The Melbourne Cup Auction (#39MG) Closed Auction Info View ▼ Items per page 102550100 Sort by DefaultTime LeftLot#Lot NameNewestHighest PriceLowest PriceBids (Low - High)Bids (High - Low)Views (Low - High)Views (High - Low)Relevance Filter By Categories Category match ANY of the aboveALL of the above Featured Exclude closed lots Price Lot Number Results: Viewing items 501-510 of 621. Previous|1...495051525354...63|Next Lot #1501 1884 MELBOURNE CUP - MALUA: Pair of cast iron horse's head hitching posts, with brass plaque "Presented to J.O.Inglis – MALUA- Melbourne Cup, 1884". Very attractive and scarce (also very heavy 80kg each!). [The Ballarat Brewing Company each year from 1875 to 1910 presented the owners of the winning Melbourne Cup horse with one or a pair of these posts. They were made at the Ballarat Iron Foundry. It is rare to find a matching pair]. View details Estimate$15,000 - $20,000StatusUnsold Lot #1502 COMMOTION (3rd to Martini-Henry in 1883 Melbourne Cup; 2nd to Malua in 1884 Melbourne Cup): Frederick Woodhouse Sr (1820-1909), "Commotion, by Panic- Evening Star. Winner of the Champion 1883", oil on board, signed and dated 1884 lower right, framed, overall 52x44cm. {In A.B.'Banjo' Paterson's poem "A Dream of the Melbourne Cup", published in the 'Bulletin' just prior to the running of the 1886 Melbourne Cup, Commotion was just pipped on the post}. View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Price Realized$2,250StatusSold Lot #1503 CHARLES NETTLETON PHOTOGRAPHS, noted "The Saddling Paddock at Flemington Race Course, c1884", "Flemington Race Course, Grandstand and Hill on Derby Day, c1884", "Flemington Race Course from the Grandstand, c1884" & "The Lawn, Grandstand and Hill, Cup Day November 1st 1887, Melbourne". Each about 20x27cm, all window mounted, overall 41x51cm. Very rare group of photos which document the early Spring Carnival at Flemington, by Charles Nettleton (1826-1902). View details Estimate$3,000 - $4,000StatusUnsold Lot #1504 ANGLESEY: R.G.Tait (Working 1880s-90s), "Anglesey", oil on canvas, framed, overall 59x49cm. View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,200StatusUnsold Lot #1505 1887 MELBOURNE CUP: "The Lawn at Flemington on Melbourne Cup Day, 1887", "The Betting Ring at Flemington, 1887" & "The Derby Day at Flemington, 1886", three hand-coloured photogravures by Carl Kahler (1855-1906), each window mounted, framed & glazed, each overall 135x106cm. Few minor tone spots, though stunning appearance. Together with the three keys to the plates, identifying the participants. View details Estimate$3,000 - $4,000Price Realized$2,250StatusSold Lot #1506 1890 ASCOT: "Society at Ascot -The Cup Day", double-page engraving by Arthur Hopkins from 'The Graphic' [London, 1890], window mounted, overall 68x50cm. View details Estimate$100 - $200Price Realized$180StatusSold Lot #1507 MUSKET (famous sire of Carbine - 1890 Melbourne Cup winner & Martini-Henry - 1883 Melbourne Cup winner): Remains of an inkwell made from one of Musket's hooves in 1887, presented by Captain Walmsley to Edwin Mitchelson, then presented to the Auckland Racing Club. Comprising top of the inkwell, with engraved inscription; plus Musket's horseshoe. Together with a picture of how Musket's hoof inkwell originally looked. View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,200StatusUnsold Lot #1508 HORSE BRASES, small group. View details Estimate$200 - $250StatusUnsold Lot #1509 INKSTAND: An unusual brass inkstand in the form of a jockey's hat, French, 19th century, size 18x13cm. View details Estimate$300 - $400Price Realized$200StatusSold Lot #1510 HORSE MEASURING STICK, with brass plaque crudely engraved "M.Higgins, Maker, 10 Nicholson St, Footscray", comprising upper part of stick marked from 9-15 hands, and horizontal bar with two leveling bubbles. Lower part of stick missing, though scarce item of Australiana. View details Estimate$100 - $200Price Realized$240StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1...495051525354...63|Next123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536373839404142434445464748495051525354555657585960616263 Previous 123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536373839404142434445464748495051525354555657585960616263 Next Previous 123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536373839404142434445464748495051525354555657585960616263 Next
