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• Auction House:
  Leski Auctions
• Sale Name:
  Sporting Memorabilia
• Sale Date:
  10 May 2020 ~ 12noon (AEST)
• Lot #:
  385
• Lot Description:
  A bearded footballer in full playing outfit with inflated oval ball at his side, circa 1880
  Albumen print photograph, carte de visite format, 102 x 64 mm, verso imprinted ‘From Burman’s Photographic Rooms, 209 Bourke St. East, near Parliament Houses and St. Georges Hall, next Theate Royal Melbourne ... Views taken in any part of Victoria’; both the albumen print and mount are in fine condition.
• Notes:
  The young footballer posing in Burman’s studio was probably a member of one of Melbourne’s early suburban football teams. Arthur Burman’s studio was located at this address at the top end of Bourke Street between 1878 and 1888.
• Estimate:
  A$200 - 400
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Memorabilia

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