c.1880 fan-shaped (137x125mm) chromolithographed scene on paper of a football match, with red flags atop the goal posts but no behind posts, many players wearing shirts with a red sash (Essendon ?), some adhesion on reverse from being stuck into a Victorian-era scrap album. One of the most attractive early Australian Rules Football images we have ever seen.  [Although some grounds had behind posts as early as 1866, it wasn't until 1897 that 1 point was scored for a behind. Until then, they did not count toward the score] (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,000

1970-96 collection of tickets (181) including Grand Finals 1979 (2) & 1986 (5); also Player/Official tickets (29) with 1995 Grand Final (6); Dressing Room Area passes (160) including 1995 Grand Final; Car Parking passes (9) and other tickets/passes (25). Fair/Fine condition. (Image1)

Estimate AU$600

Balance of collection including VFL belts (12); books (28) including signed by Doug Hawkins & Robbie Flower; Michael Roach signed photo; 'Football Record's (35) with Grand Finals (8); Collingwood member's season tickets (7); AFL Centenary Matchbox cars (2); Footy Fruits tins (10); ephemera, newspapers & magazines; beanies (3), scarves (2), caps (6 - 2 signed); Lions flags (2). Weighs 31kg. (Image1)

Estimate AU$250

Balance of collection 'Football Record' 1969-2015 with home & away (4), Finals (5 - one signed Kevin Murray), Grand Finals (11) & NAB Cup Grand Final; magazines (8); ephemera (22) with St Kilda Hall of Fame menu signed by Brownlow Medallist Neil Roberts; badges (17); Carlton 1983 member's season ticket' membership cards for Brisbane Lions (11), Collingwood (30), Essendon, & AFL (7); a few souvenirs; 1943-62 athletics programmes (6) including 1947 Stawell Gift; MCC cards (5) & Lady's Tickets (3); mainly Fine. (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

Balance of collection 'The Big Match Football Game (Hawthorn Edition)'; magazines (6) including 1963 'Footy Fan' (2); 1995 AFL Pogs (41) & Kinis (35); 1995 Coca-Cola 'Footy Faces' [47] + 149 spares & 42 cups; also 1994 Futera 'NBL' [109/110] plus 'Lords of the Ring' [3/6], 'Offensive Threats' [5/14] & 'NBL Heroes' [2/7], mainly Fine/Very Fine. (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

Badges VFL Park membership badges, run 1970-1987 (missing 1972), some years with 2 or 3 different badges, mainly Fine/Very Fine. (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

Badges VFL Park membership badges, complete run 1970-1987 with two different for 1976, mainly Fine/Very Fine. (Image1)

Estimate AU$80

Books  x29 including 'A Game of Our Own' by Blainey, 'The Old Dark Navy Blues' by Frost & 'Sporting Globe Football Book 1946'; magazines (10); programmes (2); ephemera (7) including 1932 South Melbourne Smoke Concert programme, 1978 Brownlow Medal dinner menu signed Malcolm Blight & Noel Teasdale, 1995 Ted Whitten 'Order of Service' (2), 2006 Sydney Swans 25 Years menu with 5 signatures, mainly Fair/Fine. Weighs 12kg. (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

Books noted 'Heroes - 150 Players, 150 Years, Melbourne Football Club' [Melb, 2008]; 'The Champions - Conversations with Great Players & Coaches of Australian Football' by Collins [Melb, 2006]; 'Barassi - The Biography' by Lalor [Sydney, 2010]; 'The Jack Dyer Story' by Hansen [Melb, 1996], mainly Fine/Very Fine. Weighs 11kg. (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

'Footy Ducks' ceramic ducks with knitted caps & scarves, comprising Blues (10), Bulldogs (2), Saints (10), Swans (7) & Eagles (7). Unusual and scarce. (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

Magazines noted 'Footy Week' (37); 'Inside Football' (41); 'Allsport Weekly' (5 + 3 posters); 'Herald-Sun Sport' (130); newspapers (6) including deaths of Jack Dyer & Ted Whitten; other magazines (5) including 'Carlton Football Club Centenary Review', mainly Fair/Fine. Weighs 20kg. (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

Photograph c.1890 of an unidentified team wearing a wide variety of jumpers, taken by Charles Rudd, 91 Little Collins Street East, size 20x13cm, on mount 24x20cm, extensive foxing and corner of mount missing, but a nice early football photograph. (Image1)

Estimate AU$150

Photograph c.1890 of an unidentified football team wearing hooped jumpers (not Geelong), size 16x10cm, on mount 21x17cm, a nice early football photograph in Fine condition. (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

Photographs c.1964-68 contact prints (340+) & negatives (150+), most appear to be Finals action shots, noted St Kilda, Melbourne, Richmond, Geelong, Carlton, South Melbourne, Fitzroy & Collingwood, mainly Fair/Fine. (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

Posters 1964-2017 collection, strength in Hawthorn, including Heinz posters for Graham Arthur & Peter Hudson; Weg posters for 1983 (2), 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1995 (2), 1997 (2), 1998 (2), 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2008 (4), 2013, 2014 (3), 2015 (4) & 2017 (2); AFL Grand Final for 1989, 1990 & 1991; 1996 Swans with 20 signatures (creased); 1999 Ansett Cup signed Shane Crawford, condition varies, Poor/Fine. (Image1)

Estimate AU$400

Posters by Weg for 1978 Hawthorn; 1999 North Melbourne, 2000 Essendon (5), 2002 Brisbane Lions (5), 2003 Brisbane Lions (5), 2004 Port Adelaide (5), 2005 Sydney, 2006 West Coast (2), 2008 Hawthorn (9); plus Brownlow Medal posters for Dick Reynolds & Malcolm Blight, mainly Fair/Fine. (Image1)

Estimate AU$150

Posters by Weg for 2005 Sydney, 2006 West Coast (2), 2008 Hawthorn (7), 2009 Geelong (4), 2010 Collingwood (6), 2011 Geelong (3), 2013 Hawthorn (7), 2014 Hawthorn (5) & 2019 West Coast (2); also framed piece of MCG Grandstand; framed Bradman stamps & FDC; Steve Waugh poster signed, mainly Fine. (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

Records 1945 'Football Record' comprising No.1 Carlton v Melbourne; No.18 Footscray v Carlton; 1st Semi Final - Carlton v North Melb; Preliminary Final - Carlton v Collingwood; Grand Final - Carlton v South Melbourne. Fair/Fine condition. [The infamous "bloodbath" Grand Final: Carlton's 7th premiership] (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,000

Records 1949-89 'Football Record' including home & way (49), Finals (2) with 1951 Prelim Final Ess v Coll; 1963 Grand Final Geelong v Hawthorn; 1951 Victoria v South Aust, mainly Fair/Fine. (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

Records 1966 Grand Final - St Kilda v Collingwood (poor condition with covers loose); plus booklet 'Football Today 1961'. {St Kilda's only Premiership} (Image1)

Estimate AU$50

Records 1969-2012 'Football Record' including home & away (120), Finals (29), Grand Finals (16) & others (12); magazines (23), books (15); ephemera (18) with menus from functions including the MCC Committee Room on Grand Final Day, mainly Fair/Fine. Weighs 28kg. (Image1)

Estimate AU$150

CARLTON: Collection of Annual Reports (36) from 1931 to 1991, including 1931, 1932, 1934, 1935, 1945 & 1947; also Carlton Cricket Club 1951-52. Poor/Fine condition. See illustration above Lot 3575. (Image1)

Estimate AU$240

CARLTON: 1950 cartoon by Age cartoonist Samuel Wells before Round 7, showing the whole Carlton team including Jim Baird, Harry Caspar & Jack 'Chooka' Howell, size 45x57cm, with names of all the players identified in pencil on margin. (Image1)

Estimate AU$120

CARLTON: c.1955-95 ephemera collection including 1955 Dinner Dance invitation & programme; 1969 Card to John Nicholls; 1982 Grand Final dinner menu with 20 signatures; 1986 Grand Final dinner menu with 16 signatures; 1995 Grand Final dinner menu with 18 signatures; invitations (32); menus (14); programmes (38); tickets (17); photos (4); magazines/annuals (14); books (2), annual reports (7); footy cards (3); stamp sheetlets (3), certificates of appreciation (2). Weighs 12kg. Inspection will reward. See illustration above Lot 3575. (Image1)

Estimate AU$400

CARLTON: 1956 cartoon by Age cartoonist Samuel Wells 'Carlton the Wreckers were here', after round 16's defeat of Collingwood, featuring Ken Hands with 1956 Premiership flag, Jack Mills, John Chick & Bill Milroy, size 29x46cm. [Unfortunately, for them, Carlton lost the last two matches to finish 5th]. (Image1)

Estimate AU$100