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WAAC (Wellington Amateur Athletic Club), fob medal, handcrafted in voided gold (15ct, 9.5g, 40x35mm), by V & T (Volkmann & Tucker, Wellington), reverse inscribed 'Public School/Championship/100.220.880 Yds./Won By/D.Elias./1900' [illustrated]; also a group of Wellington College sports medals and badges, won by M.D.Elias between 1927-1931, mostly for running and tennis, gold (1), gilt (1), silver (5, one illustrated), bronze (8, one illustrated). Fine - extremely fine. (16)
Estimate $1,250
Passed in
SHAAC (Spreydon Harriers Amateur Athletics Club), 1902-1903, fob medal, hand engraved in gold (9ct, 11.5g, 38x28mm), by F.Jekes, ring top suspension, reverse inscribed '3 Mile/Champ/F.J.Leggett/Time 17 Min 52 Sec/27.3.04'. Has been worn on a fob chain, nearly fine.
Estimate $500
SOLD $340
NZAAA (New Zealand Amateur Athletic Association), N.Z. Amateur Championship, Dunedin, March, 1903, fob medal, struck in gold (15ct, 16.9g, 47x30mm), by A.G. (Albert Gunderson, Christchurch), fancy scroll and ring top suspension, reverse inscribed '3 Mile Flat/W.F.Simpson'; Australasian Amateur Athletic Championship, fob medal, struck uniface in gold (15ct, 15.8g, 40x32mm), by A.G., ring top suspension, reverse inscribed '1 Mile Flat/W.F.Simpson'. Very fine; extremely fine. (2)
Estimate $1,900
SOLD $1,600
NZAAA (New Zealand Amateur Athletics Association), N.Z. Amateur Championship, Christchurch, Feby. 1907, handcrafted in gold (18ct, 15.6g, 32mm), no maker, ring top suspension, reverse inscribed '120 Yds/Hurdles/H.P.Cook'; another, but Wellington, Feby. 1908, in gold (15ct, 15.0g, 32mm), by J.H.R. (Jno H.Robinson, Wellington), ring top suspension, reverse inscribed '100 Yds/Hurdles/H.T.Cook'. Very fine. (2)
Estimate $2,500
SOLD $1,600
NZAAA (New Zealand Amateur Athletics Association), Auckland, Feb. 1910, handcrafted fob medal in gold (15ct, 15.2g, 32mm), by A.Kohn (Auckland), ring top with gold fob chain (9ct, 6.3g, length 53mm), reverse inscribed 'Long/Jump/Championship/F.E.Hubbard/1st' within engraved open laurel wreath. Test cut at 3 o'clock on reverse, otherwise extremely fine.
Estimate $1,250
SOLD $800
St Pauls H.C. (Harrier Club), (Oamaru), 1911, hand engraved in gold (15ct, 7.8g, 30x30mm), by G. & T.Y. (G & T Young, Dunedin), ring top and pin-back suspension, reverse inscribed 'E.J.Weller/1st and Fastest Time/10 Miles/Cross Country'. Very fine.
Estimate $600
SOLD $380
(Peebles Picnic), (North Otago), fob medal, hand engraved in gold (15ct, 7.5g, 35x30mm), by G. & T.Y. (G & T Young, Dunedin), reverse inscribed 'M.Coughlan/Best Athlete/1913'. Very fine.
Estimate $500
SOLD $340
A.A.A. & C.C. (Auckland Amateur Athletic Association & Cycle Club), fob medal, handcrafted in gold (9ct, 3.8g, 31x31mm), by W, reverse inscribed 'Victor Ludorum/A.Doel/1919-20'; fob medal, handcrafted in gold (9ct, 4.4g, 31x31mm), by (beaver) (A.Beaver), reverse inscribed 'Auckland Champ/440 Yds/2nd/1921'; Auckland Caledonian Society, fob medal, uniface, struck in gold (9ct, 7.0g, 30x28mm), by W, reverse inscribed 'A.C.S/Presented by/P.Herrick/To/A.Doel/most points in Athletics/1922'. Extremely fine, all with ring top suspensions. (3)
Estimate $600
SOLD $440
Prize medals, a large group awarded to P.Munro between 1920 and 1935 for 'Discus Throwing', 'Putting the Shot', 'Throwing the Javelin' and 'High Jump' (mostly Discus Throwing), in gold (17) (15ct, tot wt 207.7g and 9ct, tot wt 23.4g), silver (4) and bronze or copper (19), includes NZAAA (New Zealand Amateur Athletics Association) (30, includes 11 in gold); Amateur Athletic Union of Australasia (3, all gold) for Australasian Championships; others (7), makers noted M&K (Mayer & Kean, Wellington) and Williamson (T.P.Williamson, Dunedin). Most with ring top suspensions, very good - extremely fine, many of the base metal issues with glue marks from mounting, five in gold illustrated. (40)
Estimate $15,000
SOLD $11,000
L.A.A. & C.C. (Levin Amateur Athletics & Cycling Club), hand engraved in gold (9ct, 3.9g, 28mm), no maker, reverse inscribed 'Levin/High Jump/W.S.Wilton'; N.Z.Y.M.B.C. (New Zealand Young Mens Bible Class), in gold (9ct, 5.3g, 33mm), no maker, reverse inscribed 'Most Points/In/Junior Champ. Event/W.S.Wilton/St. Andrews/P.N'; unattributed, in gold (9ct, 5.8g, 25x25mm), no maker, reverse inscribed 'W.S.Wilton/100 Yds.Champ./1921'; NZAAA (New Zealand Amateur Athletics Association), N.Z. Amateur Championship, Dunedin, 1924, hand engraved in silver (30mm), no maker, reverse inscribed 'Broad/Jump/Championship/W.Wilton/2nd'; another, hand engraved in gold (15ct, 15.5g, 30mm), by M&K (Mayer & Kean, Wellington), reverse inscribed 'Hop.Step/& Jump/Championship/W.Wilton/1st'; another, Wanganui, 1925, hand engraved in gold (15ct, 15g, 32mm), by Williamson, reverse inscribed 'Hop.Step & Jump/1st/W.Wilton/44Ft 7In'; another as last, in gold (15ct, 15.3g), reverse inscribed 'Broad Jump/1st/W.Wilton/21Ft. 4-1/2In.'; also, silver vesta case (45x33mm), hallmark for Chester 1922, inscribed 'W.Wilton/2nd 200 Yds', all with ring top suspensions. Very fine - extremely fine. (8)
Estimate $3,500
SOLD $2,600
NZAAA (New Zealand Amateur Athletics Association), a group of (13) fob medals won by V.R.Walker between 1927 and 1934, includes Auckland Provincial Championship 1932-34 (7, one struck in silver [illustrated] the others in bronze [one illustrated], all 38x33mm) all by A.Kohn (Auckland); another A.A.A.C.C. (Auckland Amateur Athletics & Cycle Club), by Kohn (Khon & Co, Wellington) (1927), handcrafted in gold (9ct, 14.2g, 38x30mm) [illustrated]; another, hand engraved in gold (9ct, 4.8g, 27x27mm), by 'F', uninscribed; another, struck in matt brass (30mm) (1933), unidentified maker [illustrated] and three others in silver and gold (English makers and hallmarks); also, British Empire Games, 1950, medal struck in bronze (51mm), by Mayer & Kean Ltd (Wellington), reverse inscribed 'V.R.Walker' (M&P.1950/7) [illustrated]. Very fine - extremely fine, all the fob medals with ring top suspensions, the last in a Mayer & Kean box of issue. (14)
Estimate $1,500
Passed in
C.S.H. (Civil Service Harriers), (Dunedin), hand engraved fob medal, in gold (9ct, 4.4g, 28x28mm), reverse inscribed 'W.J.C.Forno/1st/Field Events/1929'; another, as last, in gold (9ct, 3.5g), reverse inscribed 'W.J.C.Forno/1st 50 Yds/1930'; another, as last, in gold (9ct, 3.0g), reverse inscribed 'W.J.C.Forno/1st 75 Yds/1930'; another, as last, in gold (9ct, 3.0g), reverse inscribed 'W.J.C.Forno/1st 100 Yds/1930'; also, C.S.H., badge handcrafted in voided gold (9ct, 3.0g, 27x27mm), pin-back. The first four with ring top suspensions, extremely fine. (5)
Estimate $750
SOLD $500
Q.A.A.A. (presumed attribution - Queenstown Amateur Athletic Association), D.Scott Memorial Race, fob medal, handcrafted in gold (15ct, 13.5g, 40x33mm), no maker, pin-back with safety chain, reverse inscribed 'Q.A.A.A./100 Yds H'cap/won by/W.France/18-7-31'. Very fine.
Estimate $800
SOLD $640
Societe de Artistes Francais, struck in silver (55mm), by Daniel Dupuis, 'Peinture/Salon de 1934/Mme. Kelly/A.Elizabeth'. Extremely fine.
Estimate $1,000
Passed in
Brooklyn (Wellington) Harriers, a group of prize medals won by G.B.Appleby from 1936-1949: P.M.Denton, Annual Competition, uniface, struck in blackened copper (28x25mm), no maker, reverse inscribed 'G.B.Appleby/Capt./1936'; another, uniface, struck in silver (32x30mm), by P.N.D., obverse inscribed 'G.B.Appleby', reverse inscribed '1936/1940'; another, uniface, struck in silver and enamel (28mm), by W&H (Walker & Hall), reverse inscribed 'G.Appleby/1937'; another, uniface, struck in gold (9ct, 12.1g, 30mm), by M&K (Mayer & Kean, Wellington), reverse inscribed 'Club Champion/1939/G.B.Appleby.'; another, as last but silver, no maker, reverse inscribed 'Club Chsp./1940/G.B.Appleby/2nd'; another, as last, by B&S (Bock & Son), reverse inscribed 'Club Championship/2nd/G.Appleby/1947'; another, uniface, struck in silver (28x25mm), by B&S, reverse inscribed 'B.H.C./48/Pewter Pot/G.Appleby'; P.M.Denton, Annual Competition, uniface, struck in blackened copper (28x25mm), no maker, reverse inscribed '1948/G.Appleby'; another, as last, reverse inscribed '1949/G.Appleby'; also, W.C.N.Z.A.A.A., struck in silvered copper (26mm), no maker, reverse inscribed 'Bennett Mem./R.R./A Grd./G.Appleby/1936'; also, Scottish Harriers A.A.C. badge struck in silvered copper and enamel (27x25mm), by Mayer & Kean, Wellington, pin-back, reverse inscribed '1941'. All except the last with ring top suspensions, very fine - extremely fine, the first five illustrated. (11)
Estimate $500
SOLD $360
NZAAA (New Zealand Amateur Athletics Association), N.Z. Amateur Championship in brass (30mm), by M & K (Mayer & Kean, Wellington), reverse inscribed '2nd/Hop.Step.Jump/K.Forsythe/1947' [illustrated]; another, (41mm), reverse inscribed 'Hop Step Jump/1st./K.Forsythe./46' 10 3/4"/1948'[illustrated]; another, (30mm), reverse inscribed 'Broad Jump/2nd/1949/K.Forsythe'; another, reverse inscribed 'Hop.Step.Jump/2nd/1949/R.Forsythe'; another, reverse inscribed 'Hop.Step.Jump./2nd/1953/K.H.Forsythe/47 ft 2 1/2 ins'; also, British Empire Games, 1950, participants and competitor's medal in bronze (51mm), by M&K Ltd N.Z. (Mayer & Kean, Wellington), reverse inscribed 'K.Forsyth/New Zealand' (M&P.1950/7) [illustrated]. Mostly extremely fine. (6)
Estimate $650
Passed in
Olympic Athletic Club, Award of Honour, stock medal in silver (79mm), no maker, reverse inscribed 'Awarded To/Sir Ernest Hyam Davis/May 23rd 1953/For Long and Honourable Service to/The City of Auckland' as 'Member of the City Council/Auckland Harbour Board and other Local Bodies/The Order of St John/A Leading Captain of Industry,/Generous Supporter of all/Athletic, Aquatic and Sporting Institutions' of 'Music and the Theatre/Philanthropist, Great Host and Public Benefactor/Patron of the Olympic Athletic Club/Mayor of Auckland 1935-1941/Knighted in 1937' "Kei Ahau Te Mana". Toned, extremely fine, in a box of W.H.Worrall, Jewellers, Auckland.
Estimate $2,000
Passed in
Athletics, a group of medals won by W.Overend between 1960 and 1967, NZAAA (New Zealand Amateur Athletics Association), N.Z. Amateur Championship, uniface, struck in gilt (41mm) (9), all by M & K Ltd (Mayer & Kean, Wellington), reverses inscribed as follows: '1964/Lower Hutt/1st/220 Yards Jun.' [illustrated]; '1965/Dunedin/1st/1 Mile Relay Jun./W.Overend'; '1965/Dunedin/1st/220 Yards Jun./W.Overend'; '1965/Dunedin/1st/440 Yards Relay Jun./W.Overend'; '1966/Hamilton/1st/100 Yards Jun./W.Overend'; (struck in brass) '1966/Hamilton/1st/220 Yds Jun./W.Overend'; '1966/Hamilton/1st/1 Mile Relay Jun./Auckland'; '1967/Lower Hutt/1st/100 Yards Sen./W.Overend/(A)'; '1967/Lower Hutt/1st/220 Yards Sen./W.Overend/(A)' [illustrated]; another, uniface, struck in silver (30mm), by M&K Ltd, reverse inscribed '1965/Dunedin/2nd/Long Jump Jun./W.Overend.' [illustrated]; another, as last, reverse inscribed '1966/Hamilton/2nd/440 Yds Relay Jun./Auckland'; also, Mt R.A.A.C (presumed attribution - Mount Roskill Amateur Athletics Club), fob medal, uniface, struck in silver (27x25mm), no maker, ring top suspension, reverse inscribed 'Pts.Wnr./W.Overend/12 yrs/1960' [illustrated]. Extremely fine or better, the first nine in individual card cases as won. (12)
Estimate $1,200
Passed in
Championship medals, a group won by W.Overend between 1959 and 1970, includes NZAAA (New Zealand Amateur Athletics Association) silver and bronze awards (9). Very fine - extremely fine. (17)
Estimate $500
Passed in
Marathon, participants medals, all in base metal, all with ring top and neck ribbon suspensions, Great Forest Half Marathon, Waitarere Forest, Levin, undated (55mm) (2); Auckland International Marathon, 1992 (60mm); 15th Mountain to Surf Marathon, Taranaki, 1994 (65mm); 1st Vet.Women, Wellington Marathon, 1994 (45mm); Fletcher Challenge Marathon, Rotorua, 1994 (60mm); 1st Vet.Women 45-50, Wellington, half marathon, 1995 (45mm); 'That Dam Run' and ECNZ 100km, 1996 (65mm); The Millennium Marathon, Hamilton (51mm); Rotorua Marathon, 1st May 2004 (80x60mm); The Lion Foundation Rotorua Marathon, 2009 (58mm); also, Boston Athletics Association, 100th Boston Marathon, 1996 (43x50mm); Sydney 2000, Olympic Marathon Course, 2000 (60mm); 14th World Veterans Athletics Championships, Brisbane, 2001 (35x28mm); Oasics Melbourne Marathon, 2004 (50mm). Extremely fine. (15)
Estimate $500
Passed in
Institute of Transport, Aerial Transport Medal, struck and handcrafted in gold (central struck medal) (14ct, 79g) by G&S Co Ltd, hallmark for Birmingham 1933, also in silver with blue enamel 'Chairman N.Z. Council' (outer handcrafted ring with Maori motif at top) (33g) by W&H (Walker & Hall), total measurements (112g, 72x63mm), ring top and blue neck ribbon suspension, reverse inscribed 'G.E.Woods Humphrey/1933'. Extremely fine, a prestigious and very rare award, especially to a New Zealand recipient.
Estimate $5,000
SOLD $3,600
A.A.A.S.C. (A (?) Auckland Amateur Sports Club), fob medal, handcrafted in gold (15ct, 9.2g, 26x25mm), by A.T. (Anton Teutenberg, Auckland), ring top suspension, obverse inscribed 'Presented by/T.Harle Giles', reverse inscribed 'A.A.A.S.C./Novices/Tournament/Won By/A.A.Davies/Sep 27th 1899' (D&C.S25 [probably this piece]). Good very fine.
Estimate $1,000
SOLD $600
TFC (Thames Flying Club) (Pigeons), in hand engraved gold (15ct, 7.2g, 30mm), no maker, ring top suspension, reverse inscribed 'Te Aroha Match/Won By/H.Lowe/April 21st/1898'. Very fine.
Estimate $500
SOLD $340
SCPA (South Canterbury Poultry Association), 1900, fob medal, uniface struck in gold (15ct, 12.8g, 38x32mm), by B&F (Bower & Ferguson, Timaru), reverse inscribed 'Best Canary/won by/R.W.Thompson'. Good fine.
Estimate $850
SOLD $600
O.P.S. (Otago Poultry Society), Pekin Duck, 1902, handcrafted fob medal in gold (15ct, 7.4g, 36x28mm), by J.Moss (Oamaru), ring top suspension, reverse inscribed 'Won by/E.Rielly'. Very fine.
Estimate $500
SOLD $360
NZPP & CA (N.Z. Poultry, Pigeon & Canary Association), c1920, handcrafted badge in gold (15ct, 7.1g, 32mm), by J. & Co., ring suspension on back, also pin-back, missing pin. Very fine.
Estimate $500
SOLD $340
Dunedin Bowling Club, trophy mug, in sterling silver (350g, 132x85mm), by A.C.P. (Alfred Charles Pruden, London), inscribed 'Dunedin Bowling Club/Presented By/Robert Wilson./(President)/Won By/T.G.Young./1879'. Dent in top lip, otherwise very fine.
Estimate $500
Passed in
S.B.C. (Southland Bowling Club), hand engraved in gold (15ct, 14.3g, 41x33mm), by Ashton (R.Ashton, Invercargill), ring top suspension, obverse inscribed 'JP', reverse inscribed 'Easter/1901/Rink Match/1st Prize/J.Porteous'; The Dominion of N.Z. Bowling Association, Champion Medal, struck in gold (15ct, 15.0g, 30x28mm), no maker, ring top suspension, reverse inscribed 'Champion Rinks/Dunedin/Jany.1914./1st/J.Porteous.'. Fine; very fine. (2)
Estimate $2,200
SOLD $1,400
MEBC (Mount Eden Bowling Club), handcrafted in gold (15ct, 10.2g, 33x25mm), no maker, ring top suspension, reverse inscribed 'C.A.La Roche/From his/Bowling/Friends/Mount Eden/Oct 26th 190.7.'. Fine.
Estimate $750
SOLD $460
RBC (Rotorua Bowling Club), bracelet made from five prize fob medals, in gold (15ct (4) and 9ct (1), tot wt 43.0g, 190x30mm), one by B.Bros and one by (beaver) (A.Beaver, Wellington), linked together with end catch, all won by C.E.Kusabs between 1903 and 1909. Fine.
Estimate $2,000
SOLD $1,600