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Page:1 Oct 20, 2019 Page:1 Oct 20, 2019 Lot Type Grading Description Est $A CRICKET - CIGARETTE & TRADE CARDS Ex Lot 111 111 Collection 1905-84 in pages, noted 1905 Wills 'Australian Club Cricketers' [19/46]; 1934 Carreras 'Cricketers' [30]; Players 'Cricketers 1930' [50], 'Cricketers 1934' [50] & 'Cricketers 1938' [50]. Mainly Fine/Very Fine. (417) 300 Ex Lot 112 112 1907 Wills 'Prominent Australian & English Cricketers', complete set 1-50 [50]; 51-73 Grey Captions [23]; 66-73 Red Captions [8]. Issued in three parts and rarely available complete. Mainly Fine/Very Fine. A difficult set to find in this condition. (81) 500 Lot 113 113 1908 Wills 'Cricketers' (WILLS'S with large S), complete set [25]. Mainly Fine/Very Fine. 150 Page:2 www.abacusauctions.com.au Oct 20, 2019 CRICKET - CIGARETTE & TRADE CARDS (continued) Lot Type Grading Description Est $A Ex Lot 114 114 1908 Wills 'Cricketers' (WILLS's with small s), complete set [50], plus second types of numbers 2.Pelham Warner, 5.LC Braund & 25.G Dennett. Mainly Fine/Very Fine. (53) 250 Lot 115 115 1926 Wills (Australia) 'Cricketers', almost complete set of this real photo series [62/63]. Mainly Fine/Very Fine. 250 Lot 116 116 1926 Gallaher 'Famous Cricketers', complete set [100]. Mainly Fine/Very Fine. 150 Page:3 Oct 20, 2019 CRICKET - CIGARETTE & TRADE CARDS (continued) Lot Type Grading Description Est $A Lot 117 117 1926 JA Pattreiouex 'Cricketers Series', complete set [75]. Mainly Fine/Very Fine. Scarce and colourful. 700 Ex Lot 118 118 1928 Amalgamated Press (Champion & Triumph) 'England's Test Match Cricketers' [16] & 'Famous Australian Cricketers' [16], complete sets. Mainly Fair/Very Fine (few with minor tone spots). (32) 200 119 1928-80 cricket cards in album, noted 1946-47 Coles 'Cricketers' with framelines [32/40] & without framelines [40]; 1951 Potter & Moore 'Famous Cricketers' [25/40]; 1980 Ardmona 'Series III' [50]. Mainly Fine/Very Fine. (213) 200 Page:4 www.abacusauctions.com.au Oct 20, 2019 CRICKET - CIGARETTE & TRADE CARDS (continued) Lot Type Grading Description Est $A Lot 120 120 1930 Erindale Handkerchiefs (Australia) 'Australian Cricketers', almost complete set [17/18]. Fair/Very Fine. {Very scarce - we have only sold three complete sets in the last 20 years}. 250 121 1930-96 cricket cards, noted Players '1930 Cricketers' [50]; 'Cricketers 1934' [50] x 2 sets; 'Cricketers 1938' [50] x 2 sets; 1946-47 Coles [20/40]; 1996 Futera 'VCA Centenary' [100] x 2 sets; postcards 'Australian Cricket Hall of Fame' [10] x 2 sets. Mainly Fine. (600+) 200 122 1932 Sweetacres Champion Chewing Gum (Australia) 'Test Records' [32] & 'Prominent Cricketers' [32], complete sets, noted Don Bradman, Douglas Jardine & Eddie Gilbert (one of the few sets to show this famous aboriginal fast bowler). Mainly Fine/Very Fine. 120 Lot 123 123 1936 real photogravure portrait postcards 'Australian & English Cricketers 1936-37', almost complete set [19/20] compring Bradman, Brown, Chipperfield, Darling, Fingleton, Fleetwood-Smith, Grimmett, McCabe, Oldfield, O'Reilly, Allen, Duckworth, Fagg, Fishlock, Hammond, Hardstaff, Robins, Verity & Worthington. Fine/Very Fine condition. 250 124 1938 Players 'Cricketers 1938', complete set [50]. Mainly Fine/Very Fine condition. (50) 60 125 1938 Players 'Cricketers 1938' [50] x 2 sets in special albums; plus postcard 'Concordia College Cricket Team, Season 1916-17'. {Concordia College is a Lutheran school in Adelaide}. 100 Page:5 Oct 20, 2019 CRICKET - CIGARETTE & TRADE CARDS (continued) Lot Type Grading Description Est $A Lot 126 126 1938 Sweetacres 'Cricket Caricatures', complete set [24] plus one spare, noted Don Bradman, Lindsay Hassett, Walter Hammond & Joe Hardstaff. Mainly Fine/Very Fine. Rare - only the 4th complete set we have offered in 20 years. 500 Ex Lot 127 127 1946-47 Coles Stores (Australia) 'Cricketers in Australia' (back without framelines), almost complete set [39/40] & (back with framelines) almost complete set [35/40]. Mainly Fine/Very Fine. (74) 300 Page:6 www.abacusauctions.com.au Oct 20, 2019 CRICKET - CIGARETTE & TRADE CARDS (continued) Lot Type Grading Description Est $A Lot 128 128 1946-50 Anonymous 'Cricket Transfers', comprising 1946 (scarce but seen occasionally) with two large transfers (Bradman & Hammond) and part sets of mini transfers Australia [15/16] & England [14/16]. Also 1950 (not seen before) with two large transfers (Hassett & Freddie Brown) and mini transfers for Australia [16] & England [15/16]. Mainly Fine. 400 129 1947 Amalgamated Press (Radio Fun) 'Famous Test Cricketers', complete set [24]. Mainly Fine/Very Fine. 150 Lot 130 130 1951 Coles Stores (Australia) 'Australian & English Cricketers', complete set [48]. Superb condition. 300 Page:7 Oct 20, 2019 CRICKET - CIGARETTE & TRADE CARDS (continued) Lot Type Grading Description Est $A Ex Lot 131 131 1951 Potter & Moore (Australia) 'Famous Cricketers', complete sets of Australian Players [20] & English Players [20]. Mainly Fine/Very Fine. (40) 150 Lot 132 132 1953-54 Coles Stores (Australia) 'Australian & English Cricketers', complete set [28]. Mainly Fine/Very Fine. 250 133 1984-96 cricket cards (246) including 1996 'VCA Centenary' [100] in album; ephemera with 1892 invoice from Victorian Cricketing & Sports Compy & 1950s Melbourne Sports Depot catalogue. 80.
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