CHARLES LESKI AUCTIONS PTY. LTD.
13 Cato Street, Hawthorn East 3123, Victoria, Australia
Telephone:
Facsimile:
61-3-9864-9999
61-3-9822-2788
Email: contact@leski.com.au
A.B.N.13 081 928 921
Media Release
7th
May, 2009
CRICKETING LEGENDS ‘SIGNED, SEALED & DELIVERED’
Demand for celebrity signatures has never been stronger as investors shift away from shares and property.
Neither have fared well in the current economic crisis unlike memorabilia, which is traditionally seen as being
‘recession-proof’.
While most signatures can expect to be priced from $100 and upwards – depending on the status of the
celebrity – Leski Auctions is offering a two Cricketers’ Club of New South Wales Visitors Books where the
signatures will, in effect, cost around $5 each based on the pre-sale estimate.
Books like these rarely make their way to auction as they are a unique part of sporting history and tend to be
retained by the Clubs as a continuing link to the past. This rare offering includes two Donald Bradman
signatures together with 332 others comprising the Test teams of South Africa (1963), England (1964), New
Zealand and India (1967), West Indies (1968) plus a host of other national and NSW teams.
Lot 541 will be offered for sale by Leski Auctions in Melbourne on Wednesday, May 13th at 6.00pm. It has
a presale estimate of $2,000 – $2,500.
“Bradman signatures have never lost their appeal and only increase in value,” says Charles Leski. “The thing
that makes this lot special is the provenance from one of Australia’s oldest and most esteemed sporting
Clubs. The people whose signatures appear in these books are members of the cricketing elite.”
About Leski Auctions
Leski Auctions was established in 1973 and is one of Australia’s leading auctioneers of Sporting Memorabilia,
Australiana, Collectibles and World Philately.
Leski Auctions is a recognised leader in the area of early photography, art, wine, cameras, books, autographs,
entertainment memorabilia, medals, coins, stamps, aerophilately, cigarette and trade cards, maps, railway
memorabilia, advertising artwork and posters, and the Olympics, football and cricket..
It was the first auction house in Australia to introduce an on-line, real-time bidding system ‘Live Bid Online’™,
which allows participation from anywhere in the world. It currently runs 22 auctions per year.
Leski Auctions has previously sold many significant collections, including those of Shirley Strickland, Ron Clarke,
Sir Reginald Ansett and former RSL President, Bruce Ruxton. It has sold more ‘baggy green’ caps than any other
auction house in the world, and is one of the largest auctioneers of cricket memorabilia by value and volume.
Leski Auctions recently sold the newly-discovered Phar Lap horse tonic recipe book. It recently achieved a world
record price for a Bradman bat.
Managing Director Charles Leski is a registered valuer for the Cultural Gifts Program through the Department of
Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts. He is also the valuer of the displayed items at the National Sports
Museum at the MCG, Melbourne.
The company is located at 13 Cato Street, Hawthorn East 3123 Australia. Telephone +61-3-864 9999 and
Issued by:
Charles Leski, Leski Auctions
Michael Krape, Michael Krape Consulting
Tel: 61-3-9864 9999
Tel: 0403 135 880
charles@leski.com.au
michaelkrape@krape.com.au
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