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Sporting Memorabilia (13 & 14 November 2017)
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Venue address
Sotheby's
34-35 New Bond Street
London
W1A 2AA
United Kingdom
Sporting Memorabilia (13 & 14 November 2017)

Football, Olympic Games, Horse Racing, Polo, Boxing, Cricket, Golf, Tennis, Motor Sport, Rugby and other sports

Auction dates
13 Nov 2017 10:30 GMT
14 Nov 2017 10:30 GMT
Viewing dates
12 Nov 2017 12:00 - 17:00 GMT
13 Nov 2017 09:00 - 17:00 GMT
14 Nov 2017 09:00 - 17:00 GMT
Auction currency
GBP
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There are 1317 lots within this auction
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Collection of 16 period b&w press tennis photographs, including Queens Club, Wimbledon, Davis Cup,
0 GBP
320 - 380 GBP
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Six period b&w press tennis photographs, subjects including Davis Cup, Roehampton, Fred Perry etc.
0 GBP
120 - 160 GBP
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A collection of 32 photographs featuring ladies tennis fashion over the years,
0 GBP
150 - 200 GBP
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Sue Barker
45 GBP
30 - 50 GBP
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An original 1980
75 GBP
80 - 120 GBP
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A group of 10 Original Roland Garros tennis posters,
950 GBP
500 - 800 GBP
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The rare 1981 Roland Garros tennis poster featuring and signed by Bjorn Borg,
550 GBP
400 - 500 GBP
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Joseph Stall (1874-1933) SAUVION'S BRANDY poster circa 1925 featuring a mime artist/clown character
100 GBP
100 - 150 GBP
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Raymond Jacques Templier (1891-1968) TENNIS PLAYER French, dated 1957,
200 GBP
200 - 300 GBP
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French advertisement poster for
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200 - 300 GBP
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1937 London Transport poster featuring Davis Cup Lawn Tennis and other forthcoming sporting
0 GBP
200 - 300 GBP
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Etching of Prince James Duke of York [later King James II of England] as a boy playing tennis with
150 GBP
100 - 150 GBP
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After Adriaen van de Venne (1589-1662) AMOR, UT PILA, VICES EXIGIT [LOVE, LIKE A BALL,
180 GBP
200 - 300 GBP
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An engraved plate titled 'Paulmerie',
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75 - 100 GBP
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After Thomas Rowlandson (1756-1827) and Augustus Pugin (1762-1832) RACKETS BEING PLAYED AT FLEET
140 GBP
150 - 250 GBP
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Robert Cruickshank (1789-1856) RACKETS BEING PLAYED AT FLEET AND AT KING'S BENCH DEBTORS PRISONS (A
140 GBP
150 - 250 GBP
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A group of 24 vintage images of tennis, mostly b&w plates and pictures removed from magazines etc.
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150 - 250 GBP
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A collection of 15 framed decorative tennis prints, including advertisements,
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100 - 150 GBP
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Jean-Emile Laboureur (French, 1877-1943) APRES LA PARTIE signed, etching, plate size 14 by 10cm.
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300 - 400 GBP
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French watercolour of a lady tennis player, indistinctly signed, dated 1919, 17 by 11cm.
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80 - 120 GBP
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Georges Gaudion (French, 1885-1942) LE LAWN-TENNIS signed, watercolour & gouache, 31.5 by 26cm.
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1,000 - 1,500 GBP
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An original artwork for the 1952 Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Championships formerly in the collection of
0 GBP
80 - 120 GBP
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Gordon King (contemporary) WIMBLEDON: MEN'S DOUBLES MATCH ON AN OUTSIDE COURT signed, watercolour,
150 GBP
150 - 200 GBP
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Tennis ephemera originally from the collection of Tom Todd (1911-1984) relating to the foundation
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150 - 250 GBP
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Five albums of tennis ephemera, containing philatelic interest, tickets,
60 GBP
50 - 100 GBP
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A bundle of letters, postcards,
80 GBP
80 - 120 GBP
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Tennis programmes, annuals, and other miscellaneous publications and ephemera,
50 GBP
50 - 100 GBP
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Four Wimbledon Lawn Tennis programmes, 30th June 1923,
0 GBP
300 - 400 GBP
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Four rare editions of the magazine American Lawn Tennis, Squash, Racquets & Court Tennis, from Vol.
80 GBP
100 - 150 GBP
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A very scarce,
Lot 450
280 GBP
250 - 350 GBP
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A volume containing two of the earliest known advertisements for lawn tennis equipment,
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150 - 250 GBP
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Hand Book of Croquet, small pamphlet, printed anonymously,
170 GBP
100 - 150 GBP
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American Lawn Tennis magazine 1908-1909, including squash, racquets and court tennis,
260 GBP
200 - 250 GBP
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Five American lawn tennis guides, Spalding's 1912, Wright and Ditson's 1929 & USLTA for 1947,
75 GBP
80 - 100 GBP
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McLoughlin (Maurice E.) Tennis As I Play It, hardback, no d/j, 347 pages, published by George H.
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60 - 80 GBP
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A collection of 46 bound volumes of
200 GBP
200 - 300 GBP
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100 - 150 GBP
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Lenglen (Suzanne) & Morris (Margaret) Initiation Au Tennis, French Language,
100 GBP
60 - 90 GBP
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34 signed books mostly tennis, a little other sporting interest, many with dedications,
120 GBP
50 - 100 GBP
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38 vintage tennis books, mostly instructional, Tilden, Nuthall, Lacoste, Lenglen, Hierons, Burrow,
50 GBP
100 - 200 GBP
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1696 book featuring the origins and rules of Real Tennis and other games, French language,
1,150 GBP
600 - 800 GBP
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Three 19th century volumes recording the history of tennis with rules of the game,
380 GBP
250 - 350 GBP
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Badminton Library of Sports and Pastimes Tennis: Lawn Tennis, Rackets, Fives, large paper edition,
0 GBP
120 - 160 GBP
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Badminton Library of Sports and Pastimes Tennis: Lawn Tennis, Rackets, Fives, two versions,
0 GBP
60 - 90 GBP
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Noel (E.B) and Clark (J.O.M.
200 GBP
250 - 300 GBP
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Whitman (Malcolm D.
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150 - 200 GBP
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Etchebaster (Pierre) Pierre's Book The Game of Court Tennis,
100 GBP
120 - 150 GBP
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Luze (Albert de) A History of The Royal Game of Tennis,
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100 - 150 GBP
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Aberdare (Lord) The Willis Faber Book of Tennis & Rackets, two copies, one signed MORYS ABERDARE,
75 GBP
100 - 150 GBP
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The leather-bound limited edition of Lord Aberdare's J.T.
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80 - 120 GBP
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Very rare gold version of the 3rd National Greek Olympic Games 1875 prize medal, stamped OR on edge,
5,500 GBP
5,000 - 7,000 GBP
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Athens 1896 Olympic Games participant's medal, designed by N Lytras, struck by Honto-Poulus, bronze,
550 GBP
500 - 700 GBP
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Athens 1896 Olympic Games: The First Official Olympic Games Report, VERY SCARCE, by Lambros (S. P.
2,000 GBP
2,000 - 2,500 GBP
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Paris 1900 Olympic Games winner's plaque, bronze, rectangular, designed by F.
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400 - 500 GBP
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Rare 1900 Paris Olympic Games silver prize medal plaque for gymnastics, with loop & ring,
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1,500 - 2,500 GBP
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The rarer gilt-bronze version of the 1900 Paris Exposition Universelle Internationale medal,
0 GBP
250 - 350 GBP
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Paris 1900 Olympic Games 'Concours d'Automobiles' silver-gilt award plaque,
1,200 GBP
1,000 - 1,500 GBP
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Paris 1900 Exposition Universelle International plaquette with presentation inscription,
100 GBP
150 - 200 GBP
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Paris 1900 Exposition Universelle Jury medal for the shooting competition held in conjunction with
150 GBP
200 - 300 GBP
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Paris 1900 Olympic Games juror's plaque, In silver by Christofle of Paris, signed by the designer L.
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800 - 1,200 GBP
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