903-14 Victoria Military Camp group photographs on backing card comprising 'East Camp of Rangers Sunbury 1903', 'First Light Horse Camp Lancefield 1904', 'Sgts Mess 10th Alh Kilmore Camp 1912', 'Sgts Mess Wallan Camp 4th to 15th March 1913' &… ***
*** 1933 Allens 'League Footballers' (Striped Colours), part set (129/144). Mainly F/Vf. ***
*** Bobby Lewis: Rare sepia studio photograph (8 x 13 cm) of a young Bobby Lewis in his riding gear. (Bobby Lewis rode four Cup winners from 33 starts, and also rode Phar Lap to a controversial third placing in 1929. He was inducted into the Australian Racing… ***
*** 2015 Select Honours Brownlow Distinction [41/100] & Brownlow Honour roll [3/16], Fine/Very fine. (quantity 44) ***
*** 2013 cards in two albums, including NRL Elite [144], Parallels [144], triple Threat [48], Australian Representatives [18], silver Fast & Furious [16], gold Fast & Furious [16], future stars signatures [16/20], League Sensations signatures [16 - including… ***
*** 2014 cards in two albums, including NRL Elite [144], silver Parallels [144], gold Parallels [80/144], Pride & Passion [48], master & apprentice [32], World Cup Heroes [24], World Cup Heroes Parallels [23/24], young guns signatures [16], League Sensations… ***
*** Flowers: Wills 1910 'Old English Garden Flowers' (50) and 1913 Second Series (50); 1913 'Australian Wild Flowers' (50); 1926 'Roses' (50); 1928 Cws 'Wayside Flowers' (48); generally fine to very fine. (Qty 248) ***
*** Trade Cards: 2002 Smith's 'The Simpsons' Tazo set (50) in promotional frame, as gifted to VIPs, fine to very fine. ***
*** 1901 Federation Invitation to The Royal Review at Flemington on 10th May 1901, small tape mark at top. ***
*** 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) ***
*** 2004 football cards in two albums, including Select chase cards with All Australian [22], Promo [3], Medal Cards [7], Team of the Century Captains [12], Draft Pick Signatures [12 with Adam Cooney], AFL Premiership [5], Tribute [3], Guernsey Signature -… ***
*** General: Players complete sets with 1914 'Regimental Uniforms' brown back (50); 1913 'Regimental Uniforms, 2nd Series' (50); 1909 'Celebrated Gateways' (50); 1912 'Ships' Figureheads' (25); & 1931 'Dogs by Wardle' (50); generally fine to very fine. (Qty… ***
*** 1906 Sniders & Abrahams 'Australian Racehorses' (Melbourne & Sydney Cup Winners), complete set (56). Mainly Fair/Very Fine. ***
*** 1905-95 mainly duplicated Scanlens range including 1974 (120+), 1975 (170+), 1977 (90+), 1979 (420+), 1980 (130+), 1981 (350+), 1982 (150+), 1985 (140), 1988 (200+), 1989 (270+), condition variable from Poor/Fine. Inspection will reward. (quantity 2800+) ***
*** 2008 two albums including Select Champions [195], Holographic Foils [195], blue foil signatures [96], sketch cards [32], gem cards [12/16], draft Rookies [12/17], 300 games [4/6]; Select classic [185], Holofoils [185], Tribute match [50], Premiership… ***
*** 1948-49 Kornies 'Victorian Footballers', with 1948 'A Series of 64' [53/64] & 1949 'A Series of 108' [55/108], making a complete set numbered 1-108, mainly Fine/Very Fine. (Qty 108) ***
*** 1921 J J Schuh 'Australian Jockeys' (unnumbered), complete set (30). Mainly Fine/Very Fine. ***
*** Movie posters, noted Australian daybill posters (31) including 'All The President's Men' (1976), 'Jesus Christ Superstar' (1973), 'Love Story' (1970) & 'Billy Jack' (1971); one-sheet posters (7) including 'Papillon' (1973). (Qty 31) ***
*** 1835 newspaper 'The Perth Gazette and Western Australian Journal' for Saturday May 23 1835. [A very early edition of this paper, now called 'The West Australian', which is the second-oldest continuously produced newspaper in Australia, having been… ***
*** 1971 Sunicrust 'VFL Footy Swap Cards' [21/50] + 80 spares, mainly Fine/Very fine. (quantity 101) ***
*** 1922-34 Group comprising 1922 Thorp's (1); 1926 Craig & Hales (1); 1932 Clarke-Ellis (1); 1932 Hoadleys (4); 1933 Hart's (1); 1934 MacRobertsons '½d Champions' (2). Poor/Vf. (Qty 10) ***
*** 1923 (circa) Jj Schuh 'Portraits of our Leading Footballers', part set [63/104], mainly Fair/Very fine. (quantity 63) ***
*** 2010 Select Prestige draft pick signatures [16/17], including Dustin Martin, Tom Scully & Jack Trengove, Fine/Very fine. (quantity 16) ***
*** 2010 Select Prestige draft pick die Cuts [28], including Dustin Martin, Nathan Fyfe & Tom Scully; plus draft pick Rookie Redemption [2], Fine/Very fine. (quantity 30) ***
*** 2012 cards in four albums, including Select NRL Champions [196], Peeled parallel [192], gold Parallels [192], Try Machines [50], Rookie Standouts [22], Showtime [16], triple Centurions [9], case cards [2], Promo [4]; Select NRL Dynasty [196], silver… ***
*** Trade Cards: 1996 'Pokemon Trading Card Game', collection of cards in box. (Qty 400 approx) ***
*** 1901 Wills 'Cricketer series 1901', complete set [50], mainly Fine/Very fine, cat £1200. (quantity 50) ***
*** 1966-91 Scanlens comprising 1966 (6); 1968 series a (29) & series B (3); 1969 (6) & die-cuts (4 with outside section removed); 1970 (3); 1971 mini-posters (1); 1972 (91); 1991 [165/168], some duplication, mainly Fair/Very fine. (quantity 308) ***
*** 2016 football cards in four albums, including Select certified [220], certified 460 [213/220], all Australian [22], medal Winners [5], team leaders [43/116], Rookies [35/70], certified signatures [35/36 including Shaun Burgoyne, Josh Kennedy & Jeremy… ***
*** Newspapers cuttings, obituaries, notes & references. A-Z in files in four boxes. An insight into how journalists researched in the pre-computer days. Ex Ken Piesse library. ***
*** Municipal: 'Certificate of Competency/Municipal Clerks' (1949), Fellowship of the Insitute of Municipal Administration (1954) & 'Commission of the Peace Certificate of Assignment' as a Justice of the Peace (1963), all framed. No Reserve. ***
*** Great Britain - Anti Suffragette: Mostly British PPCs by various publishers including ridiculing female domination, hen-pecked husbands, 'fallen women', harem pants, etc, plus a few European types including particularly offensive French & German cards,… ***
*** 1890s-1990s cigarette & trade cards in eleven albums, including 1965 Happy-ade (South Aust) 'Beatles' [8]; 1898 Wills 'Conundrums' [25]; Sniders & Abrahams 1905 'Cricket Terms [12], 'Naval Terms [10/12], 1906 'Jokes' [60] & 1909 'Dickens Series' [32];… ***
*** Les Such: Folio of artwork including cartoons (9), sugar cane industry (2), military (2), erotica/nudes (9), group titled 'Les Belles De Can-Can' (4), Japan (2) & adult comic strip 'Mustapha'. Includes pencil, ink & watercolours, various sizes, many… ***
*** 1921 Trushine boot Polish 'Australian XI 1921', complete set [12], mainly condition, extremely scarce set: we have never before offered the complete set. (quantity 12) ***
*** 2008 cards in three albums, including Select NRL Champions [194/195], Holografic Foils [195], foil signatures [48], sketch cards [30/32], gem cards [16], case cards (2); Select 'Centenary of Rugby League' [199], team of the century [18], team of the… ***
*** 1926 Amalgamated Press 'Famous Test Match Cricketers' (32/32), condition variable but many are fine to very fine. ***
*** 2005 football cards in two albums, including Select Dynasty [187/194], Footy Face die cuts [81/176], All Australian [22], Promo [4], Prem Preds [16], Draft Pick Signatures [29/30 with Lance Franklin & Jarryd Roughead], Premiers [3], Gold Draft Picks [16];… ***
*** 1958 Atlantic 'Victorian League Stars', complete set [128] in album, Fair/Very Fine. (Qty 128) ***
*** 1950s-70s swap cards in 21 albums, including flowers, birds, dogs, horses, cats, cartoons, Australiana, USA, dancers; also 1953-54 Coles 'Footballers' (4; all Essendon) & 2010 AFL collector cards (c.230), mainly Fine/Very Fine. (Qty 4600+) ***
*** 2013 accumulation including Select Champions [220], Firepower caricatures [58], Milestone games [84], B&F [18], Firepower mirror [18] 300 games [1/2]; Select Prime [220], all Australian [22], medal Winners [5], draft pick Eminence [106], Premiership… ***
*** 2013 Select Prime 'Prime Draft' [49/50 + Cl], including Lance Franklin, Scott Pendlebury, Trent Cotchin, Cyril Rioli, Jack Reiwoldt & Dale Thomas, Fine/Very fine. (quantity 50) ***
*** 1953 Argus '1953 Football Portraits', part set (53/72). Mainly Fine/Very Fine (three trimmed). (Qty 53) ***
*** 1988-2014 football cards in 24 albums, noted 1988 Stimorol (143/144); 1996 Select 'Anthony Koutifides Signature Card' & 'Jack Dyer Legend Card'; 2006-13 Draft Pick Signature Cards for Travis Varcoe, Mitch Thorp, Andrejs Everitt, James Frawley, Jack Watts,… ***
*** Cards 1996 Intrepid 'Atp Tour Signature Blitz' set (4) Andre Agassi, Mark Philipoussis, Pete Sampras & Goran Ivanisevic, each with signature card, redemtion card & CoA card. ***
*** Cigarette & Trade Cards: 1936 Comet Publishing 'Stars of Australian Sport - The Comet Picture Album No.1' with sheetlet (6/72) including Don Bradman, Jack Crawford and Clare Dennis. Superb condition. (A sheetlet with 6 gummed labels was issued in editions… ***
*** 2011 five albums including Select Champions [190], silver parallel [190], Fab four gold [68], rising stars [22], Superstar gems [17], draft rookies [25], 300 games [2], Promo [4]; Select Infinity [212], B&F [16], draft Rookies [34], medal Winners [6],… ***
*** 2015 five albums including Select Champions [220], silver Parallels [220], Firepower caricatures [54/58], Milestone games [92], B&F [18], Superheroes [30], 300 games [2/3]; Select Honours [220], all Australian [22], medal Winners [5], Brownlow gallery… ***
*** 2011 cards in three albums, including Select NRL Champions [196], silver parallel [196], Rookie [59], Stardom gems [18], Rookie Sensation [14/15], star signatures [5/8 including Jharal Yow Yeh & Daniel Mortimer], case cards [2], Promo [4]; Select NRL… ***
*** c.1907-48 cricket cards in album, including Allens, Amalgamated Press, Australian 'Giant' Licorice, Boys Captain, Chums, Godfrey Phillips, Hoadleys, Major Drapkin, Nabisco, Patrol Tobacco, Sniders & Abrahams, Sweetacres, Wills with 1911 'Prominent… ***
*** 1995-2017 football cards in black Ultra Pro album, with many premium inserts from most teams, and includes some signature cards. Good/Fine. Inspection will reward. ***
*** 1996 football cards & ephemera in album (Book 2), includes 322 signed cards. Mainly Fine/Very Fine condition. (Qty 447) ***
*** 1954 Coles 'Victorian Footballers' (Series 1), complete set [56], mainly Fine/Very Fine. ***
*** c.1925 Cain's Sweets 'Rugby Footballers' (33). Scarce cards, two with printed back, others (smaller) with plain backs, noted Duncan Thompson, Reginald Latta, Clarrie Tye & Cyril Blankhorn, Fair/Fine. (Qty 33) ***
*** The Phantom: Australian edition comics Nos. 2 (covers loose), 3, 4 & 5, Fair/Good condition with staples rusty. [From May 1938 to September 1940 'The Australian Woman's Mirror' ran a 5 comic book series dedicated solely to The Phantom ] (Qty 4 items) ***
*** 1997 Sanitarium (Weet-Bix) 'Sir Donald Bradman AC - Greatest Hits', complete set [16] all signed by Don Bradman; plus another unsigned set. (quantity 32) ***
*** 2010 five albums including Select Champions [184/195], Holographic Guernseys [193/195], Force [73/80], Revelation gem [29/32], Superstar gem [13/16], draft rookies [17], best of the best [8/12], 300 games [1], ; Select Prestige [195], Holographic Guernsey… ***
*** India: Superman: 1950 (circa) 'the One and Only Superman' poster of Superman in non-traditional colours & a rocket (51 x 76 cm) by Karachi Herald for early-1950 S release of 15-part serial that starred Kirk Alyn as Superman and Noel Neill as Lois Lane. ***
*** 1906-07 Sniders & Abrahams 'Australian Footballers - Victorian League Players', Series C (three-quarter length portraits), almost complete set [54/56], Fair to Fine (8 cards trimmed). (Qty 54) ***
*** 1950 Kornies 'Victorian Footballers (A New Set of 64)', complete set, mainly Fine/Very Fine. (Qty 64) ***
*** 1911 Sniders & Abrahams 'Australian Racing Scenes', complete set (40). Mainly Fine/Very Fine. ***
*** Birds: 'The Gould League of Bird Lovers of NSW', membership cards/certificates (13) for 1933, 1935 (2), 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940 (2), 1941, 1944 (2) & 1954; plus c.1953 Liebig set of 6 trade cards showing Loopvogels/flightless birds. (Qty 19) ***
*** 1995 Sanitarium (Weet-Bix) 'The Bradman Collection', complete set [20], with all cards genuinely signed by Don Bradman, superb condition. ***
*** 2016 Select Certified 'Signature Cards' (13/36) including Shaun Grigg, Josh Kennedy & Dylan Shiel; plus other chase cards with 'Jake Stringer Match Worn Guernsey' card. Vf (Qty 19) ***
*** 1908 Sniders & Abrahams 'Australian Jockeys' (brown back), complete set (62 + 16 extras), some with 'O & A' at base, others with 'O & Co' at base. Mainly Fine/Very Fine. (Qty 78) ***
*** 1926 Craig & Hales 'Australian Sportsmen and Racehorses', (13/15 Jockeys). Mainly Fair/Very Fine. ***
*** Newspapers noted Man on the Moon, 9/11, deaths of Elvis, John Wayne, Graham Kennedy & Darren Millane; range of football stories. ***
*** 1901 American Tobacco Co. 'Cameo English Cricketers' badges complete set (14 + 3 spares), above-average condition, affixed to defective but original Cameo Cigarettes advertising card. ***
*** 1965-90 Scanlens comprising 1965 (4); 1968 series a (31) & series B (10); 1969 (20) & die-cuts (10 with outside section removed); 1977 (21); 1978 (79); 1979 (121); 1980 (14); 1981 (15); 1982 [180] + 15 spares; 1986 (101); 1988 (3) & 1990 (13), some… ***
*** 2012 three albums including Select Champions [220], rising stars [4/24], B&F [1/17], club trio [3/17], Promo [4]; Select eternity [220], all Australian [22], medal [5], hall of Fame limited edition [33], hall of Fame Legends [3], draft signatures [21/22],… ***
*** 1905-10 Wills 'Past & Present Champions', almost complete set [48/50], Fair to Fine condition. (Qty 48) ***
*** 1923-24 Pals 'Australian Sportsmen', rare complete set [27], including Australian Rules Football (15), Cricket (8), Rugby League (2), Tennis & Olympics, mainly Fine/Very Fine. (Qty 27) ***
*** 2009-10 Select cricket cards, including base set [115], foil die Cuts [64], foil Sigs [25], 5000 test run club [16], Freshman [12], Masters gem [7], Legend gem - Don Bradman, signatures cards [8] including Phillip Hughes, Shane Watson & Brad Haddin, plus… ***
*** 1920s-2018 cigarette & trade cards in carton & tub, including 1960s Channel 9 & Channel 7 publicity cards (400 approx.); 1987 Scanlens 'Neighbours' wrappers (10); 1935 Ardath 'Speed Land Sea & Air' [50]; 2018 Acs 'Keith Stackpole' card signed. Poor/Fine.… ***
*** Victorian Politicians: Archive of letters to Northcote Council c1890-1937 with duplicated range of signatures including Sir Graham Berry (11th Premier of Victoria), John Cain Sr (34th Premier of Victoria), James Hume Cook, James Membrey, Henry Beard,… ***
*** Convicts: 1845 Convict Pardon, parchment (35 x 27 cm), [Royal Coat of Arms] 'By His Excellency Sir George Gipps Knight/Captain General, Governor in Chief in and over Her Majesty's/ Territory of New South Wales, .....George Jones alias Austin...Convicted… ***
*** Sports: 1900s-96 cigarette & trade cards in four albums, including 1934 Hoadleys 'Victorian Footballers' [43/50]; 1958 Atlantic 'Victorian League Stars' [97/128]; 1982 Scanlens 'VFL Football Heroes' [19/36]; 1927 Wills 'New Zealand Footballers' [47/50];… ***
*** Bob Clark: Comic strip artwork for 'Boofhead' comprising four-panel strips (4) & three-panel strip, ink & blue pencil, most signed 'Rb Clark' within artwork, and four dated 1967. [The daily comic strip Boofhead ran in Sydney's 'Daily Mirror' from 1941… ***
*** 2007 album including Select Champions [195], foil signatures [7/96], sketch cards [5/32], gem cards [1/16], draft Rookies [1/16], Geelong Premiers [3]; Select Supreme [195], hall of Fame [34], hall of Fame Legends [4], all Australian [22], medal cards [5]… ***
*** 2015 Select future Force in album including future Force [103], all Australian [22], team Captains [8], green signatures [3/34], red signatures [34] including Charles Curnow, Josh Dunkley & Darcy Parish; draft picks [8/10] including Clayton Oliver, Jacob… ***
*** 1921-25 Suburban Premium 'Victorian Footballers & Teams', comprising 'Numbered Cards' (14/50 + 11 spares) one with a tab; 'Un-numbered Cards' (4/50); 'Team Photos' (1/9); 'Player Photos Not Numbered' (5/36). Poor/Vf. (Qty 35) ***
*** 1924 Pals 'Australian Sportsmen', part set of Footballers (8/15). Fair/Vf. ***
*** 1904-33 football cards in album, including Sniders & Abrahams 1904 (9), 1905-06 (18), 1906-07 (16), 1908-09 (7), 1909-10 (21), 1911-12 Pennants (3), 1912-13 Star (1), 1913-14 Shield (2), 1908-09 Incidents in Play (8); Jj Schuh Rays (26); Licorice Larks… ***
*** 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… ***
*** 1933 including Allens 'Striped Colours' [57/144] + 57 spares; Carreras 'Bob Mirams Caricatures' [30/72] + 18 spares; Carreras 'Personality Series' [3/73] + 3 spares; giant brand Licorice 'League & Association Footballers' [8/108] + 4 spares, mainly… ***