We found 596772 price guide item(s) matching your search
There are 596772 lots that match your search criteria. Subscribe now to get instant access to the full price guide service.
Click here to subscribe- List
- Grid
-
596772 item(s)/page
Lot 1047
Ortner, M.C. The Austro-Hungarian Army In The First World War 2 Vols. 2013, In S/Case, Plus THe Austro-Hungarian Artillery From 1867-1918 2007, Plus Sagvari, G. The Hungarian Honved Army2010, Plus Mirouze, L. The French Army In The First World War 2 Vols. 2007, Plus 2 Others Publ. ByVerlag Militaria,Vienna, All 4To With D/Ws (8)
Lot 1011A
Two albums of coins comprising a collection of British circulated pre-decimal coins, mostly from George V to Elizabeth II (1911 to 1967), arranged by denomination and date. The first album contains a complete collection of sixpences from 1911 to 1967 except 1913, and a 1758 sixpence about good Fine; a complete collection of shillings from 1911 to 1966 and a further seven (7) which are older including a 1902 shilling about extra Fine; a collection of florins comprising three Victorian coins (including 1872 about very fine), five Edward VII coins and a run from 1911 to 1967 missing five coins; and half crowns comprising five of Victoria and Edward VII and a complete run from 1911 to 1967. Grades are variable but some of these coins are very fine or better. The second album, also of mostly circulated coins, contains farthings complete from 1895 to 1956, halfpennies complete from 1895 to 1970, pennies complete from 1889 to 1970 except 1951 and 1952, a group of silver threepences dated 1911-1942 with gaps, and a complete run of brass threepences 1937-1967. Also included are a New Zealand uncirculated coin set 1968 (6 coins), a Tonga uncirculated coin set 1967 (7 coins) and silver plated medallions of Hitler, Ho Chi Minh, Stalin and Lenin in excellent condition.
Lot 1018A
A large and varied collection of Bank of England and regional British bank notes, coins and other items. The bank notes are almost all circulated to well circulated, and include an album containing an Isle of Man ten shillings, Jersey ten shillings and £1, Northern Bank 1970 £1 and £5, Central Bank of Ireland £20 1969 (Lady Lavery), £1 1969 and ten shillings 1966, Bank of Ireland £5, Ulster Bank £1 and £5 both 1966, Bank of Scotland £5 1967, 1968 and 1971, £1 1967, £1 1969 (3) and £1 (1970-1985), Royal Bank of Scotland £1 (6), £5 (2) and £10 (2) 1969-1986, Clydesdale Bank £5 1969 and eleven further Scottish notes; Bank of England Fisher £1 brown and green (2), Peppiatt ten shillings mauve, £1 green and £1 blue and brown, Beale 10 shillings and £1 (2), OBrien ten shillings (2) and £1 (9) and £5 (12, including two sets of four consecutive notes), a further eleven (11) ten shilling notes, a further 26 £1 notes up to Somerset, a further 16 £5 notes up to Gill, a further eight (8) £10 notes from Hollom to Somerset, a further ten (10) £20 notes Fforde to Bailey, and a white £5 note 1952 and six cancelled Barclays cheques of 1939-1940. A second album of mostly poorer British notes of OBrien, Hollom and Fforde includes ten shillings (35), £1 (90), £5 (24) and £10 (4) notes, and also some foreign material including a few World War 2 occupation notes, various well-circulated European issues back to the 1930s,and some German hyper-inflation issues. The coins include about twenty-five (25)Roman late empire bronze AE3, three Roman silver denarius, an album of eight Roman reproduction coins, and three sestertius or similar (Vespasian and Hadrian) of uncertain provenance, seven British £5 coins dated 1996 (2), 1999, 2006, 2007 and 2011 (2), two Alderney silver proof crowns 2007 (Tudors) with certificates, two British silver proof crowns 1977 cased with certificates, a crown 1894, a crown 1935, a crown 1937, a Royal Mint uncirculated set 1953 and a proof set 1984, six old-style monometallic £2 coins, a cartwheel twopence 1797 about Fine, about 25 shillings face value in pre-1947 UK silver coins, a complete set of brass threepences in a Whitman folder, a few 19th C British copper tokens such as a Birmingham and Swansea penny 1811, a Royal Mint proof British set 1970, a brass sovereign weight and a similar half sovereign weight Royal Mint 1821, a US half dollar 1964, minor foreign coins including a very little silver and a bronze Death Penny plaque of the First World War to William McKie. Other items include an Apollo 11 cased pair of commemorative medallions in bronze and silver by Gregorys of London.
Lot 1198
Reginald Grenville Eves (British 1876-1941). Portrait of James Bromley Wilson; Portrait of Ethel Margaret Wilson, nee Wrigley, two, oil on canvas, both signed, the first upper left and dated 1932, the second signed upper right, the first 93 x 76cm.; the second 61 x 92cm.(2), both framed, one glazed.Exhibited: The Royal Society of Portrait Painters.Footnote: J B Wilson was one of 11 children born of The Reverend George Edwin Wilson and Cecilia (nee Wrigley). He married Ethel Margaret Wrigley his first cousin and they had three sons.Their near neighbour in Brunswick Square, London, was Reginald Grenville Eves RA. An eminent between the wars portrait painter who was renowned for his uncanny insight into character. One evening, when in for a drink, Eves told JB Wilson he was fed up with painting Dukes and Duchesses who always wanted stiff, formal portraits. He asked JB Wilson if he would like him to paint him on Eves terms informally. JB jumped at the offer.JB Wilson was a Fleet Street legend. He joined the Daily Express as a reporter in 1902 and became News Editor in 1913, holding the post for 28 years. JB acquired fame in every office in Fleet Street for his ability to scent a news story in advance. After 25 years as News Editor he was asked what was the greatest story he had ever missed and he was able to reply with complete honesty I cant remember missing one. He left that post briefly during the Second World War to work for Express owner Lord Beaverbrook at the Ministry of Aircraft Production where he acted as director of public relations. He helped bring in 13 million for the Spitfire Fund. Condition Report: Portrait of J B Wilson: Under glass, original condition, some bloom to surface, needs cleaning.Portrait of Ethel Wilson: Original condition, may benefit from a clean.
Lot 1261
§ Piper (John), John Piper's Stowe, limited edition, numbered 36, one of the first fifty of 300 copies signed by the artist, incorporating two additional signed and numbered prints of The Oxford Bridge and Boycott Pavillion, Stowe and Palladian Bridge at Stowe, both signed and numbered 36/50; illustrations, some colour, list of subscribers, original marbled cloth, original glacine wrapper, Hurtwood Press in association with The Tate Gallery, 1983. Folio. Please note that Artist's Resale Right may be additionally payable on top of the hammer price for this lot, where the price is above the threshold of Euros 1,000, up to a maximum of 4% of the hammer price. Please visit www.dacs.org.uk for more information. Condition Report: Occasional light foxing, title page loosely inserted, some loss to glacine wrapper.
Lot 59
Diecast: A collection of assorted boxed and unboxed modern diecast vehicles to include: Exclusive First Edition (EFE), Dinky Atlantean Bus 295, two large Peterbilt lorries, Models of Yesteryear, Joal, Oxford Diecast and more. General condition of vehicles is very good. Boxes are in mixed condition, any wear generally commensurate with age. Please assess photographs. (two boxes)
Lot 88
Exclusive First Editions: A collection of forty (40) boxed EFE (Exclusive First Edition) vehicles. All appear within original boxes, vehicles in good condition. Boxes showing signs of display, some shelf wear and some boxes have been damaged due to storage. Please assess photographs. (one box)
Lot 89
Exclusive First Editions: A collection of forty (40) boxed EFE (Exclusive First Edition) vehicles. All appear within original boxes, vehicles in good condition. Boxes showing signs of display, some shelf wear and some boxes have been damaged due to storage. Please assess photographs. (one box)
Lot 90
Exclusive First Editions: A collection of forty (40) boxed EFE (Exclusive First Edition) vehicles. All appear within original boxes, vehicles in good condition. Boxes showing signs of display, some shelf wear and some boxes have been damaged due to storage. Please assess photographs. (one box)
Lot 91
Exclusive First Editions: A collection of thirty-eight (38) boxed EFE (Exclusive First Edition) vehicles. All appear within original boxes, vehicles in good condition. Boxes showing signs of display, some shelf wear and some boxes have been damaged due to storage. Please assess photographs. (one box)
Lot 92
Exclusive First Editions: A collection of twenty-five (25) boxed EFE (Exclusive First Edition) vehicles. All appear within original boxes, vehicles in good condition. Boxes showing signs of display, some shelf wear and some boxes have been damaged due to storage. Please assess photographs. (one box)
Lot 93
Exclusive First Editions: A collection of twenty-five (25) boxed EFE (Exclusive First Edition) vehicles. All appear within original boxes, vehicles in good condition. Boxes showing signs of display, some shelf wear and some boxes have been damaged due to storage. Please assess photographs. (one box)
Lot 94
Exclusive First Editions: A collection of forty-five (45) boxed EFE (Exclusive First Edition) vehicles. All appear within original boxes, vehicles in good condition. Boxes showing signs of display, some shelf wear and some boxes have been damaged due to storage. Please assess photographs. (one box)
Lot 95
Exclusive First Editions: A collection of twenty-four (24) boxed EFE (Exclusive First Edition) sets of vehicles. All appear within original boxes, vehicles in good condition. Boxes showing signs of display, some shelf wear and some boxes have been damaged due to storage. Please assess photographs. (one box)
Lot 6
A RARE 1910 FRENCH INTERNATIONAL RUGBY UNION MATCH-WORN JERSEY BEARING OLYMPIC RING CRESTPale blue with white collars having three buttons, white neckline and with shield shaped crest having a rope-frame and bearing interlocking blue and red Olympic rings, interior label for Williams & Co, ParisPreserved with other important jerseys and caps by Charles Meyrick Pritchard (1882 – 1916) which form a collection entered to this auction by Charlie Pritchard’s great-grandson. In recent years the collection has been archived and exhibited at the World Rugby Museum at Twickenham Stadium. The jersey swapped after Wales versus France, played on New Year's Day, 1910 at St Helen’s, Swansea. This was the only time that Charlie Pritchard played against France and the first match for France in the extended Five Nations Championship which had previously been reserved for the four British Isles nations. It was only four years on from France’s first ever International match against The Original All Blacks.Charles Pierre de Frédy, Baron de Coubertin (1863-1937), the co-founder of the International Olympic Committee, its second president and ‘the father of the modern Olympic Games’ was influential in the sport of rugby union too and did much to develop the sport in France. He refereed the first French Championship final in 1892, between Stade Francais and Racing Club. He would have been delighted when his twin passions of the Olympic movement and rugby football collided at the 1900 Paris Olympics, and even more so to see France win Olympic gold, against Moseley Wanderers the representing side for Britain. The adoption of the Olympic ring crest for the French rugby jersey would have been due to Coubertin’s considerable influence.The 1910 Wales v France match saw Billy Trew’s Welsh team kick-off the defence of their Home Nations title with a crowd of over 12,000 witnessing a Welsh victory at 49-14. Trew’s side had won the Grand Slam in 1908 and 1909 and were on a run of 10 successive victories. The win over the French made it 11, and they did it in real style, scoring nine tries and notching the highest score in the history of the tournament.It can only be speculated as to which of the French XV, Charlie Pritchard swapped his Wales jersey with, for this exceptionally rare Olympian example, on January 1st, 1910. But there is a high chance that the player died a young man, with six of the French XV from that match, dying with Charlie Pritchard in the First World War
Lot 24
A 1911 PHOTOGRAPH OF CHARLES MEYRICK PRITCHARD & ASSEMBLED TEAM FOR FUND-RAISING RUGBY MATCH WITH EACH PLAYER SPORTING JERSEYS OFFERED AT THIS AUCTIONPreserved with important jerseys, caps, and further photographs by Charles Meyrick Pritchard (1882-1914) which form a collection entered to this auction by Charlie Pritchard’s great-grandson. In recent years the collection has been archived and exhibited at the World Rugby Museum at Twickenham Stadium.Titled ‘Married Team April 26th ‘11’. The team assembled in three rows and with Charlie Pritchard at centre, holding a match-ball. In period frame, 29 x 34cms incl. frameThe charity match of ‘Marrieds’ versus ‘Singles’ was arranged with gate-receipts donated to raise funds for local causes, including the local church roof. The match, at the end of Pritchard’s rugby career, would have been a curious fashion show and a chance for him to show off the collection he had amassed over his illustrious rugby career. It is an indication that Charlie was proud of this collection which we are now offering at auction 112 years later. In many cases, Charlie Pritchard had clearly gone out of his way to collect jerseys, caps, and photographs. Clearly, as well as being the fine rugby player and captain, a Welsh international player, businessman, and local charity fund-raiser, it seems Charlie Pritchard was also one of the first rugby memorabilia collectors.
Lot 14
A 1904-1908 CARDIFF RFC JERSEY MATCH-WORN BY RHYS THOMAS ‘RUSTY’ GABE (1880-1967)Hooped jersey with white collar, three buttons, the inside of the collar faintly inscribed to R T Gabe.Preserved with other important jerseys and caps by Charles Meyrick Pritchard (1882 – 1916) which form a collection entered to this auction by Charlie Pritchard’s great-grandson. In recent years the collection has been archived and exhibited at the World Rugby Museum at Twickenham Stadium. Gabe and Pritchard were friends who played together for Wales between 1904 and 1908.Rhys Thomas Gabe was born in 1880 as Rees Thomas Gape in Llangennech, Carmarthenshire. Gabe started his rugby career with Llangennech before making his debut with Llanelli at the age of seventeen. In 1901, he moved to London to study at Borough Road Training College and joined London Welsh. After qualifying as a maths teacher, he took a teaching post in Cardiff and joined Cardiff RFC. He played for the blue and blacks between 1902 and 1910, captaining the club in the 1907/08 season, scoring 51 tries in 115 appearances.Gabe won his first cap for Wales against Ireland in 1901 playing on the left wing and his 24 caps for Wales included against the 1905 All Blacks, the famous 'Match of the Century' victory shared with Charlie Pritchard. He won 24 caps for Wales, 1901-08, scoring eleven tries, and toured with the British Isles in Australasia 1904, playing three tests against Australia and one against New Zealand. Gabe played in three Triple Crown winning teams, 1900, 1902 & 1907, latterly as Welsh captain in the 29-0 win over Ireland.Gabe retired from the international stage in 1908, but still occasionally appeared for Cardiff. Gabe was a fine cricketer and occasionally played for Glamorgan. Also, a keen golfer, he was a member of Radyr Golf Club and club captain, continuing to play well into his eighties.
Lot 13
A 1912 ULSTER RUGBY UNION JERSEY MATCH-WORN VERSUS LEINSTERIn all white and bearing silk square with red hand crest, old label applied with printed ‘IRFU Leinster v Ulster, 1909’.Preserved with other important jerseys, caps and photographs by Charles Meyrick Pritchard (1882 – 1916) which form a collection entered to this auction by Charlie Pritchard’s great-grandson. In recent years the collection has been archived and exhibited at the World Rugby Museum at Twickenham Stadium. Jersey probably came to Pritchard via his friendship with Newport RFC team-mate Tommy Smyth (1884-1928), an Irish doctor with fourteen Irish caps to his name and who also represented Ulster. Smyth was also the captain for the British Lions on their 1910 tour to South Africa.The first Irish inter-provincial game took place in 1875 between Ulster and Leinster, with Ulster being the victors.
Lot 11
A CIRCA 1906-1909 NEWPORT RFC CAPTAIN'S JERSEY MATCH-WORN BY CHARLES MEYRICK PRITCHARD (1882-1916)Hooped black and amber jersey with white collar, two buttons and interior label for A Simmonds, Newport, label to collar inscribed ‘C M PRITCHARD – CAPTAIN’.Preserved with other important jerseys, caps and photographs by Charles Meyrick Pritchard (1882 – 1916) which form a collection entered to this auction by Charlie Pritchard’s great-grandson. In recent years the collection has been archived and exhibited at the World Rugby Museum at Twickenham Stadium.The Newport club was an important source for fine Wales internationals before the First World War, Wales's first golden era. The club was substantial in stature and reputation thus the start of the 20th century saw touring sides from the southern hemisphere as regular visitors to Rodney Parade. In 1912, Newport became the first ever club side to beat Bill Millar's South African team. This was the era of Walter Martin, J. E. C. Partridge, Reg Plummer, Reg Skrimshire, Tom Smythe, Tommy Vile etc. Skrimshire was Newport's first ever British Lion in 1903 and since that time they have provided a total of 31 players on overseas Lions tours. In 1910, Dr. Tom Smythe was selected to captain the Lions to South Africa along with 6 fellow Newport players. But it was Charlie Pritchard who stood most prominently in the first decade of the new century.Newport RFC was for Charlie Pritchard a family affair. His father was a founding member of the club. And at the age of eighteen in 1902, Pritchard enjoyed his debut match for Newport in a 6-3 victory away against Swansea, with his cousin Cliff Pritchard scoring a try.Between 1901 and 1911, Pritchard went on to make 217 appearances for Newport and score 63 points. He was described as 'the most enduring of influences upon the fortunes of the club' and elected captain for 1906/1907 season, during which 27 matches were played, 13 won, 7 lost and 7 drawn. In ‘Newport Rugby Football Club, 1875-1960’ (published by Newport Athletics Club, 1960), author Jack Davis remarked that ‘…Pritchard as a captain was not at the highest level but he was a great forward, and he was the most lovable of all the Newport captains I have known. On the field he was a lion; off the field he was one of the tenderest and sweetest of men. There was a quality of gentleness in his manner, a note of affection in his voice, and great a player as he was, one thinks of him as a good comrade, a genial companion’.Captain Charles Meyrick Pritchard, 12th Battalion (3rd Gwent), the South Wales Borderers, died at Chocques in France from wounds received two days earlier during the fighting at Loos. He was one of thirteen Wales international players to be killed during the Great War. In May of 1915 he joined the South Wales Borderers, and after six months had been promoted to captain. His battalion arrived on the Western Front in June of 1916. On the night of the 12th of August, Captain Pritchard led a raiding party near Loos. Although the raid was successful, he was wounded at the outset but carried on only to be more seriously wounded later. He was taken to No. 1 Casualty Clearing Station, a few miles behind the front lines, but could not be saved. The 12th South Wales Borderers War Diary recorded: “The Battalion thus loses a very gallant officer and a chivalrous, generous and large-minded gentleman.” He was mentioned in despatches, and had he survived he would have been recommended for the Distinguished Service Order for his bravery – at that time the D.S.O. was not awarded posthumously.On hearing of Captain Pritchard’s death, the journalist W.J. Townsend Collins wrote: “The war has swept away many a great and famous Rugby player who was also a good fellow; but among them all was none with a stouter or kinder heart, more beloved, more lamented than Charlie Pritchard.” He is buried in the Chocques Military Cemetery, three miles north-west of Béthune.Charles Meyrick Pritchard, former Welsh international rugby player, Newport RFC captain, local wine merchant, husband and father of two sons, was just 33 years old.
Lot 15
A 1901-1911 WATSONIANS FC RUGBY JERSEY & TEAM PHOTOGRAPHHooped maroon and white jersey with white collars, four buttons, bears label for J C Stewart, Edinburgh. The period oak framed black and white photograph with title ‘Newport and Watsonians at Edinburgh, November 28th, 1903’, 31 x 36cms incl. frame Preserved with other important jerseys, caps and photographs by Charles Meyrick Pritchard (1882 – 1916) which form a collection entered to this auction by Charlie Pritchard’s great-grandson. In recent years the collection has been archived and exhibited at the World Rugby Museum at Twickenham Stadium. Most likely swapped after one of the several matches in which Pritchard featured for Newport RFC against Watsonians.The Watsonians of Edinburgh played their first match in 1875 and in 1876 adopted their maroon and white colours. In 1877 the club became a member of the Scottish Football Union (which became the SRU in 1924). Watsonians won their first Scottish Club Championship in the season 1891/1892, but their greatest period of dominance came between 1908 and 1914 when they won the Scottish championship a further five times.
Lot 1
A 1905 NEW ZEALAND INTERNATIONAL ALL BLACKS RUGBY UNION JERSEY MATCH-WORN BY LOOSE FORWARD FRANCIS TURNBULL GLASGOW (1880-1939)The most iconic of all historic rugby union jerseys characterized by the quilted overlay to shoulders, leather neckline with believed original lace, large embroidered ‘silver fern’ and stitched 'hidden' ‘M’ to hem, unique to the 1905 All Blacks jerseys and believed to stand for 'Mary' (Mary Stubbs and her husband John founded J Stubbs, Hosiery Manufacturer, later to be known as the Manawatu Knitting Mills). The back of the jersey stitched with white canvas square bearing printed No.7. Believed to be the first time that an ‘Originals’ jersey has appeared at auction with the playing number remaining on the back. It is thought that the numbers were tacked on to player's backs in most cases.Together with framed period black and white team photograph ‘NEW ZEALAND v WALES at Cardiff, December 16th, 1905’ with player’s names listed below, 46 x 56cms, incl. frameProvenance: the jersey was swapped with Wales’s Charles Meyrick Pritchard (1882 – 1916) after the famous Wales v New Zealand ‘Match of the Century’ on 16th December 1905. Preserved with other important jerseys, caps and photographs by Charlie Pritchard which form a collection entered to this auction by Charlie Pritchard’s great-grandson. In recent years the collection has been archived and exhibited at the World Rugby Museum at Twickenham Stadium.The 1905 New Zealand Rugby Union team were the first to tour outside of Australasia. By the time the tour arrived for the match against Wales, the All Blacks had not conceded a single point in their last 600 minutes of rugby. They had played 27 matches scoring 801 points and conceding just 22 and had won all three of their preceding international matches, two without conceding any points (12–7 against Scotland, 15–0 against Ireland and 15–0 against England).They became known as ‘The Originals’ and for the first time labelled ‘The All Blacks’ by the British Press. In readiness for the tour, the New Zealanders had embraced new strategies and had studied assiduously what was permitted within the laws of the game. The tour was a benchmark in world rugby and laid the framework for all rugby tours since. It cemented Rugby Union as New Zealand’s national sport, embedded the sport in the national psyche and commenced a ‘new order’ of world rugby with The All Blacks at the helm, a position which has rarely been threatened in 120 years.Wales versus The Originals, in Cardiff, is a match regarded as one of sport’s greatest with over 47,000 spectators at the Arms Park. It was eagerly anticipated by swathes of rugby fans and by the press, according to the South Wales Echo's report on the morning before the match, 'Never in the long annals of Rugby football has a match excited more widespread interest than today's International at Cardiff. The all-conquering career of the New Zealanders has been watched with a keenness that has never been equalled, and as they were meeting a side whose style more closely resembles their own than any they have met on their brilliantly successful tour...The Great Western Railway Company had made arrangements for thirty excursion trains from all parts of the country, the first of which arrived at about 10.20am. This was from Frome and the West of England, and was a long train, crowded. At 10.50 the Ogmore and Garw Valleys contingent came - a large and enthusiastic crowd of footballers - closely followed by people from the Western Valleys of Monmouthshire, from Weymouth, Birmingham, Liverpool, Swindon, London, Paignton. All reports went to show that these trains were full, and a special from London, due to arrive at 12.10, brought 700....the officials at the TVR station, Cardiff, estimate that, including ordinary, the trains on their service from mid-morning brought from 12,000 to 15,000 people into Cardiff up to 1 o'clock. A similar estimate as the Rhymney railway station shows that up to the same hour about 8000 to 9000 people had arrived over that line'.Even before the eagerly anticipated kick-off the match had become a landmark game given that the Welsh supporters sang ‘Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau (Land of My Fathers)’ in response to the New Zealand player’s stirring performance of the Haka. The South Wales Echo commented that its effect was electrifying. It was the first time a national anthem had been sung before any sporting fixture.There had already been a degree of controversy leading up to the test, particularly in relation to the choice of referee John Dallas. Also with regards to the tactics New Zealand had brought with them to the Northern Hemisphere, in particular the role of captain Dave Gallaher as a roaming wing-forward. Many remarked the tactic as unsporting with the intent of obstructing opposition players. The controversy continued as the game developed with decisions seeming to go against The Originals. The referee, wearing formal clothes including walking shoes without bars or sprigs in wintry conditions, struggled to keep up with play. But the experience Welsh team crafted a first half try through Teddy Morgan. In the second half there was a ‘try that never was’ when Bob Deans, The All Blacks centre-three-quarter, was adjudged to have grounded the ball short of the try-line. Wales’s first half try was enough to seal a 3-0 victory for the home-side. New Zealand’s incredible unbeaten run was over and a 'humorous' obituary card 'In memory of the New Zealand Football Team' was printed and circulated in Wales.On their first overseas tour the All Blacks played thirty-five matches, winning thirty-four of them, scoring 976 points and conceding only fifty-nine. . The loss to Wales and its controversial manner rankled the New Zealanders for years to come but it acted as a catalyst for future successes and their superiority in subsequent tours.Frank Glasgow was one of the successes of The Originals tour, playing 27 of the 35 matches, he appeared in all five international games and was the leading scorer amongst the forwards with a points tally of 32. Glasgow was said to be a tough, athletic, and an intelligent loose forward. Originally from Dunedin, Glasgow represented Wellington, Taranaki, Hawke's Bay, and Southland. A bank-manager by trade, Glasgow generally played in the front-row but also played as flanker and back-row forward. He also played occasionally as hooker including against the Anglo-Welsh tourists in 1908 when he scored a try against the tourists.
Lot 3
A 1908 AUSTRALIA RUGBY UNION JERSEY MATCH-WORN DURING THE WALLABIES INAUGURAL NORTHERN HEMISPHERE TOUR & AS 1908 OLYMPIC WINNERSPale blue with white collar and three buttons, bears embroidered stem of waratah flower above embroidered ‘AUSTRALIA’ which was a distinctive addition to the jersey to indicate the national representative side, interior label for J Pearson, Sydney.Preserved with other important jerseys and caps by Charles Meyrick Pritchard (1882 – 1916) which form a collection entered to this auction by Charlie Pritchard’s great-grandson. In recent years the collection has been archived and exhibited at the World Rugby Museum at Twickenham Stadium.Charlie Pritchard did not play against Australia. He was selected for Monmouthshire v Australia to be played in October 1908, however that match was cancelled due to waterlogged pitch. As a Monmouthshire jersey is not present in the Charlie Pritchard collection, it is possible, perhaps likely, that Pritchard sought out an Australia jersey after the announcement that the match was not to be played.In 1908 Australia embarked on their first Northern Hemisphere tour with matches in Britain, France, and America. The development of Rugby Union in Australia at this point was lagging behind The All Blacks, The Springboks, and the Home Nations. They had no official national colours, so a pale-blue jersey was worn as the tour was organised by the New South Wales Rugby Union, represented by pale blue. Neither did they have a self-appointed nickname such was the fashion for touring nations. Australia’s captain Herbert Moran was aghast to hear that the British press had already labelled them ‘The Rabbits’, so a more fitting and less fluffy moniker was quickly approved by the tourists. They have been known as the Wallabies since.Thirty-five tour matches were scheduled with three Tests, one each against Wales, France, and England. The French Test was also cancelled due to bad weather. Due to the ongoing dispute around amateurism, Ireland and Scotland did not extend invitations to the Wallabies. Their objections on this occasion where in relation to the three shillings daily allowance given to each Australia player.As well as ensuring that they had a tour nickname, the Australian tour organisers team felt it necessary to follow in the success of the New Zealand’s Haka and the Springbok’s Zulu-infused battle-cry. So, the Wallabies invented their own war-cry to be performed before most matches. But in contrast to the All Blacks stirring rituals, the Australia’s Aboriginal inspired efforts left many spectators cringing into their overcoats and was viewed sneeringly by the British press. Such theatre became even more surreal in Cardiff before their match against Wales, when Welshman Percy Bush responded to the Australian war-cry by charging onto the pitch brandishing a sword and shield - intended to be an amusing riposte!Few people suggested the team would do well in their British tour. Australia was still finding their feet and it would have been a mighty challenge to follow the PR successes of New Zealand in 1905 and South Africa in 1906. The doubts about the ability of the tourists were confounded by the British press who continuously patronised the emerging rugby nation by reflecting on the teams' first twelve international matches which resulted in only a single win. But against limited expectations, the Australians performed admirably, winning 25 of 31 matches and with some commentators conceding that the team would have achieved better results if they had not picked up so many unlucky injuries including two players breaking legs (one of them while the player was performing touch-judge duties).Of the Test matches, the team lost against Wales, but beat England. These matches were the first ever encounters between an Australian team and their hosts. The Wallabies scored a credible 438 points on tour to 149 against, scoring 104 tries in the process and averaging better than three tries per game with 80 scored by the backs and 24 by the forwards. The 1908 Wallabies were raw, but the sneering press and ridicule may well have been a motivational factor, they played attractive open rugby resulting in many tries scored. It was a brand of running rugby and good sportsmanship that were in the best traditions of the game and for which Australia became synonymous.In the same year as the Wallabies tour, the Olympic Games were being held in London. The Australian team entered the rugby tournament and were the only other team alongside Cornwall representing Great Britain. The interest in the Olympic rugby final was lukewarm with the final being held in the last week of Games that had taken place over six months. Australia had already beaten Cornwall, the British county champions early in the tour. France was expected to contest the medal, but had withdrawn, leaving just Australia and Cornwall to play for gold and silver medals.The match was played on an area alongside the Olympic Games swimming pool which measured 110 yards in length with a long line of netting stretched beside to catch flying balls. Large mattresses were spread along the rim of the pool to prevent injuries to falling players. One day was allocated, to what was called, the Olympic rugby tournament. The Wallabies strode to an easy 32–3 victory and so were crowned Olympic Champions for 1908. And so, the year 1908, against all odds, will be remembered as a very successful year for Australia rugby union. Condition Report:restored tear just under the collar above the badge.There is a hole on the back just unedr the collar
Lot 5
A 1906 IRELAND INTERNATIONAL RUGBY UNION JERSEY MATCH-WORN BY ALFRED TEDFORD (1877-1942)The emerald-green jersey with white collars, three buttons, canvas shield-shaped crest in rope frame, embroidered with four-headed shamrock and date 1906, interior label for T Lynch & Son, Dublin and with player’s label inscribed ‘A Tedford’Provenance: believed to be the first time a 1906 Ireland international jersey has been offered at auction, acquired by Charles Meyrick Pritchard after the Ireland v Wales match in Belfast, March 10th, 1906. It is assumed that Pritchard sought-out Tedford after the 1906 match, as Tedford had scored two tries in a victorious man-of-the-match performance against Wales in 1904 which had been Pritchard’s debut for Wales.Preserved with other important jerseys, caps and photographs by Charlie Pritchard which form a collection entered to this auction by Charlie Pritchard’s great-grandson. In recent years the collection has been archived and exhibited at the World Rugby Museum at Twickenham Stadium.Ireland played host to Wales at the Balmoral Showgrounds in Belfast, the visitors with a Triple Crown in their sights having beaten England and Scotland, Despite the exciting backlines for both sides which included the formidable Basil Maclear for Ireland and the likes of Teddy Morgan, Rhys Gabe and Gwyn Nicholls for Wales, the match evolved into a forward arm-wrestle. Alfred Tedford, wearing this jersey, put in a key performance to claim victory for the underdog home-side. It was a match not without incident with Irish half-back W B Purdon carried off just before half-time with a broken leg and in the second half they lost another player when Tommy Cadell had to retire with a broken ankle. According to E H D Sewell in 'Rugger: The Man's Game the Irish win 'heralded the greatest victory recorded in rugby's stirring history, who would have risked a ha'penny that the Irish team, if playing one short throughout the second half and two short for the last ten minutes of it, would beat that Welsh side'. The match was also notable as the final cap for Gwyn Nicholls, the legendary Welsh 'Prince of Threequarters'. The Irish win concluded the 1906 Championship with them level on top with Wales.Tedford was born in Belfast and educated at Methodist College Belfast. He played his club rugby for Malone RFC and between 1902 and 1908 was capped twenty-three times for Ireland scoring six international tries. In 1903 he took part in the 1903 British Lions tour to South Africa, playing in three test matches, and was voted the outstanding forward on the tour. With the backdrop of political unrest in Ireland, Tedford must have endured a challenging tenure as President of the Irish Rugby Football Union in 1919-1920. In 1923 and 1924 he served as an Irish selector.
Lot 8
A 1906/1907 SCOTLAND INTERNATIONAL RUGBY UNION JERSEY MATCH-WORN BY JOHN MACCALLUM (1883-1957)In navy blue cotton with white collars and four buttons, bears embroidered thistle applied to felt surround, interior label for J C Stewart, Edinburgh with inscription to J C MacCallumSwapped with Welsh player Charles Meyrick Pritchard (1882 – 1916) after Wales v Scotland in 1906 or 1907, when MacCallum and Pritchard faced each other at international level. Preserved with other important jerseys, caps and photographs by Charlie Pritchard which form a collection entered to this auction by Charlie Pritchard’s great-grandson. In recent years the collection has been archived and exhibited at the World Rugby Museum at Twickenham Stadium.Watsonian forward MacCallum won 26 caps for Scotland, scoring 2 tries and 9 conversions for a total of 24 points. He captained Edinburgh Districts.Away from rugby, MacCallum became an assistant surgeon for the Royal Sick Children Hospital in Glasgow and was a conscientious objector in the First World War. His medical training meant he was assigned a post in the army. At the time he was an Executive Tuberculosis officer for the County of Argyll.He had applied for his conscientious objector status, but it had not come through. He was supposed to report to Stirling Castle for his conscription on 30 May 1916 and his non-attendance found him in front of a judge in Oban Sheriff Court. MacCallum pleaded not guilty in view of his conscientious objection, but the Sheriff found him guilty and gave him a choice of a week’s imprisonment or a £2 fine. The headline in The Scotsman "Fined as an absentee" indicated that MacCallum opted for the fine.The 1900s were regarded as a golden period for Scottish rugby in which they rivalled Wales for superiority. Scotland won the Home Nations championship in 1901, 1903, 1904 and 1907, their Triple Crown win in 1907 would be the last for eighteen years.
Lot 10
A CIRCA 1902 WALES RUGBY UNION TRIAL JERSEY MATCH-WORN BY CHARLES MEYRICK PRITCHARD (1882-1916)Narrow hooped maroon jersey with white collars, four buttons, interior label for J C Stewart, Edinburgh, inside collar inscribed with C M PRITCHARDPreserved with other important jerseys, caps and photographs by Charles Meyrick Pritchard (1882 – 1916) which form a collection entered to this auction by Charlie Pritchard’s great-grandson. In recent years the collection has been archived and exhibited at the World Rugby Museum at Twickenham Stadium.The jersey was awarded to Pritchard at his first Welsh Seniors Trial Match in Treherbert, in 1902, when he was selected for 'the possibles'. Pritchard was later selected as the third forward reserve for Wales against Ireland in Belfast, in March 1904. Fortuitously for Pritchard, the first two forwards pulled-out of the tie, then on the day of the match, another was taken ill, consequently Pritchard was awarded his first full Welsh cap against Ireland at the age of 21. The match was said to be a thrilling affair, with Ireland looked to be beaten with fifteen minutes to go, but the home team scored two quick tries and a conversion to take the lead to 14-12. Controversy followed when the Scottish referee Mr Findlay Crawford disallowed a last gasp match-winning try by Welshman Dick Jones. Crawford, it is said, was the only person on the pitch or in the crowd to see a forward pass in the movement towards the try-line. Allegedly Crawford, sharing a common attitude with many Scots in rugby circles, was not in favour of the Welsh team being populated by working-class players, and that the team lacked ‘properly educated gentlemen’.
Lot 2
A RARE 1906 SOUTH AFRICA INTERNATIONAL SPRINGBOK RUGBY UNION MATCH-WORN JERSEYIn moss-green cotton with white collars, three original buttons, bears shield shaped crest in black felt with embroidered leaping Springbok, interior label for George Lewin.Provenance: believed to be the first time a 1906 Springbok tour jersey has been offered at auction. Presented to Charles Meyrick Pritchard (1882 – 1916) after the Wales v South Africa match, December 1st, 1906. Preserved with other important jerseys, caps, and photographs by Charlie Pritchard and which form a collection entered to this auction by Charlie Pritchard’s great-grandson. In recent years the collection has been archived and exhibited at the World Rugby Museum at Twickenham Stadium.In the wake of New Zealand’s seminal 1905 tour of Europe, in 1906–07 South Africa embarked on their inaugural tour of Europe with fixtures against the four British Home Nation teams. The tour also took in several matches against British and Irish clubs, counties, and invitational teams before finally travelling to France to play their national team.Just as the New Zealand team gained the nickname The All Blacks one year previously, the 1906 South Africans were given their famous sporting nickname of the Springboks for the first time. And as with the All Blacks the Springboks brought new tactics to the fore which most importantly included the 3–4–1 forward formation for scrummaging, seen for the first time in international rugby history. Tactically the years 1905 and 1906 were a coming of age for rugby union with the protagonists of change being the new world ‘colonials’.The tour was extremely successful for the South Africans which helped garner respect from the Northern Hemisphere teams and established South Africa as a formidable rugby playing country. After rapid development in South Africa, since the first British side toured the country in 1891, the 1906 tour was a landmark for the South African sport – it was the starting block for the current world champions - the only country to have won the Rugby World Cup four times.In the test matches played, the Springboks would only lose to Scotland and draw against England. The South African defeat of Wales was a shock to many critics and ended the international careers of some of the greatest Welsh players of the time. Out of 29 matches played, South Africa won 26, lost two and drew one.
Lot 19
A PERIOD FRAMED BLACK & WHITE PHOTOGRAPH OF THE NEWPORT RUGBY TEAM IN 1886-87The team informally arranged outside of a pavilion in three rows, captain for that season only, Bob Gould seated centre and holding match-ball, some players wearing caps, ‘rugby union’s first superstar’ Arthur ‘Monkey’ Gould seated front left, 67 x 83cms incl. framePreserved with important jerseys, caps and further photographs by Charles Meyrick Pritchard (1882-1914) which form a collection entered for auction by Charlie Pritchard’s great-grandson. In recent years the collection has been archived and exhibited at the World Rugby Museum at Twickenham Stadium.
Lot 7
A c.1910 ENGLAND INTERNATIONAL RUGBY UNION MATCH-WORN JERSEY VERSUS WALESAll white jersey applied with felt square bearing embroidered rose-stem, interior label for George Lewin, London, three buttonsPreserved with other important jerseys and caps by Charles Meyrick Pritchard (1882 – 1916) which form a collection entered to this auction by Charlie Pritchard’s great-grandson. In recent years the collection has been archived and exhibited at the World Rugby Museum at Twickenham Stadium. It is unknown, but perhaps likely that the jersey was swapped with Pritchard after his final cap for Wales against England in 1910 at the newly opened Twickenham ground. As Pritchard was by this time a collector of match souvenirs, he would surely have wanted something to take home from this match.The first decade of the twentieth century was a difficult period for English rugby. The professional Northern Union had drawn talent away from union as had military campaigns in South Africa and China. Scotland and Wales dominated the Home Nations Championship, while England lacked continuity and a distinctive playing style. Between 1899 and 1909, a hefty 71 new England caps were awarded and with as many as 16 different half-backs to face Wales being a clear indication of their instability. They were soundly beaten 15-0 by the touring All Blacks in 1905, they also underestimated the raw Australians in 1909 losing the match 9-3. They did however manage to scrape a draw against the Springboks on home-soil, in 1906.However, the 1910 England v Wales match, Charlie Pritchard’s final Wales appearance was to be the turning-point in England’s fortunes. The match was notable as the first international tie to be played at the Twickenham ground. Buoyed by the game’s founding nation finally having a home-ground of their own, England beat Wales 11-6 – Wales’s first loss in three years. England went on to claim the Championship in 1910 for the first time since 1895. The England team also had a new crop of talented players to grace their new Twickenham home such as Adrian Stoop, Cherry Pilman and Ronald Poulton Palmer to name but a few. It was a new confident dawn for England and the mark of a golden era for English rugby union.Their first title for eleven years coincided with the rise of Harlequin F.C., whose brand of attacking rugby led to a purple period in the years leading up to First World War. England did not retain the title in 1911, winning and losing two games. England only lost one game (to Scotland) in the 1912 Five Nations, and thus shared that championship with Ireland. A Grand Slam of the Five Nations was achieved by England in 1913 and England successfully defended the title at the 1914 Five Nations with another Grand Slam. There were no games between 1914 and 1920 owing to the War, but when the Five Nations resumed in 1921 England continued where they left off.
Lot 411
Italienischer Maler der zweiten Hälfte des 17./ ersten Hälfte des 18. JahrhundertsDIE VERTREIBUNG DER HAGAR DURCH ABRAHAMÖl auf Leinwand. Doubliert.128 x 178 cm.In vergoldetem Rahmen.Die Darstellung geht auf eine Erzählung des Alten Testaments zurück. Abraham und Sara waren kinderlos, auf Bitten seiner Frau zeugt er mit seiner Sklavin Hagar ein Kind, das Ismael genannt wird. Jahre später gebiert Sara doch noch einen Sohn, welchen sie Isaak nennen. Auf erneuten Wunsch seiner Frau schickt er Hagar mit ihrem Sohn in die Wüste. Im Zentrum der stehende Abraham mit langem weiß-grauen Bart, in beige-braunem Gewand mit ausgestrecktem linken Arm und Zeigefinger die rechtsseitig stehende Hagar mit rotem Umhang davonschickend. Sie hält bereits in ihrem linken Arm eine große Amphore, sowie einen Korb mit Brot. Mit ihrer rechten Hand hat sie ihren Sohn ergriffen, der sie verwundert über das Weggehen anschaut. Links von Abraham ist vor einem Torbogen mit seinem dahinterliegenden Haus seine Frau Sara zu erkennen, an deren blauen Gewandzipfel ihr gemeinsamer Sohn Isaak zieht. Beliebtes Motiv in der Kunstgeschichte der Malerei, hier in überwiegend beige-brauner Farbigkeit, die beiden Frauen durch einen roten bzw. blauen Umhang besonders hervorgehoben. Rahmen teils mit alten Anobiumlöchern. (1381681) (18)Italian School, second half of the 17th/ first half of the 18th centuryTHE EXPULSION OF HAGAR BY ABRAHAM Oil on canvas. Relined. 128 x 178 cm.
Loading...-
596772 item(s)/page