b'8Billiards (The Walter Lindrum Collection)35WALTER LINDRUM chromolithograph vintage cardboard cutout, near life size, 164cm high; Together with a framed photograph of the cutout and Dolly Lindrum playing billiards in the billiard room at the Albert Park house, overall 45 x 55cm. (2 items).Provenance: Walter Lindrums Billiard Room, Albert Park, Melbourne. $200300363232AMERICAN BASKETBALL: 1961 WILT CHAMBERLAIN Rookie Card #8 by Fleer; cased and graded 2 by S.C.D.Chamberlain made his NBA debut on October 24, 1959, starting for the Philadelphia Warriors. He was listed as 7ft 1in (2.16m) tall and 258lb (117kg). He became the NBAs highest-paid player when he signed for $30,000 in his rookie contract In comparison, the previous top earner was Bob Cousy of the Celtics with $25,000, the same sum Eddie Gottlieb used to buy the Warriors franchise in 1952. In his first NBA game, played against the New York Knicks, Chamberlain scored 43 points and grabbed 28 rebounds. In his third game, Chamberlain recorded 41 points and a then-career-high 40 rebounds in a 124113 win over the visiting Syracuse Nationals. .$3,0005,00036WALTER LINDRUMS 18ct solid gold cigarette case, engraved inside Walter Lindrum, Melbourne, With best wishes & many thanks, Reg S. Goddard [?] M.I.P., 11cm wide, 160 grams .$15,00025,0003333AMERICAN BASKETBALL: 1961-62 OSCAR ROBERTSON Rookie Card #36 by Fleer;37ungraded, but cased. A very nice example.After college, Robertson co-captained the U.S. basketball team at the 1960 Summer Olympics. The team, described as the greatest assemblage of basketball talent ever at that point, steamrolled the competition to win the gold medal. Robertson was a starting forward along with Purdues Terry Dischinger, but played point guard as well. He was the leading scorer of the team, as the U.S. team won its nine games by an average margin of 42.4 points. In his rookie season with the Cincinnati Royals, Robertson averaged 30.5 points, 10.1 rebounds, and 9.7 assists (leading the league), almost averaging a triple-double for the entire season. He was named NBA Rookie of the Year, was elected into37WALTER LINDRUMS 9ct gold cigarette case incorporating a collapsible travelling clock, made by Eszeha, circa 1930. the All-NBA First Teamwhich would happen in each of Robertsons first nine seasonsA gift from an anonymous admirer. 10.5cm wide, 138 grams including clock movement$6,00010,000 and made the first of 12 consecutive All-Star Game appearances. $60080038WALTER LINDRUMS 14ct gold filled (plated) pocket watch with crown wind movement, 34No lot Ex 35 engraved To Walter, From Wally, 1925.$300500'