Brass Bands

Lot 1705    Day 2    Brass Bands

Estimate $1,500
Bid at live.noble.com.au

N.I.B.B.A. (North Island Brass Band Association), includes handcrafted silver medal (24x43mm), no maker, ring top suspension with suspension bar inscribed '1900' and pin-back brooch bar inscribed 'Wellington', reverse of medal inscribed 'Contest/1900/Wellington/J.Eades'; another voided design for New Plymouth, handcrafted in gold (9ct; approx 13.3g; 36x37mm), no maker, ring top suspension, reverse inscribed '1902/Flugel Horn Solo/1st/J.Eades'; another medal for New Plymouth, hand engraved in silver (30mm), no maker, ring top suspension, unnamed; voided design dated 1904 handcrafted in silver (28x36mm), by W.L&S (W.Littlejohn & Son, Wellington), ring top suspension with pin-back brooch bar inscribed 'Championship', unnamed; another medal for Wellington dated 1922 and handcrafted in silver (32x32mm), no maker, ring top suspension, unnamed; also Dunedin Band Contest, 1910, struck in silver (28x35mm), by S (?), ring top suspension, reverse inscribed '1st/Test Selection/J.Eades/21.10.10'; another medal for Wellington, 1931, die struck in silver (32mm), by M&K (Mayer & Kean, Wellington), ring top suspension, unnamed; New Zealand Championship Band Contest, New Plymouth, 1936, die struck in gold (9ct; 14.6g including gold brooch bar; 31mm), no maker, ring top suspension below a 9ct gold pin-back brooch bar, reverse of medal inscribed 'C.A.Eades'. All medals toned, fine - very fine. (8)