b'907701952 HELSINKI & 1956 MELBOURNE: Australian Olympic Team bath towels both made by Supertex, 130x57cm or 130x62cm (2) . $120160771771RICHARD BECK (1912 - 1985) OLYMPIC GAMES MELBOURNE 28 NOV - 8 DEC 1956, colour lithographic poster, signed in the plate at lower right, printed by Containers Limited, Melbourne. Laid down on linen, 102 x 65cm. The iconic full-sized official poster. $5007507721956 OLYMPIC GAMES MELBOURNE, Great Moments poster with signatures of 13 Australian Gold medallists from the 1956 Olympics including Shirley Strickland, Betty Cuthbert, Lorraine Crapp, Dawn Fraser & Murray Rose; limited edition 421/550 (with CofA), window mounted, framed and glazed, overall 114x89cm. $4005007731956 MELBOURNE OLYMPICS: well-filled autograph book with lots of signatures of Melbourne Olympics competitors including Australians: JOHN LANDY (Bronze 1500m, awarded Finest Sporting Moment of the Century in 1999 for assisting a fallen Ron Clarke in a 1500m race, then going on to win the race), LORRAINE CRAPP (Gold 400m Freestyle & 4x100m Freestyle, Silver 100m Freestyle), Neville Sayers (pentathlon), Ron Crawford (20 & 50km Walk, triple Olympian), John Goodman (400m), Nancy Borwick (Long Jump), Maxie Carlos (boxing); competitors from many other countries including GB, Brazil Burma, China, Ethiopia, Germany, Italy, Kenya, Malaya, Pakistan, USSR; approximately 250 signatures in total which is sure to include other medal winners. .$3004007741956 MELBOURNE OLYMPICS: autograph book containing signatures of participants at the 1956 Olympic Games incl. Australia Ian Bruce (long jump), Great Britain Chris Brasher (Gold, 3000m steeplechase), Derek Ibbotson (Bronze) & Chris Chataway (both 5000m); athletes from many other countries represented including Italy (boxers), Japan (wrestlers & cyclists), Korea (cyclists), Nigeria, Philippines (wrestlers), Rumania, Thailand (weightlifters), etc; also CRICKET: Australians Richie Benaud, Sam Loxton, Bobby Simpson, Alan Davidson, Neil & Ray Harvey, plus Englishman Len Hutton. (150+ signatures) $2003007751956 MELBOURNE OLYMPICS: autograph book containing numerous signatures of competitors at 1956 Melbourne Olympics including Australians: BETTY CUTHBERT (bold autograph, Golds 100m, 200m & 400m Relay), KEVIN GOSPER (Silver 400m Relay), Dick Garrard (Silver, 1948 London) Australias most successful sports wrestler, not beaten in a match in Australia for 25 years, between 1930 and 1956); USA: BOBBY MORROW (Golds 100m, 200m & 100m Relay), Joel Shankle 110m Hurdles (Bronze), Willye White (Silver Long Jump, five-time Olympian who also won Silver for 100m Relay at Tokyo), Roger Rouse (boxing) who later turned professional and twice fought for World Light Heavyweight title (losing to Dick Tiger & Bob Foster); South Africa: Jeanette Toy Myburgh (swimming); other athletes from Brazil, Colombia France, GB, Germany, India, Japan, Pakistan, etc; (80 approx).$200300'