CLA Auction 209

AUTOGRAPHS

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Lot Symbols Description Estimate
9   c1943 British Red Cross - Prisoner of War Fund, display comprising 12 signed pages with 13 signatures, noted Noel Coward, Vivian Leigh, Laurence Olivier, Leslie Howard, Rober Donat & Deborah Kerr; some ageing, though scarce display, framed and glazed, overall 42x68cm.  $400 - $500
10   Range with John Glenn signature on piece mounted with record "America's First Man in Space"; plus signed pictures of Michael Doohan & Peter Brock. (3 items) $100 - $150
11   c1950-58 Scrap Books (6), includes few signatures stuck down on pages including Vivien Leigh & Laurence Olivier, Lew Hoad, 1951 England Cricket Team (19 sigs); also theatre programmes, few racing books; post cards & brochures from trips to Europe & USA. Condition mixed though inspection should reward.  $150 - $200
12   c1960s Autograph Book with 90+ signatures, noted Dawn Fraser, Ted Whitten, Bobby Skilton, Murray Rose & Ilsa Konrads.  $150 - $200
13   KING GEORGE V, facsimile signature on WWI Australian Imperial Force Honourable Discharge Certificate for disabled soldier J.Augwin, dated 2-6-1919, framed and glazed, overall 47x39cm. Seldom seen in such excellent condition.  $200 - $250
14   ATHLETES, collection of signed pictures & pieces, 9 signatures comprising Roger Bannister, Raelene Boyle, Kerry Juma-Saxby, Marlene Mathews, Tatiana Grigorieva, Marion Jones, Dean Lukin, Daley Thompson & Emil Zatopek.  $100 - $120
15   AUSTRALIAN SPORTING PERSONALITIES, display comprising Australia Post FDC with 14 signatures, noted Don Bradman, Margaret Court, Dennis Lillee, Jack Brabham, Andrew Gaze, Peter Thomson, Dawn Fraser, Ron Barassi, Rod Laver, Bart Cummings, Betty Cuthbert & Herb Elliott; mounted with small picture of each, framed and glazed, overall 56x46cm.  $400 - $500
16   AUSTRALIAN ATHLETES, display comprising signed pictures of John Landy, Shirley Strickland, Marjorie Jackson, Betty Cuthbert, Herb Elliott, Ralph Doubell, Rob de Castella, Debbie Flintoff-King & Ron Clarke; overall 51x41cm.  $150 - $200
17   AUSTRALIAN LEGENDS OF SCIENCE, Australia Post 2002 "Australian Legends" FDC with 5 signatures, comprising Peter Doherty (Nobel Prize Winner), Sir Gustav Nossal, Donald Metcalf, Fiona Stanley & Nancy Mills.  $150 - $200
18   AUSTRALIAN NETBALL TEAM, 2001 Tri-Nation Series T-Shirt signed by 11 members of the Australian team.  $100 - $150
19   DOUGLAS BADER & ADOLF GALLAND [WW2 flying aces], signatures on print "Duel of Eagles" by Robert Taylor, overall 61x51cm. [Similar print realised $1250 in Ruxton Sale - also see prints under Paintings & Artworks].  $500 - $1000
20   MIKHAIL BARYSHNIKOV (Ballet), signed photograph, 22x28cm. With CoA.  $100 - $120
21   BEATLES: Autograph page with signatures of John Lennon & Paul McCartney (latter signed "love, Paul McCartney, XXX".  $1000 - $1500
22   BEATLES, "Official Souvenir The Beatles Australian Tour 1964" programme, signed by the whole tour group, with John Lennon, Ringo Starr, Paul McCartney & George Harrison on centre pages, and also signed by Sounds Incorporated (6 signatures), Alan Field, Johnny Devlin, Johnny Chester, The Phantoms (4 signatures). Plus original photograph of the entire tour group taken in Brisbane. [Provenance: Autographs collected by Bob Garde of The Phantoms, and have been in the family since].  $12000 - $15000
23   BEATLES, Mobil card with facsimile autographs & Mobil poster with facsimile autographs, superb condition. (2 items) $100 - $200
24   DON BRADMAN, signed photograph of the Don driving in the nets, 11x17cm.  $200 - $400
25   DON BRADMAN, signature on reprinted photograph of the Don being carried from the field, 15x10cm.  $200 - $400
26   DON BRADMAN, signed photograph of the Don completing a run, 16x22cm.  $200 - $400
27   DON BRADMAN, signed photograph of the Don leading his team onto the field, 12x17cm.  $200 - $400
28   DON BRADMAN, signature on reprinted photograph of the Don leaving the field through an applauding crowd, 12x17cm.  $200 - $400
29   DON BRADMAN, signature on reprinted photograph of the Don running between the wickets, 15x9cm.  $200 - $400
30   DON BRADMAN, signed photograph of the Don being bowled, 14x9cm.  $200 - $400
31   DON BRADMAN, signature on 1997 Australian Legends - Sir Donald Bradman FDC, with special Bradman Museum, Bowral cancel.  $150 - $200
32   DON BRADMAN, signature on 1997 Australian Legends - Sir Donald Bradman $5 Coin FDC, with special Bowral cancel.  $150 - $200
33   DON BRADMAN, signature on 1997 Australian Legends - Sir Donald Bradman "Silk" FDC, with special Adelaide cancel.  $150 - $200
34   DON & JESSIE BRADMAN, signed photograph with both signatures, 22x15cm.  $200 - $400
35   DALAI LAMA, signed photograph, window mounted, framed and glazed, overall 21x26cm.  $150 - $200
36   SLIM DUSTY, signature on "Australian Legends - Slim Dusty" maxi card FDC, window mounted, framed and glazed, overall 16x21cm.  $80 - $100
37   JIMI HENDRIX, signature on autograph page, some ageing.  $800 - $1000
38   EDMUND HILLARY, display comprising signed piece, window mounted with photograph of Edmund Hillary with Tensing Norgay, framed and glazed, overall 30x38cm.  $120 - $150
39   ALFRED HITCHCOCK, superb example of his self-caricature and signature.  $300 - $400
40   AMY JOHNSON (Aviator), signed letter on monogrammed notepaper (some toning) with press clipping and original monogrammed envelope dated 29th July 1930.  $150 - $200
41   CHARLES KINGSFORD SMITH, signature on FDC dated 19th March 1931, bearing block of four 2d stamps commemorating his flights, cover flown Sydney - Melbourne by Australian National Airways.  $150 - $200
42   NICOLE KIDMAN, signed photograph, window mounted, framed and glazed, overall 22x30cm.  $100 - $120
43   VIVIEN LEIGH, signed photograph, 8.5x13.5cm. Superb contemporary photograph of the star of "Gone with the Wind", from her tour to Australia in 1948.  $200 - $300
44   JOE MONTANA, signed photograph, window mounted with caption, framed and glazed, overall 38x52cm. With CoA.  $250 - $300
45   LAURENCE OLIVIER, signed photograph, 8.5x13.5cm. Superb contemporary photograph from his tour to Australia with Vivien Leigh in 1948.  $80 - $100
46   AL PACINO, signed photograph of "The Godfather Part III" poster, window mounted, framed and glazed, overall 32x40cm. With CoA.  $100 - $120
47   GENE PITNEY, display comprising signature mounted with 45rpm Single Record, framed and glazed, overall 41x31cm.  $50 - $60
48   SIR TIM RICE (Composer), signed photograph, window mounted, framed and glazed, overall 21x26cm.  $60 - $80
49 L GENERAL NORMAN SCHWARZKOPF, signature inside his book "The Autobiography - It Doesn't Take A Hero".  $80 - $100
50   DAME MAGGIE SMITH, signed photograph, window mounted, framed and glazed, overall 19x24cm.  $60 - $80
51   SOUTH AFRICAN ATHLETES, autograph pages (16) with c140 signatures (mostly pencil) of 1930s South African & Rhodesian athletes, hockey players, cyclists & members of 1938 Empire Games teams.  $100 - $120
52   STEVEN SPIELBERG, signed photograph, window mounted, framed and glazed, overall 32x39cm. With CoA.  $100 - $120
53   SPORT: Signed pictures/displays, noted Mark Taylor, Greg Chappell, Ian Healy, Jeff Thomson, Allan Border, Dawn Fraser, Bart Cummings & Mark Woodford; most framed and glazed, various sizes. (Total 10) $150 - $200
54   JOHN SWIGGERT (Apollo 13 astronaut), signature on cover marking the return of the Apollo 16 mission, window mounted, framed and glazed, overall 32x33cm.  $100 - $120
55   SWIMMING STARS, "Qantas Skins" long-sleeve T-shirt with c34 signatures including Grant Hackett, Ian Thorpe, Sam Riley & Giaan Rooney.  $100 - $150
56 PC JOSKA SZIGETI (Violinist), signature dated 1908 on real photo post card.  $100 - $120
57   WEG (Cartoonist), original cartoons c1980s, noted some featuring Joan Kirner, Kim Beasley, Andrew Peacock, Bob Hawke & Ronald Reagan; most about 40x50cm, all hand-drawn & signed "WEG". (16) $200 - $300
58   WEG, original cartoons c1980s, noted some featuring Margaret Thatcher, Joh Bjelke-Peterson, Malcolm Fraser, John Cain; most about 40x50cm, all hand-drawn & signed "WEG". (17) $200 - $300
59   WEG, original cartoons c1980s, noted some featuring Bob Hawke, Jeff Kennett, John Cain & Rupert Murdoch; most about 40x50cm, all hand-drawn & signed "WEG". (17) $200 - $300
60   JOHNNY WEISSMULLER, signed original photograph as "Tarzan", 13x18cm. [After winning an unprecedented five gold medals at the Olympic Games in 1924 and 1928, Weissmuller went on to become the best known and best loved of all the screen Tarzans]. Sensational looking signed photograph.  $500 - $600
61   GOUGH WHITLAM (21st Australian Prime Minister), signed photograph, window mounted, framed and glazed, overall 21x26cm; plus David Smith, display comprising signed piece, window mounted with picture of him announcing the sacking of Whitlam's government on the steps of Parliament House on November 11th 1975, framed and glazed, overall 21x26cm. (2 items) $150 - $200