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Click here to subscribeA silver cigarette box presented as a wedding gift by H.M. Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother to her jockey David Mould and his bride Marion Coakes in 1969, hallmarked Padgett & Braham Ltd, London, 1947, the machined lid set with an ER monogram & crown, cedar lined fitted interior, 14 by 9cm., 5 1/2 by 3 1/2in.
Best Mate: the trophy for the Martell Mersey Novices` Hurdle at Aintree 7th April 2000, in the form of an attractive silver-mounted glass bowl by Boodle & Dunthorne, the hallmarked silver base engraved with a repeated steeplechase scene and inscribed MARTELL MERSEY NOVICE HURDLE, 2000, diameter 33cm., 13in. Best Mate beat Copeland by 2 1/2 lengths in this Grade 2 Novices` Hurdle at the Grand National Meeting. It was to be his last race over hurdles, as he was sent novice chasing in season 2000-2001.
Edredon Bleu: the trophy for the Pertemps Executive Network Handicap Chase at Kempton Park 27th December 1997, in the form of a Tiffany & Co. silver plated tray, inscribed THE PERTEMPS EXECUTIVE NETWORK HANDICAP CHASE, KEMPTON PARK, 27TH DECEMBER 1997, length 29cm., 11 1/2in. In an eventful race, Edredon Bleu and Kadi were the only two runners left standing with the former all out to repel the late challenge of Kadi by 1/2 length.
Edredon Bleu: the trophy for the Elmbridge Handicap Chase at Sandown Park 6th February 1999, in the form of a silver plated salver, inscribed SANDOWN PARK, WINNER 1999, diameter 26cm., 10 1/4in. In this race Edredon Bleu led from start to finish and was never challenged. Mandys Mantino was best of the rest, finishing 9 lengths behind A P McCoy`s mount.
Lots 687 & 688-Nakir Bred by The Aga Khan, Nakir made a winning debut for Jim Lewis and Henrietta Kinight in a Novices Chase at Nottingham in 1994, and remained unbeaten that season in which he was crowned novice Champion in the Arkle Chase at Cheltenham and then followed up in the Maghull Chase at Aintree. Nakir never quite lived up to his early promise but did win the 1995 Game Spirit Chase at Newbury by 30 lengths. Nakir: the trophy for the Sandeman Maghull Novice Chase at Aintree 7th April 1994, in the form of a hallmarked silver salver, inscribed THE SANDEMAN MAGHULL NOVICE CHASE, AINTREE 1994, diameter 31cm., 12 1/4in. Nakir followed up his success in the Arkle at Cheltenham with this win at the Grand National meeting in this Grade 2 event. He beat Jimmy The Gillie by 3 1/2 lengths having taken up the running on the approach to the last.
Impek: the trophy for the bonusprint.com Old Roan Chase at Aintree 23rd October 2005, in the form of a hallmarked silver dish, inscribed BONUSPRINT.COM OLD ROAN CHASE, AINTREE, 23rd OCTOBER 2005, diameter 19.5cm., 7 3/4in. Impek won this race by 2 1/2 lengths from My Will. This was one of four Grade 2 races that Impek won in his career.
Lots 693 to 697-Mr Dermot McCalmont Mr Dermot McCalmont will always be remembered as the owner of the most astounding two-year-old to grace the Turf, The Tetrach. Born in 1887, he was to inherit most of his fortune from Colonel Harry McCalmont (1861-1902), owner of the Triple Crown winner Isinglass. In his youth, Dermot McCalmont rode over fences and won the Grand Military Gold Cup on his own horse at Sandown Park. The trainer Henry ("Atty") Persse was his cousin and offered him an extraordinary looking blotchy grey colt he had bought at Doncaster at cost price. The youngster-to be named The Tetrrach-was unbeaten in all his seven starts as a juvenile and was winter favourite for the Derby, but injury prevented his racing again. He founded a dynasty for speed at his owner`s Ballylinch Stud in Co. Kilkenny, and was sire and grandsire of Dermot McCalmont`s two winners of the 2000 Guineas. Other good horses campaigned by the Major included Slide On and Piccadilly, both winners of the Irish Derby. Dermot McCalmont was for many years Master of the Kilkenny Hounds. He hunted up until a year before his death. His colours were light blue and scarlet quartered, white cap. The silver-mounted hoof of Major Dermot McCalmont`s mare Ballymacoll, the hinged lid inscribed BALLYMACOLL, 1904-1925, BY HACKLER-BALLYMACARNEY, WINNER OF THREE RACES ON THE FLAT, SEVEN STEEPLECHASES AND ONE HURDLE RACE, SHE WAS ALSO PLACED SECOND TEN TIMES, AND THIRD EIGHT TIMES, IN NEARLY ALL HER RACES SHE WAS RIDDEN BY HER OWNER, MR. D. McCALMONT. Provenance: Sotheby`s auctions at Mount Juliet, Co. Kilkenny, for Mr Victor McCalmont in 1986 & 1987
The silver-mounted hoof of Major Dermot McCalmont`s Seaforth, the hinged lid inscribed SEAFORTH, 1903-1914, BY SYMINGTON DAM BY TIMOTHY-FLORENCE MONTGOMERY, WINNER OF 1910 WOODCOTE STAKES EPSOM, NEW STAKES ASCOT, MICHAELMAS PLATE MANCHESTER, GREAT SAPLING PLATE SANDOWN, 1911 UNION JACK STAKES LIVERPOOL. Provenance: Sotheby`s auctions at Mount Juliet, Co. Kilkenny, for Mr Victor McCalmont in 1986 & 1987
a pair of silver-mounted hooves of Major Dermot McCalmont`s Spoke, each hinged lid inscribed identically SPOKE, 1903-1919, BY SPOOK-BEE ORCHIS, WINNER OF, 7th HUSSARS LIGHT WEIGHT POINT-TO-POINT RACE, 1909 ND 1910-WEIGHT 12st. 7lbs., SECOND IN CAVALRY BRIGADE TEAM POINT TO POINT RACE 1909, WEIGHT 13ST. (20 starters), "A VERY PERFECT GENTLEMAN". Provenance: Sotheby`s auctions at Mount Juliet, Co. Kilkenny, for Mr Victor McCalmont in 1986 & 1987
A racing plate worn by Secretariat when winning The Belmont Stakes 7th June 1973, mounted on a silver ashtray by Garrard`s of London, hallmarked 1973, inscribed PLATE WORN BY SECRETARIAT, WHEN WINNING THE BELMONT STAKES, 9TH JUNE 1973. Secretariat won the US Triple Crown in 1973, the first horse to do so for 25 years. His culminating victory in the Belmont Stakes was an astonishing performance. The colt won the race by no less than 31 lengths in a world record time of 2 minutes 24 seconds over a mile and a half on dirt, with the record still intact to this day. Provenance: Bought at an auction for the Injured Jockeys Fund organised by Richard Pitman at Stratford Racecourse
A silver-mounted racing plate worn by Rheingold when winning the 1973 Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud, the plate set on a hallmarked silver dish by Garrard & Co. Ltd., London, and inscribed PLATE WORN BY, RHEINGOLD, WHEN WINNING, THE PRIX de SAINT CLOUD, 1ST JULY 1973, diameter 14cm., 5 1/2in., in original Garrard case; sold with two letters of authenticity signed by Barry Hills relating to the Rheingold plate`s donation for the auction at the Racegoers Clubs All-Star Charity Ball in aid of the Injured Jockeys Fund at Stratford-upon-Avon on 28th September 1973. (3) Rheingold was a bay colt bred by Dr James Russell at Bansha Castle in Co. Tipperary in 1969 by Faberge out of Athene III. He was raced by Mr Henry K. Zeisel and trained at Lambourn by Barry Hills. In a highly successful career Rheingold won 9 of his 17 races and just missed out on Derby glory when beaten a short-head by the Lester Piggott ridden Roberto in 1972 (see lot 634). Lester was in the saddle, however, when Rheingold won his most notable victory in the 1973 Prix de l`Arc de Triomphe. Also in France the colt recorded successive victories in the Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud in 1972 and 1973. The racing plate offered here was worn by Rheingold on the latter occasion when ridden by French Champion Jockey Yves Saint-Martin. Other notable wins include the Dante Stakes, the Prix Ganay, the Hardwicke Stakes and the John Porter Stakes. Interestingly, when asked in 1974 Lester Piggott ranked Rheingold amongst the five greatest horses he had ever rode, the others being Sir Ivor, Crepello, Petite Etoile and Nijinsky. Rheingold was retired to stud after his four-year-old season and sired the dual Ascot Gold Cup winner Gildoran and the French Group 1 winner Noir et Or. In 1980 the stallion was exported to Japan where he died in 1990.
Racing plate worn by H.M. The Queen`s filly Dunfermline when winning the 1977 St. Leger, mounted in a frame wih title plaque, 32 by 28cm., 13 by 11in. Suitably in The Queen`s Silver Jubilee Year of 1977, the filly Dunfermline won two Classics for Her Majesty, The Oaks and the St Leger
A pair of racing plates worn by Salsabil when winning the Irish Derby in 1990, each mounted on a silver ashtray by Asprey of London hallmarked 1990, each inscribed THE BUDWEISER IRISH DERBY, 1990, SALSABIL, HAMDAN AL-MAKTOUM, J.L. DUNLOP, W.CARSON. The magnificent filly Salsabil won three Classics in 1990, the 1,000 Guineas, The Oaks and then beat the colts in The Irish Derby.
The Michael Tanner Collection of race-worn plates from nine famous National Hunt horses, housed under glass in a custom made display case designed as a stable door, subjects comprising SPANISH STEPS, ROYAL RELIEF, COMEDY OF ERRORS, ROYAL FROLIC, THE DIKLER, FORT DEVON, TINGLE CREEK, SILVER BUCK & NIGHT NURSE; sold with a signed letter of authenticity from Michael Tanner confirming that the plates were collected in person between 1973 & 1979 directly from Edward Courage, Mercy Rimell, Fulke Walwyn, Harry Thomson Jones, Tony Dickinson and Peter Easterby; together with, when received in the first instance, letters/compliments slips from Messrs. Courage, Walwyn, Thomson Jones, Dickinson and Easterby
A silver bracelet with a chain of plaited hair from the racehorses Invershin & Inkerman, the tag hallmarked P. Bash & Co., Chester, 1949, and engraved INVERSHIN, INKERMAN to one side, and with the initials W.T. to the other; sold together with a printed & illustrated stallion brochure for Invershin (2). Invershin and Inkerman were both bay colts by the sire Invincible and were bred and owned by Mr John Reid Walker and were both high class stayers. Invershin won back-to-back Gold Cups at Ascot in 1928 & 1929, and other good races including successive victories in the Caledonian Hunt and a Derby Cup. Inkerman`s two most notable wins were in the 1923 Jockey Club Stakes at Newmarket and the 1924 Chester Vase. Both horses later stood at their owner`s Ruckley Stud in Shifnal, Staffordshire. The bracelet was a gift from the stud groom to his girlfriend, Winnie Thomas. This bracelet featured on the ITV programme `Dickinson`s Real Deal`, first broadcast in 2007.
A whip presented to the dual Grand National winning jockey George Stevens by the dual winning trainer Edwin Weever, the silver-mounted whalebone whip by Swaine & Isaac, `Makers to The Queen`, Piccadilly, London, set with a band inscribed PRESENTED TO GEORGE STEVENS, WINNING RIDER, GRAND NATIONAL STEEPLE CHASE, AINTREE, RIDING EMBLEM & EMBLEMATIC, 1863 & 1864, BY WINNING TRAINER, EDWIN WEEVER, 91.5cm., 36in. George Stevens is the winning-most jockey in the History of the Grand National. He won the race on five occasions: Freetrader (1856), Emblem (1863), Emblematic (1864) and The Colonel (1869 & 1870).
The 1971 Tolly Cobbold Trophy, in the form of a silver (hallmarked Edward Barnard & Sons Ltd, London, 1971) replica of the Bacchante figure after the original bronze statue by the American sculptor Frederick MacMonnies, mounted on a turned wooden base set with a silver plaque engraved THE TOLLY COBBOLD TROPHY, overall height 32cm., 12 1/2in.; sold together with the associated 1971 Newmarket race card which features the trophy on the front cover, and a press clipping (3). The 1971 Tolly Cobbold Trophy was ran at Newmarket 31st July 1971 and won by King Midas, owned by the Exors of the late Major H P Holt, trained by Henry Candy at Wantage and ridden by Des Cullen. The 10 furlongs handicap for three-year-olds sponsored by Tollemache & Cobbold Breweries Limited was first run in 1963. Sculptor Frederick Macmonnier`s original bronze Bacchante figure won a gold medal at the Paris Exhibition of 1900. His exhibit was purchased at that time by The Hon. Douglas Tollemache, who shipped it back to London. He registered it as his company`s trademark in 1920 and the image appeared on many of their beer bottle labels.
The George Robey Challenge Trophy last competed for at Brighton Races in 2001, a hallmarked silver two-handled cup by William Hutton & Sons Ltd., Birmingham, 1923, the body later inscribed GEORGE ROBEY CHALLENGE TROPHY, KINDLY PRESENTED BY, LADY ROBEY, IN MEMORY OF HER LATE HUSBAND, SIR GEORGE ROBEY C.B.E., the turned, ebonised plinth set with a silver band engraved with details of winners, overall height 35.5.cm., 14 in., weight 1,264gr., 40oz. 13dwt. The last running of the George Robey Challenge Trophy was on 9th August 2001 and won by Swynford Welcome. the trophy was retired.
A group of seven modern racing trophies for races won at Lingfield Park, i) a crystal jar & cover, undated; ii) a boxed Royal Crystal Rock whisky decanter & stopper, 2008; iii) a boxed Bohemia crystal `Boston` decanter & stopper, undated; iv) a cased Aquascutum silver plated box, undated; v) a boxed giftware photograph frame; vi & vii) two cased silver plated salvers, undated
A group of ten racing trophies for races won at Wolverhampton, i, ii & iii) three similar cased silver plated salvers, one dated 2004, two dated 2007; iv, v & vi) three similar boxed silver plated photograph frames, two dated 2007, one dated 2008; vii) a boxed set of two Bohemian Crystal wine glasses, 2008; viii & ix) two similar boxed silver plated combined clock and photograph frame, one dated 2005; and x) a crystal & steel desk clock, 2007
Four racecards dating between 1933 and 1940, a card for Lincolnshire Handicap Day at Lincoln 22nd March 1933; a special edition Clairewood Turf Club (South Africa) card to commemorate the Silver Jubilee of King George V 4th May 1935; Thirsk Races 28th October 1939; and a scarce card for the only wartime Grand National run at Aintree in 1940. The 1933 Lincoln was won by Dorigen, owned and trained by the Hon. George Lambton. The 1940 Grand National was won by Lord Stalbridge`s Bogskar.
A silvered figure of a boxer by the German firm WMF, being a trophy for the I.S.B.A. [Inter Services Boxing Association] Amateur Championships 1939, with hallmarked silver plaque set on the lower step of the ebonised base engraved HEAVY WEIGHT, WINNER, GDSN F. GRIFFITHS, the upper step set with an enamelled military crest and Latin motto, together with smaller badges of the British Army, Royal Air Force and Royal Navy, overall height 28cm., 11in. Guardsman F. Griffiths of the 1st Grenadier Guards won this trophy at The Royal Albert Hall 3rd March 1939 fighting in the heavyweight division. The eliminating bouts had taken place at Chelsea Barracks on 28th February and 1st March.
A trophy, medals and photographs relating to the professional golfer Jack Bloxham, comprising: an Elkington silver miniature replica of the Dunlop Challenge Cup, inscribed with details of Bloxham`s victory in the Midland Professional Foursomes in 1926, on ebonised base, overall height 10cm., 4in.; together with five medals, the first three in gold and in original cases, awarded for the P.G.A. Midland Foursomes of 1911 of issue) and for Warwickshire County Representation in 1921 & 1924; the fourth medal in silver for the PGA Midland Section Autumn Meeting of 1911; the other in gilt-metal for the PGA 1919 Victory Tournament; together with three period mounted photographs featuring golf in The Midlands, one being a line-up of Midlands-based professional golfers including Bloxham, manuscript legend below, the other portraying a group of professional and the membership at Coventry (Finham Park) Golf Cub; the lot also including Bloxham`s Royal Warwickshire regimental badge, in a leather pouch. Jack Bloxham was a member of the Professional Golfers` Association from 1902, a year after the organisation was founded. His first appointment was at Warwickshire Golf Club from 1897 to 1908. He then moved to Leamington & County between 1908 and 1918, before settling at Coventry GC during the inter-wars years. Notable performances by Bloxham would include the 1926 PGA Matchplay Championship when he finished runner-up to Open Championship winner Sandy Herd at Royal Mid-Surrey. He won the PGA Midland Foursomes in 1911 and the Midlands Foursomes of the Dunlop Challenge Cup in 1926. Bloxham always wore distinctive white kid leather shoes on the golf course, the choice of footwear a result of suffering from polio in childhood.
A silver prize medal won by Great Britain`s Bert MacDonald in the 3,000 metres team event at the 1924 Olympic Games in Paris, signed Andre Rivaud, the rim stamped 2. ARGENT, the obverse with a winning athlete helping a fallen athlete to his feet, with Olympic Rings, and inscribed B.H. MACDONALD, the reverse with a design of sports equipment and classical motifs surrounding the legend VIIIeme. OLYMPIADE, PARIS, 1924, and inscribed 3000 METRES TEAM, THIRD, diameter 55mm., weight 78gr.; sold together with Bert MacDonalds 1924 & 1948 Olympic Games participation medals, the 1924 example signed Raoul Bernard, the rim stamped BRONZE, the obverse with a City view of Paris over a legend reading VIIIe. OLYMPIADE, PARIS, 1924, the reverse with Victory crowing athletes with laurel wreath; the 1948 medal in bronze by B.Mackennal/J.Pinches, the obverse with a City view of London and Olympic legend, the reverse with a winning Quadriga at the Ancient Games, the three medals loosely laid down on a blue velvet lined backboard (3). Bertram "Bert" Hector MacDonald (1902-1965) was a British long-distance runner born in Kings Norton, Birmingham. MacDonald, who was a Birchfield Harrier, competed for Great Britain at the Olympic Games in Paris in 1924 in the 3,000 metres team event. Each competing nation had six runners, with the finishing positions of their top three athletes counting in the final reckoning. MacDonald finished 3rd ahead of team-mate Harry Johnston in 4th and George Webber in 7th. This was good enough to win the silver medal. Nobody, however, could compete with the outstanding Finnish team that included the peerless Paavo Nurmi, known as the `Flying Finn`, who was the sensation of the Games winning five gold medals. Nurmi`s team-mate Ville Ritola would surely have been the star of any other Olympic Games with his four gold medals, but his performances were overshadowed by Nurmi. In the 3,000 team event, Nurmi and Ritola finished 1st and 2nd respectively, whist Elias Katz came home 5th. Katz also won a silver at Paris in the steeplechase. See also lot 1205 for further material relating to MacDonald.
Two 1924 Olympic Games commemorative medals presented to the American soccer player Arthur G. Rudd, the first an attractively designed 14k. gold & enamel medal by Dieges & Clust issued to the American Soccer Team, the reverse engraved ARTHUR G. RUDD; the other, also by Dieges & Clust in silver-gilt, stamped Sterling, and extensively inscribed 1924, PRESENTED BY HON. JOHN F. HYLAN, MAYOR, ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK, TO THE VICTORIOUS AMERICAN ATHLETES ON THEIR RETURN FROM THE OLYMPIC GAMES AT PARIS, FRANCE; sold together with a third Arthur Rudd medal presented by the Polish Olympic Committee to commemorate the Poland v USA international match played in Warsaw 10th June 1924 (3) Arthur George Rudd was born in Widnes in England 22nd December 1887. His family emigrated to America and he played soccer for the Fleisher Yarn, the works team of the SB & BW Fleisher Manufacturing Company in Philadelphia. After the 1924 Olympic Games, Fleisher Yarn joined the American Soccer League for the 1924-25 season, but the club folded following this single, miserable campaign. Arthur Rudd, a left-sided full-back, played in the first USA match at the Paris Games and helped his team progress to the second round by beating Estonia 1-0. However, they then had the misfortune to draw eventual Olympic Champions Uruguay and were eliminated from the tournament following a 3-0 defeat. Rudd was not selected for the Uruguay game. The American team then travelled to Warsaw to play an international game versus Poland on 10th June. Poland had been eliminated from the Olympic competition in the first round. The third medal in this lot relates to this game which the Americans won 3-2. Before returning to the States, the US team played one further match against the Republic of Ireland in Dublin on 16th June, losing 3-1.
An autograph album compiled by the celebrated Welsh-born Olympic water polo player and swimmer Paulo "Raddy" Radmilovic between 1924 and 1930, containing the signatures of competitors at the 1924 Olympic Games, the British Empire Games of 1930 and from other sporting events of the period, the Olympic autographs including the Radmilovic-skippered Great Britain water polo team, the Irish Free State water polo team, the British swimmers Lucy Morton (gold), Phyllis Harding (silver), Florence Barker (silver), Grace McKenzie (silver), Constance Jeans (silver), Gladys Carson (bronze), Irene Gilbert, Jack Hatfield, Leslie Savage etc.; American swimmers Ethel Lackie (gold), Sybil Bauer (gold), Mariechen Wehselau (gold & silver), Gertrude Ederle (gold), Duke Kahanamoku (silver), Bill Kirschbaum (bronze); Australian swimmer Andrew "Boy" Charlton (gold); Swedish swimmers Arne Borg (2 silvers & a bronze) & Orvar Trolle (bronze); the American diver Aileen Riggin (silver); the British diver Verrall Newman; the former British Olympic swimmer Fred Unwin (London, 1908) who was the British swimming coach in 1920 & 1924; the album also containing the signature of Kathleen Thomas, the first woman to swim the Bristol Channel, plus fellow Bristol Channel swimmer Edith Parnell; a page of various swimming officials and administrators; the 1929 Brussels Swimming Club water polo team; London Ladies Water Polo Association; Les Mousse Fleurs Water Polo Team of 1929; the Welsh Wanderers water polo team; John Leslie Phelps (winner of the Doggetts Coat & Badge, 1928); the English swimming team at the 1930 British Empire Games including gold medallists Bill Trippett and Cecilia Wolstenholme; away from swimming and aquatics, the album contains the signatures of the New Zealand Maori Rugby Team that toured Great Britain in 1926-27; the New South Wales "Waratahs" Rugby Team of 1927-28, the boxer Jimmy Wilde; a page profusely signed by members of the Scottish team at the 1930 British Empire Games including their two gold medal winners Dunky Wright (marathon) & James Rolland (boxing, lightweight), the English wrestling team, the Canadian boxing team; and also includes a separate sheet of hotel headed paper dated 2nd August 1924 signed by members of the water polo team of the Ferencvarosi Torna Club in Budapest. Paulo Francesco "Raddy" Radmilovic was born in Cardiff 5 March 1886 and was a Welsh water polo player and swimmer of Croatian and Irish origin who won four Olympic titles in a 22 year Olympic career. He won four gold medals across three successive Olympic Games (1908, 1912 & 1920), a record which stood for a GB Olympic athlete until broken by Sir Steve Redgrave when he won his fifth gold medal at Sydney in 2000. He also competed at the 1924 & 1928 Games and was the first Briton to go to five Olympic Games, a record that would remain until eclipsed by fencer Bill Hoskyns in 1976. After his international aquatic career, Radmilovic ran the Imperial Hotel in Weston-super-Mare and was said to still be swimming 400m a day at the age of 78. In 1967, he was inducted in the International Swimming Hall of Fame. He was the second water polo player (after American Wallace O`Connor) and the third Briton (after coach Matthew Mann and English Channel swimmer Captain Matthew Webb to be inducted. He was one of the original ten inductees to the Welsh Sports Hall of Fame in 1988. To celebrate the one hundredth anniversary of Radmilovic`s 1908 double-gold Olympic performances in swimming and water polo, a plaque was placed on the Cardiff International Pool to honour him. Radmilovic died in Weston-super-Mare on 19th September 1968.
Olympic and other memorabilia relating to the equestrian career of Marion Coakes, including from the 1968 Mexico Olympic Games, a participation medal, designed by Lance Wyman, with sports pictograms divided by the Mexico Olympic emblem; an athlete`s badge for the equestrian events, inscribed MEXICO, ATLETA, and with a plastic suspension bearing a pictogram of a horse`s head; a Team Great Britain`s competitor`s badge in gilt-metal & enamel, with Olympic Rings and inscribed 1968, GB; and a set of six Team Great Britain blazer badges, in gilt-metal with Olympic Rings and inscribed GREAT BRITAIN; the lot also including a cased set of silver-gilt blazer buttons from The President`s Cup, and six other similar buttons, looses, including an example dated 1965, the inaugural year of the international equestrian team competition; together with a qty. of period b&w press photographs portraying episodes from Marion Coakes`s career. Marion Coakes won a silver medal in the individual jumping event at the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico. Marion rode Stroller, one of the most famous horses in the history of show jumping. Together, victories included the Queen Elizabeth II Cup at the Royal International Horse Show, the Ladies World Championship, the Hickstead Derby and the Hamburg Derby. In 1969 she married the steeplechase jockey David Mould (see lots 643 to 646).
A bearer`s torch from the 8th Juegos Deportivos Centroamericanos Y Del Caribe (Central American & Caribbean Games) held in Caracas in 1959, engraved with details to the bowl; sold together with two plaquettes for the Games, in gilt & enamel and silver & enamel, each inscribed VIII JUEGOS DEPORTIVOS CENTROAMERICANOS Y DEL CARIB, 1958, CARACAS-VENEZUELA (3). The 8th Central American & Caribbean Games were due to be held in Caracas in December 1958, as inscribed on the torch. However, due to political unrest in Venezuela the Games were put back to January 1959. The flame cauldron had been an innovation at the previous Games held in Mexico City in 1954. Mexico topped the medals table in Caracas. Provenance: The San Siro Museum, Milan.
A trio of medals won by the British Olympic athlete Bert MacDonald in the A.A.A. Championships at Stamford Bridge in 1925 and 1926, comprising two similar 15ct. gold winner`s medals by Vaughton & Sons, Birmingham, both inscribed AMATEUR ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION CHAMPIONSHIP, the first further inscribed ONE MILE, CHAMPIONSHIP, STAMFORD BRIDGE, LONDON, JULT 17th & 18th 1925, B.MACDONALD, 4-18, the second inscribed 1 MILE FLAT, 1926, WINNER, both gold medals 33mm. diameter, weight 33gr.; sold together with a gold-mounted silver second-place medal, inscribed AMATEUR ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION CHAMPIONSHIP, ONE MILE FLAT, CHAMPIONSHIP, 1925, SECOND. Stamford Bridge, now one of the most famous football grounds in the world, being the home of Chelsea FC, originally opened in 1877 as a stadium for the London Athletics Club and was used almost exclusively for that purpose until 1904 when the Mears family acquired the lease to be the home of the newly founded football club. Athletics, however, was still a regular feature at Stamford Bridge during the summer months including the prestigious Amateur Athletic Championship meeting. See lot 1171 for further information on Bert MacDonald.
A group of 36 badges issued to W.M. Barnard, the Hon. Treasurer of the Amateur Athletics Association, dating between circa 1909-1930, variously in white & gold metal, silver & silver-gilt, many examples with enamelling, a number suspended by ribbon and inscribed HON TREASURER or something similar, the lot including two duplicate badges for a England v France international match at Stamford Bridge in 1927, badges for away international meetings in France, a number of AAA badges, a president & vice president`s badge for the London Athletic Club; two timekeeper`s badges for London Territorial Athletic Sports, one dated 1909; two Civil Service Athletic Sports badges; two badges monogrammed TAC; a British Amateur Athletics Board badge; a wartime American & British Empire Services Sports badge dated 1918; a Portsmouth Gunnery Instructors Association badge; and a Stock Exchange Athletics Club souvenir medal for the 1914 London to Brighton walk
John Goodall`s purple England v Scotland international cap 1888-1895, inscribed in silver wire 1888-89-91-92-94-95; sold together with a full page plate of John Goodall extracted from `Famous Footballers` wearing this very cap and an England shirt similar to that being offered as lot 1 (2)
Jim Taylor Fulham FC shirt and blazer badges and neck ties, comprising: a cloth shirt badge embroidered in white & black silk thread and inscribed FULHAM F.C.; two similarly designed blazer badges in gold wire and coloured silk thread; and three silver & black club-issue neck ties, one bearing a `Martus` manufacturer`s label (6)
Memorabilia relating to Jim Taylor`s involvement in the Uxbridge & District Football League, comprising: a claret Uxbridge & District Football League representative shirt, short-sleeved, embroidered cloth badge; an Uxbridge & District Football League cloth blazer badge; an Uxbridge Football Club blazer badge; and a silver & enamel runners-up medal won by a young Jim Taylor in the Uxbridge & District Schools` Cup of 1930-31 (4)
A silver-gilt Football League Division Two Championship medal won by Jim Taylor at Fulham in season 1948-49, inscribed, THE FOOTBALL LEAGUE, CHAMPIONS, DIVISION 2, J. TAYLOR, FULHAM F.C., SEASON 1948-49, in original fitted case, inscribed THE FOOTBALL LEAGUE. In an exciting race for the title, Fulham won the Second Division Championship in season 1948-49 by a single point from West Bromwich Albion who, in turn, gained promotion by ending one point clear of Southampton. Due to the shortage of gold in the immediate post-war era, the Football League presented their Championship medals in silver-gilt reverting to the normal 9ct. gold presentation when a usual supply resumed.
A silver-gilt Football League representative medal, with rose & thistle emblems and inscribed THE FOOTBALL LEAGUE, REPRESENTATIVE MATCH, NEWCASTLE, MARCH 17th 1948, J.G. TAYLOR, FULHAM F.C., in original fitted case inscribed THE FOOTBALL LEAGUE; sold together with a Newcastle United dinner menu for the match, signed to the back by 18 of the English & Scottish players including the goalscorers George Young & Stan Mortensen, plus the invitation from the Newcastle Directors, and also an official Football League itinerary for the match (4) This match between the Football League and the Scottish Football League was played at St. James` Park, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, on 17th March 1948. The game ended as a 1-1 draw, with Mortensen and Young scoring for the home and away sides respectively.
A silver-gilt Football League representative medal, with rose & thistle emblems and inscribed THE FOOTBALL LEAGUE, REPRESENTATIVE MATCH, THE FOOTBALL LEAGUE, VERSUS, THE SCOTTISH FOOTBALL LEAGUE, AT GLASGOW, NOV. 29th 1950, in original fitted case inscribed THE FOOTBALL LEAGUE; sold together with an official Football League itinerary for the match fully signed in ink by the FL XI Ditchburn, Robinson, Aston, Wright, Taylor, Cockburn, Hancocks, Mortensen, Lofthouse, Morris & Finney plus the two reserves Johnston & Froggatt; together with Jim Taylor`s selection letter from the Football League, and a congratulatory telegram (4) This match was played at Ibrox Park with the home team winning 1-0 through a goal by McPhail.
A silver-gilt Football League representative medal, with rose & shamrock emblems and inscribed THE FOOTBALL LEAGUE, REPRESENTATIVE MATCH, THE FOOTBALL LEAGUE v THE FOOTBALL LEAGUE OF IRELAND, 4th APRIL 1951, AT DUBLIN, in original fitted case inscribed THE FOOTBALL LEAGUE For information on the Football League Eire match see lot 12.
Two mementoes presented to Jim Taylor by the Argentine Football Association on the occasion of the international match v England at Wembley Stadium 9th May 1951, a silver-mounted mate (herb) cup and bombilla (straw), the former inscribed INGLATERRA V. ARGENTINA, WEMBLEY 9.V.1951, measuring 8cm., 3 1/4in. high; the lot also including a Football Association banquet table flag bearing the three lions crest (3) For information on the Argentina match see lots 9 & 10.
A red England v Wales international cap 1888-1890 (believed to be the oldest England v Wales cap ever to be offered at auction), inscribed in silver wire 1888, 1889, 1890 This cap was awarded to the Corinthians goalkeeper William Moon, rated the greatest `keeper of his day. He won 7 England caps between 1888 and 1891. This cap represents Moon`s three consecutive appearances in the Wales match between 1888 and 1890 played at Crewe, Stoke & Wrexham respectively. William Moon also played first class cricket for Middlesex CCC, as did his brother L.J. Moon who also played Test cricket for England. Elsewhere in the sale, William Moon` Corinthians cap is being offered as lot 35
A silver & enamel England v Germany football medal, hallmarked Birmingham, 1937, the obverse with enamelled British & German flags beneath a football scene. With a hallmark of 1937, it is possible that this medal was made as a commemorative for the forthcoming fixture in Berlin in May 1938, the infamous game in which the English team were required to make the Nazi Salute before the match.
A silver & enamel medal for the 1956 South American Championship held in Uruguay, by Geronimo Tammaro of Montevideo, rectangular, the obverse with enamelled national flags of Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay, Peru & Uruguay, a footballing scene with Tower of Homage beyond and inscribed CAMPEONATO SUDAMERICANO EXTRA, the reverse inscribed ASOCIACION URUGUAYA DE FOOTBALL 50 o ANIVERSARIO, MONTEVIDEO, ENERO-FEBRERO-1956, in original paper box of issue. The tournament was won by the hosts Uruguay, with Chile finishing runners-up and Argentina in third.
Lots 83 to 86-Raymond Kopa (Real Madrid, Stade Reims & France). A silver cigarette case presented by Real Madrid to Raymond Kopa on the occasion of the 1956-57 Spanish Championship and European Cup winning season, with an enamel Real Madrid crest forming a thumb piece, the lid inscribed LA JUNTA DIRECTIVA, ENTRENADOR Y JUGADORES DEL, REAL MADRID C. DE F., AGRADECEN MUY SINCERAMENTE, SU CARINOSA FELICITACION, CON MOTIVO DE HABER, CONQUISTADO, EL, CAMPEONATO DE LIGA, Y LA, II COPA DE EUROPA, RAYMOND KOPA, TEMPORADA 1956-1957, length 14cm., 5 1/2in.
A silver card tray presented by Real Madrid to Raymond Kopa on the occasion of the 1957-58 Spanish Championship and European Cup winning season, set with an enamel Real Madrid, inscribed LA JUNTA DIRECTIVA, ENTRENADOR Y JUGADORES DEL, REAL MADRID C. DE F., AGRADECEN MUY SINCERAMENTE, SU CARINOSA FELICITACION, CON MOTIVO DE HABER, CONQUISTADO, EL, CAMPEONATO DE LIGA, Y LA, III COPA DE EUROPA, RAYMOND KOPA, TEMPORADA 1957-1958, diameter 18cm., 7in.
A silver card tray presented by the Football Association to Raymond Kopa for his participation in the F.A. Centenary Match at Wembley 23rd October 1963, hallmarked silver, engraved with the F.A. crest and inscribed PRESENTED TO RAYMOND KOPA (FRANCE) FOR HIS PARTICIPATION IN THE F.A. CENTENARY MATCH, ENGLAND V FIFA, OCTOBER 23rd 1963, diameter 16cm., 6 1/4in.
A silver cigarette case presented to Bobby Walker on the occasion of the Scotland v England international at Hampden Park 23rd March 1912, hallmarked silver, inscribed WEEKLY MAIL MERIT AWARD, ROBT. WALKER, SCOTLAND V ENGLAND, MARCH 23 1912, length 8cm., 3 1/4in. Robert Walker made 29 international appearances for Scotland and was Heart of Midlothian`s most capped player right up until recent times when his record was finally eclipsed by Steven Pressley. A prolific goalscorer, Walker netted 311 times in 461 appearances for the Edinburgh club.
A Spanish silver cigarette case commemorating the Spain v England international match played in Madrid 18th May 1955, the inside lid of the gilt interior inscribed IV PARTIDO INTERNACIONAL, INGLATERRA-ESPANA, MADRID 18 MAYO 1955, length 12cm., 4 3/4in., in original fitted case
A silver bowl commissioned by the Football League to commemorate the Silver Jubilee of H.M. Queen Elizabeth II in 1977, hallmarked Richard Comyns, London, 1977, and stamped with the serial number 0019 [from a limited edition of 2,500], set with silver-gilt crests, the foot inscribed THE FOOTBALL LEAGUE 1977, THE QUEEN`S SILVER JUBILEE 1977, diameter 24cm., 9 1/2in.; sold with the original COA bearing printed signatures of Lord Westwood, Alan Hardaker and Sir Matt Busby, in original fitted box (3)
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