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Cricket
Auctioneer: Vennett Smith Location: Nottingham, England
Contact: Tel: 0115 983 0541 Fax: 0115 983 0114
Date: 27th March 2013 Time: 12:00PM
Details: Viewing:
Tuesday 26th March 1pm to 5pm
Wednesday 27th March 9am onwards
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Auction Lots - Page 1
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AUTOGRAPHS, collection of 200* signatures, some on pieces laid down, in modern 7.5" x 9" album, Test cricketers, England Australia and West Indies, 1960s onwards, inc Gower, Malcolm, Reg Simpson, Jack Russell, Atherton, Tom Graveney, Boycott, Woolmer, Balderstone, Luckhurst, Godfrey Evans, Bob Taylor, Randall, Amiss, George Mann, D'Oliveira, Cyril Walters, Wyatt, Doggart, Jim Parks, May, Trueman, Tendulkar, Greenidge, Viv Richards, Lara, A. de Silva, M. Crowe, S. Fleming, Nash, Eddie Barlow, Brian Johnston, Dickie Bird, Stanley Matthews, Bobby Simpson, Kanhai, Walcott, Clive Lloyd, Ambrose, Walsh, Azharuddin etc., VG £100-150
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AUTOGRAPHS, collection of 105* signed photos, letters, candid shots, pieces, magazine photos etc., inc Hassett, Trueman, Hutton, New Zealand 1990, Freddie Brown, George Mann, Australian, Colin Cowdrey, Joel Garner, Manjrekar, Gower, Boycott, Kanhai, Mike Proctor, Gatting, Jack Russell, Washbrook, Sobers, Ron Headley, D. Compton, C. Cowdrey, Dexter, May, Tom Graveney, Merve Hughes, Ian Healy, Cartwright, M.J.K. Smith, Benaud, Steve Waugh, Randall, Alan Border, Hemmings etc., in modern album, 8" x 12", VG £160-220
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AUTOGRAPHS, hardback edition of Hugman's Cricket Annual, 1990, signed by 100 players, inc Martin Crowe, Richard Hadlee, Dermot Reeve, G. Rose, Tim Robinson, David Gower, Chris Smith, Graham Hick, Jimmy Cook, Kim Barnett etc., some to team photos and one or two to full colour pages, dj, VG to EX £60-90
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AUSTRALIA, hardback edition of The Commonwealth Book Of Cricket, 1964, signed by 12 members of the tourist team to title page, inc Simpson, Hawke, Lawry, McKenzie, Connolly, Jarman, Redpath etc., dj, signs of tape to inside covers, G £40-60
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AUTOGRAPHS, a collection of mainly colour 7" x 5" candid shots of various cricketers, a few commercial postcards, 79* signatures, inc Ian Botham, Benaud, Richard Hadlee, Randall, Alec Stewart, Merv Hughes, Chris Broad, John Morris, Micky Stewart, Bobby Simpson, Tavare, Geoff Miller, Moxon, Atherton, J. Cook, Hemmings, Steve Watkins, Richie Richardson etc., in modern album, VG to EX £50-80
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ENGLAND, autographs, made-up sheets, photos etc., late 1980/early 1990s, inc Gower, Gooch, Lamb, Fairbrother, Russell, Hick, Lathwell, Thorpe, Boycott, Greig, Willis; and a sheet of England Captains (13) inc Wyatt, Brown, Boycott, Gatting, Denness etc. and a facsimile sheet for England A to Sri Lanka 1991, G to VG, 7 £25-35
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AUTOGRAPHS, a sheet signed by 39 England test cricketers, inc Boycott, Birkenshaw, Arnold, Robinson, Foster, Hold, Willis, D. Smith, A. Stewart, Doggart, Such, Fraser etc., punch holes to left margin, otherwise VG £25-35
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AUTOGRAPHS, mixed selection inc official team sheets, made-up items, scorecards, photos, inc Sri Lanka 1991 (2, complete), Australia 1993 (12), England 1991, Pakistan 1992, Botham, Cyril Walters, Clive Lloyd, Rumsey, Leslie Crowther, Virgin, Bill Tidy, Pakistan Young Cricketers 1990, Dexter, Steve Waugh; hardback edition of Sketches Of A Season signed by Jack Russell; and a selection of unsigned b/w and coloured photos, many being candid shots (68), generally G, Qty £60-90
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BRADMAN DON, signed commemorative FDC for his 75th birthday, about VG £35-50
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POSTCARDS, inc RP, South Africa (3), Lancs 1905, Noble, MacLaren, Hobbs Force Bat advert (creased), T. Richardson, Chums issue, W. Bedford; together with Picture Post Book Of The Tests (3), FR to about VG, 13 £70-90
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ROSENWATER IRVING, Seymour Clark of Somerset, privately printed booklet, 1995, LE.36/50, being numbered and signed by Rosenwater, from his own library, EX £70-90
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AUTOGRAPHS, a scorecard for England v Commonwealth, signed by 22 players, inc Tribe, Dowding, Livingstone, George Headley, Worrell, Fishlock, Poole etc., scarce, folds, G £40-50
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AUTOGRAPHS, signed sheets, Pakistan 1954, 17 signatures, inc Maqsood, Imtimaz, M. Hussain, Fazal, with original envelope; Northamptonshire official team sheet (14 members of the 1949 squad) inc Freddie Brown etc. (slight a.m.r.), folds, G, 2 £50-70
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CERAMICS, a collection of novelty porcelain and resin figures, mostly anthropomorphic, inc dogs, ducks, pigs, comedy players (3), G to VG, 15 £40-60
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HUTTON LEN, cricket, A.Ls.S., 4.5 pages in total, to Wilfred Mirow (?), 8th June 1964, referring to Sherwood Lodge and the cricket ground and a further three June 1978 (2), Nov 1979 (1), concerning invitations to dine at the mansion house, folds and slight staining, about G, 4 £25-35
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AUSTRALIA, an official team sheet for the 1961 tour to UK, complete inc Treasurer, Benaud, Harvey, Davidson, McKenzie etc., slight age toning and a few creases to top, G £40-50
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FISHLOCK LAURIE, ALS, one page, 14th Sept. 1964, replying to the request to propose the toast of the Club and accepting, punch holes, G £20-30
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BRITCHER, hardback edition of Britcher's Scores, being the LE boxed edition, comprising hardback book by David Rayvern Allen, 15 softback pamphlets, signed to LE page by Tim Rice, 44/212, being a presentation boxed set with slipcase, EX to MT £150-200
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AUTOGRAPHS, International team sheets, unofficial and official, inc Australia U19 1999, England U19 (3), Sri Lanka 1981, England 2001, Bangladesh 1998 etc., some duplication, G to VG, 12 £60-80
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AUTOGRAPHS, A.Ls.S. and T.Ls.S., mainly 1970s and 80s, inc Jim Swanton, Len Hutton, A.A. Thompson, Bob Appleyard, Ken McEwan, Club secretaries, Bill Athey, Gubby Allen etc., generally G, 35* £60-90
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BRADMAN & HUTTON, a 4.5" x 3" magazine photo, signed by Don Bradman and Len Hutton, VG £35-50
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BROWN S.M., Middx 1937-55, signed 5.5" x 8.5", full-length batting, G £25-35
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SELECTION, board edition of the Somerset yearbook, 1940-46, together with a 3.5" x 5.5" piece signed by 6 members of the 1930 Oxford University side, inc Garland Wells, Peebles, Mayhew, Hillwood etc., G, 2 £30-40
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PHOTOGRAPHS, selection of various snapshots, many being candid, inc Glos v Kent 1905 with A.P. Day scoring his 1st century (2), other players inc Hobbs, Hendren, Earle, Casey, Roger Blunt etc., good VR, 14 £50-80
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CHILDREN'S BOOK, an 8" x 11" Gale & Polden children's book, with coloured plates (2), entitled Blue Boy, being the story of a cricket match, by T. & C. Kennedy, G £20-30
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PHOTOGRAPHS, 8 x 10 and slightly larger colour press action shots, a few portraits, inc Caddick, J. Crawley, Atherton, Hemmings, Cork, Fraser, Mark Butcher, Robin Smith, Hussain, Udall etc., VG to EX, 50* £30-40
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LENG J., softback edition of Leng's Cricket Handbook 1907, G £30-40
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LENG J., softback edition of The Cricket Handbook 1903, with writing to front cover, 1904, covers loose, FR to G, 2 £30-40
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ATHLETIC NEWS, softback edition of the Athletic News Annual, 1892 and 1897, each with damage and partly missing covers, P to FR, 2 £50-80
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TOUR BROCHURES, programmes etc., inc West Indies 1933, 1939, 1963 etc; Zimbabwe v Young Australia March and April 1983 (2), v Young India 1984, v Young West Indies 1983, generally G, 14 £30-40
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PHOTOGRAPHS, 8 x 10 and slightly larger colour press action shots, a few portraits, inc Caddick, Atherton, Jeff Thomson, Thorpe, I. Chappell, Glamorgan 1994, Viv Richards, Gooch, Gough, Ramprakash, a few b/w and smaller, G to EX, 50* £30-40
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CRAIG ALBERT, 4.5" x 5.5" poem, entitled The Grand Old Game Written For The Great Charity Matches at The Oval, Kennington, 10th March 1888, with another to reverse Blunt Forever, We'll Stick To Him When He Comes Out (pencil cross outs), fold and creasing, FR to G £120-150
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CRAIG ALBERT, a 4.5" x 6" poem The Coming Man An Old Pro's Opinion Of George Lohmann The Famous Surrey Cricketer, 1896, corner crease and age toning, FR to G £120-160
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AUTOGRAPHS, a 10" x 5" team photo of H.D. Leveson-Gower's XI, who played the MCC Australian team at Scarborough 1936, photo by Walker, signed by all of the side except Freddie Brown who has annotated the photo, inc Smailes, Nichols, Willard, Hendren, Sellers, Mitchell, Sutcliffe etc., from the Freddie Brown Archives, laid down, G to VG £100-150
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AUTOGRAPHS, 9.5" x 4.5" photo of the South XI who played the North at Scarborough 1947, photo by Walker, signed by 9 players, inc Donnelly (NZ), Wilcox, Evans, Alec Bedser, Wyatt, Wooller, Fishlock etc., annotated to mount by Freddie mount and from his Archives, laid down, G £80-120
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BROWN FREDDIE, a Service of Thanksgiving, Friday 18th Oct. 1991, EX £35-50
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SILK D.R., ALS, two pages, 25th July 1991, sending condolences on the death of Freddie Brown, "Whenever I was with him I felt elated and uplifted and I will never forget his kindness and leadership on the first overseas tour I ever made in 1957 to East Africa under his captaincy", fold, from the Freddie Brown Archives, VG £25-35
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BODYLINE, 4.5" x 2.5" sepia candid photos, taken on board the Norway 30th Nov. 1932, in Sydney harbour by Freddie Brown, Sydney Bridge (3), group shot with Hammond, Brown, Ames, Larwood, Mitchell and another with Paynter, Duckworth, Pataudi, from the Freddie Brown Archives, a.m.r., G to VG, 5 £70-90
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HADLEE WALTER, ALS, one page, on airmail letter, referring to the death of Freddie Brown, "I would like to be associated with any tributes which may be paid at the service for in my limited experience in the area of test cricket it was my privilege to play against Freddie in 1937, 1949 and 1951..." and further remembering a dinner that Brown gave at The Oval in 1949, from the Freddie Brown Archives, folds, VG £25-35
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BODYLINE, an extremely rare signed menu by the England touring party at the 77 Club, Canadian Pacific farewell dinner of the tour, on board the RMS Duchess of Atholl, 29th April 1933, signed by players and press, by 18 players and press inc Mitchell, Sutcliffe, Jardine, Brown, Palairet, Hammond, Wyatt, Verity, Duckworth, Ferguson, Tate, Voce, Leyland, Paynter, Bruce Harris (pencil) etc., from the Freddie Brown Archives, slight a.m.r. and foxing, G £500-800
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EGYPT, a scarce sepia 3.5" x 5.5" photo of the scoreboard at Gezira Club, Cairo (1934), showing Martineau XI at 588 for 5 declared, with J.L. Guise 217 not out, annotated to top by Freddie Brown and from his Archives, a.m.r., G £25-35
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SURREY, menu for the Annual Dinner, 2nd May 1935, 4" x 6.5", age toning to bottom edge and a.m.r. affecting photo of The Oval to reverse, from the Freddie Brown Archives, G £30-40
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BODYLINE, a scarce MCC Australian tour brochure, 1932-33, issued on board the SS Orontes, with individual portraits of team and details, annotated to reverse with results of the tour in hand by Freddie Brown, from his own Archives, centre page loose and some foxing, G £250-350
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BODYLINE, a rare menu for the MCC touring team at the Galle Face Hotel, given by the Ceylon C.A., Saturday 8th Oct. 1932, 7.5" x 5", from the Freddie Brown Archives, age toning and some staining to front, about G £70-90
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BODYLINE, a rare dinner menu for the English cricket team at Usher's Hotel, Sydney, 23rd Feb. 1933, given by the Governor of NSW, signed to inside page by O'Reilly, Bromley, H. Iremonger (QLD), Leo O'Brien (NSW) in pencil; Maurice Leyland and Harold Larwood in ink, with comment 'Return to F.R. Brown' to cover, age toning and slight a.m.r., G £200-300
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BRADMAN DON, an unusual 8" x 5" photo showing a specially designed cake decorated with 'To Don Bradman many happy returns of the day from all at Lord's', signed by Bradman, from the Freddie Brown Archives, trimmed to bottom edge, G £80-100
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MARTINEAU H.M., a scarce printed scorecard for the match between A.C.C. and Martineau's XI, on the 5th-6th April 1934, Martineau won by 10 wickets, from the Freddie Brown Archives, slight a.c.m. and foxing, G to VG £25-35
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SOUTH AFRICA, a scarce 4.75" x 6.5" dinner menu, given by the MCC for the 1935 South African team, from the Freddie Brown Archives, slight a.c.m., G to VG £60-90
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BROWN SYDNEY MAURICE, an 8" x 8" photo of him and Freddie Brown coming out to bat at Scarborough, signed by S. Brown, laid down to album page, trimmed, G £40-60
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AUSTRALIA, a complete official team sheet for the 1977 tourists, inc G. Chappell, Marsh, Hughes, Thomson, Walters etc., fold and slight crease, G £40-60
Auction Details - AUCTION ALREADY HELD
Cricket
Auctioneer: Vennett Smith Location: Nottingham, England
Contact: Tel: 0115 983 0541 Fax: 0115 983 0114
Date: 27th March 2013 Time: 12:00PM
Details: Viewing:
Tuesday 26th March 1pm to 5pm
Wednesday 27th March 9am onwards
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