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NSW Government Tramways, collection of Sydney tram tickets 1907-1957, includes early single colour issues, large colour bar, narrow colour bar, plus a group of Sydney Harbour Bridge tickets with 2, 3, 4 and 5 colour bars, ten red 'S' = Sunday Surcharge tickets; also, Circular Quay or Railway to Agricultural, Cricket and Sports Ground & Return, 6d and 2/6 and ferry and tram combination ticket with Sydney Harbour Ferries 1/-, mostly different with various sections, depots, colours from 1d to 2/6. A number of scarce tickets, especially the last item, several with stains, otherwise mostly fine - very fine. (64)
Estimate $300
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Dept of Transport and Tramways, Sydney Harbour Bridge Celebrations, 1932-1982, special souvenir tickets for 1d, 2d (child), 3d, 4d (complete set). Extremely fine and rare. (4)
Estimate $100
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NSW Government Tramways, Sydney Harbour Bridge, consisting of 3d (two different colour bars), 4d, 5d, 6d, 7d (two different), 8d (two different) and 9d, five tickets with 'S' = Sunday Surcharge, all S.H.B. except 5d. A scarce set, mostly very fine - extremely fine. (10)
Estimate $120
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Transport photographs, a collection of railways and ferries, black and white photos featuring Queanbeyan Station, Wellington, Binalong and Belmore Stations (last) Broadhurst, another unidentified; Western Endeavour, first steam train to cross Australia from Sydney to Perth in 1970 (8); a collection of colour photos of stations, platforms, sidings, water towers and signal boxes throughout parts of Australia, includes many stations that have closed (102); a group of Sydney Harbour ferries colour photographs taken from various points in Sydney Harbour (53); also includes a small group of ferry tokens (8). Mostly very fine - uncirculated. (175)
Estimate $120
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NSW Government Tramways, set of sixteen tickets consisting of 3d (three different colours), 4d (five different), 5d (three different), 6d and 7d (two different), 8d. All different with various sections, depots and colours, mostly fine - extremely fine, a rare set. (16)
Estimate $80
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Department of Road Transport and Tramways, N.S.W., a large collection of Staff Tickets from many different Sydney tramlines, includes Narrabean Line (2); Neutral Bay Line (4); Northbridge Line (2); Taronga Park Line (4); Lane Cove Line (1); La Perouse Line (1); Watsons Bay line (6); Waverly - Randwick Extension Line (3); Zetland Extension Line (1); Dowling St. Depot to Waterloo Junc, Line (8); Newcastle Lines, Waratah Line (2); Wallsend Line (4) all tickets different, for use to different junctions, depots, loops, terminus, avenues etc. A very rare group, very fine - uncirculated. (41)
Estimate $250
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Australian and world transportation tickets, includes tram, bus, ferry, train, also some admission tickets; Sydney Harbour Bridge toll tickets, and Sunday surcharge red 'S' plus a ten page small notebook titled 'My Ticket Album' noted, London Transport 'Last Tram Week July 1952' ticket included. A wide selection, mostly fine - extremely fine. (378)
Estimate $100
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Cigarette, Sport and Trade Cards, includes Australian Rules Football (4) 'standard'; Cricketers (3); Victorian Footballers 'B.D.V' (23); Barratt & Co 'The Wild West' (25/25) complete; 'Twinings Rare Stamps' (30/30) complete; 'CBT' Red Indians 50/50 complete; plus nearly fifty part sets, odd numbers and a few complete sets. A wide selection of subjects, mostly very fine - uncirculated. (approx 900)
Estimate $250
SOLD $400
Cigarette card albums, (2) includes various types of cards including movie stars and cricketers; small booklet 'Test Cricket Heroes from the Sunday Sun' with colour newspaper cut-outs added; a small number of old match boxes (6) and metal match box holder with King George VI and Queen Elizabeth on one side and KGIVR and crown on other; B Wheel Crane matchbox toy by Lesney. Fine - very fine. (9 + 2 albums)
Estimate $50
SOLD $50
Cook Islands coin designs, 1972 issue original drawings by coin designer, Jim Berry, and photocopy of die punches, drawings for all designs except one dollar. Very fine. (22)
Estimate $300
SOLD $200
Geronimo's hair, two partial strands double matted and with two photos also double matted and with double matted titles, the hair strands certified as number 236 of 300, overall size of brown display board approx 40x50.5cm. Fine.
Estimate $150
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Elvis, Special Photo Concert Edition photo book 73, 16pp in b&w & covers in colour, each with photo of Elvis in concert, signed on cover, Elvis Presley. Some edge loss in a few spots and some staining and small disturbances on cover, otherwise fine condition.
Estimate $80
SOLD $50
Taylor Swift memorabilia, framed lithograph of autographed colour photo of 'Speak Now', featuring a rowdy wedding scene, under perspex with silvered frame (approx 70.5x32cm). Good extremely fine.
Estimate $50
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Autograph book, (approx 10x7cm) with leather cover, gold blocked 'Beryl Timbrell', various drawings throughout, many coloured, features many ditties and includes signatures of many cricketers mainly from 1930s, some noted are Don Bradman, Bert Ironmonger, Alan Kippax, Bert Oldfield, Bill O'Reilly, the 1936-37 English cricket team, also the 1970 St George Rugby League team, and on a separate slip the signature of world champion golfer, Gary Player c1961. In the original, purpose-made storage box, a most impressive selection, very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $130
AC/DC autographed guitar, an S101 electric guitar, red with central white panel, in polyurethane finish, hand signed personally by all five band members, Brian Johnson, Angus Young, Malcolm Young, Cliff Williams and Chris Slade. Very fine.
Estimate $1,500
SOLD $1,000
AC/DC band members' signatures, on a 45RPM record of 'Shake Your Foundations', signed on the sleeve in gold ink by Malcolm Young, Angus Young, Cliff Williams and Simon Wright and signed in silver ink by Brian Johnson. Fine.
Estimate $160
SOLD $400
Agatha Christie signature, in blue ballpoint on the cast page of a 1971 Ambassadors Theatre program for the famous play. With normal handling wear, not affecting her signature, fine.
Estimate $260
SOLD $500
Alfred Lord Tennyson signature, in ink on manuscript bank draft of a folded page (18x11.5cm folded), in his hand to his lawyer, Odling Osborne & Co, Clement's Lane, London, posted from Freshwater with one penny stamp hand cancelled 'July 18th 1862' and stamped 'PAID', across centre is written, 'Pay M Jerennal Nerwood (or Merwood) or order eleven pounds and at bottom left corner '�11', crossed diagonally with two lines and written '& Co', in centre oval bank stamp of London & Westminister Bank, Lothbury, also stamp of National Provincial Bank of England ??? (illegible), signed 'A Tennyson', on back written in ink, 'Isu.Mist (?) Merwood/his mark (with X beside)', below 'Witness (signed) J.F.Isaacson'. Second, light bank stamp over signature, scattered light creasing and wrinkling, otherwise very good.
Estimate $250
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Alice Cooper signature, in blue felt tip pen on 'From the Inside' album, includes album inside cover. Creasing along the edges, with a more pronounced crease to the bottom right corner on the back, mild corner wear, and a price clip towards the lower right edge, otherwise fine.
Estimate $140
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Alice Cooper signature, in blue felt tip pen on album cover, 'Welcome to My Nightmare', record included. A few creases, mild edge wear and faint 'rings of wear', otherwise fine.
Estimate $120
SOLD $90
Archibald Butt (Titanic casualty) signature, in ink on cheque number 183, for The Riggs National Bank of Washington D.C., dated Sept 30, 1904 for $4.81 payable to A.W. Butt. CaptQMR. U.S.A., all details written and with bank stamp, on back is endorsement, 'A W Butt, Capt. Qr. Mr. U.S.A.' also another 'Thos McCabe', punch hole cancelled 'PAID'. Nearly uncirculated with spike hole and split in centre, overall fine.
Estimate $650
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Arthur T. Harris MRAF and Karl Donitz signatures, in blue ink on cover flown to commemorate 60th Anniversary of formation of No 120 Squadron and with a cachet honouring Squadron Leader T.M. Bulloch of the same saquadron, with commemorative post cancellation dated 3 January 1978 at British Forces 1590 Postal Service, also signed at bottom edge by Captain and pilot of the commemorative flight, Flt Lt A.J. Trotman, marked on back as number 33 of 54 examples and also stamps of 120 Sqn, Kinloss and 10 January 1978 post cancellation of United States Naval Station, Keflavik. Small block of toning at bottom right and toning on back top and right edges, otherwise fine.
Estimate $350
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Arthur Miller signature, in ball point pen on a typed one page letter (approx 18.5x26.5cm), with his typed address in New York City, dated April 9, 1959 to Mr. Charles Marowitz in England sending him a copy of his workshop production of a play 'The Man Who Had All The Luck', the letter has a separate handwritten addition to the first line. With intersecting folds, notations at the top, scattered toning and soiling, very good.
Estimate $120
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Arnold Palmer and Jack Nicklaus signatures, in black felt tip pen on a colour glossy photo (approx 20x25.5cm) of an artist's rendition of a driver striking a golf ball. Extremely fine, certificate of authenticity grading is fine.
Estimate $170
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Barbara Feldon signature, in blue felt tip pen on a glossy b&w photo (approx 28x35cm), signed as Barbara Feldon "99". Some trivial creasing to top left edge, fine.
Estimate $120
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Batman stars' signatures, in blue felt tip pen on glossy colour photo (approx 20x25cm) with signatures of Adam West and Burt Ward across their respective characters of Batman and Robin. Fine.
Estimate $370
SOLD $500
Bee Gees - Barry Gibb signature, in blue felt tip pen on glossy colour photo (approx 18x24.5cm) of the Bee Gees. Very fine.
Estimate $100
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Benito Mussolini signature, in ink on off-white card (12.7x9.8cm). Paper clip impression over end of first name and some light scattered soiling, otherwise fine.
Estimate $160
SOLD $150
Benjamin Harrison signature, in ink on unnumbered cheque of Fletcher's Bank, Indianapolis, dated Dec 15th 1887 for $5.00 payable to Anna H. Morris (his sister), details written in his hand, matted and above a matted b&w photo of Harrison, brass plaque at base 'Benjamin Harrison/1833 - 1901/23rd President of/The United States' set under glass in a gold coloured wooden frame (approx 36x40.5cm). A few light folds and clean cut cancellation (away from signature), toning on backing board, otherwise fine.
Estimate $380
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Bill Hanna and Joe Barbera signatures, one in blue and one in black felt tip pen, on a glossy colour photo (approx 20x25.5cm) of Fred Flintstone comforting a weepy Wilma. Fine.
Estimate $210
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