Mr Rickett rowed at Eton, and later for the 3rd Trinity Boat Club, Cambridge. After distinguished military service in the Far East in WWII, he became president of Leander Club and a Henley Steward, positions he held for many years. His brother, the late Harold Rickett, was a former chairman of Henley Royal Regatta.
The collection embodies Rickett’s great interest in rowing and comprises some 57 prints and paintings, together with a library collection of some 200 or so books, many of special antiquarian interest to rowers and river enthusiasts.
Included in the sale is what is probably a complete collection of Spy cartoons of rowing greats from Vanity Fair, one shown above, and a complete bound library edition of the British Rowing Almanac (the rowers’ Wisden) from 1862-1986.
I Spy a great opportunity
THE Graham Rickett Collection of rowing ephemera offers a unique opportunity for collectors when it comes up for sale as part of Bonhams’ annual sale of traditional rivercraft and marine ephemera on Saturday, July 19 at the Boat Tents, near Leander Club, Henley-on-Thames.
