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201 203202204 (part)201 †An Automobile Club de Nice bronze plaque, byAuguste Maillard, circa 1902,the obverse struck with image in bas relief depicting a female nudewaving a victory laurel leaf to a veteran car, the reverse with leaf designand name plate un-engraved, 60mm wide.£500 - 700€610 - 860202 †A fine ‘Targa Vincenzo Florio 1906’ bronzecompetitor’s plaque, by Rene Lalique,struck with image in bas relief of race scene depicting the winning Itala35/40hp as driven to victory by Alessandro Cagno, leading anothercar at the Sicilian lakeside track, the plaque stamped ‘Lalique’ and‘Bronze’ to lower edge, 55mm wide, contained within original scarletvelvet and silk-lined brown leather presentation case.(2)£3,000 - 3,500€3,700 - 4,300Vincenzo Florio, a racing enthusiast and member of a prominentSicilian family, was responsible for bringing the first motorised vehicleto Sicily and for organising the Targa Florio race in 1906, which had anentrants list of only 10 cars.203 † ◊Assorted pre and post-War motorcycling trialstrophies and awards, presented to W F Mead,from 1930 to 1950s, for various mainly motorcycle club trials eventsincluding a 1953 MCC Triple Award wooden plaque with relief map ofthe UK, 1949 MCC Land’s End/Edinburgh/Exeter Trial Triple Awardplaque, 1938 South Midland Trial bronze plaque, other EPNS trophies,pewter tankards and ashtrays, some with enamelled badges, a 1935enamelled North East London MCC matchbox holder, and a 1927Sunbeam Motor Cycle Club enamelled badge award, several awardedfor motorcar trials.(Qty)£500 - 700€610 - 86048 | Goodwood festival of speed204 ◊An Interesting collecting of gold medals, silvertrophies, cups and ephemera relating to themotorsport career of V.G. Wallsgrove,comprising nineteen gold medals dating from 1922 to 1927 whichinclude the 1922 London to Holyhead Ealing & District Motor CyclingClub long distance trial; the 1924 Liverpool Motor Club 24 hourtrial; the 1925 class 5 Coventry & Warwickshire Motor Club OpenCentre Trail and others; twelve silver medals dating from 1922 to1924 which include the 1922 Skegness Motor Races with pictorialenamel centre; a guard chain with three 1923 Saffron Walden HillClimb medals attached; the 1924 Liverpool Motor Club Sand Racesand others; fourteen silver trophies of various sizes dating from 1923to 1926, including a 1923 Junior Car Club Dean Hill Climb trophy;a 1924 The Motor Cycling Club Lands End – John o’Groats Cartrophy; a larger 1925 Skegness Motor races 1500 c.c. Car Classfirst trophy and others; two Vesta cases; three spoons, one platedthe rest silver and other medals, trophies and badges relating to thesporting achievements of V.C. Wallsgrove together with a collectionof ephemera including 1924 & 1925 Edinburgh & District Motor ClubScottish Six Day Trial Official Report, the 1969 Riley Coventry Rallyprogramme, signed Car Club Dinner menus, newspaper cuttings andphotographs and others.(Qty)£1,000 - 1,200€1,200 - 1,500V.G. Wallsgrove was the former Competitions Manager at Riley, in1907 aged 14 he joined the Deasy Company helping with adjustmentsafter road tests, by 1913 he had joined Daimler staying there until warbroke out at which point he joined the Army Service Corps and landedin France on September 3 1914.After the War, Mr. Wallsgrove spent some time with the Standard MotorCompany, again in the road test department, before joining the RileyCompany. There he became assistant works manager and opened theCompetitions Department in 1922, running the department as its onlymember and carrying on his duties as assistant works manager.As the only driver he competed in hill climbs, races, rallies and sprints,eventually opening his own garage in 1927 and retiring around 1957aged 64.