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The Davis Family Phar Lap photograph album including thirty-six…
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Auction Location:
Melbourne
Date:
4-Nov-2012
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Description:
The Davis Family Phar Lap photograph album including thirty-six black and white photographs of the finishes of all of Phar Lap's race wins in Australia, mounted in pairs on white card on right hand pages, each with race details inscribed to mount, all photographs 10.5 cm x 30.5 cm, 18pp., in black photograph album the photographs in chronological order: maiden Juvenile Handicap 27/4/29 Rosehill Guineas 21/9/29 AJC Derby 5/10/29 Craven Plate 9/10/29 Victoria Derby 2/11/29 St. Leger Stakes 1/3/30 Governor's Plate 6/3/30 King's Plate 8/3/30 Chipping Norton Stakes 12/4/30 St. Leger 19/4/30 Cumberland Stakes 23/4/30 AJC Plate 23/4/30 elder Stakes 10/5/30 King's Cup 17/5/30 Tattersal's Chelmsford Stakes 30/8/30 Hill Stakes 20/9/30 spring Stakes 4/10/30 Craven Plate 8/10/30 Randwick Plate 11/10/30 W.S.Cox Plate 25/10/30 Melbourne Stakes 1/11/30 Linlithgow Stakes 6/11/30 C.B. Fisher Plate 8/11/30 St .George Stakes 14/2/31 Futurity Stakes 21/2/31 Essendon Stakes 28/2/31 King's Plate 4/3/31 Underwood Stakes 25/8/31 Memsie Stakes 5/9/31 Hill Stakes 19/9/31 Spring Stakes 3/10/31 Craven Plate 7/10/31 Randwick Plate 10/10/31 W.S. Cox Plate 24/10/31 Melbourne Stakes 31/10/31 album 29 cm high, 40.5 cm wide, 4 cm deep other notes: This album is the only known complete set of photographs of Phar Lap's Australian Race Wins. David Davis, an American businessman, was the co-owner of Phar Lap with Harry Telford
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Unclassified