Catalogue for the auction of
Cricket, Wisden Cricketers’ Almanacks,
Football & Sporting Memorabilia
Held on Friday, Saturday & Sunday
22nd, 23rd & 24th March 2024
Lot 235
Estimate: £100/150
Hammer: £260
Percy Jeeves. Warwickshire 1912-1914. Original sepia cabinet card photograph of Jeeves standing three quarter length holding a ball, wearing Warwickshire cap and blazer. E. Hawkins & Co. of Brighton. Card measures 4.25”x6.5”. Minor wear to one corner and apparent uneven trimming to lower edge, otherwise in very good condition.
In 1915 P.G. Wodehouse created the character, Jeeves, of ‘Jeeves and Wooster’ fame, named after Percy Jeeves who was killed in action in the Somme in 1916.