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Lot 441
Arsenal footballers autographed football photo. High quality 16x12 colour photo signed by 1970s Arsenal legends Tommy Baldwin, John Roberts, Frank McLintock and goalkeeper Bob Wilson. Thomas Baldwin (born 10 June 1945) is an English former footballer who played in The Football League for Arsenal, Chelsea, Millwall, Manchester United and Brentford. He was capped twice by England at under-23 level. Tommy Baldwin was known as ' the sponge ' for his ability ,under pressure, to hold the ball and shield it skilfully from opponents while seeking an opening to set up an attack. Born in Abercynon, Rhondda Cynon Taff, Roberts played football for local club Abercynon Athletic while working as a railway fireman. He joined Swansea Town as an apprentice in 1963, turning professional in 1964. Initially a striker who later switched to centre half, he moved to Northampton Town in 1967 and then Arsenal in 1969. He played for Arsenal for three seasons, including 18 appearances in the 1970-71 season, when Arsenal won the First Division title, thus earning him a championship medal. Roberts however did not play in the FA Cup Final the same year, which Arsenal also won to complete the Double, Francis ""Frank"" McLintock MBE (born 28 December 1939) is a former Scotland international footballer and football manager. He also worked as a sports agent and football pundit in his later life. He began his career in Scottish Junior football with Shawfield, before earning a professional contract with English First Division club Leicester City in December 1956. He played in two FA Cup final defeats before he was sold to Arsenal for £80,000 in October 1964. He had a poor start to his career at Arsenal, though he did feature in two League Cup final defeats, but he found success at the club after being switched from right-half to centre-half in 1969. Appointed as captain he led the club to their first European trophy, the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup in 1970. The following season, 1970-71, he captained Arsenal to the Double, as they won the league and the FA Cup. He was sold to Queens Park Rangers in June 1973 for a fee of £25,000, and helped the club to finish as First Division runners-up in 1975-76 before he announced his retirement in May 1977. He scored a total of 66 goals in 766 league and cup games in a 20-year professional career, and won nine caps for Scotland in an eight-year international career. Robert Primrose Wilson, OBE (born 30 October 1941) is a former Scotland international football goalkeeper and later broadcaster. As a player, Wilson is most noted for his 11-year playing career at Arsenal where he made over 300 appearances. Wilson as well featured as a youth and senior international for Scotland. After retiring as a player, he turned to coaching and broadcasting, presenting football programmes on television for 28 years until 2002. Wilson has also gone on to create a charity organization known as the Willow Foundation.
Lot 5073
Ted Lowe - autographic and photographic archive of stage screen and sports stars including Alfredo Campoli, Bedster Twins, Arthur Askey, Sid Field, Fred Pontin, Bryn Yemm, A P McCoy, Peter Reeves,June Malo, George Formby, Harry Secombe, Perry Como, Harry Weetman (golfer), Sandy Powell, Tessi O'shea, John Harris (Chelsea footballer), Tommy Farr, Bing Crosby, Tommy Cooper, 1950's and 60's black and white photographic images, The Connaught Rooms, the Albany club, Ind coope and Allied's Breweries images, notes, etc
Lot 356
Sporting: Daniel's Rural Sports, volumes 1 & 2 only. Bunny & Gold 1801-1802. With 64 Engraved Plates. Later half leather and new endpapers; damp staining to most of the plates. A/F ; Thormanby: Kings of the Rod, Rifle & Gun, in 2 vols. 1901; De Crespigny: Forty Years of a Sportsman's Life. Two copies, 1910, 1st. Edn. and 1925, new & revised, Inscribed : To the Bishop of Colchester, From the Author, 1930; Grierson, H: The Ramblings of a Rabbit, 1924, 1st. Edn; Plus 12 others , including: The Practical Horseshoer, 1904; Lawrence's Complete Farrier, no date, Plates dated 1817. Damp staining, A/f; etc. (18)
Lot 364
MINIATURES: Arabian Nights Entertainments, in 3 volumes. Suttaby, 1809. With a Frontis and Engraved title page to each volume. Recent full leather; Plus: The Toastmaster, 1836; Milton's Paradise Lost, 1812; Boccaccio's The Decameron, in 4 vols. 1822 ; Uncle Charles' Boy's Book of Sports and Games, nd, c1860; Mr. Punch's Pocket Book for 1872, folding coloured frontis, etc; The Parent's Cabinet of Amusement and Instruction, 1832. illustrated; Homer's Iliad, translated by Pope, 1813. In all 31 volumes, from miniature to a little bigger bound in leather and cloth. (31)
Lot 2903
Reproduction travel advertising poster featuring Sudbahnhotel in Semmering by the Austrian artist, Hermann Kosel (1896-1983). Poster features a great Art Deco style image of people swimming and diving into the hotel's indoor pool with other guests relaxing and sunbathing under red and white umbrellas with views towards snow topped mountains on the horizon and trees in the foreground. The Sudbahnhotel (South Railway Hotel) was opened in 1882 and is located in Semmering, a popular tourist destination noted for hiking, winter sports and spa. Good condition, folds, staining and creases in margins. Country: Austria, year of printing: Unknown, designer: Hermann Kosel, size (cm): 93.5x61
Lot 32
Original vintage Brands Hatch Racing Racing poster for the Easter Trophy Meeting race held on April 11. Here is a caption from Motor Sports Magazine: The opening meeting of the season was held on April 11 in glorious sunshine. The 500cc runners competed in four heats, the first five from each going forward into the main final. There was a subsidiary final for the second five in each heat and a consolation race for the also-rans. Jim Russell won the main final in a Cooper.Herbert James Russell (28 May 1920 – 30 March 2019), better known as Jim Russell, was an English racing driver, garage owner and founder of the Jim Russell Racing Driver School. He died on 30 March 2019, shortly after undergoing an operation for a hip replacement. Cooper 1953 MK VIIA was designe by Francis Beart, best known as an expert engine tuner, especially Manx Nortons but he also built his own car based on a Mk VII. He received considerable co-operation of the Cooper factory, to the extent that Coopers authorised a specific Mk number for the car, the Mk VIIa. The Beart Cooper was driven by Eric Brandon and Alan Brown and occasionally by Stirling Moss. Later in '53 and '54 it was driven by Stuart Lewis-Evans. The Beart showed Coopers that they could not rest on their laurels and a number of these modifications were adopted by the Cooper factory for the Mk VIII. The car continued to be competitive for an very long period of time, Trevor Taylor taking several wins in 1958. Brands Hatch is a motor racing circuit in West Kingsdown, Kent, England. First used as a grasstrack motorcycle circuit on farmland, it hosted 12 runnings of the Fomula 1 British Grand Prix between 1964 and 1986 and currently hosts many British and International racing events. The venue is owned and operated by Jonathan Palmer's MotorSport Vision organisation. Brands Hatch stands for history and British motor racing at its best. Back in 1925, the first motor-bike races were held at Brands Hatch on a grass circuit. Legends such as Stirling Moss, Jim Clark, James Hunt or Ayrton Senna already celebrated race wins at the time-honoured motor-racing venue. Good condition, folded as issued, staining, small tears and creases in margins. Country: UK, year of printing: 1955, designer: Harry Heath, size (cm): 75.5x51
Lot 1802
Original vintage Porsche car dealer advertising poster for the German sport cars manufacturer featuring a photograph showing four of the brand's famous models, including the Porsche 356 Carrera, Porsche 911 the Porsche 944 and the Porsche 928. Dr.-Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG, usually shortened to Porsche AG, is a German automobile manufacturer specializing in high-performance sports cars, SUVs and sedans. Porsche AG is headquartered in Stuttgart, and is owned by Volkswagen AG, which is itself majority-owned by Porsche Automobil Holding SE. Porsche's current lineup includes the 718 Boxster / Cayman, 911, Panamera, Macan and Cayenne. Good condition, paper loss on top right corner, small tears and creases in margins. Country: Germany, year of printing: 1980s, designer: Unknown, size (cm): 76x101.5
Lot 3301
Original vintage Soviet sports poster for chess and checkers Tula regional competition held in Kaluga between October 25 and November 3, 1938. The Soviet School of Chess was asserted to be a national style of play by Soviet chess players and journalists. Although chess had been a game of the bourgeois and upper classes before the revolution, its popularity among Bolshevik leaders, including Lenin, contributed to its being supported by state leaders in the USSR as a national pastime. Good condition, folds, small tears and paper losses on folds lines and in margins. Country: Russia, year of printing: 1938, designer: Unknown, size (cm): 85.5x70
Lot 31
Original vintage Brands Hatch Racing Racing poster for the Formula & Sports Cars race held on June 12, 1955 at Brands Hatch circuit. Brands Hatch is a motor racing circuit in West Kingsdown, Kent, England. First used as a grasstrack motorcycle circuit on farmland, it hosted 12 runnings of the Fomula 1 British Grand Prix between 1964 and 1986 and currently hosts many British and International racing events. The venue is owned and operated by Jonathan Palmer's MotorSport Vision organisation. Brands Hatch stands for history and British motor racing at its best. Back in 1925, the first motor-bike races were held at Brands Hatch on a grass circuit. Legends such as Stirling Moss, Jim Clark, James Hunt or Ayrton Senna already celebrated race wins at the time-honoured motor-racing venue. Formula Three, also called Formula 3 or F3, is a class of open-wheel formula racing. The various championships held in Europe, Australia, South America and Asia form an important step for many prospective Formula One drivers. Formula Three has traditionally been regarded as the first major stepping stone for F1 hopefuls – it is typically the first point in a driver's career at which most drivers in the series are aiming at professional careers in racing rather than being amateurs and enthusiasts. F3 is not cheap, but is regarded as a key investment in a young driver's future career. Success in F3 can lead directly to a Formula 2 seat or even a Formula One test or race seat. Good condition, folded as issued, faint staining, paper loss in left margin, creases. Country: UK, year of printing: 1955, designer: Unknown, size (cm): 75.5x51
Lot 83
Original vintage motor sport event poster published in Italian by Porsche to celebrate the victory of its racing car team in their famous come-from-behind race win led by the English driver Vic Elford "Quick Vic" (Victor Henry Elford, b 1935) and the Italian driver Umberto Maglioli (1928-1999) in a Porsche 907 at the open road Targa Florio endurance automobile race in 1968 held in the mountains of Sicily (1906-1977). Striking design featuring a black and white photograph of the smiling race winner Elford taken just after his victory in front of his Porsche team with the text in the green, white and red colours of the Italian flag and the winners of the sport category listed: Baron Wendt Kauhsen in a Porsche 906 and the Gran Turismo category listed below: Greub in a Porsche 911S / Shell Dunlop Porsche. Printed in Germany by Ing. h. c. F. Porsche KG. Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen. Very good condition, minor restored tears on margins, backed on linen. The Porsche 907 was a sportscar racing prototype built by Porsche in 1967 and 1968. The Porsche 906 or Carrera 6 is a street-legal racing car from Porsche. It was announced in January 1966 and 50 examples were subsequently produced, thus meeting the homologation requirements of the FIA's new Group 4 Sports Car category to the letter. The type would also compete in modified form in the Group 6 Sports Prototype class. The original Porsche 911 is a luxury sports car made by Porsche AG of Stuttgart, Germany. The famous, distinctive, and durable design was introduced in autumn 1963 and built through 1989. It was succeeded by a modified version, internally referred to as Porsche 964 but still sold as Porsche 911, as are current models. Mechanically, the 911 was notable for being rear engined and air-cooled. From its inception, the 911 was modified both by private teams and the factory itself for racing, rallying and other types of automotive competition. The original 911 series is often cited as the most successful competition car ever, especially when its variations are included, mainly the powerful 911 derived 935 which won 24 Hours of Le Mans and other major sports cars races outright against prototypes. Country: Germany, year of printing: 1968, designer: Strenger, size (cm): 118.5x85
Lot 23
Original vintage Brands Hatch Motor Racing poster for the last meeting race of the season, held on Sunday, October 5, 1958, organised by the British racing & Sports Car Club. The British Automobile Racing Club (BARC) is one of biggest organising clubs for auto racing in the United Kingdom. Brands Hatch is a motor racing circuit in West Kingsdown, Kent, England. First used as a grasstrack motorcycle circuit on farmland, it hosted 12 runnings of the Fomula 1 British Grand Prix between 1964 and 1986 and currently hosts many British and International racing events. The venue is owned and operated by Jonathan Palmer's MotorSport Vision organisation. Brands Hatch stands for history and British motor racing at its best. Back in 1925, the first motor-bike races were held at Brands Hatch on a grass circuit. Legends such as Stirling Moss, Jim Clark, James Hunt or Ayrton Senna already celebrated race wins at the time-honoured motor-racing venue. Good condition, folded as issued, creases in margins. Country: UK, year of printing: 1958, designer: Unknown, size (cm): 75x50.5
Lot 84
Original vintage lithograph poster for a Non-World Championship Grand Prix at the Syracuse racing circuit. Ente Autonomo Circuito Di Siracusa, 2nd Gran Premio Siracusa, Formula Two ("manifestazione automobilistica internazionale di velocita formula 2") on 16 March and 3rd Coppa dOro Sicilia ("manifestazione automobilistica nazionale di velocita per vetture sport internazionale da 1100 a 3000 cmc") on 19 March, international and national sports car races. The race was won by Alberto Ascari driving a Ferrari. Dynamic image of a red racing car speeding past trees. Judging by the grille, the car pictured appears to be an Alfa Romeo Tipo 159 Alfetta but mostly Ferrari and Maserati cars took part in the race. Good condition, restored and backed on linen. The Syracuse Grand Prix was a motor race held at Syracuse Circuit in Sicily, Italy. For most of its existence, it formed part of the Formula One non-Championship calendar, usually being held near the beginning of the season before the World Championship races. Country: Italy, year of printing: 1952, designer: Bosco, size (cm): 100x67
Lot 29
Original vintage Crystal Palace Motorcycle Racing poster featuring a great artwork by Raymond Groves for the race event organised on Saturday, 17 August, 1957, by the British Motorcycle Racing Club. The British Motor Cycle Racing Club, known as BMCRC or "Bemsee", is the World's oldest motorcycle racing club and one of the Uk’s largest. Founded in 1909, it was originally based at the classic Brooklands circuit near Weybridge in Surrey and is now located at offices in Romford, Essex. Crystal Palace circuit is a former motor racing circuit in Crystal Palace Park in the Crystal Palace area of south London, England. The route of the track is still largely extant but the roads are now mainly used for access to the Crystal Palace National Sports Centre located in the park, and to events within the upper parts of Crystal Palace Park. Some parts of the track are closed off but part is used for an annual Sprint Meeting held on the Spring Bank Holiday weekend, until 2017, when it was held on the August holiday weekend. Good condition, folded as issued, staining and creases. Country: UK, year of printing: 1957, designer: Raymond Groves, size (cm): 75x50.5
Lot 27
Original vintage Brands Hatch Racing Racing poster for the Unlimited Sports Cars & Formula III race held on July 10, 1955 at Brands Hatch circuit. Silkscreen printed by Harry Heath Ltd. Brands Hatch is a motor racing circuit in West Kingsdown, Kent, England. First used as a grasstrack motorcycle circuit on farmland, it hosted 12 runnings of the Fomula 1 British Grand Prix between 1964 and 1986 and currently hosts many British and International racing events. The venue is owned and operated by Jonathan Palmer's MotorSport Vision organisation. Brands Hatch stands for history and British motor racing at its best. Back in 1925, the first motor-bike races were held at Brands Hatch on a grass circuit. Legends such as Stirling Moss, Jim Clark, James Hunt or Ayrton Senna already celebrated race wins at the time-honoured motor-racing venue. Formula Three, also called Formula 3 or F3, is a class of open-wheel formula racing. The various championships held in Europe, Australia, South America and Asia form an important step for many prospective Formula One drivers. Formula Three has traditionally been regarded as the first major stepping stone for F1 hopefuls – it is typically the first point in a driver's career at which most drivers in the series are aiming at professional careers in racing rather than being amateurs and enthusiasts. F3 is not cheap, but is regarded as a key investment in a young driver's future career. Success in F3 can lead directly to a Formula 2 seat or even a Formula One test or race seat. Good condition, folded as issued, faint staining, small tears and creases in margins. Country: UK, year of printing: 1955, designer: Harry Heath, size (cm): 76x51
Lot 3400
Original vintage French school winter sports poster by French artist Helene Poirie who was working from the 1940's until 1970's, on books and educational works. This poster is part of a series tilted Images de la vie (Pictures of life) "La Montagne Sous la Neige" (Mountains under snow) and it shows young people playing in the snow, skiiing, making snow man and more. Poor condition, paper losses and tears in margins. Country: France, year of printing: 1940s, designer: Helene Poirie, size (cm): 54x75 (Horizontal)
Lot 68
Grosser Preis von Pau 1939 - Mercedes Benz motor racing poster. Original vintage motorsport poster promoting Mercedes-Benz at the Grosser Preis von Pau 1939, featuring German race drivers Hermann Lang and Manfred von Brauchitsch. The Pau Grand Prix (French: Grand Prix de Pau) is a motor race held in Pau, in the Pyrenes-Atlantiques department of southwestern France. The French Grand Prix was held at Pau in 1930, leading to the annual Pau Grand Prix being inaugurated in 1933. It was not run during World War II. The race takes place around the centre of the city, where public roads are closed to form a street circuit, and its 68 runnings have variously conformed to the rules of Grand Prix racing and Formula One, Formula Two and Formula 3000, Formula Three, Formula Libre, sports car racing, and touring car racing. Silver Arrows (German: Silberpfeil) was the name given by the press to Germany's dominant Mercedes-Benz and Auto Union Grand Prix motor racing cars between 1934 and 1939. The name was later applied to the Mercedes-Benz Formula One and sports cars in 1954 and 1955, and currently applied to the Mercedes GP/AMG Petronas F1 cars from 2010 to present. Excellent condition. Country: Germany Year:1939 Designer: Gotschke: 29.5cmx21cm
Lot 41
Original vintage Brands Hatch Motor Racing poster for the last meeting race of the season, held on Sunday, October 5, 1958, organised by the British racing & Sports Car Club. The British Automobile Racing Club (BARC) is one of biggest organising clubs for auto racing in the United Kingdom. Brands Hatch is a motor racing circuit in West Kingsdown, Kent, England. First used as a grasstrack motorcycle circuit on farmland, it hosted 12 runnings of the Fomula 1 British Grand Prix between 1964 and 1986 and currently hosts many British and International racing events. The venue is owned and operated by Jonathan Palmer's MotorSport Vision organisation. Brands Hatch stands for history and British motor racing at its best. Back in 1925, the first motor-bike races were held at Brands Hatch on a grass circuit. Legends such as Stirling Moss, Jim Clark, James Hunt or Ayrton Senna already celebrated race wins at the time-honoured motor-racing venue. Good condition, folded as issued, creases on fold lines. Country: UK, year of printing: 1958, designer: Unknown, size (cm): 75x50.5
Lot 4410
Original vintage propaganda poster published to warn against the risk of pools gambling and betting: A Fool and his money - Mug's Game'. A betting pool, sports lottery, sweep, or office pool if done at work, is a form of gambling, specifically a variant of parimutuel betting influenced by lotteries, where gamblers pay a fixed price into a pool (from which taxes and a house "take" or "vig" are removed), and then make a selection on an outcome, usually related to sport. In an informal game, the vig is usually quite small or non-existent. The pool is evenly divided between those that have made the correct selection. There are no odds involved; each winner's payoff depends simply on the number of gamblers and the number of winners. (True parimutuel betting, which was historically referred to as pool betting, involves both odds calculations and variable wager amounts.) Betting pools are not connected merely to sports, as there are topics such as deaths and births which people can bet on. Death pools usually involve well-known individuals, such as celebrities and sports figures, which the participants predict will die within a certain period of time, with more points being assigned to individuals who are under the age of 80 years or appear to be in generally good health. On the other hand, birth pools involve individuals picking specific dates in which someone, who can be either a celebrity or friend, gives birth. Good condition, small tears and paper losses in margins. Country: UK, year of printing: 1940s, designer: Mays, size (cm): 49x37
Lot 98
Original vintage movie poster for the American car racing film Winning "Winning... is everything!" directed by James Goldstone and starring Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward and Robert Wagner about a racing car driver who dreams of winning the Indianapolis 500. Great image featuring Paul Newman about to kiss Joanne Woodward with Robert Wagner smoking a cigarette in the background, a stylised illustration depicting sports cars racing around a circuit next to the title text. Artwork by Howard Terpning (b 1927). Following this movie, Paul Newman began his own car racing career, coming 2nd place in the 1979 24-hour Le Mans. Good condition, folded as issued, blue Canadian censor stamp in the top left corner. Country: USA, year of printing: 1969, designer: Howard Terpning, size (cm): 104x68.5
Lot 8
Original vintage racing poster for the Spring Meeting organized by the British Racing and Sports Car Club and held on May 1st, 1955 at Brands Hatch circuit, the 'Best Viewing' Circuit. The British Racing and Sports Car Club (BRSCC) is one of the major organisers of motorsport events in the United Kingdom. The club currently runs around forty track racing championships for cars as diverse as Porsche, Caterham, BMW and Mazda. Formed in Bristol in August 1946 as the 500 Club, the organisation changed its name to the BRSCC in 1954 and now has its headquarters in Borough Green, Kent. Brands Hatch is a motor racing circuit in West Kingsdown, Kent, England. First used as a grasstrack motorcycle circuit on farmland, it hosted 12 runnings of the Fomula 1 British Grand Prix between 1964 and 1986 and currently hosts many British and International racing events. The venue is owned and operated by Jonathan Palmer's MotorSport Vision organisation. Brands Hatch stands for history and British motor racing at its best. Back in 1925, the first motor-bike races were held at Brands Hatch on a grass circuit. Legends such as Stirling Moss, Jim Clark, James Hunt or Ayrton Senna already celebrated race wins at the time-honoured motor-racing venue. Good condition, folded as issued, pen marks, creases, small tears and minor folds in margins. Country: UK, year of printing: 1955, designer: Harry Heath, size (cm): 76x51
Lot 40
Original vintage Brands Hatch Motor Racing poster for the last meeting race of the season, held on Sunday, October 5, 1958, organised by the British racing & Sports Car Club. The British Automobile Racing Club (BARC) is one of biggest organising clubs for auto racing in the United Kingdom. Brands Hatch is a motor racing circuit in West Kingsdown, Kent, England. First used as a grasstrack motorcycle circuit on farmland, it hosted 12 runnings of the Fomula 1 British Grand Prix between 1964 and 1986 and currently hosts many British and International racing events. The venue is owned and operated by Jonathan Palmer's MotorSport Vision organisation. Brands Hatch stands for history and British motor racing at its best. Back in 1925, the first motor-bike races were held at Brands Hatch on a grass circuit. Legends such as Stirling Moss, Jim Clark, James Hunt or Ayrton Senna already celebrated race wins at the time-honoured motor-racing venue. Good condition, folded as issued, small tears and creases in margins. Country: UK, year of printing: 1958, designer: Unknown, size (cm): 75x50.5
Lot 5709
Original vintage movie poster for the American sports drama film Rocky II, written, directed by, and starring Sylvester Stallone, alongside Carl Weathers, Tony Burton, Burgess Meredith, Burt Young and Talia Shire. It is the sequel to the 1976 film Rocky. Fair condition, folds, staining, creases, paper losses and tears in margins. Country: UK, year of printing: 1979, designer: Unknown, size (cm): 76x101.5 (Horizontal)
Lot 10
Original vintage Brands Hatch racing poster for the Last Summer Meeting held at the famous circuit on October 9th, 1955 with a programme including 1200c.c., Unlimited Sports Cars and Formula III. Brands Hatch is a motor racing circuit in West Kingsdown, Kent, England. First used as a grasstrack motorcycle circuit on farmland, it hosted 12 runnings of the Fomula 1 British Grand Prix between 1964 and 1986 and currently hosts many British and International racing events. The venue is owned and operated by Jonathan Palmer's MotorSport Vision organisation. Brands Hatch stands for history and British motor racing at its best. Back in 1925, the first motor-bike races were held at Brands Hatch on a grass circuit. Legends such as Stirling Moss, Jim Clark, James Hunt or Ayrton Senna already celebrated race wins at the time-honoured motor-racing venue. Good condition, folded as issued, creases, small tears and stains in margins. Country: UK, year of printing: 1955, designer: Harry Heath, size (cm): 75.5x51
Lot 43
Original vintage Brands Hatch Motorcycle Racing poster for the Fred Mockford Trophy Meeting held on Brands Hatch circuit on Sunday, September 28, 1958, with star entries from Derek Minter, Bob Anderson, world champion John Surtees and many more. John Surtees, CBE (11 February 1934 – 10 March 2017) was an English Grand Prix motorcycle road racer and Formula One driver. He was a four-time 500cc motorcycle World Champion – winning that title in 1956, 1958, 1959 and 1960 – the Formula One World Champion in 1964, and remains the only person to have won World Championships on both two and four wheels. He founded the Surtees Racing Organisation team that competed as a constructor in Formula One, Formula 2 and Formula 5000 from 1970 to 1978. He was also the ambassador of the Racing Steps Foundation. In 1926 motorcycle enthusiasts led by Fred Mockford and Cecil Smith, formed a group called London Motor Sports Ltd, and having identified Crystal Palace Park as a racing venue, were eventually allowed to run a meeting on May 21st 1927 over a 1 mile course of the parks paths. Over 10,000 people turned up to the meeting each paying 1 shilling plus 2d tax (approx. 6p). Following an incident during the meeting, several spectators were injured by a sidecar and questions were asked in Parliament about the incident. By the second meeting £500 had been invested in crash barriers, widening and general improvement of the circuit. Some 16,000 attended this meeting and the scene was set for racing to rival cricket, football, and greyhound racing at the venue. Towards the end of 1927, Lionel Wills (of WD&HO Wills Tobacco) approached Mockford and Smith with a suggestion to try the new Australian sport of speedway at Crystal Palace to supplement the path racing. The football stadium, home of Corinthians football club, was refurbished to provide an oval track at a cost of £5000, and some 30,000 people turned up for the first meeting and within a year some 70 tracks had sprung up throughout the country. In 1929 a league was formed and The Glaziers finished 4th, with Stamford Bridge being champions. By 1934, crowds were falling and having been refused floodlights for evening meetings, Mockford and Smith moved the team to New Cross, and the track fell into disrepair. Speedway was revived in 1937 for the new second division, but they could not recapture the glory days of the Glaziers, or match the 71,311 attendance of the 1930 Easter Monday meeting, and as the war loomed in 1939, speedway came to an end. Rumours in 1935 told of a Donnington for London, but it wasn't until December 1936 that work actually began on a new 2 mile circuit, laid with the new "Panamac" non-skid surface, only 3 days after the disaster which saw the Crystal Palace burn down overnight. The circuit was duly completed in only 5 months, despite being constructed in one of the wettest winters on record this century. The circuit was duly described as "resembling a miniature Nurburgring" by The Motorcycle magazine. The first meeting held at the circuit was on April 24th 1937 and 20 cars were entered in the Coronation Trophy, including the ERA of Raymond Mays plus MGs, Maseratis, Rileys, and Fraser Nash. 3 weeks later motorcycles converged on the Palace, with the first race won by the Norton of Maurice Cann. Cycle racing also arrived in June 1937 with a 100 kilometre International Cup race for professional cyclists including top riders from the continent. On July 17th the London Grand Prix was held and Prince Birabongse appeared in his Romulus ERA R2B eventually winning with a lap record in his heat of 56.47 mph. During the meeting of October 9th, the BBC televised the first ever live motorsport at the International Imperial Trophy meeting which Bira duly won along with a prize fund of £150. At the same meeting Richard Seaman demonstrated the awesome 645 bhp Grand Prix Mercedes Benz W125. Motor racing had arrived and flourished, but with the onset of the war in 1939, the final race was run on 26th August 1939 and was won by Bert Hadley in an Austin. The outright record for the circuit was finally held by Raymond Mays ERA at 60.97 mph. Good condition, folded as issued, minor tears and creases in margins. Country: UK, year of printing: 1958, designer: Unknown, size (cm): 75.5x51
Lot 42
Original vintage Brands Hatch Motor Racing poster for the last meeting race of the season, held on Sunday, October 5, 1958, organised by the British racing & Sports Car Club. The British Automobile Racing Club (BARC) is one of biggest organising clubs for auto racing in the United Kingdom. Brands Hatch is a motor racing circuit in West Kingsdown, Kent, England. First used as a grasstrack motorcycle circuit on farmland, it hosted 12 runnings of the Fomula 1 British Grand Prix between 1964 and 1986 and currently hosts many British and International racing events. The venue is owned and operated by Jonathan Palmer's MotorSport Vision organisation. Brands Hatch stands for history and British motor racing at its best. Back in 1925, the first motor-bike races were held at Brands Hatch on a grass circuit. Legends such as Stirling Moss, Jim Clark, James Hunt or Ayrton Senna already celebrated race wins at the time-honoured motor-racing venue. Good condition, folded as issued, creases on fold lines, small tears in margins and small sheets of paper glued on the reverse of the poster in the top right corner. Country: UK, year of printing: 1958, designer: Unknown, size (cm): 75x50.5
Lot 79
Original vintage car racing poster issued by Mercedes Benz to commemorate their victories at the XXII Mille Miglia races in 1955 with a list of the rankings: Racing sports cars (300SLR) 1. Stirling Moss/Jenkinson and 2. World Champion J.M. Fangio; Stock sports cars (300SL) 1. Fitch/Gesell, 2. Gendebien/Bascher and 3. Casella; Diesel class (180D) 1. Retter/Larrcher, 2. Rienhard/Wiesniewski and 3. Masera/Cardinar. The Mille Miglia was an open-road, motorsport endurance race established in 1927 by the young Counts Aymo Maggi and Franco Mazzotti, which took place in Italy twenty-four times from 1927 to 1957. Bright yellow background with a dynamic image of a 300SLR Mercedes marked 722 driving at speed towards the viewer and the title text in white with flags on the letters running diagonally with a Mercedes Benz logo in blue. Printed in Germany. Very good condition, folds, writing in pencil on top right of the poster. Country: Germany, year of printing: 1955, designer: Unknown, size (cm): 30x21cm
Lot 96
Original vintage movie poster for an American action film Hell on Wheels "The action is go! When a Hot-Head meets a Heavy-Foot on a Fast Track...and the Girls love it!" directed by Will Zens and starring Marty Robbins, John Ashley, Gigi Perreau, Connie Smith and The Stonemans. Colourful dynamic design featuring sports cars racing around a track with a car crashing and images of Gigi Perreau (as Sue Robbins) standing between the two brothers (played by John Ashley and Marty Robbins), the mechanic holding a hammer and the racing driver wearing a yellow jacket and holding his red racing helmet marked Marty; a man playing the guitar; a man and lady embracing; and a car catching fire after a crash on the track, the title on the track in the centre in stylised black letters and the rest of the text at the top, side and below in stylised red and black letters. Printed in U.S.A. Fair condition, folded as issued, minor paper loss on corners, pinholes and small tears on margins, scratches. Country: USA, year of printing: 1967, designer: Unknown, size (cm): 104x68.5
Lot 365
Collection of 1970's and later tin plate cars and vehicles to include a Chinese boxed Sports Car, a Chinese green and white open car, boxed, a Jeep J-06 boxed, make in Turkey, a Japanese friction powered Saloon Car and another, no boxes, two little cars Torpeauto, made in Hungary, friction powered and a Road Roller made in Czech Republic, clockwork with key, etc. (9)
Lot 2342
An Omega Electronic F 300 HZ, gilt metal fronted and steel backed gentleman's wristwatch, the signed gilt dial with gilt baton numerals, gilt hands, centre seconds and with a date of the month aperture, a Seiko 5 Automatic steel cased gentleman's wristwatch, the signed dial with a day of the week and date of the month aperture and a Seiko Quartz Sports 100 steel cased gentleman's bracelet wristwatch, the signed black dial with a day of the week and date of the month aperture, the steel bracelet with a Seiko foldover clasp, (3).
Lot 121
A quantity of vintage Corgi, Corgi Major, Dinky and other model vehicles, comprising Dinky Ford Fairline 148, Boat Trailor and Healey Sports Boat, Caravan 190, and Ford Cortina 139, and Corgi or Corgi Major Triumph TR3, MGA, Carrimore Car Transporter and Big Bedford Tractor Unit, Milk tanker and Big Bedford Tractor Unit, Circus Animal Cage, Studebaker Golden Hawk, Superior Ambulance on Cadillac Chassis, Citroen Safari, Land Rover 109" WB, Frod Thames Airborn Caravan 420, Fordson Major tractor, Massey Ferguson 65 tractor, and three other vehicles of different makes. (31)
Lot 191
Postcards, Sport, a mixed selection of 29 artist-drawn cards relating to various sports including Tuck published 'Sport' series nos 508-513 (writing to front (5) some postmarks and light foxing), Golf (Cowham, 1) and J M Hamilton (3), Football Incidents, (Tuck) (2), Tuck published Football (German edition series 595 (2)). Also Greyhound racing (Kirmse), Tennis, coaching, horse riding and racing etc, the majority published by Tuck. (mainly gd)
Lot 285
A Victorian electrotype tray, by Elkington & Co, of oval form modelled in relief with numerous panels depicting Greek and Roman mythical beings and battle scenes around a central circular boss depicting Zeus with Eagle and Companion, bordered by a plain bezel engraved 'Dublin University Athletic Sports 1871 Provost's Prize 7 mile walking race Won by H C Hart', scroll edged border and applied manufacturer's badge to the underside. 63 x 49cm (25 x 19in)
Lot 279
Cartier - A gentleman's stainless steel 'Roadster' chronograph wristwatch, the signed tonneau shaped black dial with luminous Roman numerals and hands, centre sweep chronograph counter, three subsidiary registers and date window at 3 o'clock, the thirty seven jewel mechanical automatic ETA movement calibre 2894 - 2 , V8DJ4, movement 8510, with quickset date, case number 910595MX, diameter 43mm, to a signed steel bracelet with deployant clasp One of the most iconic men's watches from the Maison, the Roadster made its debut in 2001 and is Cartier's elegant take on the world of cars. As its name suggests, its design is heavily influenced by the sports cars of the 1950s and 1960s. An unusual feature is the lens above the date window. Its unique shape recalls a curved car windshield. Carrying on the automobile inspiration is the winding crown. Some say the crown mimics the look of a car radiator while others claim it's a tribute to wheels. The dials of the early models were clearly influenced by the speedometer of the Porsche 356 Speedster. Cartier later changed the dials to be more in line with their other watches, including a return to the use of their signature Roman numerals as in this example. Although the Roadster is no longer in production, given its bold design and instantly recognisable silhouette they are still an extremely sought after and classic timepiece.
Lot 112
A COLLECTION OF SILVER, WHITE METAL AND COSTUME JEWELLERY AND A FEW WATCHES Including; a silver curb link identity bracelet, London 1989, 31g; a pair of silver rectangular twin-panel cufflinks; a pair of mother of pearl mounted twin octagonal panel cufflinks; a brutalist 'skull' ring; a large pierced-round pewter panel belt; various costume jewellery and watches including a gentleman's stainless steel 'sports timepiece' bracelet watch signed 'Krug-Baumen'
Lot 186
Scarce early-Victorian exercise manual: Walker's Manly Exercises, by "Craven", London: Wm. S. Orr and Co., 1851. The book provides information and advice on 'running', 'leaping', 'climbing trees', 'skating', 'riding' and 'manly sports'. Lithographic frontispiece and pictirial title, together with 40 [of 44] plates (one torn), plus further illustrations within the text. Publisher's cloth with gilt title and pictorial design to spine, embossed 'The Grove, Wishaw, Birmingham' to front free endpaper, owner inscription for John Price, Ludlow, 1859
Lot 253
Watches - a gentleman's Tissot PR 100 stainless watch, silver dial, gold batons, date aperture and bi-metal strap, including 'The Story of a Watch Company book & catalogue, original box & outer sleeve and; another model T033410A; an Aeromatic 1912 Tauchmeister automatic divers watch, 1000m, helium valve, date black dial, luminous markers, 24hr hand, rubber strap; a Seiko 5 Sports 100m day/date automatic watch; black dial, white Arabic numbers, fabric strap (4)
Lot 318
Motoring interest, quantity of volumes including "The Book of the Motor Car", "Car Maintenance", Ken W Purdy "All But My Life , Stirling Moss Face to Face with ...", William Kimber 1963, black cloth, dj not price clipped, the backstrip chipped, "The Enzo Ferrari Memoirs", Hamish Hamilton, blue cloth, dj not price clipped but quite chipped and torn, Mike Hawthorne "Challenge Me The Race" William Kimber 3rd edition July 1958, green cloth, dj not price clipped but chipped and worn, other volumes and magazines of World Sports from the 1950's (3 boxes)
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