Two impressive photograph albums marking the career of Bernard "Brownie" Carslake's English flat racing career from 1919 to 1923the first green leather bound album dating from 1919 to 1920, featuring pages of b & w photographs of Carslake mounted on horseback, other jockeys of the period Joe Childs, W Earl, G Hulme, flat race meets at Newmarket, Derby 1920, Kempton Park, Newbury, Sandown Park, the English jockeys football and cricket teams, Brighton race ball and Carslake at home, each with black ink captions; the second album of similar design dating from 1921 to 1923 with b & w photographs featuring the racecourses Lincoln, Goodwood & Doncaster, fellow jockeys M Beary, R.A. Jones, jockeys boxing championship with Carslake in training for the fight v's J Evans, with Carslake winning, the 1923 Derby with Steve Donoghue winning on Papyrus, racing press v jockeys billiards match, photographs with jockeys and trainers, both albums have some foxing, one album spine damagedBernard "Brownie" Carslake Collection (Australian born jockey, 1866-1941). Lots 49 to 55.
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A collection of four miscellaneous sporting caps dating between 1911 and 1934,the first maroon and black quarter, bearing monogram possibly reading DGFU, dated 1911; the second with a flowerhead motif, black and dated 1929, interior with makers labels for HP Hine & Co, Oxford and named in ink EL HALL; the third in brown and white quarters bearing the crest and Latin motto for Stowe school, dated 1930-31, interior with makers label for Thomas Plant of Cheltenham; the fourth black and beige quarters inscribed with the initials KSB RFC, dated 1934, the interior with with outfitters label for John Moore of Bath and inscribed in ink by the owner GGL HEBDEN, (4)
Two crystal decanters presented to Fred Perry,the first of square form with stopper and engraved sterling silver collar 'Fred Perry congratulations on your 80th year Best Wishes Lillywhites Piccadilly', height: 25.5 cm; sold together with a pear shaped decanter with stopper and engraved sterling silver collar 'Presented to Fred Perry by The Variety Club of Great Britain Wirral 1990, height: 37.5 cm, (2)
A collection of early Tennis illustrations from The Graphic, The Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic News, dating from 1882 to 1905,comprising 1882 a double-page spread of a tennis court built by the British in Constantinople using the British Navy depicting General Gordon; 1884 depicting the first ladies final at Wimbledon where Maud Watson defeated her sister Lillian; 1884 tennis in the snow; 1901 The Sketch depicting RF & HL Doherty; 1902 Eastbourne tournament depicting Mahoney & Calalet; 1905 Black & White complete magazine depicting the USA team to play GB in the Challenge round at Wimbledon featuring Ward, Wright, Dashiell, Clothier; 1913 La Vie Au Grand Air with large illustration of AF Wilding; 1913 large double page collage of all the top twenty male players at Wimbledon including Wilding, Park, Dixon and Roper Barrett; 1911/12 images of Wilding in auction; a rare 1890 Ogdens Guinea Gold cigarette card featuring Ernest Renshaw, (qty)
Two pairs of stevengraphs of the Victorian jockey Charles Wood,one from each pair bearing the jockey's facsimile signature, silk woven portraits published by Thomas Stevens of Coventry, the first pair portraying Wood in the blue & orange colours of Mr Peck, the other pair with the jockey in the white silks of Captain Christie, matted in modern gilt picture frames under glass, 20 by 15.5cm., except the unsigned white colours silkwork, mounted in a larger Hogarth frame, good condition (4)
A collection of American Lawn Tennis programmes and magazines from the 1930's,comprising three Newport Casino Lawn Tennis Association Programmes Aug 1934, Aug 1936, Aug 1937; Yale Athletic Association Fall Meeting, Hamilton Park, Oct 19th 1881; P.F.A. Tennis Tournament June 14th 1894, Exeter New Hampshire; First Tournament of Excelsior Tennis Club for the Championship of Bristol County, Bristol, Rhode Island, Aug 11th 1903; four American Lawn Tennis magazines Aug 15th & Sept 15th 1917, Jan 20th 1938, Aug 1st 1947 and newspaper articles, (qty)
A 1950 Football World Cup Final whistle used by referee George Reader,the Acme & Thunderer silvered whistle inscribed ARBITRO GEORGE READER INGIATERRA COPA JULES RIMET BRAZIL 1950.1950 FIFA World Cup Final between Uruguay v Brazil, played at Estadio do Maracana, Rio de Janeiro on 16th July 1950, with Uruguay winning 2-1.George Reader (1896 - 1978) was the fourth man to referee a FIFA World Cup Fina and the first Englishman to do so, also being the oldest match official at any World Cup in history at the age of 53 years. During the Final an incident in the 47th minute occurred when Obdulio Varela took the ball out of the Uruguayan net after Friaca's goal put Brazil 1-0 up. Varela strode up to the referee arguing in Spanish to the mono lingual George Reader and when play started again Varela issued a rousing cry "Now, it's time to win!"
Kostas Konstantinidis Panathinaikos green and white No.18 jersey, from the UEFA Champions League group E matches v Arsenal FC, played in September and December 1998,match issue, long-sleeved, UCL starball badge to right sleeve, the reverse lettered KONSTANTINIDISKonstantinidis played in both legs of these Champion Leagues matches, the team wore the green and white jersey on both occasions. The first match was played at Wembley stadium on the 30th September which Arsenal won 2-1. The match in the Olympic Stadium Athens was played on 9th December with Arsenal winning again, this time 3-1.Provenance:The Paul Johnson Collection, Arsenal FC equipment manager. Lots 856 to 1008.
The 1950 F.A. Tour Party to Brazil plaque awarded to Wilf Mannion who participated in England's first ever entry into the World Cup Final tournament,the silvered rectangular plaque inscribed with the Football Association emblem, the England team squad and THE F.A. TOUR PARTY, BRAZIL, 1950, JULES RIMET TROPHY WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, F.I.F.A, mounted upon a mahogany back, 25 x 15.5 cmProvenance: Mullocks Auction June 2000Wilf "The Golden Boy" Mannion (1918 - 2000) played for Middlesbrough FC making 341 appearances scoring 99 goals, and was an England international winning a total of 26 caps between 1946 and 1951.
A trio of numbered competitors' tabards associated with Austrian Josef Feistmantl, two inscribed KONIGSSEE BERCHTESGADEN, the first numbered 18, the other 52, the third inscribed KURDIREKTION BERCHTESCADEN No.56Josef Feistmantl (1939-2019) Collection. (Austrian Olympic & World Championship Luge gold medallist). Lots 618 to 627.
A Sportman of the Year Medallion presented to the boxer Freddie Mills in 1947,the obverse inscribed SPORTMAN OF THE YEAR, the reverse inscribed 1947, FREDDIE MILLS, ELECTED ONE OF THE TWELVE SPORTSMAN OF THE YEAR IN SPORTING RECORD NATIONAL BALLOT, in silvered metal, diameter 44 mm; sold with a photocopy of the Sporting Record Newspaper in 1951, with details of previous results for the Sportsman of the Year trophyProvenance: Christies 23rd November 2004 Lot 239 (part)In 1947 Freddie Mills was elected by a readers' poll as being in the top twelve sportsmen of the year. The winner that year was the cricketer Denis Compton. The Sporting Rrecord Sportsman of the Year Award was a direct forerunner of the BBC Sports Personality of the Year Awards, first held in 1954.
A fine polo trophy for The Pringle Challenge Shield competed for between 1922 and 1939 at the Goriajan Club on the Koomtai Tea Estate, Assam, India,hallmarked Atkins Brothers, Sheffield, 1922, the large shield measuring 45 by 34cm. inscribed THE PRINGLE CHALLENGE SHIELD, GORIAJAN, 1922, with floral decoration and set on an ebonised wooden shield-shaped base with easel support, and set with 18 plaques, mostly bearing full silver hallmarks, each inscribed with details of the annual winning polo team, the plaques for 1933 & 1939 further inscribed DHUNSIRI and NAZIRA CLUB respectively, suggesting the competition was no longer exclusively held at the Goriajan Club, overall 60 by 48cm., good condition, minor scuffs and scratches to ebonised base The Goriajan Club was located in Assam at Sankala Gaon on the Koomtai Tea Estate with polo first played there sometime between 1897 and 1914. The Pringle family was originally from the Carriber Estate in West Lothian, Scotland. Extensive family research including the connections with India tea plantations and the Goriajan Club can be found published on the website www.koi-hai.com.
Photographs of an 1899 Tennis Tournament at Moor Top Ackworth in West Yorkshire,from an album page decorated with racquets, net and balls; sold together with a group of photographs of The Manor House Brondesbury Park, N.W. London (Miss Clarke's School), comprising the first school room 1886 with six further photographs of house, chapel and group of teachers with pupils holding tennis racquets, all on card.Miss Clarke's Manor House School was demolished in 1934 to make way for residential housing on the horseshoe-shaped Manor House Drive off the main Brondesbury Park road.
Two pairs of stevengraphs of the Victorian jockey Tom Cannon,one from each pair bearing the jockey's facsimile signature, silk woven portraits published by Thomas Stevens of Coventry, the first pair portraying Cannon in his own scarlet & white colours, the pale silks in the other pair are unrecorded, matted in modern gilt picture frames under glass, 20 by 15.5cm., except the unsigned unrecorded silkwork, mounted in a larger Hogarth frame, good condition (4)
Ephemera relating to swimmer Lucy Morton who became Britain's first women's swimming Gold medallist when she won the 200 metres breast stroke at the 1924 Paris Olympics,Comprising a rare programme for the final on 18 July 1924 plus original postcards featuring Morton in swimming costume, the GB team and the squad parading at the opening ceremony, a b&w action photo of Morton winning the Gold and an embroidered Olympic Games 1924 blazer badge (6)
A collection of Euro '96 memorabilia,comprising three official posters in unused condition, flat and unfolded; each 52 by 72cm.; 5 supporters' flags, two box files of Euro '96 press releases, media guides and other ephemera; a file of first day cover postcards; a framed pin badge set; match programmes; corporate hospitality menus; team-sheets; and other assorted collectibles; the lot also including a pin badge set for the France 1998 World Cup (a qty.)
1938 Wimbledon Ladies Final day programme for Saturday July 2ndsold together with a Mrs Wills Moody trim card, the last of her eight titles; a Don Budge trim card, winning the 1st Grand Slam (first time the term Grand Slam was used), he turned Pro after the US Open; H.W Austin trim card, runner up, stain to front cover of programme, (4)
A photograph of the entire staff of Ipswich Town Football Club circa 1960,featuring Alf Ramsey and the first team. the reserves team and the 'A' team, with all trainers and attendants, plus the club directors, Supporters' Club, Ambulance Men, Programme Sellers, Office Staff, Stewards and Catering Staff, Turnstile Men & Ground Staff, mounted, framed & glazed 33 by 44cm.
9ct. gold Football League Division One championship winner's plaque season 1975-76,inscribed DIVISION I, CHAMPIONS, 1975-76, in original Vaughton's of Birmingham case of issue, inscribed THE FOOTBALL LEAGUE, and with typescript paper label D. FAIRCLOUGHLiverpool won their first major trophy under Bob Paisley by narrowly winning the League title after heated competition from Dave Sexton's Queen's Park Rangers. In a dramatic climax to the season, Liverpool needed to either win or secure a low-scoring draw against relegation-threatened Wolverhampton Wanderers. With 14 minutes left for play and despite constant pressure in the second half, the Reds trailed to a Steve Kindon strike for Wolves. The title was slipping away from Liverpool but three late goals from Kevin Keegan, John Toshack and Ray Kennedy took the Championship trophy away from Loftus Road to Anfield. This was David Fairclough's first-team debut season.Provenance:The David Fairclough Collection. Graham Budd Auctions, 15th May 2017, lot 648.
Two rare boxing venue posters for bouts involving the British boxers John H. Stracey and Alan Minter,comprising Jose Napoles v Stracey at Plaza Mexico in Mexico City on 6th December 1975, 68 x 68 cm; and Angelo Jacopucci v Minter on July 19th 1978, Italy, 69 x 33 cm, wear to each poster, signs of tearsJohn H. Stracey recovered from a first round knockdown to win in Jose Napoles's home-town of Mexico City, the referee stopping the fight due to the Mexican's closed eye.Alan Minter regained his European Middleweight title by knocking our Angelo Jacopucci in the 12th round.
A Craig Johnston Liverpool FC red home kit, from the 1986 F.A. Cup Final v Everton, played at the old Wembley Stadium on 10th May 1986,jersey, long-sleeved, L.F.C. club and Adidas badges, inscribed F.A. CUP FINAL WEMBLEY 1986; shorts with L.F.C. club logo; socks with Adidas logo and COA from Craig Johnston on headed paperThis was the 105th FA Cup final and was a Merseyside derby between Liverpool and Everton. Liverpool won 3-1 with two goals by Ian Rush and one by Craig Johnston. This game was played seven days after Liverpool secured the League title, completing the double in Kenny Dalglish's first season as player-manager.
Two Mr Punch's Pocket Books with double page pull-out colour illustrations of lawn tennis published in 1877 & 1878 the first two years of the Wimbledon championship,illustrated by John Tenniel, Charles Keene, Linley Sambourne,each bound in red leather with envelope closing, the interior with calendar, cash account, diary, memoranda for every day in the year and b&w illustrations, overall good condition, wear to edges of red leather cover, binding slightly worn
An interesting selection of autographs and photographs of famous tennis players, Wimbledon champions and Olympic champions,comprising Edith Hannam signature on letterhead paper dated April 11th 1928, 1912 Stockholm Olympic gold medalist; Albert D Prebble signature on Kent LTC letterhead dated 3rd Jan 1924, four time Wimbledon mixed doubles finalist; A.H. Lowe signature on letterhead paper dated 5th August 1924, Davis Cup finalist 1911 & 1913; Charles Stedman Garland signature on letterhead paper dated August 21st 1924, winner American Davis cup team 1920; A.W. Kingscote signature on clipped letterhead paper, Wimbledon All-Comers Singles finalist 1919; Randolph Lycett signature on autograph paper, Wimbledon Doubles champion 1921/22/23; Elizabeth Ryan (USA) signature and drawn caricature on paper, 19 winning doubles titles at Wimbledon; Joan Fry 1928 signed autograph; rare trim card of the 1931 South African Davis cup team featuring Louis Raymond who won the Olympic singles gold medal in the 1920 Antwerp Olympics; Peggy Scriven pencil autograph; A.E Beamish pencil signed page, Davis cup winner 1912 and a 3rd edition of First Steps to Lawn Tennis by Beamish; four b & w photographs of French tennis players including A.H Gobert 1912 Stockholm Olympic gold medalist; b & w photograph of the first match on the new Centre Court at Wimbledon in 1922 between Kingscote and Godfree; Illustrated London News and Bystander tennis related articles; 2000 Olympic tennis publication with results from Roland Garros, (qty)
Seven vintage photographs of football teams,including Harrow School, Wembley Hill FC in 1929-30, also Kent Minor Team, a First World War period photo of two teams, Cologne Commission FC, and a team from Bridport, various sizes, mostly matted; the lot also including a matted photograph of St Mary's Hospital Rugby Club in 1919-20 (8)
A 9ct gold and enamel Football League 3rd Division Southern Section Challenge Cup winner's medal 1933-34 awarded to Jimmy Gray of Exeter City, the obverse with blue enamel and lettering THE FOOTBALL LEAGUE CHALLENGE CUP COMPETITION, hallmarked 9ct, in original Thomas Fattorini Ltd, Birmingham box, weight: 13 gms, diameter: 32 mm.James “Jimmy” Gray (1900-1978) Scottish footballer and fullback with Exeter City with over 200 league games, helping them to reach the quarter final of the FA Cup in 1931. A benefit game was staged for him by Exeter City against his former club Liverpool FC at St James' Park in May 1935 with Liverpool winning 3-1. He remained at the club until the end of the 1935-36 season.The Football League Third Division South Cup was a football knockout competition open to teams competing in the Football League Third Division South, the competition first held in 1933-34 and ran until 1938-39, the cup was revived for the 1945-46 season. Exeter City winning the 1933-34 season against Torquay United 1-0.
A collection of four miscellaneous sporting caps dating between 1912 and 1939,the first black cap with a monogram possibly reading GCC, dated 1912, interior with printed makers mark for John Piggott Ltd; the second for Dollar Academy Clackmannanshire in Scotland, the brown cap with academy crest and latin motto, dated 1928-29, the interior with an outfitters label for Forsyth of Glasgow; the third a blue and gold cap with crown emblem, dated 1935, the interior with a brand label with the slogan ALL THE WORLDS A SCHOOL; the fourth a green cap for Blundell's school, bearing creat and motto, dated 1939, (4)
Two Waterford Crystal presentations awarded to Maurice Setters on the occasion of Testimonial Matches,the first for Chris Hughton in the form of a vase, engraved with Chris Hughton Testimonial Match Lansdowne Road Dublin Sunday 28th May 1995, 20.4cm.; the second for David O'Leary in the form of a tankard, engraved The David O'Leary Testimonial, 11.5cm.
Two stevengraphs of the Victorian jockey Charles Wood,silk woven portraits published by Thomas Stevens of Coventry, the first portraying Wood in the blue & orange colours of Mr Peck, the other in the yellow & pale blue colours of Sir G. Chetwynd, matted in modern gilt picture frames under glass, 20 by 15.5cm., good condition
AC Milan v Ajax 9th January 1974 UEFA Super Cup advertisement sign,painted on a framed board with a football depicted as a hot air balloon, painted with the clubs logo's above a basketful of supporters, inscribed below "Stadio Di San Siro 9 gennaio 1974 alle ore 16.30 Milan Ajax", 60 by 39.5cmAC Milan won the match 1 - 0 through a goal by Chiarugi in the first leg. However in the return leg in Amsterdam Ajax recorded a convincing 6 - 0 victory.
25 Wimbledon Postal Covers celebrating the 50th anniversary of Fred Perry's first Wimbledon's Men's Singles Title in 1934,each with facsimile Fred Perry signature to the front; sold together with a Daily Mirror newspaper Saturday July 7th 1934, with the headline "Perry World Tennis Champion, Title Comes Home After 25 Years; "Perry Wins!" by Fred Perry, Hutchinson & Co Ltd, and "Perry on Tennis" by Fred Perry, John C. Winston Company, some of the postal covers have wear, have previously been mounted with sellotape residue on the envelopes, the Daily Mirror newspaper has wear to edges and exterior (28)
Joe Mercer's Aston Villa FC Football League Division Two Championship winner's medal 1959-60,9ct. gold, the obverse inscribed THE FOOTBALL LEAGUE, CHAMPIONS, DIVISION 2, the reverse inscribed SEASON 1959-60, ASTON VILLA F.C., J. MERCER, MANAGERIn season 1959-60 Aston Villa were promoted as Champions to the First Division having finished with 59 points, one ahead of Cardiff City.
Two Arsenal FC Cup final training shirts,both by Nike and bearing the club crest, the first in dark blue and inscribed THE FA CUP FINAL, MILLENNIUM STADIUM, 21.05.2005; the other in grey and inscribed CARLING CUP FINAL, WEMBLEY 2011Provenance:The Paul Johnson Collection, Arsenal FC equipment manager. Lots 856 to 1008.
Bound volume of Chelsea programmes 1925-26,First Team Football League Division Two and Reserves London Combination fixtures; plus 2 x Blues v Reds practice matches, London Challenge Cup v Crystal Palace, Brentford v West Ham United F.A. Charity Cup Semi-Final and also the Replay, Oxford v Cambridge, and Amateurs v Professionals for the Lord Kinnaird Memorial Fund, 50 issues in total, the volume also including a photostat of the The Army v The Belgian Army match at Stamford Bridge 18th March 1926
AN EARLY 19TH CENTURY NAIVE WATERCOLOUR depicting the first airship in the First World War, the SS40, 24cm x 35.5cm In August and September 1916 SS40 undertook experimental night reconnaissance flights over enemy lines and Somme battlefield, the Gondola is actually a modified aeroplane fuselage
MIKHAIL TARKHANOV (RUSSIAN 1888-1962) Ten Marbled Abstracts, gouache drawings various sizes: smallest 28.5 x 19 cm (11 1/4 x 7 1/2 in.), largest 44 x 30 cm (17 3/8 x 11 3/4 in.) 3/10 signed, 7/10 dated and 3/10 inscribed on verso PROVENANCECollection of Viktor Kholodkov LOT NOTESThis lot comes from the collection of Viktor Kholodkov (1948-2015), who fulfilled his passion for books, avant-garde design and paper memorabilia by devoting his life to collecting and dealing of prominent works of Russian graphic art of the first half of the 20th century. The dedicated collector acquired a multitude of books and artworks throughout decades, meticulously labeling and archiving every single item. Many came directly from the most preeminent artists of the time, as well as from their families and estates. He also possessed a vast number of drawings from the famous collection of another avant-garde enthusiast, Nikolai Khardzhiev. After leaving the USSR in 1989 and settling in California, Viktor continued his work as a Soviet art dealer and critic, actively publishing various articles and contributing to several major Russian avant-garde exhibitions across the U.S., such as the 1991 Russia Under Fire in the 40s on the West Coast and the 1992 Guggenheim exhibition The Great Utopia: The Russian and Soviet Avant-Garde. Kholodkov also contributed to the archives of the biggest American institutions. His sophisticated selection of over 2000 Russian sheet music covers was acquired by The Library of Congress, and an extensive amount of material related to VKhUTEMAS is now at the J. Paul Getty Museum.
MIKHAIL TARKHANOV (RUSSIAN 1888-1962) A Set of Ten Abstractions, mixed media drawings various sizes: smallest 26 x 37.8 cm (10 1/4 x 14 7/8 in.), largest 42.5. x 60.5 cm (16 3/4 x 23 7/8 in.) 3/10 signed on verso PROVENANCECollection of Viktor Kholodkov LOT NOTESThis lot comes from the collection of Viktor Kholodkov (1948-2015), who fulfilled his passion for books, avant-garde design and paper memorabilia by devoting his life to collecting and dealing of prominent works of Russian graphic art of the first half of the 20th century. The dedicated collector acquired a multitude of books and artworks throughout decades, meticulously labeling and archiving every single item. Many came directly from the most preeminent artists of the time, as well as from their families and estates. He also possessed a vast number of drawings from the famous collection of another avant-garde enthusiast, Nikolai Khardzhiev. After leaving the USSR in 1989 and settling in California, Viktor continued his work as a Soviet art dealer and critic, actively publishing various articles and contributing to several major Russian avant-garde exhibitions across the U.S., such as the 1991 Russia Under Fire in the 40s on the West Coast and the 1992 Guggenheim exhibition The Great Utopia: The Russian and Soviet Avant-Garde. Kholodkov also contributed to the archives of the biggest American institutions. His sophisticated selection of over 2000 Russian sheet music covers was acquired by The Library of Congress, and an extensive amount of material related to VKhUTEMAS is now at the J. Paul Getty Museum.
MIKHAIL TARKHANOV (RUSSIAN 1888-1962) A Set of Seven Abstract Landscapes, mixed media drawings various sizes: smallest 20.7 x 29.2 cm (8 1/8 x 11 1/2 in.), largest 30.8 x 46.4 cm (12 1/8 x 18 1/4 in.) each titled and dated along lower edge, 5/10 signed along lower edge PROVENANCECollection of Viktor Kholodkov LOT NOTESThis lot comes from the collection of Viktor Kholodkov (1948-2015), who fulfilled his passion for books, avant-garde design and paper memorabilia by devoting his life to collecting and dealing of prominent works of Russian graphic art of the first half of the 20th century. The dedicated collector acquired a multitude of books and artworks throughout decades, meticulously labeling and archiving every single item. Many came directly from the most preeminent artists of the time, as well as from their families and estates. He also possessed a vast number of drawings from the famous collection of another avant-garde enthusiast, Nikolai Khardzhiev. After leaving the USSR in 1989 and settling in California, Viktor continued his work as a Soviet art dealer and critic, actively publishing various articles and contributing to several major Russian avant-garde exhibitions across the U.S., such as the 1991 Russia Under Fire in the 40s on the West Coast and the 1992 Guggenheim exhibition The Great Utopia: The Russian and Soviet Avant-Garde. Kholodkov also contributed to the archives of the biggest American institutions. His sophisticated selection of over 2000 Russian sheet music covers was acquired by The Library of Congress, and an extensive amount of material related to VKhUTEMAS is now at the J. Paul Getty Museum.
MIKHAIL TARKHANOV (RUSSIAN 1888-1962) A Set of Four Organic Abstractions, mixed media drawings various sizes: smallest 29.5 x 40.7 cm (11 5/8 x 16 in.), largest: 31 x 47 cm (12 1/4 x 18 1/2 in.) 1/4 signed and dated on verso PROVENANCECollection of Viktor Kholodkov LOT NOTESThis lot comes from the collection of Viktor Kholodkov (1948-2015), who fulfilled his passion for books, avant-garde design and paper memorabilia by devoting his life to collecting and dealing of prominent works of Russian graphic art of the first half of the 20th century. The dedicated collector acquired a multitude of books and artworks throughout decades, meticulously labeling and archiving every single item. Many came directly from the most preeminent artists of the time, as well as from their families and estates. He also possessed a vast number of drawings from the famous collection of another avant-garde enthusiast, Nikolai Khardzhiev. After leaving the USSR in 1989 and settling in California, Viktor continued his work as a Soviet art dealer and critic, actively publishing various articles and contributing to several major Russian avant-garde exhibitions across the U.S., such as the 1991 Russia Under Fire in the 40s on the West Coast and the 1992 Guggenheim exhibition The Great Utopia: The Russian and Soviet Avant-Garde. Kholodkov also contributed to the archives of the biggest American institutions. His sophisticated selection of over 2000 Russian sheet music covers was acquired by The Library of Congress, and an extensive amount of material related to VKhUTEMAS is now at the J. Paul Getty Museum.
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