SPORTING MEMORABILIA
Good things are worth waiting for, and we hope you will agree, that this Sports Memorabilia catalogue is a good one!
We are sure you will want to see for yourselves but just thought a few words about the highlights would be appropriate.
Lot 36, a £10 ticket for a ringside seat at the Tommy Burns v Jack Johnson heavyweight fight in Sydney in 1908, is an incredible rarity which has been in the family of the vendor for 114 years! We are delighted to be able to offer it for sale for the very first time.
The collection of early Australian Cricket Club membership cards, badges and fobs, is also quite exceptional; see Lots 45, 46, 52 – 55, 59, 62 and 63, to see what we mean. The Graham McKenzie Collection (Lots 154 – 236) celebrates the sporting life of one of Australia’s most successful fast bowlers and a delightful man, who was sometimes described as being “too nice a guy to be a fast bowler”. You’ll find Baggy Green caps, blazers, bats, original photographs and many other items from McKenzie’s career, from his early days as a schoolboy cricketer to the end of his career, which coincided with the advent of World Series Cricket.
Other items of note, perhaps with a tinge of sadness attached to each of them are Lot 263, Rod Marsh’ Australian Test Team jumper, Lot 271, Shane Warne’s batting helmet from Warnie’s first tour of England in 1993, and Lot 300, a custom-crafted golf putter made for Dean Jones by the legendary T.P.Mills Co.
The Australian Rules Football section is also full of highlights, including Lot 341, an incredibly early membership card for the Royal Park Football Club in 1883, Lots 342 and 343 of North Melbourne, with a very good later range. Alex Jesaulenko’s Carlton Life Membership card (Lot 441) should remind a few Blues fans of those glory days, while James Hird’s 2001 Runners-Up medal (Lot 451) is a painful reminder of Essendon’s absence from Grand Final football for more than 20 years.
Lots 561 – 584 are a complete set of the 1971 Scanlens Footballers Posters; very rare individually and almost never seen in good condition, this is the first time we have been able to offer a complete set, and in good condition. It will be fascinating to see how they go. There is also an exception offering of early Scanlens Rugby League cards (Lots 633 to 696); we expect quite a tussle over some of those.
Finally, don’t miss the Olympics section, a rare group from the 1924 Games in Paris (Lot 767), and original large-format poster from the 1956 Melbourne Games (Lot 771) and a huge archive of 2000 Sydney Olympics posters, publications, signs, badges and other mementos (Lots 788 – 841).
We look forward to welcoming you to our rooms for viewing and attending the auction if you can make it, otherwise we’re here to help you with you bids and enquiries; just call or send an email.
We hope you enjoy the catalogue.
Contents
001-033 General (Sport)
034-034 Basketball
035-041 Boxing
042-043 Commonwealth & Empire Games
044-336 Cricket
044-057 Cricket – 19th Century
058-104 Cricket – 1900 to 1927
105-152 Cricket – The Bradman Era
153-312 Cricket – 1949 to Date
154-236 The Graham McKenzie Collection
313-327 Cigarette & Trade Cards (Cricket)
328-336 Cricket – Team Sheets & Autograph Pages
337-340 Cycling
341-609 Australian Rules Football
341-517 Football (Australian Rules)
518-600 Cigarette & Trade Cards (Australian Rules Football)
601-609 Football Records
610-632 Football (Rugby League)
633-698 Cigarette & Trade Cards (Rugby League)
699-711 Football (Rugby Union)
712-720 Football (Soccer)
721-727 Golf
728-748 Horse Racing
749-764 Motor Racing
765-842 Olympic Games
843-845 Rowing
846-851 Tennis
852-855 Yachting