Two Day Autograph Auction - Day 1 Saturday 16 July 2011 12:00
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Two Day Autograph Auction - Day 1 Saturday 16 July 2011 12:00 International Autograph Auctions (IAA) Radisson Edwardian Heathrow Hotel 140 Bath Road Heathrow UB3 5AW International Autograph Auctions (IAA) (Two Day Autograph Auction - Day 1) Catalogue - Downloaded from UKAuctioneers.com Lot: 1 Lot: 6 CRICKET: A good 8vo page removed from an autograph album GRACE W. G.: (1848-1915) English Cricketer. Fine fountain individually signed in fountain pen ink by eight cricketers, four of pen ink signature ('W. G. Grace') on a slip of paper, them Test Captains, comprising William Newham (1860-1944, professionally matted in green and ivory beneath four different England & Sussex), C. Aubrey Smith (1863-1948, England & vintage postcard photographs of Grace, three showing him in Sussex), Arthur Kemble (1862-1925, Lancashire), William L. full length cricket poses and one standing in a full length pose Murdoch (1854-1911, Australia & Sussex), A. E. Stoddart (1863- alongside the young Edward, Prince of Wales. Framed and 1915, England & Middlesex; committed suicide), Walter Read glazed in a wooden frame to an overall size of 21.5 x 14.5. VG (1855-1907, England & Surrey), Ernest Smith (1869-1945, Estimate: £200.00 - £300.00 England & Yorkshire) and John Ferris (1867-1900, Australia, England & Gloucestershire; tragically died at the age of 33). Annotated in ink at the head of the page by a collector, 'Cricket Lot: 7 for Ever!' and dated Hastings, 16th September 1891. A rare AUSTRALIAN CRICKET: A page removed from an autograph grouping of cricket signatures, about VG album individually signed by fourteen members of the Estimate: £200.00 - £300.00 Australian Cricket team of 1909, comprising Monty Noble, Sammy Carter, Victor Trumper, Syd Gregory, Warren Bardsley, Warwick Armstrong, Vernon Ransford, Bert Hopkins, Peter Lot: 2 McAlister, Bill Whitty, Barlow Carkeek, Jack O'Connor, Roger CRICKET: A good selection of individual signed clipped pieces Hartigan and William Ferguson (scorer and baggage man). by various cricketers comprising Lionel Palairet (1870-1933, Each of the players have signed the page with their names England & Somerset), Fred Spofforth (1853-1926, Australia & alone in fountain pen ink (most bold examples). Signed to the Derbyshire), Gregor MacGregor (1869-1919, England & verso by five English cricketers and umpires, most of whom Middlesex), Lord Hawke (1860-1938, England & Yorkshire), A. played for Warwickshire, comprising Alfred Atfield, Sydney G. Steel (1858-1914, England & Lancashire) and Sammy Santall, Harry Bagshaw, Sep Kinneir and Crowther Woods (1867-1931, England, Australia & Somerset). Five of the Charlesworth. An excellent, rare set of signatures. A light band six signatures are lightly tipped to a page removed from an of discoloration appears at the base of the page, not affecting autograph album. G the signatures, otherwise VG Estimate: £100.00 - £150.00 Estimate: £400.00 - £500.00 Lot: 3 Lot: 8 CRICKET: An autograph album containing over 50 signatures ENGLAND & AUSTRALIA CRICKET: A 4to sheet of notepaper by various cricketers including Harry Makepeace, William bearing the printed heading of the London-Rangoon Trading Huddleston, William Worsley, Lawrence Cook, Ralph Co. Ltd., Great Tower Street, London, individually signed by the Whitehead, William West, Walker Wainwright, Tiger Smith, England and Australia cricket teams who played in the 5th Test Claude Buckenham, William Coleman, Thomas Mycroft, Arnold match at the Oval, August 1921, comprising Lionel Tennyson, Rylott, Dick Pougher, Arthur Woodcock, William Storer, William John W. H. T. Douglas, Percy Fender, Andrew Sandham, Phil Overton, Len C. Braund, Harry Chidgey, Ernest Robson, John Mead, Ciss Parkin, Jack Russell, Bill Hitch, Charlie Hallows, Carlin, Jack Hearne, Matthew Wright, John Rawlin, George Ernest Tyldesley, Charlie Parker, Frank Woolley, Warwick Thompson, Thomas Brown, Frederic Geeson, Thomas Attewell, Armstrong, Herbie Collins, Stork Hendry, Jack Gregory, Ernie John Whiteside, John Hubble, Charlie Llewellyn, Albert Trott, Mayne, Jack Ryder, Sammy Carter, Arthur Mailey, Charles George Brown, Arthur Bannister, David Denton, Frank Field, Macartney, Warren Bardsley, Nip Pellew, Ted McDonald, Bert Frederick Roberts, Jack Mason etc., each of the pages are Oldfield, Johnny Taylor, Tommy Andrews, Sydney Smith multiple signed by the players in fountain pen inks (one page (manager) and Roland Pope. All of the players have signed in loose), also including a page signed in bold pencil by twelve bold dark fountain pen inks, the England team to the left and Somerset players including Randall Johnson, Dar Lyon, Jack the Australian team to the right of the page. Neatly annotated at MacBryan, Tom Lowry, Jack White, Ulick Considine, Ernie the head of the page by a collector. An attractive grouping of Robson, Tom Young etc. The album also contains various signatures. The lower half of the notepaper is neatly laid down verses and sketches etc. by family and friends of the collector, to a page removed from an autograph album, otherwise G to VG VGSold on behalf of Oxfam Estimate: £200.00 - £300.00 Estimate: £200.00 - £300.00 Lot: 4 Lot: 9 GRACE W. G.: (1848-1915) English Cricketer. Dark ink CRICKET: An excellent pair of pages removed from an signature ('W. G. Grace') and eight additional words in his hand autograph album individually signed by the England and on a small piece neatly clipped from the conclusion of a letter. Australia Cricket teams who played in the Third Test Match of Some very minor, slight age wear, about VG the Ashes series at Headingley, Leeds, on the 10th, 12th& 13th Estimate: £100.00 - £120.00 July 1926, the England team comprising Arthur Carr, George Macaulay, Percy Chapman, Frank Woolley, E. Patsy Hendren, Harold Larwood, Fred Root, George Geary, Jack Hobbs, Lot: 5 Maurice Tate, Bert Strudwick, Herbert Sutcliffe, Roy Kilner and GRACE W. G.: (1848-1915) English Cricketer. Dark fountain Charlie Parker and the Australia team comprising Warren pen ink signature ('W G Grace') on a piece, neatly laid down to Bardsley, Arthur Mailey, Arthur Richardson, Bill Ponsford, Bill a card. Some light overall foxing, G Woodfull, Bert Oldfield, Clarrie Grimmett, Tommy Andrews, Estimate: £100.00 - £120.00 Jack Ryder, Charles Macartney, Johnny Taylor, Jack Gregory, 1 of 49 International Autograph Auctions (IAA) (Two Day Autograph Auction - Day 1) Catalogue - Downloaded from UKAuctioneers.com John Ellis and manager Sydney Smith. All of the signatures are Champion 1946. Vintage signed postcard photograph of Petra in bold, black fountain pen ink and the pages are annotated by standing in a full length pose at the side of a tennis court. The a collector at the head. Some very light, extremely minor age Frenchman, wearing long white trousers, holds a racket in one wear, otherwise VG, 2 The Third Test match of the 1926 Ashes hand and two balls in the other. Signed in bold dark fountain series was drawn although England went on to win the five pen ink with his name alone to a light area of the image. match series 1-0.The signatures were obtained by Mollie VGPetra was the last man to wear long trousers in a Finnerty, head receptionist at the Queen's Hotel in Leeds. Wimbledon final. Estimate: £150.00 - £200.00 Estimate: £100.00 - £120.00 Lot: 10 Lot: 15 CRICKET: An autograph album containing over 250 signatures, KRAMER JACK: (1921-2009) American Tennis Player, many on closely irregularly clipped pieces laid down to pages in Wimbledon Champion 1947. Vintage signed postcard teams, including Len Hutton, Cliff Gladwin, Donald Carr, Trevor photograph of Kramer standing in a full length pose on a tennis Bailey, Tom Graveney, Godfrey Evans, Denis Compton, Bill court. In his hands he holds a racket and two balls. Signed in Edrich, Freddie Brown, Frank Tyson, Reg Simpson, Peter May, blue ink with his name alone across the centre of the image. Alec Bedser, Eric Bedser, Stuart Surridge, Jim Parks, Len Together with Tom Brown (1922- ) American Tennis Player, Hutton, Brian Close, Norman Yardley, Herbert Sutcliffe, R. E. S. runner-up to Kramer in the Wimbledon final 1947. Vintage Wyatt, Bill Bowes, Frank Woolley, Percy Holmes, E. Patsy signed postcard photograph of Brown standing in a full length Hendren, Richie Benaud, Lindsay Hassett, Doug Ring, Gil pose at the side of a tennis court. He holds a racket in his Langley, Vijay Hazare, D. K. Gaekwad, G. S. Ramchand and hands. Signed in dark fountain pen ink with his name alone at other Indian cricketers (1952), Pakistan cricket team 1954 the base of the image. VG, 2In 1946 Kramer and Brown were (vintage signed postcard photograph and signatures to album victorious in the Wimbledon men's doubles championship. page), South Africa cricket team 1955 (16 signatures on an Estimate: £100.00 - £120.00 official sheet of headed notepaper) etc. FR to G Estimate: £100.00 - £120.00 Lot: 16 SEIXAS VIC: (1923- ) American Tennis Player, Wimbledon Lot: 11 Champion 1953. Vintage signed and inscribed 10 x 8 BRADMAN DON: (1908-2001) Australian Cricketer. Vintage photograph, the image depicting Seixas in a full length tennis signed and inscribed colour postcard photograph, the image action pose during a match against Ken Rosewall at Kooyong depicting the Orient Line S.S. Orcades at sea. Signed by in 1954. The original press photograph, with a printed caption to Bradman across a light area at the head of the image, 'To the verso, is signed in blue fountain pen ink to a light area at Maureen, Who Cheers for The Aussies, from Don Bradman'. the base of the image. VG Three small pinholes at the head of the image and some light Estimate: £100.00 - £120.00 age wear, GThe Australian cricket team of 1964 travelled to England on board the S.S. Oracdes. Estimate: £80.00 - £100.00 Lot: 17 DROBNY JAROSLAV: (1921-2001) Czechoslovakian Tennis Player, Wimbledon Champion 1954. Vintage signed 6 x 8 Lot: 12 photograph of Drobny in a full length tennis action pose during CRICKET: Selection of vintage signed magazine photographs a victorious match against Lew Hoad at Wimbledon in 1954.