RUGBY LEAGUE LOT INLUDES: 2 X PERMA PLAQUES SIGNED BY ARTIST TONY RAFTY - PORTRAIT OF JOHN O'NEIL SIGNED (RARE) ANDREW JOHNS "THE TWO OF ME" HARDCOVER BOOK, RUGBY LEAGUE 2004 BOOK, A CENTENARY OF LEAGUE HARD COVER BOOK AND PANTHERS - MEN IN BLACK HARD COVER BOOK.

This Rugby League Lot Contains The The Following: 2 X Perma Plaques By Aritist John Rafty (Landscape And Portrait) The Landscape Features Norm Provan And Jonny Raper And Signed By The Artist. The Portait Is Of John O'Neill And Also Signed By Him - John O'Neil Played 202 First Grade Games For South Sydney And Manly-Warringah Between 1965-1976. Very Rare Autograph

Also In This Lot, A Signed Andrew Johns "The Two Of Me" , A Centenary Of Rugby League, Hard Cover The Panters Men In Black And The 2004 Rugby League Edition .

During World War Ii, Rafty Served As A War Artist And Journalist For The Australian Army, Serving In New Guinea, Borneo And Singapore. He Sketched The Surrender Of The Japanese In Singapore, And Covered The Release Of Pows From Prison Camps, Including Batu Lintang Camp In Kuching, Sarawak. He Completed Many Sketches Of War Action Including A Memorable One Of Lord Louis Mountbatten. A Few Years Later He Covered The Indonesian War Of Independence, And Befriended President Sukarno Of Indonesia.[2][3] His Considerable Number Of Works From That Era Are Housed In The National Library And The Australian War Memorial In Canberra, With Others Held At The Imperial War Museum In London.[4]

Rafty Caricatured Politicians, Sportspeople, And Entertainers. He Sketched Sportsmen And Women At Every Olympic Games From 1948 (In London) To 1996 (In Atlanta).[5] His Work Has Been Exhibited Worldwide And Over 15,000 Of His Caricatures Have Been Featured In Newspapers And Magazines. In 1981 Rafty Became The World'S First Caricaturist To Have Subjects Appear On National Stamps, With Caricatures Of Sportsmen Victor Trumper [1], Walter Lindrum [2], Sir Norman Brookes [3] And Darby Munro [4] Appearing On Stamps Issued By Australia Post. He Also Provided Courtroom Sketches For News Bulletins On The Seven Network.[6]

Condition: GOOD - REFER IMAGES



160090+30281 Crossdock

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