136 A silver & enamel cigarette case presented to the aviator Amy Johnson by the Lady Members of the Australian Golf Club in 1930, the gilt-interior lid inscribed MISS AMY JOHNSON, FROM THE LADY MEMBERS, OF THE, AUSTRALIAN GOLF CLUB, SYDNEY JUNE 1930, the enamel decoration with a view of Venice from the lagoon, 9 by 7.5cm., 3 1/2 by 3in.


Amy Johnson, born in Kingston-upon- Hull in 1903, was a pioneering English aviator flying solo or with her husband Jim Mollison and set a number of long distance flying records during the 1930s. Her exploits drew worldwide attention in 1930 when she became the first woman to fly solo from England to Australi in her Gipsy Moth “Jason.” She left Croydon aerodrome on 5th May and landed at Darwin, Northern Territory, on 24th May after flying 11,000 miles. Her aircraft for this flight is preserved at the Science Museum in London.


She travelled onto Sydney arriving in the city on 4th June and where she was given a full civic reception. Amy Johnson stayed to 13th June and evidently visited The Australian Golf club in Rosebery, Sydney, NSW, where she received this gift from the Lady Members to mark her visit.


During the Second World War Amy Johnson joined the Air Transport Auxiliary and was tragically killed when she bailed out of aircraft (out of fuel) in the Thames Estuary during poor weather on 5th January 1941. Her body was never found. £600 - 800


138 A good quality Silver King hole-in-one trophy dated 1931, the ball that achieved the miraculous feat mounted between three hallmarked silver model golf clubs, on a circular ebonised base with hallmarked silver plaque inscribed BUSHEY HALL GOLF CLUB, 10th HOLE (143 yds) IN ONE BY MR R.B. MILLER, 20.7.31, WITH THE COMPLIMENTS OF THE SILVERTOWN Co., height 16.5cm., 6 1/2in. £200 - 250


140 Steve Paterson (Scottish, contemporary) YOUNG TOM MORRIS signed & dated 2003, a bronze resin limited edition sculpture showing Young Tom wearing his Open Championship Belt and holding a long nosed club, mounted on a circular wooden base, overall 48cm., 19in. £80 - 120


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137 A trophy for the Drambuie Golf Tournament in 1985,


in the form of a silver plate model of a driver set on an ebonised plinth with title plaque, height 43cm., 17in. £80 - 120


139 A pair of 1920s bronze and marble golfing bookends, comprising a golfer and a smaller caddie figure, height of golfer 25.5cm., 10in. £200 - 250


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