Recently I purchased an autograph book that once belonged to John E. Forrest of Marrickville N.S.W. In 1947 he collected the autographs of many local and overseas sporting identities, including the boxers Ken Bailey and Vic Patrick; the cricketer Keith Miller; the wrestlers Al Costello (who wrestled with Roy Heffernan in the USA as the Fabulous Kangaroos), Dutch Hefner, Sammy Stein (also a NFL footballer), and Big Chief Little Wolf; and even the photojournalist Frank Hurley who, when he wasn’t photographing the Antarctic with Ernest Shackleton, was photographing the wrestling. It’s a great collection of 42 signatures.
Derham Groves
His Wunderkammer
Holmes & Watson (Linocuts)
Holmes & Watson (Linocuts)
Hound of the Baskervilles Bookplate (Linocut)
A Study in Scarlet (Linocuts)
Sherlock Holmes/Dr. Watson-Arthur Conan Doyle
Sherlock Holmes meets Stephen Murray-Smith
The Sherlock Holmes Centre
The Hound of the Baskervilles (Etching)
Jabez Wilson, Professor Moriarty, Dr. Watson, John Turner, Dr. Roylott, and Mr. Frankland (Linocuts)
The “Happy” Autograph Album
While a little ‘beaten up’, this autograph album contains the signatures of some pioneers of Melbourne television: Abdul (World Championship Wrestling); “Happy” Hammond; Jeffery Lenner; Buster Fiddes; Danny Webb; Michael Williamson; Old Dad (Roy Lyons); John Darcy; Jocelyn Terry; Vikki Hammond; Vic Gordon; Sydney Heylen; Honest John (Gilbert); Jennie Ham; Joy Fountain; Philip Brady; Bob Moors; Kevin Colson; Patti McGrath; Susan Gaye Anderson; Randy Ross; Joff Ellen; Ron (Blaskett) & Gerry Gee; Prof. Ratbaggy (Ernie Carroll); and Sloppo the Clown.
Bear with a Saw Head
