View ▼ Items per page 102550100 Sort by DefaultTime LeftLot#Lot NameNewestHighest PriceLowest PriceBids (Low - High)Bids (High - Low)Views (Low - High)Views (High - Low) Filter By Categories Category match ANY of the aboveALL of the above Featured Exclude closed lots Price Lot Number Results: Viewing items 1-36 of 36. Previous|1|Next Image Lot # Item Title Quantity Time Left Your Bids 663 THE 1956 BALLARAT OLYMPIC VILLAGE VISITORS BOOK: Leather-bound guest book containing the signatures, addresses, and comments of no less than 435 Olympic athletes, distinguished guests, international and Australian Olympic officials, and other visitors to the Olympic Village. Noted Vyacheslav Ivanov (USSR), Mervyn Wood (Australia), Reg Douglas (New Zealand), Klaus von Fersen (West Germany), and Avery Brundage (IOC president); accompanied by a blank Melbourne Olympics autograph book. (2 items) Condition ReportPlease note that of the athletes whose signatures are present, they are all likely to be either rowers or canoeists, as those were the two Olympic events that were held in Ballarat in 1956. Estimate$1,000 - $2,000Price Realized$2,400StatusSold View details 664 1956 MELBOURNE OLYMPIC VILLAGE PASSES: Ballarat Olympic Village commandant F.H. Christison's personal pass to the Heidelberg and Ballarat Villages, together with three passes specifically to the Heidelberg Village, plus commandant Christison's Lake Wendouree press pass with Melbourne 1956 logo. (5 items) Estimate$250 - $350Price Realized$400StatusSold View details 665 VICTORIAN RAILWAYS SOUVENIR TICKET - MELBOURNE 1956 OLYMPICS OPENING CEREMONY: Ticket issued to Olympians housed at the Lake Wendouree Olympic Village in order to facilitate their attendance at the Opening Ceremony held at the M.C.G., with text "Special Train for Rowing & Canoeing Teams - Ballarat to Richmond and Return - This ticket is not transferable but may be retained by the holder on completion of the journey", marked "*183" on rear; extremely scarce. Estimate$200 - $300Price Realized$400StatusSold View details 666 MELBOURNE 1956 OLYMPICS - DAILY STAFF DUTY PASSES: Three passes for admission to the M.C.G. on Saturday the 8th of December 1956, "For Duties As Accountant/Secretary/Secretary-Accountant". Rare. Estimate$200 - $300Price Realized$200StatusSold View details 667 MELBOURNE 1956 OLYMPICS - CHAIRMAN'S RESERVE TICKETS: Three replacement tickets [#868-870] stamped "Main Stadium M.C.G."; extremely scarce - we know of only two others, held by the Australian Sports Museum. (3 items) Estimate$300 - $400Price Realized$900StatusSold View details 668 DIPLOMA: "Diploma - Olympic Games Melbourne 1956 - Brigadier F.H. Christison - Commandant, Olympic Village, Ballarat", with printed signatures of IOC president Avery Brundage, Australian Prime Minister Sir Robert Menzies, and Organising Committee chairman W.S. Kent-Hughes; framed and glazed, 46 x 59.5cm overall. Estimate$500 - $1,000StatusCLOSED! View details 669 An aerial photograph of the Olympic Village at Lake Wendouree, presented to Village Commandant F.H. Christison by the Ballarat mayor Cr K.C. Webb; titled "City of Ballaarat - Lake Wendouree - Venue, Rowing & Canoeing - XVIth Olympiad 1956", the photograph features many annotations including the locations of the Olympic Village, the 2000m rowing course, and the 500m/1000m/10,000m canoeing courses; framed & glazed, overall 42 x 52.5cm. Estimate$250 - $350Price Realized$300StatusSold View details 670 Lake Wendouree Olympic Village commandant F.H. Christison's original personal blazer pocket patch, embroidered with the Olympic rings and text "Olympic Village 1956 - Commandant - Ballarat", together with his flat cap with embroidered USA Team Olympic logo, and his hat ribbon with embroidered Olympic rings. (3 items) Estimate$300 - $500Price Realized$700StatusSold View details 671 Ballarat Olympic Village commandant F.H. Christison's personal Melbourne 1956 Olympic Official pin badge, in oxidised silver with blue enamelled border and enamelled Olympic rings, torch, and map of Australia; stamped "3835" on reverse, manufactured by K.C. Luke (Melbourne), dimensions 51 x 30 mm, weight 20 grams. Estimate$200 - $300Price Realized$300StatusSold View details 672 PIN BADGES: Collection of twenty-nine pins (some in their original boxes) gathered during the 1956 Olympics by Ballarat Olympic Village commandant F.H. Christison; countries present include Australia, New Zealand, Austria, France, Hungary, Japan, Romania, Sweden, USSR, and others. Estimate$300 - $400Price Realized$850StatusSold View details 673 BALLARAT OLYMPIC VILLAGE: Rare group of ephemera preserved by the Village's commandant F.H. Christison, comprising "1956 Information Booklet - Olympic Village Ballarat", "XVIth Olympiad - Rowing And Canoeing Events - Ballaarat", 1956 official rowing programmes (23rd and 27th November), and 1956 official canoeing programme (30th November - 1st December). (5 items) Estimate$150 - $200Price Realized$200StatusSold View details 674 A scrapbook containing a large quantity of mainly newspaper cuttings documenting the preparations in Ballarat for the 1956 Olympic Games, as well as the actual fortnight of the Games; overall 27.5 x 38.5cm. Estimate$100 - $200Price Realized$120StatusSold View details 675 An archive of ephemera from Frederick Hay Christison's time as Commandant of the Ballarat Olympic Village, including a copy of the speech given by the mayor of Ballarat to welcome the athletes to the Village, a certificate of appreciation to Christison from the Norwegian Olympic Committee, a bamboo & paper fan signed by members of the Japanese rowing team, a booklet titled "Housing And Catering Directorate - Operation Get Set - Olympic Village", and much else besides. (qty.) Estimate$400 - $600Price Realized$550StatusSold View details 676 A group of 1956 Melbourne Olympics ephemera, including a rare Pan American Airways luggage tag with text "XVIth Olympic Games - Melbourne, Australia", official programmes, pamphlets, a bank cheque, and other items. (12 items) Estimate$200 - $300Price Realized$180StatusSold View details 677 A group of 1956 Melbourne Olympics ephemera, including tickets, staff pass out, official programmes, pamphlets, first day covers, and other items. (20+ items) Estimate$150 - $200Price Realized$140StatusSold View details 678 OPENING CEREMONY: Bilingual programme titled "Olympic Games Melbourne 1956 - Instructions and Programme for Participants - Opening Ceremony - Thursday, November 22nd, 1956 - Stadium - Melbourne". Estimate$150 - $200Price Realized$80StatusSold View details 679 1957 AUCTION SALE - OLYMPIC VILLAGE HEIDELBERG: Auction catalogue with Olympic rings logo on cover, detailing the lots to be auctioned off on the 4th and 5th of April 1957, being the contents and in some cases the actual temporary buildings of the Village; 21.5 x 14cm. Scarce. Estimate$150 - $200Price Realized$100StatusSold View details 680 Group of nine programmes and guides produced at the time of the Melbourne 1956 Olympics, noted Housing Commission Victoria "A Village is Built", "Railway And Tramway Maps - Supplement To Official Guide - XVIth Olympiad - Melbourne 1956", "Football Final and Closing Ceremony - Melbourne Cricket Ground", telephone directories and others. (9 items) Estimate$150 - $200Price Realized$160StatusSold View details 681 Booklet titled "United States Olympic Team - 1956 Fact Book - Games of the XVI Olympiad - Melbourne, Australia", [New York, 1955], 96pp + two-pages of "Additions to Fact Book" . Estimate$100 - $200Price Realized$120StatusSold View details 682 Group of seven publications (newspaper supplements, programmes and guides) produced at the time of the Melbourne 1956 Olympics, including the Sports Illustrated November 1956 Olympic Preview Issue, the Sun News-Pictorial Olympic Souvenir, and others including a proposal for the Olympics to be held in Moscow. (7 items) Estimate$100 - $150Price Realized$100StatusSold View details 683 A pair of original Olympic and Australian flags that were flown over the Ballarat Olympic Village in 1956, both 130 x 260cm. (2 items) Estimate$1,000 - $2,000Price Realized$1,700StatusSold View details 684 Australian flag flown at Ballarat Town Hall during the 1956 Melbourne Olympic Games; approx. 87 x 182cm. Estimate$300 - $500Price Realized$240StatusSold View details 685 1956 MELBOURNE OLYMPICS - PENNANTS: The German Team pennant with text "Deutsche Olympiamannschaft - 1956 - XVI Olympische Spiele Melbourne", with original signatures of fourteen athletes; length 33cm. Estimate$250 - $350Price Realized$140StatusSold View details 686 1956 MELBOURNE OLYMPICS - PENNANTS: Czechoslovakian Team pennant with text "XVI Olympijske Hry - Melbourne 1956"; length 46.5cm, together with Brazilian and Chilean Olympic Committee pennants, the larger 45cm long. (3 items) Estimate$250 - $350Price Realized$140StatusSold View details 687 Collection remainder of books, booklets, and pamphlets, most related to sport or the Olympics, some signed by 1956 Olympic athletes from the Romanian and Czechoslovakian delegations, among others; titles include "Sport in Czechoslovakia", "Arts In The Rumanian People's Republic", "Grigorescu - Masters Of Rumanian Painting", and Dr Ferenc Mezo's "Les Jeux Olympiques Modernes", plus five film reels of unknown content. (28 items) Estimate$150 - $200Price Realized$120StatusSold View details 688 MELBOURNE, 1956 OLYMPICS: Vintage porcelain wall pocket bearing the Olympic rings and torch, emblazoned "Australia, 1956", 14cm high, 16cm wide. Condition ReportSome mild crazing to be expected with age, small glaze blemish on the reverse (most likely from the kiln firing), otherwise a very good example. Estimate$100 - $200Price Realized$300StatusSold View details 689 1956 MELBOURNE: DEMONSTRATION SPORT - BASEBALL: Official team photograph titled "United States Services Team, Olympic Games - Melbourne, 1956", mounted on board, 30 x 37cm overall. On the first of December a crowded MCG hosted an 11-5 victory over Australia by an American team drawn from servicemen from the United States Far East Command. Observers noted that the turnout was one of the highest ever recorded for a baseball match to that point. Estimate$100 - $200Price Realized$220StatusSold View details 690 1956 MELBOURNE: BROCHURES & PROGRAMMES: "Orient Line to the Olympic Games Melbourne" brochure for passengers featuring the programme, a map of Melbourne and a service directory; a programme and Olympic Records card issued by Hartleys Sporting House of Melbourne; an official programme for the "Olympic Follies" at the Tivoli Theatre, Melbourne; and one of the scarcest Official programmes "WRESTLING - Free Style" at the Exhibition Buildings. (4 items). Estimate$150 - $200Price Realized$120StatusSold View details 691 Melbourne Olympics "Souvenir Cushion", two colour lithograph biscuit tins, a glass beaker, plus a Tokyo 1964 Olympics glass beaker, (5 items). the cushion 22cm wide. 5 Estimate$120 - $180Price Realized$220StatusSold View details 692 "DIE OLYMPISCHEN SPIELE 1956 - CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, STOCKHOLM, MELBOURNE," [Bertelsmann, 1957: Germany] 384pp, Hardcover with original decorative dust jacket. Rarely seen. Estimate$100 - $150Price Realized$200StatusSold View details 693 Ron Clarke's personal Melbourne 1956 XVIth Olympiad leather wallet, framed and glazed, 59.6 x 36.5cm overall, with signed September 2000 letter from Clarke regarding the wallet also featured. Estimate$200 - $300Price Realized$180StatusSold View details 694 1956 MELBOURNE OLYMPICS - BALLARAT INVITATION BOOK: "City of Ballaarat - Olympic Rowing, 1956 - An Invitation - Rowing 1956" [Ballarat, 1950]; issued by the Mayor of Ballarat to the Chairman and Members of the Olympic Games Sites Committee (Melbourne), explaining the suitability of the Lake Wendouree site for the rowing and canoeing events of the Games that were then being planned; very scarce - we know of only one other, which we sold in 2016. Estimate$800 - $1,200Price Realized$1,400StatusSold View details 695 1956 MELBOURNE: OFFICIAL BADGE FOR ATHLETICS OFFICIAL, by K.G.Luke, with blue enamel border, silver background and original red ribbon with "ATHLETICS", numbered "2074" on reverse; together with two special Athletics Programmes (26th November and 1st December) for officials and three pads headed "Time Recordings by Racend-Omega Timer" filled-in and dated in manuscript 28th, 29th and 30th November. (6 items). The results recorded include Shirley Strickland's Gold Medal in the 80m Hurdles. Estimate$300 - $500Price Realized$420StatusSold View details 696 1956 MELBOURNE: A group of Official Programmes, mainly Athletics, but also noted Boxing (27th Nov.) and Canoeing (Lake Wendouree); together with a number of team badges or pins including INDIA, GERMANY, CHILE, CHINA, FRANCE, RUSSIA, JAPAN, etc. (9 programmes, 19 badges) Estimate$200 - $300Price Realized$750StatusSold View details 697 COLES SWAP CARDS: 1956 "Olympic Sports & Melbourne Olympic Venues" complete set [28], together with 5 duplicates; G/VG. (33 items) Estimate$150 - $200Price Realized$220StatusSold View details 698 1956 COLES SWAP CARDS: "Olympic Sports & Melbourne Olympic Venues" part-set [26/28]; mixed condition. Estimate$100 - $150Price Realized$120StatusSold View details Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next
