Graham Budd Sporting Memorabilia 4-5 Nov Catalogue

265 A Pair of Swiss Lawn Tennis Certificates of Honour presented to Alex Moldenhauer for his successes at the Autumn Lawn tennis tournament of 1920, Moldenhauer was winner of both the mixed and the gentlemen’s doubles championships, both certificates, measuring 32.5 by 25cm., 13 by 10in. were pre-printed and filled in by hand at the conclusion of the event with the winner’s name, two drawings of lawn tennis rackets making up a large part of the composition and in the strings of the left hand racket is the image of Lucerne’s Jesuit Church. £80 - 120

266 A Spool of 16mm black and white lawn tennis film entitled “Cochet Vous Parle - Un Grand Reportage Sportif sur la Technique et la Psychologie du Tennis” circa 1932,

[Cochet Speaks to You - A great sports report on the technique and the psychology of tennis], featuring Henri Cochet of France, the film, by Christian Matras, produced by C.F. Travanio and with original music by Th. Krosss Hartmann, film duration 14 minutes 20 seconds, the picture quality and sound are excellent throughout; offered together with an English copy of the film on DVD (2)

The film begins with a commentary on the crowds entering the Stade Roland Garros arena in Paris with the Eiffel tower standing in the far distance. It features action from the 1932 Davis Cup Challenge Round final where Elsworth Vines and Wilmer Alison are about to play Jean Borotra and Henri Cochet in their first round singles matches on July 29th. France were victorious in the tie by 3 matches to 2. We see the two teams (dressed in white) and captains appear on court presented to the French President with the trophy on a table nearby. Camera men turn cine-camera handles while all the introductions are completed. Henri Cochet is then introduced to the viewers. He takes us through his own exercise routines, including skipping and sprinting, while we here him explain why they are of help to him and his game. We then see him playing tennis against a practice wall, all the while he explains the reasoning for his actions. he takes us through his service and all the other strokes while playing on of the clay courts. The film concludes with action from the Cochet/Vines and the Cochet/Allison matches on the main court with the stands full with spectators and finishes with jubilant celebrations following victory. £300 - 500

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267 A Collection of 7 Glass Negative Images depicting English lawn tennis events from the 1930s, images include Fred Perry and Sidney Wood leaving Centre Court, Perry in action at Paris, Henri Cochet and Bunny Austin on Centre Court (x2), Betty Nuthall and Mrs. Fearnley Whittingshall at Waterloo Station and Princess Ingrid, The Duke of Connaught and Princess Helena Victoria attending Lady Wavertree’s Tennis Party. Three of the images have typewritten descriptions; the lot includes seven prints taken from the glass slides (14) £90 - 140

268 A very impressive pair of large lawn tennis photographs from the 1910s, showing an affluent family posed with lawn tennis rackets at their family home, the first shows a close-up of a family group while the second shows them standing on their tennis court at the rear of the house, both photographs by J.W. Righton of Newbury (Impressed into each mount), the images are both 28.5 by 23.5cm., 11 1/4 by 9 1/4in. in size and the mounts measure 44 by 34cm., 17 1/4 by 13 1/2in., both images and their respective mounts are in excellent condition

Mr. Righton is listed as a photographer in the 1899 and 1915 Kelly Directories in Newbury, Berkshire. £120 - 180

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