'Close of Play'
Catalogue for the auction of items from the cricket collection of Chris Saunders
Held on Saturday 13th September 2025 at
The Leonardo Hotel, Gloucester Road, Cheltenham GL51 0TS
Lot 55
Estimate: £150/250
Hammer: £200
William Gunn. Nottinghamshire & England 1880-1904. Single page handwritten letter from Gunn, dated 23rd June 1916. Written on official letterhead for ‘The County Cricket, Football, Lawn Tennis and British Sports Warehouse, Carrington St., Nottingham’, Gunn states, ‘It is with very much regret my daughter and self learn the sad news of the irreparable loss of your dear husband’, offering his ‘sympathy and regret in your sad bereavement’. Very nicely signed, ‘Yours faithfully, William Gunn’. The letter is laid down to a modern card beside a facsimile image of Gunn. Minor foxing, age toning and light folds to the letter, otherwise in good condition.
Gunn was employed in Richard Daft’s shop in Nottingham, and was a founder of the well known cricket and sporting business, Gunn & Moore, which opened for business in 1885.
The Leonardo Hotel, Gloucester Road, Cheltenham GL51 0TS
Lot 55
Estimate: £150/250
Hammer: £200
Gunn was employed in Richard Daft’s shop in Nottingham, and was a founder of the well known cricket and sporting business, Gunn & Moore, which opened for business in 1885.