SUNDAY SUN 1990 COLLINGWOOD MAGPIES PREMIERSHIP CARICATURE PRINT - AUSTRALIAN FOOTBALL LEAGUE MEMORABILIA

A VIBRANT AND HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT NEWSPAPER CARICATURE CELEBRATING COLLINGWOOD'S 1990 AUSTRALIAN FOOTBALL LEAGUE PREMIERSHIP VICTORY. THIS ORIGINAL SUNDAY SUN PRINT FEATURES EXUBERANT CARICATURED PORTRAITS OF TWO COLLINGWOOD PLAYERS HOLDING ALOFT THE PREMIERSHIP CUP, RENDERED IN BOLD COLOUR WITH CHARACTERISTIC NEWSPAPER CARTOON STYLING OF THE ERA.

PUBLICATION AND CONTENT:
- SOURCE: SUNDAY SUN NEWSPAPER (MELBOURNE)
- DATE: 1990
- SUBJECT: COLLINGWOOD FOOTBALL CLUB PREMIERSHIP CELEBRATION
- HEADLINE: "AT LAST 1990 PREMIERS MAGPIES"
- ADDITIONAL TEXT REFERENCES THE AUSTRALIAN FOOTBALL LEAGUE PREMIERSHIP CUP WON BY COLLINGWOOD
- ADVERTISING: MITREÉ BRANDING VISIBLE, CONSISTENT WITH 1990S NEWSPAPER ADVERTISING

PRESENTATION:
THE PRINT IS PROFESSIONALLY FRAMED UNDER GLASS WITH CARDBOARD BACKING AND A BRASS-FINISHED FRAME. THE MOUNTING AND FRAMING APPEAR TO BE ORIGINAL OR CONTEMPORARY TO THE PUBLICATION DATE.

DIMENSIONS:
- HEIGHT: 56 CM
- WIDTH: 46 CM
- FRAME DEPTH: STANDARD FRAME PROFILE

CONDITION: FAIR. THE PRINT EXHIBITS NATURAL AGE-RELATED YELLOWING AND MINOR FOXING CONSISTENT WITH 34 YEARS OF DISPLAY AND STORAGE. THE PAPER STOCK SHOWS SLIGHT WAVINESS SUGGESTING HISTORICAL EXPOSURE TO AMBIENT MOISTURE. THE GLASS IS INTACT BUT SHOWS DUST ACCUMULATION AND MINOR SURFACE MARKS FROM AGE. THE BRASS FRAME RETAINS ITS ORIGINAL FINISH WITH PATINA APPROPRIATE TO AGE. NO TEARS, SIGNIFICANT CREASING, OR RESTORATION WORK IS EVIDENT. THE PIECE REMAINS STRUCTURALLY SOUND AND DISPLAYABLE.

HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE: THIS PRINT CAPTURES A PIVOTAL MOMENT IN COLLINGWOOD FOOTBALL CLUB HISTORY, COMMEMORATING THEIR 1990 PREMIERSHIP VICTORY. AS A CONTEMPORARY NEWSPAPER PUBLICATION, IT REPRESENTS AUTHENTIC SPORTING MEMORABILIA FROM THE ERA AND WOULD APPEAL TO AFL COLLECTORS, COLLINGWOOD SUPPORTERS, AND AUSTRALIAN SPORTING HISTORY ENTHUSIASTS.

PROVENANCE: PRIVATE COLLECTION. THE PIECE HAS BEEN FRAMED AND DISPLAYED, WITH NO DOCUMENTED EXHIBITION OR AUCTION HISTORY.

Condition: Fair - Refer To Images

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