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Sporting Memorys Worldwide Auctions Ltd
11 Rectory Gardens, Castle Bromwich, Birmingham, B36 9DG
Tel:
0121 684 8282
Fax:
0121 285 2825
E-Mail:
sportingmemorys@hotmail.co.uk
Welcome to our 21
st
Live Auction Of Football & Sporting Memorabilia
On Wednesday 12
th
August 2015 at 12.30pm
At The Holy Souls Social Club, Acocks Green, Birmingham
PLEASE NOTE WE DO NOT ACCEPT DEBIT OR CREDIT CARD PAYMENTS.
TERMS & CONDITIONS
Please see following page for full terms and conditions of the sale.
AUCTIONEERS
The guest Auctioneers are Mr Trevor Vennett-Smith and Mr Tim Davidson, the directors of Sporting Memorys W.A.
Ltd, would all like to record their appreciation for their help and guidance.
ADMINSTRATION
The administrators of the sale are FOOTY PROGS, Sporting Memorys W.A.Ltd, would like to record their appreciation
for their assistance.
REGISTRATION
It is requested that all clients should register before viewing in order to obtain a bidding paddle.
VIEWING
If you require further information, a photocopy or a scan of any lot then please do not hesitate to contact us as soon
as possible.
Tuesday 11
thAugust 2015
- At Sale Room, 10.30am until 4.00pm
Wednesday 12
thAugust 2015
- At Sale Room, 8.30am until 12.15pm
COMMISSION BIDDING
Will be accepted by Letters to
Sporting Memorys W.A. Ltd
, Telephone, Fax, or Email.
PLEASE NOTE COMMISSION BIDS LEFT VIA THE-SALEROOM.COM ATTRACT EXTRA COMMISSION AS BELOW.
Live Telephone Bidding must be arranged with Sporting Memorys W.A. Ltd as soon as possible.
BUYERS COMMISSION
Will be charged at
15%
of the hammer price of all lots. In addition to this V.A.T. at 20% will be charged on the
commission only, on standard rate items only. This means that programmes and most paper emphera do not attract
this charge, please enquire when unsure.
Please note that is you are a
the-saleroom.com
buyer, lots will attract a surcharge of 3% plus V.A.T. on the total of
the invoice price.
INTERNET BIDDING
We are again pleased to offer live bidding via
the-saleroom.com, please visit their website for details.
PAYMENT OF ACCOUNTS
The Accounts Office will open to accept payment by Cash or Cheque at 1.00pm. Please note that in no circumstances
will goods be released when cheque clearance is required unless by prior arrangement with Rob Adcock.
PLEASE NOTE WE DO NOT ACCEPT DEBIT OR CREDIT CARD PAYMENTS.
CONTACT NUMBER
On the day of sale:
07973311123 (Robert)
Refreshments (hot & cold) will be on sale in the Social Club, as well as a fully licenced bar.
Many thanks for your support and we hope that you have an enjoyable day.
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Terms & Conditions
Date Of Sale
The sale will commence at 12.30pm on Wednesday 12
thAugust 2015.
Venue
The venue is the The Holy Souls Social Club, 1159 Warwick Road, Acocks Green, Birmingham, B27 7BP
Location
The club is located on the Warwick Road, between Birmingham (5miles) and Solihull (3miles). The entrance to the club is via a drive way,
located between the Holy Souls Church and Ibrahims Restaurant, opposite the KFC Restaurant.
Clients requiring local accomodation are recommended to use the Best Western Westley Hotel, which is just 0.4miles from the venue. Plenty
of other hotels are also located in Solihull/Birmingham area, to suit all varying budgets.
Viewing Arrangements
Viewing will take place as detailed on the previous page.
As the more valuable items are being stored at the local bank, viewing at any other time will be by arrangement with Sporting Memorys
Worldwide Auctions Ltd
Registration
It is requested that all clients register before entering the viewing room.
Auctioneers
The Auctioneers conducting the sale are Trevor Vennett-Smith and Tim Davidson. Please note they are only acting for Sporting Memorys
Worldwide Auctions on the sale day. No communication should be made with them prior to the sale.
Whilst the bidding increments will be solely at the Auctioneers discretion, they will normally be 10% of the preceding bid.
If any dispute arises during the auction, then their decision will be binding, even if they choose to re offer the specific lot again.
Adminstration support for the sale will be conducted by Footy Progs.
Buyers Commission
Will be charged at
15%
of the hammer price of all lots. In addition to this V.A.T. at 20% will be charged on the commission only on standard
rate items only. This means that programmes and most paper emphera do not attract this charge, please enquire when unsure. Please note
that is you are a the-saleroom.com buyer, lots will attract a surcharge of 3% plus V.A.T. on the total invoice price.
Bidding
Bidding can be made in various ways:
In Person at the sale.
On the telephone, live during the sale.
On the internet, live at
www.the-saleroom.com/sportingmemorys
Making a commission bid by Letter, Fax, Telephone, Or E-Mail.
Bidding in person at the sale
This is highly recommended as the best way of bidding for any item you require.
Bidding on the telephone. Live During The Sale
It is possible to arrange for clients to bid live during the auction. This must be arranged in advance with Sporting Memorys Worldwide
Auctions, and will be allocated on a 'first come, first served basis'
Bidding on the internet. Live During The Sale
Sporting Memory’s offer an online bidding service via the-saleroom.com for bidders who cannot attend the sale.
In completing the bidder registration on www.the-saleroom.com and providing your credit card details (for identification purposes only) you
authorize Sporting Memory’s to invoice you for the full amount including an extra 3% + VAT commission surcharge.
Payment should be made in accordance with our ‘payment of accounts’ terms shown below.
Commission Bid by Letter. Fax. Telephone or E-Mail
A client may instruct the auctioneer to bid on their behalf up to a fixed amount. The commission will be executed at a price as
low as other
bidding allows. Please remember that all methods of bidding attract the commission of 15% on the hammer price.
The closing date for bidding by letter is the day of the sale. Bidding by Fax should be completed by 9.00AM on the morning of the sale.
Bidding by Telephone can be made up to 12.00PM on the day of the sale on 07973 311 123.
Payment of accounts
The accounts office will be open to accept payment at 1.00pm. Payment can be made by Cheque, Bank Draft, Money Order or Cash
It is deeply regretted that due to the very high cost involved we are not able to accept payment by any debit or credit cards.
Invoices for clients not attending the sale will be forwarded by
Monday 17
thAugust 2015
, and a payment is due within 7 days.
Goods Collection
No goods can be collected until payment has been made in full. In the event of a client paying by cheque, an amount exceeding the bank
guarantee card limit, then the goods will not be released until the cheque has cleared. NO EXCEPTION WILL BE, MADE IN ANY CIRCUMSTANCES
unless prior arrangement has been made with Robert Adcock of Sporting Memory's Worldwide Auctions Ltd, which may include the references
being required from the client’s bankers.
Despatch and postal charges
All lots not paid for or collected on the day of the sale will be sent to the successful purchasers at the exact cost charged by the
Post Office or Courier Service requested. Any packing required will again be re-charged at cost. Sporting Memorys Worldwide
Auctions/Footy Progs will levy no charge for other packing costs.
Any lots sent to the purchaser, which were delayed due to cheque clearance, will also attract all postage costs.
Description Of Lots
Items sold at auction are generally of some age, accordingly lots are sold on an 'As, Is' basis, subject to all faults, imperfections
and errors of description.
It should be noted that all bidders should be deemed to have satisfied themselves as to the condition of items prior to submitting
a bid by any method. You are strongly advised to examine any lot that you are interested in prior to the sale, as it is your
responsibility to satisfy yourself as to each and even' aspect of the lot.
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LOT 0001 1905/1906 Liverpool v Middlesbrough, a programme from the gameplayed on 17/03/1906, also includes Everton Reserves v Darwen (1st Team), Darwen were a Football League club until 1899, ex binder, tape repairs to spine, that could be professionally repaired. Estimate £140/£160
LOT 0002 1909/1910 Liverpool v Sheffield Wednesday, a programme from the game played on 23/10/1909, also includes Everton Reserves v Northern Nomads, Friendly game. Ex Binder, tape repairs to spine, some frayed edges, this could be professionally repaired. Estimate £140/£160
LOT 0003 1909/1910 Everton Reserves v Liverpool Reserves, a programme from the game played on 15/01/1910, ex binder, tape repairs to spine, brittle paper, with some paper losses. Estimate £50/£70
LOT 0004 1912/1913 Liverpool v Aston Villa, a programme from the game played on 30/11/1912, also includes Everton Reserves v Manchester City Reserves, ex bound volume, in very good condition. Estimate £140/£160
LOT 0005 1912/1913 Liverpool v Derby County, a programme from the game played on 01/03/1913, also includes Everton Reserves v Port Vale (1st Team), they were a Football League club up to 1907, and then again from 1919. Ex binder, tape repairs to spine and front cover, this could be professionally repaired. Estimate £100/£120
LOT 0006 1912/1913 Liverpool v Oldham Athletic, a programme from the game played on 04/09/1912. Ex bound volume, spine damage, with loose covers, this could be professionally repaired. Estimate £100/£120 LOT 0007 1914/1915 Everton v West Bromwich Albion, a programme from the
game played on 05/12/1914, also includes Liverpool Reserves v Manchester City Reserves, ex bound volume, in very good condition. Estimate £120/£140
LOT 0008 1914/1915 Liverpool v Blackburn Rovers, a programme from the game played on 05/04/1915, also includes Everton Reserves v Port Vale (1st Team), they were a Football League club up to 1907, and then again from 1919, ex bound volume, in very good condition. Estimate £120/£140
LOT 0009 1916/1917 Liverpool v Burnley, a rare wartime programme from the game played on 30/09/1916, worn, the team line up page is torn, with paper loss, other contents good condition. Estimate £120/£140 LOT 0010 1920/1921 Liverpool v Middlesbrough, a programme from the game
played on 12/03/1921, also includes Everton Reserves v Burnley Reserves, slight fold, good condition. Estimate £120/£140
LOT 0011 1921/1922 Liverpool v Preston, a programme from the game played on 15/10/1921, also includes Everton Reserves v Blackburn Reserves, tape repairs to spine, contents good condition, could be professionally repaired. Estimate £80/£120
LOT 0012 1921/1922 Liverpool v Blackburn Rovers, a programme from the game played on 11/03/1922, also includes Everton Reserves v Preston Reserves, tape repairs to spine, contents good condition, could be professionally repaired. Estimate £80/£120
LOT 0013 1927/28 Liverpool v Arsenal, a programme from the game played on 27/12/1927, also includes Everton Reserves v Bolton Reserves, ex binder, tape repairs to spine, contents good, could be professionally repaired. Estimate £80/£120
LOT 0014 1929/1930 Liverpool v Manchester City, a programme from the game played on 26/10/1929, also includes Everton Reserves v Man Utd Res, tape repairs to spine, creased, could be professionally repaired. Estimate £80/£120
LOT 0015 1929/30 Liverpool v Arsenal, a programme from the game played on 21/12/1929, also includes Everton Reserves v Blackburn Reserves, folded, slightly worn. Estimate £80/£120
LOT 0016 1930/1931 Liverpool v Manchester City, a programme from the game played on 01/11/1930, also includes Everton Reserves v Sheffield Wednesday Reserves, tape repairs to spine, could be professionally repaired. Estimate £80/£120
LOT 0017 1933/1934 Liverpool v Aston Villa, a programme from the game played on 20/01/1934, also includes Everton Reserves v Sheffield Wednesday Reserves, worn, creased, slight tears to spine & edges. Estimate £80/£120
LOT 0018 1933/1934 Liverpool v FC Austria, a very rare programme from the Friendly game played on Wednesday, 13th December, 1933, damage at staple point, folded, slight tear on cover. Estimate £200/£300 LOT 0019 1936/1937 Liverpool v Sunderland, a programme from the game
played on 12/12/1936, in good condition. Estimate £80/£120 LOT 0020 1937/1938 Liverpool v Arsenal, a programme from the game played on
18/12/1937, tape repairs to spine, could be professionally repaired. Estimate £60/£80
LOT 0021 1937/1938 Liverpool v Middlesbrough, a programme from the game played on 18/04/1938, slight folded. Estimate £80/£100
LOT 0022 Arsenal v Liverpool, a collection of 2 programmes, played 26/12/1935 and 30/04/1938. Estimate £60/£80
LOT 0023 1906/1907 Aston Villa v Liverpool, a programme from the game played on 30/03/1907, in very good condition. Estimate £100/£120 LOT 0024 1926/1927 Aston Villa v Liverpool, a programme from the game
played on 30/08/1926, also includes Aston Villa Reserves v Leeds Utd Reserves, played 2 days earlier, in very good condition. Estimate £100/£120
LOT 0025 1927/1928 Aston Villa v Liverpool, a programme from the game played on 07/01/1928, in good condition. Estimate £80/£120 LOT 0026 1928/1929 Aston Villa v Liverpool, a programme from the game
played on 01/09/1928, also includes Aston Villa Reserves v West Bromwich Albion Reserves played on 05/09/1928. Estimate £80/£120 LOT 0027 1929/1930 Aston Villa v Liverpool, a programme from the game
played on 16/11/1929, marked on face. Estimate £60/£80
LOT 0028 Aston Villa v Liverpool, a collection of 2 programmes from the games dated 21/01/1933 & 13/04/1935. Estimate £80/£120
LOT 0029 1938/1939 Bolton v Liverpool, a programme from the game played on 17/09/1938. Estimate £100/£120
LOT 0030 Liverpool, a collection of 2 away programmes, 27/04/1935 Tottenham v Liverpool (tape repairs, creased), 19/11/1938 Brentford v Liverpool (writing on front). Estimate £60/£80
LOT 0031 1919/1920 Chelsea v Liverpool, a programme from the game played on 11/10/1919, 4 pages, slight tears. Estimate £80/£100
LOT 0032 Chelsea v Liverpool, a collection of 3 programmes, 08/12/1934, 31/08/1935, 16/09/1936. Estimate £80/£120
LOT 0033 1937/1938 Everton v Liverpool, a programme from the game played on 16/02/1938. Estimate £80/£120
LOT 0034 1936/1937 Middlesbrough v Liverpool, a programme from the game played on 10/10/1936, good condition. Estimate £120/£120 LOT 0035 1935/1936 Portsmouth v Liverpool, a programme from the game
played on 30/11/1935. Estimate £100/£140
LOT 0036 1936/1937 Portsmouth v Liverpool, a programme from the game played on 02/09/1936, ex bound volume, good condition. Estimate £100/£120
LOT 0037 1907/1908 Sheffield Utd v Liverpool, a programme from the game played on 16/09/1907, ex bound volume, good condition. Estimate £80/£120
LOT 0038 1928/1929 Sheffield Wednesday v Liverpool, a programme from the game played on 24/11/1928, also a programme from 1929/1930, Sheffield Wednesday Reserves v Liverpool Reserves, played on 09/11/1929, both ex bound volume. Estimate £100/£120 LOT 0039 1934/1935 Sheffield Wednesday v Liverpool, a programme from the
game played on 06/10/1934, ex bound volume, in very good condition. Estimate £60/£80
LOT 0040 1909/1910 Tottenham v Liverpool, a programme from the game played on 13/11/1909, ex bound volume, team changes. Estimate £100/£120 LOT 0041 1922/1923 Tottenham v Liverpool, a programme from the game played
on 04/11/1922, slight tear. Estimate £60/£80
LOT 0042 1924/1925 Tottenham v Liverpool, a programme from the game played on 13/12/1924, folded. Estimate £50/£70
LOT 0043 1937/1938 West Bromwich Albion v Liverpool, a programme from the game played on 19/02/1938. Estimate £80/£120
LOT 0044 1928/1929 West Ham Utd v Liverpool, a programme from the game played on 06/10/1928. Estimate £120/£140
LOT 0045 1942/1943 Liverpool v Wrexham, a rare single sheet programme from the game played on 05/09/1942, team changes. Estimate £60/£80 LOT 0046 1944/45 Liverpool, a collection of 2 single sheet, home programmes,
02/09/1944 Stockport County, 25/11/1944 Bury, both with team changes. Estimate £60/£80
LOT 0047 1945/46 Liverpool, a collection of 3 home single sheet programmes, Newcastle Utd, Sunderland, Chester (FAC). Estimate £60/£80 LOT 0048 1946/1947 Liverpool, a collection of 6 home programmes, in various
condition, Blackpool (S/S), Aston Villa, Portsmouth, Charlton (poor condition, tape repairs), Bolton, Derby Co. Estimate £80/£100 LOT 0049 Liverpool in the Lancashire Senior Cup, a collection of 4 programmes,
1946/1947 LSCup S/F Liverpool v Burnley, 1946/47 LSCup Final Liverpool v Bury, 1955/56 LSCup Final Liverpool v Blackburn, 1958/59 LSCup Final Liverpool v Everton. Estimate £60/£80 LOT 0050 1947/1948 Liverpool, a collection of 10 home programmes in various
condition, Aston Villa, Blackburn, Bolton, Burnley, Derby, Everton, Huddersfield, Nottm Forest (FAC), Sheff Utd & Stoke. Estimate £100/£120
LOT 0051 1948/49 Liverpool, a collection of 8 home programmes in various condition, Bolton, Burnley, Chelsea, Derby, Man Utd, Middlesbrough (Taped spine), Preston (punched holes), Sunderland. Estimate £60/£80 LOT 0052 1949/50 A collection of 11 home programmes in various condition,
Aston Villa, Blackpool (FAC), Bolton, Charlton, Exeter (FAC), Fulham, Man City, Man Utd, Portsmouth, Sunderland, WBA. Estimate £100/£120
LOT 0053 Liverpool, a collection of 20 home programmes in various condition, 1950/51 (6), 1951/52 (5), 1952/53 (2), 1953/54 (4), 1954/55 (3). Estimate £80/£100
LOT 0054 Liverpool, a collection of 25 home programmes in various condition, 1955/56 (3), 1956/57 (4), 1957/58 (18), a few reserve programmes noted. Estimate £60/£80
LOT 0055 Liverpoool, a collection of 76 home programmes in various condition, 1958/59 (17), 1959/60 (16), 1960/61 (21), 1961/62 (22). Estimate £80/£100
LOT 0056 Liverpool, a collection of 16 away football programmes, in various condition from 1946/47 to 1949/50, the programmes are: 1946/47 Chelsea, Arsenal, 1947/48 Charlton, Everton, Blackpool, Man Utd (FAC) at Everton (cover detached), 1948/49 Aston Villa, Sheff Utd, Chelsea, 1949/50 WBA, Blackpool, Fulham, Charlton, Chelsea, Aston Villa, Newcastle Utd. Estimate £80/£120
LOT 0057 Liverpool, a collection of 27 away football programmes, in various condition from 1950/51 to 1955/56, to include 1950/51 Huddersfield, 1951/52 Portsmouth, Derby Co, Burnley, 1952/53 Middlesbrough, Chelsea, Cardiff, 1953/54 Bolton (FAC), Burnley, 1954/55 Swansea, Everton. Estimate £80/£120
LOT 0058 Liverpool, a collection of 72 away football programmes, in various condition from 1956/57 to 1963/63, to include, 1956/57 Bury, Port Vale, 1957/58 Bristol City, Scunthorpe Utd, Doncaster, 1958/59 Brighton, Fulham, Stoke. Estimate £80/£120
LOT 0059 Liverpool, a collection of 7 European away programmes in various condition, 1964/65 KR, RSC Anderlecht (ph), FC Koln (at Rotterdam), 1965/66 Celtic (S/F, includes Celtic team group insert), 1966/67 Ajax, 1967/68 Malmo, 1970/71 Ajax. Estimate £100/£120
LOT 0060 1964 FA Charity Shield, Liverpool v West Ham Utd, a programme from the game played on 15/08/1964, team changes, neat number on front. Estimate £60/£80
LOT 0061 Liverpool in the FA Cup Semi-Finals, a collection of 3 football programmes, in various condition, 1946/47 Burney v Liverpool at Man City, Replay, detached covers, 1949/50 Everton v Liverpool at Man City (creased), 1962/63 Liverpool v Leicester (at Sheff Wed). Estimate £50/£70
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LOT 0062 1987/1988 Liverpool, a Alan Hansen Souvenir Football, with 17original autographs including Rush, Beardsley, Hansen, etc. Estimate £60/£80
LOT 0063 1975/76 Liverpool, a white match worn away shirt, formerly belonging to Phil Neal, Number 2 on reverse. The front is signed 'To Ciaran, best wishes, Phil Neal'. Estimate £100/£120
LOT 0064 2006/2007 Liverpool, a replica yellow away shirt, fully signed by 24 players. Estimate £60/£80
LOT 0065 1983 Thailand v Liverpool, a very rare programme from the game played on 10/06/1983, Liverpool won the game by three goals to nil (this programme has not been seen by us before). Estimate £200/£300 LOT 0066 1983 Thailand v Newcastle Utd, a very rare programme from the game
played on 22/05/1983. Estimate £80/£100
LOT 0067 1983 Thailand v Bayern Munich, a programme from the game played on 23/06/1983. Estimate £60/£80
LOT 0068 1949 Barcelona, The History of 50 Years of the Club, 1899 to 1949, a superb publication. Estimate £50/£70
LOT 0069 Pinnace Trade Cards, a collection of over 640 cards, most in good condition, various backs, slight duplication noted (2 cards autographed, 411 A McClurem, 762 G.Lennon, and 36 cards over number 960), in addition are over 200 DC Thompson 'Pinnace Style' cards are included. Estimate £400/£500
LOT 0070 Topical Times, Panel Portrait Cards, from various sets, black/white, a collection of 120 cards, in good condition, duplication noted. Estimate £60/£80
LOT 0071 Wolverhampton Wanderers, A Collection of 6 season ticket books, 1930/31, 1931/32, 1935/36, 1936/37, 1858/59 and 1968/69. The first four older books, all have the individual match tickets intact, plus Port Vale, directors tickets for 1966/67 & 1967/68. Estimate £80/£120 LOT 0072 1980 European Cup Final, Nottingham Forest v Hamburg, a pair of
tickets from the Final game played in Madrid on 28/05/1980 (folded). Estimate £60/£80
LOT 0073 1966 World Cup, a collection of 7 match tickets from games played at Aston Villa, various condition and colours, 13/07/66 (2), 16/07/66 (4), 20/07/66 (1). Estimate £120/£140
LOT 0074 1943 Football League War Cup Final, Sheffield Wednesday v Blackpool, a rare ticket from the game played on 08/05/1943. Estimate £80/£100
LOT 0075 1937/1938 Tottenham v Sheffield Wednesday, a ticket from the game played on 07/05/1938, folded/worn. Estimate £50/£70
LOT 0076 A collection of over 100 football match tickets, to include FA Cup, Final and Semi-Final, England Internationals and other big match, general league to include, 1955/56 Chelsea v WBA, 1963/64 Chelsea v Wolves, 1968/69 Chelsea v Everton x 2, 1978/79 Chelsea v Man Utd. Estimate £200/£300
LOT 0077 Tickets, a collection of 140 various big match tickets, including FA Cup Finals and Semi-Final's, FL Cup Finals and Semi-Final's, FA Charity Shield, England Home & Aways, England Schools, noted are 2007 FA Cup Final, 1986 FA Charity Shield, 1978 Wales v England, 1953 England Schools v Wales Schools. Estimate £160/£180 LOT 0078 A collection of 60 big match programmes in various condition, to
include FA Cup Finals & Semi-Finals, FL Cup Finals, European, 1970/71 Arsenal Double Season etc., noted are 1949 FA Cup Final, Wolves v Leicester (folded, rusty staples), 1951 FA Cup Final, Blackpool v Newcastle (wof, rs), 1952 FA A Cup Final, 1955/56 FA Cup S/F Sunderland v Birmingham. Estimate £120/£140
LOT 0079 1977 Washington Diplomats v Los Angeles Azetcs, a programme from the game, no covers, but has 9 autographs including George Best, Bobby Stokes, Emyln Hughes. Estimate £40/£60
LOT 0080 1999 Boxing, the Boxing Hall of Fame, Mickey Duff, a superb pair of oversize autographed Boxing gloves, as presented to Mickey Duff. The Famous Boxing promotor, who was inducted into the Boxing Hall of Fame in New York, during June 1999. The 2 oversize gloves are covered in signatures of World Championship Boxers including, Spinks, Patterson, Davies, Basilo, Chandler, Foster, Carter, etc. In addition is the Limited Edition programme for the event and a small collection of privately taken photographs. Estimate £800/£1000 LOT 0081 Boxing, Joe Calzaghe, a black 'seconds' ringside silk jacket, the reverse
of which is embroidered in yellow 'Joe'. This was the property of, and worn by the famous promoter, Mickey Duff. Estimate £200/£300 LOT 0082 1920 Leeds Utd Share Certificate, as for the original Leeds Utd
Limited Company, issued in December 1920, the certificate is signed as directors, by the 2 men most important to the formation of Leeds Utd AFC. Mr Alf Masser and Mr Hilton Crowther, and as company secretary, Arthur Fairclough who managed them to their first promotion. Masser, a local solicitor, chaired the first meeting (October 17th 1919) at which Leeds Utd were formed. This took place in the afternoon of the same day on which Leeds City was wound up and its assets (including the players) auctioned off. Crowther who was the Huddersfield Town Chairman in 1919 initially tried to move his club to Elland Road, to become Leeds Utd, a moved sanctioned by the Football League, but this fell through. Crowther, undeterred, left Huddersfield to become Chairman of Leeds and loaned the club £35000 to be repaid as and when they achieved first division status. He brought with him Arthur Fairclough, who was installed as the first Leeds Utd manager from 1920 to 1927 and led them to the first division with promotion in 1923/1924. A wonderful piece of Leeds Utd memorabilia. Estimate £200/£300
LOT 0083 1925/26 Aston Villa v Leeds Utd, a programme from the game played on Wednesday 02/03/1926, ex bound volume, played in front of only 11,5000 spectators. Estimate £180/£220
LOT 0084 1927/28 West Bromwich Albion v Leeds Utd, a programme from the game played on 07/04/1928, folded, slight tear. Estimate £180/£220 LOT 0085 1934/35 Norwich City v Leeds Utd, a programme from the FA Cup tie
played on 26/01/1925, rusty staples, some pages detached but complete. Estimate £200/£240
LOT 0086 Chelsea v Leeds Utd, a collection of 6 pre-war programmes in various condition, overall fair, to include 1932/33, 1934/35, 1935/36, 1936/37 (26/12/36, League), 1936/37 (16/03/37, Cup), 1937/38 (punched holes). Estimate £150/£180
LOT 0087 Arsenal v Leeds Utd, a collection of 5 pre-war programmes in various condition, overall fair, 1930/31 Ex bound volume, cover replaced, 1934/35, 1935/36, 1937/38, 1938/39. Estimate £150/£180 LOT 0088 Leeds Utd, a collection of 4 pre-war away programmes in various
condition, overall fair condition, at 1934/35 Tottenham, 1935/36 Brentford, 1937/38 Brentford (team page detached), 1937/38 Charlton. Estimate £120/£140
LOT 0089 1943/44 Birmingham City, a collection of 4 home programmes, 11/09/43 Leicester, 25/09/43 Northampton, 16/10/43 Derby County, 30/10/43 Stoke. Estimate £120/£140
LOT 0090 1943/44 Birmingham City, a collection of 4 home programmes, 11/12/43 WBA, 01/01/44 WBA, 08/01/44 Northampton, 22/01/44 Stoke]. Estimate £120/£140
LOT 0091 1943/44 Birmingham City, a collection of 3 home programmes, 19/02/44 Aston Villa, 04/03/44 Leicester (Cup), 08/04/44 Man City. Estimate £80/£120
LOT 0092 1943/44 Birmingham City, a collection of 3 away programmes, 04/12/43 WBA, 26/03/44 Aston Villa, 01/04/44 Man City. Estimate £80/£120
LOT 0093 1943/44 Birmingham City, a collection of 3 away programmes, 09/10/43 Derby, 27/11/43, 01/04/44 Man City. Estimate £80/£120 LOT 0094 1944/45 Birmingham City, a collection of 12 home programmes,
02/09/44 Port Vale, 09/09/44 Coventry, 28/10/44 Stoke, 04/11/44 Wolves, 16/12/44 WBA, 30/12/44 Walsall (Cup), 27/01/45 Aston Villa, 06/01/45 Coventry, 24/02/45 WBA, 03/02/45 Northampton, 07/04/45 Wolves, 19/05/45 Nottm Forest. Estimate £280/£320 LOT 0095 1944/45 Birmingham City, a collection of 11 home programmes,
30/09/44 Leicester, 07/10/44 Aston Villa, 25/11/44 Walsall, 16/12/44 WBA, 30/12/44 Walsall, 27/01/45 Aston Villa, 02/12/44 Northampton, 24/02/45 WBA, 31/03/45 Northampton, 21/04/45 Coventry, 05/05/45 WBA. Estimate £250/£270
LOT 0096 1944/45 Birmingham City, a collection of 3 away programmes, 23/09/44 Leicester, 26/05/45 Nottingham Forest, 14/04/45 Wolves (Cup). Estimate £100/£120
LOT 0097 1944/45 Aston Villa v Birmingham, a collection of 3 programmes for the season, 10/02/45 (Cup), 24/03/45 (Cup), 10/03/45. Estimate £80/£120
LOT 0098 1944/45 Northampton v Birmingham, a collection of 2 programmes from the season, 10/02/45 (Cup), 24/03/45 (Cup). Estimate £60/£80 LOT 0099 1944/45 West Bromwich Albion v Birmingham, a collection of 3
programmes from the season, 23/12/44, 17/02/45, 12/05/45. Estimate £100/£120
LOT 0100 1945/46 Birmingham City, a collection of 21 home programmes, in various condition. Estimate £280/£320
LOT 0101 1945/46 Birmingham City, a collection of 18 away programmes, in various condition, Arsenal, Aston Villa, Bradford PA (Cup), Brentford, Charlton, Chelsea, Fulham, Luton, Nottm Forest, Millwall, Newport Co, Plymouth, Portsmouth, Southampton, Tottenham, West Ham, WBA, Wolves. Estimate £200/£220
LOT 0102 1945/46 Gothenburg Alliance v Birmingham City, a rare programme from the club's tour of Sweden on 21/05/1946. Estimate £80/£120 LOT 0103 1945/46 IF Elfsborg v Birmingham City, a rare programme from the
club's tour of Sweden on 24/05/1946. Estimate £80/£120 LOT 0104 1946/47 Birmingham City, a collection of 18 home programmes,
including AC Sparta Friendly. Estimate £260/£280
LOT 0105 1946/47 Birmingham City, a collection of 20 away programmes, in various condition, Barnsley, Bury, Bradford PA, Chesterfield (ph), Fulham (Lge), Fulham (Cup), Leicester (ph), Liverpool (FAC), Luton, Man City (very poor), Millwall, Newcatle, Plymouth, Sheff Wed (ph), Southampton, Swansea (pink issue), Swansea (blue issue, ph), Tottenham (ph), WBA, West Ham. Estimate £240/£260 LOT 0106 1947/48 Birmingham City, a collection of 22 home programmes in
various condition, this was the club's 2nd Division Championship Season. Estimate £230/£250
LOT 0107 1947/48 Birmingham City, a collection of 21 away programmes in various condition, Aston Villa (poor), Bradford PA, Brentford, Bury, Cardiff (ph), Chesterfield, Doncaster, Fulham, Leeds (ph), Leicester, Luton, Millwall, Newcastle, Nottm Forest, Plymouth, Portsmouth, Sheff Wed, Tottenham, WBA, West Ham, this was the club's 2nd Division Championship season. Estimate £230/£250
LOT 0108 1948/49 Birmingham City, a collection of 23 home programmes, in various condition. Estimate £220/£240
LOT 0109 1948/49 Birmingham City, a collection of 21 away programmes, in various condition. Arsenal, Aston Villa, Blackpool, Bolton (ph), Burnley, Charlton, Chelsea, Derby Co, Everton, Huddersfield, Liverpool, Man Utd, Middlesbrough, Man City, Newcastle, Portsmouth, Preston, Sheff Utd, Sunderland, Stoke, Wolves. Estimate £200/£220
LOT 0110 1949/50 Birmingham City, a collection of 23 home programmes, in various condition, including the Friendly game against AIK Athens. Estimate £200/£220
LOT 0111 1949/50 Birmingham City, a collection of 21 away programmes in various condition, Arsenal, Aston Villa, Blackpool, Burnley, Bolton, Charlton, Chelsea, Derby Co, Everton, Fulham, Huddersfield, Liverpool, Man City, Man Utd, Middlesboro, Newcastle, Portsmouth, Sunderland, Swansea (FAC), West Brom (ph), Wolves. Estimate £180/£200
LOT 0112 1950/51 Birmingham City, a collection of 25 home programmes in various condition, including 12/08/1950 Blues v Reds Practice Match, and Dinamo Berlin (Festival of Britain). Estimate £180/£220 LOT 0113 1950/51 Birmingham City, a collection of 22 away programmes in
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LOT 0114 1951/52 Birmingham City, a collection of 23 home programmes invarious condition. Estimate £160/£180
LOT 0115 1951/52 Birmingham City, a collection of 21 away programmes in various condition. Estimate £150/£170
LOT 0116 1952/53 Birmingham City, a collection of 24 home programmes in various condition, including the 16/08/1952 Blues v Reds Trial Match. Estimate £130/£150
LOT 0117 1952/53 Birmingham City, a collection of 25 away programmes, in various condition, including the Birmingham v Tottenham ganme played at Wolves. Estimate £130/£150
LOT 0118 1953/54 Birmingham City, a collection of 23 home programmes, in various condition, including 1208/1953, Blues v Reds trial match. Estimate £80/£100
LOT 0119 1953/54 Birmingham City, a collection of 22 away programmes in various condition. Estimate £80/£100
LOT 0120 Birmingham City, a collection of 92 home & away programmes from 1954/55 and 1955/56, includes 14/08/1954 Trial Match, Blues v Reds, and 13/08/15 Trial Match Blues v Reds. Estimate £220/£240 LOT 0121 Birmingham City, a collection of 100 home & away programmes from
1956/57 and 1957/58 in various condition, includes, 1956/57 Birmingham v Nottm Forest (FAC) Pirate by Victor, 1956/57 Nottm Forest v Birmingham (FAC) Pirate by Victor, 17/08/57 Trial Match, Blues v Reds. Estimate £150/£170
LOT 0122 Birmingham City, a collection of 100 home & away programmes from 1958/59 and 1959/60, includes 16/08/1958 Trial Match, Blues v Reds, & 15/08/1959 Trial Match, Blues v Reds. Estimate £100/£120 LOT 0123 Birmingham City, a collection of 99 Home & Away programmes from
1960/61 and 1961/62, to include, 1961 Birmingham v Torquay (Charity) & Swindon (FLC). Estimate £60/£80
LOT 0124 Birmingham City, a collection of 145 Home & Away programmes from 1962/63, 1963/64 and 1964/65, to include 1962/63 Bury v Birmingham (FACup 07/03/68), 62/63 Birmingham v Coventry (Friendly), 63/64 Birmingham v Aston Villa (LMOB), 63/64 Distillery (Smith Test), 63/64 Rugby v Birmingham (Friendly), 1964/65 Stoke v Birmingham S/S, 13/06/65 x2. Estimate £80/£100
LOT 0125 Birmingham City, a collection of 256 home & away programmes, from 1965/66 to 1969/70, including a few friendly and other games. In addition are a collection of 24 Birmingham City official Football programme binders. Estimate £80/£100
LOT 0126 Birmingham City, a collection of 8 home programmes, 1944/45 WBA, 1946/47 Tottenham, WBA, 1947/48 Bury, Sheff Wed, Tottenham, Barnsley, 1952/53 West Ham. Estimate £80/£100
LOT 0127 Birmingham City, a collection of 6 away programmes, 1944/45 Aston Villa, 1946/47 Newcastle Utd, Chesterfield, 1947/48 Millwall, Southampton, 1948/4 Preston. Estimate £60/£80
LOT 0128 Birmingham City, a collection of 18 away friendly programmes, 1948/49 Leyton Orient, 1949/50 Aston Villa, 1950/51 Home Farm, 1951/52 Aston Villa, 1952/53 Hereford Utd (ph), Aston Villa (Coronation), 1955/56 Coventry, 1956/57 Edinburgh Select, 1960/61 Rugby Town Reserves, Cambridge City, 1961/62 Stirling Albion, Cambridge City, 1965/66 Banbury Spencer, 1968 National 5-A-Side, Midlands Region, 1968/69 Swansea, Corby Town, Peterborough Utd, 1969/70 Reading, Bedford Town. Estimate £100/£120
LOT 0129 Birmingham City 'A' team, a collection of 9 rare away programmes, 1945/46 Atherstone, 1947/48 Redditch (06/09/47), Redditch (03/04/48), 1948/49 Redditch (10/12/48), Redditch (25/12/48), Banbury Spencer (12/03/49), Moor Green (20/11/1948), 57/58 Darlaston, Wellington Town, 1958/59 Darlaston, plus a home game 30/04/1955 Birmingham City A v Aston Villa A. Estimate £120/£140 LOT 0130 Birmingham City, a collection of 7 programme for games played at St Andrews, 1947/48 England ATC v Wales ATC, 1948/49 Birmingham & District Boys v Northumberland Boys, 1949/50 England ATC v Wales ATC, 1957/58 Royal Navy v RAF x 2, 1968/69 Birmingham v Kidderminster (Camkin Cup Final), 1967/68 Alvechurch v Moor Green (BCFA Junior Cup Final). Estimate £50/£70
LOT 0131 1958/59 FC Grenchen/Biel Combined XI v Birmingham City, a programme from the game played on 18/05/1959. Estimate £60/£80 LOT 0132 1961 Victoria All Stars v Birmingham City, a rare programme from the
game played in Canada on 07/06/1961. Estimate £60/£80 LOT 0133 1961 Third Lanark v Birmingham City, a rare programme from the
game played in Canada on 03/06/1961. Estimate £60/£80 LOT 0134 1961 BC All Stars v Birmingham City, a rare programme from the
game played in Canada on 10/06/1961. Estimate £60/£80
LOT 0135 1949/50 Wolverhampton Wanderers v Birmingham City, a programme from the game played on 06/05/1950, the programme is fully signed by the Birmingham team. Estimate £40/£60
LOT 0136 Scotland, a collection of 39 autographs from the World Cup Qualiftying tournament of 1997, a total of 39 original signatures on a 'homemade' teamsheet, to include Leighton, Weir, Burley, Boyd, Durie, McAllister, etc (most signatures appear twice), plus a signed magazine poster of Colin Hendry, and relevant programmes against Belarus and Latvia. Estimate £20/£30
LOT 0137 Athletics, a collection of programmes and autographs, to include photographs and magazine pictures signed by over 20 Athletes. To include Lewis, Christie, Johnson, Coe, Ovett, Moses, Kluft, etc, plus signed International programmes etc, in addition is a signed GB Vest from competitiors in the 1989 Royal Games, autographed by Conway, Ottey, Connelly, Rowe, Smith, Silva, and other international stars. Estimate £60/£80
LOT 0138 1927 FA Cup Final, Cardiff v Arsenal, a long playing record with the recording of the 'Abide with me', and 'Land of My Father' tracks, from the Community Singing at Wembley Stadium. The recording is on the 'Columbia' record label, in original cardboard sleeve. Estimate £70/£90
LOT 0139 1853 Archery, a silver Archery Medal, made by B Wyon of 187 Regent Street, and dated in the clasp 'Leamington 1853'. The Leamington Spa Archery Club, still exsists to this day and the same governing body as then. The fronty is annotated with the motto 'Union, True Heart and Courtesy' that continues to be the moto. The reverse shows a picture of minerva and the words 'Grand National Meeting'. The ring is engraved tenth gross score. The medal is still in the original padded case. Estimate £180/£220
LOT 0140 1953 Cricket, England, the signatures of the 1953 Ashes Winning Team, the autographs of the 13 players are on the reverse of the menu from the Sheffield Cricket Lovers' Society Re-Union Dinner held at the Cutlers Hall Sheffield on 18/10/1980, in addition are the autographs of Brian Johnston & Nicolas Parsons. Estimate £80/£100
LOT 0141 1938 Cricket, C J Barnett, an autographed cricket bat, used by Charlie Barnett, the face of the bat is signed 'With this bat I scored 126 for England v Australia, 1st Team Match 1938, C J Barnett'. The Gunn & Moore bat is signed on the reverse by 13 England Cricketers and by 14 Australian Cricketers, including Don Bradman & Sidney Barnes (it is also autographed by the complete Gloucestershire and Lancashire teams), The first test took place at Trent Bridge between the 10th and 14th June 1938. Charlie Barnett was born in Cheltenham in 1910, who played in 20 tests from 1933 to to 1948, he was one of Wisden's 5 Cricketers of the year in 1937, he played cricket for Gloucestershire, before retiring from County Cricket and playing for Rochdale, prior to becoming a School Coach, he died in 1982. Estimate £500/£700 LOT 0142 1953 FA Cup Final, a scrapbook, includes many reports on the
Blackpool v Bolton Wanderers Final, the book includes the match programme that is loosely laid down and a postcard of Stanley Matthews. Estimate £60/£80
LOT 0143 World War One, Knockaloe Internment Camp, Isle of Man, a collection of four programmes from the Football Championship games played on 28/04/1917, 31/07/1917, 10/11/1917, 22/12/1917, The score of each game is noted on the face of the programmes. Estimate £280/£320
LOT 0144 1989 Rugby Football League, a Second Division Premiership Winners Medal, the league was won by Leigh, who played 28 games, with 2 defeats, winning all the remaining matches. The medal is unboxed, and was found by the vendor during a house move, it is not known who the medal was awarded to. Estimate £400/£600
LOT 0145 1954 Gil Merrick, an England International Football Cap. The cap is from the Hungary v England game played at the Nepstadion on 23/05/1954. England lost this game, by Seven goals to one, which is the team's record defeat, however it is felt that he was unfairly blamed for the heavy defeat. The vendor's grandfather, a close friend of Gil, tormented him frequently about the score, so much in fact that Gil threw the cap accross the room telling him 'to keep it'. Gilbert Harold Merrick was born in Sparkhill, Birmingham in 1922, he went on to play for Birmingham and England. He won 23 England Caps, retiring from playing football in 1959. He then went on to manage the club he loved until being asked to resign in 1964. He was that annoyed by the way he was treated by the directors, he refused to enter St Andrews until the late 1990's when he was a guest of the Birmingahm City Historial Society. At that 'Evening with Gil Merrick' over 400 people filled a room that had a maximum capacity of 240! It is fair to say that 'he brought the house down', Gil and many attending members shed a few tears that night. Estimate £1000/£1200
LOT 0146 1999 Boxing, Lennox Lewis, a framed and glazed display showing the fight where he became the undisputed Heavyweight Champion of the World, defeating Evander Holyfield in Las Vegas on 13/11/1999. The display includes pictures, an usued ticket for the fight, and an autographed picture of Lennox (it should be noted that no responsibility is taken for the glassware). Estimate £150/£170 LOT 0147 1993 Boxing, Muhammad Ali, a hand signed white card, by Ali. The
card quotes 'Muhammad Ali, AKA, Cassius Clay, The Greatest of all times (93)' It is complete with a 'COA' given in 2001 by The Legends Collectors Society, in very good condition. Estimate £100/£120 LOT 0148 1931 FA Cup Final, West Bromwich Albion, a framed and glazed
display, comprising of a picture of the players, together with an album page signed by 11 players and the trainer and secretary/manager (it should be noted that no responsibility is taken for the glassware). Estimate £150/£170
LOT 0149 1946 FA Cup Final, Derby County, a framed and glazed display, comprising of a picture of one of the goals and a large album page signed by 14 players, who won the Cup (it should be noted that no responsibility is taken for the glassware). Estimate £100/£120 LOT 0150 1949 FA Cup Final, Wolverhampton Wanderers, a framed and glazed
display, comprising of a picture of the team and a large album page signed by 11 players who won the Cup (it should be noted that no responsibility is taken for the glassware). Estimate £100/£120 LOT 0151 1954 FA Cup Final, West Bromwich Albion, a framed and glazed
display, comprising of a picture of the team, and a small album page signed by 11 players, who won the cup (it should be noted that no responsibility is taken for the glassware). Estimate £80/£120 LOT 0152 1982 European Cup Final, Aston Villa, a framed and glazed display,
comprising of a team picture and 2 signed first day covers. One cover is fully autographed by all 15 players and Tony Barton, the manager. A superb item! (it should be noted that no responsibility is taken for the glassware). Estimate £150/£170
LOT 0153 1928 FA Cup Final, Blackburn v Huddersfield, a Daily Express National Community Singing movement song sheet for the game played at Wembley on 21/04/1928 (small punched holes to the edge, not affecting the narrative). Estimate £100/£120
LOT 0154 1941 Football League Cup Final, Arsenal v Preston, a ticket from the game played at Wembley on 10/05/1941. The ticket is lightly stamped 'complimentary', and the narrative on the back has been restored. Estimate £140/£160
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LOT 0155 A collection of 27 football badges, mainly from the 2002 World Cup,but also include a 1950 World Cup 'Uruguay Champions Of The World' and 2 small button badges, 1928-1950 Uruguay World Cup and Olympic Champions. Estimate £30/£40
LOT 0156 Football Programmes, Press Packs & Fanzines, a collection of over 50 items, programmes to include 1954 Scottish Cup S/F East Fife v Motherwell, FA Cup Finals 1954, 1956, 1958 to 1964 in good condition, England home & aways, the Free Lions England Fanzines, the press packs include Champions League Finals for 2005, 2007, Super Cup of 2001, 2005 etc, high retail value. Estimate £140/£160 LOT 0157 1959 European Cup Final, Real Madrid v Stade Reims, a programme
from the game played on 03/06/1959 in Stuttgart, in very good condition. Estimate £80/£100
LOT 0158 1961 European Cup Final, Benfica v Barcelona, a programme from the game played in Berne on 31/05/1961. Estimate £80/£100
LOT 0159 1974 European Cup Final, Atletico Madrid v Bayern Munich, a programme from the game played in Brussels on 15/03/1974, in very good condition. Estimate £200/£300
LOT 0160 1975 European Cup Final, Bayern Munich v Leeds Utd, a programme from the game played in Paris on 28/05/1975, in very good condition. Estimate £40/£60
LOT 0161 1981 European Cup Final, Real Madrid v Liverpool, a rare red hard-backed edition of the programme from the game played in Paris on 27/05/1981 (the narrative on the binding states UEFA Champions League, not European Cup!). Estimate £140/£160
LOT 0162 1942 Football League North v Football League South, Brentford v Wolverhampton Wanderers, a programme from the game played at Chelsea on 06/06/1942, S/S, creased, slight marked. Estimate £140/£160
LOT 0163 1952 FA Cup Final, Arsenal v Newcastle Utd, an autographed programme from the game played at Wembley on 03/05/1952, whilst the programme is torn and has sellotape repairs, the centre pages, which are not affected by these faults, is fully signed by all 11 Newcastle players. Estimate £80/£100
LOT 0164 1966 World Cup, Stamps, England Winners, a collection of 2 uncut sheets of 120 stamps each, of the 4D specially issued stamps, in very good condition. Estimate £60/£80
LOT 0165 1951 The Australian Soccer Football Association, a 4 page card showing the travelling arrangements and intinerary of the English Soccer Tour (This covers all England games from 16/05/1951 to 23/07/1951). Estimate £40/£60
LOT 0166 1996 China v England, an autographed programme from the game played in Beijing on 23/05/1996, the programme is signed by 22 players plus the manager, Terry Venables. Estimate £80/£100 LOT 0167 1935/36 Portsmouth v Huddersfield, a programme from the game
played on 10/04/1936, in good condition. Estimate £80/£100 LOT 0168 1935/36 Liverpool v Grimsby Town, a programme from the game
played on 14/09/1935, the programme has a few slight 'nicks', and has been professionally repaired. Estimate £60/£80
LOT 0169 A collection of 50 football match tickets, mainly for Big Match games, including Finals, European and tour games, England aways and the 1954 World Cup Quarter Final, England v Uruguay in Basel on 26/06/1954, in addition are 14 tickets from other sports including 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney. Estimate £120/£140
LOT 0170 1966 World Cup Final, England v West Germany, a ticket from the final game played at Wembley on 30/07/1966, in very good/near mint condition. Estimate £100/£120
LOT 0171 1966 World Cup, a pair of tickets from the games played at Wembley, 16/07/1966, 26/07/1966 Semi-Final, both tickets in very good condition. Estimate £50/£70
LOT 0172 1966 World Cup, The Football Association, World Cup Report, this 309 page hardback publication, is the official report of the tournament, published by Heinemann Ltd, in very good condition, including dust jacket. Estimate £60/£80
LOT 0173 Oldham Athletic, a fine collection of 24 original press photographs, mainly from the 1963/64 season, mostly match action, a few team groups included. Estimate £50/£70
LOT 0174 1963/64 Christmas Cards, a fine collection of 60 cards from a wide variation of clubs and Football Associations, to include, Arsenal, Man Utd, Celtic, England, Wales, Tottenham, Barcelona, etc, in very good condition, plus a selection of other football memorabilia, includes Oldham Athletic content, a very distressed 1906 team group card, autographs etc, a nice lot. Estimate £150/£170
LOT 0175 West Bromwich Albion, a collection of over 700 home and away programmes from 1951 to 1972, of which 160 programmes are from before 1960/61 season. The programmes are in various condition, and also include around 40 non WBA programmes, mainly big match, in addition are 10 West Bromwich Albion programme binders. Estimate £300/£400
LOT 0176 1875/1876 Queens Park v Wanderers, an original match card from the game played at Hampden Park, Mount Florida, Glasgow, on 09/10/1875. This issue has four pin holes to the corner and slight creases, a similar card appears as example of an early football programme on various media sites. Estimate £800/£1000 LOT 0177 1883/1884 Wednesbury Old Athletic v Wolverhampton Wanderers, a
very rare programme/card, from the FA Cup tie played at Wood Green Oval Ground on 01/12/1883. Estimate £1200/£1400
LOT 0178 Football Programmes, a collection of 150 issues from a wide varity of clubs in various condition, from 1955/56 to 1959/60, to include 1955/56 Colchester Utd v Norwich, 1957/58 Ipswich v Hudderfield, 1959/60 Leeds Utd v West Bromwich Albion, 1959/60 Port Vale v Bournemouth. Estimate £160/£180
LOT 0179 Football Programmes, a collection of over 40 programmes, from 1950/51 to 1954/55, in various condition, to include 1954/55 Bournemouth v Newport County, 1954/55 Reading v Racing Club Paris, 1953/54 Bristol Rovers v Rotherham. Estimate £80/£100
LOT 0180 Football Programmes, a collection of 14 programmes from the 1940's, in various condition, to include 1946/47 Barnsley v Plymouth, 1947/48 Bury v Coventry. Estimate £60/£80
LOT 0181 Tooting & Mitcham, a collection of 17 home programmes from 1950/51 to 1952/53, both 1st team and reserves, score on face, team changes. Estimate £40/£60
LOT 0182 1933/34 Sunderland v Middlesbrough, a programme from the game played on 13/01/1934, a few marks inside the programme, and on the back page. Estimate £150/£170
LOT 0183 1926/27 Derby County v Aston Villa, a programme from the game played on 26/02/1927, in good condition, with green covers. Estimate £300/£400
LOT 0184 1942/43 Yorkshire XI v Notts, Derbys & Leics XI, a programme from the Army Professional Charity game played at Doncaster Rovers on 19/12/1942 (includes players from all over the country!). Estimate £60/£80
LOT 0185 1938 Accrington Stanley, a programme for the Football League Jubilee Game. The centre pages have the history of the club, but does not appear to be for a specific game. Estimate £40/£60
LOT 0186 Foreign Programmes, a collection of 37 issues from 1959 onwards, including, Dutch, German, Danish etc. Estimate £40/£60 LOT 0187 Queens Park Rangers, a collection of 9 home programmes, from the
1940's, in various condition, to include 1945/46 Bristol City, 1946/47 Bristol Rovers, 1948/49 Huddersfield. Estimate £40/£60
LOT 0188 A collection of 2 programmes from games played at Ipswich, 1947/48 Suffolk FA Senior Cup Final, Lowestoft Town v Whitton Utd, 1952/53 Suffolk FA Senior Cup Final Replay, Sudbury Town v Long Melford, both issues have adhesive marks. Estimate £40/£60
LOT 0189 Reserve programmes, a collection of 16 issues, all being pre 1960's, in various conditon, to include, 1953/54 Chelsea Reserves v Arsenal Reserves (Cup), 1950/51 Fulham Reserves v Leyton Orient Reserves, 1950/51 Arsenal Reserves v Brighton Reserves. Estimate £40/£60 LOT 0190 Reserve Programmes, a collection of over 65 issues from 1960's
onwards, to include 1965/66 Luton Res v Aldershot Reserves, 1981/82 Notts County Res v Halifax Reserves, 1962/63 Wrexham Reserves v Ellesmere Port Town. Estimate £50/£70
LOT 0191 Crystal Palace Reserves, a collection of 20 football programmes, home & away, from 1958 to 1960. Estimate £40/£60
LOT 0192 Derby County, a collection of home, newspaper style programmes, all complete in official binders from 1971/72 to 1974/75, including the championship seasons, some issues are difficult to obtain. Estimate £90/£110
LOT 0193 Leicester City, a collection of 50 home & away programmes, from the 1950's in various condition. Estimate £50/£70
LOT 0194 1957/58 Manchester Utd v Sheffield Wednesday, a programme and ticket from the FA Cup tie, played on 19/02/1958. The centre page of the programme is blank, the token is missing, the ticket has a slight crayon mark on the front. Estimate £80/£100
LOT 0195 Bath City, a collection of 100 home programmes from the 1960's, in various condition. Estimate £50/£70
LOT 0196 1946/47 Scottish Cup Semi-Final, Arbroath v Aberdeen, a programme from the game played at Dundee on 12/04/1947, score on front, with 9 Arbroath signatures on the team line up pages. Estimate £700/£900 LOT 0197 Scottish Football Programmes, a collection of 8 pre-1960's issues, to
include 1947/48 Queens Park v Albion Rovers, 1952/53 Queen Of The South v Dundee, 1952/53 Hibernian v Celtic, 1953/54 Celtic v Airdrie, 1953/54 Queen Of The South v East Fife. Estimate £40/£60 LOT 0198 1950/51 Leeds Utd, a collection of 2 programmes from Festival of
Britain home games, in various condition, 09/05/1951 Rapid Wien, 14/05/1951 Haarlem. Estimate £80/£100
LOT 0199 Tennis, a Fin 1Q500, Graphic Tennis Racquet, produced in the 1980's, in Australia, complete with protective cover. The racquet has been used so shows signs of paint loss on the edges. Estimate £80/£100 LOT 0200 1969/1970, Manchester United v Burnley, a rare Issue of the official
programme dated 17/09/1970 with the fixture List reading as follows "Mar 6 - Tottenham Hotspur (Postponed), Mar 17 - Burnley", the more common issue has no date listed for the Burnley fixture! (common issue enclosed with lot for reference). Estimate £30/£50 LOT 0201 1907, Barnsley 'English Cup Team', an original team group, picture
postcard, with images/pen pics of 14 individual players/staff. Estimate £60/£80
LOT 0202 1927/1928, Huddersfield Town, an original team group, picture postcard, the 1927/1928 campaign was the last season of Town's true dominance of English football, they finished 2nd behind Everton, also reaching their 3rd FA Cup Final, losing to Blackburn Rovers (creasing, scuffs, rounding of corners, slight marking to reverse). Estimate £40/£60
LOT 0203 1927/1928, Brentford v Charlton Athletic, a football programme for the game played on 17/12/1927 (worn/torn on spine). Estimate £140/£160
LOT 0204 1925/1926, Queens Park Rangers v Charlton Athletic, a football programme for the FA Cup 2nd round fixture, played on 12/12/1925. Estimate £160/£180
LOT 0205 1926/1927, Crystal Palace v Charlton Athletic, a football programme for the game played on 22/01/1927 (minor nick near staple). Estimate £140/£160
LOT 0206 1926/1927, Woking v Charlton Athletic, a football programme for the FA Cup 1st round fixture, played on 27/11/1926 (minor faults). Estimate £200/£300
LOT 0207 1927/1928, Watford v Charlton Athletic, a football programme for the game played on 01/10/1927. Estimate £120/£140
LOT 0208 1929/1930, Chelsea v Charlton Athletic, a football programme for the game played on 08/03/1930 (torn/worn on spine). Estimate £60/£80 LOT 0209 1925/1926, Clapton Orient v Charlton Athletic, a football programme
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LOT 0210 1927/1928, Queens Park Rangers v Charlton Athletic, a footballprogramme for the game played on 04/02/1928, this programme has no outer covers. Estimate £40/£60
LOT 0211 1929/1930, West Bromwich Albion v Charlton Athletic, a football programme for the game played 07/12/1929 (heavily torn/worn on spine, with small pieces on back removed). Estimate £60/£80 LOT 0212 1924/1925, FA Cup Semi-Final, Southampton v Sheffield United At
Stamford Bridge Chelsea, a very rare football programme for the fixture played on 28/03/1925 (some minor faults, slight damage around staple). Estimate £1200/£1500
LOT 0213 1972, European Cup Final, Inter Milan v Ajax at Feyenoord, a football programme for the game played in Rotterdam on 31/05/1972 (excellent condition). Estimate £120/£150
LOT 0214 1968/1969, Barnet v Arsenal, a four page football programme for the '4th Public Trial Match' played on 06/08/1968 (minor faults). Estimate £60/£80
LOT 0215 1960/1961, At Dynamo Moscow, Locomotive Moscow v Canada Team Of British Columbia (All Stars), A programme for the 'Exhibition' fixture played on 15/09/1960 (some faults). Estimate £30/£50
LOT 0216 Manchester United, A collection of Ten original picture postcards, Issued In the early 1960's, all are semi-glossy, black & white images on front and original unused postcard back, players include, Law, Herd, Nicholson, Gaskell, Charlton, Stiles, Foulkes, Setters, Gregg & Quixall. Estimate £120/£150
LOT 0217 1971 FA Cup Final Arsenal v Liverpool, "1p" Dawn Football Cover [Cover No.11] Franked 08/05/1971 with World Cup Winners & 1p stamps, this cover was an experimental Pre-Series cover produced during the 1970-71 season, produced in small numbers and all sold out very quickly (for the 1971 FA Cup Final, two different cover versions were produced, One with a 2d stamp, to reflect Arsenal's score and one with a 1p stamp to reflect Liverpool's score). Estimate £60/£80 LOT 0218 1970/1971 Renshaw/Dawn Covers, 28/04/1971 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
Semi-Final leeds United v Liverpool [Cover No.8], 15/08/1970 Cambridge United v Lincoln City [Cover No.2] & Huddersfield Town v Blackpool [Cover No.3] There were 11 different experimental Pre-Series covers produced during the 1970-71 season, each cover was produced in small numbers and all sold out very quickly! All with relevant postal achets & '4d England Winners' stamp. Estimate £100/£120
LOT 0219 Liverpool Dawn 'Flown' Covers, Six rare covers, including low print runs, covers signed by the crew & pilot etc. All with relevant postal cachets. Estimate £80/£100
LOT 0220 Postal Covers, A collection of Nineteen covers from the 1960's & 1970's to include, 15/09/1976 Ajax v Manchester United UEFA Cup (flown cover), 03/01/1973 The Three v The Six At Wembley (only 50 were produced), 28/09/1976 Crusaders v Liverpool (carried aboard the Ulster Queen, franked in County Down due to strict security in Belfast), 1969 FA Cup Final Leicester City v Manchester City (a very early cover with '4d England Winners' stamp), 03/11/1976 Juventus v Manchester City (flown cover), 23/12/1972 Reading Centenary covers Numbers 20, 24 & 50 (only 50 were produced) Plus other unique & rare covers! All with relevant postal cachets. Estimate £100/£120 LOT 0221 1977 FA Charity Shield, Manchester United v Liverool, A very rare &
collectable 'Dawn' produced Commemorative cover, with inner card, In excellent condition, franked 13/08/1977 with silver Jubilee 8 1/2p stamp. Estimate £80/£100
LOT 0222 1975 FA Cup Final, West Ham United v Fulham, A very rare & collectable 'Dawn' produced cover, this item was the printers trial for register, Red ink was used instead of Black & Orange to make Yellow, Approx only Six were issued & surfaced, this example is now known as "Wembley On Fire", with inner card, In excellent condition. Estimate £80/£100
LOT 0223 Dawn Covers, Five very rare & collectable covers, all are limited to small production numbers, 15/09/1976 Manchester City v Juventus (slight allignment & colour issues with print, only five like this were produced), 06/11/1976 Sunderland v Liverpool (no embossing), 25/09/1976 Port Vale v Shrewsbury Town (no embossing & another without extra green run!), 21/08/1976 Hereford United first match in Division Two (allignment & colour shift). Estimate £40/£60 LOT 0224 Birmingham City, A collection of Eleven original press photographs,
Taken during the 1970's & 1980's, many with 'Birmingham Mail' stamp to reverse, Includes Six large format issues (approx 12"x 9"). Estimate £80/£100
LOT 0225 1996/1997 Manchester United, A replica away shirt, hand signed by Twenty One (21) players/staff to front, signatures Include Alex Ferguson, David Beckham, Roy Keane, Ryan Giggs, Gary & Phil Neville, David May, Garry Pallister, Nicky Butt, Brian McClair, Jordi Cruyff, Karel Poborsky, Raimond Van Der Gouw, Ronny Johnsen, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer & Brian Kidd, Plus an addiitonal Five which can not be identified. Estimate £160/£200
LOT 0226 2002/2003 Manchester United, A replica home shirt (new with tags), hand signed by Eleven (11) on front, signatures to include Rio Ferdinand, John O'Shea, Chris Eagles, Wes Brown, Tim Howard, Darren Fletcher, Roy Carroll, David Bellion, Quinton Fortune, Mikael Silvestre & Nicky Butt. Estimate £60/£80
LOT 0227 Brazil, 2002/2004 replica shirt (new with tags), hand signed to front by Zico, Socrates, Juninho (ex Middlesbrough) plus another, In addition, A replica Brazilian 'retro' jersey with number '10' on reverse, the shirt is hand signed to front by Socrates & Two others. Estimate £50/£70 LOT 0228 1996/1997 Birmingham City, A match issued number '19' away shirt with Nationwide Football League Flashes to arms, the shirt was issued for the Everton home friendly fixture, played at St Andrews on 10/08/1996, In addition the shirt has been hand signed by Sixteen (16) players/staff to front, size XL. Estimate £70/£90
LOT 0229 Tin Badges, A collection of Eight badges as issued in the 1960's & 1970's, to include Chelsea, Everton, Wolverhampton Wanderers, Manchester United, Arsenal, Derby County, West Bromwich Albion & World Cup Willie Issue (x 2), nice selection. Estimate £60/£80 LOT 0230 Football Medals, A collection of Ten Silver medals to Include
1920/1921 Birmingham Works Amateur Football Association, 1928/1929 Portsmouth Football Association, 1927 Leeds Schools Football Association, 1931/1932 Cambridgeshire FA, 1928/1929 Watford & District Football Association, 1929/1930 Hilder Football League, 1939 Redhill Football League, 1946/1947 Chronicle Cup Winners, 1960/1961 Youth Army Challenge Cup Winners & another medal only stating "AT 1931" . Estimate £100/£120
LOT 0231 Sporting Medals, A collection of Ten Gold & Silver medals, from the 1920's - 1950's, to Include Football, Atheltics, Shooting, Diving & Table Tennis . Estimate £50/£70
LOT 0232 Sporting Selection, A large tray containing hundreds of items to Include, 1930's & 1940's Football Hand Books, 1960's Speedway programmes, Football & other Sporting Tickets & Programmes From the 1950's to more modern, Autographs, Newspapers, Cut-Outs, Fixture Cards, Collectables, Etc. Some items are sub standard but the majority are in good condition, high individual retail value!. Estimate £40/£60
LOT 0233 Football Scrap Books, 1940's & 1950's content, Four scrap books with hundreds of original press clippings taken from programmes & newspapers from the period, coverage of the 1947, 1948, 1950, 1953, 1955 & 1956 FA Cup Finals, many team groups and individual pictures, good varied content (some pages are loose, odd pictures have been removed). Estimate £40/£60
LOT 0234 2001/2002 Bayern Munich Home Jersey, A hand signed replica shirt (new with tags), Autographed by approx. Nineteen (19) players/staff (size 2XL) Issued with COA. Estimate £50/£70
LOT 0235 1998/2000 Holland/Netherlands International Jersey, A hand signed replica shirt, Autographed by approx. Fifteen (15) players/staff (size XXL) Issued with COA. Estimate £50/£70
LOT 0236 2003/2004 Barcelona Home Jersey, A hand signed replica shirt, Autographed by approx Fifteen (15) players/staff (size 42/44) Issued with COA. Estimate £50/£70
LOT 0237 2003/2005 Scotland Interantional Home Jersey, A hand signed replica shirt (new with tags), Autographed by appox Twenty (20) players/staff (size XL) Issued with COA. Estimate £50/£70
LOT 0238 2002/2003 Scotland International Away Jersey, A hand signed replica shirt (new with tags), Autographed by approx Twenty Three (23) players/staff (size XL) Issued with COA. Estimate £50/£70 LOT 0239 Non Football Selection, Tennis, A large scrap book with over Four
Hundred (400) clippings from 1946 - 1950's featuring Wimbledon, Horse Racing, Twenty Four (24) South American 'original' press photographs from the 1950/1960's, in addition is a photograph laid down to board, of Victor Barna, Champion Table Tennis Player signed by him, A mounted c1950's Cricket photograph to board displaying the 'English second wicket record' & Nine (9) other press photographs including Torvell & Dean, Speedway, Gaelic Football, Show Jumping, Atheltics & Cricket. Estimate £30/£50
LOT 0240 1980's Rugby Union Press Photographs, A selection of Sixty Images, pictured content to include International teams Australia, France, England, Scotland, Wales, South Africa, Club Rugby Including London Scottish, Bath, Nottingham, Leicester, Warwickshire etc. good varied selection, all images are 10"x 8" with annotation to reverse. Estimate £30/£50
LOT 0241 Boxing Press Photographs, A collection of Twenty One (21) original press photographs from the 1950's to 1970's, many with original 'stamp' to reverse, Includes 1976 Muhammad Ali v Jean-Pierre Coopman (stamped 'Minoru Aoki New York' on reverse), Sugar Ray Robinson Performing at the London Palladium in 1962 & performing at a variety act in Paris in 1954, there are also Images of Bobby Lee Hunter, Ricahrd Dunn, Chris Finnegan, Henry Cooper, Joe Bugner, Joe Foreman, Ken Buchanan & Jack Bodell, Included are Two (2) circa 1940's Daily Graphic Photographs, one is coloured, In addition there are approx 32 reproduction images, plus boxing publications from the 1912 onwards, a good selection for any boxing enthusiast, Approx 60 items in total. Estimate £100/£120
LOT 0242 1955/1956, Reading Youth v Chelsea Youth, A rare football programme for the Southern Junior Floodlit Cup fixture played on 05/10/1955, Chelsea won the game 11-1, In its inuagural season, with the competition formed only a few weeks prior to this game!. Estimate £80/£100
LOT 0243 1946/1947, Reading v Crystal Palace, a rare football programme for the first home (1st team) after the war, played on 04/09/1946, the fixture ended with Reading winning 10-2, the result being Reading's record win & Crystal Palace's highest scoring loss. Estimate £80/£100 LOT 0244 1950's-1960's Romford, A huge collection of over 600 press clippings
relating to individual games (aprox 400 games covered), each clipping(s) is bagged individually with relevant game details noted on reverse, superb detail with many having numerous clippings, from the 1950's/1960's, Includes games against football league clubs, FA Cup fixtures, Friendlies, Reserve games etc.. Estimate £50/£70 LOT 0245 Chelsea Chronicle, A collection of Seven (7) bound volumes of the
'Chelsea FC Chronicle' Official bound reproductions with hardback blue outer cover & embossed Gold letttering, each as issued by Scott Cheshire during the late 1990's, only 250 copies of each volume were produced, Volumes Include 1905/1906, 1906/1907, 1907/1908, 1908/1909, 1909/1910 & 1910/1911 (all copy number 62) & 1913/1914 (copy number 237). Estimate £160/£200
