Rugby Memorabilia Society

Stroud Auction

Stroud Auction
07-10-2020


1905 Cheltenham v New Zealand - All Blacks - Originals Rugby tour

Cheltenham vs New Zealand - 6th November 1905

Stroud Auctions Ltd recent sale on Wednesday 7th September caught the eyes of many keen collectors, firstly because of their incredibly low guide prices. The star LOTs in the sale were two Original All Blacks tour programmes from the matches played against Cheltenham (6-11-1905) and against Gloucester (19-11-1905), anyone hoping for a bargain was sadly mistaken for these two highly sought after programmes. The Cheltenham programme sold for £1600 hammer and was bought by one of our members and the Gloucester programme sold for £2100 hammer.

For this sale the buyer’s premium was 18% (exc VAT), For those who used the saleroom to bid live there was an additional fee of 5% (exc VAT).
Sellers fees (that apply to the mentioned items).
Stroud Auctions commission was at 15% plus VAT. There is also a £2 fee (per lot) and 1% limited liability (insurance).


1905 Cheltenham v New Zealand - All Blacks Rugby Programme


The 1905 Cheltenham v New Zealand programme
Sold for £1600 hammer (£1945.60 inclusive of buyers premium and VAT)
Approximately £1290.80 to go to the vendor after sellers fees taken off



1905 Gloucester v New Zealand - All Blacks - Originals Rugby Tour programme


The 1905 Gloucester v New Zealand programme
Sold for £2100 hammer (£2553.60 inclusive of buyers premium and VAT)
Approximately £1694.80 to go to the vendor after sellers fees taken off


The above numbers are figures are as accurate as I can make them out to be, if there are any errors please let me know.

If anyone has any Rugby memorabilia from this or any other early tours please get in touch. 1905 All Blacks, 1906 Springboks and 1908 Australia tour memorabilia are all highly sought after by collectors in the RMS.


References:
Stroud Auctions
The saleroom
Peter Douglas-Davies
Rugby Memorabilia Society

13/11/2020