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Lot Type Grading Description Est $A AUSTRALIAN RULES - GRAHAM 'POLLY' FARMER COLLECTION - Miscellaneous

Ex Lot 232 232 CUFFLINKS, TIE PINS & BADGES: Group of Polly's cufflinks (9 pairs) including 9ct gold ovals, Royal Australian Navy & Ford Professional Salesmen's Club; tie pins (13) including 1950s WA National Football League & Holden; badges (6) including Royal Navy dolphins & 1985 WAFL Centenary. Inspection will reward. (28 items) 400 AUSTRALIAN RULES - GRAHAM 'POLLY' FARMER COLLECTION - East 1954-1961 245 Group with annual reports for 1957 (3) & 1958 (signed by Graham Farmer); 1957 letter from Repco re narrow defeat for [see Lot 277]; telegrams (2) & note from his wife re his 100th game; telegram re 1958 Premiership victory; booklet for Premiership Ball (signed "Graham Farmer"); plus two letters from fans. (12) 100 AUSTRALIAN RULES - GRAHAM 'POLLY' FARMER COLLECTION - 1954-1961 279 1958 team photograph, 'Western Australian National Football League, Centenary Championship, , 1958', with players' names at base, overall 30x26cm, almost Fine condition. 100

Ex Lot 280 280 1958 CARNIVAL: Group with itinerary booklet (with black & yellow ribbons); telegram congratulating Polly on selection as State Vice-Captain; Good Luck telegram; 'Football Record' ANFC Championship VFL v WA (signed on front "Graham Farmer"); booklet for Collingwood FC Social Evening for WANFL. [The 1958 ANFC Carnival was held in Melbourne] (5 items) 200 290 1960 SANDOVER MEDAL: Collection of congratulatory letters (8) & telegrams (15) to Polly on winning his second (outright) Sandover Medal; also 1959-60 fan letters (4); booklet 'The Royals, Eastern States Tour 1960, Visiting Kalgoorlie, , Broken Hill, Mildura, Melbourne, Port Pirie'. (28 items) 150 Page:2 www.abacusauctions.com.au Apr 18, 2020

Lot Type Grading Description Est $A AUSTRALIAN RULES - GRAHAM 'POLLY' FARMER COLLECTION - Geelong 1962-1967

Ex Lot 296 296 1962 urgent telegram to Graham Farmer advising that he had been cleared to Victoria; 1962 telegrams (14) wishing him best wishes for his first game for Geelong; and 1965 telegram wishing him luck in his new role as the Cats skipper. [Polly Farmer was recruited to Geelong in 1962, but in the opening moments of his debut match, he severely injured a knee and missed the rest of the season]. (16) 150