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Indian tour of England 1974. Two large blue album pages nicely signed in ink by seventeen members of the Indian touring party to England in 1974 including the Manager. Signatures include Wadekar (Cpt), Prasanna, Venkat, Engineer, Bedi, Ali, Solkar, Mankad, Gavaskar, Naik, Lal etc. One page signed back to back. Handwritten title in ink to top border. Further signatures to the back of the pages include nine members of the M.C.C. team to the West... View full lot details

Ajit Wadekar’s Indian Team tour of Ceylon 1975 headed sheet signed by the team. Fourteen signatures including the manager. Signatures include Viswanath, Ramnath Parkar, Desai, Sandeep Patil, Dilip Vengsarkar, Padmakar Shivalkar etc. Light folds, good... View full lot details

India 1975. Official autograph sheet for the Indian tour for the Prudential World Cup in England. Fully signed with fifteen signatures in ink including Venkat, Bedi, Engineer, Gavaskar, Madan Lal, Viswanath, Abid Ali, Gaekwad, Kirmani, Madan Lal, Sharma, Solkar etc. Good/very good condition... View full lot details

Indian tour of England (World Cup) 1975. Two plain album pages nicely signed in ink by all fifteen members of the Indian World Cup squad in 1975 including the Manager. Signatures include Venkat (Cpt), Amarnath, Patel, Sharma, Viswanath, Gavaskar, Bedi. Gaekwad, Engineer, Solkar, Madan Lal etc. The signatures were collected in person by the vendor at Lord’s in 1975. Good condition... View full lot details

India tour to New Zealand and West Indies 1976. Rarer official autograph sheet with printed title and players’ names, fully signed in ink by the nineteen listed members of the touring party. Signatures are Bedi (Cpt), Gavaskar, M. Amarnath, S. Amarnath, Chandrasekhar, Gaekwad, Kirmani, Krishnamurthy, Madan Lal, Patel, Prasanna, Sharma, Solkar, Sudhakar Rao, Vengsarkar, Venkataraghavan, Vishwanath, Umrigar (Manager) and Alaganan (Treasurer). India drew the series in New Zealand 1-1 and lost the series in... View full lot details

Indian tour of England 1979. Plain sheet of paper nicely signed in blue ink by seventeen members of the Indian team of 1979. Signatures include Venkat (Cpt), Bedi, Gavaskar, Reddy, Vishwanath, Kapil Dev, Vengsarkar, Ghavri etc. The signatures were collected in person by the vendor at Lord’s in 1979. Good condition... View full lot details

India tour of Australia 1980. Official Western Australia C.A. headed autograph sheet for the Indian team who played Western Australia in November 1980. Twelve named signatures including Gavaskar (cpt), Viswanath, Sharma, Kapil Dev, Kirmani, Yadav, Doshi, Azad, Vengsarkar etc. In addition Reddy, Patil, Binny, Shastri and Srinivasan have also signed the sheet. File holes, folds and some scuffing otherwise in good condition... View full lot details

India tour to England 1982. Large official autograph sheet with printed title and players’ names, fully signed in ink by all eighteen members of the India touring party. Signatures are Gavaskar, (Captain), Vishwanath, Kapil Dev, Doshi, Kirmani, Madal Lal, Malhotra, Nayak, Parkar, Patil, Randhirsingh, Roy, Sharma, Shastri, Vengsarkar, Yadav, Dungarpur (Manager) and Nagaraj (Assistant). England won the three Test series 1-0 with two matches drawn and India went on to win the World Cup the... View full lot details

Indian tour of England 1982. Plain sheet of paper, with pen pictures of the players to centre and signed to their image by eighteen members of the touring party including the Assistant manager. Signatures include Gavaskar (Cpt), Kapil Dev, Viswanath, Doshi, Kirmani, Parker, Shastri, Yadav, Madan Lal, Nayak etc. The signatures were collected in person by the vendor at Lord’s in 1979. Good condition... View full lot details

‘Indian Prudential World Cup Squad 1983’. Large plain sheet nicely signed by the Indian team who won the World Cup at Lord’s in 1983. Fully signed in ink by the fifteen members of the Indian team. Signatures are Kapil Dev (Captain), Amarnath, Azad, Binny, Gavaskar, Kirmani, Madan Lal, Sandeep Patil, Sandhu, Srikanth, Shastri, Sharma, Vengsarkar, Valson and Man Singh (Manager). The signatures were collected in person by the vendor. Good condition... View full lot details

Young India tour of Zimbabwe 1984. Manicaland Cricket Association headed sheet signed by the Young Indian touring party. Fifteen signatures including Shastri (Cpt), Azharuddin, Prasad, Kulkarni, Prabhakar, Rajput, Siddhu, Viswanath etc. The sheet includes the signatures of ten future Indian Test players. Light folds, good... View full lot details

‘Indian cricket team to England 1986’. Large plain sheet, with pen pictures of the players, nicely signed by the Indian team who toured in 1986. Fully signed in ink by the sixteen members including Kapil Dev (Captain), Shastri, Sharma, Vengsarkar, Amarnath, Binney, Azharuddin, Gavaskar, Pandit, Skrikkanth, Yadav etc. The signatures were collected in person by the vendor. Good condition... View full lot details

‘India. Bicentennial World Youth Cup 1988’. South Australia Cricket Association headed sheet signed by the Indian youth touring party. Fifteen signatures including Senthilvathan (Cpt), Amre, Bannerjee, Hirwani, Singh Mongia, Raju, Virdi etc. The sheet includes the signatures of five future Indian Test players. Good condition... View full lot details

Indian tour team to West Indies 1989. Plain sheet with typed title and players names. Signed by all eighteen members of the touring party plus the manager including Vengsarkar (Cpt), Skirranth, Ayub, Hirwani, Kapil Dev, More, Karim, Sharma, Shestri, Sidhu, Venkat etc. The sheet includes the signatures of five future Indian Test players. An uncommon selection of signatures. Good condition... View full lot details

Indian v Zimbabwe Test Match, New Delhi 1993. Prepared sheet with printed title and players names. Signed in red/pink ink by fifteen members of the Indian squad including the manager Ajit Wadekar. Signatures include Azharuddin (Cpt), Kambli, Sharma, Kumble, Tendulkar, Sidhu, Prabhakar, Kapil Dev, Srinath, Raman etc. Good condition... View full lot details

India tour to Sahara Cup, Canada and Jinnah Cup, Pakistan, September & October 1997. Rarer official autograph sheet with printed title and players’ names, signed in black and blue inks by sixteen listed members of the Indian touring party. Signatures include Tendulkar (Captain), Jadeja, Chauhan, Dravid, Ganguly, Kambli, Karim, Harvinder Singh etc. Good condition. A scarcer sheet, not seen or sold previously by the auctioneer... View full lot details

Indian tour of Zimbabwe 1998. Decorative sheet with printed and handwritten title. Signed in ink by sixteen members of the Indian squad including the manager and his assistant. Signatures include Azharuddin (Cpt), Jadeja, Tendulkar, Sidhu, Ganguly, Kumble, Sanghvi, Mongia etc. Good condition... View full lot details

‘India World Cup Squad 1999’. Plain sheet with printed title in red to top. Signed in ink by fifteen members of the Indian squad including Azharuddin (Cpt), Ganguly, Jadeja, Tendulkar, Dravid, Ganguly, Kumble, Mongia, Prasad, Ramesh etc. Good condition... View full lot details

India One Day Squad to England 2002. Plain sheet with printed title to top. Signed in ink by fifteen members of the Indian squad including Ganguly (Cpt), Tendulkar, Dravid, Kumble, Jaffer, Sehwag, Singh etc. The signatures were collected in person by the vendor. Good condition... View full lot details

India ‘A’ tour of England 2003. Plain sheet with printed title to top. Signed in ink by seventeen members of the Indian squad including the management. Signatures include Das (Cpt), Gambhir, Bandani, Jaffar, Rohan Gavaskar, Kartik, Mishra, Sriram etc. The signatures were collected in person by the vendor. Good condition... View full lot details

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‘All India 1932’. A piece of brown card upon which are laid five cameo style circular or oblong images of C.K. Nayuda, Shankarrao Godambe, Amar Singh, Ghulam Mohammad and Janardan Navle, all members of the 1932 team. Each signed by the player in black ink. The card measures 7.5”x10”. Good condition... View full lot details

Indian Test cricketers. Excellent ink signatures of Vijay Merchant, Mustaq Ali and Lala Armanath. The Merchant and Armanath signatures date 1980 to the vendor and the Mustaq Ali dated 1945. Good condition... View full lot details

Cotah Ramaswami. India 1936. Picture of Ramaswami extracted from a book he wrote and nicely signed by him and dated July 1985. He played for India in two Tests against England in 1936 and managed post-war Indian teams. 4.25”x6.25”. Good condition... View full lot details

All Indian tour of Ceylon 1956. Mono photograph of Polly Umrigar leading out the Indian team on to the field. The photograph signed by Umrigar. The remainder of the team have signed the back of the photograph. Fifteen signatures including Manjrekar, Roy, Ahamed, Singh, Ramchand, Gupte, Contractor, Apte, Rai etc. Some creasing to the photograph. 5.25”x3.5”. Good condition... View full lot details

Abid Ali. Mono press photograph of Ali, head and shoulders, nicely signed ‘Best Wishes’ by Ali. 6.5”x8.5”. A good image, laid down to card... View full lot details

Indian autographs. ‘Jukaso Inn, New Delhi’ headed paper signed by twenty three former Indian Test cricketers from 1933 to 21995. Signatures include Wadekar, Gavaskar, Lal, Bedi, Gopalan, Kapoor, Soilkar etc... View full lot details

Rustomji Sheriyar ‘Rusi’ Modi. Parsees, Bombay & India 1941-1953. Single page typed letter from Modi replying to a request in 1963 for a photograph of himself. The letter signed ‘R.S. Modi’. Enclosed is the accompanying photograph of Modi in batting pose, signed in ink by Modi. The photograph by ‘The Hindu’, Madras measures 4”x6.25” with adhesive marks to verso. The letter trimmed, slightly affecting the signature. Age toning, otherwise in good condition.... View full lot details

Indian Test cricketers. Three single page handwritten letters signed by Indian Test cricketers replying to requests for autographs from various correspondents. Signatures are Chandrakant Trimbak Patankar (one Test 1955/56) dated 2nd September 1980, Vasant Baburao Ranjane (seven Tests 1958/59-1964/65) dated 18th August 1980, and Manohar Shankar Hardikar (two Tests 1958/59) dated 3rd June 1986. Light folds, otherwise in good/very good condition.... View full lot details

Indian Test cricketers. Three single page letters, two handwritten and the other typed, signed by Indian Test cricketers replying to requests for autographs and an invitation to attend an event from various correspondents. Signatures are Abbas Ali Baig (ten Tests 1959/1966/67) dated 16th June 1961, Man Mohan Sood (one Test 1959/60) dated 15th April 1986, and Umesh Narayan Kulkarni (four Tests 1967/68) undated. Light folds, otherwise in good/very good condition.... View full lot details

Indian Test cricketers. Three single page handwritten letters signed by Indian Test cricketers from various correspondents with interesting cricket content. Signatures are Roshan Harshadlal ‘Deepak’ Shodhan (three Tests 1952/53) c.1983, Ramesh Vithaldas ‘Buck’ Divecha (five Tests 1951/52-1952/53) dated 23rd February 1994, and Pananmal Hotchand Punjabi (five Tests 1954/55) dated 16th September 1983. Shodhan describes his pleasure (and surprise) at India’s victory in the 1983 World Cup and the warm reception given to Kapil Dev’s team... View full lot details

Indian Test cricketers. Three handwritten letters signed by Indian Test cricketers. Signatures are Budhisagar Krishnappa ‘Budhi’ Kunderan (18 Tests 1959/60-1967) dated 24th August 1976, M.V. Narasimha ‘Bobby’ Rao (four Tests 1978/79-1979/80) undated, and Ajit Manohar Pai (one Test 1969/70) dated 25th April 1981. The letters are in response to requests for autographs, Budhi Kunderan going into more details about touring Rhodesia with the International Wanderers, and living and working in Scotland as a professional player... View full lot details

Indian Test cricketers. Three handwritten letters signed by Indian Test cricketers responding to requests for their autographs. Signatures are Thirumalai Ananthanpillai Sekar [Sekhar] (two Tests 1982/83) dated 3rd March 1983, Adwai Raghuram Bhat (two Tests 1983/84) dated 7th November 1983, and Lalchand Sitaram ‘Lalu’ Rajput (two tests 1985) dated 12th May 1987. Light folds, otherwise in good/very good condition.... View full lot details

Indian Test cricketers. Three handwritten letters signed by Indian Test cricketers responding to requests for their autographs with some interesting cricket detail. Signatures are Dhiraj Devshibhai Parsana (two Tests 1978/79) dated 12th May 1981, Dilip Rasiklal Doshi (33 Tests 1979/80-1983/84) dated 20th January 1984, and Roger Michael Humphrey Binny (27 Tests 1979/80-1986/87) dated 18th June 1982. Parsana notes he his currently working as the cricket professional at Chester-le-Street in Durham, Doshi recalls enjoying playing cricket... View full lot details

Indian Test cricketers. Three handwritten letters/ notes signed by Indian Test cricketers responding to requests for their autographs. Signatures are Ajay Kumar Sharma (one Test 1987/88) undated, Arshad Ayub (13 Tests 1987/88-1989/90) undated, and Aashish Rakesh Kapoor (four Tests 1994/95-1996/97) dated 30th August 1995. Ajay Sharma also asks for advice on how to break in to County cricket. Light folds, otherwise in good/very good condition.... View full lot details

Indian Test cricketers. Three handwritten letters/ notes signed by Indian Test cricketers responding to requests for their autographs. Signatures are Thirumalai Echambadi ‘T.E.’ Srinivasan (one test 1980/81) dated 6th February 1982, Rakesh Chandra Shukla (one Test 1982/83) undated, and Ajay Kumar Sharma (one Test 1987/88) undated. Shukla describes playing ‘as a cricket pro in England with distinction for the last five years’, having played in the Lancashire League, North Yorkshire & South Durham League. Light... View full lot details

Kumar Shri Ranjitsinhji. Cambridge University, Sussex, London County & England 1893-1920. Original mono studio portrait photograph of Ranji as a boy, seated wearing a suit, with a servant(?) standing behind. The photograph by Vernon & Co of Bombay & London measures 4”x6”, laid to official photographer’s mount with photographer’s wax seal and gilt title to lower margin, overall 6.5”x8.75”. Small stain and wear to lower right corner of mount, the photograph in very good condition.... View full lot details

Kumar Shri Ranjitsinhji. Cambridge University, Sussex, London County & England 1893-1920. Original mono studio portrait photograph of Ranji in younger years, standing full length wearing his formal uniform of an officer of the Patiala State Bodyguard. The photograph by Messrs. Stearn of Cambridge, presumably taken when Ranji was at Cambridge University, measures 4”x5.75”, laid to official photographer’s mount, overall 8”x10”. Small stain to left edge of the photograph, otherwise an excellent image in very good... View full lot details

Kumar Shri Ranjitsinhji. Cambridge University, Sussex, London County & England 1893-1920. Original sepia studio portrait photograph of Ranji standing full length alongside another Indian cricketer in a turban. Both players wearing cricket attire and bow ties, and leaning on their bats. Ranji is wearing a blazer of the Rajindra Cricket Club, and the other gentleman is leaning on his matching blazer, which is draped over a wooden railing. The photograph is laid to tightly (somewhat... View full lot details

Kumar Shri Ranjitsinhji. Cambridge University, Sussex, London County & England 1893-1920. Original sepia studio portrait photograph of Ranji, head and shoulders in cameo, wearing the military uniform of a British WW1 officer. The oval photograph measures 7.5”x9.5”, laid to trimmed photographer’s mount, overall 8.75”x10.75”. Photographer unknown. Very good condition. An excellent image.... View full lot details

Kumar Shri Ranjitsinhji. Cambridge University, Sussex, London County & England 1893-1920. Original sepia studio portrait photograph of Ranji, head and shoulders in cameo, wearing the military uniform of a British WW1 officer. The oval photograph measures 7”x9”, laid to trimmed photographer’s mount, framed and glazed, overall 9.25”x13”. Nicely signed with dedication in ink, ‘Yours sincerely, Ranjitsinhji of Nawanagar’. Also signed to the mount in pencil by the photographer Vandyk of London. Very good condition. An... View full lot details

Kumar Shri Ranjitsinhji. Cambridge University, Sussex, London County & England 1893-1920. Excellent original sepia photograph of Ranjitsinhji, wearing suit and tie, with a cigarette in his left hand and leaning on a walking stick with cap to hand, The photograph taken at Ranjitsinhji’s country house at Shillinglee Park. The photograph, by Vandyk of London, measures 5.5”x9.25”, laid to trimmed official photographer’s mount, overall 6.5”x12.25”. Signed in pencil by Vandyk to the lower mount border with... View full lot details

Kumar Shri Ranjitsinhji. Cambridge University, Sussex, London County & England 1893-1920. Original sepia photograph of Ranjitsinhji seated with a group of guests on a veranda. Printed title to top mount border, ‘Group taken at Ajwa after duck-shooting on the occasion of H.H. The Maharaja Jamsaheb’s visit to Baroda 12 December 1926’. The photograph measures 9.25”x7.5”, laid to official photographer’s mount with label for M. Keshao & Co., Artists & Photographers, Baroda. Overall 15”x12”. Some foxing/... View full lot details

Kumar Shri Ranjitsinhji. Cambridge University, Sussex, London County & England 1893-1920. Original sepia studio portrait photograph of Ranjitsinhji seated with four others. Ranji is depicted wearing a suit and turban, cigarette in his left hand, and his pet parrot ‘Popsey’ perched on his right arm. A lady seated beside Ranji has her pet dog on her lap. The photograph, by Bourne & Shepherd, India, measures 7.75”x11.5”, laid to trimmed official photographer’s mount, overall 9”x13.5”. Minor... View full lot details