Sporting Memorabilia

Lot 637

c.1996 Olympic Federation Dinner commemorative metal platter with a bronze medallion affixed to the outer rim, the medallion engraved with Australian Coat of Arms over Olympic Rings within a laurel leaf border; plate diameter 32cm, weight 640gr, medallion diameter 5cm.

Lot 638

LITERATURE - OLYMPICS & OLYMPIANS WITH SIGNATURES: comprising "The Treasures of the Olympic Games" (2008, slipcase) with enclosed signed photograph of Juan Antonio Samaranch, plus signatures of athletes for Mark Spitz (on piece), Nadia Comaneci (on piece), Sebastian Coe (on photo) & Carl Lewis (on photograph); also hardbound biographies "Endurance - The Extraordinary Life and Times of Emile Zatopek" with signature on piece, "Raelene - Sometimes Beaten, Never Conquered"

Lot 639

AUSTRALIAN OLYMPIC ATHLETE SIGNATURES: Selection with HERB ELLIOT (Gold 1500m, 1960 Rome Olympics) signed photograph (21 x 16.5cm) plus signed first day covers (30), two of the covers for 1972 Munich Olympics or 1976 Montreal Olympic additionally signed by stamp designers Brian Sadgrove and Arthur Leydin; RON CLARKE (Olympian & lighter of the Olympic Flame 1956 Melbourne Olympics) signed first day covers (8): Rob De Castella (5th in Marathon, 1984 Los Angeles Olympics)

Lot 640

1924 Paris, VIII Summer Olympics: OFFICIAL POSTCARDS: Nice group of 4 comprising of #399 (coxed fours of France); #400 (110m hurdles); #421 (coxed fours of Great Britain) & #444 (eights crew of Belgium). Fine condition.

Lot 641

1932 Los Angeles Olympic Stadium Track & Field Stub for August 6th (66 x113mm), in good condition. Track & Field highlights for the day included James Bausch (USA) setting a new World Record for the Decathlon of 8462.235pts.

Lot 642

1956 Melbourne: small Melbourne Olympics autograph book; noted many foreign athletes. More than 150 signatures, most with details of country and sport.

Lot 643

SCARVES: An Olympic Games scarf (pure silk, made in Japan) with a map of Australia at centre surrounded by the flags of all the nations competing at Melbourne (VF condition); also, another scarf with Australia and the torch at centre surrounded by illustrations of various venues including the Olympic Village and the Olympic Swimming Pool (minor faults). (2).

Lot 644

1956 MELBOURNE - PARTICIPATION MEDAL: designed by Andor Mezaros, minted in bronze by K.G. Luke of Melbourne, 63mm diameter, weight 105gr; fine condition; also souvenir silver plate teaspoons (2) & a butter knife.

Lot 645

1956 MELBOURNE - OFFICIAL'S PIN BADGE: in oxidised silver with blue enamelled border and emamelled olympic rings, torch and map of Australia, ribbon intact, stamped '3205' on reverse, made by K.C. Luke (Melbourne), 51x30mm, weight 20gr. Issued to sports and team officials.

Lot 646

AUTOGRAPH BOOK: Signatures of athletes competing in 1956 Olympics, mostly boxers including Dick Mctaggart (GB) lightweight gold medallist, who also won the Val Barker Trophy for being the outstanding stylist of the games, Terry Spinks (GB) flyweight gold medallist, Ray Perez (USA) and Jose Torres (USA) silver medallist light middleweight who went on to become a professional world light-heavyweight champion in 1965; also Ring Magazine owner & editor-in-chief Nat Fleischer,

Lot 647

DAWN FRASER: Display celebrating Fraser's Swimming Gold Medal win in the 100m Freestyle where she claimed a new Olympic and World Record time of 62 seconds; the display featuring Fraser's signature on 1990 NSW Parliament letterhead whilst serving as an Independent Member for Balmain; overall 40.5 x 30cm.

Lot 648

"AUSTRALIAN SPORTING LEGENDS - BETTY CUTHBERT TRIBUTE": display comprising window mounted large group photograph with 57 signatures beneath including Olympians Herb Elliot, Ron Clarke, John Landy, Debbie Flintoff-King, Rob De Castella as well as other leading sportsmen incl. John Newcombe, David Campese, Ian Chappell, Johnny Famechon, Evonne Goolagong-Cawley, Alex Jesaulenko, Nick Farr-Jones, Dennis Lillee & Richie Benaud;

Lot 649

1976 Montreal: Official Olympic Team blazer; made by Fletcher Jones, in yellow wool with the Australian Coat of Arms and the Olympic rings embroidered on the pocket with "MONTREAL 1976" below. Dated 24.5.76 on the manufacturers' label and named for D. HILLAN. Also, 2 associated ties. (3 items).

Lot 650

1980 MOSCOW & 1988 SEOUL OLYMPICS MEMORABILIA/EPHEMERA: incl. 1980 Moscow judge's identity pass, Republic of China Track & Field Association badge, Olympic pennants (2) & a medallion; 1988 Seoul judge's identity pass & card, invitation cards, etc. (small qty)

Lot 651

1994 Winter Games Official Torch scaled replica: The burner features the inscription The XVII OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES LILLEHAMMER 1994 and the Games emblem. The sports pictograms appear on the part in copper, while the upper part in aluminium was the recipient for the pyrotechnic system. The torch consists of a long wooden handle and a metal blade. Fine condition. Australia was represented at the 1994 Winter Olympics by a team of 25 athletes, competing in 9 different sports. Kirstie Marsh...

Lot 652

2000 OLYMPICS AUSTRALIAN WOMENS BLAZER deep green, with embroidered Australian Coat-of-Arms, Olympic Rings & "SYDNEY 2000" on pocket. In "as new" condition. The blazer was designed to be worn to all official functions.

Lot 653

2004 Athens Olympics: AUSTRALIAN OLYMPIC TEAM JACKET: mounted in a framed & glazed display, surrounded by images of all Australia's gold medallists with signatures beneath, limited edition, numbered 16/250, A-Tag authenticated; overall 122x130cm.

Lot 654

2004 Athens Olympics: AUSTRALIAN OLYMPIC TEAM: "Heroes of the Olympic Dream" with central collage of action images surrounded by photos of all Australia's gold medallists clutching their medals with their signatures beneath: limited edition, numbered 15/250, A-Tag authenticated; overall 113x132cm.