Two Day Autograph Auction - Day 1 Saturday 14 July 2012 11:00 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 Chariots of Fire (1981). A vintage postcard photograph showing LIDDELL ERIC: (1902-1945) Scottish Athlete & Missionary. Abrahams crossing the line at the conclusion of the 100 metre Gold medallist in the men's 400 metres at the 1924 Summer sprint final to become the Olympic Champion at the Olympic Olympics in Paris and one of the subjects of the Oscar winning Games of 1924 in Paris, signed in later years by Abrahams in film Chariots of Fire (1981). An excellent, lengthy A.L.S., Eric H. blue ink to the verso, adding the date of the race and his Liddell, three pages, 4to, Tientsin, China, 19th February 1926, winning time, 10.6 seconds, in his hand beneath his signature. to Mr. Chilvers. Liddell states that his correspondent's letter Scarce. Two very small, light stains to the verso, close to, but reached him some time ago and hopes that he hasn't left it too not affecting, the signature, otherwise VG long before replying, continuing 'I find it a bit difficult to know Estimate: £100.00 - £120.00 what to start with as I do not know what opportunity you get for practising…The simplest way will be by numbering the various points. (1) Remember warmth is one of the things that all sprint Lot: 3 athletes need. The muscles should be warmed up before doing OWENS JESSE: (1913-1980) American Athlete, famous for his a strenuous sprint. This warming can be done partly by a slight participation at the Berlin Olympics in 1936 where he became massage before running, and partly by doing one or two short the first American to win four Olympic Gold medals in track and runs (40 yds) at about 4/5 speed. This ensures that the muscles field events. Signed First Day Cover commemorating Dwight D. are in good condition as to respond when any great strain is put Eisenhower and featuring a portrait of the American President. on them….(2) Remember slowness in becoming perfectly fit is Post marked at Washington DC, 10th May 1971, and with eight always a help. A little each day is better than a lot in one day. identical postage stamps featuring Eisenhower’s portrait. When I was training I would perhaps do 3 or 4 fifty yard dashes Signed by Owens in black ink to a clear area, adding “36― and then a 220 in which the 1st 100 was not all out, but the last Olympia in his hand beneath his signature. VG 120 was as fast as I could do it. In between each of these runs I Estimate: £150.00 - £200.00 would dance about on my toes….As I found it easily I would increase and perhaps one night I would do the full 220 yds. But I would not do one night after night….Do you find your stamina Lot: 4 good enough for the 220 yds? That is what you will have to ask OLYMPIC GAMES: An autograph album containing 23 signed yourself….(3) Look after your body. A rub down before and clipped pieces, most neatly laid down and a few loose, by especially after running is essential, just to take off any various Olympic Gold, Silver and Bronze medallists from perspiration and not to let it sink back into the body. (4) If you various games including Berlin 1936, Helsinki 1952, Melbourne can get someone to massage the upper thigh muscles, for 1956 etc., including Arthur Wint, Harrison Dillard, Josy Barthel, these are the muscles the sprinter uses greatly…..(5) Stick Yuriy Lituyev, Leslie Laing, Charles Moore, Ernie Shelton, more to the shorter races, rather than trying the ¼ mile which I Jesse Mashburn, Herb McKenley, John Savidge, Wes Santee, think few should take seriously until they are at least 20 years James Dillion, Len Eyre, Werner Lueg, Naoto Tajima, Erwin old. (6) Starting is extremely difficult. Actual position you finally Blask, Arne Ahman, Mal Whitfield etc. Many of the signatures have to judge yourself but I found that a position something as are in bold pencil. G to VG follows suited me best: the front foot was about 4 inches behind Estimate: £80.00 - £100.00 the line, the lines (at the command get to your marks) of the back leg came up in line with the instep of the front foot. Thus there would be about 14 or 16 inches between the two holes Lot: 5 made for each foot. The fingers of my hands rested exactly on OLYMPIC GAMES: An autograph album containing over 70 the start line. At the word get set, my ballance (sic) was such signatures by various participants at the Olympic Games in that almost all the weight of the body rested on the front led and London, 1948, mainly from the Republic of China and Egypt the hands. i.e. centre of gravity was somewhere in front of the including Youssef Mohamed Abbas, Youssef Kamal Mohamed front foot. If the hands were taken away you should immediately Abou-Ouf, Fouad Abdel Meguid Abu el Kheir, Armand Philippe fall forwards. The first step taken is a short one, just out a foot Catafago, Mahmoud Gamal el Leissy, Albert Fahmy Tadros, or perhaps 18 inches. I do not think it should be over that……Do Mohamed Habib, Abdelrahman Ismail Hafez, Robert not rise too quickly, the first 10 yards or so should be spent in Makzoume, Hassan Moawad, Medhat Youssef Montassir, gradually rising. (7) Food. Simple diet all through the season is Ahmed Nessim, Mohamed Soliman, Lee Yun Suk, Woo Zung much better than trying to cut out this and that just because a Whan, Kang In Suk, Kim Won Kwon etc. Each of the pages are race is coming off. Do not run within two hours of a meal. I think multiple signed. VG that is one of the most important parts….Be careful the meal Estimate: £80.00 - £100.00 before you run. You find out for yourself what suits you there. Personally I always preferred Roast beef…..' In concluding Liddell remarks 'I hope what I have try to say will be of value to you and I wish you all the best of wishes for the coming Lot: 6 season.' Written on three separate sheets, each with some light OLYMPIC GAMES: An oblong folio card individually signed by staining to the upper and lower edges and some minor tears at over 30 members of the British Athletic team who participated the edges of the folds, the final page with some slight paper at the Olympic Games in Tokyo, 1964, including Ann Packer loss to the central vertical fold, just affecting one line of text. An (Gold medallist), Mary E. Peters (Gold medallist, 1972), Mary extremely rare letter of remarkable content. G Rand (Gold, Silver & Bronze medallist), Lynn Davies (Gold Estimate: £300.00 - £400.00 medallist), Don Thompson (Gold medallist, 1960), Robbie Brightwell (Silver medallist), Tim Graham (Silver medallist), John Cooper (Silver medallist), Dorothy Hyman (Bronze medallist), Daphne Arden (Bronze medallist), Janet Simpson Lot: 2 (Bronze medallist), John Sherwood (Bronze medallist, 1968), ABRAHAMS HAROLD: (1899-1978) British Athlete, Olympic Joy Grieveson, Madeleine Cobb, Fred Alsop, John Whetton, Gold Medallist in the 100 metres sprint at the 1924 Olympic Frances Slaap, Alan Simpson, Mary Hodson, Menzies Games in Paris. Abrahams was immortalised in the film 1 of 64 International Autograph Auctions (IAA) (Two Day Autograph Auction - Day 1 ) Catalogue - Downloaded from UKAuctioneers.com Campbell etc. All have signed their names in blue inks, some French. In bold black fountain pen ink Carpentier has penned a adding their events beneath their signatures. VG brief statement, in full, 'Peace? I have fought too much my Estimate: £100.00 - £120.00 whole life not to appreciate its attraction....And the more they know how well armed I am, the more of it they give me!' Some extremely minor, light overall surface creasing, otherwise VG Lot: 7 Carpentier prepared his statement for publication in the Pax SPORT: Selection of vintage signed newspaper and magazine Mundi book; an anthology of sentiments on peace published in photographs (7 x 11 and smaller, some irregularly trimmed), Switzerland by the World League for Peace. Between 1925 clipped signatures (2), etc. by various athletes, many of them and 1932 many notable persons from around the world were Olympic Gold Medalists, and sportsmen, including Emil asked to comment on the prospects of world peace and the Zatopek (6), Ferenc Puskas (6), Primo Carnera, Roger volume included contributions from Marie Curie, Guglielmo Bannister (6), John Landy (the second man to break the four Marconi, Albert Einstein, Rabindranath Tagore and many minute mile), Fanny Blankers Koen, Olga Gyarmati, Tore others. Sjostrand, John Ljunggren, Henry Eriksson, Lennart Strand etc. Estimate: £80.00 - £100.00 A few are neatly laid down, G to VG, 27 Estimate: £200.00 - £300.00 Lot: 12 LEONARD BENNY: (1896-1947) American Boxer, World Lot: 8 Lightweight Champion 1917-25. Vintage signed and inscribed ATHLETICS: Signed 9.5 x 7.5 photograph by Roger Bannister, sepia 4.5 x 6.5 photograph of Leonard standing in a full length Chris Brasher and Christopher Chataway individually, the boxing pose. Signed in bold, dark fountain pen ink across a image depicting the athletes standing together in a three clear area of the image, 'To my friend Tom Holder, Best quarter length pose following Bannister's achievement of Wishes, Benny Leonard, Lieut.