[Lester Piggott and Jack Dowdeswell, jockeys; Alan Thirlwell, golfer.] Autograph Signatures laid down on leaf from album, Thirlwell's on a printed card sent after his victory in the 1954 English Amateur Golf Championship.

Author: 
Lester Piggott (born 1935), English flat racing jockey, winner of the Epsom Derby nine times; Jack Dowdeswell (c.1917-2011), winner of the National Hunt jockeys' championship in 1946-47; Alan Thirlwel
Publication details: 
Dowdeswell's signature dated 1956, the other two undated, but Thirlwell's on a printed card dated from Gosforth on 14 May 1954.
£56.00
SKU: 14526

The three items laid down on an 11 x 17 cm leaf removed from an album, with the signatures of Dowdeswell and Piggott on one side, and that of Thirlwell on the other. In good condition, on lightly-aged paper. Piggott's signature ('Lester Piggott') is on a 4 x 9 cm piece of pink paper, on the same page as Dowdeswell's ('Best Wishes | Jack Dowdeswell | 1956.'), which is on a 4 x 8 cm piece of paper. Laid down on the reverse page is a printed card signed 'Alan Thirlwell'. The card is addressed from 1 Fernwood Avenue, Gosforth, and reads: 'It is not possible for me to write individually to all the kind people who have sent their good wishes on my success in the English Amateur Golf Championship, but I send this brief acknowledgment to let you know how much I appreciate your kind thoughts.'