Lot: 41
Manchester City home programmes for 1954/55 (15) 1955/56 (16), and 1956-57 (21), three in poor condition, four lacking the tokens, others fair to VG. Staples rusted. (52)
Lot: 42
Manchester City home programmes from January 1944 to May 1947, comprising 1943/44 season (no.11 & 17), 1944/45 season (8), 1945/46 season (12), and 1946/47 season (14). Mixed condition but many VG/Fine especially 1944/45 & 1945/46 seasons. Scarce group. (36)
Lot: 43
Manchester City home programmes from 1947 to 1954, comprising 1947/48 (8), 1948/49 (16), 1949/50 (8), 1950/51 (15), 1951/52 (15), 1952/53 (13), and 1953/54 season (14). Very mixed condition, several VG/Fine including some pre-1950. (89)
Lot: 44
Manchester City home programmes 1957-86, sorted into seasons, including 1957/58 (20, staples rusted, six lacking tokens), 1958/59 (21, two lacking tokens, another hole punched), 1959/60 (9, one hole punched), 1960/61 (9), 1961/62 (4), 1962/63 (7), 1963/64 (6), 1964/65 (12), 1965/66 (13, five lacking tokens), 1966/67 (15, five lacking tokens), 1967/68 (27), 1968/69 (28), and a good run thereafter, the 1950s/60s in varied condition, generally fine from 1967/68. Also some 1990s. (524)
Lot: 45
Berlin Olympics 1936, a selection of photogravures, 17 x 12cm, issued by cigarette manufacturers, including views of Winter sports. VG/Fine. (47)
Lot: 46
Manchester United home programmes 1980-88, a collection sorted into folders, near complete for the period, tokens intact, together with many duplicates of which many lack tokens. Heavy lot, over 19 kilos. (100s)
Lot: 47
Manchester United home programmes 1970-1980, a collection sorted into folders, near complete for the period, some lacking tokens. Mixed condition.
Lot: 48
West Ham August 1969 programme centre-fold autographed by Bobby Moore and Geoff Hurst with fine ink signatures.
Lot: 49
Collection of Cigarette Cards c.1908 to 1930s with good Ogdens plus Wills, Players and various others, sorted into packets, old album and loose; includes several complete sets, plus near-sets, part-sets and odds. Varied condition but many VG/Fine and high catalogue value. (Many 100s)
Lot: 50
Sports related odds, chiefly Football theme trade cards, 1920s to modern; includes cards issued with The Gem (2), Adventure (5), The Magnet (5), Pluck (3), The Champion (10), plus issues from Carreras (4) and few others; also large silks (5, fair/good), and many later Barratt/Bassett. Some mixed condition but mostly VG/VF. (few 100)
Lot: 51
19th Century American cigarette cards, all actresses & beauties, mostly Allen & Ginter or Kimball photographic types. Very mixed condition, twenty with drawing-pin holes (mostly in border). (41)
Lot: 52
Footballers & Cricketers odds with many scarcer but mixed condition; includes Wills Australian & English Cricketers (6), Pattreiouex (5), F. & J. Smith (9, one near-fine with Cup Tie back), Hill (3), and a scarce Murray Footballers (series H) of T. Holford (Manchester City) in VG condition. (40)
Lot: 53
Collection of useful odds in plastic sleeves including scarcer issues from a wide range of companies notably F.&J. Smith, Godfrey Phillips, Pattreiouex, Gallaher (including fine part-set of 38 Tricks and Puzzles, 1933), Millhoff Famous Golfers (2), Cope, Illingworth, few early Wills & B.A.T, and various others. Mixed condition but many good/fine and very high catalogue value. (261).
Lot: 54
All-period cigarette & trade card accumulation in box with chief interest in pre-1910 Wills issues including many Locomotives & Rolling Stock in mixed condition; the modern mainly Brooke Bond & Barratt with better noted and fine condition, plus Robertsons' shaped Gollies (22) and variety of others. Some in sets. (Many 100s)
Lot: 55
All-period mix of sets, part-sets and odds in many plastic sleeves and box with some useful earlier but mostly modern trade cards, Grandee etc. Mainly VG/Fine. Includes F.C. Calvert Dan Dare Series 1954 (34) and other less common including few early Adkin cards and llingworth Cavalry (6). (Many 100s)
Lot: 56
Matchbox Labels collection in seven large stockbooks, from India, European countries and Far East, with many attractive designs. Also matchbooks in bag and laid down in two old albums. (Many 100s)
Lot: 57
Cigarette card part-sets, odds and a few sets including Stephen Mitchell River & Coastal Steamers (69/70, lacking no.43), Wills' Allied Army Leaders (34/50) and Player A Nature Calendar (24/24). Mostly 1930s Player, Wills and Gallaher. Mixed condition but many VG/Fine. Also fine tin for Walters Cigarettes. (Many 100s)
Lot: 58
Bake-A-Cake Ltd Motor Cars, 1952, the set of 56, largely VG/VF; card No. 45 with a stained corner, card No.9 marked on reverse. A very scarce set. Also seven fine odds from Kellogg's Motor Cars series (coloured), not including No.25. (63 cards)
Lot: 59
British American Tobacco Sports of the World (coloured, plain back), a part-set, 34 of 50; few fox marks on back of one card o/w VG/VF
Lot: 60
Brooke Bond (Canada) Ltd sets in two modern albums, with some duplication, including Songbirds of North America, Canadian/American Songbirds, Birds of North America, Butterflies of North America, Indians of Canada, Tropical Birds, and Wild Flowers of North America (card No.1 slightly marked in border). Largely fine/VF and Cat (Murray) £672. (24 sets). .Also seven unused albums.