COLLECTIBLES GENERAL AUTOGRAPHS - Charles Leski Auctions

Lot COLLECTIBLES Estimate
1316 L "Australian XI, English Tour 1938", Orient Line brochure with pen-picture of each member
of the touring party, and with each biography nicely signed in ink by the player featured,
a total of 17 signatures including Don Bradman, Stan McCabe, Sidney Barnes & Bill Brown.
Very good condition with signatures excellent. (Photo) ..................................................................................$1,600 - $1,800
1317 1938 Australian tour to England, display comprising autograph page from the 3rd Test,
with 13 signatures including Don Bradman, Bill O'Reilly & Lindsay Hassett;
window mounted with team photograph, framed and glazed, overall 43x57cm. (Photo) ...............................$1,200 - $1,500
1318 1938 Players cigarette cards "Cricketers 1938", complete set, includes Bradman, Fingleton & O'Reilly. G/VG.(50) $120 - $150
1319 1939 South Africa Team, 5th "Timeless" Test v England at Durban, team photograph with title and players
names printed on mount, overall 40x37cm. Tone spots on mount. Ex Brian Bassano collection. ................................ $150 - $200
CRICKET – Chronological Listing: 1943-1950
1320 1943 RAF v Royal Australian Air Force, score card for the match at Lord's September 1943,
signed by Flying Officer D.W.Roper of NSW. Scarce. .............................................................................................. $150 - $200
1321 1945-46 Australian Services team, official team photograph with title "The Second (Unofficial)
Australian Cricket Team to Visit India, 1945-46" and players names printed on mount,
overall 30x25cm; signed to the mount by Keith Miller. (Photo) .......................................................................... $500 - $600
1322 1945 Australian Services Cricket Team vs East Zone of India, group photograph with title
& players names printed on mount, overall 30x25cm, signed to the mount by Keith Miller. (Photo) ......................... $300 - $400
1323 1945 Australian Services Cricket Team vs South Zone of India, group photograph with title & result
(Australia won by 6 wickets) printed on mount, overall 26x20cm, signed on the mount by Keith Miller. .................. $300 - $400
1324 1945-46 Australian Services team, official team photograph with title "The Australian Services
Cricket Team, visited and played England - India - Australia, 1945-46" and players names
printed on mount, overall 35x30cm; signed to the mount by Keith Miller. (Photo) ........................................... $750 - $850
1325 L "1946-7 Test Series Souvenir, Played in Australia, October 1946 to March 1947",
published by Mario's, Exhibition Street, Melbourne, with list of England players, fixtures and cartoons. ...................... $40 - $50
1326 1946-47 Natal Cricket Team - Currie Cup Winners 1946-47, team photograph with title
and players names printed on mount, overall 35x33cm. Ex Brian Bassano collection. ............................................... $100 - $150
1327 1947-48 Natal Cricket Team - Currie Cup Winners 1947-48, team photograph with title and players
names printed on mount, overall 41x30cm. Some soiling on mount. Ex Brian Bassano collection. ............................ $100 - $150
1328 1947 (28 Nov) Telegram to Bill Johnson, Australian Team Brisbane,
from former test cricketer Ern McCormick, congratulating him on his first Test. ....................................................... $100 - $120
1329 L "The Listener In Test Cricket Book - For the Fireside on Test Match Nights, June to August, 1948",
pre tour booklet produced in Melbourne to accompany the radio broadcasts from England of the 1948
"Invincibles" tour, includes teams, programme of games, scoresheets. ...................................................................... $100 - $120
1330 L "Australia's Test Cricketers" 16-page pre-tour brochure published by Grant Hughes [London, 1948],
containing fourteen full page photo-illustrations of the "Invincibles". ........................................................................ $200 - $250
1331 1948 (2 Jan) Telegram to Bill Johnson, at MCG, wishing him good luck in Third Test, "Nothing under
six wickets will do" (which he achieved), with superb "CRICKET GROUND/ MELBOURNE" datestamp. ................ $80 - $100
1332 1948 (12 Feb) Telegram to Bill Johnson & Doug Ring, at Richmond Cricket Club, from former Test cricketer
Ben Barnett, congratulating them on their selection for the 1948 tour to England. ....................................................... $80 - $100
1333 1948 Australian tour to England, Hardcastle's "Jack O'London" pipe, with stem engraved "Test Team 1948",
in original box. Rare souvenir from the "Invincibles" tour. Ex Bill Johnston collection. (Photo) ............................... $200 - $300
1334 1948 Australian Team, original photograph (16x20cm) showing 8 members of the team boarding
a TAA aircraft, with 8 signatures including Don Bradman, Lindsay Hassett & Ron Hamence. (Photo) .....$1,200 - $1,400
1335 1948 Australian Team, reprinted photograph (18x12cm) of the team arriving at Tilbury Docks,
with 11 signatures including Don Bradman, Ray Lindwall & Lindsay Hassett. (Photo) ..............................$1,000 - $1,200
1336 1948 Australian tour to England, scarce programme "Yorkshire versus Australians"
and score card for the same match. Condition varies though scarce. (2 items) ............................................................ $120 - $150
1337 1948-49 South Africa Team versus England, team photograph with title and players names
printed on mount, overall 50x40cm. Minor faults. Ex Brian Bassano collection. ....................................................... $150 - $200