Our last auction was held on 8th, 9th & 10th July 2022
Knights Auctioneers last auction of Cricket, Wisdens, Football & Sporting Memorabilia was held on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, 8th, 9th and 10th July 2022.
The sale included over 1500 lots and we have included some highlights below.
To view the results from the auction click here.
Lot 493 Ronald Graham Archer. Queensland & Australia 1951/52-1958/59. Australian dark myrtle green wool test cap worn by Ron Archer during the Australian Test tour of England in 1953. The cap, by Farmers of Sydney, embroidered with the Australia emblem and below '1953' in gold thread. His name 'R. Archer' handwritten in ink to the inside of the cap on the 'Farmers, Sydney' label. A rare cap from this Australian Coronation tour of England. Hammer price: £5000
Lot 1436 A. Findlay. Tottenham Hotspur 1920-1921. Excellent early sepia real photograph postcard of Findlay, head and shoulders, in Spurs shirt. Signed in ink 'Yours sincerely, A. Findlay. W.J. Crawford of Edmonton plainback postcard. From a good selection of early signed Spurs postcards in this sale. Hammer price: £210
Lot 38 ‘The Dawn of Cricket’. An early colourful and wonderfully striking printed cotton commemorative handkerchief, featuring eight cricketers from the 19th century in scrolled mono cartouches on a vivid red and bordered background. The images of the cricketers appear to have been taken from Charles Basebe's drawings which were produced in aquatints by Charles Hunt and often engraved by W.H. Mason in the 1840’s. Hammer price: £3600
Lot 322 W.G. Grace. Two original mono candid style photographs of Grace appearing for a match played at Twickenham, probably 1908. Both photographs depict Grace in cricket attire and straw hat. In one Grace is exiting the Church Institute with other players and, in the other, tossing for innings. Pencil inscriptions to verso described Grace as the 'England veteran' and 'one time premier cricketer... in a match at Twickenham’. Hammer price: £240
Lot 1173 'Recollections of Lord's and the Marylebone Cricket Club'. William H. Slatter. Privately printed 1914. 8vo. Original printed wrappers, includes the mounted photograph showing the ground plan in 1814, 1864 and 1914. An additional original portrait photograph of Slatter is laid down to the page facing the title page, very nicely signed below, 'Yours faithfully, W.H. Slatter’. A rare book with authors signature. Hammer price: £950
Lot 1290 Queen's Park Rangers v Millwall Athletic. Season 1913/1914. Rare official programme for the Southern League Division One match played at Park Royal on Saturday 21st March 1914. From a good collection of QPR home and away programmes in this sale. Hammer price: £360
Lot 390 Australian tour to England 1938. Original mono photograph of the Australian touring party seated and standing in rows wearing cricket attire. The photograph nicely signed in black ink by all sixteen players and the manager, Jeanes, seventeen signatures in total. Framed and glazed, overall 15”x19". Unsold
Lot 1272 Queen's Park Rangers. Rare official Handbook. Season 1922-23. Original wrappers. 40pp plus wrappers. Edited and published by F.E. Blower, Watford. From a good run of QPR Handbooks in this sale. Hammer price: £55
Lot 495 'Cricket at Windsor Castle meat dish'. A very large shaped oval Goodwin & Harris 'Metropolitan Scenery' meat dish printed in blue and embellished with a scene of Windsor Castle and the Thames to foreground featuring a cricket match to the foreground with trees and foliage to sides. Surrounding borders highly decorated with flowers, leaves and various foliage, patterned rim. Printed mark in blue to base 'Metropolitan Scenery, Windsor Castle'. A rare and impressive dish in need of professional restoration. Hammer price: £1400
Lot 1406 Walter Daniel John Tull. Tottenham Hotspur 1908-1911. Mono real photograph postcard of Tull, full length in Spurs attire. F.W. Jones of Tottenham. A rare postcard. Hammer price: £370
Lot 969 'Northamptonshire County Cricket Club Year Book 1927'. Edited by V.W.C. Jupp, Secretary. Printed by Mercury Press, Northampton. 68pp plus the original paper wrappers. The name or signature of T.R.G. Welch (Northamptonshire 1922-1931) to top border of the front wrapper. Rare third year of publication. Hammer price: £320
Lot 1243 'Newcastle United Winners of the English Cup 1910. Large rare original decorative lithographic print produced to commemorate Newcastle United winning the F.A. Cup in 1910 for the first time. The central panel with printed title and inscription 'This picture was presented to Mr. Wm. Glendinning by his Colleagues as a mark of esteem and as a memento of the Club winning the English Cup', surrounded by eleven photographic cameo images of the victorious team, set on an ornate floral background. Unsold