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Lot 151

Tickets
A collection of 32 tickets for various events

25 July 2012, 14:00 BST
London, Knightsbridge

£2,000 - £2,500

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Tickets

A collection of 32 tickets for various events, thick printed paper, typically 70 x 120mm. or smaller, 11 with corners missing, [1936]; together with a poster detailing the timetable of events (33)

Footnotes

Comprising a number of scarce examples, including: athletics (the relay, specifically the 4 x 100m in which Jesse Owens ran, the 1500m men's final, triple jump, and hurdles); baseball; hockey; swimming; football (including a ticket for the final between Italy and Austria); handball; the decathlon and polo.

See illustration overleaf.

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