A collection of five ?1 cheques signed by sports personalities, comprising: the British Olympic gold medallists Sebastian Coe, Steve Ovett, Daley Thom

A collection of five ?1 cheques signed by sports personalities, comprising: the British Olympic gold medallists Sebastian Coe, Steve Ovett, Daley Thompson, Mary Peters & Malcolm Cooper, and an additional signed cheque from the multiple Commonwealth Games & World Champion bowler David Bryant, all from their personal or company bank account, plus various signed letters, photos & compliments slips that accompanied the cheques when originally given for a 1991 charity appeal; the England footballers Stanley Matthews, Bryan Robson & Peter Shilton, each from their personal or company bank account, plus signed letters & pictures from Matthews & Shilton that accompanied the cheques, originally given for a 1991 charity appeal; the cricketers Richie Benaud, David Gower, Graham Gooch, Colin Cowdrey, Robin Smith, Ian Botham, Peter May and Mark Nicholas, all from their personal or company bank account, plus various signed letters, photos & compliments slips that accompanied the cheques when originally given for a 1991 charity appeal; and the British sports personalities Pat Smythe, Willie Carson, Peter Scudamore, Henry Cooper, Virginia Wade, Bill Beaumont, Cliff Morgan, J P R Williams, Chay Blyth, Clare Francis, Tony Jacklin & Sandy Lyle, all from their personal or company bank account, plus various signed letters, photos & compliments slips that accompanied the cheques when originally given for a 1991 charity appeal, the lot also including an Irish punt banknote signed by John Francome