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Sporting Memorabilia &
Golfing Heritage
Wednesday 19 June 2013 at 11am
Chester
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General Sporting Memorabilia
Lots 1 - 49
3• W
A Collection of Wisdens Cricket Almanacks
1937, 1946-2005
A collection of 66 Wisden publications
including almanacks 1937 softback, 1946 to
1983 softback, 1984 to 2002 hardback with
dust jackets, 2003 softback; ‘The Wisden
Papers 1888-1946’, ‘The Wisden Book of
Cricket Quotations’, Wisden Anthologys for
1900-1940, 1940-1963, 1963-1982 x 2 and
‘The Wisden Book of Obituaries’.
2 £300 - 400
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A collection of Wisdens cricket almanacks
1864 to 2009
Includes 1864 to 1878 softback facsimiles,
1879, 1880 and 1881 softbacks, 1882 and
1883 hardback Willows reprints, 1884 rebound
hardback, 1885 to 1887 hardback Willows
reprints, 1888 softback, 1889 hardback, 1890
hardback, 1891 hardback, 1988 Willows
reprint, 1892 softback, 1893 softback, 1894
softback, 1895 hardback rebound with covers,
1896 rebound hardback, 1897 softback,
1898 softback, 1899 softback, 1900 softback,
1901 - 1909 rebound hardbacks, 1910 - 1915
softbacks, 1916 hardback, 1917 - 1920
softbacks, 1921 softback, 1922 hardback,
1 1923 softback, 1924 hardback, 1925 hardback,
1926 softback, 1927 - 1929 softbacks,
1930 to 1939 hardbacks, 1940 to 1946
softbacks, 1947 hardback, 1948 hardback,
2 1949 hardback, 1950 - 1952 softbacks, 1953
A silver tea set presented to Harry hardback 1954 - 66 softbacks, 1967 - 71
Makepeace by Lancashire C.C.C. softbacks , 1972 hardback, 1973 - 80 softbacks
A silver three piece tea service, teapot, milk , 1981 hardback, 1982 softback, 1983, 1984
jug and sugar bowl, possibly Charles Edwards hardbacks, 1985 softback, 1986 hardback,
of London 1927/28, of compressed circular 1987 - 91 softbacks , 1992, 1993 hardback,
form, lightly hammered decoration flanked 1994 softback, 1995, 1996 hardback, 1997
by bifurcated handles on three hoof feet, the softback, 1998 - 2009 hardbacks.
teapot bearing inscription ‘To Harry Makepeace
from the committee of The Lancashire County duplicates include;
Cricket Club in appreciation of 23 years
invaluable service 1928’. 1879 hardback Willows reprint
£800 - 1,000 1888 hardback Willows reprint
7 1892 to 1906 hardback Willows reprints
Joseph William Henry Makepeace (1881 - 1916 hardback Willows reprint
Cricket 1952) appeared for his country four times at 1917 hardback Willows reprint
1 each of cricket and football, making him one 1918 hardback Willows reprint
1897 Silver cigarette box - West Indies of just 12 people to achieve this accolade. 1919 hardback Willows reprint
England cricket tour Makepeace played in four Tests for England in
Engraved to lid ‘ENGLAND V BARBADOS the 1920/21 Ashes while his first class career 1950 softback covers soiled
JANUARY 1897’, hallmarked, silver. This box with Lancashire lasted from 1906 to 1930. 1951 softback covers soiled
was likely to have been presented to a member He was associated with Lancashire C.C.C. 1952 softback covers soiled
of the touring party as a memento. for forty-six years. Altogether he scored in
Size approx. 135 x 80 x 45mm. first-class cricket 25,745 runs, average 36.15, 1988, 1989 hardbacks
£300 - 400 including forty-three centuries. Ten times he 1976 softback
obtained more than 1,000 runs in a season, 1978 - 80 softbacks
A team of amateurs toured the West Indies in his best being in 1926 when his aggregate
the 1896-97 season playing matches between reached 2,340 and his average 48.75. As a Australian Wisdens;
January and March 1897. They played a total member of J. W. H. T. Douglas’s M.C.C. Team
of 16 matches of which 9 are regarded as in Australia in 1920-21, he took part in four 1998 hardback Australian Wisdens
first class. A party of 13 was taken under the Test matches. For twenty years Makepeace was 1999 hardback Australian Wisdens
captaincy of Mr. A. A. Priestley. The team left coach to the Lancashire Club. As a footballer 2000/01 hardback Australian Wisdens
Southampton on December 30 and arrived he played right half-back for Everton, and he 2001/02 hardback Australian Wisdens
back in England on April 14. Matches played v represented England against Scotland in 1906, 2002/03 hardback Australian Wisdens
Barbados on January 13, 14. 1910 and 1912, and against Wales in 1912. He 2004/05 hardback Australian Wisdens
was a member of the Everton team which won £12,000 - 15,000
the F.A. Cup Final at the Crystal Palace in 1906
and lost that of 1907.
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A hand signed M.C.C. cricket bat and A collection of mainly cricket badges -
Counties signed bat J.W.H.T.Douglas 12
A William Gunn Superior Extra Special full size 13 badges, Fitzroy Cricket Club 1925/26, A Muhammad Ali hand signed boxing
cricket bat, hand signed to the reverse by the 1921/22, South Melbourne Cricket Club glove
M.C.C. team circa 1928 including Larwood, 1922/23 x 2, Caulfield Cricket Club A red everlast left hand boxing glove hand
Hobbs, Sutcliffe, and Woolley, framed and 1921/22, Sydney Cricket Ground 1920/21, signed in black marker by Muhammad Ali.
glazed together with a Duncan Fearnley Hawthorn East Melbourne Cricket Club £500 - 600
full size bat hand signed to the face by the 1922, Camberwell Cricket Club 1921/22,
Lancashire and Hampshire C.C.C’s. (2) Imperial Sports Club 1908, Prahran Cricket 13
£600 - 800 Club 1921/22, East Surrey undated, The Tail A Muhammad Ali hand signed boxing
Waggers Club undated and the Cricket House glove
6• W Challenge Cup won by Gepps 1901 - silver. A red Everlast left hand glove hand signed
A large collection of cricket books Most are enamel with ring suspension and in black marker by Muhammad Ali. The lot
including Wisdens numbered to the reverse. includes a C.O.A.
Wisdens Cricket Almanacks for 1911, 1920, £150 - 200 £500 - 600
1921, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927,
1928, 1929 and a complete run from 1947 10 14
to 2011, together with a large collection of 1912 dinner menu for successful capture of A Muhammad Ali hand signed boxing
various other cricket publications including the Ashes glove
Playfair Cricket Annuals from 1949 to 2011. A dinner menu from the Holborn restaurant on A red Everlast right hand glove hand signed
A lot. Friday 19th April 1912 to Mr J.W.H.T.Douglas in black marker by Muhammad Ali. The lot
£200 - 300 to celebrate his successful captaincy of includes a C.O.A.
the Marylebone cricket Team in Australia £500 - 600
7 during the season 1911-12, together with
The Laws of the Noble Art of Cricket a Daily Mirror 1914 Royal Presentation to The next 3 lots were originally displayed in
Published 1809 by John Wallis J.W.H.T.Douglas. (2) the White House pub in Stalybridge until
Printed laws sheet with hand-coloured £500 - 600 the 1950’s and given to the current owner
engraving of early cricket scene, published by by the landlady at that time. The White
John Wallis, 25 May, 1809, London. Framed The 1912 Ashes in Australia from December House pub was frequented by boxing
and glazed. 1911 through to March 1912 were won by champion Sam Hurst during the 1860’s
Size approx. 66 x 44cm England 4 to 1, in the 1st Test at Sydney - after moving in 1857 from Huddersfield,
£500 - 700 Australia won but then England went on to Sam Hurst (nicknamed the Stalybridge
win the next 4 tests. Infant) because of his size he was engaged
8 as a ‘chucker out’ and would carry patrons
1956 Australian touring team hand signed 11 out of the pub when they had consumed
picture and programme A hand signed picture of Don Bradman too much alcohol. The pub itself became
A black and white photograph affixed to hard A black and white image of the Don striding to known as one of the best sporting houses
card background imprinted with the Australian the wicket of the Melbourne Cricket Ground in the country.
Tour team of 1956 names, hand signed by (MCG) during the third Test of the 1936-37
each player next to their name (approx. card Australia vs England series. Framed and glazed. 15
size 31 x 25cm) together with a souvenir tour 41cm x 30cm Tom Sayers ‘Champion of England’
programme. (2) £150 - 200 A colour portrait of Tom Sayers in boxing poise
£100 - 150 in the ring, annotated fight career details
underneath from 1849 to 1859, printed by
Hullmandel & Walton, framed and glazed.
Size approx. 61.5 x 41cm
£200 - 300
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The international contest between Heenan Two large montages of portraits of late
and Sayers, Farnborough 1860 19th/early 20th century boxers
Colour lithograph of the first Heavyweight One featuring 30 black and white portraits of
Championship of the World on the 17 of April Plimmer, T.Williams, Nixon, Ryan, Mahoney,
1860, Lithograph by Bufford Sons and Drawn Moyes, Pearson, Gibbons, Curran, Corbett,
by W. L. Walton, published Boston 1860. Corfield, Wilson, Abbott, Paddock, Akers,
Size approx. 124 x 90cm Fitzpatrick, Valentine, Cohen, Nickless, Kelly,
£600 - 800 Fitzsimmons, Reader, Palmer, Burge, Craig,
Causer, Williams, Jordan and Maher, framed
This scene displays the fight between American and glazed (size approx. 133 x 86cm) and
boxer John Heenan and English boxer Tom the other featuring black and white portraits
Sayers, which took place in Farnborough, of 16 boxers of the period - Dixon, Mitchell,
England on April 17, 1860. The fight lasted Carney, Wallace, Greenfield, Sullivan, Goode,
42 rounds for approximately 2 hours and 27 Shaw and Fielden to centre with trophy,
minutes until it was broken up by the police. Pritchard, Crowther, Jackson, Smith, Slavin,
Both boxers fled the scene, leaving the contest Joe McAuliffe, Kilrain, framed and glazed (Size
undecided. approx. 105 x 90cm). (2)
£1,200 - 1,300
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Pugilistica, volumes I to III plus Knuckles
and Gloves and Pictorial History of Boxing
A fine set of three volumes published in
Edinburgh by John Grant, 1906 hard cover
edition bound in decorative cloth. Vol 1 499
pp., Vol 2 538 pp., and Vol 3 528 pp. each
profusely illustrated throughout, each with
gilt titles and gilt pictorial cover art depicting
Humphries and Mendoza on the front cover
and Gentleman Jackson on the spine. Covering
140 years of the History of British Boxing.
[very good condition with bright gilt]. The lot
includes ‘Knuckles and Gloves’ by Bohun Lynch
published by W.Collins & Sons of Pall Mall
1922, bound in green boards [some wear to
covers] plus a Pictorial History of Boxing by Sam
Andre and Nat Fleischer published 1975. (5)
£300 - 400
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A Jake La Motta hand signed ‘Raging Bull’
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movie poster
A black and white poster of Robert De Niro
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starring as Jake La Motta, hand signed ‘Jake La
A pair of boxing trunks and a Paddy Hand signed boxing gloves, Earnie Shavers,
Motta Raging Bull’. Lot includes C.O.A. with
Monaghan limited edition print, both hand Lennox Lewis plus training team
picture of signing. Framed and glazed.
signed by Muhammad Ali A pair of Bryan red boxing gloves, each hand
Size approx. 115 x 77cm
White Everlast boxing shorts with black trim, signed by Earnie Shavers, together with a pair
£200 - 300
hand signed by Muhammad Ali in black of Everlast red boxing gloves, one hand signed
marker to the right leg, includes a colour by Lennox Lewis and the other by his training
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photograph dated 12-4-98 NYC with hologram team. The lot includes a compliments slip from
A Virgil Hill fight corner team boxing
identification to shorts and photograph, Sky Sports hand signed by Rob Jorgensen
jacket
together with a colour print by the boxer Paddy stating that the gloves were won as a prize in a
A black bomber style jacket imprinted to
Monaghan, limited edition number 393 of 850, Sky Sports competition. (4)
reverse with ‘Virgil ‘Quicksilver’ Hill’, this jacket
hand signed by Muhammad Ali and Paddy £200 - 300
was worn by his corner team member Hector
Monaghan, includes a picture of Muhammad
Van Cheri in the 1980’s. The lot includes a
Ali signing the item and C.O.A. (5) 28
letter of authenticity from the vendor.
£800 - 1,000 An Evening at the National Sporting Club
£250 - 350
An engraving by William Howard Robinson
24 signed and dated 1917, depicting “Peerless
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Illuminated appreciations awarded Jim” Driscoll and Jim Bowker in the ring
A George Foreman hand signed boxing
to George Henry Vize president ABA before Round 1 for the British Featherweight
glove
heavyweight champion, John H Douglas Championship in 1907, signed in pencil by
A red right hand Everlast boxing glove hand
president ABA the artist to the border, framed and glazed (85
signed in black marker by George Foreman.
Two colourful awards for service presented x 59.5cm) complete with the key illustrating
£200 - 300
to John H.Douglas (March 1925) and George the attendees by name and seating position,
Henry Vize (March 1908), each hand signed by framed and glazed (50 x 52cm). (2)
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patrons, presidents, life members, secretaries £150 - 200
A Muhammad Ali hand signed print
and councillors.
A black and white print of Muhammad Ali
Each approx. 52 x 39.5cm 29
from behind looking into a mirror during a
£200 - 300 A collection of boxing news picture cards
training session with skipping rope, hand
13 post card sized picture cards, featuring
signed underneath by Muhammad Ali and
25 boxers in fighting poise, one hand signed of
the photographer Brian Morgan. Framed and
Ralph Starkweather hand signed print of Freddie Goodwin, unsigned of John Sullivan,
glazed.
Muhammad Ali James Corbett, Bob Fitzsimmons, James
Size approx. 70.5 x 54cm
A black and white print of Muhammad Ali Jeffries, Tommy Burns, Tom Sharkey, Jack
£400 - 600
relaxing sitting in an office chair, hand signed Johnson, Jess Willard, Jack Dempsey, Gene
by the photographer Ralph Starkweather. Tunney, Georges Carpentier, Luis Angel Firpo.
Size approx. 37.5 x 28cm Each approx. 13.7 x 8.7cm.
£300 - 400 £200 - 300
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Multi signed boxing gloves and picture
A pair of red Lonsdale gloves, hand signed
by Michael Jennings, Matthew Hall, Michael
Gomez, Karl Inch, Dave Barnes, Robin Reid,
Thomas McDonough, Brian Hughes (coach)
and Ricky Hatton, together with colour picture
of Ricky Hatton signing (framed and glazed size
approx. 38 x 33cm).
£300 - 400
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30 John Michael “Johnny” Basham (born Newport In later years Johnny was a poor man, when
The Lonsdale belt awarded to Johnnie 1890 – 1947) was a Welsh boxer nicknamed the American troops were in Newport during
Basham in 1914, 1915 and 1916 ‘The Happy Wanderer’ who became British the last war Johnny would walk into a pub
Mappin & Webb London 1909, the central and European champion at both welter and displaying his Lonsdale belt in the hope of
oval enamel portrait of 2 boxers in the middleweight. His professional career spanned them buying a drink for him, and the belt
ring surmounted by Lion passant and over 20 years, from 1909 to 1929. Basham could often be seen displayed behind the
‘NATIONAL SPORTING CLUB WELTER WEIGHT was the first welterweight to win the Lonsdale bar. Johnny was a popular figure in Newport
CHAMPIONSHIP’ to the top with ‘CHALLENGE Belt outright, successfully defending his British and the people of Newport rallied through
BELT’ underneath, flanked by hinged strap welterweight title on two occasions and also a sportsmans’ committee and organised a
work too each side with 2 oval and 2 circular took the Commonwealth Welterweight title boxing tournament the proceeds of which
medallions, one each side of the central plaque in 1919. His career was defined not only by were to have provided Johnny with a pension.
with enamel figure of boxer, to left hand his successes, but also through the death in But unfortunately just one week before the
side with fight details on the first medallion the ring of opponent Harry Price. His first tournament Johnny died. There was a huge
engraved ‘May 10th 1915,SERGt JOHNIEE professional fight was against Boxer Ryan turnout for Johnny’s funeral. A simple wooden
BASHAM defeated SERGt TOM MCCORMICK on the 18th of October 1909 in Newport. In cross marked Johnny’s grave for 40 years until
13 Rounds’, second medallion ‘21st MARCH 1912 Basham joined the Royal Welch Fusiliers in 1987 a boxing tournament was arranged
1910 YOUNG JOSEPHS DEFEATED JACK and was stationed at The Barracks, Hightown, between Newport and its German twin town
GOLDSWAIN 12 ROUNDS FOR £500’, third Wrexham. His move to North Wales resulted of Heidenheim. The ring was set up in Newport
medallion ‘DEC. 14th 1914, SERGt JOHN in most of Basham’s fights now occurring Centre, the advertising went out and by the
BASHAM Defeated JOHNY SUMMERS 9 rounds either in Wrexham or across the border in end of the evening enough money was raised
for £300’, to the right hand side the first Liverpool. Several of his fights were fought at to pay for a handsome headstone.
medallion engraved ‘DEC 9th 1912 JOHNNY The Barracks or in the Drill hall, Poyser Street,
SUMMERS defeated SID BURNS 20 rounds Wrexham. Provenance: Christies: The property of J.Carr
£450’, second medallion engraved 17th JUNE esq., March 31st 1954 Lot 119, the lot
1912 JOHNNY SUMMERS DEFEATED ARTHUR Basham’s first title fight was held on the 21st includes the original catalogue from this sale.
EVERNDEN 13 ROUNDS FOR £400’, the third of December 1914, a victory against Johnny On Johnny Bashams death the belt was sold
medallion engraved ‘MAY 1st 1916 SERGt Summers for the British Welterweight belt by his widow to the Reform Club in Newport
JOHNNIE BASHAM DEFEATED EDDIE BEATTIE fought at the National Sporting Club giving of which he had been a member, and was
19 ROUNDS £475’, with striped red, white Basham his first Lonsdale Belt. Basham’s career subsequently disposed of by the club to the
and blue silk ribbon running the full length slowed during the First World War as he was present owners family.
of approximately 85cm. Complete with the serving in the British Expeditionary Force in
original blue velvet lined wood storage locking France, making competitive fighting difficult.
case and key. This belt, originally presented Basham was one of a group of fighters, known
by the Earl of Lonsdale, was won in 1910 by as ‘The Famous Six’, who were an elite corps
Young Josephs, and in June and December of Army Physical Training Instructors. The
1912 by Johnny Summers. The latter lost in other five men were Jim Driscoll, Jimmy Wilde,
1914 to Sergeant John Basham, who then Bombardier Billy Wells, Pat O’Keefe and Dick
retained it in two further contests in 1915 and Smith. In May 1915 the National Sporting
1916, therefore winning the belt outright. Club arranged Basham’s first defence of his
£30,000 - 35,000 welterweight title, his opponent being Tom
McCormick who had held the title briefly in
1914. The twenty round fight lasted until the
thirteenth when Basham stopped McMormick
through a technical knockout. In 1916 Basham
defended his British title for the second time,
again at the National Sporting Club in Covent
Garden, facing Scotsman Eddie Beattie. The
match went as far as the nineteenth before
Beattie was stopped via a technical knockout.
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Olympics/athletics 34
The first 1948 Olympic torch carried on
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1908 London Olympic Games competitor’s Cast alloy crown, with pierced Olympic rings
Badge and embossed “XlVth Olympiad 1948 Olympia
A circular medal, enamel and pewter, to the to London with thanks to the Bearer”, the
37 obverse bearing the Goddess Nike, the reverse bearers name engraved to crown ‘S.H.DOBLE’,
with engraved number 2086 and maker’s set on a solid turned alloy shaft and complete
name “Vaughton of Birmingham,” 30mm. in with burner retaining shaft, with additional
diameter. protective metal cover with a tissue flame to
£600 - 800 the top. This torch was the first carried on
British soil at Dover by bearer S.Doble. The
32 lot includes a letter dated 7th July from the
A trophy awarded to Eric Liddell, Chariots 1948 Olympic Organising Committee inviting
of Fire athlete the bearer to take part and a collection of
A silver plated goblet engraved ‘ELTHAM newspaper clippings featuring the story.
COLLEGE SPORTS MILE E.H.LIDDELL 1919’. Approx. 410mm high.
Height approx. 17.5cm £3,000 - 4,000
£600 - 800
Butcher Sid Doble carried the Olympic torch
Eric Henry Liddell (1902 – 1945) was a Scottish on the first leg of its journey from Greece for
athlete and rugby union international player. the 1948 games in London - one of more than
He joined Eltham College in 1908 at the age of 1500 runners who relayed the flame on its
six. Eric was an excellent sportsman captaining 2100 mile passage. The Torch was brought to
both the rugby and cricket teams as well as Dover by the Destroyer Bicester, then carried
excelling at athletics. After finishing school ashore by Chief Petty Officer Herbert Barnes
he continued to play rugby and represented and handed to Sid on the seafront before
Scotland seven times. At the 1924 Olympic starting its journey to London.
Games in Paris he won the bronze medal in the
200m and then the gold medal in the 400m, 35
an achievement which forms the basis of the Roger Bannister hand signed montage
film “Chariots of Fire”. A framed ‘First Four minutes’ publication
opened at the initial page featuring image
33 of Roger Bannister, hand signed by Roger
1924 Paris Olympic officials badge Bannister. Framed and glazed.
A shield shaped badge, to the obverse with 34 x 27.5cm
‘OFFICIEL VIII OLYMPIADE PARIS 1924’, Olympic £100 - 150
rings to the top, the reverse engraved with
number ‘2674’. 36
34 Length approx. 4cm. 1924 Paris Olympic officials badge
£500 - 600 A shield shaped badge, to the obverse with
‘OFFICIEL VIII OLYMPIADE PARIS 1924’, Olympic
rings to the top, the reverse engraved with
number ‘2642’.
Length approx. 4cm.
£500 - 600
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1948 London Olympics official poster
Walter Herz
An official poster advertising the games,
coloured lithograph framed and glazed, printed
by McCorquodale & Co.
Size approx. 75 x 50cm.
£400 - 600
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A hand signed photograph of the 1977
British Isles Rugby Union team
A black and white photograph mounted
in a hard card envelope, imprinted with
‘BRITISH ISLES RUGBY UNION TOURING TEAM
1977’ and annotation of each player in the
photograph, hand signed to the surround by
approximately 32.
Card size 34 x 30cm
£500 - 600
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1997 British Lions v South Africa winning
dropkick rugby ball
A Gilbert South African Rugby Football Union
ball, this is the matchball from Jeremy Guscott’s
drop kick against South Africa on the 28th of
June 1997 in Durban. Hand signed by the full
British Lions team. Encased in a perspex display
case with annotation and three pictures of the
drop kick.
£800 - 1,200
Against the run of play, Guscott fired home the
opportunistic drop goal that won the test series
for the British Lions with a match to spare.
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1926 New Zealand autographs and 1911 38
squad picture
A sheet hand signed by 13 New Zealand 43 46
dated 1926, together with a black and white
A 20th century spelter figure of a rugby Ronnie and Reggie Krays pool cues
photograph mounted on hard card of the
player These cues were the Krays personal pool cues
North Island Rep. rugby team in Wellington
holding ball in passing poise, signed G. used in the prisons they were incarcerated
New Zealand in 1911.
Demange, on green marble base. in - Reggies cue a Riley ‘Paul Hunter’ cue in
£200 - 300
47cm high. black leather ‘BCE SPORTS’ storage case, H.M
£500 - 700 Prison label with name ‘R.Kray’, no. 327416
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and H.M.Prison Wayland Griston Norfolk
England hand signed rugby balls
affixed to the case, and Ronnies’s Cannon cue
A Gilbert official replica ball hand signed by
Other sports with label affixed H.M.PRISON , No. 327415
21 England squad circa 1995 including Martin
WANDSWORTH LONDON.
Johnson, Nigel Redman, Dean Richards, Kyran
44 £600 - 800
Bracken, Rob Andrew, Rory Underwood, Tony
Underwood, Phil De Glanville, Will Carling, An American Football hand signed by Joe
Namath Reggie was eventually released in 2000 aged
Ian Hunter, Matthew Dawson and Graham
Rowntree, together with a Gilbert rugby ball A Wilson NFL official brown football with white 66 because of his deteriorating health, and
hand signed by approximately 14 including lacing, hand signed by Joe Namath. died shortly afterwards. Ronnie Kray died in
John Conteh, Jack Scott, Lennie Bennett, £100 - 200 prison in 1995 aged 61.
Gareth Edwards, Henry Cooper and Bernard
Cribbins (2). Joseph William “Joe” Namath is a former Provenance: Clowes Nash Auctions, November
£200 - 300 American football quarterback. He played 2012 lots 158 and 159
professional football during the 1960s and
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Stephen Doig hand signed limited edition League icon and played for that league’s New E J Riley & Co snooker scoreboard
rugby prints York Jets for most of his professional career but An oak scoreboard, with rollers, brass sliders
A colour print number 713 of 850 produced, finished his career with the NFL’s Los Angeles and mirror centre panel.
entitled ‘Grand Slam Glory’ 18th Match 1995 Rams. He was elected to the Hall of Fame in size approx. 96 x 70cm
England v Scotland, England winning 24 - 12 1985. £500 - 600
to win the Five Nations, Calcutta Cup and
Grand Slam trophies, hand signed by Stephen 45
Doig, Rob Andrew and Will Carling, framed 14 vintage wooden lawn bowls
and glazed (Size approx. 80.5 x 64cm) with 8 bowls turned in lignum vitae, 2 of each
C.O.A. affixed to reverse, together with a inlaid with ivory spots 1 through to 4, double
colour print entitled ‘ROAR OF THE LIONS’ circular decorative design to each side, (each
limited edition number 507 of 850 produced, approx. 10cm diam.), together with 4 larger
British Lions tour South Africa 1997, hand (11.5cm diam) unmarked bowls and 2 odd
signed by Stephen Doig, framed and glazed sized unmarked bowls (one 13cm and one
(Size approx. 78 x 60cm). (2) 14cm approx.)
£200 - 300 £200 - 300
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A collection of sporting medals including
founder of Snooker 1894
A circular medal, to the obverse with snooker
player in action and ‘WINNER’, the reverse
engraved ‘NEVILLE FRANCIS FITZGERALD
CHAMBERLAIN’, hallmarked, 1894, 9ct
gold, ring suspension; Shield shaped medal,
engraved to reverse ‘B.S.C.C. BILLIARD LEAGUE
1899 1900 J.H.SMITH A.M.C.C.’, hallmarked,
silver, ring suspension, length approx.
40mm with original box.’; shield shaped
medal, engraved to reverse ‘THE NORTHERN
FOOTBALL RUGBY UNION 1895’, hallmarked,
silver, ring suspension, length approx. 48mm,
with original box; shield shaped medal,
the reverse engraved ‘’B.S.C.C.B.L. Season
1896-97 Cup Winners Aston C.C. J.H.Smith,
hallmarked, silver, ring suspension, length
approx. 34mm, with original box. (4)
£300 - 400
Sir Neville Francis Fitzgerald Chamberlain
KCB KCVO KPM (1856 – 1944) was a British
Army officer. He is credited with inventing the
game of snooker while serving in Jubbulpore
(Jabalpur), India in 1875. On 19 March 1938
he had a letter published in which he claimed
to have invented the game of snooker. His
claim was supported by the author Compton
Mackenzie in a letter to The Billiard Player in
1939. Chamberlain developed a new variation
of black pool by introducing coloured balls,
Chamberlain had said to a fellow player who
had failed to pot a coloured ball: ‘Why, you’re
a regular snooker’. While explaining the term
to his fellow officers Chamberlain, remarked
that they were all ‘snookers at the game’ and
the name snooker was from then on adopted.
The word snooker came from a derogatory
nickname given to first-year cadets studying at
the Royal Military Academy.
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Andy Murrays hand signed U.S. Open final
match worn shirt
49 An Adidas white short sleeved shirt, hand
signed neatly in black marker by Andy Murray
to the front. This shirt was worn by Andy
Murray in the 2012 U.S. Open. The lot includes
a printed letter of authenticity that was
originally signed by Andy Murray. Framed and
glazed.
Size approx. 112.5 x 90cm
£5,000 - 8,000
This lot is being sold to raise funds for the
Princes Trust, a youth charity that helps change
young lives.
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The 2012 U.S. Open was played on the
outdoor hard courts at the USTA Billie Jean
King National Tennis Centre in Flushing
Meadows Park, of Queens, New York City from
August 27th to September 10th. Djokovic - the
defending men’s champion, was defeated in
the final by Andy Murray. Murray became the
first British man since Fred Perry in 1936 to win
a Grand Slam singles title, and the first man to
win both the U.S. Open and the Olympic men’s
singles gold medal in the same year.
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Golf John’ because of his good manners and 50
taciturn nature. Panton’s best finish in St. Andrews: John Panton’s 1970 Open
John Panton M.B.E. (9 October 1916 - 24 the Open was fifth in 1956 at Hoylake. Championship Player’s blue and silver
July 2009) was born in Pitlochry Scotland. He played in 27 Championships over a badge
Panton was a natural sportsman. He was period of 37 years, with his last appearance Complete with original back pin together with
a skilful inside-forward and had football coming at the age of 57 at Lytham. In 1970 his bag tag.
trials with Hearts and Dundee. However at St. Andrews, when he was 53, he tied £300 - 400
he was also a promising young golfer for ninth place behind the winner Jack
and reached the semi-finals of the British Nicklaus and his cheque for £1,200 was the At the 1970 Open at St Andrews when he was
Boys Championship in 1934. He turned biggest pay-day of his career. As well as aged 53 John Panton recorded the lowest final
professional the next year aged 19 and his Ryder Cup appearances in 1951, 1953 round and finished in a tie for 9th position... a
took up a job in the local golf club shop at and 1961, until his death on 24 July 2009, cheque from the R.& A. for £1,200 marked the
Pitlochry where he stayed for the next four Panton was the oldest surviving Ryder biggest pay-day of his career.
years. Panton joined the Army in 1939 and Cup player on either side of the Atlantic.
during the war he served as a gunner in He also represented Scotland thirteen 51
Burma and Italy; he wasn’t demobed until times in the World Cup between 1955 and John Panton’s rare competitor’s badge
1946. After the war, Panton had precious 1968. Panton was appointed honorary in brass and coloured enamel ‘The Open
little tournament experience to call on for professional to The Royal and Ancient Golf Championship Carnoustie 1937’ with George
a man who had been a professional for Club of St Andrews in 1988, a position he VI Crown, boxed.
11 years. It didn’t take him long, though, held until his retirement in 2006. A portrait 1¼ x 1 inch
to find his feet and the first of his many of the former Glenbervie professional £500 - 800
successes came in the Scottish Professional now hangs in the R & A’s clubhouse.
Championship of 1948. Thereafter, Panton In 2005, he was made an honorary life The Scotsman 27 July 2009: John Panton’s
was a serious competitor for the next member of the European Tour. At the Obituary: “When Panton made his debut at 20
30-plus years. He went on to win several John Panton Memorial Service in Pitlochry in the Open at Carnoustie in 1937, his wizened
prestigious tournaments including the in September 2009 Peter Dawson the caddie was a friend of Old Tom Morris, who
1950 Silver King Tournament, the 1951 R. & A. Secretary paid tribute, “John died in 1908, but was runner-up at the
Daks Tournament, the Vardon Trophy in Panton was a magnificent golfer, a model inaugural staging of the Open in 1860 and
1951 as the leading player in the Order of professional and a true gentleman...” It won the belt for the first time in Prestwick the
Merit on the Tour, the 1952 North British- was a measure of Panton’s celebrity that following year...”
Harrogate Tournament and the 1956 PGA he shared with Arnold Palmer the all but
Match Play Championship. In addition to unique distinction of having a drink named 52
tournament golf, Panton also served as a after him. In America, an ‘Arnold Palmer’ Royal Lytham: John Panton’s 1963 Open
club professional at Glenbervie Golf Club is ice tea mixed with lemonade, while in Championship Player’s blue and silver
for 38 years until 1984. He also won the Scotland a ‘John Panton’ consists of ginger badge
Woodlawn Invitation Open in Germany beer and lime. Panton lived the last years together with his 1974 Open Championship
for three consecutive years from 1958. of his life with his daughter Catherine Player’s blue and silver badge both with original
In Scotland, he dominated, with eight Panton-Lewis, herself an outstanding back pins.
victories in the Scottish Professionals professional golfer. £500 - 800
Championship and seven in the Northern
Open between 1948 and 1962. Later
in his career, he won the PGA Seniors
Championship twice, in 1967 and 1969,
and the World Seniors Championship in
1967, defeating Sam Snead 3 and 2 in
the final. Throughout his career he was
nicknamed ‘Gentleman John’ or ‘Honest
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Little Aston Golf Club: Two Garrard & Co Royal Troon: John Panton’s 1973 Open
Regent silver-plated tankards Championship Player’s blue and silver
Engraved ‘Dunlop Masters Golf Tournament badge
Little Aston Golf Club Birmingham 1958 J Complete with original back pin.
Panton’ £300 - 400
together with ‘Dunlop Masters Golf
Tournament Little Aston Golf Club 1963 J 59
Panton’ A collection of golf trophies won by John
£150 - 200 Panton
To include the winner’s 1969 Pringle Senior’s
54 in the form of a silver thistle; two silver gilt
Royal Birkdale: John Panton’s 1965 Open ‘replica’ Scottish Daily Express Quaich, 1952
Championship Player’s blue and silver and 1962; the Skol Silver Star trophy awarded
badge to John Panton in 1982 ‘for Golf’ with
with his named 1965 Open bag tag. Together programme and brief; three McMillan trophies,
with his 1971 Open Championship Player’s blue 1952, 1953 and 1959; three other trophies
and silver badge both with original back pins. together with two EPNS tankards. 58
£500 - 800 £200 - 300
55• 60
A 1950 Open Championship programme Ben Hogan: a clean autograph in blue ink
‘Played over the Links of Troon 3rd-7th July’; On the front end papers of his 1949 book
a presentable example with good covers and Power Golf.
internal pages, six pages with varying degrees £200 - 300
of graffiti.
£200 - 300 61
Royal Birkdale: John Panton’s 1983 Open
56 Championship Player’s blue and silver
Muirfield: John Panton’s 1966 Open badge
Championship Player’s blue and silver Complete with original back pin and plastic
badge. case together with his bag tag.
Complete with original back pin. £250 - 400
£300 - 400
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An Augusta National invitation to [John
Panton] to participate in the 1952 Masters
Tournament
Black and white with tissue guard, no folds
and in fine condition, measuring 5½ x 4½
inches together with its hand written envelope
franked ‘Augusta October 30 1951’ together
with another for 1962, folded crease. 61
£500 - 800
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Dinner menu’s, programmes, bag tags, Two large golfing trophies won by John A Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Regent silver-
postcards and ephemera : John Panton Panton plated tankard
A Dinner to Henry Cotton M.B.E. menu dated To include the large wooden Woodlawn Engraved ‘Dunlop Masters Golf Tournament
1953 - with enclosed invitation to John Panton International Invitational decorated with Royal Liverpool Golf Club Hoylake 1950
and table plan; a 1951 Dinner menu honouring winged birds on columns and engraved J Panton’; another ‘Dunlop Masters Golf
Max Faulkner; a 1960 Open programme, clean ‘Winner 1958, 1959, 1960’ , 22 inches high Tournament Mere Golf & Country Club Mere
condition except for crease to cover; a ‘John together with a newspaper report ; the 1973 Cheshire 1952 J Panton’; A Garrard & Co
Panton’ named Open Championship bag tag CBC Television International Seniors Golf Regent silver-plated tankard engraved ‘Dunlop
for 1971 Royal Birkdale ; 2 non open tags; 5 Tournament in metal presented on a wooden Masters Golf Tournament Royal Birkdale Golf
South African tournament programmes circa plinth and with a large golfer on top of the Club 1964 J Panton’; another ‘Dunlop Masters
1940s and 1950s; 4 golfing postcards together trophy , lacking club, 18 inches high. Golf Tournament Prestwick Golf Club 1956 J
with a large quantity of golfing photographs. John Panton won his first Woodlawn Panton’ together with a Garrard & Co Regent
Invitational in 1958 at the Ramstein Airbase in silver-plated tankard engraved ‘Dunlop Masters
63 Germany with a 72 hole score of 275 (66, 67, Golf Tournament Notts Golf Club Hollinwell
John Panton’s 1951 Ryder Cup blazer 72 and 70). He won $2,000 and beat runner- 1957 J Panton’.(5)
Navy Blue in colour and complete with a red up Bernard Hunt by two shots. £250 - 400
and white 1951 Ryder Cup breast pocket
badge. 66 69
£500 - 700 John Panton’s silver metal and enamel 1951 Ryder Cup: An official Dinner
1951 Ryder Cup Players’ money clip invitation from Robert A. Hudson
64 Engraved with name and date; a 1951 Victory To the British and United States Ryder Cup
Tankards awarded to John Panton Dinner menu dated 4 November 1951; 3 black Teams, 22 October 1951 at the Waldorf-Astoria
A Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Regent silver- and white team photographs of the 1951 GB Hotel in New York, with flags and trophy on
plated tankard engraved ‘Dunlop Masters Golf team stamped verso ‘Hemmers Photo shop front page. Folded to 6 x 4½ inches. Together
Tournament Wentworth Golf Club Virginia Pinehurst’; his silver metal and enamel 1961 with a collection of Ryder Cup ephemera
Water 1951 J Panton’; a Garrard & Co Regent Ryder Cup money clip engraved with his name associated with John Panton
silver-plated tankard engraved ‘Dunlop Masters and date and location [St Annes on the Sea] to include a R.M.S. Queen Mary Farewell
Golf Tournament Princes Golf Club 1954 J together with a 1957 menu for the ‘Dinner to Dinner menu for 20 October 1951, and
Panton’; a Garrard & Co Regent silver-plated the Ryder Cup Teams’. another signed by Fred Daly and Charles Ward;
tankard engraved ‘Dunlop Masters Golf £500 - 700 an October 22nd 1951 ‘Honouring Ryder Cup
Tournament Portmarnock Golf Club 1959 J Teams of the United States and Great Britain’
Panton; a Garrard & Co engraved ‘Dunlop 67 at the Waldorf Astoria menu and envelope,
Masters Golf Tournament Sunningdale Golf John Panton: A collection of his golf complete with tassel, water damage to front
Club 1960 J Panton’ together with a Garrard trophies leading edge; A Le Coqdor of Piccadilly menu
& Co Regent silver-plated tankard engraved To include the winner’s 1969 Pringle Senior’s card dated 30 September 1953 signed by
‘Dunlop Masters Golf Tournament Royal in the form of a silver thistle; two silver gilt Panton, Faulkner, Weetman, Adams, Bradshaw,
Porthcawl Golf Club 1961 J Panton’.(5) ‘replica’ Scottish Daily Express Quaich, 1952 Alliss, Daly and Cotton; a 1955 Ryder Cup; a
£250 - 400 and 1962; the Skol Silver Star trophy awarded table place card showing 1953 British and Irish
to John Panton in 1982 ‘for Golf’ with team characters personalised in the centre with
programme and brief; three McMillan trophies, ‘J. Panton 0.5’; a collection of Cunard White
1952, 1953 and 1959; three other trophies Star menus together with 15 plus Ryder Cup
together with two EPNS tankards. team photos and others.
£200 - 300 £200 - 300
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Canada [World] International Golf Trophy:
John Panton’s collection of medals and
programmes
To include three large bronze medals inscribed
‘John Panton Scotland’ for 1955, 1956 and
1957, all boxed; a 1957 programme; an official
folio for the 1963 Canada Cup Matches at
De Saint Nom La Breteche; an official folio
for the 1964 Canada Cup Matches to include
programme at Royal Kaanapali Maui Hawaii
and Team Dinner menu 1st December 1964;
two International Golf Association cloth
contestant badges one dated 1955 and
three metal badges together with an official
photograph album from the 1966 International
Trophy and Canada Cup Championship Golf 71
Matches in Tokyo Japan containing 24 large
mono photographs including 3 of Nicklaus and
Palmer.
£300 - 500
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An Augusta National invitation to [John 73
Panton] to participate in the 1961 Masters Royal Liverpool: John Panton’s 1967 Open
Tournament Championship Player’s blue and silver
Black and white, no folds and in fine condition, badge
measuring 5½ x 4½ inches together with a Complete with original back pin.
signed type written letter dated November £300 - 400
1960 from Clifford Roberts, Chairman of the
Masters Tournament to Panton as ‘one of 74
the Tournament Players who are on our ‘61 Dunn Seymour: Golf Fundamentals:
Masters foreign invitation list’ advising him that Orthodoxy of Style
he would soon be receiving as a Christmas gift Lake Placid New York, privately published
‘in the form of a new book which was written 1930, 283 p.p., illustrated, black cloth, folding
by Robert T. Jones, Jr., the President of our golf specification chart in rear, rubbing to spine
Club’ and comes complete with the letter’s ends and corners bumped, else good. Together
envelope franked ‘New York November 1960’. with a signed copy of George McGregor’s
£500 - 700 “Open” Reflections 1950, dedicated to John
Panton and a good example of 45 years Golf in
72 Nairn by A.A. McGillivray .
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John Panton’s metal and enamel 1953 (3)
Ryder Cup Players’ badge
Together with his silver metal and enamel
money clip engraved ‘Wentworth England
1953’ Clip; his Ryder Cup Dinner menu ‘on
occasion of the tenth Ryder Cup Match given
by the Captain and Directors of the Wentworth
Club’ complete with red tassel and his 1953
Ryder Cup programme in clean condition.
£500 - 800
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General Clubs 79 83
A collection 50 + pre 1930s wooden A collection of 20 + socket shafted drivers
75 shafted irons and putters and fairway woods
Two top stripe decorated socket woods in Various makers and cleek marks to include a Various makers and stamps to include Le
near perfect condition Peter McEwan stamped anti-shank iron, an Touquet, Shoor Flite, Miles and R.W. Wilson,
Also three Thornton Ladies irons, No. 1, 3 and Arthur Brown-Harry Vardon medium lie putter, the majority with grips and ready to play with
a mashie; a large smooth headed iron with a a Forgan & Son rut iron, a selection of brass all in a canvas style golf bag.
‘Goudie’ shaft stamp; a good heavy putter with headed putters and cleeks, the majority with £200 - 300
a ‘Forgan’ stamp to shaft; a niblick with arrow grips and ready to play with all in four canvas
and heart cleek mark, all in a golf bag and all style golf bags. 84
ready to play with. £250 - 400 An interesting collection of early 20th
Century wooden shafted clubs
76 80 To include a Mills BS3 model; a Mills Straight
A collection of five wooden shafted putters A collection 40 + pre 1930s wooden Face Brasie Spoon; a R. Forgan ‘Bulldog’; a R.
in clean condition shafted irons and putters Forgan small headed loft; a Mattney & Edgar
Together with four irons, various cleek marks Various makers and cleek marks to include a Special with red fibre face insert and a scared
and makers, all ready to play with. Spalding Model C cleek with a Carruther’s type neck brassie with three weight plug holes,
hosel, an unusual X putter with narrow head maker’s name obscured, all clubs with grips
77 and long hosel, a left handed Dunlop Shoor and contained within a good canvas golf bag
A Ben Sayers ‘Stopum’ mashie niblick with Flite niblick, a James Braid Daisy putter and a with alloy legs.
the Mitre brand cleek mark good Mills putter, the majority with grips and £200 - 300
In very clean condition, its face with thick ready to play with all in three canvas style golf
horizontal ridges together with a collection bags. 85
of woods and irons to include two scared £200 - 300 Dickson: A transitional shaped scared neck
neck woods (Steer and R Wakerley); six early putter circa 1880s
socket woods including a light coloured ‘The 81 Crown clearly stamped in capital letters with
Scotia’; four anti-shank irons including an early A collection of unusual wooden shafted a W. Park stamped shaft, original wrap round
patented Niblick; a smooth faced cleek with putters leather grip together with a J. MacKenzie
rifle cleek mark; four other smooth faced irons To include a Standard Golf Mills K long nose Special socket wood with a re-enforced club
to include one stamped ‘J.W.’ together with style putter, a T. Simpson Hesketh G.C. ‘The face and centre lead weight to its sole. Good
two early Mills alloy headed clubs, damage to Hesketh Staynorus’ putter with long 4½ inch original leather grip. (2)
hosels. All other clubs in this private collection hosel (modern grip),a Ben Sayers ‘Gruvsol’ £200 - 300
have good grips and are in a playable state. putter, a Josh Taylor autograph putting cleek, a
They come within a leather golf bag. Otey Crisman 70 HB mallet putter single sight
(22) line together with a good Smith’s anti-shank
£300 - 400 mashie niblick (modern grip). (6)
£200 - 300
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A long nosed left-handed McEwan Short 82
Spoon circa 1880s G. Forrester: A left-handed dark stained
Dark stain, 3 pegs in ram’s horn insert, neat early transitional shaped Play Club circa
lead back weight, full hide grip over under- late 1880s
listing, measuring 36½ inches in length, its Measuring 43 inches in length, the crown
head measuring 5 x 1 ¾ x 1½ inches together stamped ‘G. Forrester’, with an un-stamped
with a smooth faced W. Park iron and an straight shaft complete with its original hide
Edwardian wooden shooting stick. grip over padded under-listing. Minor marks
£200 - 300 only to head and neck. Together with a Wm
Park scared neck brassie with fibre face insert,
some old chips to face area and other minor
marks complete with good hide grip. (2)
£200 - 300
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A leather bound photograph album
containing sepia photographs paste down
To include 12 sepia photographs from the
1903 Open Championship at Prestwick
including three of Braid, three of Vardon, one
each of Jack White, J.H. Taylor, R. Maxwell,
A.Herd and one of the Clubhouse; verso
five sepia photographs of the 1903 Scottish
Ladies Golf Championship to include one of
Miss Glover and one of Miss D. Campbell;
six sepia photographs and 17 autographs of
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a match between the Royal Melbourne and
Geelong Ladies Golf Clubs; six photographs of
the Flinders Easter Tournament Easter 1907;
three sepia photographs in 1909 of the Royal
Melbourne G. C. and two lady golfers including
the 1909 Champion; five other photos of lady
golfers; six sepia photographs of North Berwick
circa 1910 including one of Arnaud Massy
driving a ball six and another of “Crawford”;
six sepia photographs of the 1911 Open at
Sandwich to include ones of Chick Evans,
Abe Mitchell, Herd and Vardon and Sherlock
together with autographs and photographs of
A.C. MacLaren and his cricket team in Australia
1901-1902.
£700 - 900
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Bobby Jones: a boxed Tru-Vue film Bakelite 92
viewer circa 1930s
Complete with six ‘Bobby Jones Golf Series’
filmstrips featuring Bobby Jones and ‘Putting’,
‘The Woods’, ‘The Long Irons’, ‘The Short Patent and early clubs
Irons’, ‘Bunker Play’ and ‘Short Approaches’.
5 x 2½ x 5½ inches 90
£500 - 600 John “Jack” Morris (1847-1932): A long 88
nose driver with lofted face circa 1880s
88 Dark stain, crown stamped ‘J. Morris’, lead
A fine black and white photographic print back weight, red fibre insert to leading
of Harry Vardon edge, face with fibre insert, sole labelled
Published by the Swan Electric Engraving ‘No.15’, hickory shaft complete with thick
Company, Northumberland House, 116, contemporary wrap round grip. One old worm
Charing Cross Road, 1st September 1905, hole in face, no obvious defects.
signed lower right by Vardon in pencil, framed 45½ inches; 4 x 1¾ x 1 inches
and glazed (19 x 12 inches). Not examined £500 - 800
outside of its frame. Together with two prints, 93
(1) After Graeme W. Baxter: Carnoustie 91 A fine dish faced ‘sand’ iron circa 1850s
Golf Links, an Artist Proof, signed by the G. Brand (1849-1922): A long nose scared With heavy head (4 x 2 inches), deep nicking
artist, autographed by golf professionals on neck putter circa 1890s and a long 5½ inch hosel. Original shaft and
the Seniors Tour to include Paul Way, Gary Dark stain, crown stamped ‘G Brand’, lead leather grip over under-listing.
Wolstenholme, Billy Eggo, Brian Waites, Tommy back weight, small areas of damage to ram’s 39 inches in length
Horton and Hugh Boyle, framed and glazed horn insert to leading edge, ‘G Brand stamped £800 - 1,200
and (2) another golf print, framed and glazed. shaft complete with worn wrap round leather
£300 - 500 grip over under-listing. Provenance: Phillips sale 1163 lot 450
37½ inches; 4¼ 5 x 2 x 1 inches
89 33 inches 94
J.H. Taylor: An early photographic swing A George Bussey & Co bulger shaped driver
sequence circa 1910 92 circa 1890s
Comprising 14 black and white separate Tom Morris: A long nose scared neck putter Maker’s mark and Arrow trade mark to crown;
photographs of J.H. Taylor, swinging a wooden circa 1900 fibre face insert, back of club head has six
headed golf club. Each photograph measures Clearly stamped in capital letters ‘T Morris’; crafted plugs for individual weighting, shaft
5 x 3½ inches. Original wooden mounting and no obvious cracks or defects but over-restored stamped in capitals ‘Bulger’ and with a sewn
glazed frame measuring 16 x 36 inches. with varnish. patented sheepskin grip stamped at top.
£400 - 600 £500 - 600 £300 - 400
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Charles Leven: A patent (applied for) Leven
practice driver circa 1920
Its wooden head fitted a cover plate over
an interior weight and measuring system,
complete with re-set button, hickory shaft and
leather grip, minor wear only. The reset button
is stiff and the gauge is fixed in place. Together
with a good aluminium headed ‘The Mills 3’
and two wooden shafted blade putters.
£400 - 600
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R. Forgan: an early long nosed scared neck
driver circa 1870s
Dark stain, crown stamped in capitals ‘R
180 Forgan’, neat lead back weight, good ram’s
horn insert to leading edge, partial fibre face
insert, no shaft stamp but appears to original
shaft all with the majority of its original hide
grip over under-listing. There is an old inch long
106 crack in the head. Good restoration potential.
41 inches
£300 - 500
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McEwan: Long nose Middle Spoon circa
1860s
104 Dark stain, hooked and lofted face, crown
stamped ‘McEwan, ram’s horn insert to leading
edge of sole, sole labelled ‘No.8’, ash shaft
with a complete wrap round leather grip, a
95 98 little worn.
A large headed concave blacksmith made Thompson: A long nose scared neck putter 40 inches; 5 x 1¾ x 1 inches
general iron circa 1860s stamped with the maker’s name circa 1880s £800 - 1,200
Original shaft and leather grip over under- Dark stained, complete with horn and lead
listing. weight, three deep single letters (one of which 103
39 inches in length , clubhead 4 x 2 inches is a Y) and ten incised marks or notches to the McEwan: Long nose Middle Spoon circa
with a 5½ inches long hosel top of the original shaft that is complete with 1870s
£500 - 800 its thick wrap round grip; a Robert Forgan long Dark stain, hooked face, crown stamped
nose brassie with Plume of Feathers mark to ‘McEwan’ and ‘WR’, ram’s horn insert to
Provenance: Phillips sale 1163 lot 450 crown, lacking face insert, good restoration leading edge of sole, large neat back weight,
Top of club numbered 59 potential; a bulger shaped scared neck brassie hickory shaft, original leather grip over under-
with red face insert; a socket woods and two listing, some damage to top of grip.
96 others reduced in length; three anti-shank irons 39½ inches; 5 x 1½ x 1 inches
A Presentation cleek with a 4 inch hosel together with five others all in a 1960s golf £500 - 800
With stained hickory shaft stamped ‘McEwan bag.
Selected Shaft’, the original leather grip £200 - 300 104
silver bound top and bottom. The silver top An un-named presentation iron circa 1890s
inscribed, ‘West Kilbride Golf Club presented 99 With wooden shaft stamped ‘McEwan
to Hugh R.G. Cranford Esquire of Auchinanes Robert Forgan: A long nose shaped driver Selected’, with a silver band to the bottom of
on the occasion of his opening the club links in with a distinct hook circa 1860s original leather grip and a silver top to the grip
Ardneil Bay 13 May 1893’; also engraved with The crown and original shaft stamped ‘R. inscribed, ‘West Kilbride Golf Club presented
crest and motto. Forgan’, neat lead back weight, fine original to Hugh R.G. Cranturd Esquire of Auchinames
£300 - 500 whipping and hide leather grip over under- on the occasion of his opening the club links in
listing measuring 43½ inches in length, the Ardneil Bay 13 May 1893’.
97 club head 5 x 1¾ x ¾ inches. £500 - 800
Five ‘Hand Made in Scotland’ reproduction Together with another Robert Forgan long nose
early golf clubs shaped driver with neat lead back weight, the Provenance: Phillips sale 1191 lot 292
To include a water-iron, another water iron, crown and original shaft stamped ‘R. Forgan’, Top of club numbered 57
a track iron, a ‘McEwan’ stamped long nose fine original whipping and hide leather grip
shaped driver and putter, all with matching over under-listing measuring 42½ inches in
leather grips, all five shafts stamped ‘Replica’. length, the club head 5 x 1¾ x 7/8 inches.
£200 - 300 Worm holes to head.
£500 - 800
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