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Lot 56
BRUICHLADDICH CELTIC NATIONS A vatting of Bruichladdich and Irish Single Malt. Meant to be the first bottling in a series of nine, but the process of marrying 'multinational' whisky was subsequently banned by The Scotch Whisky Association. Bottled 2006, bottle no. 3348 of 7200. NCF. 700ml, 46% volume, in cylindrical tin. EILEAN DHUBH Celtic Malt Whisky. Bottled by John Murray & Co. 700ml, 43% volume. 2 bottles. CONDITION REPORT: Very, very slight leaking to Celtic Nations. Otherwise both good condition. Viewing recommended.
Lot 46
A GUIDED TOUR FOR 4 OF THE ICONIC BATTERSEA POWER STATION DEVELOPMENT including a tour inside the Power Station (the largest brick building in Europe) Tour will take approx. 2 hours. Battersea Power Station is one of central London's largest, most visionary and eagerly anticipated new developments in which roughly half the development comprises retail, shops, restaurants and office space - in addition there will be a six acre public park, town square and a new tube station (scheduled to be within Zone 1). The Battersea Power Station project is 42 acres and includes 3.5m sq ft of mixed commercial accommodation together with c4,500 new homes. The successful regeneration of Battersea Power Station will create 20,000 new jobs, inject £20bn into the UK economy and create a funding mechanism for the first major tube line extension since the Millennium. Excludes National and School Holidays
Lot 151
A 19th century oak silver chest owned by Lady Sophia Louisa Goldsmid (1819-1908) , with black painted metal binding and twin handles, bearing a plaque 'Mrs Sophia Goldsmid - No 2', and maker's plaque which reads 'M Emanuel, Silversmith, 5 Hanover Square, London', 62 x 84 x 52cm. Lady Louisa Sophia Goldsmid was known for advocacy of women's higher education. She was part of the Governesses Benevolent Institution and helped create Queens College, Harley St, which was the first place in the country that allowed women to undertake higher education. In 1859 she became treasurer of the Langham Place Circle, which was held in her house at 13 Portman Square, where she hosted Emily Davies. They both took a leading role in persuading Cambridge University to create women graduates. She was also involved in the fight for women's suffrage.
Lot 1
Peter Biegel (1913-1988)THEY MET AT LAST! THE PADDOCK, NEWBURY, 30 NOVEMBER '63, 'ARKLE' , 'MILL HOUSE'signed and inscribed with title, pencil and watercolour and bodycolour on grey paper, 32 by 37cm., framed, Tryon Gallery labelThe first meeting between steeplechase rivals Arkle and Mill House was in the Hennessy Gold Cup at Newbury. Mill House won on this occasion after Arkle had slipped badly on landing at the last Open Ditch, three out.Provenance:Privately commissioned by Anne, Duchess of Westminster.Artist's Resale RightsPlease note that this lot is potentially subject to a royalty under EU Artist's Resale Rights legislation. The qualifying threshold for the regulations to be invoked is an auction room hammer price, that excludes buyer's premium & vat, of 1,000 Euros. Please check the sterling equivalent of this figure on the day of sale. If the work sells below 1,000 Euros no royalty is due. If the work sells for 1,000 Euros and above a royalty fee of 4% will be added to the buyer's invoice total. The auctioneer will hand over this royalty charge to DACS, the not-for-profit organisation who collect and distribute the royalty fees to qualifying artists and their estates. For more information on the regulations visit www.dacs.org.uk
Lot 101
A trio of framed photographs featuring the racehorse "Red Rum" all signed to the backboard by the trainer 'Ginger' McCain,each a 15 by 12in. b&w, the first depicting the moment of victory in the historic third Grand National in 1977, the second with Tommy Stack up at a 1977 victory parade, the third taken at a publicity event, uniformly framed & glazed, signed to the reverse in black marker pen by McCain, 44 by 35cm.
Lot 1120
The autographs of the West Ham United team who played in the first F.A. Cup Final at Wembley in 1923,on an album page, the players have signed in ink in their field formation, Hufton, Henderson, Young, Bishop, Kay, Tresadern, Richards, Brown, Watson, Moore & Ruffell, additionally signed by trainer Charlie Paynter
Lot 113
A collection of seven signed Cheltenham Gold Cup racecards,i) 2004 (Best Mate) signed inside by all the competing jockeys, and to the front cover by Jim Culloty, Henrietta Knight & Terry Biddlecombe ii & iii) 2006 x 2 (War of Attrition) the first signed by signed by all the competing jockeys, the second by the winning jockey Connor O'Dwyer and also James Whiteiv) 2007 (Kauto Star) signed by all the competing jockeys and winning trainer Paul Nichollsv & vi) 2008 x 2 (Denman) the first signed by signed by all the competing jockeys inside and by Paul Nicholls & Ruby Walsh on the cover, the second signed by the winning jockey Sam Thomas vii) 2013 (Bobs Worth) signed to the cover by Nicky Henderson and inside by Barry Geraghty
Lot 1181
Two postcards featuring Sunderland AFC,the first a match-action issue for the 1907 F.A. Cup 3rd Round tie at Sheffield Wednesday; the other a signed portrait card of the player John Abraham PageInterestingly the correspondent on the back of the match card writes "I hear Sheffield are going to win the cup."The Page autograph is amongst the rarest Sunderland signatures as he only played three times between 1920 and -1921.
Lot 1185
A good collection of 22 football magic lantern slides,many relating to Sheffield United Football Club and by the acclaimed local pioneer photographer H. Jasper Redfern circa 1900, including a group of four featuring the Sheffield United v Derby County F.A. Cup Final 15th April 1899, comprising an evocative crowd scene with some spectators without tickets perched high in trees beyond the stadium; two match action photographs one showing a cameraman taking moving images from behind a goal-line; the other some early arriving spectators enjoying a pint in the front row of the grandstand, each 3 1/4in. square; other slides including match-action included the 1899 F.A. Cup semi-final v Liverpool, a coloured slide of the Sheffield United 1902 F.A. Cup winning team, four of the glass slides are cracked; the group also including a rare image of the famous goalkeeper Bill "Fatty" Foulkes posing at the crease in the summer of 1900 when he played four first-class cricket matches for Derbyshire CCC; there is also a team-group of the Nottingham Forest team who won the F.A. Cup in 1898, and two slides featuring scenes at the Crystal Palace but they are not by Redfearn, one of which is believed to have taken at the 1899 F.A. Cup Final
Lot 1195
A rare bound volume of Cricket and Football Times,From Vol. II No.28 to No.48, 7 November 1878 to 27 March 1879, being winter issues there is little cricket content within this volume until January with reports from the England cricket tour to Australia and New Zealand, for football the first issue reports on an experimental evening of floodlit football at The Oval in November 1878 between Clapham Rovers & Wanderers, also a full page supplement print of the England football captain A W Cursham of Notts County, the volume stops short of the date of the F.A. Cup Final but there is coverage up until the semi-final Old Etonians v Nottingham Forest, the term football also encompassing rugby union at this time
Lot 1203
Sunderland Football Club memorabilia,including an extremely early item being a printed invitation from F J Trewhitt, Hon. Sec. of Sunderland Foot Ball Club, Woodside, inviting a Mr G E Gales to an evening event & dance at the Garrison Hall, Sunderland, 16th November 1882, laid down on a Victorian scrapbook page; sold together with a group of three telegrams sent to the Sunderland's Frank Cuggy on F.A. Cup Final Day 19th April 1913, the first two sent in the morning:i) "Sunderland team congratulations, expect to see you win today, Walker North Shields"ii) "Wish you success, Conroy"the other sent after the match:iii) "Hard luck, great disappointment to cafe staff canny lasses" (4)The club was formed 17th October 1879 as 'Sunderland and District Teachers AFC' by schoolmaster James Allan. Sunderland AFC joined the Football League in season 1890-91.Having won the League Championship in 1912-13, Sunderland narrowly lost out on securing 'the double' through a 78tth minute Tommy Barber goal for Aston Villa.
Lot 1208
A collection of Football Association memorabilia,comprising: twelve Wembley Stadium steward's armbands in yellow & blue all printed with the F.A. three lions crest and inscribed STEWARD, except for one inscribed SUPERINTENDENT, some variation in designs; a superb photogravure by D. Mackenzie & Guy Neville titled MEMORIES: THE CUP FINALISTS AND LEAGUE CHAMPIONS, 1883-1926, with hundreds of individual portraits which can be identified by a key visible from the reverse (double-glazed), published by Princeton Press, London, 1926, repaired, mounted, framed & glazed, overall 64 by 86cm.; a Vanity Fair print of Lord Kinnaird first President of the Football Association, titled "Soccer", chromolithograph after Wallace Hester, mounted, framed & glazed, 49 by 33cm; 1930s Football Association memorabilia comprising an I.F.A. itinerary for the Visit of the International Football Association Board to Northern Ireland 9th-12th June 1933; International Football Association Board Luncheon, Isle of Wight, 8th June 1935; Football Association 75th Anniversary Celebrations programme, and banquet table plan & guest list, 26th October 1938; Football Association 90th Anniversary 1863-1953 Celebrations memorabilia comprising a banquet guest list & table plan plus two menus; England v Rest of the World match programme of arrangements, luncheon guest list & table plan, and menu; & a Football Association Report of the 90th Anniversary Celebrations; and Football Association Centenary 1863-1963 Celebrations memorabilia, comprising a Review of the Centenary Year; banquet guest list & seating plan, menu & speeches; Centenary Match England v Rest of the World programme, luncheon menu and dinner menu; plus an eve of match dinner menu; sold together with the 1963 F.A. Cup Final programme and a Football League 75th Anniversary dinner menu 1888-1963 (a qty.)
Lot 1209
A group of eight Tottenham Hotspur FC banker's cheques dating from 1925,sold together with a small file of suppliers' invoices and other club administrative papers, most notably signed typescript letters from the Tottenham Hotspur club secretary Reg S. Jarvis to the Everton Football Club secretary Bill Dickinson, the first dated 5th November 1954 and suggesting a kick-off time for the two clubs forthcoming fixture; the second dated 7th September 1956 and confirming that the club is agreeable to the BBC to provide a radio commentary service for the Spurs v Everton match scheduled for Christmas morning
Lot 1240
A full set of three England FA XI programmes from the Expo '67 soccer tournament played in Montreal, Canada, 3rd to 11th June 1967,comprising the two Group matches v Austria (represented by First Vienna) and Mexico (represented by Leon AC), and the Final v West Germany (represented by Borussia Dortmund); together with team-sheets for each match, and some press cuttingsThe Football Association sent a very strong squad to Canada for this competition. Managed by Ramsey & coached by Shepherdson it included four 1966 World Cup winning players and other squad members. With the exception of the Soviet Union, the other competing nations were represented by club XI's.England beat Borussia Dortmund 3-2 in the final, through an 82nd minute winner from Frank Wignall.
Lot 1297
12 Manchester United programmes 1950s,including the rare 4-pager v Tottenham Hotspur & Duncan Edwards's first-team debut v Cardiff City in 1952-53, the away content including Arsenal (punch-holed), the last League match before the Munich Air Disaster; sold together with Chelsea v Arsenal 1950 F.A. Cup semi-final & replay, both played at Spurs (14)
Lot 191
1936 Second Maccabiah Winter Games 3rd place bronze prize medal for the cross-country skiing team event,65.5mm., obverse with stylized figure wearing the Maccabiah emblem, ski jump, skater in mountainous background, above a shield dated 18.2, and the winner's position III, engraved below STAFETY Czech legend notes games location, Banskß Bystrica, Slovakia, reverse Maccabiah emblem, Hebrew legend, in original fitted caseThe Maccabiah Games were first held in Tel Aviv in 1932 as an international multi-sport event, and is sometimes referred to as the "Jewish Olympics." A winter Maccabiah was first held in Poland in 1933. The present medal comes from the 2nd Winter Maccabiah which was staged February 18th to 22nd, 1936, in Banska Bystrica the in Czechoslovakia. 2,000 athletes participated from 12 participating nations. This was to prove the last time a winter Maccabiah was held, with no attempts to revive it after the 2nd World War-although the Maccabi World Union still runs smaller regional winter games to date.
Lot 192
A group of ten Jewish sports medals,i) bronze Maccabi medal for third place held in Prague, August 23- 27 1933, Art Deco-styled profile of two menii) Bronze Maccabi Medal held in Zagreb, Croatia April 5, 1936, 5,000miii & iv) a pair of Czech engraved silver plaques, mounted on wood in original presentation boxes, "First place Women's 4 Kilometers Maccabi February 25, 1934" & "First place Women's Slalom Maccabi February 25, 1934", each box lid has a glued paper label that features mountains and the word "Maccabi" in Hebrewv to x) six medals for the "Hakoah" (the strength club), 1) May 25, 1922, "Wien" (Vienna), handsome medal, possibly zinc (made of zinc?), showing athlete holding a shield with a Star of David 2) Bronze,1928 Swimming medal 3rd place (Austria?) 3) Silver-plated bronze, 928 Swimming medal 1st place (Austria?) 4) Silver-plated bronze 1929 Swimming medal 1st place (Austria?) 5) Bronze 1930 Swimming medal 3rd place (Austria?) 6) Silver 1935 Swimming medal 1st place (Austria?)
Lot 194
Two Jewish sports pinbacks,The first silvered featuring athlete and "Maccabi" in Hebrew above Star of David, believed to be Czech late 20s/early 30s; the other larger in gilt, highly detailed athlete wearing a uniform with a Star of David and holding a Star of David with the year 1925. lengthy Hebrew legend reading "On the occasion of the half-Jubilee of the country-wide gymnastics event of Maccabi Bohemia and Slovakia"
Lot 275
Cabinet card signed by Arthur William Fulcher who played seven first-class cricket matches for Kent CCC between 1878 and 1887,signed in ink and dated June 21st 1894,A.W. Fulcher was born in Pau, France, in 1885. He was educated at Westminster and resided at Redenham House, Andover, Hampshire.As well as being a first-class cricketer he was a fine yachtsman, hence his attire in the cabinet card and the photographic studio being at Cowes on the Isle of Wight.
Lot 276
An ocean liner menu signed by the England cricket team to Australia in 1920-21 and the Australia cricket team to England in 1921,Orient Line S.S. Osterley, dated 1921, signatures in ink, England fully-signed by the 16-man touring party comprising Douglas, Fender, Hearne, Rhodes, Wilson, Woolley, Hendren, Hobbs, Makepeace, Russell, Hitch, Howell, Parkin, Waddington, Dolphin & Strudwick, the Australian signatures comprising Armstrong, Andrews, Bardsley, Carter, Collins, Gregory, Hendry, Macartney. McDonald, Mailey, Mayne, Oldfield, Ryder & Taylor, lacking Pellew, but including the tour manager Sydney Smith, mounted, framed & glazed, 32 by 34cm.In these back-to-back Ashes series, Australia racked up a record eight successive victories, a 5-0 drubbing of England in the home series of 1920-21 and wins in the first three Tests in England in 1921. The final two Tests were drawn.
Lot 28
Two signed Lionel Edwards racing prints,both signed in pencil by the artist to the lower margin, colour lithographs, the first portraying a race approaching Tattenham Corner at Epsom (published 1951), the other titled "Morning Exercise, Newmarket, 1957", Fores paper labels to backboards, framed & glazed, both overall 39 by 51cm.
Lot 286
Cricket autographs collected by Harold Pooley, New Zealand First Class umpire in the 1950s and 1960s,ten items comprising a 1958-59 MCC Australasian Tour autograph sheet; a sheet of Hamilton hotel headed paper signed by the Rangitikei Cricket Team, and eight programmes dating between 1956 and 1964, comprising West Indies v Waikato 1956, South Africa v Northern Districts 1964, a pair for MCC v Northern Districts 1961, three Northern Districts v Central Districts and Northern Districts v Otago, autograph content including (NZ) Cave, Harford, Petrie, Sutcliffe, (ENG) May, Cowdrey, Graveney, Lock, Trueman, Tyson, (WI) Weekes, Valentine, Ramadhin, Sobers, (SA) Goddard, van der Merwe, Barlow and many others
Lot 292
Arthur Booth Yorkshire County Cricket Club cap awarded in 1946,blue with white rose, named inside ARTHUR BOOTH; sold together with a book "Yorkshire's 22 Championships 1893-1946" by E.L. Roberts (2)Arthur Booth (1902-1974) was an orthodox slow left-arm bowler, and a lower-order right-handed batsman. He made his county debut in 1931 but did not establish a place in the team. During the first full-season after the War Booth was recalled to fill the gap left by the sad death of Hedley Verity and was a first XI regular in 1946 at the age of 43, winning his county cap and helping Yorkshire win the County Championship title. He finished top of the season's bowling averages taking 111 wickets at an average of 11.61. In 1947 an illness effectively finished Booth's First Class career.
Lot 294
Godfrey Evans MCC blazer from the England cricket tour to South Africa 1956-57,Simpson tailored Daks, navy blue wool with 'egg & bacon' trim, breast pocket silkwork crest featuring St George slaying the dragon and inscribed within a scroll 1956 - SOUTH AFRICA - 1957, some damage to the interior cloth lining, but not visible from outside Described by Wisden as 'arguably the best wicket-keeper the game has ever seen', Evans collected 219 dismissals in 91 Test Matches between 1946 and 1959 and a total of 1,066 in all first-class matches. En route he was the first wicket keeper to reach 200 Test dismissals and the first Englishman to reach both 1,000 runs and 100 dismissals and 2,000 runs and 200 dismissals in Test cricket. The Kent 'keeper was a Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1951.Evans played in all five Tests during the 1956-57 South African Tour. The series ended as a 2-2 draw during which he took a total of 20 dismissals, a record for his career.
Lot 296
Seven Godfrey Evans presentations,comprising: two silver-plated tankards, the first from British Gas and commemorating a post-retirement game played at the St Lawrence Ground in 1990, the other from The Bodega club in Nottingham; a silver plated salver inscribed TO GODFREY EVANS "GODDERS", FROM ALL YOUR FRIENDS AT LADBROKES; and four pewter pint tankards, notably Courage Old England 1991, plus Bermuda, Club Cricket & a Pro-AM
Lot 299
From the Godfrey Evans Collection: a pair of autographed dinner menus for the launch of The Bradman Albums in 1987,the first signed by Bradman and seven other guests comprising Ian Johnson, Alan Davidson, Neil Harvey, Lindsay Hassett, Ray Lindwall, Keith Miller & Richie Benaud; the other signed individually by Bradman; the lot also including a press photo of the MCC Party to South Africa in 1956-57 on board ship, the reverse signed by May, Laker, Cowdrey, Oakman, Taylor, Wardle, Evans & Insole (3)
Lot 319
Scarce Souvenir of M.C.C. Visit to South Africa and First Test Match, Lord's, Durban, 13th to 17th December 1913,illustrated biogs of players from both teams, advertisements, the tourists, scorecard printed to centre-pages, and a fixture list for the MCC tour, 28 pages, outer card covers, spine with gold chord, multiple folds some with paper tears, and spline splitting, interior pages generally good
Lot 327
Seve Ballesteros framed memorabilia display,comprising a 1997 Ryder Cup Valderrama postal cover signed by the legendary golfer mounted together with an iconic b&w photograph of the Spaniard in the moment of victory at the 1984 Open Championship at St Andrews, 54 by 30cm.; sold together with a pair of 1979 First Day Covers, one signed by Nicklaus, the other Ballesteros (3)
Lot 379
Bjorn Borg Donnay tennis racquet match used at the 1978 Stockholm Open when he played John McEnroe for the very first time and lost to the American in the semi-final,de-strung and mounted in a frame, 83 by 36cm.; sold with a letter of authenticity explaining how a fortunate spectator caught the racquet after Borg, in a rare moment of anger, threw it into the crowd having been defeated by a younger player for the first time in his career; also included is an auction catalogue relating to a previous sale of the object (3)
Lot 384
Framed display autographed by the 1978 men's & women's Wimbledon champions Bjorn Borg and Martina Navratilova,double-signed on a Champions Dinner Menu, mounted together with a pair of 12 by 8in. b&w action photographs, a 1978 Wimbledon programme and printed legends, framed & glazed, 62 by 81cm.1978 was the third of Borg's five successive Championship titles, and was the first of Navratilova's eventual 9 Wimbledon single's titles. The menu has the full signature of Navratilova, in later years she began signing just 'Martina'.
Lot 387
Interesting & varied tennis collection including autographed pieces,signed pieces comprising:i) a 2010 US Open poster double-signed by the winner Rafael Nadal and by Roger Federer, laid down on foam boardii) framed Agassi signed tennis ball mounted with a photoiii) mounted 1949 magazine cover signed by Pancho Gonzalesiv) Seoul 1988 Olympics first day cover signed by Becker, mounted with a 1985 Wimbledon programmev) framed Connors signed photographunsigned items comprising:vi & vii) pair of mounted 1932 Paris Match magazine covers featuring Lacoste & Cochetviii) mounted FFT Davis Cup posterix) framed Luke Morris drawing of Jimmy Connorsx) framed 1925 photograph of a Lacoste v Borotra match
Lot 389
A rare example of the signature of the inventor of lawn tennis Major Walter Clopton Wingfield,in the form of a signed Bank of England Western Branch cheque dated 15th March 1899, payable to the a/c of Messrs Paget & Edward at the London & Westminster Bank, for the sum of fifteen hundred and fifty four pounds fifteen shillings and six penceMajor Walter Clopton Wingfield (1833-1912) was the inventor of lawn tennis in 1874 which he also called Sphairistikè after the Greek for "ball games". He obtained a patent and published the first book of the game "The Major's Game of Lawn Tennis" in February 1874. His honours include the Royal Body Guard and Captain, First Dragoon Guards. He was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1997.
Lot 426
A group of 10 Original Roland Garros tennis posters,first commissioned by the FFT in 1980 the run is from the first of the series to 1990 but excludes the rare 1981 issue which is offered as the following lot in this auction, mounted ready for framing, 58 by 75cm., except 1987 & 1989 which have been framed, the lot includes a folder of printed information on each Roland Garros poster offered in the lot (2)
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Lot 433
After Adriaen van de Venne (1589-1662)AMOR, UT PILA, VICES EXIGIT [LOVE, LIKE A BALL, DEMANDS RECIPROCATION]etching, originally published on page 32 of Jacob Cats' "Spiegel vanden Ouden ende Nieuwe Tijd", first edition published in The Hague: 1632, which is illustrated with proverbs by Adriaen van de Venne, the work depicts a man and woman playing battledore and shuttlecock in a garden, 13cm. square, mounted, framed & glazed, overall 46 by 40cm.
Lot 450
A very scarce, important and early 20 page article on 'Lawn Tennis' written by 'John Latouche' the pen name of Oswald John Frederick Crawfurd (1834-1909) as published inside Volume V of New Quarterly Magazine, October to January 1876,this is a significant paper pre-dating the first Wimbledon Championships, and post-dating by one year the earliest known article 'Lusio Pilaris and Lawn Tennis' by George Cayley which was printed in the Edinburgh Review of 1875, Crawfurd's article refers to Cayley's "...capital article', Captain Wingfield, Spahiristike, the history of handball games, lawn tennis styles, strokes and technique, and includes a copy of the 'Laws of Lawn Tennis - Revised by the M.C.C.' in May 1875, the volume is 492 pages, some splitting along the front spine and a missing piece to the top, otherwise, a good and clean copyCrawfurd was a diplomat, writer and critic who worked at the Foreign Office before being posted to Portugal as consul. Here he wrote many articles and books about the country. not illustrated
Lot 462
Three 19th century volumes recording the history of tennis with rules of the game,i) The London Journal No.2 for the week ending March 8 1845, p.20 Long or Open Tennis played in the open air, detailed description of the construction of the court and the tennis ballii) Manly Games For Boys by Captn. Crawley and a preface by Rawdon Crawley, published 1870, tennis coverage form pages 189 to 195 with detailed descriptions of Long Tennis on a perfectly level field from p.190, ex libris J.W. Goldman, engraving of a game of cricket at the front, the celebrated collection of Goldman was sold by Hodgson Auctioneers 24th November 1966iii) Bailey's Monthly Magazine of Sports and Pastimes, No.185 July 1875, p.138-140 New Games at Hurlingham, Laws of Lawn Tennis - revised by the MCC, the court and terms used in the game, this reference proving that lawn tennis was played at Hurlingham as early as it was the first recording at Wimbledon, the lot includes various photostats in this respect, one of which also mentions lawn tennis played at the Wimbledon Rifle Championships in July 1875
Lot 471
Very rare gold version of the 3rd National Greek Olympic Games 1875 prize medal,stamped OR on edge, struck by Paris Mint, designed by Barre, one of approx. 10 struck for presentation to the Greek King & Royal Family and senior dignitaries, obverse with head of King George I, reverse with six line Greek legendThe competitor's versions of this medal were in goldplated silver and silver. The participant's was in bronze. These Games are also known as the Zappas Olympics, as they were sponsored by the Greek businessman Evangelis Zappas. The first and second Games were held in 1859 and 1870. As such these Games were amongst the first revivals of the ancient Olympic Games, the other notable example being the Games organised by William Penny Brookes from 1850.
Lot 473
Athens 1896 Olympic Games: The First Official Olympic Games Report,VERY SCARCE, by Lambros (S. P.) and Polites (N.G.) in Greek and French languages, the French title “Les Jeux Olympiques 776 av. J.-C. -1896”, with a prologue by Timoleon Philemon (Secretary General of the Olympic Games), 102 pages, pictorial colour lithograph paper wrappers by K. Grundman, Athens, reports translated to French published by H. Le Soudier, Paris, 1896, very good condition, preserved in marbled blue board bindings with titling to spine
Lot 504
An International Olympic Committee member's badge dating from 1910,English silver hallmarks for Vaughton's, Birmingham, 1910, multi-colour enamel inscribed COMITE INTERNATIONALE OLYMPIQUE, CITIUS, ALTIUS, FORTIUS, brooch fittingThe Olympic Rings were later added to this design of IOC badge. The Rings were first used at the Antwerp Games of 1920.
Lot 516
Paris 1924 Olympic Games gold first place winner's medal awarded to a member of the victorious Uruguayan football team,goldplated silver, designed by Andre Rivaud, struck by the Paris Mint in an edition of 304, the obverse with a winning athlete coming to the aid of a fallen athlete, the reverse with an assortment of sporting equipment around a legend, diameter 55mm.The identity of the gold medal winning Uruguayan footballer will be revealed to the winning bidder. The player's gold medal winner's Sevres vase and participant's medal are being offered as lots 517 & 518.Before 1930 and the inauguration of the FIFA World Cup the football tournament at the Olympic Games was considered to be the World Championship. The outstanding global team of the era was Uruguay who won the gold medal at the Paris 1924 and Amsterdam 1928 Olympic Games. Largely on this basis Uruguay were awarded the hosting of the first World Cup in 1930 and won this historic tournament as well.A the 1924 Olympic Games in Paris, Uruguay progressed through the first round of the competition with a comprehensive 7-1 victory over Yugoslavia. In the second round Uruguay beat USA 3-0 to set up a quarter-final tie with the host Nation France whom they beat easily 5-1. The semi-final was the most competitive match for Uruguay with a late penalty separating them from The Netherlands with a 2-1 scoreline. The Gold Medal match was a comfortable affair for the South Americans recording a 3-0 victory over Switzerland.
Lot 540
Berlin 1936 Berlin Olympic Games bearer's torch,designed by Carl Diem, steel, made by Krupp Factory, route of torch run from Olympia to Berlin etched to shaft, legend on top surface This torch was carried during the first Olympic torch relay in 1936 from Olympia, Greece to Berlin, a distance of 3,075 km that was completed in 12 days.
Lot 576
The very rare bearer's torch for the first ever relay at a Winter Olympic Games at Oslo in 1952,maker's mark of Adolf Thoresen, Oslo, stamped to the underside of the base, the design mindful to cope with any weather condition that the relay team would face, the cylindrical handle surmounted by a large, shallow oval collar, engraved with Olympic rings, the year, and an arrow pointing from the start and end points of the relay, Morgedal and Oslo, 23cm., 9in. high, 32cm., 12 1/2in. wide the design was mindful to cope with any weather condition that the relay team would face, the cylindrical handle surmounted by a large, shallow oval collar, engraved with Olympic rings, the year, and an arrow pointing from the start and end points of the relay, Morgedal and Oslo, 23cm., 9in. high, 32cm., 12 1/2in. wide Whilst the torch relay had begun at Berlin for the 1936 Summer Games, it was not until Oslo in 1952 that a winter equivalent was inaugurated. However, instead of the Olympic flame being lit in Olympia, the starting point of Morgedal in Norway was chosen, in recognition of the birthplace of competitive skiing. Moreover, the Norwegian Olympic Committee were keen to stress that this was not the traditional transfer of the Olympic Flame but a separate event that symbolised the use of torches while skiing in the dark. The fire was lit in the house of the 'father of skiing', Sondre Norheim (1825-1897), and carried through Kongsberg, Drammen, the Huseby Hill at Oraker where skiing competitions had been held since 1897, to Oslo. Eigil Nansen, grandson of polar explorer Fridtjof Nansen, lit the fire in Bislett Stadium at the Opening Ceremony on 15th February. These torches are rare as only 94 bearers took part in the relay. Compare this figure to the 3,840 who carried the flame along the route from Olympia to Berlin in 1936.
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