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Sporting Memorabilia (15 & 16 May 2017)
Live
Venue address
Sotheby's
34-35 New Bond Street
London
W1A 2AA
United Kingdom
Sporting Memorabilia (15 & 16 May 2017)

Day 1: Cricket, Golf, Tennis/Racquet Sports, Motor Sport, Boxing, Rugby, Olympics and other popular sports; Day 2 entirely football (soccer)

Auction dates
15 May 2017 10:30 BST
16 May 2017 10:30 BST
Viewing dates
14 May 2017 12:00 - 17:00 BST
15 May 2017 09:00 - 17:00 BST
16 May 2017 09:00 - 17:00 BST
Auction currency
GBP
Accepted cards
There are 1232 lots within this auction
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Category
Brand
Item Type
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Sorted by
Walter Jenks Morgan R.B.A., R.B.S.A.
0 GBP
250 - 350 GBP
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A French colour print featuring the boxer Jack Johnson beating Jim Jeffries in the World
260 GBP
150 - 200 GBP
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William Nicholson (1872-1949) LES EXERCICES DE BOXE lithographic transfer of a hand coloured
0 GBP
150 - 200 GBP
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A French pottery jug depicting a boxing match, decorated in colour on both sides, cracked, marked F.
50 GBP
60 - 80 GBP
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A full ticket for the John L.
1,400 GBP
700 - 1,000 GBP
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A very rare programme for the Tommy Burns v Jack Johnson World Heavyweight Championship fight at
0 GBP
1,500 - 2,000 GBP
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A full ticket for the Sam McVea v Bill Harris fight in Marseille 30th May 1909,
0 GBP
180 - 220 GBP
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International Championship boxing programme for the contest between Bill Lang (Champion of
750 GBP
100 - 150 GBP
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A group of eight sepia-toned vintage photographs featuring the boxer Ted Kid Lewis, 10 by 8in.
0 GBP
100 - 150 GBP
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A group of boxing autographs,
300 GBP
200 - 300 GBP
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A group of seven postcards featuring the World Heavyweight Boxing Champion Jack Sharkey,
0 GBP
200 - 250 GBP
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Tom Webster original cartoon of the boxer Ted "Kid" Lewis, pen & ink drawing,
0 GBP
80 - 120 GBP
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Programme for the World's Heavyweight Championship (coloured) contest between Larry Gains and the
0 GBP
100 - 150 GBP
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A Gene Tunney signed photograph, a fine 10 by 8in.
100 GBP
150 - 200 GBP
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A motion pictures poster for the Joe Louis v Arturo Godoy of Chile in the World Heavyweight Boxing
0 GBP
600 - 800 GBP
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An original Joseph Lee artwork for an Evening Standard cartoon set outside Earl's Court before the
0 GBP
80 - 120 GBP
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Very large movie poster "The Joe Louis Story", published by United Artists Corporation, 1953,
0 GBP
300 - 350 GBP
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A Tommy Burns signed manuscript letter from Coalinga, California, dated 21st May 1954,
0 GBP
350 - 400 GBP
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Boxer Carmen Basilio's personally owed and signed golf shoe cleats,
0 GBP
100 - 150 GBP
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An album of boxing autographs, mostly signed pictures, one postcard, one album page,
110 GBP
150 - 200 GBP
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A Manx Majestic Sports Club itinerary to travel to the USA for the Brian London v Floyd Patterson
0 GBP
80 - 100 GBP
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Boxing trunks signed by Willie Pep, Carlos Ortiz, Meldrick Taylor & Carmen Basilio,
0 GBP
100 - 150 GBP
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Floyd Patterson boxing exhibition poster, Berlin, 1960, sparring with Raymond Patterson,
0 GBP
250 - 350 GBP
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Movie theatre screening poster for Ingemar Johansson v Floyd Patterson II at the Polo Grounds,
0 GBP
350 - 400 GBP
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Autographed menu for an Anglo-American Sporting Club Dinner in honour of the World Heavweight
220 GBP
250 - 300 GBP
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Willie Pep and Rev.
130 GBP
150 - 200 GBP
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Sugar Ray Robinson and Joe Louis signed Anglo-American Sporting Club Dinner menus,
200 GBP
220 - 260 GBP
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Soviet ironwork figure of a boxer dated 1968, the boxer modelled having thrown a right hook,
110 GBP
80 - 120 GBP
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A group of boxing equipment formerly in the famous gym on the first floor of the Thomas A'Becket
0 GBP
2,000 - 3,000 GBP
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Henry Cooper and Howard Winstone signed Anglo-American Sporting Club Dinner menus,
0 GBP
200 - 250 GBP
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A Henry Cooper signed framed presentation,
0 GBP
120 - 160 GBP
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A Rome 1960 Olympic Games programme for the boxing competitions 25th August to September 3rd,
160 GBP
120 - 150 GBP
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An early Cassius Clay signature, in ink on lined paper, FROM CASSIUS CLAY, NEXT WORLD CHAMP, 1963,
340 GBP
400 - 500 GBP
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An early Cassius Clay signature, a 1963 publicity photograph signed in blue ink,
550 GBP
400 - 600 GBP
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Programmes for the two Muhammad Ali v Henry Cooper fights,
100 GBP
150 - 250 GBP
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Programme for the Muhammad Ali v Sonny Liston II Heavyweight Championship of the World fight in
0 GBP
400 - 450 GBP
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A full ticket for the Muhammad Ali v Floyd Patterson World Heavyweight Championship fight at the
0 GBP
250 - 350 GBP
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Muhammad Ali signed Anglo-American Sporting Club Boxing Dinner programme,
0 GBP
200 - 250 GBP
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A group of 13 b&w press photographs relating to the Muhammad Ali v Henry Cooper fight at Arsenal's
120 GBP
120 - 160 GBP
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Muhammad Ali v Henry Cooper World Heavyweight Championship programme at Arsenal Stadium, Highbury,
40 GBP
60 - 80 GBP
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A Muhammad Ali & Brian London double-signed boxing presentation, comprising an 8 by 8in.
0 GBP
150 - 200 GBP
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Muhammad Ali v Cleveland Williams official fight programme, Houston Astrodome,
0 GBP
400 - 600 GBP
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Muhammad Ali v Joe Frazier 'Fight of the Champions' programme at Madison Square Garden, New York,
100 GBP
120 - 150 GBP
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A fine Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier double-signed framed presentation, comprising 10 by 8in.
0 GBP
800 - 1,200 GBP
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Muhammad Ali autograph collected at the Ovaltine "Welcomes Muhammad Ali" Autumn Tour in October
0 GBP
150 - 200 GBP
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A Muhammad Ali Guest of Honour dinner menu signed by Ali together with the celebrated football
260 GBP
250 - 350 GBP
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Muhammad Ali & Joe Bugner autographs, superb period Ali signature on a white sheet of paper,
0 GBP
400 - 500 GBP
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A rare onsite French language official poster for the Muhammad Ali v George Foreman "Rumble in the
0 GBP
1,500 - 2,000 GBP
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Large poster for the closed circuit screenings of the Muhammad Ali v George Foreman 'Rumble in the
0 GBP
400 - 500 GBP
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LeRoy Neiman designed poster for the Muhammad Ali v George Foreman 'Rumble in the Jungle' World
0 GBP
300 - 350 GBP
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Two programmes for the Muhammad Ali v George Foreman World Heavyweight Championship fight in Zaire
55 GBP
100 - 150 GBP
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A group of three Muhammad Ali official fight programmes,
75 GBP
150 - 200 GBP
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The boxing gloves worn by Muhammad Ali in the World Heavyweight Championship bout v Joe Bugner in
46,000 GBP
40,000 - 60,000 GBP
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The Everlast boxing trunks worn by Muhammad Ali during his World Heavyweight Title fight v Jimmy
18,000 GBP
20,000 - 30,000 GBP
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Official programme for the Muhammad Ali v Jimmy Young Heavyweight Championship fight at Landover,
400 GBP
300 - 500 GBP
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Rare programme for the Muhammad Ali v Jean-Pierre Coopman World Heavyweight Championship fight in
700 GBP
800 - 1,000 GBP
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A large and impressive photograph double-signed by Muhammad Ali and Ken Norton, 30 by 40in.
0 GBP
800 - 1,200 GBP
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An onsite poster for the Muhammad Ali v Antonio Inoki fight at the Nippon Budokan, Tokyo,
0 GBP
150 - 200 GBP
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Muhammad Ali v Antonio Inoki poster for the fight in Tokyo 26th June 1976,
0 GBP
80 - 120 GBP
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