American Tobacco Co 1900-03 Beauties, mostly Australian Issues with Actresses 1901 real photo (100, cat £300), Beauties (9 diff types) with 1900 black background (25, cat £325), curtain background (15, £195), Flower Girls (70, £700), Palette Girls (13, £170), stippled background (35, £420). 1901 'Old Gold' backs (20, £50) & 'Green Net' backs (44, £110). 1902 'NSW' backs (50, £650). 1903 Fruit Girls (40, £1400), plus misc others (20, est cat £200). Also 'Songs' with 1901 chromo-litho 'NSW' backs (35, £450) & 1902 'brown Lines' (NSW backs 45, £450). Mostly F-VF. Total Murray cat £5420 = A$10,000. (500+) (P) (Image1)

Estimate AU$600

American Tobacco Co accumulation with Australian Parliament 1901 (70, cat £380), Boer War (Personalities) 1901 (120, £720), Comic Scenes 1901 (45, £400), Celebrities 1900 (60, £420) inc some Australian Parliamentarians. Fish 1910 (50, £125), Military Uniforms 1900 (40, £630), Military Uniforms (framed) 1900 (30, £420), National Flags & Arms 1895 (90, £900), Old Ships 1900 (120, £720), Views (real photo) 1901 (240, cat £600). Mostly VG-VF, total Murray cat £5200 = A$9700. (900). (P) (Image1)

Estimate AU$600

Sport: Small collection with Cricketers 1930 (John Player & Sons) set of 50 (cat £80). New Zealand Footballers 1927 (Wills real photo) 38/50 (£60). Park Drive Champions (11). Also 3 empty albums, literature (3 books) inc Hoadleys Chocolates, & another 200 cards in chocolate box. Mostly F-VF. (300). (Image1)

Estimate AU$120

Colossal old-time accumulation (60,000 cards!). Strength in Wills with over 90 diff types (est cat £48,000) inc 1898 Conundrums (30, £300), 1902 Soldiers of the World (100, £900), 1903 Actresses (250, £800). 1903 Aust/English Cricketers (90, £1500), 1905 Aust Club Cricketers (70, £1225), 1905 Sporting Terms Illustrated (40, £560), 1906 Horses of Today (350, £1120), 1906 Melbourne Cup Winners (200, £1700), 1906 Wild Animals (250, £1800), 1907 Prominent Aust/English Cricketers (70, £1000), 1907 Time & Money (400, £600), 1908 Flag Girls of all Nations (500, £1000), 1909-10 Cricketers (30, £480), 1910 Aviation (1000, £2200), 1912 Birds of Australasia (1100, £1650), 1913 (Aust Rules) Football Club Colours & Flags (50, £275 & under-rated), 1915 Recruiting Posters (50, £350), 1915 Victoria Cross Heroes (250, £625), 1915 War Incidents (350, £840), 1916 Merrie England Studies (100, £700). Silk Emission (2750) with 12 diff types 1910-16 (cat £7500). Then John Player & Sons with over 40 diff types (est cat £6800) inc 1923 Characters from Dickens (200, £280), 1925 Gilbert & Sullivan (250, £300), 1926 Football Caricatures (200, £260), 1934/38 Cricketers (225, £300), 1935 Aircraft (200, £200) & 1936 Tennis (300, £300). Gallaher with 18 diff types (cat £2250) inc 1915 Great War VCs (50, £200), 1915 The Great War (150, £400), 1934 Dogs (150, £250) & 1936 Famous Jockeys (150, £200). Also other cigarette brands inc Ardath 1934-35 Film Stars/Film Scenes (950, cat £1750), Kensitas 1934 National Flags (silk, 500, cat £500). Ogdens 1901 Victoria Cross Heroes (80, £1280). 1900-01 Guinea Gold (600, £600), 1900 Actresses (400, £500), 1902 General Interest (1600, £1400) & 1907 British Birds (75, £150). BDV Cigarettes 1930s Sporting Personalities (200, £800). Magpie Cigarettes 1921 Jockeys (25, £175). Turf Cigarettes 1933 Film Stars (300, £400), Major Drapkin 1928 Cricketers (100, £240). Taddy's 1901 Boer War Leaders (30, £810) & 1901 VC Heroes (19, £437). Trade Cards are not forgotten with Allens (600, £1600) all 1930s types (9 diff) inc (Aust) Footballers (40, £300), Sports & Flags of Nations (40, £140), Fighting Planes (65, £230) & Britains Armed Forces (100, £250). Goblins 1930s Motor Cars (300, est £600). Hoadleys 1938 Wild West (400, £1000) & Sweetacres 1930s Ships (100, £350). Some sl mixed condition as to be expected in such a massive hoard. Strong possibility of a good variety of comp sets to be extracted from the vast quantity present (too many for us to check). An outstanding opportunity for the astute collector/internet dealer. Total Murray cat approx £70,000 = A$130,000. (60,000) (P) (Image1)

Estimate AU$6,000

Outrageous accumulation in 5 shoeboxes inc box of UK medium/large size cards (approx 1500) inc Churchman, De Reszke, Godfrey Phillips & John Player. Another box of Wills (7000-8000 cards) inc Birds & Their Young, Garden Flowers, Garden Hints & Speed (est cat £2200 = A$4000). Then more Willis inc medium size Crest & Colours of Aust Schools (450 mixed, £340) & comp sets (14, £620) inc Historic Events (4), Fish of Australasia & Riders of the World. John Player sets (4, £170) inc 1934 Cricketers. Carreras Cards (1050, cat £580) inc 1930 Alice in Wonderland (120, £190). Approx 11,500 cards in total mostly F-VF, est cat £5000 = A$9300. Lustrous assorted 1950s-60s playing card size Trade Cards seen in one of the boxes. Also another 3 shoeboxes with assorted Trade Cards (4500) inc 1960s Aust Shell types (2800), mostly Birds with other issues sighted. 1980s-90s Stimorol (600), Scanlens (600), Sports Cards, plus various 1990s Trade Cards in the 3rd large shoebox. Bizarre assembly with 16,000+ cards. Inspection recommended! (Image1)

Estimate AU$600