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Three silver Rothmans World Cup XI 1966 Medallions At Lords 1966, each in a John Pinches fitted box, hallmarked 925, diameter: 50 mm; each weight 65 g

Hammer Price:
£240
Estimated Price:

£250 - £350

Three silver Rothmans World Cup XI 1966 Medallions At Lords 1966, each in a John Pinches fitted box, hallmarked 925, diameter: 50 mm; each weight 65 gms & 2 x 66gms; sold together with a silver Rothmans Rest of the World XI 1968, in a fitted box, hallmarked 926, diameter: 50 mm, weight: 60 gms; with a group of books, programmes and ephemera of Tobacco Sponsorship in the 1960s' and 1970's including a Cricket Almanack for England v Australia 1968, bearing several signatures to the back cover including Bob Simpson, Godfrey Evans, Frank Tyson, and others and three souvenir programmes from the Rothmans Rest of the World 1968 competition, bearing several signatures to inside pages including Graeme Pollock, G.D. McKensie, S.M. Nurse, J.D. Lindsay, Bill Lawry, Wes Hall, Basil Butcher, Eddie Barlow, Gary Sobers; also tennis interest, being receipts of prize money paid to tennis players for the first tournament ever played at the Royal Albert Hall in 1970, Roche, Newcombe, Rosewall etc. (qty) This competition was an early forerunner of the modern day ICC Cricket World Cup.