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VICTOR TRUMPER AND OTHER AUSTRALIAN STARS, 1906 -- The Autograph cricket bat, manufactured by Gunn & Moore, Nottingham, with original stamp, the back signed by M.A. Noble, V. Trumper, H. Carter, W. Carkeek, Roger Hartigan, J.A. O'Connor, A.P. Hopkins, C.G. Macartney, Warren Bardsley, Syd Gregory, W.J. Whitty, V.S. Ransford, P.A. McAlister, Albert Cotter, Frank Laver (Laver faded), among 100 or more society names on the reverse, signed by both ladies and gentlemen, possibly in Sydney, inscribed in ink "Sept 15, 1906."
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VICTOR TRUMPER AND OTHER AUSTRALIAN STARS, 1906 -- The Autograph cricket bat, manufactured by Gunn & Moore, Nottingham, with original stamp, the back signed by M.A. Noble, V. Trumper, H. Carter, W. Carkeek, Roger Hartigan, J.A. O'Connor, A.P. Hopkins, C.G. Macartney, Warren Bardsley, Syd Gregory, W.J. Whitty, V.S. Ransford, P.A. McAlister, Albert Cotter, Frank Laver (Laver faded), among 100 or more society names on the reverse, signed by both ladies and gentlemen, possibly in Sydney, inscribed in ink "Sept 15, 1906."

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VICTOR TRUMPER AND OTHER AUSTRALIAN STARS, 1906 -- The Autograph cricket bat, manufactured by Gunn & Moore, Nottingham, with original stamp, the back signed by M.A. Noble, V. Trumper, H. Carter, W. Carkeek, Roger Hartigan, J.A. O'Connor, A.P. Hopkins, C.G. Macartney, Warren Bardsley, Syd Gregory, W.J. Whitty, V.S. Ransford, P.A. McAlister, Albert Cotter, Frank Laver (Laver faded), among 100 or more society names on the reverse, signed by both ladies and gentlemen, possibly in Sydney, inscribed in ink "Sept 15, 1906."
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No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.
Further details
Trumper took an Eleven on a historic tour of Queensland in the summer of 1906, his team including Hopkins and Cotter, while Hartigan captained the Brisbane team that played against the Trumper XI in June. However, by September, Trumper would in all probability have returned to Sydney. This is the first bat, offered for sale by Christie's, which has been signed by women as well as men.

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