CLA Auction 209

FOOTBALL (RUGBY UNION)

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Lot Symbols Description Estimate
662   "NSWales Rugby Union, Fixture Card, Visit of Queensland Representative Team, 16th-27th July, 1908", small decorative fixture card. Rare, some marks, pin-holes, otherwise good condition.  $150 - $200
663 L "Official Programme of the Intercolonial Match, Queensland vesus NSW, Sydney, Season - 1908", folding programme for the game played on 25th July 1908, some wear to edges, team changes marked in pencil, otherwise in generally good condition. Rare programme. [Includes 7 players who would go on to win Gold Medals for Australia in the 1908 Olympics: - Richards, Smith, Hickey, Carroll, McKivatt, McCue & Griffen, plus others who toured with the first Wallabies].  $600 - $800
664   1927-28 Waratahs Tour: Match Ticket, PRESS (Complimentary), for New South Wales v Wales, at Cardiff Arms Park on Saturday Nov. 26th, 1927, with stub detached but present.  $150 - $200
665   1927-28 Waratahs Tour: Match Ticket, Press Messenger - This Ticket will only Admit a Boy, for New South Wales v Wales, at Cardiff Arms Park on Saturday Nov. 26th, 1927.  $150 - $200
666   1927-28 Waratahs Tour: Match Ticket, To Seats Reserved for Committee, for New South Wales v Cardiff, at Cardiff Arms Park on Saturday Dec. 3rd, 1927, with stub intact.  $150 - $200
667   1927-28 Waratahs Tour: Match Ticket, PRESS (Complimentary), for New South Wales v Cardiff, at Cardiff Arms Park on Saturday Dec. 3rd, 1927, with stub detached but present.  $150 - $200
668   1927-28 Waratahs Tour: Match Ticket, Press Messenger - This Ticket will Only Admit a Boy, for New South Wales v Cardiff, at Cardiff Arms Park on Saturday Dec. 3rd, 1927.  $150 - $200
669   1927-28 Waratahs Tour: Match Ticket, Complimentary, for New South Wales v Pontypool, at Pontypool Park on Dec. 8th, 1927.  $150 - $200
670   1936 Transvaal & Natal Teams, autograph pages (3) with 24 pencil signatures.  $100 - $150
671   1936-37 Natal Team, autograph page with 14 pencil signatures.  $100 - $150
672   1937 Griquas Team, autograph page with 24 pencil signatures.  $100 - $150
673   1937 Natal Team, autograph page with 13 pencil signatures.  $100 - $150
674   1937 Transvaal Team, autograph page with 12 pencil signatures.  $100 - $150
675   1938 Great Britain Team, autograph page with 14 ink signatures.  $150 - $200
676   1938 Transvaal Team, autograph page with 12 pencil signatures. [In 1939 this team won the first Currie Cup Rugby Final].  $125 - $175
677 L Programmes, comprising 1947-48 Australia v Cardiff & England v Australia; 1969 Natal v Australia; also 1945 NZ v Cardiff. Generally good to very good condition. (4 items) $200 - $250
678   c1950s French Poster "Kina Lillet/ Grand Match de Rugby", colour lithograph by V.Bellefaye, linen backed, overall 67x88cm. Few tiny faults though scarce and attractive.  $1400 - $1600
679   1959 British Lions tour to NZ, Farewell Ball souvenir in the shape of a rugby ball, with results of all the matches, team photo & facsimile autographs.  $150 - $200
680   1905 Originals All Black Jersey, produced to celebrate the Centennial of the New Zealand Rugby Football Union in 1992, limited edition 290/1000, in superb condition in original box. With CoA.   $500 - $1000
681   - Similar Rugby Jersey, limited edition 58/1000. With CoA.   $500 - $1000
682   "Men of the Silver Fern - A Centennial Video History of Rugby in New Zealand", set of 4 videos in special case, limited edition 371/750. With CoA.  $150 - $200
683   - Similar set of 4 videos, limited edition 372/750. With CoA.  $150 - $200
684   New Zealand All Blacks watch in original box; plus 1995 Rugby World Cup cap. (2 items) $80 - $100
685   1995 World Cup Rugby Jersey, limited edition 135/500, in superb condition in original box. With CoA.   $500 - $1000
686   NSW WARATAHS cap with c21 signatures from last season's team.  $200 - $300
687   QUEENSLAND REDS cap with 13 signatures from last season's team.  $200 - $300