Auction 241 Page:1 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 Perth 1954-1961 245 Group with annual reports for 1957 (3) & 1958 (signed by Graham Farmer); 1957 letter from Repco re narrow defeat for Sandover Medal [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 - Western Australia 1954-1961 279 1958 team photograph, 'Western Australian National Football League, Centenary Championship, Melbourne, 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, Adelaide, 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.