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Sporting and Golf Memorabilia

Auction 19897
26 Sep 2012, starting at 11:00 BST.
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Auction highlights

Sold for £5,625 inc. premium
1933/34 League winners medal awarded to Arsenal's J.Birkett
Sold for £4,750 inc. premium
1970 Mexico World Cup Gordon Banks shirt
Sold for £3,750 inc. premium
1957/58 Manchester United official blazer worn by Busby Babe Ken Morgans
Sold for £3,750 inc. premium
1908 Olympic games medals and other awards presented to Ireland's first female medal winner archer Beatrice Hill-Lowe

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2 1896 Olympic Games commemorative medal £999
US$ 1,523
€1,183
4 1906 Olympic Games participation medal £749
US$ 1,142
€887
5 1908 Olympic games programme - 11th day £174
US$ 266
€207
8 1908 Olympic Games competitor's medal £199
US$ 304
€236
9 Official Report The Fourth Olympiad being the Offical Report of The Olympic Games of 1908 celebrated in London under the patronage of His Most Gracious Majesty King Edward VII, The British Olympic Association, [1908] £349
US$ 533
€414
10 1908 Olympic Games autograph book, cloth badge and selection letters - Arthur Astley £437
US$ 666
€517
12 1908 Great Britain team cap and competitors badge - Arthur Astley £687
US$ 1,047
€813
13 1908 Olympic games medals and other awards presented to Ireland's first female medal winner archer Beatrice Hill-Lowe £3,749
US$ 5,712
€4,439
14 1912 embroidered England competitor's badge £474
US$ 723
€562
15 A collection of Olympic Games clothing £562
US$ 856
€665
16 Medals - Olympic and World War I awarded to W.Ritchie The Olympic and World War One Medals to Mr W.Ritchie, late Liverpool Regiment £1,374
US$ 2,094
€1,627
17 1928 Olympic medals/badges awarded to Margaret Hartley £3,124
US$ 4,760
€3,699
18 A collection of Olympic memorabilia from former Olympian Doreen Elliott £1,999
US$ 3,046
€2,367
22 1936 Olympic photograph album £74
US$ 114
€88
23 1948 Olympic bronze participants medal £62
US$ 95
€73
24 1948 Olympics items- G.B. Olympian Margaret Sant £1,124
US$ 1,713
€1,331
25 London 1948 Olympics memorabilia £137
US$ 209
€162
26 A collection of 1948 Olympic programmes £87
US$ 133
€103
28 1948,1952 and 1956 Olympic Games programmes, tickets, ephemera £374
US$ 571
€443
31 A collection of Olympic items £149
US$ 228
€177
32 1968 Mexico Olympics programmes £212
US$ 323
€251
33 1968 Olympics cultural programmes £62
US$ 95
€73
34 1968 Mexico Olympics Games memorabilia £149
US$ 228
€177
35 A silver box awarded to Lord Burghley A silver box with gold panel, engraved with the Mexico Games motif £874
US$ 1,332
€1,035
37 A large collection of 1960's onwards Olympic Games memorabilia £274
US$ 418
€325
42 A collection of Olympic posters £112
US$ 171
€133
43 A collection of Olympic badges £87
US$ 133
€103
45 1996 Atlanta Olympics British Rowing hand signed team outfit £312
US$ 476
€369
47 Jonathan Edwards - hand signed Union Jack flag £62
US$ 95
€73
49 General Olympic games ephemera £112
US$ 171
€133
50 1954 O.U.A.C. Athletics programme (4 minute mile) hand signed by Roger Bannister £562
US$ 856
€665
51 A collection of athletic prints £37
US$ 57
€44
52 A collection of 1958 athletics medals £99
US$ 152
€118
55 A collection of wooden shafted irons and putters £349
US$ 533
€414
56 Ping Golf Club: A Ping Kushin putter £62
US$ 95
€73
57 A collection of wooden shafted golf clubs £349
US$ 533
€414
58 Ping Golf Club: A Cushin putter circa 1968 £74
US$ 114
€88
59 A small collection of wooden shafted golf clubs £162
US$ 247
€192
60 A collection of 18 wooden shafted irons £224
US$ 342
€266
61 A collection of 11 wooden shafted golf clubs in a golf bag £249
US$ 380
€295
62 A collection of 13 wooden shafted mainly 'Carnoustie' golfing irons £199
US$ 304
€236
62A An R. Hunter scared neck transitional headed brassie £224
US$ 342
€266
63 A large quantity (100+) of wooden shafted irons and woods £1,062
US$ 1,618
€1,257
64 A Hardy's light stained No. 2 Wood with an original Palakona cane shaft £162
US$ 247
€192
66 A Tom Morris scared neck wooden headed putter circa 1920s £137
US$ 209
€162
67 G. Lowe: A transitional bulger headed wood circa 1890s £349
US$ 533
€414
68 A Robert Simpson of Carnoustie long nose scared neck driver £99
US$ 152
€118
69 A collection of 26 wooden shafted irons £274
US$ 418
€325
70 A collection of wooden club heads £937
US$ 1,428
€1,109
71 A collection of 7 wooden shafted socket woods £224
US$ 342
€266
72 J B Halley & Co: a juvenile set of wooden shafted clubs circa 1910s £62
US$ 95
€73
73 A boxed set of silver golfing spoons circa 1920s £62
US$ 95
€73
74 A collection of early 20thCentury scoring and measuring devices £599
US$ 914
€710
77 A collection of golfing memorabilia £74
US$ 114
€88
78 An Open Championship competitor's badge in brass and coloured enamel £374
US$ 571
€443
79 Halifax Golf Club: Ladies Handicap Challenge Cup two handled silver Charles Horner trophy with original plinth, with the first winner being Miss Margert Utley in 1897. 'Re-presented to the Club 1903'. 5 inches high £149
US$ 228
€177
81 Bellingham Golf Club: 1934 Captain's Prize £124
US$ 190
€147
82 Parkstone Golf Club: 1923 Captain's Prize A silver Mappin & Webb trophy with lion headed handles. 6 inches high; 7½ inches diameter £274
US$ 418
€325
83 An art deco needlework towel or tie rack circa 1930s £37
US$ 57
€44
85 A sterling silver golf bag holding 6 silver cocktail sticks £62
US$ 95
€73
86 Marshall Silver Company: a set of 10 American silver cocktail sticks £62
US$ 95
€73
87 A Sunday Club modelled as a wooden headed driver £74
US$ 114
€88
88 A Sunday Club modelled as a wooden headed putter £37
US$ 57
€44
89 A mauve Ladies parasol with a hall marked silver handle modelled as a putter head £124
US$ 190
€147
90 E. Lowe: An early 20th Century Sunday Club walking stick £112
US$ 171
€133
91 J B Halley & Co: Parachute Golf Ball For Garden Practice circa 1950s £37
US$ 57
€44
92 An Army & Navy C.S.L. No. 1 rubber-cored golf ball circa early 1900's £374
US$ 571
€443
93 An Army & Navy C.S.L. No. 1 rubber-cored golf ball circa early 1900's £349
US$ 533
€414
95 A MacPherson Clans Series Parachute Golf Ball in tartan box £62
US$ 95
€73
96 A Silvertown fine mesh patterned gutta-percha golf ball circa 1880s £87
US$ 133
€103
97 An unusual black painted metal Spalding 'Krow' birdie trophy circa 1913 £74
US$ 114
€88
98 An empty Silvertown six box in black and silver circa 1880s £74
US$ 114
€88
99 Two gutta-percha golf balls circa 1890s £37
US$ 57
€44
100 Three mint gutta-percha golf balls with mesh covers circa late 1880s £524
US$ 799
€621
101 Thomas Alexander (active 1803-1841): A large heavy feather golf ball circa late 1830s £2,499
US$ 3,808
€2,959
102 A Silvertown 'S' bramble patterned rubber cored golf ball £174
US$ 266
€207
103 A small un-named feather golf ball circa early 1840s £1,499
US$ 2,285
€1,775
104 Four mint gutta-percha golf balls with mesh covers circa late 1880s £624
US$ 952
€739
105 A yellow Dunlop Golf Balls tin circa 1920s £62
US$ 95
€73
106 A St Mungo Heavy Colonel Golf Ball tin circa 1920s £124
US$ 190
€147
109 Martin & Patrick of Edinburgh: Sovereign £49
US$ 76
€59
111 T. Robertson: A long nose scared neck putter £124
US$ 190
€147
112 McEwan: Long nose Play Club circa 1890 £187
US$ 285
€221
113 A. Scott: A patented 'Unbreakable Neck' forked splice brassie circa 1896 £274
US$ 418
€325
114 A Jean Gassiat square shaped wooden headed putter circa 1910s £212
US$ 323
€251
115 John Gouick of Dundee: A patented 'Perfect' croquet style putter circa 1904 £149
US$ 228
€177
116 John Gouick of Dundee: A patented 'Perfect' croquet style putter circa 1904 £599
US$ 914
€710
117 John Gouick of Dundee: A patented 'Perfect' croquet style putter circa 1904 £237
US$ 361
€281
119 An Oke style putter with a 7½ inch thin square hosel circa 1920s £137
US$ 209
€162
123 William Lowe: a patented hosel-blade putter circa 1894 £312
US$ 476
€369
124 R Simpson of Carnoustie: The Perfect Balance spoon £37
US$ 57
€44
125 Willie Park Junior: A set of 6 smooth faced wooden shafted irons circa 1890 £374
US$ 571
€443
126 R. Forgan: a long nosed scared neck wooden headed putter circa 1910s £112
US$ 171
€133
128 R. Simpson: A long nose scared neck large headed putter circa late 1880s £174
US$ 266
€207
129 Tom Morris (1821-1906): A scared neck long nose driver £224
US$ 342
€266
130 Tom Morris: a long nose scared neck putter £224
US$ 342
€266
132 Robert Forgan (1824-1900): Two long nose scared neck wooden clubs £687
US$ 1,047
€813
133 Alex Patrick (1845-1932): A scared neck long nose brassie circa late 1880s £62
US$ 95
€73
134 Joyce Wethered: a set of her personal clubs in a golf bag £62
US$ 95
€73
135 J. Beveridge (1852-1899): A long nose Baffing Spoon circa 1880s £474
US$ 723
€562
136 McEwan: Two long nosed brassies with scared necks circa 1880s £687
US$ 1,047
€813
137 Hugh Philp (1782-1856): a long nosed driver circa 1840s £2,374
US$ 3,618
€2,811
140 Charles Hunter (1837-1921): a long nosed driver circa 1870s £474
US$ 723
€562
141 Willie Park Junior (1864-1925): 'Original' bent neck putter £37
US$ 57
€44
143 William Park Sr. (1834-1903): a convex faced rut iron circa 1870s £187
US$ 285
€221
144 A collection of Ryder Cup programmes £62
US$ 95
€73
146 Cigarette Cards: A collection of various pre war series £137
US$ 209
€162
150 Cigarette Cards: B Morris 'Golf Strokes' circa 1923 £37
US$ 57
€44
151 Cigarette Cards: Imperial Tobacco of Canada 'Perils of Golf' circa 1926-7 £49
US$ 76
€59
152 Cigarette Cards: A collection of various pre war series £237
US$ 361
€281
154 Cigarette Cards: Imperial Tobacco of Canada 'How to Play Golf' circa 1925 £49
US$ 76
€59
156 A collection of 20 European themed golfing postcards of Clubs and courses £37
US$ 57
€44
158 Cigarette Cards: WA & CA Churchman 'Famous Golfers' circa 1928 £112
US$ 171
€133
159 Cigarette Cards: Wills 'Golfing' circa 1924 £37
US$ 57
€44
160 Cigarette Cards: J. Millhoff 'Famous Golfers' circa 1928 £124
US$ 190
€147
161 Cigarette Cards: Cope Bros 'Golf Strokes' circa 1923 £37
US$ 57
€44
162 Cigarette Cards: Turf 10 'Sports Series' cardboard outers £99
US$ 152
€118
163 Cigarette Cards: WA & CA Churchman 'Famous Golfers' circa 1927 £187
US$ 285
€221
164 A collection of Open programmes £37
US$ 57
€44
169 Hilton, Harold H. and Garden C. Smith: The Royal and Ancient Game of Golf £874
US$ 1,332
€1,035
173 A collection of golfing books £49
US$ 76
€59
175 A wooden framed slot machine 'Nine Hole Golf' circa 1930s £224
US$ 342
€266
177 A 1930s jig saw showing St. Andrews Old Course by Cecil Aldin £74
US$ 114
€88
186 A Fairway Double Top Jackpot table top machine circa 1967 £37
US$ 57
€44
190 A golfing jig-saw circa 1900 £137
US$ 209
€162
192 Chad Valley: Tee-Up (Walton Heath) circa 1938 £37
US$ 57
€44
193 Hustler Toy Company : Golf circa 1920s £49
US$ 76
€59
194 The New Game of Midget Golf for the Drawing Room circa 1900 £49
US$ 76
€59
195 A counter top mechanical slot machine 'Whizz Ball' circa 1920 £499
US$ 761
€591
196 Games of Dexterity – a collection (7) of hand held ball bearing games £37
US$ 57
€44
197 An arcade slot machine 'Master Golf Game' circa 1965 £74
US$ 114
€88
198A A small collection of golfing ephemera £112
US$ 171
€133
199 Royal Doulton: D5813 trinket box with cover £62
US$ 95
€73
201 A collection of 120 + golfing postcards in a folder To include courses, humour and historical. £87
US$ 133
€103
202 Bobby Jones: A Spalding Cushion Neck Irons retail point of sale advert On blue card, with a black and white image of the irons, 'Designed by the world's greatest Golfer Bobby Jones', framed and glazed. 12 x 9½ inches £199
US$ 304
€236
203 'Pictorial Review magazine August 1931 Its front cover featuring a Clelland Barclay rendition of a glamorous Lady golfer having completed her swing. £37
US$ 57
€44
204 'Modern Priscilla' Ladies fashion magazine October 1925 Its front cover featuring a young Lady golfer in a blue and white stripped dress. £37
US$ 57
€44
205 After Leonebe Jacobs:'The Delineaton' dated October 1931 Featuring a smartly dressed Lady golfer holding a wooden shafted golf club. £37
US$ 57
€44
207 After Joseph Christian Leyendecker: Two graphic advertisements for Kuppenheimer Both featuring well dressed golfers, both prints in clean original condition. £37
US$ 57
€44
208 A B. Altman & Co Ladies fashion magazine front cover circa 1920s Featuring a Lady golfer wearing the Meadow Brook golf costume. £37
US$ 57
€44
209 'Motor Magazine' dated October 1927 Its front cover featuring a Lady golfer holding a wooden shafted patented iron. £37
US$ 57
€44
210 'La Elie Parisienne' magazine 1918 Its front cover featuring a saucy golfing mademoiselle titled 'UneBalle Perdue'. £37
US$ 57
€44
211A An Open Championship flag signed by Tom Watson £124
US$ 190
€147
214 B. Houwlanys: The Captain's Drive £124
US$ 190
€147
214A A collection of Henry and Leslie Cotton ephemera £87
US$ 133
€103
215 After Michael Baldwin: 'Millennium Man' A Study of Tiger Woods £62
US$ 95
€73
216 A 'modern' copy of the Dunlop Caddie Lacking clubs and bag strap. £74
US$ 114
€88
219 A collection of boxing programs, tickets and posters £62
US$ 95
€73
222 1974 Muhammad Ali v Joe Frasier original on site poster - fight II £687
US$ 1,047
€813
223 David Haye/Audley Harrison hand-signed boxing gloves £162
US$ 247
€192
225 A Joe Frazer signed print £87
US$ 133
€103
229 A hand signed Muhammad Ali picture £124
US$ 190
€147
234 A collection of boxing and football items associated to 1930's/40's boxing ring announcer Pat Regan £599
US$ 914
€710
239 1938 England and South Africa hand signed cricket bat £524
US$ 799
€621
240 A collection of Wisdens cricket almanacks, 1939 onwards £374
US$ 571
€443
241 A collection of assorted 1940's onwards cricket scorecards, tour booklets and tickets £312
US$ 476
€369
242 A collection of Wisdens cricket almanacks 1948-2002 £249
US$ 380
€295
243 1956 Australia hand signed miniature bat £62
US$ 95
€73
244 Chevalier Taylor Empire Cricketers prints £1,499
US$ 2,285
€1,775
246 1986 India/Australia tied match hand signed cricket bat/stump and bat hand signed by famous cricketers £562
US$ 856
€665
249 A large collection of cricket books £74
US$ 114
€88
250 A 1948 Babe Ruth official wrist watch £87
US$ 133
€103
251 A 1996 Jacksonville Jaguars hand signed American football helmet £149
US$ 228
€177
252 An Atlanta Braves hand signed baseball helmet £124
US$ 190
€147
253 Sporting prints £37
US$ 57
€44
254 A collection of Australian/South African/New Zealand rugby shirts, some hand signed £562
US$ 856
€665
255 Australia 2001 British Lions match worn shorts signed by Rob Howley £37
US$ 57
€44
256 Jack Sargeant Wales rugby union youth player montage £624
US$ 952
€739
257 2 early lawn tennis rackets £37
US$ 57
€44
258 Tennis post cards and ephemera £62
US$ 95
€73
260 Wilfred H. White - Equestrian Archive £2,499
US$ 3,808
€2,959
261 'Legends of Anfield' limited edition hand signed print £624
US$ 952
€739
262 A collection of various football prints £49
US$ 76
€59
263 A collection of replica football, cricket shirts £62
US$ 95
€73
264 1890 onwards Arsenal team/individual pictures £124
US$ 190
€147
265 1971 Arsenal Double winning team hand signed football £149
US$ 228
€177
266 1973 F.A. Cup final hand signed celebration dinner menu £124
US$ 190
€147
268 1946/47 mainly Football team autographs including Manchester United £624
US$ 952
€739
270 A Manchester United Old Trafford 'dug out' chair £812
US$ 1,237
€961
271 A Manchester United Old Trafford 'dug out' chair £812
US$ 1,237
€961
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