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Extract Catalogue for Auction 3 Online Auction 3 Page:1 Lot Type Grading Description Est $A AUTOGRAPHS Lot 312 AUTOGRAPHS Lot 312 AUTOGRAPHS COLLECTION in folder with c.1929-48 letters, pieces, postcards & Estimate A$300 photographs, including Walter Lindrum on piece; Malcolm Fraser on House of Representatives brochure; Olave Baden-Powell on letter; Gracie Fields signed letter; Reserve A$230 signed postcards of Gladys Moncrieff & Sybil Thorndike; letter signed by Sir Macpherson Robertson; Australian sportsmen including Vic Huxley, Norman "Wizard" Smith & Percy Hornibrook, Fair to Very Fine condition. (31 items) Lot 313 AUTOGRAPHS Lot 313 HERBERT ASQUITH (1852-1928, British Prime Minister 1908-1916): lovely signature on Estimate A$100 two-page letter on 'Home Office, Whitehall' letterhead. Reserve A$75 Lot 314 AUTOGRAPHS Lot 314 THE BEATLES - PETE BEST, quarto b&w photo of the group with Pete Best at the Estimate A$100 drums & his signature across the bass drum skin, with CoA. Historical and desirable. [Randolph Peter Best is more famous for being sacked as the Beatles' drummer than for Reserve A$75 anything he did before or since!] Lot 315 AUTOGRAPHS Lot 315 SIR GEORGE BOWEN, signature on vellum document for sale of Crown Lands to Estimate A$100 Richard Sholl of Moreton Island, a parcel of land in the Queensland town of Bulwer, some loss along folds. {Sir George Bowen was 1st Governor of Queensland 1859-1868, 5th Reserve A$75 Governor of NZ 1868-1873, 5th Governor of Victoria 1873-1879, 13th Governor of Mauritius 1879-1883 & 9th Governor of Hong Kong 1883-1887} Lot 316 AUTOGRAPHS Lot 316 CELEBRITIES: 1974 letter signed by English actor Edward Woodward (best known as Estimate A$80 'Callan); colour photograph signed by English model Twiggy; b/w photograph signed by clarinetist Acker Bilk (whose tune 'Stranger on the Shore' became the UK's biggest selling Reserve A$60 single of 1962). (3 items) Page:2 www.abacusauctions.com.au 20 - 23 November 2020 Lot 317 AUTOGRAPHS Lot 317 CLASSIC MOVIES & TV Collection of signed photographs in folder including Shirley Estimate A$300 Temple, Elizabeth Taylor, Fred Astaire, Charlton Heston, Gene Kelly, James Garner, Rod Taylor, Mickey Rooney (4), Peter Finch, Robert Mitchum, Michael Caine & Doris Day, Reserve A$230 most with CoAs. (45 items) Lot 318 AUTOGRAPHS Lot 318 CLASSIC MOVIES & TV Collection of signed photographs (42) & ephemera (2) in binder Estimate A$250 & folder including Bob Hope, Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Mickey Rooney (3), Charles Brosnan, Sophia Loren, Joan Fontaine (2), James Garner, Faye Dunaway & Debbie Reserve A$190 Reynolds, most with CoAs. (44 items) Lot 319 AUTOGRAPHS Lot 319 ALFRED DEAKIN (1856-1919, 2nd Prime Minister of Australia): signature on 1884 lease Estimate A$400 to Joseph Du Bourg for site of Post & Telegraph Office in Bowenvale, Victoria, with small map pinned inside. Reserve A$300 Lot 320 AUTOGRAPHS Lot 320 ANTHONY EDEN (1897-1977, British Prime Minister 1955-1957): signature on piece, Estimate A$100 window mounted with picture of him with Winston Churchill, overall 21x30cm. Reserve A$75 Lot 321 AUTOGRAPHS Lot 321 EMPIRE PARLIAMENTARY ASSOCIATION,1944 menu 'State Dinner to Overseas Estimate A$40 Delegates of the Empire Parliamentary Association, on their Visit to Tasmania' with 35 signatures including Lieutenant-Colonel Edward Wickham (leader), Earl of Listowel, Reserve A$30 Spencer Summers & Joe Harris (Canada). Online Auction 3 Page:3 Lot 322 AUTOGRAPHS Lot 322 DAWN FRASER, signature "To Richard, Regards, Dawn Fraser" on 'Dawn!' (1979) movie Estimate A$75 poster. Reserve A$55 Lot 323 AUTOGRAPHS Lot 323 HUDSON FYSH (founder of Qantas) signature on 1931 cover flown Brisbane - Darwin - Estimate A$100 England; also two other flight covers - 1938 England - Tonga - England & 1952 Sydney - Reserve A$75 Cocos Island, mainly Fine. (3 items) Lot 324 AUTOGRAPHS Lot 324 'GHOSTBUSTERS II' script signed by 7 cast members on front cover - Bill Murray, Dan Estimate A$100 Akroyd, Sigourney Weaver, Harold Ramis, Rick Moranis, Annie Potts & Ernie Hudson. With CoA. Reserve A$75 Lot 325 AUTOGRAPHS Lot 325 JOHN GORTON (1911-2000, 19th Prime Minister of Australia): nice signature on Estimate A$120 photograph, window mounted, overall 21x25cm. Reserve A$90 Page:4 www.abacusauctions.com.au 20 - 23 November 2020 Lot 326 AUTOGRAPHS Lot 326 WILLIAM GRENVILLE (1759-1834, British Prime Minister 1806-1807): signature on Estimate A$100 piece, window mounted with picture, overall 17x21cm. Reserve A$75 Lot 327 AUTOGRAPHS Lot 327 HENRY RIDER HAGGARD (1856-1925, English writer of adventure fiction including 'King Estimate A$200 Solomon's Mines') nice autograph on 1905three-page handwritten letter regarding orchids. Reserve A$150 Lot 328 AUTOGRAPHS Lot 328 EDWARD HEATH (1916-2005, British Prime Minister 1970-1974): signature on piece, Estimate A$100 window mounted with picture, overall 21x30cm. Reserve A$75 Lot 329 AUTOGRAPHS Lot 329 SIR EDMUND HILLARY (NZ mountaineer & explorer: in 1953 he and Tenzing Norgay Estimate A$120 were the first men to reach the summit of Mount Everest) superb signature on British Golden Jubliee of Queen Elizabeth FDC. Reserve A$90 Lot 330 AUTOGRAPHS Lot 330 BOB HOPE, c.1940s b/w photograph signed 'Thanks for the Memory/Bob Hope'. Estimate A$100 Reserve A$75 Online Auction 3 Page:5 Lot 331 AUTOGRAPHS Lot 331 BONAR LAW (1858-1923, British Prime Minister 1922-1923): signature affixed to '10 Estimate A$100 Downing Street' letterhead. Reserve A$75 Lot 332 AUTOGRAPHS Lot 332 ROBERT JENKINSON, 2nd EARL OF LIVERPOOL (1770-1828, British Prime Minister Estimate A$100 1812-1827): signature on piece, window mounted with picture, overall 21x30cm. Reserve A$75 Lot 333 AUTOGRAPHS Lot 333 'LORD OF THE RINGS' Collection of signed photographs including Elijah Wood (2), Ian Estimate A$200 McKellen (2), Cate Blanchett, Billy Boyd & Dominic Monaghan, with CoAs. (7 items) Reserve A$150 Lot 334 AUTOGRAPHS Lot 334 'M*A*S*H' Collection of signed photographs/pictures including cast photo with 6 Estimate A$200 signatures, Gary Burghoff (Radar), Mike Farrell (BJ Hunnicutt) x3, Harry Morgan (Colonel Reserve A$150 Sherman T Potter) x2, and Bill Christopher (Father Mulcahy) x3, most with CoAs. (10 items) Page:6 www.abacusauctions.com.au 20 - 23 November 2020 Lot 335 AUTOGRAPHS Lot 335 MEDAL OF HONOR WINNERS: Collection in folder with signed pieces (80), covers (5), Estimate A$500 photographs (16), unsigned photographs (9) & facsimiles (3), includes Desmond Doss (hero of 'Hacksaw Ridge'), William Wherry (two signed 1878 documents), Robert E Bush Reserve A$380 signed photo, Ray Davey signed photo; also other bravery award winners including Leonard Cheshire VC & Reginald Hargreaves MC, mainly fine. Inspection will reward. (110+ items) Lot 336 AUTOGRAPHS Lot 336 MILITARY Collection of signed photographs including Enola Gay bombadier Tom Estimate A$200 Ferebee; Fred Olivi,co-pilot of 'Bockscar' (that dropped the second atomic bomb 'The Fat Man', on Nagasaki); Doolittle raider Griff Williams; WWII fighter ace Gabby Gabreski; Reserve A$150 Charles Lindberg (helped raise US flag on Iwo Jima); Russian cosmonaut Yury Usachev; also 1895 letter from JH Bullwink & Henry Huck to Colonel LJ Macy; with CoAs. (7 items) Lot 337 AUTOGRAPHS Lot 337 MILITARY Collection of signed photographs & pieces in folder including WWII aces Ken Estimate A$200 Jerhstedt, Oscar Boesch, Horst Petzschler (2), Rudy Augarten (2), Sergei Karmarenko, John Loisel & Gabby Gabreski; Doolittle Raiders (9) with Charles Ozuk, David Thatcher, Reserve A$150 Davy Jones & Travis Hoover; astronauts Guion Bluford & Rick Searfoss; few other autographs, many with CoAs. (31 items) Lot 338 AUTOGRAPHS Lot 338 MONTGOMERY OF ALAMEIN (1887-1976 WWII Field Marshal): 1944 letter (20 days Estimate A$200 after D-Day) from 21 Army Group Headquarters thanking workers for a gift of cigarettes, signed at base "B.L.Montgomery", peripheral faults though bold signature. [A little-known Reserve A$150 fact about "Monty" is that he spent his youth in Tasmania where his elder brother was Bishop of Tasmania. "Monty" grew up in that fine Christian home, where the good Bishop was often away on his pastoral duties and his aunt "constantly" beat her own children. Great training for the most decorated soldier of his generation] Lot 339 AUTOGRAPHS Lot 339 MOVIES & TV Collection of signed photographs in binder including Tom Hanks, Ewan Estimate A$300 McGregor, Marlon Brando, Leonardo DiCaprio, Billy Bob Thornton (3), Claire Danes; dual-signed photos (11) including Al Pacino & Keanu Reeves, Brad Pitt & David Reserve A$230 Schwimmer, Sigourney Weaver & Kevin Kline, most with CoAs. (67 items) Online Auction 3 Page:7 Lot 340 AUTOGRAPHS Lot 340 MOVIES & TV Collection of signed photographs in four folders including Clint Eastwood, Estimate A$200 Robert Redford, Kate Winslett, Mickey Rooney, Eli Wallach, John Voight, Angelica Reserve A$150 Huston, Dakota Fanning (2), Lucy Liu & Rex Harrison, most with CoAs. (57 items) Lot 341 AUTOGRAPHS Lot 341 MOVIES & TV Collection of signed photographs in two folders including Robin Williams Estimate A$250 (3), Tom Hanks, John Travolta (2), Ed Harris, Doris Day, Sally Field; dual-signed photos (9) including Tom Cruise & Penelope Cruz, Billy Bob Thornton & Bruce Willis, most with Reserve A$190 CoAs. (60 items) Lot 342 AUTOGRAPHS Lot 342 MOVIES & TV Collrction of signed photographs in folder including Scrubs - Sarah Chalke, Estimate A$120 Zach Braff & Donald Faison; James Gandolfini, X-Men James Marsden (2), Reese Witherspoon, Madonna, Ian McKellen, Charles Bronson, Hayden Christensen, Roger Reserve A$90 Moore & Joan Fontaine, many with CoAs. (29 items) Lot 343 AUTOGRAPHS Lot 343 MUSIC Collection of signed photographs including Willie Nelson (2), Elton John, Bee Estimate A$150 Gees, Tony Bennett, Paul Anka (2), Boy George, Davy Jones (lead singer with the Reserve A$115 Monkees), most with CoAs. (14 items) Page:8 www.abacusauctions.com.au 20 - 23 November 2020 Lot 344 AUTOGRAPHS Lot 344 MUSIC Collection of signed cards including John Illsley (Dire Straits), George Young Estimate A$80 (Easybeats), Swanee, June Bromhill, Colleen Hewett, Sir Richard Stilgoe.
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