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Sporting Memorabilia Tuesday 05 November 2013 10:00 Graham Budd Auctions Ltd Sotheby's 34-35 New Bond Street London W1A 2AA Graham Budd Auctions Ltd (Sporting Memorabilia) Catalogue - Downloaded from UKAuctioneers.com Lot: 320 Lot: 327 A signed copy of Steve Donoghue's autobiography 'Just My A signed pair of A.P. McCoy jockey breeches, signed in black Story', from the limited deluxe edition, this copy numbered 5 of marker pen and inscribed BEST WISHES, bearing Tote 200, signed by the champion jockey in ink and dated 12th sponsor's logo; mounted in a frame together with a letter of October 1923, published by Hutchinson & Co., London, red authenticity from Gee Armytage (the jockey's P.A.) and a leather gilt not illustrated photograph of Tony McCoy riding Gloria Victis, one of the Estimate: £120.00 - £150.00 champion jockey's favourite horses, 51 by 39cm., 130 by 99cm. Estimate: £400.00 - £600.00 Lot: 321 Signed b&w photographs of the jockeys Gordon Richards and Lot: 328 Michael Beary, the Richards example signed in ink & dated Two bookmaker's badges, the enamelled metal badges 1933, the image of Beary on Mid Day Sun having won the 1937 inscribed Tophams Ltd., Aintree Racecourse, 190; and Derby signed in ink to the lower mount, the lot includes a Northern B.P.A., Butcher Pardy, Rotherham, No.322 cigarette card, photocard and press cutting all relating to Beary; Estimate: £120.00 - £160.00 sold together with a an unsigned photograph of the 1909 Oaks winning owner and jockey Mr C Cooper & Frank Wootton (6) Estimate: £200.00 - £250.00 Lot: 329 Two vintage bookmaker's satchels. for G. Strachan of Twickenham; together with a qty. of on-course numbered Lot: 322 betting tickets, bookmaker board magnetic strips for The Oaks, An Anglo-American Sporting Club menu for a dinner held at the The St Leger and the 1,000 & 2,000 Guineas; Shaw's Guide to London Hilton 9th May 1966 in honour of Pat Taaffe, Tom the Laws of Betting and Lotteries, 4th edition Dreaper and 'Arkle' signed to the front cover by Muhammad Ali, Estimate: £80.00 - £120.00 additionally signed by Angelo Dundee and the Welsh heavyweight Dick Richardson; sold with a press photograph showing Ali in a dinner jacket at the dinner where he was one of Lot: 330 the guests of honour, the champion boxer was in London A bookmakers blackboard circa 1940s, painted red & white for preparing for the Henry Cooper fight later that month DAY BROS., arched top, 87 by 52.5cm., 34 1/2 by 20 3/4in. Estimate: £500.00 - £700.00 Estimate: £100.00 - £150.00 Lot: 323 Lot: 331 A pair of Anglo-American Sporting Club menus for a dinner held A paddock finger-post sign from Ascot Racecourse, blue at the London Hilton 14th March 1966 in honour of the four painted metal with white lettering, gold & red stylised racehorse times Champion Jockey Scobie Breasley, one signed by & jockey, 12 by 93cm., 4 3/4 by 36 1/2in. Breasley, both bearing an additional signature to the back cover Estimate: £100.00 - £150.00 Estimate: £120.00 - £160.00 Lot: 332 Lot: 324 The Ascot Racecourse Annual Members Restaurant menu An autographed racing saddle dating to 1968, the white leather board, an arched acrylic wall mounting menu board bearing the lightweight saddle originally sold at an auction after a dinner in Ascot logo, central frame for placing a menu/wine list, blue honour of Scobie Breasley's retirement at the Anglo-American lettering on a cream background, 52.5 by 54.5cm., 20 3/4 by 21 Sporting Club, 25th November 1968, profusely signed in blue 1/2in. Provenance: The Ascot Auction, Graham Budd, May 2005 biro, subjects including Scobie Breasley, Lester Piggott, Geoff Estimate: £80.00 - £120.00 Lewis, Bill Williamson, Taffy Thomas, Des Cullen, Bobby Elliott, Eric Eldin, Eddie Hide, Willie Carson, Tony Murray, Frankie Durr and many others Estimate: £1,000.00 - £1,500.00 Lot: 333 Four tins with horse racing decoration, three by Huntley & Palmer, 1961 Derby Day, 1953 Grand National winner Early Mist & a paper lined tin portraying Becher's Brook, paper foxed; Lot: 325 and a Peek Freen issue with a portrait of Gordon Richards A Lester Piggott signed Nijinsky 1970 Triple Crown Estimate: £100.00 - £150.00 photographic montage, with imagery from the 2,000 Guineas, Derby and St Leger, signed in blue marker pen, the reverse with a COA incorporating a picture of Lester at the signing in Newmarket Lot: 334 A rare tin with the lid featuring the 1911 Coronation Derby, the Estimate: £100.00 - £150.00 sides with further sporting decoration depicting football, fishing, tennis & cricket Estimate: £100.00 - £150.00 Lot: 326 A signed pair of Frankie Dettori breeches, by Ornella Prosperi, signed to the left leg in black marker pen, the reverse with embroidered inscription L. DETTORI and a portrayal of a Lot: 335 A Britain's lead racehorse & jockey from the 'Racing Colours of racehorse & jockey Famous Owners' Series for Mr Winston S. Churchill, in original Estimate: £200.00 - £300.00 1 of 43 Graham Budd Auctions Ltd (Sporting Memorabilia) Catalogue - Downloaded from UKAuctioneers.com box Lot: 343 Estimate: £75.00 - £100.00 An original jockey's jacket in the green & light green check colours of the famous American racehorse owner Mr Nelson Bunker Hunt, by Newmarket Saddlery, Black Bear Lane, Lot: 336 Newmarket; sold together with a horse's browband also in Mr Horse racing games and amusements, i) boxed 'Minoru The Nelson Bunker Hunt's colours (2) New Racing Game' by John Jaques of London, 8 painted lead Estimate: £300.00 - £500.00 racehorses & jockeys, playing mat, box of counters, playing cards, rules ii) boxed 'Sandown' also by Jaques, roulette wheel, playing mat, box of playing cards, rules book iii) boxed Lot: 344 'Escalado' by Chad Valley, 5 lead racehorse & jockeys, playing A silver vesta case by Sampson Mordan commissioned as a mat with crank action handle iv) the card game 'Faulkner's token of good luck for the racehorse 'Surefoot' 1889-1890, the Race-Cardo' v) 12 lead racehorses & jockeys, various obverse with an enamelled jockey, the reverse with enamel conditions vi) three packs of playing cards all with racing horse shoe and inscribed GOOD LUCK TO SUREFOOT, 1889- imagery including Nijinsky with Lester Piggott up 1890, 4.5 by 3cm., 1 3/4 by 1 /4in., areas of enamel loss to Estimate: £120.00 - £180.00 jockey Surefoot was owned by Mr A W Merry, trained at Lambourn by Charles Jousiffe and was ridden to victory in the 1890 2,000 Guineas by John Liddiard. In defeat Surefoot holds Lot: 337 the dubious distinction of being the shortest priced loser of the A jeu de Course roulette table, 4 lanes wit two painted lead Epsom Derby, when he finished 4th to Sainfoin at odd of 40-95. racehorses and jockeys per lane, silver metal gates, decorative Estimate: £250.00 - £350.00 corner fencing and gambling cup, lane brake for race start, and crank action handle to propel runners, detachable glass topped cover, overall 91.5 by 61 by 61cm., 36 by 24 by 24in. Lot: 345 Estimate: £800.00 - £1,200.00 A pair of royally presented racing plates worn by The Prince of Wales's racehorse Persimmon and his full brother Diamond Jubilee when winning classic races in 1896 and 1900, the Lot: 338 Persimmon plate relating to the St Leger victory, the Diamond A fine quality riding crop by Thorn of Piccadilly, London, circa Jubilee plate relating to the 2,000 Guineas, both plates 1875, with silver and gold mounts, full hallmarks indistinct, the uniformly presented, gilded and within a giltwood border design featuring two silver snakes set with garnet & turquoise surmounted by Prince of Wales's Feathers, below are hand stones entwining the top and bottom of the handle, the crop inscribed plaques, all laid down on red velvet under glass in a encased in black plaited leather, length 85cm., 33 1/2in. wooden frame, the backs fitted with an easel support and also Estimate: £400.00 - £500.00 ringed if hanging is preferable, both 33 by 28cm., 13 by 11in. The plaques read: H.R.H. The Prince of Wales's, Persimmon, by St Simon ... Perdita II, St. Leger Stakes, Sept. 1896 H.R.H. Lot: 339 The Prince of Wales's, Diamond Jubilee, by St Simon ... Perdita Vintage jockey's equipment, a brown leather lightweight racing II, Two Thousand Guineas Stakes, May ... 1900 Provenance: saddle; a cork skull cap; and a pair of lightweight aluminium Bought at Sotheby's inaugural Racing Sale 13th November stirrups 1996 Estimate: £120.00 - £180.00 Estimate: £2,000.00 - £3,000.00 Lot: 340 Lot: 346 Racing memorabilia, jockey's silks and two caps; a light grey Two telegrams sent to the royal racehorse trainer Richard silk top hat by Herbert Johnson of New Bond Street, London, 8 Marsh from King George V in 1922 and from Queen Alexandra by 6 1/2in., fine condition, boxed; a framed stevengraph titled The Queen Mother in 1924, both being by the way of a thank "The Start"; a smoker's pipe stamped JOCKEY CLUB; and a you for birthday greetings, the first instructed from Buckingham letter opener designed with a racehorse & jockey (7) Palace and dated 3rd June reads R. MARSH ESQ. Estimate: £200.00 - £300.00 NEWMARKET, I WARMLY THANK YOU, MRS MARSH AND THE EGERTON HOUSE EMPLOYEES FOR YOUR KIND CONGRATULATIONS ON MY BIRTHDAY, GEORGE R.I.; the Lot: 341 second is instructed from H.M.S.