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Two Day Sporting Memorabilia Auction - Day 1Monday 13 May 2013 14:00

Graham Budd Auctions LtdSotheby's

34-35 New Bond StreetLondon

W1A 2AA

Lot: 1London Transport poster titled"What's On" 3rd to 9th May 1931,listing cricket at Lord's and at TheOval, greyhound racing atClapton, Harringay, White City,Wimbledon, West Ham, ParkRoyal & Wembley, speedwayracing at West Ham, Wimbledon,Harringay & Stamford Bridge,plus non-sporting eventsincluding exhibitions andbandstand performances inparks, published by Waterlowand Sons, codes to the lowermargin reading 881-300, 14.4.31,1026-176-29-4-31, backed ontolinen, 101 by 62cm., 40 by 241/2in.Estimate: £200.00 - £300.00

Lot: 2A heavy leather-bound 'Olympia'photograph album with a musicalbox which operates automaticallyon opening, German, circa 1890,the boards with apertures forsome 60 photographs of varyingsizes are decorated with colouredlithographs showing a wide rangeof sports and leisure activitiesincluding tennis, cricket, archery,golf, bowls, angling, sailing,lacrosse, curling, baseball,swimming, rowing, cycling, polo,horse racing, fox hunting,steeplechasing, shooting, rugby,athletics & winter sports, somelooseness to the spine and areasof wear to the leather, musicalmechanism running Estimate: £250.00 - £350.00

Lot: 3Desborough of Taplow (TheRight Hon. Lord) Fifty Years ofSport at Oxford, Cambridge,Eton, Harrow and Winchester,various editors, published in 3large volumes, 2 in 1913 indeluxe boards and the third instandard boards published in1922 not illustratedEstimate: £140.00 - £180.00

Lot: 4A collection of sportsprogrammes, wartime boxingevents in Leicester in 1941; fieldhockey mostly 1950s to 1970s,internationals, countychampionships, varsity,tournaments etc.; University BoatRaces late 1940s to late 1960s;and other miscellaneous issuesfor show jumping, snooker,swimming, baseball, ski jumpingetc.; the lot also including Britishice hockey scrapbooks from the1930s & 1940s Estimate: £50.00 - £100.00

Lot: 5A collection of programmes forsporting events at WembleyStadium and Empire Pool, RugbyLeague Challenge Cup Finals for1931 (punch-holed) & 1937,Olympic Games 1948 brochureplus 3 regulations booklets,Amateur Boxing Championships1946 and 1952, Swimming galasfor 1937 & 1938,England vDenmark aquatic sportsinternational 1939, Gala IcePresentation 1939 & HarlemGlobetrotters 1952-53 (13) notillustratedEstimate: £80.00 - £120.00

Lot: 6Two Vanity Fair Prints of billiardsplayers, John Roberts and W HStevenson, both by Spy,unframed not illustrated Estimate: £60.00 - £80.00

Lot: 7A signed foam board poster forthe 2003 Mosconi Cup held atthe MGM Grand in Las Vegas,fully signed in silver marker penby both teams, the Americanplayers comprising JeremyJones, Nick Varner, JohnnyArcher, Tony Robles (signedtwice), Earl Strickland, CharlesWilliams & Rodney Morris, theEuropeans comprising Nick vanden Berg, Steve Davis, RalfSouquet, Oliver Ortmann (non-playing captain), ThorstenHohmann, Mika Immonen &Marcus Charmat, together with afurther unidentified signatures

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inscribed 'California', possibly areserve player This poster is forthe 10th edition of the annualnine-ball pool competitionbetween teams representingUSA and Europe. Team USA, ledby non-playing captain NickVarner, won the Mosconi Cup bya score of 11-9.Estimate: £150.00 - £250.00

Lot: 8The original Thomas InchMiddleweight Dumbbellsweighing 144lb. and 153lb., fromthe original set of certainly fourpossibly five bells, the mostfamous of which was the 172lb.heavyweight "challengedumbbell", the set originallybelonging to Thomas Inch (1881-1963) the celebrated BritishStrong Man, and believed to datecirca 1897-1904 Thomas Inchwas born at Scarborough 27thDecember 1881. His name isperpetuated to this day in theworld of strength and bodybuilding by the Thomas Inchdumbbell. Inch claimed that inhis lifetime he never encounteredanybody who was able to lift the172lb. dumbbell above his head,and only one who was able toeven raise it off the floor. Inmodern times the surviving172lb. bell has never been taken'clean' above the shoulder,although Strongman BillKazmeier lifted it 'continental'style which allows for bodytouching on the upwardmovement to the shoulder. Mostof the historical information onThomas Inch and his dumbbellsis written in the "Strength"publications and newspapers ofthe day. These have beensummarised in later writings,some now published on the net,but for those with a seriousinterest in Inch it would beadvised to go back to the originalsource materials when drawingall conclusions. The mostfamous of Thomas Inch'sdumbells is his "challengedumbbell". This was the largestand weighed 172lb. Insubsequent times it has had afew owners including thebodybuilder Reg Park who sold itto the enthusiast Bert Lightfootwho, in turn, sold it to the Britishbodybuilder and weightlifterDavid Prowse, later famous as

being the actor who portrayedDarth Vader in the Star Warsfilms. Prowse then sold theChallenge bell to the Americancollector Kim Wood, the formerNFL strength coach at theCincinnati Bengals. There is avideo on 'You Tube' of ThomasInch lifting what he calls his"famous challenge dumbbell" andanother smaller example to setan overall weight lifting record.However, it is far from certainwhat he is actually lifting on theoccasion of this publicity film. Thedumbbells in the video are of adifferent style of manufacture tothe celebrated Inch bells withthreaded handles and removablehollow cast iron globes. TheThomas Inch MiddleweightDumbbells Thomas Inch isbelieved to have had certainlyfour probably five different thickhandle globe dumbbells. Themost famous and heaviest beingthe previous described 172lbs.bell. What are being offered herein the auction are the two'middleweight' dummbells,weighing 144lbs and 153lbs. There has been muchspeculation as to thewhereabouts of the middleweightbells in recent times. Theauctioneer can now reveal thatthey have been a privatecollection in west Wales. Thecollector acquired them from TomFenton who had beenbequeathed the dummbells byThomas Inch. Tom Fenton wasfrom the Cathays area of theWelsh capital Cardiff. He was astrength enthusiast who hadbeen a close friend of Inch formany years. When in possessionof the dumbbells Fenton set uphis own club, albeit it run from hishome. The bells were oftenloaned out for publicperformances by local athletesand at least three individualshave been recorded assuccessfully lifting themiddleweight bells at the time,namely Gerald "Strang" Davies,Hubert Thomas and Mike Brown. A careful analysis has beencarried out on the weight,dimensions and structure of thedumbbells on behalf of theauctioneer: The144lbs. dumbbellhas a 60.5mm diameter handle,100mm between globes, a 10mmhole at the centre of the handle.The handle is hollow with a wall

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thickness of 3mm. It has a silvercoating that appears directlyapplied to the iron casting. The153lbs. dumbbell, also with directsilver coating, has a 59.5mmdiameter handle, 100mmbetween globes, 10mm hole inthe centre of the handle filled witha malleable substance, a smallsecond hole 10mm from oneglobe in line with the central hole,filled with a non ferrous metalsilver paint. It has beensuggested that Thomas Inchwould substitute the dumbbells atdifferent points in hisperformances, so it is no surpriseto see the presence of handleholes. The casting of thedumbbells is of exceptionalquality. Now with slight rusting,dust and a patina accumulatedover the years but with enoughsilver coating preserved to relaythe impression of howspectacular they must havelooked during Thomas Inch'soriginal performances.Estimate: £4,000.00 - £6,000.00

Lot: 9Charles Atlas 'Health & Strength'body building system publicationscirca 1940s/1950s, 18 in total not illustratedEstimate: £20.00 - £30.00

Lot: 10A collection of 11 Edwardianportrait postcards of wrestlersand body builders, A A Cameron,Maurice De Riaz, BarneyShtitzer, Eugene Sandow, HenryIrslinger, Georg Lurich,Aleksander Aberg, GeorgeHackenschmidt and threeunnamed portraits; two furtherpostcards of Dorando Pietrirunning the 1908 LondonOlympic marathon, and a portraitof a mountain guide at Engelberg(13)Estimate: £100.00 - £150.00

Lot: 11A Thai silver trophy for bowlingcirca 1922, traditional decorationwith a circular panel inscribedBANGKOK, U.C. 21, BOWLING,HAMILTON, height 22cm., 83/4in.; sold with a business cardfor Mr Hamilton (2) This trophywas won by Archibald Hamilton,a Sales Manager working for theSingapore based firm UnitedEngineers Limited who indeedstill trade to this day.Estimate: £80.00 - £120.00

Lot: 12A collection of twelve 19thcentury boxing prints, fourcoloured prints, Randall vBelasco, Dutch Sam v Medley, APrize Fight and Art Of SelfDefence; a monochrome portraitof Jem Belcher published byAnthony Noseda; six smallportrait prints, subjectscomprising Peter Crawley,George Taylor, Jack Scroggins,John Smith, Thomas Bates andanother untitled; and a small printof a boxing match after FinchMason, various sizes, all framedEstimate: £250.00 - £300.00

Lot: 13A Vanity Fair print of the boxerCaptain Edgeworth Johnston,titled 'Hard Hitter', unframed notillustratedEstimate: £30.00 - £40.00

Lot: 14A signed manuscript letter by the19th century heavyweight boxingchampion of the world John L.Sullivan dated 28th October 1910and addressed to Mr Ernest Isittand a personalised photograph ofSullivan aged 53 that was anenclosure with the letter, twopages in ink written on headedpaper of the Van Nuys Hotel, LosAngeles, a letter to an old friendthat Sullivan had not seen formany years, having retired fromboxing some 18 years beforehand Sullivan makes thereference HAVING NOTHING TODO, Sullivan states ENCLOSEYOU A TOKEN with reference tothe photograph he sent Mr Isitt

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which is inscribed in his handJOHN L. SULLIVAN, EX-CHAMPION HEAVYWEIGHT OFTHE WORLD. AGE 53. YOURSTRULY, TO, ERNEST ISITT, theletter goes on to encourage thatthe friend stay in touch andexpress a hope that they willmeet again one day, although inretirement Sullivan ran a saloon,and gained work as a Speaker aswell appearing on the Vaudevillestage, umpiring at baseball andfiling sports reports, he did fall onhard times due to lavish spendingand heavy drinking, and wouldeventually die a pauper at theage of 59, the significance of thisletter is that Sullivan makesreference to his POOR MAN'SABODE and COMING DOWNFROM THE HILL OFPROSPERITY from being one ofthe wealthiest sportsmen in theworld Provenance: AnnieHoward Isitt was the maidenname of the present vendor'spaternal grandmother. Thevendor's father at one time alsohad a pair of Sullivan's glovesthat he kept hanging on the wallof his study. Sullivan's friendErnest Isitt was living in Trenton,Philadelphia, when Sullivan wrotehim this letter in 1910.Estimate: £800.00 - £1,200.00

Lot: 15Six volumes on boxing,comprising: Wilde (Jimmy)Fighting Was My Business,autobiography with original d/j,published by Michael Joseph, 1stedition, 1938; Miles (HenryDownes) Pugilistica, The Historyof British Boxing, in 3 volumeswith 100 portraits andillustrations, John Grant,Edinburgh, 1906; Bettinson andOutram Tristram's The NationalSporting Club Past and Present,Sands & Co., London, 1901; & AF Bettinson & B Bennison's TheHome of Boxing, London, 1933;sold together with a collection of60 flyers for British boxingpromotions in the 1970s at theEmpire Pool, Royal Albert Halland York Hall (66)Estimate: £300.00 - £400.00

Lot: 16A ticket sales flyer for the JoeLouis v Max Schmeling WorldHeavyweight Championship fightat Yankee Stadium, New York,22nd June 1938 12 by 27cm., 5by 10 1/2in.Estimate: £50.00 - £75.00

Lot: 17A small archive of boxingephemera relating to amateurboxing circa 1944-1950, a poster,boxing programmes, tickets &photographs, mostly relating tothe boxing scene to the west andsouth-west of London Estimate: £100.00 - £150.00

Lot: 18A Light Weight Championship ofGreat Britain boxing belt awardedto Sam Steward in 1928, in silver-gilt & enamel by Percy EdwardsLtd, London, inscribed THESPORTING LIFE, LIGHTWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP,flanked by two enamel roundelsportraying John Bull, twoinscribed plaques the firstreading SAM STEWARD, JULY23 1928, DEFEATED JACKHYAMS, AT THE RING,BLACKFRIARS, the otherreading SAM STEWARD,DEFEATED ERNIE RICE, THERING, BLACKFRIARS, 17-9-28,LIGHT WEIGHTCHAMPIONSHIP OF GREATBRITAIN, all laid down on red,white & blue silk with claspsmodelled as serpents; in originalleather carrying case; soldtogether with two mountedphotographs of Steward in fightaction by P W Luton of NewCross, an original programme forthe Steward v Hyams fight at TheRing in 1928, a programme for acharity football match at WestHam Stadium 5.11.28 boxers vjockeys; plus tube rolled facsimilepress reports of Stewardbecoming champion from TheSporting Life and The DailyMirror Sam Steward was born inLewisham, south London, in1906 and according to the BritishBoxing Yearbook he competed in118 bouts with a record of 80-18-20. He was crowned Britishchampion when knocking outErnie Rice at The RIng,

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Blackfriars, 17th September1928. He held the title until 2ndMay 1929 when he lost on pointsto Fred Webster at the RoyalAlbert Hall, London. Estimate: £1,000.00 - £1,500.00

Lot: 19A poster promoting the GustaveRoth v Joe Zeeman internationalboxing match held in Brussels13th March 1935, backed ontolinen, 72.5 by 109cm., 28 1/2 by43in. Joe Zeeman fromCleveland, Ohio, lost this matchto the Belgian champion GustaveRoth on a points decision. Rothlater became the European light-heavyweight champion. Estimate: £250.00 - £350.00

Lot: 20A cedarwood lantern shade withthe openwork decorationdepicting a boxing match,probably French, circa 1950, 33by 23cm., 13 by 9in. Similarshades depicting field hockeyand football are being soldelsewhere in this catalogue. Estimate: £80.00 - £120.00

Lot: 21Two pairs of vintage tan leatherboxing gloves, maker's labels for'Stern', in used condition notillustratedEstimate: £40.00 - £60.00

Lot: 22A feltwork pennantcommemorating the boxer JoeLouis, printed portrait, facsimilesignature and inscribed JOELOUIS, length 66cm., 26in. Estimate: £50.00 - £80.00

Lot: 23A feltwork pennantcommemorating the 'Fight of theCentury' between MuhammadAli and George Foreman printeddecoration and inscriptions,length 74cm., 29in.Estimate: £100.00 - £150.00

Lot: 24A quantity of boxing posters &photographs, cardboard fight billposters for Cooper v Bodell,Cooper v Richardson & a trainingexhibition in Blackpool by SonnyListon, together with a modernrepro of a Blackfriars Ring fightposter; and a folio of 13 originalb&w press photographs, subjectsincluding Ali, Frazier, Cooper,Bugner, Minter, Sugar RayLeonard, Dempsey etc; the lotalso including a Joe Bugner-signed publicity card (18)Estimate: £150.00 - £200.00

Lot: 25Italian movie poster for the film'The Greatest' featuringMuhammad Ali, 'io sono il piugrande', published in Rome,1977, 70 by 33cm.,27 1/2 by 13in.Estimate: £150.00 - £250.00

Lot: 26A Sir Henry Cooper signedboxing trunks presentation, thetrunks being a navy blue & whitereplica of Cooper's trunks fromthe Clay fight in 1963, signed insilver marker pen, mountedtogether with a b&w photographof the Clay v Cooper fight,framed under perspex, 66 by87cm., 26 1/2 by 34 1/4in., COAtaped to the backboard Estimate: £150.00 - £250.00

Lot: 27A Muhammad Ali signed b&wphotograph of him standing overSonny Liston, 10 by 8in., signedin blue marker pen MUHAMMADALI, AKA CASSIUS CLAY; soldwith a COA (2) Estimate: £300.00 - £400.00

Lot: 28A signed print 'Ali With TheBeatles' the famous imagesigned by Muhammad Ali, 16 by20in., unframed; with COA (2)Estimate: £250.00 - £350.00

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Lot: 29A Muhammad Ali cut signaturedated 1973, in fine felt tip pen,inscribed 'Peace' and dated1973, laid down on cardEstimate: £150.00 - £200.00

Lot: 30A pair of 'stars and stripes'boxing gloves signed byMuhammad Ali and Joe Frazier,Ali has signed the right glove,Frazier the left, both in blackmarker pen Estimate: £400.00 - £600.00

Lot: 31A Mike Tyson signed boxingtrunks presentation, the blacktrunks signed in silver pen,mounted together with two colourphotographs and a title plaque,framed under perspex, 86.5 by94.5cm., 34 by 37 1/4in., COAtaped to the backboardEstimate: £150.00 - £250.00

Lot: 32A Mike Tyson signed boxingglove, the red souvenir glovesigned in black marker penEstimate: £200.00 - £250.00

Lot: 33A Mike Tyson/Frank Brunosigned boxing glovespresentation, two red right-handEverlast gloves, one signatureper glove, mounted with a colouraction photograph and containedwithin the frame by an unusualand creative domed perspexcover, 72 by 92cm., 28 1/4 by36in. Estimate: £200.00 - £300.00

Lot: 34Boxing memorabilia, includingofficial programmes for theLennox Lewis fights v Holyfield13.3.99 & 13.11.99, plus pressaccreditation for the MandalayBay fight; official programme forthe Lewis 'Thunder in Africa' fightv Rahman 22.4.2001, plus presspack and scorecard; a Lewis-signed copy of the programmefor the 'TNT' fight 8.5.93, plus apress pack; sold together with anofficial programme for the FrankBruno v Mike Tyson fight at theMGM Grand 16th March 1996plus the press pack, and a signedcolour photograph of Bruno; soldtogether with a press pack for theDanny Williams v Vitali Klitschkofight, complete with pressaccreditation (13)Estimate: £250.00 - £350.00

Lot: 35A good autograph collectioncollected in two albums in the1920s & 1930s, the majority ofthe signatures have been pastedinto the album from othersources, sometimes on a singlesheet, other times as individualcut-outs, the album containingthe 1926 & 1930 Australians,1928 West Indians, All India 1932plus part-groups for NewZealand & South Africa, countyteams including Glamorgan,Sussex, Essex, Middlesex,Worcestershire, Hampshire,North v South, Oxford University,Yorkshire, Kent, Levison GowerXI v West Indies, Derbyshire,Nottinghamshire,Northamptonshire, Surrey,Lancashire, Somerset and apage of umpires; the otheralbum, from the similar period,with pasted photographs,postcards, scorecards etc. someof which bear signatures or areaccompanied by cut-outs fromother sources, subjects includingEngland & Australia, West IndiesMCC, Lancashire, individualsincluding Hobbs & Sutcliffe andmany other stars of the day Estimate: £500.00 - £800.00

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Lot: 36Two 1930s cricket autographbooks, the first with mostlypasted cut-out signatures,subjects including Hobbs,Bradman, Lord Tennyson,Bowley, Ames, Hornibrook,Oldfield, Walker, Woodfull, Tate,Woolley, Duleepsinhji and others,the second album with mostlypencil signatures including someof the 1936 Indians,Leicestershire, Hampshire(including v New Zealand),Surrey and other individuals andgroupings of players ; the lotalso including some loose pages,including a Warwickshire team-groupEstimate: £100.00 - £150.00

Lot: 37A signed photograph of theEngland cricket team to Australia1920-21, the image 30.5 by37cm., 12 by 14 1/2in., titled tomount and signed in ink by all 17subjects including tour managerF C Toone who has alsoinscribed the mount TO MR &MRS R.H. BELL, FROM F.C.TOONE, WITH COMPLIMENTS,unframedEstimate: £400.00 - £600.00

Lot: 38A luncheon menu from theRowntrees Cocoa Works in Yorksigned by the 1926 Australiatouring cricket team, dated 11thJune, the day before the 1st TestMatch at Trent Bridge, signed tothe reverse in ink by 11 membersof the Australian team comprisingEllis, Woodfull, Collins, SydneySmith (manager), Bardsley,Everett, Richardson, Ryder,Andrews, Grimmett & Gregory,heavy horizontal fold Estimate: £200.00 - £300.00

Lot: 39A signed photograph of DanBradman taken on the day of'The Blackheath Ton' signed inblue ink to the 4 1/2 by 3in.photo, the reverse inscribed inBradman's hand THE DAY IMADE 100 IN 3 OVERS, ATBLACKHEATH, photograph withbackstamp for M. Marshall Thismatch was played in the BlueMountains town of Blackheath to

commemorate the opening oftheir concrete wicket. Bradmanand his New South Wales team-mate Bill Wendelll were guests inthe Blackheath team. The gamewas played in December 1931and Bradman made 256comprising 14 sixes & 29 fours.Midway through the innings hewalked down to Wendell and said'I think I'll have a go'. Over thenext three eight ball overs (theconvention of the day) Bradmanscored a ton, his scoring shotswere: 1st Over; 66424461 (33);2nd Over 64466464 (40) 3rdOver 16611446 (27) & 2 toWendell who scored singles onthe first & fifth balls of the 3rdOver. Bradman later wrote; 'It isimportant I think to emphasisethat the thing was not planned. Ithappened purely by accident andeveryone was surprised at theoutcome, none more so than I.'Estimate: £300.00 - £400.00

Lot: 40A signed photograph of the 1938Australians, signed in ink to thelower mount by W H Jeanes(manager), M G Waite, S GBarnes, W A Brown, W JO'Reilly, C W Walker, E LMcCormick, S J McCabe, D GBradman, L O Fleetwood-Smith,J H W Fingleton, B A Barnett, F AWard, A L Hassett, C L Badcock& C W Walker, lacking A GChipperfield; sold together with aTour brochure part-signed to theinterior by W A Brown, W JO'Reilly, A L Hassett, C WWalker & E C S White (2) Estimate: £350.00 - £450.00

Lot: 41A P&O "Viceroy of India" shipmenu signed by Lord Tennyson'sEngland team returning from theTour of India in February 1938,14 signatures in ink comprisingYardley, Jameson, Gibb,Hardstaff, Gover, Peebles, Parks,Wellard, Worthington, McCorkell,Edrich, Pope, Smith, Langridge(lacking Lord Tennyson andHosie), menu in poor condition,but nevertheless a rare set ofEngland tourist signatures Estimate: £150.00 - £200.00

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Lot: 42A signed photograph of the 1938Australian touring cricket team,fully signed in ink by the 16-manparty and by the tour manager WH Jeanes plus the scorer, printedtitle above, the photograph an 8by 11in., framed & glazed, 37 by44.5cm., 14 1/2 by 17 1/2in.overall Estimate: £700.00 - £900.00

Lot: 43A postcard of the ship 'StirlingCastle' signed by the MCCtouring team of 1946-47, signedin ink by Smith, Ikin, A Bedser,Hutton, Gibb, Langridge, Edrich,Hardstaff, Compton, Voce,Washbrook, Fishlock, Yardley,Hammond and Wright Estimate: £120.00 - £160.00

Lot: 44A multi-signed 1980 CentenaryTest souvenir brochure, bearing56 signatures throughout, a fullhand written list is available in thelot, signatures including Titmuss,Lock, Cowdrey, Graveney,Barrington, Voce, E Bedser,Ames, Boycott, Jackman, Gower,O'Reilly, Massie, Walters,Yardley, Gooch, Close,Luckhurst, McKenzie, Tyson,Roope and many others; soldtogether with postcards featuringthe England & Australia teamsfrom this match; and alsoincluding a Graham Goochsigned '333' scorecard v India in1990 (4) not illustratedEstimate: £80.00 - £100.00

Lot: 45The cricket bat used by C. P.Mead when scoring centuries forHampshire v Australia andYorkshire in 1934, a Gunn &Moore, Nottingham, treble springautograph bat, inscribed to theface WITH THIS BAT I SCORED,139 v AUSTRALIANS, 123 vYORKSHIRE, PHIL MEAD, 1934,further inscribed C.P. MEAD,BORN MARCH 9TH 1887,HAMPSHIRE C.C.C., the reverseof the bat signed by Mead at theshoulder C P Mead scored over55,000 First Class runs in a longa career, placing him 4th on theall time list. But he holds therecord for the most runs

accumulated for a single team,48,892 for Hampshire CCC. Hewas 47 years of age whenscoring the centuries with the batbeing offered here and played onfor a further two seasons.Estimate: £200.00 - £300.00

Lot: 46A child's-size cricket batautographed by teams touringCeylon circa 1934-1936, theface signed by the MCC teamand the India & Ceylon XI whoplayed at Colombo 22-24February, additionally signed byJack Hobbs dated 11.10.36, thereverse of the bat signed by the1934 Australians whopresumably stopped off in Ceylonen route to England for the Ashesseries, and also signed by theMCC team of 1936 who againpresumably had a stop-over enroute to Australia & New Zealandfor their 1936-37 Tour; soldtogether with printed team-groupphotographs of the 1934Australia and 1936-37 MCCteams (3) The bat is inscribedwith the name of the owner whocollected the autographs, MissPam Tarbat, Colombo. PamelaGladys Tarbat was born inCeylon 3rd July 1919 and wasthe daughter of Sir John AllanTarbat who was appointed as aSenator of Ceylon in 1947. SirJohn was involved in sport inCeylon including being Patron ofthe island's Football Associationand Olympic Committee, as wellas organising athleticschampionships. Estimate: £400.00 - £600.00

Lot: 47A miniature cricket bat signed bythe complete Australia touringparty and the England XI on theoccasion of Bradman's last TestMatch at the Oval in 1948, theAustralian signatures in ink to theface, the reverse with theEngland team also in ink andadditionally signed in ink by theNew Zealand touring team of1949, and the India touring teamof 1952Estimate: £300.00 - £400.00

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Lot: 48An autographed cricket bat from1959, 'Gray-Nicolls Crusader' full-size bat signed on both sides ofthe blade by 8 members of theEngland side, 15 Indian Tourists,12 Kent, 12 Hampshire, 13Leicestershire and 12 Glamorgancounty cricketers, signaturesincluding Colin Cowdrey, GodfreyEvans, Peter May, KenBarrington, Pankaj Roy, FredRidgway, Martin Horton, John"Jack" Pettiford, Stuart Leary,Don Shepherd etc. not illustratedEstimate: £60.00 - £90.00

Lot: 49A cricket bat signed by theEngland and Rest of the Worldteams in 1970, signatures in pento the face, the reverseadditionally signed by the Surrey,Yorkshire and Derbyshire countyteams not illustratedEstimate: £60.00 - £80.00

Lot: 50A collection of five signed cricketbats, comprising: a bat signed bythe 1980 West Indies team toEngland, 18 signatures includingchairman of selectors ClydeWalcott; a bat signed at theInternational Double WicketTournament at Scarborough in1980, signatures includingGavaskar, Proctor, Woolmer,Sadiq Mohammed, Lance Cairnsetc.; a similar bat for the 1982tournament at Bristol, signed byLloyd, Turner, Roope, Edmonds,Emburey, Sadiq Mohammed etc.;a bat autographed by the 1982India team to England, 16signatures; and a bat signed by aMike Gatting England team circa1987; sold together with anofficial signed photograph of theWest Indies 1980 Touring Teamto England, 17 signatures to thecard folder (6)Estimate: £250.00 - £350.00

Lot: 51A limited edition signed cricketbat display titled 'Golden Greats',by Blazed in Glory and numbered331, the bat signed in blackmarker pen by Geoff Boycott, IanChappell, Clive Lloyd, Asif Iqbal,Ravi Shastri, Tony Greig, RichieBenaud, Sir Richard Hadlee,Imran Khan, Michael Holding,Bob Willis, Lee Irvine, KrishSrikkanth, & Keith Stackpole, thesurrounding mount inscribed withthe Test Match record of thefeatured cricketers, housed withina glazed box frame, 111 by 49 by10cm., 43 3/4 by 19 1/4 by 4in. Estimate: £200.00 - £250.00

Lot: 52A limited edition signed cricketbat display titled 'Great TestPerformances Australia vs.England', the bat mounted with ametal plaque also titled andengraved with the Kangaroo &Lion national emblems, signed tothe face in fine black marker penby Bill Brown, Neil Harvey, SamLoxton, Arthur Morris, BillJohnston, Richie Benaud, AlanDavidson, Bob Simpson, DougWalters, Keith Stackpole, GregChappell, Jeff Thomson, MaxWalker, Ian Chappell, KimHughes, Geoff Lawson, DeanJones, David Boon, Bruce Reid,Greg Matthews, CraigMcDermott, Merv Hughes, AllanBorder & Ian Healy, thesurrounding mount with portraitpictures of the Australian playersand details of their finest matchperformances in Ashes seriesdating between 1938 and 1998-99, numbered 174/400, the batwithin a glazed box frame, 111 by49 by 10cm., 43 3/4 by 19 1/4 by4in. Estimate: £200.00 - £250.00

Lot: 53An early cricket medal, a gold-mounted silver medal inscribedCRICKET, 1889, FAIRFAX C.C.,MR. A. DULLEY, PRESENTEDBY F.W. MAISHMAN & Co., inoriginal caseEstimate: £150.00 - £250.00

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Lot: 54a 9ct, gold medal presented toLearie Constantine on theoccasion of the Trinidad TestMatch v MCC in 1926, theobverse with a cricket scene, thereverse inscribed PRESENTEDBY, TRINIDAD JEWELERY &LOAN Co. Ltd., M.C.C. WESTINDIES, TEST MATCH,TRINIDAD, 1926 It is highlyunusual for a gold medal, or anymedal, to be presented on theoccasion of a Test Match -although interestingly this gamehas not been afforded full Teststatus. The WICB were, however,accepted into the internationalfold in 1926 with the first fullyrecognised official Test Matchoccurring in 1928. This particularmedal was presented to the allrounder L N Constantine, whowas playing on his home groundat the Queen's Park Oval, Port ofSpain. Constantine is widelyconsidered to have been the firstWest Indian player to make animpression of the cricketingpublic, with Neville Cardus writingin 1934 calling him "genius ... themost original cricketer of recentyears." Aside from cricket hewas a lawyer and politician whoserved as Trinidad's HighCommissioner to the UnitedKingdom. An advocate againstracial discrimination, in later lifehe was influential in the passingof the Race Relations Act inBritain. He was knighted in 1962and became the UK's first blackpeer in 1969. Estimate: £700.00 - £900.00

Lot: 55The Tony Lock Collection (Surreyand England) comprising: i, ii &iii) three navy blue MCC touringcaps, with George & the Dragonemblem, the interior labels allmarked T.L. or LOCK, 1 withmoth damage, and with anotherto a lesser extent iv) brownSurrey CCC blazer, mothdamage v) a sleeveless Englandjumper, hole to the back, smallarea of unstitching to the ribbingby the left arm opening vi) asilver mounted cricket ball withband inscribed PRESENTED TOG.A.R. LOCK BY THEPRESIDENT, COMMITTEE ANDMEMBERS OF THE SURREYCOUNTY CRICKET CLUB ONTHE OCCASION OF HIS

TAKING 10 WICKETS IN ANINNINGS AGAINST KENTDURING THE MATCH PLAYEDAT BLACKHEATH ON JULY7th/10th 1956. HIS FULLANALYSIS WAS 29.1 OVERS,18 MAIDENS, 54 RUNS, 10WICKETS, on a custom madewooden base vii, viii & ix) SurreyCCC County Championstankards for 1957 & 1958, bothengraved with the initialsG.A.R.L., and a cigarette box forthe earlier County Championshiptitle in 1953, named to G.A.R.LOCK x & xi) a table cigarettelighter inscribed IN HONOUR OFREGAINING THE ASHES 1953,G.A.R.L.; an electroplatedashtray also presented inrecognition of the 1953 Ashesvictory, from Claude R. Harperxii) an award presented to TonyLock in Australia in 1968 xiii) a tieclip designed as a batsman xiv)an ale glass with etchedcaricature of Lock and engravedG.A.R. LOCK Graham AnthonyRichard Lock was born atLimpsfield, Surrey, 5th July 1929,and made his debut for SurreyCCC aged 17 in 1946. The slowleft arm orthodox bowler playedin 654 First Class Matches untilhis retirement in 1967, including49 Test Matches, and taking2,844 career wickets at anaverage of under 20. He oncetook all 10 Kent wickets in aninnings in 1956. His 'spin twins'partnership with Jim Laker wasinstrumental in Surrey dominatingthe County Championship in the1950s and in England regainingand retaining The Ashes. TonyLock died in Perth, WesternAustralia, aged 65 in 1995.Estimate: £1,200.00 - £1,600.00

Lot: 56An English cricket caps displaycase, the glass fronted archedwooden display case containinga full collection of caps for theeighteen English County Cricketteams plus England and MCCTouring caps making 20examples in total, 110 by 120 by14cm., 43 by 47 by 5 1/2in.Estimate: £1,000.00 - £1,500.00

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Lot: 57A framed display featuring anEngland cricket cap and sweaterand the autographs of 23England cricket captains, the capmounted over the sleevelesssweater, the original recipients ofwhich are unknown, andsurrounded by cut-out signaturesmostly in ink of Tony Greig, IanBotham, Geoff Boycott, BobWillis, Graham Gooch, MikeBrearley, Mike Denness, MikeAtherton, John Emburey, RayIllingworth, Colin Cowdrey, ChrisCowdrey, David Gower, MikeGatting, Keith Fletcher, BrianClose, Mike Smith, Tony Lewis,Ted Dexter, John Edrich, TomGraveney, Alec Stewart & AllanLamb, in a glazed box frame, 89by 63.5 by 9cm., 35 by 25 1/4 by3 1/2in.Estimate: £200.00 - £300.00

Lot: 58A Mike Gatting England touringcap, with stitched labels tointerior one printed M.W.GATTING, the other inscribed inhand GATT; sold together with asigned letter of authenticity fromJulia Pearce of Middlesex CCCon Mike Gatting Testimonialheaded paper, addressed to MrsPauline Johnston, The BrianJohnston Memorial Trust (2)Estimate: £300.00 - £500.00

Lot: 59A collection of seven Australiancricket caps, all with areasonable vintage, comprising:i) a Sydney University CricketClub cap, blue with narrow redbordered gold hoops, by DavidJones of Sydney ii) a green capwith yellow checked peak, yellowemblem of a kangaroo astride acrown, a Kushy Peak cap byphilip Joseph iii) a black WesternAustralia Country XI cap dated1970, the name tag insideinscribed J Mc, by M & MJohnston of Perth iv) an unknownAustralian manufactured cap inblue, red & gold v) a maroonCarlton Club cap, makerunknown vi) a black VictoriaCricket Association cap, by PhilipJoseph vii) a black MelbourneUniversity Cricket Club cap,maker unknownEstimate: £120.00 - £160.00

Lot: 60A Peter Carlstein South AfricaTest cricket cap dated 1960,hand written name tag to interior,green by L.F. Palmer (Pty) Ltd.,Johannesburg, inscribed S.A.1960Estimate: £180.00 - £220.00

Lot: 61An unusual signing of a Sri LankaTest Match player issue shirt bythe Indian touring team in 2008,13 signatures in fine blackmarker pen, Sehwag, Kumble,Dravid, Tendulkar etc.Estimate: £80.00 - £100.00

Lot: 62A squad-signed 2012 IPLChennai Super Kings replicashirt, 20 signatures in blackmarker penEstimate: £80.00 - £100.00

Lot: 63A signed photogravure of FrancisStanley Jackson by thephotographer George W.Beldam, signed in pencil to thelower mount by both Jackson andBeldam, the image 42 by 28cm.,16 1/2 by 11in., mounted in amodern frame, overall 82 by99cm., 32 1/4 by 39in.Estimate: £300.00 - £400.00

Lot: 64A panoramic photograph of theSydney Cricket Ground circa1901, in four plates, showinglarge scale parade and marchingbands on the outfield, the image33 by 104cm., 13 by 41in.,mounted, framed & glazed,overall 48.5 by 120cm., 19 by47in.Estimate: £150.00 - £250.00

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Lot: 65Printed photograph of the MCCTeam touring Australia in 1903-04, published by Refereemagazine 6 April 1904 as a freesupplement, the imagesurrounded by printedinformation concerning results,records and averages, mounted,framed & glazed, overall 49 by62cm., 19 by 25in.Estimate: £120.00 - £160.00

Lot: 66A period panoramic photographof The Oval cricket ground,printed on three sheets, thescene believed to be 'Jessop'sMatch', England v Australia TestMatch of 1902, the image 10 by39.5cm., 4 by 15 1/2in., mounted,framed & glazedEstimate: £200.00 - £250.00

Lot: 67A period photograph of the 1903Kenty County Cricket team, sepia-toned, the image 21.5 by 28cm.,8 1/2 by 11in., printed legend tomount, unframedEstimate: £250.00 - £350.00

Lot: 68A period photograph of the 1905Kent County Cricket team, sepia-toned, the image 20 by 28cm., 8by 11in., printed legend to mount,players including Blythe,Marsham, Dillon, Hearne etc.,framed & glazedEstimate: £250.00 - £350.00

Lot: 69A panoramic photograph of the1st Test between Australia andEngland at the Sydney CricketGround 18th October 1920, largeoriginal sepia panoramicphotograph from the 1st Testmatch played at Sydney on the18th December 1920. thephotograph showing H.L. Collinsand C Kelleway batting inAustralia's first innings withMacartney, with the 40,000crowd looking on, titling togetherwith cameo images showingportraits of players, published byAlan Row & Co., Sydney, theimage 24 by 99cm., 9 Â½ by 39in.,

mounted, framed & glazed,overall 48 by 125cm., 19 by 49in.Estimate: £200.00 - £250.00

Lot: 70Official photograph of theVictorian Cricket Team winnersof the Sheffield Shield 1924-25,published by EB Studios,Sydney, printed legend, 6 by 8in.,mounted, framed & glazed,overall 32 by 37cm., 12 1/2 by 141/2in.Estimate: £80.00 - £100.00

Lot: 71Bodyline: A framed photographicsouvenir of the First Test Matchat Sydney 3rd December 1932, a7 by 36in. panorama by EBStudios, Sydney, featuring StanMcCabe during his innings of 187not out, with facsimile signature,published by the sports companyMick Simmons Ltd with whomMcCabe was on the staff, stains& paper damage, framed &glazed; sold together with abooklet 'The Tests 1932-3', 2ndedition, in modern bindings;Arthur Mailey's 'And Then CameLarwood'; and Douglas Jardine's'In Quest of the Ashes (4) +,bound brochure + 2 booksEstimate: £100.00 - £150.00

Lot: 72After William Drummond &Charles Basebe THE CRICKETMATCH BETWEEN SUSSEXAND KENT AT BRIGHTONmixed method engraving by C HPhillips, published by W HMason, 1849, an earlyimpression, in old maple frame,overall 84 by 114cm., 33 by 45in. This picture formerly hung atThe Cricketers Club, London.Estimate: £100.00 - £150.00

Lot: 73After William Drummond andCharles J Basebe THE CRICKETMATCH BETWEEN SUSSEXAND KENT AT BRIGHTON[1849] engraved by G W Phillips,fine colours, excellent example,the image 59 by 90cm., 23 1/4 by35 1/2in., label to the reverse forThe Parker Gallery, London,mounted, framed & glazed,overall 84.5 by 112cm., 33 1/4 by

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44in.Estimate: £300.00 - £400.00

Lot: 74After Charles Walter RadclyffeTHE SCHOOL, FROM THEUPPER GREEN [CRICKETERSAT CHARTERHOUSE SCHOOL]a mid-19th century colourlithograph published by Day &Haghe, the image 20 by 30.5cm.,8 by 12in., mounted, framed &glazed not illustratedEstimate: £40.00 - £60.00

Lot: 75Barraud & Jerrards (publishers)CANTERBURY CRICKETWEEK, 1877 a permanentcarbon print published in 1877,the image 44.5 by 82cm., 17 3/4by 32 1/4in., the reverse of theframe pasted with the originalpaper key that identifies 131personalities portrayed in thepicture, overall size 81 by117cm., 32 by 46in.Estimate: £200.00 - £300.00

Lot: 76The Captains of the CountyCricket Clubs of England for1886, print with individualportraits of Alfred Shaw, W.G.Grace, Edward Sainsbury, J.P.Kingston, H.V. Page, JohnShuter etc., accompanied byfacsimile signatures, publishedby Blake & McKenzie, Liverpool,1886, in original oak frame,glazed, overall 72.5 by 76cm., 281/2 by 30in.Estimate: £80.00 - £120.00

Lot: 77The First-Class Cricketers of1893, oval photogravuredepicting various player portraits,surrounded by vignettes of abowler, a wicket-keeper, anumpire, W.G. Grace batting, andwith a larger oval image of Lord'sPavilion above, the image 42 by60cm., 16 1/2 by 23 1/2in.Estimate: £300.00 - £500.00

Lot: 78Nine Vanity Fair prints ofcricketers, C M Wells, FrankJackson Stanley, John LoraineBaldwin, Hylton Philipson, B J TBosanquet, Robert Abel, DigbyLoder Armroid Jephson & LionelCharles Hamilton Palairet all bySpy, and Captain EdwardWynyard by C S, unframed, allaccompanied by photostats ofthe original biographies from theMen of the Day series, overall invery good conditionEstimate: £250.00 - £350.00

Lot: 79A group of six framed Vanity Fairprints of cricketers, titlescomprising: i) Oxford Cricket, bySpy ii) A Flannelled Fighter, bySpy iii) Yorkshire, by Spy iv)Reggie, by Spy v) EnglishCricket, by Ape vi) untitled imageof a batsman, by Lib all mounted,framed & glazedEstimate: £120.00 - £150.00

Lot: 80A print of the England v Australia1980 Centenary Test Match atLord's signed by 11 Englandcricket captains, the print alimited edition after ArthurWeaver, numbered 457/850, thelower margin signed in ink by P BH May, M J K Smith, C SCowdrey, L Hutton, R Illingworth,R E S Wyatt, F R Brown, G O BAllen, E R Dexter, N W D Yardley& M H Denness, additionallysigned by the artist, mounted,framed & glazed, 71 by 89cm.,28 by 35in., a key to thesignatures taped to the backboardEstimate: £120.00 - £160.00

Lot: 81Amos Ramsbottom (1889-1967)CARICATURE OF K.L.HUTCHINGS signed and dated'07, pen & ink & wash, the image12 by 6cm., 5 by 2 1/2in.,mounted under glass in a modernframe Kenneth Hutchings playedfor Kent and England and wasWisden Cricketer of the Year in1907, the date of Ramsbottom'scaricature. He was tragicallykilled whilst serving with theKing's Liverpool Regiment, aged33, at Ginchy, France, 3rdSeptember 1916.

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Estimate: £150.00 - £250.00

Lot: 82An original pen and ink cartoonartwork by A.E.M. featuring A CMaclaren and titled 'AThreatening Outlook,' whichshows Maclaren looking out ofhis bedroom window at his housecalled 'The Englishman's Home'as a cloud shaped as anAustralian Kangaroo flies overthe counties of Notts, Northantsand Essex, the caption reads'Maclaren, The Captain ofEngland, wonders, whether hishouse will bear the storm. TheAustralian Cricketers havealready outplayed Notts,Northants and Essex and areevidently a very strong side',mounted together with aMaclaren signature and hisaddress written in Maclaren'shand, mounted, framed andglazed, overall 56 by 71cm., 22by 28in. Estimate: £150.00 - £200.00

Lot: 83Ivan Rose (20th century) NEILHARVEY signed & dated '84, oilon canvas, 55 by 39cm., 21 1/2by 15 1/2in., framed This workfeatured in the book The Lord'sTaverners Fifty Greatest,published in 1983. This theoriginal oil was purchaseddirectly from the artist at anexhibition and sale at the CafeRoyal in London in 1984. Estimate: £140.00 - £180.00

Lot: 84A Victorian cricket trophy, in theform of a two-handled cup inbritannia metal, engraved with acricket scene to one side andinscribed to the otherPRESENTED BY G.M.PELLING, height 31cm., 12 1/4in.Estimate: £150.00 - £250.00

Lot: 85A Gray-Nicholls cricketsalesman's or shop display,comprising four miniature modelbats and a set of stumps andbails, two of the bats have beensigned by 1970s England teams,another has printed signatures ofthe 1956 Australians; the lot alsoincluding a Nicholls miniaturemodel of a circa 1770 curved bat,and two miniature models ofhockey sticks by Hazells ofCambridge; sold together with anAboriginal boomerangautographed by the England andAustralia teams of 1974-75Estimate: £200.00 - £300.00

Lot: 86A rare and early cricket matchadvertisement poster dated 1842,for the Kent Club's Grand CricketMatch Kent v Englandcommencing 1 August 1842played on the Beverley Ground,Canterbury, printed by theKentish Observer, Canterbury, 38by 25.5cm., 15 by 10in. This wasa four-day match played 1-4August 1842. The Kent XI battedfirst and posted 278 with FullerPilch top-scoring but falling tworuns short of a century. F WLillywhite took five wickets forEngland. Fine bowling by BillyHillyer who took six Englishwickets gave his Kent team a 12run first innings lead. Kent's 2ndinnings, however, wasdisastrous. The hosts weredismissed for just 44 runs with FW Lillywhite taking his matchwickets haul to 11. Englandachieved their target for the lossof just one wicket.Estimate: £300.00 - £500.00

Lot: 87Two rare and early cricketscorecards for the Grand CricketMatches at Canterbury in 1866and 1867, mounted side-by-sidein a picture frame, both fixturesbeing for North v South of TheThames, both printed by S. Hydeof Canterbury, 28 by 37cm., 11by 14 1/2in. The 1866 match isinteresting in that all three of theGrace brothers featured in theSouth of the Thames XI, withW.G. Grace managing only aduck and 6 runs. Estimate: £400.00 - £500.00

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Lot: 88Three cricket poems by AlbertCraig 'The Surrey Poet', titled:ON THE BRILLIANT DEFENCEOF DR. W.G. GRACE ANDCAPTAIN SHUTER AGAINSTTHE AUSTRALIANS AT LORDS,ON MAY 28th 1888, WELCOMEHOME AGAIN [undated],ROBERT HENDERSON, ONEOF OLD SURREY FAVOURITEScirca 1891Estimate: £300.00 - £400.00

Lot: 89A large collection of cricketscorecards, three pre-warscomprising Worcestershire vSouth Africans 1935 and twoLeicestershire county matchesfrom 1938, otherwise a post-warcollection dating from the late1940s onwards, mostly for Lord'sand The Oval, at county & oneday level, also tour matches,Tests and other games played atthe grounds, some other contentincluding Worcestershire, Kentand Sussex scorecards, the lotalso including a few Cricketermagazines etc.Estimate: £300.00 - £500.00

Lot: 9014 Yorkshire County Cricket Clubfull member's tickets, anunbroken run from 1973 to 1986,fine condition Estimate: £30.00 - £50.00

Lot: 91An archive of the English cricketcaptain Freddie Brown, containedin two large ledgers, the first fullof ephemera from Bodyline to1948, including wartimecoverage, press cuttings,telegrams, privately takenphotographs, plus press photos,as well as cricket their is rugby &field hockey content; the secondspecifically chronicling theEngland team he captained onthe tour of Australia & NewZealand in 1950-51, mostly presscuttings, plus a group oftelegrams at the frontEstimate: £600.00 - £800.00

Lot: 92Jack Hobbs memorabiliacollected by the cricket writerRalph Barker, a double-signedphotograph of Hobbs andSutcliffe; silk scorecards for hisinnings of 318no v Middlesex atLord's in 1926, the 1926 OvalTest v Australia, a Hobbs signedexample for Somerset v Surrey1925 which created two records,Hobbs 126th & 127th centuriesand 13th & 14th in one season; aregular scorecard for the 1926Oval Test (Hobbs scored a 2ndinnings 100) signed by 17 of theEngland & Australia players fromthe game; a scorecard from theTrent Bridge Test v South Africain 1924 when the visitors werebowled out for 30, signed byHobbs, Sutcliffe, Hendren & Tate;plus various other unsignedscorecards and 'wagon wheels'of Hobbs' innings; some Tuck'sminiature gramophone recordsfeaturing J B Hobbs; then generalcorrespondence in the course ofBarker's writing research, andBarker's book 'Innings of aLifetime' together with anuncorrected advance proof (aqty.) Estimate: £400.00 - £600.00

Lot: 93John Wisden's Cricketers'Almanacks, 24 vols datingbetween 1938 and 1982, eighthardbacks for 1938, 1949, 1951,1954, 1956, 1964, 1965 & 1977,sixteen soft bound for 1945 to1948, 1950, 1952, 1955, 1957,1959-1960, 1969, 1975-1976,1978-1979 & 1982, mostly ingood conditionEstimate: £400.00 - £500.00

Lot: 94Playfair Cricket Annual, 57volumes, an unbroken run from1949 to 2005, larger illustratedformat between 1949 and 1962,generally in good condition notillustratedEstimate: £50.00 - £80.00

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Lot: 95A collection of cricket booksincluding John Wisden'sCricketers' Almanacks, theWisdens a mixture of hardbacksand softbacks forming anunbroken run between 1959 and2002, plus other Wisdenpublications, the lot also includinga qty. of post-war cricket books inhardback and softback, alsoPlayfair annuals, HampshireCCC handbooks and othermiscellaneous titles (a qty.) notillustratedEstimate: £150.00 - £250.00

Lot: 96A Kent County Cricket Yearbookfor 1900, blue cloth gilt, goodcondition not illustratedEstimate: £80.00 - £100.00

Lot: 97British Sports & Sportsmen:Cricket and Football, limitededition, this copy numbered198/1,000, compiled and editedby 'The Sportsman', publishedLondon 1917, numerous platesand illustrations, red leather gilt not illustratedEstimate: £100.00 - £150.00

Lot: 98W G Grace's book "cricket" thisparticular volume originallyowned by Siegfried Sassoon theEnglish poet, writer and soldierwho received it as a Christmaspresent aged 12 in 1898, with aninscription in the hand of theyoung Sassoon to the front endpaper, modern monogrammedlibrary label relating to this bookbeing sold at auction in 1991 ispasted to the inside of the frontcover, green cloth, gilt, publishedby J W Arrowsmith, Bristol, 1891,good condition Siegfried LoraineSassoon (1886-1967) wasdecorated for his bravery on theWestern Front and became oneof the leading poets of the FirstWorld War. He is also bestremembered for his fictionalisedautobiography the 'SherstonTrilogy.' Sassoon expressed hisopinions on the political situation

before the onset of the FirstWorld War thus - "France was alady, Russia was a bear, andperforming in county cricket wasmuch more important than eitherof them". Sassoon had dreamt ofplaying for Kent County CricketClub, inspired no doubt by thefact that the county CaptainFrank Marchant was a neighbour.Siegfried often turned out forBluehouses at the Nevill Ground,where he sometimes playedalongside Arthur Conan Doyle.He also played cricket for hishouse at Marlborough College,once taking 7 wickets for 18 runs.Although a talented enthusiast,Sassoon was not good enough toplay First Class Cricket, but heplayed cricket for Matfield, andlater for the Downside Abbeyteam, continuing into hisseventies. This volume wasoriginally sold at the auction ofSiegfried Sassoon's library atSotheby's on 18th July 1991. Itwas sold as part of lot 34, amultiple offering of 72 volumesrelating to cricket, golf and fishingand was the first mentioned itemin the catalogue description.Estimate: £200.00 - £400.00

Lot: 99A signed copy of Cricket by W.G.Grace, double-signed on theacknowledgement page by W.G.Grace and his close friend and inall probability the ghost writer WMethven Brownlee, first edition1891; sold with a letter confirmingthat the original presentation ofthis book was by Grace to JackWilkinson a county team-mateand Gloucestershire, who latergave it to his niece EvelynWoodland nee Ball (2) Estimate: £200.00 - £300.00

Lot: 100A signed copy of W.G. Grace's'WG', Cricketing Reminiscences& Personal Recollections, signedon the front end paper, datedMay 1st 1906 and inscribed HWILLIS, WITH ALL GOODWISHES, FROM W.G. GRACEEstimate: £200.00 - £300.00

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Lot: 101Five author-signed cricket books,Maurice Tate's My CricketingReminiscences, A E R Gilligan'sCollins's Men, John Arlott'sMaurice Tate, A E R Gilligan'sSussex Cricket and DudleyCarew's England Over; soldtogether with two tour brochures,1934 Australians and 1947 SouthAfricans (7) not illustratedEstimate: £120.00 - £160.00

Lot: 102A collection of cricket books, TheBook of Cricket edited by C BFry, The History of Kent CountyCricket edited by Lord Harris,Cricket Of To-Day Illustrated byPercy Cross Standing, 'W G' byW G Grace, The History ofCricket by Eric Parker, Cricket byW G Grace, The CompleteCricketer by Albert E Knight, Batand Ball edited by Thomas Moult,How We Recovered The Ashesby P F Warner, WinchesterCollege Cricket by E B Noel &The Fight For The Ashes in 1926by P F Warner not illustratedEstimate: £200.00 - £300.00

Lot: 103Hill (Alan) Bill Edrich ABiography, limited edition thisvolume numbered 37/150, signedby the author and by DennisCompton who wrote theforeword, Andre Deutsch Ltd andJ W McKenzie, 1994 notillustratedEstimate: £50.00 - £70.00

Lot: 104A fine & early silver medalawarded for curling atInnerleithen in 1835, in Scottishsilver by Leonard Urquhart,Edinburgh, inscribed CURLINGMEDAL, GAINED BY, MR Dd.WILSON, ARTIFICIAL RINK, St.RONAN'S BORDER GAMES,INNERLEITHEN, 1835, diameterapprox. 6cm., 2 1/2in.Estimate: £250.00 - £350.00

Lot: 105A French advertisement posterfor Dilecta Cycles circa 1930,with a striking design by G.Favre, signed in the plate,published by Gaillard, Paris,backed onto linen, 104 by 75cm.,41 by 29 1/2in.Estimate: £500.00 - £700.00

Lot: 106A collection of autographscollected at The Amateur GolfChampionships at Prestwick in1934, recto/verso on four pagesremoved from an album,signatures in pencil, 54autographs in total, subjectsincluding the American AmateurChampions Francis Ouimet(1931) and George Dunlap(1933), also Stanley Lunt, JohnnyGoodman, Jack McLean, ArnoldBentley et al. Estimate: £140.00 - £180.00

Lot: 107A signed Ben Hogan 'OpenChampionship Winner' display,comprising two 12 by 8in. b&wphotographs, signature in ink,printed details of his OpenChampionship victory in 1953,mounted, framed & glazed, 50 by84cm., 19 3/4 by 33in.Estimate: £160.00 - £200.00

Lot: 108A triple-signed late 1960s b&wphotograph of Arnold Palmer,Gary Player and Jack Nicklaus, 9by 11in., signature in black feltpen, mounted, framed & glazed These autographs were collectedat Durban Country Club in SouthAfrica.Estimate: £400.00 - £600.00

Lot: 109Souvenir of the 1981 Ryder Cupat Walton Heath fully signed bythe American and Europeanteams, in the form of a printedshield laid down on a woodenbackboard, the signatures all inballpoint pen, 74 by 69cm., 29 by27in.Estimate: £100.00 - £150.00

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Lot: 110A signed 1986 Suntory WorldMatch Play Golf Championshipboard, the cream coloured boardset with an inscribed red velvetcompetition cresta and signed inblack marker pen by 11competitors at Wentworthincluding the winner GregNorman, runner-up Sandy Lyle,and Jack Nicklaus, SeveBallesteros, Ben Crenshaw,Howard Clark, Nick Price,Rodger Davis, Lanny Wadkinsand two others; sold togetherwith a limited edition printfeaturing Colin Montgomeriehaving sunk the winning putt atthe 2004 Ryder Cup, signed bythe golfer and by the artist JamesOwen, mounted, framed &glazed, overall 63 by 71cm., 25by 28in. (2)Estimate: £350.00 - £450.00

Lot: 111A golf presentation titled "BritishWinners of the Masters" withsignatures of Sandy Lyle, NickFaldo and Ian Woosnam, theLyle signature on a souvenirMasters pin flag (2008) and withFaldo & Woosnam signingphotographs, mounted togetherwith unsigned photographsincluding images of all threegolfers wearing their greenjackets, also an Augustascorecard, title plaques &legends, framed under perspex,89 by 122cm., 35 by 48in.Estimate: £300.00 - £400.00

Lot: 112A golf presentation titled "OpenChampions at the Home of Golf"with signed photographs of NickFaldo and John Daly, mountedtogether with a souvenir StAndrews 18th pin flag and apublicity photograph portrayingthe claret jug by the SwilkenBridge with the R&A clubhousebeyond, title plaques, framedunder perspex, 84 by 91.5cm., 33by 36in. Estimate: £350.00 - £400.00

Lot: 113A golf glove double-signed byTiger Woods and his formercaddy Steve Williams, the whiteleft-hand Srixon glove signed inblue marker pen by Woods andred marker pen by Williams Estimate: £150.00 - £250.00

Lot: 114A Royal Bank of Scotland fivepounds banknote autographed byJack Nicklaus, signed in blackmarker pen, serial numberJWN0724334 Estimate: £120.00 - £150.00

Lot: 1152006 K Club Ryder Cupcommemorative postal coversautographed by golfers,examples signed by IanWoosnam (two), J B E Kruger,Johan Edfors, Vaughan Taylor,David Lynn, Sergio Garcia, JoseOlazabal, Darren Clarke, PadraigHarrington, Andrew Dodt, ScottJameson, Joel Sjoholm, ThomasLevet, Christian Nilsson, MarkWarren, Filipe Aguilar, PaulCasey, Peter Hedblum and 4others unidentified, plus 1unsigned cover; sold togetherwith A 2003 Augusta Mastersspectator guide signed by CraigStadler and a 2005 guide with anunidentified signature; soldtogether with a small quantity ofgolf ephemera including booklets,vintage magazine illustrations,and modern golf themed phonecards; the lot also including 16various club branded trolleytowels (a qty.)Estimate: £200.00 - £300.00

Lot: 116A signed 2012 Ryder Cuppresentation, comprising aMedinah souvenir pin flag signedby Luke Donald, a double-signedphotograph of Rory McIlroy andIan Poulter, and a signed photoof Martin Kaymer, mountedtogether with two unsigned team-group photographs, framed underperspex, 104 by 84cm., 41 by33in.Estimate: £350.00 - £400.00

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Lot: 117An original front page of TheFlorida Times-Union SundayMagazine with a full pageadvertisement for a papoose forgolfing mothers, solving theproblem of taking the baby to thegolf course by use of this clubbag cradle, fragile conditionEstimate: £20.00 - £30.00

Lot: 118A full set of Churchman's'Famous Golfers' cigarette cards,50/50, b&w, hinge-mounted intwo frames each containing 25cards, photostats of the reverseof the cards taped to thebackboards, 55 by 35.5cm., 213/4 by 14in.Estimate: £200.00 - £300.00

Lot: 119Three press cuttings albumscompiled by the sports journalistLeo Munro in the 1930s, forminga fascinating archive of Britishgolf of the period not illustrated Estimate: £250.00 - £350.00

Lot: 120A collection of Augusta Mastersgolf memorabilia relating toReginald Wells the tournament'sofficial filmmaker 1961-1982,comprising: a personalised boxedbridge kit presented to Wells atthe 1964 Masters, andpersonalised stationery for the1963 and 1967 Masterstournaments, being a notebooklet and address book allstamped gilt REGINALD WELLS;a sterling silver & enamelMasters Tournament lapelbadge, a printed colourphotograph of Wells filming withJack Nicklaus in the 1960s, aprinted online article on Wells'scareer from The AugustaChronicle, 12 Augusta NationalGolf Club scorecards and 15scorecard pencils, 16 AugustaNational Golf Club ball markers,in four colours Estimate: £200.00 - £300.00

Lot: 121Two albums of original pressphotographs of golfers, approx.60, a good selection of signedexamples including ArnoldPalmer (x 2,), Jack Nicklaus (x3), Johnny Miller, Billy Casper,Doug Sanders, "Chi Chi"Rodriguez, Craig Stadler, HaleIrwin, Greg Norman, HarryBannerman, Tom Weiskopf, GaryPlayer, Bob Shearer, BernhardLanger, Tony Jacklin, Fred Dalyand others Estimate: £250.00 - £350.00

Lot: 122Golf programmes & ephemera1970s/1980s, programmes andofficial orders of play mostly forOpen Championship, some otherevents represented as well,occasional items bearingautographs of competitors, the lotalso including various bag tags,admittance badges and ticketsetc. ; sold together with a smallautograph album containing adouble-page signed by the WestIndies cricket team in 1957 Estimate: £150.00 - £250.00

Lot: 123A group of five enamelled metalbadges with the same design asthe famous advertisement figuresfor Dunlop, Penfold & Bromfordgolf balls, 3 for Dunlop, 1 eachfor the other brands; soldtogether with a Dunlop drinkscoaster; and a brass Dunloptable bell (7) not illustratedEstimate: £120.00 - £180.00

Lot: 124A collection of golf blazerbuttons, including various boxedsets, club buttons including RoyalBlackheath & PortmarnockEstimate: £100.00 - £150.00

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Lot: 125The Golfing Annual, vols ix & xv1895-96 and 1901-2 edited byDavid S. Duncan; and TheGolfer's Handbook for 1932,1938, 1962, 1968, 1972, 1977,1982, 1988 & 1989 (11 vols) Estimate: £250.00 - £300.00

Lot: 126Nine volumes on golf publishedcirca 1899-1933, Martin H.F.Sutton's The Book of the Links ASymposium on Golf 1912; HenryLeach's Great Golfers In TheMaking 1907; Lonsdale LibraryThe Game of Golf 1931; RobertClark's Golf A Royal & AncientGame, the 1899 edition; GeorgeW. Beldam's Great Golfers TheirMethods at A Glance 1904; G.W.Beldam and J.H. Taylor's GolfFaults Illustrated (New &Enlarged Edition 4th impression);Harry Vardon's How To Play Golf(4th edition), Harry Vardon's TheComplete Golfer (3rd edition);Henry Cotton's Hints On PlayWith Steel Shafts Estimate: £250.00 - £300.00

Lot: 127Eight golf books by BernardDarwin, A Round of Golf (for theLNER) paper wrappers, BritishGolf 1946 with d/j, Six GolfingShots by Six Famous Playerspaper wrappers, Second Shots1930 with d/j, James Braid 1952,Playing The Like (Sportsman'sBook Clun 1952 reprint) with d/j,Golf Between The Wars 1944 &Pack Clouds Away 1941; soldtogether with a modern reprint ofDarwin & Rountree's The GolfCourses of the British Isles &Margaret Hughes's 1984 ARound With Darwin (10)Estimate: £250.00 - £300.00

Lot: 128A collection of post-war golfbooks, authors includingLonghurst, Cotton, Allis, Hagen,Hogan, Jones, Olman, Stirk etc.(approx. 40 vols) not illustratedEstimate: £150.00 - £200.00

Lot: 12920 Modern limited edition andsigned golf books, Of Golf &Dukes and Princes, The GolfCourses of James Braid, TheDawn of Professional Golf, TheMurdoch Golf Library, TheChronicles of Golf 1457 to 1857(slip case), Golf In The Making,Royal Blackheath, A Temple ofGolf, The Royal North DevonGolf Club 1864-1989, Rye GolfClub The First 90 Years, MuirfieldHome of The HonourableCompany, NorthamptonshireCounty Golf Club, Walton HeathGolf Club 1903-2003, A Historyof The New Golf Club StAndrews, Hazards, GolfingLadies (signed by JoyceWethered), Samuel Ryder,Aspects of Collecting Golf Books,Golf At The Gallop (signed byGeorge Duncan) & The GolfBook of East Lothian (slip case) Estimate: £250.00 - £300.00

Lot: 130A Sandy Lodge golf medal, insilver-gilt, stamped STERLINGSILVER, circular, the obversecast with a golfer driving from thetee with another golfer looking onbeyond, the reverse inscribedSANDY LODGE GOLF CLUB,SCRATCH GOLD MEDAL,undated but appearing to be of agood age, diameter 43mm., anarea of rubbing to the gilding tothe obverse, in a F. Phillips ofAldershot paper box notillustratedEstimate: £60.00 - £80.00

Lot: 131Ernest Cawsey's (Kings NortonGC) competitor's badge for the1937 Open Championship atCarnoustie, gilt-metal & enamelwith brooch fitting, inscribedCOMPETITOR, THE OPENGOLF CHAMPIONSHIP,CARNOUSTIE, 1937Estimate: £200.00 - £400.00

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Lot: 132A boxed set of six golf spoons,sold together three otherhallmarked silver golfing items acircular box and two brooches,plus a silver plated circular box,together with a boxedStaffordshire Enamels box &cover with golfing decoration Estimate: £100.00 - £150.00

Lot: 133Four silver plated golf spoons,one a larger exampled datedcirca 1905, together with twoceramic models of golf balls, andfive various wrapped golf balls,plus one unwrapped notillustratedEstimate: £60.00 - £80.00

Lot: 134Two Swiss pocket watches withcases designed as golf balls, onemarked Dunlop, but with the casedetached; the other in goodorder, and marked METALARGENTEstimate: £180.00 - £220.00

Lot: 135A silver vesta case with golfingdecoration, stamped STERLINGEstimate: £150.00 - £200.00

Lot: 136A silver & enamel cigarette casepresented to the aviator AmyJohnson by the Lady Members ofthe Australian Golf Club in 1930,the gilt-interior lid inscribed MISSAMY JOHNSON, FROM THELADY MEMBERS, OF THE,AUSTRALIAN GOLF CLUB,SYDNEY JUNE 1930, theenamel decoration with a view ofVenice from the lagoon, 9 by7.5cm., 3 1/2 by 3in. AmyJohnson, born in Kingston-upon-Hull in 1903, was a pioneeringEnglish aviator flying solo or withher husband Jim Mollison and seta number of long distance flyingrecords during the 1930s. Herexploits drew worldwide attention

in 1930 when she became thefirst woman to fly solo fromEngland to Australi in her GipsyMoth "Jason." She left Croydonaerodrome on 5th May andlanded at Darwin, NorthernTerritory, on 24th May after flying11,000 miles. Her aircraft for thisflight is preserved at the ScienceMuseum in London. Shetravelled onto Sydney arriving inthe city on 4th June and whereshe was given a full civicreception. Amy Johnson stayedto 13th June and evidently visitedThe Australian Golf club inRosebery, Sydney, NSW, whereshe received this gift from theLady Members to mark her visit. During the Second World WarAmy Johnson joined the AirTransport Auxiliary and wastragically killed when she bailedout of aircraft (out of fuel) in theThames Estuary during poorweather on 5th January 1941.Her body was never found. Estimate: £600.00 - £800.00

Lot: 137A trophy for the Drambuie GolfTournament in 1985, in the formof a silver plate model of a driverset on an ebonised plinth withtitle plaque, height 43cm., 17in.Estimate: £80.00 - £120.00

Lot: 138A good quality Silver King hole-in-one trophy dated 1931, the ballthat achieved the miraculous featmounted between threehallmarked silver model golfclubs, on a circular ebonisedbase with hallmarked silverplaque inscribed BUSHEY HALLGOLF CLUB, 10th HOLE (143yds) IN ONE BY MR R.B.MILLER, 20.7.31, WITH THECOMPLIMENTS OF THESILVERTOWN Co., height16.5cm., 6 1/2in. Estimate: £200.00 - £250.00

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Lot: 139A pair of 1920s bronze andmarble golfing bookends,comprising a golfer and a smallercaddie figure, height of golfer25.5cm., 10in.Estimate: £200.00 - £250.00

Lot: 140Steve Paterson (Scottish,contemporary) YOUNG TOMMORRIS signed & dated 2003, abronze resin limited editionsculpture showing Young Tomwearing his Open ChampionshipBelt and holding a long nosedclub, mounted on a circularwooden base, overall 48cm., 19in.Estimate: £80.00 - £120.00

Lot: 141Paul Blavier (Belgian, 20thcentury) GOLFER'S GRIPsigned, dated '83, a gilt-bronzelimited edition sculpturenumbered 33/64, height 17.5cm.,7in.Estimate: £100.00 - £150.00

Lot: 142A modern bronze figure of agolfer, modelled in the followthrough position, on a circularbase, 19cm., 7 1/2in. notillustratedEstimate: £80.00 - £100.00

Lot: 143A dinner gong designed withtennis racquets, forming thesupporting posts, the top barcentred with a tennis ball, on amahogany plinth, 20 by 29cm., 8by 11 1/4in. Estimate: £100.00 - £150.00

Lot: 144'Parlour Golf' a late 19th centurytable golf game invented byHenry D. Booth, inscribedPARLOUR GOLF, PATENTAPPLIED FOR, the circularhardwood table top revolving ona screw mechanism to beinverted, the underside forming abanded golf course with 16 holes,an underside drawer containingtwo wooden golf clubs (requires asmall glass marble to play), andwhen not being played with, thetable top can be reversed againfor use as a regular table, height61cm , 24in., sold with a modernglass top acquired by the currentvendor to protect the playingsurface Booth copyrighted hisgame at Stationer's office on 24thOctober 1895.Estimate: £300.00 - £500.00

Lot: 145The Game of Golfstacle, by F.A.Davis Ltd, London, contentscontained in a pine storage box,including various hoops, pin,tinplate bridges, a pair of puttersand some ballsEstimate: £150.00 - £250.00

Lot: 146"He Played a Penfold"advertisement figure, withdetachable pipe, height 50cm.,19 3/4in. Estimate: £400.00 - £600.00

Lot: 147"He Played a Penfold"advertisement figure, withdetachable pipe, height 50cm.,19 3/4in., in restored condition Estimate: £250.00 - £350.00

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Lot: 148A very rare & large JohnnieWalker whisky advertisementfigure carrying a long nosed club,74cm., 29in.highEstimate: £500.00 - £600.00

Lot: 149A pottery Scottie dogadvertisement figure for NorthBritish Rubber Co. golf balls, ingood, original condition, 27cm.,10 3/4in. highEstimate: £250.00 - £350.00

Lot: 150A Carlton Ware tobacco jar andcover with golf decoration circa1910, Reg No. 333948, in goodcondition Estimate: £200.00 - £250.00

Lot: 151A Royal Doulton trinket box &cover featuring an exacerbatedgolfer destroying his bag of clubs,complete with its four interiortrays featuring caddies laughingat the gentleman's misfortune,4.5 by 12 by 8.5cm., 1 3/4 by 43/4 by 4 1/4in., good condition;sold together with a RoyalDoulton Series Ware plate golfplate with the proverb EVERYDOG HAS HIS DAY, ANDEVERY MAN HIS HOUR,diameter 25.5cm., 10in., hairlinecrack to back of rim; the lot alsoincluding A Royal Doulton IsaacWalton Ware angling two-handled vase decorated by Noke,with the rhyme PERCH OR PIKEROACH OR DACE WE DOCHASE, height 25.5cm., 10in.,good condition (3)Estimate: £120.00 - £160.00

Lot: 152A silver-mounted DoultonLambeth stoneware jug with golfdecoration, the silver rimhallmarked London, 1906,designed by John Broad, thetapering jug with a frieze ofgolfing scenes in applied whiterelief, good condition, height20cm., 8in.Estimate: £400.00 - £600.00

Lot: 153A Wileman & Co. Shelley potterygolf themed match holder andstriker circa 1900, with a transferprinted, hand-coloured sceneshowing a gentleman playerhitting a drive, accompanied bytwo boy caddies, the reverseshows a pair of crossed long-nose drivers and four golf ballssurmounted by a ribbon bannerprinted with the slogan 'Far andSure', the base with registerednumber 360460, height 6.5cm., 21/2in.Estimate: £100.00 - £150.00

Lot: 154A German pewter liddedearthenware beer stein byVilleroy & Boch circa 1910 withlater overglaze decoration ofgolfers by an amateur hand,damage to spout, lid in need ofminor adjustment, height 36cm.,14in.Estimate: £80.00 - £120.00

Lot: 155A golfing drinks set, American,20th century, comprising a set ofour glasses with applieddecoration of a golfer depicted indifferent phases of his golf swing,together with a larger vessel forice similarly decoratedEstimate: £80.00 - £120.00

Lot: 156Five golfing items of WaterfordCrystal, two models ofclubheads, a model of a ball, afigurine, and a model of a K-ClubRyder Cup pin flagEstimate: £150.00 - £200.00

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Lot: 157Chinaware and metalwareportraying golf, late 20th century,two pottery mugs, and a potteryjug; four figurines of golfers, 2being in bronze, various sizes (6)Estimate: £180.00 - £220.00

Lot: 158A modern ceramic figurine ofStan Laurel golfing, posedstanding with his golf bag thatcontains four removable modelclubs, height 39cm., 15 1/4in. Laurel and Hardy appearedtogether in a golf theme moviereleased in the silent era in 1928called Should Married Men GoHome? not illustratedEstimate: £20.00 - £30.00

Lot: 159A French travel poster for golf atBiarritz, signed in the plate JackMaxwell and dated '48, publishedby B. Sirven, Toulouse & Paris,backed onto linen, 120 by 79cm.,47 by 31in.Estimate: £600.00 - £800.00

Lot: 160A 1931 calendar illustration forthe Swiss watches brand Doxafeaturing a foursome of golfers,signed in the plate ZALIOVK,trimmed & backed onto linen, 41by 23.5cm., 16 by 9 1/4in. Estimate: £75.00 - £100.00

Lot: 161A Chuck Wilkinson designedposter titled 'Golf', published byMarigold Enterprises, N.Y.C.,68cm.,27in. square Estimate: £50.00 - £80.00

Lot: 162A Walt Disney poster featuringDonald Duck playing golf, amodern licensed reissue of the1938 original, published inFrance, 60 by 80cm., 23 1/2 by31 1/2in., unframed, rolledEstimate: £80.00 - £120.00

Lot: 163A small print of a lady golfer,signed in the plate PeterFountain, backed onto linen, 12.5by 25.5cm., 4 3/4 by 10in.Estimate: £50.00 - £75.00

Lot: 164A small print of a lady golfer,signed in the plate G. Camps,continental, 1930s, 15 by32.5cm., 6 by 12 3/4in., unframedEstimate: £50.00 - £75.00

Lot: 165The Funny Side of Golf, From thePages of "Punch", numerousamusing engravings, published atthe Punch Office, London notillustratedEstimate: £50.00 - £70.00

Lot: 166Miscellaneous sporting printsincluding a map of the OldCourse St. Andrews, as surveyedand depicted by A. McKenzie,Golf Course Architect, Mach1924, framed & glazed, 35 by66cm., 14 by 6in.; together with amodern limited edition print ofWentworth Golf Club by D. JohnWood published in 1997; the lotalso including a framed full set of50 Ogden's cigarette cards titled'Trick Billiards'; a framedantiquarian print of HamptonCourt Palace, and four modernlaminated photographic prints ofthe New Zealand All Blacksrugby team, unframed (8) Estimate: £100.00 - £200.00

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Lot: 167A modern limited edition print oncanvas after Charles Lees'celebrated 1847 painting 'TheGolfers', a faithful and effectivecopy circa 1980, the stretchernumbered 014/500, 53 by 85cm.,21 by 33 1/2in., in a gilt pictureframe; sold together with a copyof the original key plate to theengraving, numbered to thebackboard also numbered014/500, framed & glazed (2)Estimate: £70.00 - £100.00

Lot: 168After Sir John Watson GordonPORTRAIT OF JOHN TAYLORCAPTAIN OF THEHONOURABLE COMPANY OFEDINBURGH GOLFERS amodern, faithful copy of theoriginal work circa 1830, oil oncanvas laid down on board,signed with the initials S.W., 61by 51cm., 24 by 20in., in a finegilt picture frame; sold togetherwith a first edition copy of AHistory of Golf in Britain whichportrays the Watson painting onthe dust jacket (2) Estimate: £450.00 - £650.00

Lot: 169Harry Rountree (1878-1950)TREGENNA: SHORT COURSE -SHORT "PRO" - BOTH GOODsigned & titled, watercolour &crayon, heightened withgouache, 39.5 by 25.5cm., 15 1/2by 10in., framed & glazed; soldtogether with a scannedreproduction photograph ofReginald Coller (2) TheTregenna Golf Club professionalfeatured by Rountree is ReginaldCharles Coller, from whomRountree received golf lessonswhist he was at St Ives inCornwall. Coller was the firstprofessional at Tregenna when itopened as a 9-hole course in1929. Coller holds the courserecord there of 22 strokes whichwill never be beaten as itconverted to a par 60 18-holecourse in 1983. In the golfingworld, Harry Rountree is fondlyremembered for his acclaimedillustrations in Bernard Darwin's1910 publication The GolfCourses of the British Isles.Estimate: £400.00 - £600.00

Lot: 170Manner of John Hassall (1868-1948) GOLFER pencil inscriptionto the mount ex-studio of JohnHassall, pen & ink & watercolour,42 by 28cm., 16 1/2 by 11in.,mounted but unframedEstimate: £100.00 - £150.00

Lot: 171Harry G. Shields (1859-1935) ONTHE GREEN, ST ANDREWSsigned & dated 1934,watercolour, 24 by 35.5cm., 9 1/2by 14in., mounted, framed &glazedEstimate: £150.00 - £250.00

Lot: 172An original coloured caricature byBert Wright featuring and signedby the golfers Henry Cotton andH.R. Wilcox, signed and dated1937 by the artist, additionallysigned by Cotton & Wilcox,captioned "SNOOKS" WILCOX,LEASOWE G.C. & DALLAS,TEXAS, "EVENING EXPRESS",framed & glazed, the image 14.5by 12cm., 5 3/4 by 4 3/4in. Estimate: £80.00 - £100.00

Lot: 173Roy Ullyett (1914-2001) THE1968 OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP:BIG MIKE BONALLACK'S QUIFFWAVED IN TRIUMPH TODAYsigned, original pen & ink &pencil cartoon artwork, recallingMichael Bonallack and BrianBarnes first round share of thelead at Carnoustie, 25.5 by20cm., 10 by 8in. Estimate: £30.00 - £50.00

Lot: 174M Righi (Continental, 20thCentury) GOLFERS ON THE10th GREEN signed, oil onboard, 20 by 37cm., 8 by 141/2in., ornate gilt frameEstimate: £200.00 - £250.00

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Lot: 175Brendan Hayes (Irish, 20th/21stcentury) BRAY [Co. WICKLOW]FROM WOODBROOK GOLFCLUB signed, signed again onthe stretcher, titled & dated 1980,oil on canvas, 20 by 40in.,framed Estimate: £200.00 - £250.00

Lot: 176An original John Ireland artworkfor a caricature of Nick Faldo,signed, pen & ink & watercolour,56 by 38cm., 22 by 15in.unframedEstimate: £200.00 - £250.00

Lot: 177A hand hammered gutty ball circa1860s, in reasonable condition,other than approx. 40 per centpaint lossEstimate: £300.00 - £500.00

Lot: 178A William Currie patent 'Eclipse'gutta percha golf ball circa 1880,reasonable condition, but devoidof paintEstimate: £150.00 - £200.00

Lot: 179A scarce Dunlop 'Stud' rubbercore ball with unusual raised disccover pattern, early 20th century,good condition other than onearea of paint loss Estimate: £150.00 - £250.00

Lot: 180A miscellany of 18 golf balls,mostly rubber-core meshpatterns, but the lot including aCapon Heaton & Co Ltd'Sunbeam' circa 1914; a Dunlop'31' with attractive dotted facemarkings and although modernan interesting hollow 'GoldenBear Cayman 2'Estimate: £180.00 - £220.00

Lot: 181Three boxes of wrapped golfballs, 12 x Dunlop 65, 6 x Dunlop65, 3 x Penfold not illustratedEstimate: £120.00 - £160.00

Lot: 182A 19th century Flemish choleclub, blacksmith wrought ironhead, with a scored, octagonalsection ash shaftEstimate: £250.00 - £350.00

Lot: 183Four golfing Sunday sticks, onewith a silvered club head handle;another with an iron handle witha niblick loft stamped V.D.,MONTROSE; the third with awooden clubhead handle withivorine insert; the other a onepiece club/stick Estimate: £150.00 - £200.00

Lot: 184A good example of a golf clubwalking stick, with persimmon,vulcanite & horn head; togetherwith two putters, a brassie, allwith hickory shafts; the lot alsoincluding a good leather golf bag(5)Estimate: £180.00 - £220.00

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Lot: 185A F H Ayres of London scared-neck long-nosed driving puttercirca 1885, beech head, slightlyshortened hickory shaft,sheepskin grip Estimate: £250.00 - £350.00

Lot: 186A F H Ayres of London scared-neck long-nosed driver circa1885, beech head, slightlyshortened hickory shaft, a littledamage to noseEstimate: £300.00 - £400.00

Lot: 187C Ramage of Brighton & Hovelong-nosed scared-neck drivercirca 1888, beech head, hickoryshaft, sheepskin grip, a crack atthe heel has been professionallyrestored, area of damagetowards the back of the face, gripand whipping in very good orderEstimate: £350.00 - £550.00

Lot: 188A Tom Morris of St Andrewsputter circa 1895, beech headwith maker's stamp, with areplacement greenheart shaftand sheepskin grip by R. Forgan& SonEstimate: £400.00 - £500.00

Lot: 189A Willie Park of Musselburghscared neck transitional spooncirca 1895, with overpaintedmaker's stamp, brass soleplate,hickory shaftEstimate: £120.00 - £180.00

Lot: 190A scared neck driver circa 1900,beech head, hickory shaft,sheepskin grip; sold together witha Harry Vardon & Arthur Brownputter with oval shaped hickoryshaft, and a Maxwell niblick (3) not illustratedEstimate: £100.00 - £150.00

Lot: 191Three scared neck brassies circa1905-1910, a George Bussey ofLondon with patent one-piecegrip; a Cuthbert Butchart ofCarnoustie; and a James Boyd ofLeven, all hickory shaftedEstimate: £150.00 - £250.00

Lot: 192A late example of a Tom Morrisof St Andrews scared neck puttercirca 1908, beech head withmaker's stamp, hickory shaft,sheepskin grip The design of thisclub indicates it was made at thevery end of Morris's life. It ispossible that it may have beenmade shortly thereafter by theMorris workshop still using OldTom's name. Another possibilityis the company Brodie & Sons ofAnstruther who made clubsunder the Morris name. Estimate: £200.00 - £250.00

Lot: 193A Hardy Bros. of Alnwick 'JackWhite' driver, with 12-piecepalakona cane shaft; togetherwith a hickory shafted Willie Parkdriving iron and a steel shaftedGene Sarazen sand wedge byStag (3) not illustratedEstimate: £80.00 - £120.00

Lot: 194A Standard Golf Co. Mills Duplex1/2 model metalwood circa 1910,designed with two faces for playright or left handed, hickory shaft,sheepskin gripEstimate: £150.00 - £200.00

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Lot: 195Two Mills aluminium headedputters, a BS3 model with loftedface, and a MSD1 cleek, hickoryshafts, sheepskin grips notillustrated Estimate: £100.00 - £150.00

Lot: 196F G Smith model putting cleek,together with a 'Bogee' putter, 5irons and 2 putters, all hickoryshafted, and a canvas golf bag(10) not illustratedEstimate: £100.00 - £120.00

Lot: 197A George Bussey & Co ofLondon patent putter, with brasshead braised onto a steel neck,hickory shaft with patent Bussey2nd Grade grip; sold togetherwith 15 other brass and gunmetal putters, all hickory shafted;all in a golf bag (17) notillustrated Estimate: £200.00 - £250.00

Lot: 198A Robert Randall of SundridgePark design registered putter,Rgd. No. 685349, with sixteenlead weights to the face, hickoryshaft; together with a brassputter, 2 marked face irons, allhickories, a wooden headed steelshafted putter; and a Bryant golfbag (6) Estimate: £150.00 - £200.00

Lot: 199A Huntley 'illegal' patent puttercirca 1920, Patent No. 185384, inreasonable condition; togetherwith 8 other putters including aRay Model, 2 socket headwoods, 2 smooth faced irons, 15marked face irons; the lot alsoincluding 4 steel shafted WilsonSam Snead woods (32) notillustratedEstimate: £200.00 - £400.00

Lot: 200An unusual roller putter, by anunknown maker, hickory shafted;sold together with 17 otherhickory shafted putters includinga 'Fairlie' model, all in a golf bag(19)Estimate: £250.00 - £350.00

Lot: 201Three 'Benny' putters, one with agreenheart shaft, the other twosteel-shafted; together with aSpalding 'Calamity Jane' putterand another hickory shaftedputter, a steel-shafted adjustable'Super Stick', and a hickoryniblick; all in a leather golf bagwith an old golfing umbrellaframe and four old club covers(13) not illustratedEstimate: £120.00 - £160.00

Lot: 202Six hickory shafted putters,including an unusual mallet puttercirca 1900 with brass head & ironface not illustrated Estimate: £100.00 - £150.00

Lot: 20316 various hickory shaftedputters, including an Imperial GolfCompany aluminium H B Model,and a St Andrews Golf Companyaluminium mallet putter, all in agolf bag (17) not illustratedEstimate: £150.00 - £250.00

Lot: 204A 'Nassau' straight line putter,with replacement hickory shaft Estimate: £50.00 - £80.00

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Lot: 205An early Ping Anser putter, withthe Arizona 85029 zip codeaddress; sold together with aMizuno Tour Style putter; theputters are in a far older circa1935 canvas golf bag (3) notillustratedEstimate: £120.00 - £180.00

Lot: 206Four interesting hickory shaftedclubs, a Gibson of Kinghorn off-set Fairlie niblick circa 1920; aTom Stewart of St Andrews F GSmith model smooth faced ryenecked niblick circa 1905; AnArthur Brown/Harry Vardon putterby Gibson of Kinghorn circa1910, slightly shortened and withreplacement grip; and a W TTwine of Shooters Hill alloy long-nosed putter, early 1920s; in acanvas golf bag (5)Estimate: £150.00 - £200.00

Lot: 207Seven hickory shafted golf clubs,including a Standard Golf Co.Schenectady-style alloy puttercirca 1905, a wooden headedsocket head putter by FrederickBaisden of Grays and Orsett GC,a design registered smooth facecleek, a smooth face putter by D.Anderson of St Andrews, a ladiesdriver by Jack Hatfield, aSpalding marked face mashie &a 1950 Spalding Golfex indoorpractice swing club; sold togetherwith two boxes of 12 Dunlop 65golf balls in original wrappers notillustrated Estimate: £150.00 - £200.00

Lot: 208Eight hickory shafted golf clubs,including a smooth face J HTaylor mashie; sold with a leathergolf bag (9) not illustratedEstimate: £150.00 - £180.00

Lot: 209A cedarwood lantern shade withthe openwork decorationdepicting a hockey match,probably French, circa 1950, 33by 23cm., 13 by 9in. Similarshades depicting boxing andfootball are being sold elsewherein this catalogue. Estimate: £75.00 - £100.00

Lot: 210A poster for the 1960 FieldHockey European ClubsChampionship in Paris,organised by Racing Club deParis at the Colombes Stadium,4th to 6th June, under theauspices of the French HockeyAssociation, the poster signed inthe plate 'Jack', published byKossuth, Paris, backed ontolinen, 58.5 by 38cm.,23 by 15in. Estimate: £200.00 - £300.00

Lot: 211A collection of 29 programmesfor ice hockey in England 1930s-1960s, comprising: a programmefor the Grand Opening of theWest Street Sports Stadium inBrighton 16th October 1935, then9 1930s Brighton Tigersprogrammes played at the newvenue including internationalmatches with French oppositionalso Resident Canadians vU.S.A. Olympic Team 23.1.36,then 10 for Brighton Tigers in the1950s including a match v theCanada World Champions24.3.59; also six Wembley Lionsissues including two in the 1930s,the others 60s including GB vCanadian Forces (WestGermany) 15.4.61; an England vScotland international atSouthampton 30.1.60, Vikings vTigers at Southampton 26.11.60and Streatham v Nottingham28.10.59 Estimate: £150.00 - £200.00

Lot: 212Two Vanity Fair folio issue racingprints, ON THE HEATH by Spy;THE WINNING POST, by Lib,unframed, both images 33 by48cm., 13 by 19in., fine conditionEstimate: £120.00 - £180.00

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Lot: 213Original race used silks of SheikhHamdan Al Maktoum circa 1990,ex-John Dunlop's Castle Stables,Arundel, by Allerton, & Co., aroyal blue jacket with whiteepaulets, royal blue & whitestriped cap; together with twoofficial changes of royal blue cap,one with white checks, the othera white diamond; sold with an e-mail sent on behalf of AngusGold, the Sheik's RacingManager, giving permission tosell the silks (5) The proceedsfrom the sale of these colours willgo to The Holy Trinity School,Makeni, in Sierra Leone, whichhas a special friendship link withSt. Margaret's C.E. PrimarySchool in Angmering, WestSussex.Estimate: £200.00 - £300.00

Lot: 214Three pewter Wadham CollegeOxford 'Fours' rowing trophies. Comprising: a pair of 'First Prize'double-handled tankards for1876 and 1877, complete withthe names of the crews andcoxswain and bearing the collegecrest, glass bases (one cracked),height 14.5 cm., 5 3/4in., theother a single handled liddedtankard 'Scratch Fours' trophy for1879, also with a glass base,height 16cm., 6 1/4in., all threemanufactured by James Dixon &Sons and retailed by Rowell ofOxford. The name of CharlesJ.Rae (Coxswain) is common toall three trophies and he wasalmost certainly the recipient. Hewas born in Alexandria, Egypt in1858.Estimate: £150.00 - £250.00

Lot: 215Five Vanity Fair prints includingthree oarsmen, comprising A CBourne, Lord Ampthill and Mr SD Muttlebury; sold together withthe golfers Horace Harold Hilton& H Mallaby-Deeley mostly bySpy; the lot also including aVanity Fair style print for 'Titch' ofthe Cambridge University RugbyFootball Club, the group amixture of framed & folio (6)Estimate: £120.00 - £150.00

Lot: 216Photographic presentation ofCambridge Town Rowing Club1913, two period photos in adouble mount with manuscriptlegend, published by Stearn &Sons, Cambridge, mounted,framed & glazed, overall 78 by45cm., 3 by 18in.Estimate: £100.00 - £150.00

Lot: 217A photograph album relating torowing at Cambridge Universityin 1926, numerous professionalb&w photographs of the college,its rowers and competition, someloose photographs within thealbum as wellEstimate: £150.00 - £250.00

Lot: 218A small poster for the 1955European RowingChampionships at Gent,published in Belgium, backedonto linen, 28 by 20cm., 11 by8in.Estimate: £75.00 - £100.00

Lot: 219A small travel poster featuringyacht racing inscribed 'Italia',published by the Italian TouristAgency Enit and dated 1936,backed onto linen, the image 34by 23.5cm., 13 1/2 by 9 1/4in. Estimate: £50.00 - £80.00

Lot: 220An extensively autographedprogramme for the 1991 WorldTable Tennis Championshipsplayed in Chiba, Japan, with over70 autographs of 'Players ofYesterday' and top competitors ofthe day, the autographs collectedby Ron Crayden the formerEngland international and laternon-playing captain Estimate: £50.00 - £80.00

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Lot: 221A multi-signed Wimbledon posterfor the 2003 Championships, 19signatures of competitors in blackmarker pen, 71 by 51cm., 28 by20in., unframedEstimate: £100.00 - £150.00

Lot: 222A tennis presentation with signedphotographs of Roger Federer,Andy Murray and Rafael Nadal,mounted together with threeunsigned photographs, titleplaque, framed under perspex,76 by 84cm., 30 by 33in.Estimate: £400.00 - £500.00

Lot: 223An admission ticket for the 1910Wimbledon Lawn TennisChampionships, price 2 shillingsand 6 pence, the ticket laid downon a page from an albumcompiled by the family of SirFrederic George Kenyon G.B.E.K.C.B. (1863-1952) Director ofThe British Museum from 1909 to1930, the page is signed by himand his wife Amy in pen & inkabove a postcard photograph ofthe Museum, also signed by hisbrother Major General Edward R.Kenyon C.M.G. (1854-1937) andhis son Lt Col. Herbert EdwardKenyon D.S.O., also affixed acutting from a notice for "TheLyons Mail" commencingMonday 13th June 1910, theChampionships commenced onMonday 20th June Estimate: £150.00 - £200.00

Lot: 224A ticket booklet for theWimbledon Lawn TennisChampionships in 1919, the firstsince the interruption of the FirstWorld War, one ground andstand ticket for Saturday 5th Julyin tact, just remnants of thecounterfoil for the earlier issues;sold together with a Centre Courtticket stub for the 1929Championships, dated 24th June(2)Estimate: £120.00 - £180.00

Lot: 225A programme for the 1912Stockholm Olympic Gamesentitled "Part 3 - Stadium and theIndoor Tennis 1912, in Imagesand Words". consisting of a 20page booklet, featuringphotographs of some principalSwedish team members,interesting photographs of thestadium, and an article on thecontenders for lawn tennishonours, also includes photos ofA. H. Gobert, C. P. Dixon,Gunnar Settervall (Sweden), Mrs.Edith M. Hannam (England) andAnthony WildingEstimate: £100.00 - £150.00

Lot: 226A collection of racquet sportsprogrammes, comprising a goodselection of lawn tennis mostlydating from the late 1940s to the1970s including a fine selectionof Wimbledon programmes aswell as other tournaments held inEngland, Davis Cup, Queensetc.; also a good quantity ofbadminton including All EnglandChampionships in the 1960s and70s; the lot also including smallamounts of squash circa 1959-1966 and table tennis in the1960s including copies of TableTennis Review (a qty.)Estimate: £200.00 - £300.00

Lot: 227A rare and long unbroken run ofprogrammes for the EnglishOpen Table TennisChampionships 1936 to 1980,there were no Championshipsduring the wartime period andthere was no event held in 1966,plus later programmes form1982, 1984, 1988, 1990, 1992,1995, 1996, 1999 & 2001, manyprogrammes have results writtenin, albeit very neatly, and are inthe hand of the Englandinternational Ron Crayden, manyyears have full or part printedresults, several have autographs,notably the 1947 issue which hasover 30 signaturesEstimate: £60.00 - £90.00

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Lot: 228A near-complete run ofprogrammes for the World TableTennis Championships for theperiod 1935 to 1969, lacking onlyPrague in 1936, Paris in 1947 &Tokyo in 1956, some exampleshave been autographed, manyyears have full or part printedresults The core of this collectionwas assembled by Ron Crayden,the English international tabletennis player and later non-playing captain, and have full orpart printed results Estimate: £60.00 - £80.00

Lot: 229Two Royal Box editions ofWimbledon Lawn TennisChampionships programmes, for2003 and 2006 not illustratedEstimate: £40.00 - £60.00

Lot: 230A rare film of the Davis CupChallenge Round USA vAustralia, Kooying, Melbourne,28th to 30th December 1953,original can of 16mm black andwhite cine reel with commentaryby Harp McGuire and LloydBerell at the 1953 final, 49minutes, 44 seconds, footagealso includes a short history ofthe competition, concentrating onearly players who representedAustralasia, produced by PeterWhitchurch Productions,Birchgrove, NSW, Australia; soldtogether with a DVD copy (2) notillustrated Estimate: £300.00 - £500.00

Lot: 231A pair of Bill Tilden instructionaltennis films: two 16mm reels ofblack and white films with soundpublished by The New OfficialFilms Inc. circa 1940, the firsttitled BILL TILDEN'S TENNISFOR BEGINNERS, the otherBILL TILDEN'S ADVANCEDTENNIS, both films with arunning time of 10mins. 24secs.,both films in original cans In thefirst film Tilden guides a youngprotege through the rudiments ofthe forehand, backhand andservice strokes, giving

demonstrations (often in slowmotion) and sound verbal advice.The film appears to have beenmade at a club either on theWest or Florida coasts of theUSA, evident by the abundanceof palm trees. In the second filmTilden relates advice on the netgame, volley, smash andAmerican twist serve. notillustratedEstimate: £300.00 - £500.00

Lot: 2321981 Wimbledon Lawn TennisChampionships 16mm OriginalCelluloid Film. (58mins) aproduction of Trans WorldInternational, brought to you withthe compliments of Black andWhite Scotch Whiskey from thefamous house of Buchanan.Commentator - Dan Maskell,Introduction and Observations -James Hunt not illustratedEstimate: £100.00 - £150.00

Lot: 233Scaino (Antonio) Trattato DelGiuoco Della Palla, the 1968Italian facsimile edition of the firstbook on tennis, this copynumbered 17 of 500, half leather,marbled boards, slip case notillustratedEstimate: £80.00 - £120.00

Lot: 234A modern facsimile of Scaino(Antonio) Trattato Del GiuocoDella Palla, 1555, A3-sizesheets tie-bound in a red clothfolio not illustrated Estimate: £50.00 - £80.00

Lot: 235A facsimile of Julian Marshall'sAnnals of Tennis, the 1973reprint of the original 1878 edition not illustratedEstimate: £80.00 - £100.00

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Lot: 236La Haye (A.) La MaisonAcademique, Chex Elinckhuysen,1702, thirty five pages on tennisin three parts, scoring, rules &health benefitsEstimate: £500.00 - £800.00

Lot: 237Cavendish (Henry Jones) TheGames of Lawn Tennis andBadminton, 5th edition of 1883,very good condition Estimate: £200.00 - £250.00

Lot: 238Sears (Richard Dudley) LawnTennis as a Game of Skill, editedby Sears, published in 1885,Charles Scribner's Sons, NewYork, very good condition This isthe first coaching book on lawntennis published in the USA andit is almost identical to that titlepublished in 1884 in the UK byLieut. S C F Peile.Estimate: £200.00 - £250.00

Lot: 239Dwight (James) Practical LawnTennis, 1st US edition of 1893,quite rare and in very goodcondition A wonderful and veryearly USA coaching title, to beprecise the second such book inUSA lawn tennis bibliography.Estimate: £100.00 - £150.00

Lot: 240American lawn tennis fiction,Stories For Boys by RichardHarding Davis, 1891, containsthe earliest known tennis story,35p. short story titled The GreatTri-Club Tennis Tournament; soldtogether with Harold MSherman's The Tennis Terror,and Champions Choice by JohnR. Tunis (3 vols)Estimate: £80.00 - £100.00

Lot: 241Two gilt-decorated volumes ofPunch or The London Charivari,July to December 1901, andJanuary to June 1902, with morethan 15 cartoons, articles andcomments relating to thecontemporary craze for pingpong not illustratedEstimate: £60.00 - £90.00

Lot: 242Miles (Eustace) The Game ofSquash, scarce, 8vo, brownsuede covers, embossed title,published by J F Taylor & Co.,New York, 1901Estimate: £140.00 - £180.00

Lot: 243Tompkins (Frederick Charles)Court Tennis Racquets andSquash, the first American bookpublished on these games, J BLippincott Company, 1909Estimate: £250.00 - £350.00

Lot: 244Helen Hull Jacobs'sautobiography Beyond TheGame with the author's signaturecut and pasted onto the titlepage, inscribed YOURSSINCERELY; sold with a signedcopy of Fred Perry's "PerryWins!" (2) Estimate: £100.00 - £150.00

Lot: 245Three volumes of racquets, TheRacquet Game by AllisonDanzig, 1930; A Handbook onSquash Racquets by C Arnold,circa 1926; The Art of SquashRacquets by Harry Cowles, 1935 not illustratedEstimate: £80.00 - £100.00

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Lot: 246Fifty Years of Lawn Tennis in theUnited States, published by theUnited States Lawn TennisAssociation, New York, 1931, inthe rarely seen dust jacket, albeitin chipped condition notillustratedEstimate: £60.00 - £80.00

Lot: 247Whitman (Malcolm D.) TennisOrigins and Mysteries, limitededition of 450 copies, with abibliography of real and lawntennis books by Robert W.Henderson, The Derrydale Press,New York, 1932, very goodconditionEstimate: £350.00 - £500.00

Lot: 248Athletic Sports, Tennis, Racketsand other Ball Games, in theBritish Sports and Sportsmenseries from circa 1936, edited byE.H, Thurston and others, thisedition numbered 356 of 1,000,elephant folio in plush red leatherboards etc. not illustratedEstimate: £100.00 - £150.00

Lot: 249Tingay (Lance) Wimbledon 1877-1977: 100 Years of Wimbledon,published by GuinnessSuperlatives in 1977 to celebratethe Championships Centenary,this special deluxe edition isbound in green leatheretteboards with all page edges gilt inan edition of 100 numberedcopies all signed by Fred Perry,the volume is presented in agreen card slip-case, book andslip-case are in excellentcondition not illustratedEstimate: £100.00 - £150.00

Lot: 250A Real Tennis presentationmedal celebrating the opening ofthe Burroughs Real Tennis Clubin 2000, in white metal Estimate: £50.00 - £80.00

Lot: 251A United States Court TennisAssociation medal 2004, ornatedoubles finalist presentationmedal in white metal, boxed Estimate: £50.00 - £80.00

Lot: 252Three small silver broochesfashioned as tennis racquets,one with a silver ball andhallmarked Birmingham 1892,the other two with imitationprecious stones and of a similardateEstimate: £200.00 - £300.00

Lot: 253Thee small silver brooches withdesigns incorporating tennisracquets, one with open stringscrossed racquets and ahorseshoe, one with a pair ofracquets and hallmarkedBirmingham 1884, the other witha single racquet hallmarkedBirmingham 1929 and bearingthe initials MGCEstimate: £200.00 - £300.00

Lot: 254A silver tennis trophy dated 1898,in the form of a an Art Nouveaubowl, hallmarked London, 1897,with presentation inscription by S.Gurney Buxton to the NorwichUnion Lawn Tennis Club in June1898 and won by C.A. Cooper inthree successive years therebyretaining the trophy outright,16cm. 6 1/4in. diameterEstimate: £100.00 - £150.00

Lot: 255An early example of a tabletennis trophy dating to 1902, inthe form of a silver plated cupwith model strung tennis racquetsforming tripod feet, supported ontrefoil base, the bowl engraved1902, WOODFORD [ESSEX],TABLE TENNIS TOURNAMENT,GENT'S CHAMPIONSHIP, WONBY, H.A. HAWKEY, 23.5cm.9in.high. some wear to the plate This early table tennistournament is recorded in "TableTennis & Pastimes Pioneer"stating that the venue was the

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Wilfrid Lawson TemperanceHotel. Estimate: £150.00 - £250.00

Lot: 256A silver tennis trophy, in the formof a lightly hammered bowlhallmarked London, 1922, drophandles suspended from lionmasks, presentation inscriptionfor Mrs Satterthwaite and MissHarvey, winners of the Ladies'Doubles at the Harpenden LawnTennis Tournament in 1922,diameter 11cm., 4 1/4in. PhyllisSatterthwaite was described byLance Tingay as "a notoriouslysticky performer." She reachedthe quarter-finals at Wimbledonon five occasions. MrsSatterthwaite also set up a recordof 450 strokes in a final on theRiviera that lasted approx. 19 1/2minutes.Estimate: £120.00 - £160.00

Lot: 257A silvered sculpture of agentleman tennis player 1930s,possibly a trophy originally, thefigure modelled lunging forwardto play a low backhand, set on amarble base, 37 by 56cm., 14 1/2by 22in.Estimate: £350.00 - £450.00

Lot: 258A silvered sculpture of agentleman tennis player 1930s,the figure modelled in anticipationof playing an overhead crosscourt smash, on stepped base,height 33cm., 13in.Estimate: £250.00 - £350.00

Lot: 259Three bronze figures of tennisplayers, two of gentleman instriking poses, and a smallerfigure of a boy in shorts playingwith a full size racquet, all onbases, the largest 20cm., 8in.Estimate: £180.00 - £220.00

Lot: 260A pair of bronze lawn tennisfigures, both signed E. Loiseauon the base but are after originalsby the French sculptor Ruffony,the gentleman is poised for aforehand and the lady abackhand, both approx. 35cm.,13 3/4in., the lady figure slightlyshorterEstimate: £150.00 - £250.00

Lot: 261A presentation plaque for the Jeude Paume Open de France 2005,in heavy gold coloured metal,ornately decorated Estimate: £50.00 - £80.00

Lot: 262A silver plated tennis theme toastrack circa 1900, designed 14crossed lawn tennis rackets onball feetEstimate: £100.00 - £150.00

Lot: 263A novelty inkpot designed as aheavy silver-plated tennis racket,circa 1920s, with an unusedporcelain inkwell in a ballattached to the stringing, 20cm.,8in.Estimate: £150.00 - £250.00

Lot: 264Eight EPNS lawn tennis spoons,including 1 matching pair, housedin a purpose made caseEstimate: £80.00 - £120.00

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Lot: 265A heavy glass panel with tennisdesigns originally installed at asports centre in the 1950s,images of lawn tennis and tabletennis, curved top, 47 by 40cm.,18 1/2 by 15 3/4in. Estimate: £80.00 - £120.00

Lot: 266A souvenir of the 1928Amsterdam Olympic Gamesfeaturing lawn tennis, in the formof a hexagonal metal plateheavily embossed with laurelsurround and male tennis playerat the centre, diameter 28cm.,11in. not illustratedEstimate: £20.00 - £30.00

Lot: 267A Halcyon Days enamel box forthe Honda Challenge lawn tennistournament played at the RoyalAlbert Hall, London, 1997,featuring John McEnroe on thelid., boxed NOT ILLUSTRATEDEstimate: £50.00 - £80.00

Lot: 268Two 19th century continentalbisque figures of tennis players, aboy and a girl both holding aracquet and a ball, the boy in acream coloured costume, the girlin a green outfit, the boy thelarger figure, 33cm., 13in. highEstimate: £120.00 - £160.00

Lot: 269A pair of continental bisque lawntennis figurines, a younggentleman and a young lady,24cm., 9 1/2in. highEstimate: £60.00 - £80.00

Lot: 270A Victorian pottery jelly mould byW T Copeland, Stoke-on-Trent,with a tennis design,incorporating crossed racquetsand balls, 16 by 13cm., 6 1/4 by5 1/4in.Estimate: £80.00 - £120.00

Lot: 271Three pottery tankards withtennis designs from the RoyalBradwell Sports Series, includingtwo similar brown glazedexamples but with one modelledwith a racquet handle, bothportraying players who bear astrong resemblance to JackKramer and Margaret Osbornethe 1947 Wimbledon singleschampions; a similarly decoratedexample on a cream ground; soldtogether with another tankardfrom the Royal Bradwell Seriesbut portraying rugby, between11.5 and 14cm., 4 1/2 and 51/2in. high (4)Estimate: £80.00 - £120.00

Lot: 272A rare large size production ofthe Wedgwood plate titled 'TheChampionships Wimbledon'dated 1994, diameter31cm.,12in., from an edition of250, the commonly found 20cm.,8in. plate was from a 2,000 piecelimited editionEstimate: £75.00 - £100.00

Lot: 273The Wimbledon Centenary Plate1877-1977, by Spode, limitededition, this numbered 55/1977,diameter 27cm., 10 1/2in. notillustratedEstimate: £30.00 - £40.00

Lot: 274A dozen modern lawn tennissouvenirs, all but one ceramic,the other glass, figurines, mugsand other vessels and objects not illustratedEstimate: £20.00 - £30.00

Lot: 275A ladies fan decorated with aracquet scene with childrenplaying shuttlecocks, late 19thcentury the children also seenwith skipping ropes, printed oncream satin, polished woodensticks, length when fully extended71cm., 28in. Estimate: £100.00 - £150.00

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Lot: 276A Klumpe and Roldan ofBarcelona doll in the form of a feltand cloth tennis player circa1930s, dressed in a white and off-white shirt sweater and longtrousers. height 24cm., 9n 1/2in.,in good condition except for oneloose sting to the racquet, nolabels or tagsEstimate: £50.00 - £70.00

Lot: 277A fine and rare miniatureVictorian bisque doll dressed asa lawn tennis player, his tennisshirt made of cream clothcomplete with a pink neck-tie, histrousers in cream felt, hand-painted features, hair and shoes,a small metallic lawn tennisracket and ball are tucked into hisbrown leatherette belt, inexcellent condition, 8cm., 3 1/4in.Estimate: £100.00 - £150.00

Lot: 278A large felt, straw-filled dolldressed as a lawn tennis playercirca 1960s, in short-sleevedshirt and shorts, holding a lawntennis racket, height 39cm., 151/4in.Estimate: £30.00 - £50.00

Lot: 279A photograph of the CambridgeUniversity lawn tennis teams in1913, the 1st and 2nd teams,with their names inscribed inmanuscript below, the groupincluding Harry FrankGuggenheim (1890-1971)(second-right, front row) theAmerican businessman,diplomat, publisher,philanthropist, aviator andhorseman, illuminated collegecrest above the photograph,published by Stearn & Sons,Cambridge, in wooden frameunder glass, the image 8 1/2 by10 1/2in., overall 45 by 55cm., 18by 22in.Estimate: £100.00 - £150.00

Lot: 280A poster for Lippincott'sMagazine published in August1898, signed in the plate by theartist William L. Carqueville, theimage 30.5 by 19.5cm., 12 by 73/4in., stamp for Les Maitres del'Affiche to bottom right handcorner, unframedEstimate: £100.00 - £150.00

Lot: 281A high quality reproduction posterof the well known view of tennisat Monte Carlo by Roger Brodersoriginally published circa 1930,mounted, the image 97 by 58cm.,38 by 23in. Estimate: £40.00 - £60.00

Lot: 282The Art of Tennis - and How ToPlay It, showing the variousstrokes of the gamedemonstrated by the leadingplayers of England, an originalposter for the instructional filmproduced by The Parkstone Film Co. Ltd., Lytham, 76 by 51cm.,30 by 20in., unframed Estimate: £100.00 - £150.00

Lot: 283A Chuck Wilkinson designedposter titled 'Tennis' published byMarigold Enterprises, N.Y.C.,unframed, 68.5cm., 27in. squareEstimate: £50.00 - £80.00

Lot: 284Three official posters for TheChampionships at Wimbledon,for 2005 to 2007, published byThe All England Lawn TennisClub, the 2005 poster isanonymous but the 2006 issigned in the plate by AlastairTaylor and the 2007 by MatthewCook, the 2005 and 2006 aremounted, all 71 by 51cm., 28 by20in. Estimate: £100.00 - £150.00

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Lot: 285A gallimaufry of coloured lawntennis illustrations all dating tothe 1880s, in modernprofessional mounting, subjectscomprising 'Our Lawn TennisMatch' and 'We Made The CourtOurselves', both drawn by ArthurHopkins, 'Lawn Tennis' by CyrilHallward and 'Mr Smith PlucksUp Courage' , anonymous,various sizes Estimate: £60.00 - £90.00

Lot: 286Victorian tennis illustrations, i)The Lawn Tennis Championshipat Wimbledon (The Graphic,1888), drawn by Arthur Hopkinsii) Irrepressible enthusiasts -tennis in the Snow (double page),drawn by Arthur Hopkins iii) MrHartley winning the cup for thesecond time, drawn by C.R.(Illustrated London News, 1880)iv) Lawn Tennis (double page)drawn by A Ernslie, 1881 v) TheLawn Tennis Championships atWimbledon (double-page),Illustrated Sporting & DramaticNews, 1890, drawn by S T Daddall monochrome, various sizesEstimate: £75.00 - £100.00

Lot: 287A folio of 20 decorative tennisprints, comprising: 9 variousVanity Fair prints, three featuringMichael Michailovitch, two titled'Baby', two titled 'In His LighterMoments', 'Thrice Champion' and'Tennis'; together with 10 variousoriginal sheets taken fromVictorian magazines andfeaturing lawn tennis, real tennis& pelota; and a 1992 limitededition reprint of 'MonsieurMasson, The [Real] TennisPlayer'Estimate: £200.00 - £300.00

Lot: 288Milivoy Uzelac (Yugoslavian,1897-1950) TABLE TENNIScolour lithograph from Uzelac'sseries of illustrations for Maurice& Jacques Goddet's 1932publication 'Les Joies du Sport',signed in the plate, 42 by 31cm.,16 1/2 by 12 1/4in., unframedEstimate: £50.00 - £80.00

Lot: 289After Warwick Nelson(contemporary) TEEN TENNIS an artist's proof on card for acolour poster design, unframed,92 by 64cm., 36 by 25in.Estimate: £90.00 - £120.00

Lot: 290Continental School Circa 1935,PELOTA: AU PAYS BASQUE,LA PARTIE DE REBOTunsigned, oil on board, 23 by37cm., 9 by 14 1/2in., woodenframe; sold with a postcardpublished by Editions d'Art"Yvon", Paris, that reproducesthis work (2)Estimate: £120.00 - £180.00

Lot: 291Luis Morris (born 1963) LEWHOAD signed, a pencil drawingheightened with white chalk, 30by 42cm., 11 3/4 by 16 1/2in.,unframed Luis Morris has gainedcommissions from The AllEngland Club Wimbledon andThe Lawn Tennis Association.Estimate: £180.00 - £220.00

Lot: 29220th Century School TENNISPLAYER AT FULL STRETCH,WIMBLEDON indistinctsignature, oil on board, 30.5 by40.5cm., 12 by 16in., unframedEstimate: £70.00 - £100.00

Lot: 293Robert Barnete (1931-2006)TENNIS PLAYER ATWIMBLEDON signed, oil onboard, 30.5 by 40.5cm., 12 by16in., unframed; sold togetherwith an auctioneer's catalogue forthe sale of a quantity of Barnete'sworks (2) Estimate: £120.00 - £160.00

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Lot: 294A lawn tennis dress circa 1920, incream linen, belted, long sleevesand lace-edged collar; soldtogether with a green cottonfancy dress with white appliquetennis racquets, balls and courtmarkings circa 1930s (2) Estimate: £300.00 - £500.00

Lot: 295A tennis dress circa 1930s,cream linen, sleeveless, beltedshort dress, buttoned at the frontand with two breast pockets; soldtogether with a cream, sleevelesstennis dress with pleated skirt,circa 1940s (2)Estimate: £250.00 - £400.00

Lot: 296Two 1960s lawn tennis dresses,the first cream linen, sleeveless,zipped at the back and highlydecorated with drawn threadworkand embroidery; the secondpossibly just intended as afashion dress, but probably asleeveless cotton tennis dress,the skirt with two small pleatsfront and back, each enclosingpink and green braid decoration Estimate: £150.00 - £250.00

Lot: 297A Maria Bueno sleeveless lawntennis dress by Teddy Tinlingcirca 1960, with drop waist andpleated skirt in man made fibre,the design expressly reserved forMaria Bueno by her tenniscouturier Teddy Tinling, andbearing two of his personallabels, the front opening has sixtan buttons and the skirt andneck edged with the same colour This dress was never worn byMaria Bueno but was understoodto have been donated by theBrazilian champion to a charity.Estimate: £300.00 - £500.00

Lot: 298A very scarce leather ball usedfor a game in the Tudor timesprobably real tennis,DISCOVERED IN A CHURCH INNORTHAMPTONSHIRE WHENA DOORWAY BLOCKED UP ATTHE TIME OF THEREFORMATION WASREOPENED, stitched leather

almost certainly stuffed withhorse hair, now somewhatmisshapen, the diameterapproximately, therefore, is about1 1/2 inches; sold together withthe five other objects found in thechurch doorway, comprising: aseal bearing Tudor Coat of Arms, German token, a wooden comb,a wooden spinning top and alead musket ball (6) Estimate: £500.00 - £1,000.00

Lot: 299A collection of lawn tennis balls inoriginal tins and boxes, tins:SLAZENGER, THEWIMBLEDON, n.d. (4/4 used);THE WIMBLEDON CENTENARYSPECIAL, 2002, (4/4 mint); THEWIMBLEDON LIMITEDEDITION, n.d. (2/2 mint);Tin/Card - THECHAMPIONSHIPSWIMBLEDON, 1939 (6/6 used);TRETORN (decorated tin box)CENTENNIAL EDITION, 1991(6/6 mint); WILSON, OPTICYELLOW, n.d. (3/3 used); boxes:SLAZENGER, VICTORY, 1985,(6/6 used); DEMON, n.d. (6/6mint); L.T.A. OFFICIAL, 1949,(4/6 mint); L.T.A. OFFICIAL,1965, (4/4 mint); L.T.A.OFFICIAL, 1973, (4/4 mint);DUNLOP, FORT, 1949, (6/6used); FORT, 1978, (6/6 mint);L.T.A. OFFICIAL, 1979, (6/6mint); LONG PLAY, n.d. (6/6mint); PARADIN, VANESSA, withfine Art Deco label, selected forJunior Wimbledon 1938/39, (6/6used); sold together with a shopdisplay case, n.d., for 10 boxes ofDunlop Fort 'with the new deepnap cover' Estimate: £300.00 - £400.00

Lot: 300Two sealed lawn tennis ball cans,Dunlop Fort containing four balls,and Spencer Moulton containingthree ballsEstimate: £100.00 - £150.00

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Lot: 301A wooden case purpose-madefor the display of table tennisballs, and containing over 120examples from circa 1980s, allnow detached from theirpositions, included are examplesfrom Halex, Hanno, Schildkrot,Joola, Reina, TSP, Kettler, CorDu Buy, Nittaku, Sunflex andPosno-SportEstimate: £50.00 - £100.00

Lot: 302A tube of F.H. Ayres of Londonregulation leather bottomsshuttlecocks, the paper tubepackaging a little faded, but theshuttlecock appear seldom used not illustrated Estimate: £30.00 - £50.00

Lot: 303Three boxed table tennis sets, i)THE NEW GAME OF WHIFF-WAFF or TABLE TENNIS, bySlazenger & Sons, circa 1900,with two vellum battledoresmeasuring about 40cm., postswith heavy clamps, net, and tubewith four early balls, the rules(with service direct over the net)are printed inside the lid, the boxis distressed but complete ii)TABLE TENNIS, THE NEW ANDPOPULAR PASTIME, by F.H.Ayres, circa 1910, with a pair ofvellum battledores measuringabout 36cm., very heavy cast-iron, free-standing posts and netplus two old balls, the box isneatly restored iii) TABLETENNIS LATEST INDOORGAME, circa 1910, with delightfulillustration of the family at play,with a pair of plain wooden bats,posts (with wire supports) andnet plus two old balls, allapparently very little used, rules(with service direct over the net)are includedEstimate: £350.00 - £450.00

Lot: 304Three boxed table tennis sets, i)PARLOUR TENNIS THEPOPULAR SOCIETY GAMEFOR THE TABLE, with varnishedwooden bats and posts (with ironclamps), net and rules (allowing'tennis' scoring up to 20), finelabel with domestic scene, but lid

in need of repair, 4 balls ii) PINGPONG OR GOSSIMA THE NEWTABLE GAME, by J. Jaques &Son, c.1905, with 2 gilt-decoratedbattledores measuring about39cm., fine turned posts andheavy brass clamps with net iii)MATCH PING-PONG, balls areincluded, the fantasy label is ingood order but the box isdistressed, the 18-page bookletof laws contains usefulillustrationsEstimate: £350.00 - £450.00

Lot: 305Three boxed table tennis sets, i)GAMAGE'S TABLE TENNIS,retailed by A.W. Gamage ofLondon, with a pair of heavywooden bats (by Jaques), verygood quality net and posts (all 3items marked A.W. Gamage, butthe posts apparently supplied byJaques), the Rules andDirections show that service wasdirect over the net and tennisscoring was used so this is anearly set, box in need ofrestoration ii) PING PONG, by S& B, Paris, circa 1910, in largewooden box with sliding lid, witha pair of strung racquets,stringing poor, wooden foldingnet assembly, 'tennis' net and 4balls, the rules in French andEnglish show direct service and'tennis' scoring iii) THE GAMEOF TABLE TENNIS, by Williams& Co., Maison de JeuxAthletiques, Paris, circa 1910,with a pair of vellum battledores,about 38cm. in length, pair of'ribbed' wooden bats, 'tennis'nets, unusual all-wood posts andthree old balls, the rules of thegames in French and Englishshow direct service and 'tennis'scoring, the outside title is veryfaded but the interior illustrationis very fineEstimate: £350.00 - £450.00

Lot: 306Marx-A-Serve electric tabletennis training machine circa1955, battery operated, in verygood working order, a ball hitagainst the back netting will keepreturning and a number of ballscan be fed in via the ramp, easyassembly and suitable for anylarge table Estimate: £100.00 - £150.00

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Lot: 307A rare tennis court marker by B.Hirst & Sons of Halifax circa1885, with registered number11482 moulded into the cast iron,the wooden grips are missing,but otherwise in good condition The lawn tennis section of TheBadminton Library, edited byC.G. Heathcote, stated 'theprinciple is that of the commonwater-wheel, raising the whitingto a platform, whence it isdischarged upon a marking-wheel 1 1/2in. in width.' Estimate: £150.00 - £200.00

Lot: 308A highly unusual (possiblyunique) pair of Victorian woodenlawn tennis post with no windingmechanism and no heavy bases,very possibly made privately by ahandyman on a grand Englishcountry estate, these weresupported by an iron rodprotruding from the lower endwhich fitted into a tube set in theground Estimate: £100.00 - £200.00

Lot: 309A fine pair of 'Gardiner's ClubLawn Tennis Poles' made atHoddesdon, Hertfordshire andwith a design number firstregistered in 1883, a heavy ironsupport extends from the end ofeach pole, this fitted into a tubeset in the ground, thereby noheavy iron base was required,the current condition suggeststhey have hardly been used Estimate: £200.00 - £300.00

Lot: 310A complete F.H. Ayres of Londonlawn tennis set early 20thcentury, two wooden posts,green painted cast iron bases,netting, boring drills, and netpegging Estimate: £300.00 - £500.00

Lot: 311A Wimbledon Members' LawnChair in the colours of The AllEngland Lawn Tennis & CroquetClub, a wooden folding picnicchair, seat and back cloth in ClubcoloursEstimate: £50.00 - £80.00

Lot: 312A floor-standing multiple racquetpress for use at a tennis club bythe Atlas Company circa 1920s,designed with a wind upmechanism to hold about adozen racquets at a time whenthe warping of the head framewas a common occurrence,approx. 51 by 46 by 31cm., 20 by18 by 12in, Estimate: £300.00 - £500.00

Lot: 313A Victorian multi-racket press forthe sport of racquets by H Gray &Sons of Cambridge, polishedmahogany with 3 dividers, allwing-nuts and screws present,maker's stamp not illustratedEstimate: £75.00 - £100.00

Lot: 314A mahogany lawn tennis racquetpress by Jefferies circa 1880,designed for four narrow headedracquets, maker's stamp Estimate: £100.00 - £150.00

Lot: 315A Victorian multi-racket press forlawn tennis retailed by Fortnum &Mason of London, pear-shapedpolished mahogany with 5dividers, all wing-nuts and screwspresent, retailer's mark Estimate: £75.00 - £100.00

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Lot: 316A sphairistike racquet circa 1875,Jefferies & Co. stamp to the tiltedhead frame, plus additionallystamped on the convex wedgeSPHAIRISTIKE, and with theother side of the wedge stampedFRENCH & Co., LONDON, goodcondition except for some brokenstringing When Major WalterClopton Wingfield defined therules of the modern game oftennis in 1874, he called it"sphairistike" (pronounced, "sfair-rist-ik-ee"), Greek for "playingball." At the same time, he alsoreferred to the game as "lawntennis." According to The Timesof London (1927), the name"sphairistike" was dropped veryquickly because it was so difficultto pronounce. Wingfield chosethe old racquet making firm ofJefferies & Co. to make hisboxed sphairistike sets. The word"tennis" is said to have beenderived from the French word,"Tenez" ("look here"). In theFrench game, the serverannounced "Tenez!" and thenserved the ball. Certainly by theshort time to the first WimbledonChampionships in 1877 lawntennis had been adopted as thesport's name. Estimate: £5,000.00 - £7,000.00

Lot: 317A rare and early lawn tennisracquet retailed by Mark &Moody of Stourbridge circa late1870s, asymmetrical, with almostperfect thick lateral and verticalstringing, the racquet with afeature whereby an extra lateralstring has been added loopingaround the vertical strings atevery junction, additionally thereare eight rows of trebling strings(with just one vertical stringbroken), the throat is stamped bythe retailers 'Mark & MoodyStourbridge' and just below this isthe weight, a hefty 15 3/4ounces, the racquet measuring68 by 22 by 2.5cm., 26 Â¾ by 8 Â¾by 1in. By 1840 a retail businesshad been established atStourbridge in the West Midlandsby Thomas Mellard. Following hisdeath in 1861, the business wasbought by Kidderminsterbusinessman Thomas Mark, whorelocated to the High Streetpremises where it traded untilrelatively recent times. In 1878,

George Moody, who had startedhis career as an apprentice,became a partner in the businessand Mark and Moody wasfounded.Estimate: £1,500.00 - £2,000.00

Lot: 318Four American lawn tennisracquets circa 1900 to 1930, i)THE HUMDINGER by H. JBancroft, strung with silk ii) THEBRYANT by Horsman, withconvex wedge iii) THE SEARSby Wright & Ditson, with convexwedge, 1920 (Kuebler) iv) THESTADIUM by Harry C. Lee, thefirst with a slotted shaft, as statedby Kuebler, circa 1910Estimate: £100.00 - £150.00

Lot: 319Four American lawn tennisracquets circa 1900 to 1930, i)THE NASSAU No.6 by A GSpalding ii) THE GOLD MEDALMODEL BW, with unusualpatented (1923) stringing at thesweet spot iii) THE STADIUM byHarry C. Lee, the first with aslotted shaft, as stated byKuebler, re-strung iv) THE PIMby Wright & Ditson 1920(Kuebler) Estimate: £120.00 - £160.00

Lot: 320A selection of a dozen Englishlawn tennis racquets from themid-20th century, all in finecondition and near-completestringing, the lot includingECLIPSE, VICEROY, DRAGON,VICTORY, MARLBOROUGH Estimate: £100.00 - £150.00

Lot: 321An early American steel lawntennis racquet circa 1922, byWilliam Larned, assignor to theDayton Steel Racket Co., Ohio,constructed with 'elastic metalstringing' and a wooden handleEstimate: £50.00 - £100.00

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Lot: 322A patent steel lawn tennisracquet by Hobbies Company,Dereham, Norfolk circa 1920,sometimes said to be the firststeel racquet of Englishmanufacture, metal strings, thegrip covered in canvas Estimate: £100.00 - £150.00

Lot: 323A very rare 'Metallo' lawn tennisracquet with aluminium framecirca 1920, gut strings and cork-covered handle This racquetdoes not appear to be recordedanywhere. After passing throughthe holes of the frame the stringsrun over a leather strip. Possiblyearlier than 1920 date we havesuggested.Estimate: £150.00 - £200.00

Lot: 324'The Thors' a steel lawn tennisracquet with metal strings bySlazengers circa 1925, with awooden handle, recorded inKuebler Estimate: £150.00 - £200.00

Lot: 325A Slazengers 'Steel' lawn tennisracquet with wire strings 1924,cream painted steel head frameand collar, but with a traditionalwooden handleEstimate: £120.00 - £150.00

Lot: 326An American Dayton 'Cadet'steel racquet late 1930s, creamcoloured steel frame, metalstringing, but with a traditionaloctagonal wooden handleEstimate: £50.00 - £70.00

Lot: 327A Hazells 'Streamline' (GreenStar) lawn tennis racquet 1930s,the triple branch wooden racquetin very good condition except forsome broken stringing,additionally bearing a Gray's ofCambridge paper label to grip Estimate: £200.00 - £250.00

Lot: 328A Fischer 'Mark 77' "spaghetti"racquet dating from 1977, thedouble gut strung racquet, mostfamously used competitively byIlie Nastase, deemed illegal in1977 Estimate: £200.00 - £250.00

Lot: 329A Macgregor Bergelin 'LongString' racquet circa 1985, semi-octagonal graphite head shape,and with an internal string tensioncontrol mechanism, adjusted bymeans of an Allen key device,with original head coverEstimate: £80.00 - £100.00

Lot: 330A selected group of fivebadminton racquets todemonstrate the evolution ofdesign from the 19th century tocontemporary manufacture,comprising: a 19th century vellumbattledore, THE CHALLENGE byJ & S Sheffield, THE BUCKLEYby Slazenger, THE CHAMPIONby Walt Briggs and THE FLEX ITby CarltonEstimate: £50.00 - £80.00

Lot: 331A selected group of five squashracquets to demonstrate theevolution of design from the early20 century to contemporarymanufacture, comprising THEWILSON (with a sheepskin grip),THE SPECIALLY SELECTED byan unknown maker, THE BLUESPOT by Austin, THECHALLENGE CHAMPIONSHIPby Slazenger & THE SUPERLITEby Donnay Estimate: £75.00 - £100.00

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Lot: 332A fine & rare Art Nouveau silverplate & mahogany table tennisbat circa 1902, the head ismahogany to one side, and corkto the other, the grip is silverplate, set with a presentationplaque inscribed DOSH, XMAS,1902, lightly impressed retailer'smark for 512 OXFORD STREET[London] and PING PONGCHALLENGEEstimate: £300.00 - £500.00

Lot: 333A pair of strung table tennisracquets with unusually smallheads circa 1900, no maker'smark, one with stringing insuperior condition to the other Estimate: £150.00 - £200.00

Lot: 334A near pair of strung table tennisracquets circa 1900, no maker'smark, probably German, one withstringing in superior condition tothe otherEstimate: £100.00 - £150.00

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