Weekly Finds 2007 "Rugby a game for Hooligans played by Gentlemen"                    

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MY weekly finds for 2007

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24th December 2007 - My 1924 All Blacks Christmas Card:-

14th December 2007 -

3rd December 2007 - Some new cards that I have purchased:-

14th November 2007 - Some recent cards that I have purchased:-

21st October 2007 - A few new bits that have come from New Zealand and UK auction sites, with the RWC now over the round of Autumn auctions has now started.

MY Rugby World Cup 2007___________________________________________

Well I made it to Paris for the RWC and as part of the weekend had dinner on the Friday with members of the Rugby Memorabilia Society.

Left to right:

Frederic Hubert - http://rugby-pioneers.blogs.com/ , Michael Fahey -  http://www.lgm.com.au/

Gideon Nieman - University of Pretoria, Me (and the wife), plus Geoff Nagle - Twickenham.

Thank you Frederic for organising a great meal in J'GO a restaurant part owned by Fabien Galthié, great food, good rugby conversation and a great start to the week-end.

I have added a few pictures of the weekend here:- My RWC 2207

1st October 2007 - After 3 months in Dubai I arrived home to find a large pile of eBay and web purchases that I have obtained. There was also a few items that arrived from friends in the collecting world that I would like to share with you.

17th July  2007 - This is a new card found on eBay with a cartoon version of the 1906 South African side, with the title "SPRINGBOXED" but as the writer indicates not always the case after the Boks had been beaten by Scotland.

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I have not seen this card before and have no idea who the artist was, any information would be most welcome.

7th July  2007 - This is one of the most sort after postcard from the 1924 Olympic games, the current Olympic Champions - USA. Cost a small fortune but very rare now just need the French team who lost in the finale.

Strange how they only had 15 shirts the substitute on the right had to provide his own, what price one of these shirts finding its way on to Ebay. Has any one got details of the badge?

24th June 2007 - Very little happening except for these 3 nice cards from eBay, part of an unknown set issued in Italy in the 1930's.

5th June 2007 - A few new postcards including my first 2007 RWC cards

31st May 2007 -   As many of you know I very rarely buy rugby programmes as its not an area that I collect, but at a recent postcard fair I picked up the collection below. The nice thing about these is that they represent an area of the game that has now been lost, due to the professional era and the need to make money. England v The Rest, Army V RAF, British Army v French Army all games played at Twickenham. London Counties v Italy their first ever game at HQ for the Italians.

Another nice thing about this group is the fact that they had been collected by a young support going to the games with his father and friends. If you have an interest in forces rugby these programmes are for sale please contact me at the email address below for details.

7th May 2007 -   Some nice postcards from recent buys and deals on eBay would love to hear of further details of the 1905 Welsh players including how many in the set.

The All Blacks card shows D. Hunter as captain and E. Wylie as the manager was this 1904 or 1907 I have failed yet to confirm?

18th March 2007 - Images from a copy of the "Boys Own Paper" 1906, including a rare picture of 1905 All Blacks team and a nice rugby print. A few rugby related postcards and one that makes reference to "The Boers et Anglais".

8th March 2007 - I recently bought a 6 months copy of the French magazine "La vie au Grand Air" 1906 January to June. The text is in French but the sporting illustration and content are great. I have selected some for your enjoyment including the pages for the 1st French International against the All Blacks on the 1st January 1906.

No details but you will find Cardiff, New Zealand, London Hospitals, Bridgewater Albion, Racing Club and Stade François her.

27th February 2007 - It's has been a busy week with a major postcard fairs at Shepton Mallet and some interesting finds on eBay. The price of many of the common cigarette card sets has dropped in recent years and I have seen many of the sets at knock down prices, now may be the opportunity to pick up a few that add to your collecting theme.

Within this lot are a number of cards that are for sale as I have taken to picking up odd cards when I see them. If sold from this site I sell at cost plus postage so get in quickly before I move them to eBay.  I have also included examples of expensive cards in poorer condition that may be of interest to my less affluent or younger visitors. 

22nd February 2007 - As most of you will know I am not a collector of rugby programmes but every now and again an item comes along that can not be resisted and this is one. It's the official match day programme for the Devon v South Africa match played at The Rectory Ground, Devonport. on 17th October, 1906. This was the 7th match of the tour and a score of South Africa 22 points against Devon 6 points more than doubled the number of points scored against the Springboks in there first 6 games. So far they had played 6, won 6, points for 187 against 4.

As noted in the book about the tour "The CAROLIN Papers" their hardest game to date, with E. W. Roberts of Devon being the first player to score a try against the touring South Africans. A rare find and in good order for a single sheet of A4 paper that is now over 100 years old.   

12th February 2007 - I have just bought the 6th cards for my collection of "Rugby in Australia" this was the Australian team. A rare set of postcards that I have no details of, I do not know how many are in the set and no details of who published them or when. I assume the subject matter is about the "Lions" tour of 1904 and the teams that they played. I assume produced in 1904 as at least one of the cards was posted in 1905. So if you know of any more details or have images of the cards please drop me a line. Of course if you are selling more of these let me know as I will pay top price for them.

8th January 2007 - First items for 2007 including some autographs that I picked-up in Cheltenham at the postcard fair on December 29th. The Autographs are from the collection of Ronnie Barker that was split-up after his death. He collection included both theatrical and sporting star. These autographs are for sale as a collection or as single items please email for details. Players details obtained from "The Book of English International Rugby 1971-1982" by John Griffiths. More details and pictures can also be found for some of these players in Famous Rugby Footballers 1895.

17th January 2007 - My finds from first fair in 2007 held at the "Stoop" the home of "NEC Harlequins" not the best collection of cards I have purchased in resent years but contains a number of cheaper cards that I am happy to resell at cost.

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