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11th Nov 2020

Sporting Memorabilia 9th to 11th November 2020

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Sporting Memorabilia 9th to 11th November 2020

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Artists Resale Rights (ARR):

Some lots as indicated in the catalogue may be subject to Artists Resale Rights (ARR).
This was introduced by a European Directive in 2006 to ensure that artists receive a royalty when their work is resold by an auction house or gallery. This Right applies to living artists and to those who have died within the last 70 years who are from applicable countries.

This royalty is paid by the purchaser on top of the hammer price if the sale price reaches or exceeds 1000 euros. The amount payable is on a sliding scale e.g. up to 50,000 euros, the royalty rate is 4% of the sale price. The maximum royalty a work can earn is capped at 12,500 euros.

    Lots (2104)

    Showing 840 of 2104
    US Olympic swimmer Gertrude Ederle signed 1924 Paris Olympic Games official postcard, No.174 by A & N, Paris, signed in blue ink on front HARD LOVE TO ONE OF MY OPLYMPIC TEAM MATES GERTRUDE EDERLE 19/7/24; Ederle won gold in the 4 x 100 metres relay and bronze in both the 100 and 400 metres freestyle Provenance: The Lucy Morton personal collection
    Lot 805

    US Olympic swimmer Gertrude Ederle signed 1924 Paris Olympic Games official postcard, No.174 by A & N, Paris, signed in blue ink on front HARD LOVE TO ONE OF MY OPLYMPIC TEAM MATES GERTRUDE EDERLE 19/7/24; Ederle won gold in the 4 x 100 metres relay and bronze in both the 100 and 400 metres freestyle Provenance: The Lucy Morton personal collection

    Hammer Price:

    £60

    Estimated Price:

    £70 - £90

    US Olympic swimmer Martha Norelius signed 1924 Paris Olympic Games official postcard, No.438 by A & N Paris, signed in ink and dated 19th July 1924, headed JEUX OLYMJEPIQUES DE 1924 showing Norelius in USA costume at the event. The postcard was incorrectly printed Morelinks instead of Norelius. Norelius took gold in the1924 Paris 400 metres freestyle, aged 15, and gold in the same event and in the 4 x 100 metres relay at the Amsterdam Olympics of 1928.Provenance: The Lucy Morton personal collection
    Lot 806

    US Olympic swimmer Martha Norelius signed 1924 Paris Olympic Games official postcard, No.438 by A & N Paris, signed in ink and dated 19th July 1924, headed JEUX OLYMJEPIQUES DE 1924 showing Norelius in USA costume at the event. The postcard was incorrectly printed Morelinks instead of Norelius. Norelius took gold in the1924 Paris 400 metres freestyle, aged 15, and gold in the same event and in the 4 x 100 metres relay at the Amsterdam Olympics of 1928.Provenance: The Lucy Morton personal collection

    Hammer Price:

    £220

    Estimated Price:

    £70 - £90

    Official Report for the Paris and Chamonix Summer and Winter Olympic Games of 1924,Les Jeux de la VIII Olympiade Paris 1924, published by Comite Olympique Francais, extensive illustrated coverage, blue leather covers tooled with Olympic sporting motifs, gilt titling, good condition
    Lot 807

    Official Report for the Paris and Chamonix Summer and Winter Olympic Games of 1924,Les Jeux de la VIII Olympiade Paris 1924, published by Comite Olympique Francais, extensive illustrated coverage, blue leather covers tooled with Olympic sporting motifs, gilt titling, good condition

    Hammer Price:

    £260

    Estimated Price:

    £300 - £400

    Rare British Olympic Association Official Report for the VIII Olympiad 1924, printed by Gale and Polden, with message from President Pierre de Coubertin, 1st March 1925, stiff paper cover, 335 pages, 38 photographic plates.The report covers the Paris Summer and Chamonix Winter Olympic Games, with results and charts. Provenance: The Lucy Morton personal collection.
    Lot 808

    Rare British Olympic Association Official Report for the VIII Olympiad 1924, printed by Gale and Polden, with message from President Pierre de Coubertin, 1st March 1925, stiff paper cover, 335 pages, 38 photographic plates.The report covers the Paris Summer and Chamonix Winter Olympic Games, with results and charts. Provenance: The Lucy Morton personal collection.

    Status:

    Unsold

    Estimated Price:

    £200 - £240

    St Moritz 1928 Winter Olympic Games commemorative medal,in white metal, designed obverse & reverse after the St Moritz prize medal but larger and heavier, diameter 80mm., 172gr., and with a ring suspension
    Lot 809

    St Moritz 1928 Winter Olympic Games commemorative medal,in white metal, designed obverse & reverse after the St Moritz prize medal but larger and heavier, diameter 80mm., 172gr., and with a ring suspension

    Hammer Price:

    £70

    Estimated Price:

    £80 - £120

    Twelve Summer Olympic Games 'cinderella' stamps, comprising six for Amsterdam 1928, four for Los Angeles 1932, one for 1940 Helsinki American Olympic Committee and one for Helsinki 1952
    Lot 810

    Twelve Summer Olympic Games 'cinderella' stamps, comprising six for Amsterdam 1928, four for Los Angeles 1932, one for 1940 Helsinki American Olympic Committee and one for Helsinki 1952

    Hammer Price:

    £50

    Estimated Price:

    £60 - £90

    Original press photograph of US Olympic team members on the quayside in Amsterdam having arrived for the 1928 Games,8 by 10in. b&w, caption and backstamp to reverse 
    Lot 811

    Original press photograph of US Olympic team members on the quayside in Amsterdam having arrived for the 1928 Games,8 by 10in. b&w, caption and backstamp to reverse 

    Hammer Price:

    £50

    Estimated Price:

    £50 - £70

    1928 Amsterdam Olympic Games participation medal,in bronze designed by J C Wienecke, nude male & female athletes on a podium holding a flaming torch above the Olympic flame, reverse with Nike over Marathon Tower, the shield of Amsterdam between two hemispheres
    Lot 812

    1928 Amsterdam Olympic Games participation medal,in bronze designed by J C Wienecke, nude male & female athletes on a podium holding a flaming torch above the Olympic flame, reverse with Nike over Marathon Tower, the shield of Amsterdam between two hemispheres

    Hammer Price:

    £260

    Estimated Price:

    £200 - £250

    The rare de-luxe edition of the Official Report for the Amsterdam 1928 Olympic Games,this edition personally named to Mr L F Pont of Amsterdam, 1017pp, numerous illustrations, folding appendixes, binding lifting at spine
    Lot 813

    The rare de-luxe edition of the Official Report for the Amsterdam 1928 Olympic Games,this edition personally named to Mr L F Pont of Amsterdam, 1017pp, numerous illustrations, folding appendixes, binding lifting at spine

    Hammer Price:

    £160

    Estimated Price:

    £150 - £200

    Memorabilia relating to the British figure skater Mollie Phillips at the Lake Placid 1932 Winter Olympic Games,  comprising her rare identity card; guest card for a reception held on 7th February by Lake Placid Athletic Club where games were held; guest card for Olympic Games club; six original photographs from the Games including one showing Phillips carrying the Great Britain flag with other flag bearers; lot contains various signatures (9) The 1932 Lake Placid Winter Games were held between 4th and 13th February. The Great Britain team comprising just four competitors, all skaters. Mollie Doreen Phillips (1907-1994) was born in London and started figure skating in the 1920s, achieving success with Rodney Murdoch in the pairs before switching to singles. For the 1932 Olympics, she was selected for the four-strong all-women Great Britain team, along with 13-year-old Cecilia Colledge and Megan Taylor and Joan Dix, both aged 11. Phillips became the first woman to carry a national flag at an Olympic Games and finished ninth in the women's figure skating singles and 11th in the same event at the 1936 Games in Garmisch-Partenkirchen. The first woman to be elected to the National Ice Skating Association, she then became a high-profile figure skating judge and the first woman to judge at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St Moritz, officiating in a career total of four Winter Games and judging around 50 World and European Championships in her long and active life. She was also a keen dairy cattle breeder in Carmarthenshire.
    Lot 814

    Memorabilia relating to the British figure skater Mollie Phillips at the Lake Placid 1932 Winter Olympic Games,  comprising her rare identity card; guest card for a reception held on 7th February by Lake Placid Athletic Club where games were held; guest card for Olympic Games club; six original photographs from the Games including one showing Phillips carrying the Great Britain flag with other flag bearers; lot contains various signatures (9) The 1932 Lake Placid Winter Games were held between 4th and 13th February. The Great Britain team comprising just four competitors, all skaters. Mollie Doreen Phillips (1907-1994) was born in London and started figure skating in the 1920s, achieving success with Rodney Murdoch in the pairs before switching to singles. For the 1932 Olympics, she was selected for the four-strong all-women Great Britain team, along with 13-year-old Cecilia Colledge and Megan Taylor and Joan Dix, both aged 11. Phillips became the first woman to carry a national flag at an Olympic Games and finished ninth in the women's figure skating singles and 11th in the same event at the 1936 Games in Garmisch-Partenkirchen. The first woman to be elected to the National Ice Skating Association, she then became a high-profile figure skating judge and the first woman to judge at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St Moritz, officiating in a career total of four Winter Games and judging around 50 World and European Championships in her long and active life. She was also a keen dairy cattle breeder in Carmarthenshire.

    Hammer Price:

    £360

    Estimated Price:

    £400 - £600

    Lake Placid 1932 Winter Olympic Games photograph collection,comprising of photographs of the opening ceremony; a photograph of the four man bobsleigh gold medal winning team which was led by William Fiske, Eddie Eagan, Jay O'Brien, Clifford "Tippy" Grey; photograph of the two man bobsleigh; a panoramic view of the bobsleigh track; a photograph of the USA bobsleigh team and others (14)
    Lot 815

    Lake Placid 1932 Winter Olympic Games photograph collection,comprising of photographs of the opening ceremony; a photograph of the four man bobsleigh gold medal winning team which was led by William Fiske, Eddie Eagan, Jay O'Brien, Clifford "Tippy" Grey; photograph of the two man bobsleigh; a panoramic view of the bobsleigh track; a photograph of the USA bobsleigh team and others (14)

    Hammer Price:

    £100

    Estimated Price:

    £140 - £180

    Lake Placid 1932 Winter Olympic Games b&w press photographs, comprising ski jump and action shots, group of dignitaries in a hall, cross-country skiing and group of male skiers, with original envelope, majority 5 by 7in. (10)
    Lot 816

    Lake Placid 1932 Winter Olympic Games b&w press photographs, comprising ski jump and action shots, group of dignitaries in a hall, cross-country skiing and group of male skiers, with original envelope, majority 5 by 7in. (10)

    Hammer Price:

    £50

    Estimated Price:

    £60 - £90

    Lake Placid 1932 Winter Olympic Games b&w press photographs, comprising Werner Zahn presenting the trophy to Billy Fiske, USA four-man bobsled gold medallist; four-man bobsled gold medal-winning team; bobsled track, hut and action shots; opening ceremony team parade photographs, majority 5 by 7in. (10)
    Lot 817

    Lake Placid 1932 Winter Olympic Games b&w press photographs, comprising Werner Zahn presenting the trophy to Billy Fiske, USA four-man bobsled gold medallist; four-man bobsled gold medal-winning team; bobsled track, hut and action shots; opening ceremony team parade photographs, majority 5 by 7in. (10)

    Hammer Price:

    £70

    Estimated Price:

    £80 - £120

    Oxford & Cambridge v Hamilton Olympic Club official accreditation badge 1929, gilt metal badge, obverse engraved with University crests surrounded by OXFORD CAMBRIDGE HAMILTON OLYMPIC CLUB 1929, linked by chains to enamelled bar engraved OFFICIAL, reverse stamped K & D, length 6.5cm. A combined Universities team took part in this athletics match against a very strong North American team in a highly-publicised event at the Hamilton Olympic Stadium, Ontario on 6th July 1929, when the combined team won 7–5. The Hamilton Olympic Club, established in 1926, is the oldest track and field organisation in Canada. The first Commonwealth Games was held in Hamilton the following year.
    Lot 818

    Oxford & Cambridge v Hamilton Olympic Club official accreditation badge 1929, gilt metal badge, obverse engraved with University crests surrounded by OXFORD CAMBRIDGE HAMILTON OLYMPIC CLUB 1929, linked by chains to enamelled bar engraved OFFICIAL, reverse stamped K & D, length 6.5cm. A combined Universities team took part in this athletics match against a very strong North American team in a highly-publicised event at the Hamilton Olympic Stadium, Ontario on 6th July 1929, when the combined team won 7–5. The Hamilton Olympic Club, established in 1926, is the oldest track and field organisation in Canada. The first Commonwealth Games was held in Hamilton the following year.

    Hammer Price:

    £100

    Estimated Price:

    £100 - £120

    Los Angeles 1932 Olympic Games participation medal,bronze, designed by Julio Kilenyi, obverse with a standing athlete carrying an unfurled banner of the Xth Olympiad, reverse with two seated figures supporting the shield of the USA
    Lot 819

    Los Angeles 1932 Olympic Games participation medal,bronze, designed by Julio Kilenyi, obverse with a standing athlete carrying an unfurled banner of the Xth Olympiad, reverse with two seated figures supporting the shield of the USA

    Hammer Price:

    £400

    Estimated Price:

    £300 - £400

    Three scrapbooks relating to Mollie Phillips' figure skating career, circa 1928-1936,covering the eight years in which she was a leading figure skater and including many photographs, letters, etc; sold together with 5 by 7in. b&w photographs of Phillips carrying the Great Britain flag at the 1932 Lake Placid Winter Olympics with flag bearers of other participating nations; 5 by 7in., b&w photograph of Phillips carrying the flag in front of the GB all-female ice skating team with team officials; and 5 by 7in. b&w photograph of President Franklin D. Roosevelt opening the Winter Olympics (qty.) Condition is fair to good, with obvious wear to the exterior of each album, spine and spine ends have wear and tear, the interior pages seem good with items stuck down onto each page. Mollie Doreen Phillips (1907-1994) was born in London but lived the majority of her life  in Wales. She started figure skating in the 1920s, achieving success with Rodney Murdoch in the pairs before switching to singles. For the 1932 Olympics, she was selected for the four-strong all-women Great Britain team, along with 13-year-old Cecilia Colledge and Megan Taylor and Joan Dix, both aged 11. Phillips became the first woman to carry a national flag at an Olympic Games and finished ninth in the women's figure skating singles and 11th in the same event at the 1936 Games in Garmisch-Partenkirchen. The first woman to be elected to the National Ice Skating Association, she then became a high-profile figure skating judge and the first woman to judge at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St Moritz, officiating in a career total of four Winter Games and judging around 50 World and European Championships in her long and active life. She was also a keen dairy cattle breeder in Carmarthenshire.
    Lot 820

    Three scrapbooks relating to Mollie Phillips' figure skating career, circa 1928-1936,covering the eight years in which she was a leading figure skater and including many photographs, letters, etc; sold together with 5 by 7in. b&w photographs of Phillips carrying the Great Britain flag at the 1932 Lake Placid Winter Olympics with flag bearers of other participating nations; 5 by 7in., b&w photograph of Phillips carrying the flag in front of the GB all-female ice skating team with team officials; and 5 by 7in. b&w photograph of President Franklin D. Roosevelt opening the Winter Olympics (qty.) Condition is fair to good, with obvious wear to the exterior of each album, spine and spine ends have wear and tear, the interior pages seem good with items stuck down onto each page. Mollie Doreen Phillips (1907-1994) was born in London but lived the majority of her life  in Wales. She started figure skating in the 1920s, achieving success with Rodney Murdoch in the pairs before switching to singles. For the 1932 Olympics, she was selected for the four-strong all-women Great Britain team, along with 13-year-old Cecilia Colledge and Megan Taylor and Joan Dix, both aged 11. Phillips became the first woman to carry a national flag at an Olympic Games and finished ninth in the women's figure skating singles and 11th in the same event at the 1936 Games in Garmisch-Partenkirchen. The first woman to be elected to the National Ice Skating Association, she then became a high-profile figure skating judge and the first woman to judge at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St Moritz, officiating in a career total of four Winter Games and judging around 50 World and European Championships in her long and active life. She was also a keen dairy cattle breeder in Carmarthenshire.

    Hammer Price:

    £1,700

    Estimated Price:

    £600 - £800

    Olympic Games daily events programmes for Los Angeles 1932 and Rome 1960, comprising two programmes for Tuesday 2nd August and Saturday 13th August 1932 and two programmes  for Thursday 25th August (Opening Ceremony) and Wednesday 7th September 1960, featuring the 50k walk in which Great Britain's Don Thompson won gold, some rust to central staples (4)
    Lot 821

    Olympic Games daily events programmes for Los Angeles 1932 and Rome 1960, comprising two programmes for Tuesday 2nd August and Saturday 13th August 1932 and two programmes  for Thursday 25th August (Opening Ceremony) and Wednesday 7th September 1960, featuring the 50k walk in which Great Britain's Don Thompson won gold, some rust to central staples (4)

    Status:

    Unsold

    Estimated Price:

    £150 - £200

    Los Angeles 1932 Olympic Games silver second place prize medal,designed by Prof. Giuseppe Cassiolo, obverse with Victory seated above a stadium, the reverse with a winner being carried by jubilant athletes
    Lot 822

    Los Angeles 1932 Olympic Games silver second place prize medal,designed by Prof. Giuseppe Cassiolo, obverse with Victory seated above a stadium, the reverse with a winner being carried by jubilant athletes

    Status:

    Unsold

    Estimated Price:

    £5,000 - £6,000

    Three Olympic Games commemorative car grille badges, the first a Los Angeles 1932, traces of blue enamel to the oceans in the central roundel, height 16cm., the second a Berlin 1936, gilt-bronze & gilt with white enamel, maker's mark WILH. DEUMER LšDENSCHEID on the reverse, designed as the Brandenburg Gate above Olympic Rings, inscribed 1936, XI.OLYMPIADE BERLIN, 76 by 72mm., the third issued by the British Olympic Association, chrome metal & enamel, bearing Olympic Rings and inscribed BRITISH OLYMPIC ASSOCIATION 
    Lot 823

    Three Olympic Games commemorative car grille badges, the first a Los Angeles 1932, traces of blue enamel to the oceans in the central roundel, height 16cm., the second a Berlin 1936, gilt-bronze & gilt with white enamel, maker's mark WILH. DEUMER LšDENSCHEID on the reverse, designed as the Brandenburg Gate above Olympic Rings, inscribed 1936, XI.OLYMPIADE BERLIN, 76 by 72mm., the third issued by the British Olympic Association, chrome metal & enamel, bearing Olympic Rings and inscribed BRITISH OLYMPIC ASSOCIATION 

    Hammer Price:

    £100

    Estimated Price:

    £120 - £160

    Los Angeles 1932 Olympic Games souvenir jigsaw,by the Toddy Inc. beverage company of New York City, complete with original promotional material
    Lot 824

    Los Angeles 1932 Olympic Games souvenir jigsaw,by the Toddy Inc. beverage company of New York City, complete with original promotional material

    Hammer Price:

    £30

    Estimated Price:

    £30 - £50

    Garmisch-Partenkirchen 1936 Winter Olympic Games b&w press photographs, comprising 9 by 7in. Steel Tower with the Olympic flame soaring; 7 by 9in. Olympic ice arena; and further photographs of the bobsled track, a winner receiving his medal, skiing action photographs, ice skating, lady skiers, the finish line, accommodation and vast crowds (12)
    Lot 825

    Garmisch-Partenkirchen 1936 Winter Olympic Games b&w press photographs, comprising 9 by 7in. Steel Tower with the Olympic flame soaring; 7 by 9in. Olympic ice arena; and further photographs of the bobsled track, a winner receiving his medal, skiing action photographs, ice skating, lady skiers, the finish line, accommodation and vast crowds (12)

    Status:

    Unsold

    Estimated Price:

    £100 - £120

    Mollie Phillips' official list of competitors for the Garmisch-Partenkirchen 1936 Winter Olympic Games competitor's copy, dated 24th January 1936, showing every country's entries, competitors' numbers and identities. Entries for the Games closed officially on 15th January 1936.
    Lot 826

    Mollie Phillips' official list of competitors for the Garmisch-Partenkirchen 1936 Winter Olympic Games competitor's copy, dated 24th January 1936, showing every country's entries, competitors' numbers and identities. Entries for the Games closed officially on 15th January 1936.

    Hammer Price:

    £100

    Estimated Price:

    £120 - £160

    Mollie Phillips' Garmisch-Partenkirchen 1936 Winter Olympic Games figure skating programmes, including one dated 11th February in which Phillips competed, another featuring official’s results sheet with Phillips listed 11th; another dated 15th February with Phillips listed on page 23 and a results supplement giving full results, with Phillips finishing 11th, (4)
    Lot 827

    Mollie Phillips' Garmisch-Partenkirchen 1936 Winter Olympic Games figure skating programmes, including one dated 11th February in which Phillips competed, another featuring official’s results sheet with Phillips listed 11th; another dated 15th February with Phillips listed on page 23 and a results supplement giving full results, with Phillips finishing 11th, (4)

    Hammer Price:

    £160

    Estimated Price:

    £180 - £220

    Garmisch-Partenkirchen 1936 Winter Olympic Games participant’s medal, designed by Kunststickerei M. Jorres, obverse with snowy mountain and Olympic Rings, legend around the circumference, reverse with Olympic motto over fir branch, diameter 60mm., 71gr.
    Lot 828

    Garmisch-Partenkirchen 1936 Winter Olympic Games participant’s medal, designed by Kunststickerei M. Jorres, obverse with snowy mountain and Olympic Rings, legend around the circumference, reverse with Olympic motto over fir branch, diameter 60mm., 71gr.

    Hammer Price:

    £400

    Estimated Price:

    £500 - £600

    Berlin 1936 Olympic Games bearer's torch,designed by Carl Diem, steel, made by Krupp Factory, route of torch run from Olympia to Berlin etched to shaft, legend on top surface, condition is good with obvious surface scratches, slight dent to the rim of the upper and lower sections in the same placeThis torch was carried during the first Olympic torch relay in 1936 from Olympia, Greece to Berlin, a distance of 3,075 km that was completed in 12 days.
    Lot 829

    Berlin 1936 Olympic Games bearer's torch,designed by Carl Diem, steel, made by Krupp Factory, route of torch run from Olympia to Berlin etched to shaft, legend on top surface, condition is good with obvious surface scratches, slight dent to the rim of the upper and lower sections in the same placeThis torch was carried during the first Olympic torch relay in 1936 from Olympia, Greece to Berlin, a distance of 3,075 km that was completed in 12 days.

    Hammer Price:

    £2,800

    Estimated Price:

    £1,400 - £1,800

    Berlin 1936 Olympic Games medal for the motoring rally, in bronze, designed by Otto Placzek, obverse inscribed AUTO-STERN-FAHRT, with Olympic Rings and sun rays, the reverse with Olympic Bell and Rings, inscribed XI OLYMPIADE BERLIN 1936, diameter 7.5cm.
    Lot 830

    Berlin 1936 Olympic Games medal for the motoring rally, in bronze, designed by Otto Placzek, obverse inscribed AUTO-STERN-FAHRT, with Olympic Rings and sun rays, the reverse with Olympic Bell and Rings, inscribed XI OLYMPIADE BERLIN 1936, diameter 7.5cm.

    Hammer Price:

    £150

    Estimated Price:

    £150 - £200

    Berlin 1936 Olympic Games participation medal,designed by O. Placzek, five athletes representing the continents and pulling the ropes of the Olympic Bell, reverse with the Olympic Bell
    Lot 831

    Berlin 1936 Olympic Games participation medal,designed by O. Placzek, five athletes representing the continents and pulling the ropes of the Olympic Bell, reverse with the Olympic Bell

    Hammer Price:

    £340

    Estimated Price:

    £200 - £250

    Berlin 1936 Olympic Games commemorative porcelain medal by Meissen,bronze effect glaze, crossed swords factory mark, 11.5cm. diameter, obverse with an aerial view of the Olympic Stadium and Reichsportfeld, the reverse with Olympic bell, fine condition
    Lot 832

    Berlin 1936 Olympic Games commemorative porcelain medal by Meissen,bronze effect glaze, crossed swords factory mark, 11.5cm. diameter, obverse with an aerial view of the Olympic Stadium and Reichsportfeld, the reverse with Olympic bell, fine condition

    Hammer Price:

    £120

    Estimated Price:

    £100 - £120

    Berlin 1936 Olympic Games Sammelwerk souvenir cards, comprising Sammelwerk No.13 Band I and No.14 Band II, each b&w image with detail on reverse, (approx.100)
    Lot 833

    Berlin 1936 Olympic Games Sammelwerk souvenir cards, comprising Sammelwerk No.13 Band I and No.14 Band II, each b&w image with detail on reverse, (approx.100)

    Status:

    Unsold

    Estimated Price:

    £60 - £80

    Berlin 1936 Olympic Games Official Guide Book, wear apparent with front cover torn from spine; sold together with a pass-ticket book with one ticket attached, one corner torn, and a double-sided folded map of the Olympic stadium and Berlin, (3)
    Lot 834

    Berlin 1936 Olympic Games Official Guide Book, wear apparent with front cover torn from spine; sold together with a pass-ticket book with one ticket attached, one corner torn, and a double-sided folded map of the Olympic stadium and Berlin, (3)

    Hammer Price:

    £40

    Estimated Price:

    £30 - £40

    1936 Olympic Games opening ceremony at the Olympic stadium Berlin original press photograph,superb rare original black & white 9.5 by 7in., press photograph published by Presse-Bild Zentrale, Berlin, from the Olympic Games 1936, Olympic stadium, Berlin, Germany, 1st August, 1936. The image depicting the vast 100,000 crowd watching the opening ceremony at the point that all participating athletes had paraded onto the central playing surface. Presse Bild Zentrale, Berlin original stamped accreditation to verso, very good clean condition The 1936 summer Olympics (German: Olympische Sommerspiele 1936), officially known as the games of the XI Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event held in 1936 in Berlin, Nazi Germany. To outdo the Los Angeles games of 1932, Reich chancellor Adolf Hitler had a new 100,000-seat track and field stadium built, as well as six gymnasiums and many other smaller arenas. The games were the first to be televised, and radio broadcasts reached 41 countries. Filmmaker Leni Riefenstahl was commissioned by the German Olympic committee to film the games for $7 million. Her film, titled Olympia, pioneered many of the techniques now common in the filming of sports. The opening ceremony took place on the 1st August, 1936 at the Olympic Stadium, Berlin, Germany.
    Lot 835

    1936 Olympic Games opening ceremony at the Olympic stadium Berlin original press photograph,superb rare original black & white 9.5 by 7in., press photograph published by Presse-Bild Zentrale, Berlin, from the Olympic Games 1936, Olympic stadium, Berlin, Germany, 1st August, 1936. The image depicting the vast 100,000 crowd watching the opening ceremony at the point that all participating athletes had paraded onto the central playing surface. Presse Bild Zentrale, Berlin original stamped accreditation to verso, very good clean condition The 1936 summer Olympics (German: Olympische Sommerspiele 1936), officially known as the games of the XI Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event held in 1936 in Berlin, Nazi Germany. To outdo the Los Angeles games of 1932, Reich chancellor Adolf Hitler had a new 100,000-seat track and field stadium built, as well as six gymnasiums and many other smaller arenas. The games were the first to be televised, and radio broadcasts reached 41 countries. Filmmaker Leni Riefenstahl was commissioned by the German Olympic committee to film the games for $7 million. Her film, titled Olympia, pioneered many of the techniques now common in the filming of sports. The opening ceremony took place on the 1st August, 1936 at the Olympic Stadium, Berlin, Germany.

    Status:

    Unsold

    Estimated Price:

    £100 - £150

    Berlin 1936 Olympic Games compass,in original wooden box
    Lot 836

    Berlin 1936 Olympic Games compass,in original wooden box

    Hammer Price:

    £380

    Estimated Price:

    £200 - £250

    Berlin 1936, London 1948 & Rome 1960 Olympic Games programmes and photographs, comprising 1936 Berlin day programme for 10th August plus 24 Sammelwerk photographs; 1948 London athletics day programme for 5th August; 1960 Rome athletics day programme for  6th September and b&w photographs of Great Britain's gold medallists including one signed by Mary Rand; sold with four Olympic Games collectors' enamelled pin badges for 1912, 1920, 1924 and 1952, (qty)
    Lot 837

    Berlin 1936, London 1948 & Rome 1960 Olympic Games programmes and photographs, comprising 1936 Berlin day programme for 10th August plus 24 Sammelwerk photographs; 1948 London athletics day programme for 5th August; 1960 Rome athletics day programme for  6th September and b&w photographs of Great Britain's gold medallists including one signed by Mary Rand; sold with four Olympic Games collectors' enamelled pin badges for 1912, 1920, 1924 and 1952, (qty)

    Hammer Price:

    £130

    Estimated Price:

    £150 - £200

    Helsinki 12th Olympic Games 1940 (Cancelled) official Commemorative medal,goldplated copper, 36mm., obverse with view of the Olympic Stadium, Helsinki, the reverse with running torch bearer, globe in background, laurel to lower borderOnly a small number of these medals were made before the Games were cancelled due to the outbreak of World War II.
    Lot 838

    Helsinki 12th Olympic Games 1940 (Cancelled) official Commemorative medal,goldplated copper, 36mm., obverse with view of the Olympic Stadium, Helsinki, the reverse with running torch bearer, globe in background, laurel to lower borderOnly a small number of these medals were made before the Games were cancelled due to the outbreak of World War II.

    Hammer Price:

    £200

    Estimated Price:

    £300 - £400

    St Moritz 1948 Winter Olympic Games participation medal,Olympic rings over text, snowflakes scattered between, reverse with Nike figure, mountains beyond
    Lot 839

    St Moritz 1948 Winter Olympic Games participation medal,Olympic rings over text, snowflakes scattered between, reverse with Nike figure, mountains beyond

    Hammer Price:

    £260

    Estimated Price:

    £300 - £400

    Trio of  medals presented to Group Captain A.H. Owen MC Commandant of the Richmond Park Olympic Village for the London Games of 1948,from the Swedish and Norwegian Olympic Committes, the former by C C Sporrong & Co in original case, the latter by Thune of Oslo and struck in silver; and a Royal Air Force Athletic & Cross Country Association medal by F. Phillips of Aldershot
    Lot 840

    Trio of  medals presented to Group Captain A.H. Owen MC Commandant of the Richmond Park Olympic Village for the London Games of 1948,from the Swedish and Norwegian Olympic Committes, the former by C C Sporrong & Co in original case, the latter by Thune of Oslo and struck in silver; and a Royal Air Force Athletic & Cross Country Association medal by F. Phillips of Aldershot

    Status:

    Unsold

    Estimated Price:

    £280 - £320

    London 1948 London Olympic Games participant's medal,designed by B Mackennal, struck by John Pinches of London, the obverse with a view of Westminster, the reverse with a victorious charioteer in a quadriga
    Lot 841

    London 1948 London Olympic Games participant's medal,designed by B Mackennal, struck by John Pinches of London, the obverse with a view of Westminster, the reverse with a victorious charioteer in a quadriga

    Hammer Price:

    £200

    Estimated Price:

    £100 - £150

    London 1948 London Olympic Games participant's medal,designed by B Mackennal, struck by John Pinches of London, the obverse with a view of Westminster, the reverse with a victorious charioteer in a quadriga, in original green paper box
    Lot 842

    London 1948 London Olympic Games participant's medal,designed by B Mackennal, struck by John Pinches of London, the obverse with a view of Westminster, the reverse with a victorious charioteer in a quadriga, in original green paper box

    Hammer Price:

    £400

    Estimated Price:

    £250 - £300

    London 1948 Olympic Games autograph book with good selection of sporting signatures, including a large number from the Korean team, among these for wrestling, weightlifting, soccer and basketball, also Jim Armstrong (Australian, bronze in wrestling); O’Grady and Kavanagh (Irish soccer team); McKinnon (Australian, silver in women's track 4 x 100 relay); Judy Canty (Australian long jumper) and others; at least 120 autographs (qty.) The 1948 London Olympic Games were Korea’s first competing as an independent nation.
    Lot 843

    London 1948 Olympic Games autograph book with good selection of sporting signatures, including a large number from the Korean team, among these for wrestling, weightlifting, soccer and basketball, also Jim Armstrong (Australian, bronze in wrestling); O’Grady and Kavanagh (Irish soccer team); McKinnon (Australian, silver in women's track 4 x 100 relay); Judy Canty (Australian long jumper) and others; at least 120 autographs (qty.) The 1948 London Olympic Games were Korea’s first competing as an independent nation.

    Hammer Price:

    £700

    Estimated Price:

    £120 - £160

    London 1948 Olympic Games Prix des Nations and Closing Ceremony ticket, for 14th August at Wembley Stadium,ticket printed SEAT NO. 309 ROW NO. 26  and  XIVTH OLYMPIAD LONDON 1948
    Lot 844

    London 1948 Olympic Games Prix des Nations and Closing Ceremony ticket, for 14th August at Wembley Stadium,ticket printed SEAT NO. 309 ROW NO. 26  and  XIVTH OLYMPIAD LONDON 1948

    Hammer Price:

    £60

    Estimated Price:

    £60 - £80

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