HOBBS, Sir John Berry ('Jack') [1882-1963: Cambridgeshire, Surrey and England]: A novelty postcard featuring an original miniature bakelite? gramophone record (85mm in diameter) mounted next to a printed action shot of Jack Hobbs. The verso goes into some detail: it is a Tuck's Gramophone Record Postcard [Series T] - playable on your gramophone - and the title of the piece is 'A New Record by Hobbs'. That makes it a little hard to pin down without actually playing it, considering how many (cricketing) records the man made; however, the mid-1920s would be an approximate date judging by the portrait. Another example of the item is illustrated (without comment) on page 291 of 'The Wisden Book of Cricket Memorabilia'; both have the signature of J.B. Hobbs near the centre of the record (along with a code number, which is P163X in this case). Presumably the signature is a facsimile, impressed at the time of production of the record. Apart from minimal loss of paper on the verso near the hole in the record, the item is in superb condition.   $250

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