The sound of leather (ball) against willow (bat) can once again be heard throughout the English countryside, signifying the start of a new cricket season. At Shapero Rare Books we have some wonderful cricketing memorabilia to share with you, including signed photographs of cricketers. Anything to do with celebrated players or matches hold their value because of their legendary status.
TRUMPER, Victor [Cricketer], George Beldam [Photographer]
Black & white photograph signed by Victor Trumper, c.1905
£2,300
Victor Trumper (1877-1915) is one of Australia's all-time great cricket batsmen, remarkable for winning games on the most difficult wet surfaces. The image above is a famous photograph of the cricketer during the 1905 Ashes tour by George Beldam, one of the leading early photographers of sports personalities. Breaking the tradition of a more staid form of posed photography, his photographs provided the basis for Chevalier Taylor's famous series of colour lithographs of cricketers in action. Read more