Knight's Sporting Auctions Auction of Cricket, Football, Golf & Sporting Memorabilia - Live Three Day Auction (#21) 31/10/2025 10:30 AM GMT Closed Starts Ending 31/10/2025 10:30 AM GMT Auction Info View ▼ Items per page 102550100 Sort by DefaultTime LeftLot#Lot NameNewestHighest PriceLowest PriceBids (Low - High)Bids (High - Low)Views (Low - High)Views (High - Low)Relevance Filter By Categories Category match ANY of the aboveALL of the above Featured Exclude closed lots Price Lot Number Results: Viewing items 581-590 of 1387. Previous|1...575859606162...139|Next Lot #577c ‘Earl of Sheffield’s XI v Australians 1893’. Rare original invitation card, ‘The Earl of Sheffield requests the honor of Mr Gaston’s [handwritten] company to Luncheon at Sheffield Park, May 9th 1893 at two o’clock precisely. Ticket to be presented on entering the tent. Tea and coffee will be served at five o’clock. The favour of an answer is requested’. The invitation card with Lord Sheffield crown emblem in gilt to top, wording on the card printed in mauve and blue. Minor foxing otherwise in ve View details Estimates£200 - £300Winning Bid£170StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot #577d South African tour of England 1894. ‘Earl of Sheffield’s XI v South Africa 1894’. Excellent original folding menu card for the Luncheon given by Lord Sheffield on the 22nd May 1894 during the match played at Sheffield Park, Uckfield from the 22nd to the 23rd May 1894. The highly decorative and colourful menu with front cover, with titles and dates, featuring a scene of Sheffield Park House and Grounds and Lord Sheffield’s cricket emblem with decorative borders, the rear cover with raised South A View details Estimates£300 - £500Winning Bid£180StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot #578 The Ladies’ Pavilion, Sheffield Park, East Sussex 1886. Excellent large original sepia photograph of the Ladies Pavilion, which Lord Sheffield had built in the winter of 1885/86 and completed in time for the 1886 season when the touring Australians and Parsees played at Sheffield Park. The octagonal pavilion with cupola on the roof is depicted bedecked in flowers. Local reports described its setting with fine views of the cricket ground, the lakes and mansion, and the opulent interior with stain View details Estimates£80 - £120Winning Bid£50StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot #579 Sheffield Park, East Sussex 1890s. Three original sepia photographs depicting events taking place at the Earl of Sheffield’s seat at Sheffield Park. Subjects include a presentation of a prize giving ceremony in progress in front of the ornate pavilion with crowds watching on, c.1895. A lady wearing a white dress on the pavilion steps is believed to be Miss Mabel ‘May’ Attenborough. In 1895 Lord Sheffield (aged 63) took the unusual step of adopting May (aged 24), the eldest daughter of the Vicar View details Estimates£70 - £100Winning Bid£50StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot #580 ‘Sheffield Park Winter Sports. January 17th 1891’. Excellent original sepia photographs of a cricket match being played on the ice of a frozen over Upper Women’s Way Pond near the cricket ground at Sheffield Park with spectators in attendance, some on the bridge in the background. The photograph by E. Hawkins & Co. of Brighton is laid down to official photographer’s mount with printed title to lower border. The photograph measures 11.5”x 9.5”, mounted overall 15.75”x13.5”. Some wear to the mount View details Estimates£100 - £150Winning Bid£100StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot #581 The Earl of Sheffield. ‘Illuminations & Fireworks in honour of the Australians’ 1893. Early large original sepia photograph of a spectacular firework display in progress at night over the lake at Sheffield Park, ‘Photographed specially for the Earl of Sheffield’ at ‘Sheffield Park, May 9, 1893’. The photograph by E. Hawkins & Co. of Brighton measures 11.5”x9.5”, laid to official photographer’s mount, overall 16”x13.5”. Minor foxing to the mount with odd nicks to the edges, the photograph in very View details Estimates£100 - £150Winning Bid£100StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot #582 The Earl of Sheffield. Skating in the Park 1895. Early large original sepia photograph of two speed-skaters racing on the ice on the frozen lake at Sheffield Park. In February 1895 Lord Sheffield engaged two champion skaters, Lindahl of Norway and Smart, to give an exhibition of skating, held two weeks after a cricket match had been played on the ice. The untitled photograph, by E. Hawkins & Co. of Brighton, measures 11.5”x9.5”, laid to official photographer’s mount, overall 16”x13.5”. Minor age View details Estimates£70 - £100Winning Bid£70StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot #583 The Earl of Sheffield. ‘”Volunteer Review” at “Sheffield Park”, July 18, 1891’. Two large early original sepia photographs depicting an event of military ‘manoeuvres’ held at Sheffield Park. The scenes depict large numbers of participants, reportedly comprising a thousand men, five guns and 34 horses, who carried out a mock battle against a defending force of around six hundred men. The photographs, both by E. Hawkins & Co. of Brighton, measure approx. 11.5”x9.5”, laid to official photographer’ View details Estimates£100 - £150Winning Bid£100StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot #584 Sir Charles Aubrey Smith. Sussex, Transvaal & England 1882-1896. Excellent sepia cabinet card photograph of Smith, head and shoulders in formal attire. Cabinet card by E. Lindner of Kings William’s Town, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa and measures 4.25”x6.5”. Some wear to card corners, odd minor faults otherwise in good/very good condition View details Estimates£100 - £150Winning Bid£85StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot #585 Sir Charles Aubrey Smith. Sussex, Transvaal & England 1882-1896. Two page handwritten letter from Aubrey Smith to Charlie, headed Haymarket and undated but probably from around 1900. Smith speaks of not opening an envelope of books for around thirty days after receipt and not seeing a letter from a Miss Spousley, he apologies to both her by letter and to Charlie in this letter. Beautifully signed by Smith. Good condition View details Estimates£80 - £120Winning Bid£70StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Items per page 102550100 Previous|1...575859606162...139|Next123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536373839404142434445464748495051525354555657585960616263646566676869707172737475767778798081828384858687888990919293949596979899100101102103104105106107108109110111112113114115116117118119120121122123124125126127128129130131132133134135136137138139 Previous 123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536373839404142434445464748495051525354555657585960616263646566676869707172737475767778798081828384858687888990919293949596979899100101102103104105106107108109110111112113114115116117118119120121122123124125126127128129130131132133134135136137138139 Next Previous 123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536373839404142434445464748495051525354555657585960616263646566676869707172737475767778798081828384858687888990919293949596979899100101102103104105106107108109110111112113114115116117118119120121122123124125126127128129130131132133134135136137138139 Next
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