AUTOGRAPHS: 2001 print by Richard Stone signed "Joan Sutherland" in the margin, also signed by the artisit and numbered 232/350, window mounted, framed & glazed, overall 71x82cm, very fine. Produced to celebrate the Centenary of Federation. (Image1)
Estimate AU$200
Opening AU$ 150.00
Sold...AU$ 150.00
Closed..Mar-02-2023, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 150
Sale No: 250
Lot No: 3362
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AUTOGRAPHS: 1879 Memo wriiten & signed by publisher John Sands; 1993 hand-written letter & programme signed by playwright David Williamson; 2002 letter written & signed by Richard Lester, director of The Beatles movies 'Hard Day's Night" & 'Help!'; plus 1872 letter to Major General Thornton advising of a visit from Her Majesty Queen Victoria. (Image1)
Estimate AU$100
Opening AU$ 75.00
Sold...AU$ 75.00
Closed..Mar-02-2023, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 75
Sale No: 250
Lot No: 3363
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Cat No: Collection
BOOKS: Pulp Fiction collection in three cartons including 'Western Story Magazine' (11), 'Double Action Western' (5), 'Dime Western Magazine' (4), other Westerns (48); 'Startling Stories' (2), 'Amazing Stories' (2), 'Argosy' (5), other pulps (28; three missing covers); Western comics (18) with 'Red Ryder' (8); also other books (15), annuals (8) & magazines (6), mainly Poor/Fair. Weighs 33kg. (Image1)
Estimate AU$150
Opening AU$ 120.00
Sold...AU$ 220.00
Closed..Mar-02-2023, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 220
Sale No: 250
Lot No: 3364
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BOOKS: Two cartons of 'Biggles' titles by Captain WE Johns (76) both hardback & softcover, plus Gimlet books (4), and another, mainly Fair/Fine. Weighs 21kg. [The fictional English airman 'Biggles' ruled the skies across both World Wars. For those of us who, as kids, devoured his adventures, an estimate of $1 per book seems downright insulting. "Stiff upper lip, what!?"] (Image1)
Estimate AU$100
Opening AU$ 135.00
Sold...AU$ 145.00
Closed..Mar-02-2023, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 145
Sale No: 250
Lot No: 3365
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BOOKS: A winter's entertainment with 'Wheels in Victoria 1824-1984' by Paynting & Grant [Melbourne, 1988], signed by authors; 'Bradman's Best - Collector's Edition' by Perry [Sydney, 1982]; 'The Clubs - The Complete History of Every Club in the VFL/AFL' edited by Hutchinson [Melbourne, 1998]; 'How They Became the Beatles' by Pawlowski [London, 1990], mainly Fine. Weighs 39kg. (Image1)
Estimate AU$100
Opening AU$ 75.00
Sold...AU$ 75.00
Closed..Mar-02-2023, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 75
Sale No: 250
Lot No: 3366
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BOOKS: Fine art trio 'Spiral Vision' by Reinis Zusters [Sydney, 1981] with signature, endorsement & drawing on title page; 'Love - Drawings for Sketchbooks 1995' by Wendy Sharpe, signed & numbered 112 of only 120 plus folder of ephemera; 'John Gould's Birds' [USA, 1981 reprint], some foxing but generally Fine. The illustration is above Lot 3361. (Image1)
Estimate AU$100
Opening AU$ 75.00
Sold...AU$ 75.00
Closed..Mar-02-2023, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 75
Sale No: 250
Lot No: 3367
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BOOKS: 1815 'Life of Doctor Benjamin Franklin' by Mason Weems [Baltimore], some foxing; and 1836 'A Memoir on the History of the Celebrated Treaty made by William Penn with The Indians...in 1682' by du Ponceau & Fisher [Philadelphia], fine. (Image1)
Estimate AU$100
Opening AU$ 115.00
Sold...AU$ 160.00
Closed..Mar-02-2023, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 160
Sale No: 250
Lot No: 3368
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BOOKS: 1857 'Victoria Illustrated' published by Sands & Kenny (Melbourne & Sydney) with 46 engraved illustrations by Samuel Thomas (ST) Gill (1818-1880), with scenes of Melbourne, Geelong, the Goldfields, Portland & Warrnambool, some staining at the edges and foxing but about half the pages have the engravings clear of foxing and would frame up beautifully. [ST Gill is widely regarded as the one of the keenest observers of life on the goldfields. His work reposes in all the major Australian galleries] (Image1)
Estimate AU$1,000
Opening AU$ 750.00
Sold...AU$ 750.00
Closed..Mar-02-2023, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 750
Sale No: 250
Lot No: 3369
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BOOKS: 1894 'The Last of the Bushrangers: an Account of the Capture of the Kelly Gang' by Francis Augustus Hare; 1946 'Ned Kelly' by Douglas Stewart with 18 illustrations by Norman Lindsay; and 1954 'The Kelly Hunters: an Authentic, Impartial History of the Life and Times of Edward Kelly, the Ironclad Outlaw' by Frank Clune with 23 signatures on flyleaf (covers poor). (Image1)
Estimate AU$100
Opening AU$ 260.00
Sold...AU$ 260.00
Closed..Mar-02-2023, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 260
Sale No: 250
Lot No: 3370
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BOOKS: c.1907 song books with words by Annie Rentoul, illustrations by Ida Rentoul Outhwaite & music by Georgette Peterson 'Australian Songs for Young and Old', 'Bush Songs of Australia for Young & Old' & 'More Australian Songs for Young and Old', some damage to the Art Deco covers but the pages are generally fine to very fine. Plenty of Ida Rentoul's attractive fairy illustrations that could be framed. (Image1)
Estimate AU$100
Opening AU$ 75.00
Sold...AU$ 75.00
Closed..Mar-02-2023, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 75
Sale No: 250
Lot No: 3371
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BOOKS: 1930s private manuscript diaries x11 of Henny Pia Bauer (née Herzl) of Vienna (1915-2004), plus an album with 100+ photographs (many of Henny in the Girl Guides), also theatre programmes (3), tickets (28) & covers (15); also includes schoolwork books (6), and 1887-90 schoolbooks of her father Dr Ludwig Herzl (1872-1939), a prominent Austrian doctor & librettist. {Like so many Jews, the 'lucky' ones, Henny left Europe just before WWII, and ended up migrating to Australia}. (Image1)
Estimate AU$200
Opening AU$ 150.00
Sold...AU$ 150.00
Closed..Mar-02-2023, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 150
Sale No: 250
Lot No: 3372
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DOCUMENTS: 1774 'CARTE d'une Partie de la Cote de la Nle GALLES MERIDle, Depuis Le Cap Tribulation jusqu'au Detoit De L'Endeavour, Par Le Lieut J Cook, 1770', rare engraved map of Cook's meanderings through the 'Labyrinth' (the Great Barrier Reef), from the French edition of the accounts of Cook's First Voyage, window mounted, framed & glazed, overall 57x53cm. Tooley 344. {Similar maps are currently available online for $1400 or US$550} (Image1)
Estimate AU$500
Opening AU$ 380.00
Sold...AU$ 380.00
Closed..Mar-02-2023, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 380
Sale No: 250
Lot No: 3373
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DOCUMENTS: 1917 original Department of Defence 'REGISTRATION/OF/ALIENS' notice printed on linen (31x44cm), requiring all persons who were not British subjects to be registered, quite clean & fine. [People of German or Austrian origin or nationality, or German-sympathisers, were liable to be interned] The illustration is above Lot 3369. (Image1)
Estimate AU$100
Opening AU$ 125.00
Sold...AU$ 440.00
Closed..Mar-02-2023, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 440
Sale No: 250
Lot No: 3374
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EPHEMERA: 'Australische Fauna' 1890s lithograph by Gustav Mutzel including a Thylacine (Tasmanian Tiger); colourful Australian Fruit labels x12; c.1927 Australian Aerial Services Ltd timetable; 1924-29 theatre programmes x6; 1921 'Aussie' magazine x3, mainly Fine. (Image1)
Estimate AU$150
Opening AU$ 115.00
Sold...AU$ 115.00
Closed..Mar-02-2023, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 115
Sale No: 250
Lot No: 3375
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EPHEMERA: c.1930-2000 'Flicker Books' including 'Don Bradman "Flicker" No.2 Square Cut and Late Cut' (tape on spine); 'C.V. Grimmett "Flicker" No.4 Leg Break Delivery and Leg Break Finger Spin'; Frank Woolley (missing covers); c.2000 'Sir Donald Bradman - The Sweep Shot'; Walt Disney Mickey Mouse/Donald Duck & Cinderella (2); Charlie Chaplin (missing covers); Fatima Turkish Cugarettes 'No.H Modern Dance Series', condition Fair/Fine (some rusty staples). Very popular with collectors, flipping (or flicking) the pages creates the appearance of movement. (Image1)
Estimate AU$200
Opening AU$ 170.00
Sold...AU$ 380.00
Closed..Mar-02-2023, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 380
Sale No: 250
Lot No: 3376
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NEW SOUTH WALES: c.1854 usage under cover of 'ST JAMES CHURCH SYDNEY' with imprint 'C Ashton Sc' at L/R on thick 4to blue paper, 4pp fully written & being part of a longer missive, ink-blotch affects the right-hand side of the illustration & a few other minor blemishes still quite fine for these. The letter, from an American, is full of animated and largely positive social commentary, & states "...The Anniversary of the Founding of the Colony was an important time...equivalent to the 4th of July at home...Sydney [has] all sorts of people. Its nearness to the East Indies has brought crowds of their inhabitants here. There are a great many Jews here as well as at Melbourne...I think them more nice than wise...They are all rich...& own some of the finest shops & houses in the city...I have spent my Sundays...reading old Yankee Papers...information can so readily & cheaply be gained through the medium of newspapers..."
The heritage-listed St James' Church, in King Street, was consecrated in February 1824 by the infamous Rev Samuel Marsden. Designed by the convict architect, Francis Greenway, and erected by convict labour, it has been called by art historian Daniel Cruickshank, "one of the world's 80 greatest man-made treasures". It is the oldest-surviving church in Sydney. Charles Ashton was an engraver active in Sydney between 1844 & 1869. This appears to be a little-known image.
Sale No: 250
Lot No: 3377
Symbol: D
Cat No: Collection
NEW SOUTH WALES: mid-1850s illustrated lettersheets by Frederick Terry each with the imprints 'Terry del 1853' & the printers 'Sands & Kenny Sydney & Melbourne' and comprising 'Court House and Scotch Church, Paramatta'; 'Double Bay from South Head Road'; 'Entrance to Sydney Harbour, North Head seen from the Flagstaff'; 'Fruit Market, Sydney'; 'Government House from the Botanical Gardens'; 'Newcastle from the Nobby'; 'North Head from Vaucluse'; 'Paramatta River from Fort Phillip'; 'Sydney Cove from Fort Macquarie', hand-tinted; 'Sydney from Old Point Piper Road'; 'Sydney Harbour from Watson's Bay' (hand-tinted); 'Sydney, Garden Island, Pinchgut &c from Point Piper'; 'The Nobbies from Newcastle'; 'Windsor Church'; printed from steel plates, the odd mostly minor blemish but nine of the group are graded A or A-, unused.
The watercolourist & engraver Frederick Casemero Terry was born in England, trained in Switzerland & arrived in Sydney by early-1852 where his oeuvre was largely scenes of Sydney & surrounding areas. He established a reputation as one of the most accomplished artists in the Colony.
NEW SOUTH WALES: 1855 two engraved lettersheets by Frederick Terry, published in Melbourne by Sands & Kenny 'English Church at Paramatta' & 'Pitt Street looking South', minor foxing but the overall condition is very fine. (Image1)
Estimate AU$200
Opening AU$ 150.00
Sold...AU$ 150.00
Closed..Mar-02-2023, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 150
Sale No: 250
Lot No: 3379
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Cat No: Collection
SOUTH AUSTRALIA: Benjamin Herschel Babbage group comprising 1833 & 1835 University of London Certificates of Honour for Mathematics; plus 1858 South Australia Government Report 'Petition of BH Babbage' regarding his recall from the command of the Northern Exploring Expedition. [Herschel Babbage was an English engineer, scientist, explorer & politician, best known for his work in the colony of South Australia]. (Image1)
Estimate AU$100
Opening AU$ 75.00
Sold...AU$ 75.00
Closed..Mar-02-2023, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 75
Sale No: 250
Lot No: 3380
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TASMANIA: c.1850 engraved lettersheet 'Launceston, from the Westbury Road', with imprints 'Quarrill & Co.' & 'Sydney No.92', on laid paper, fine unused condition. [This represents half a lettersheet, the Sydney views Nos. 90 & 93 we offered in auction 247 were folded so that there were 4 pages, they sold for $190 each] (Image1)
Estimate AU$150
Opening AU$ 115.00
Sold...AU$ 115.00
Closed..Mar-02-2023, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 115
Sale No: 250
Lot No: 3381
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TASMANIA: 1867 Tasmanian Government Debenture for £100, signed by Governor Gore-Browne, Fine condition. [Sir Thomas Gore-Browne had a leading role in inciting Maori uprisings in New Zealand, from where he was recalled & appointed Governor of Tasmania, where he enjoyed far greater popularity, there being no surviving indigenous people for him to alienate] (Image1)
Estimate AU$100
Opening AU$ 75.00
Sold...AU$ 105.00
Closed..Mar-02-2023, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 105
Sale No: 250
Lot No: 3382
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VICTORIA: Legal documents including 1854 document witnessed by Sir Redmund Barry (best known for sentencing Ned Kelly to death); five 1867-78 Conveyances for land at Daylesford & Richmond; 1874 Letter of Administration (with Will attached) for William Benjamin, school teacher of Elphinstone; 1884 Summons of a Witness; 1902 Recognizance of Bail a few with Revenue stamps, generally fine to very fine. [See also Lot 795, document signed by Sir Daniel Cooper] (Image1)
Estimate AU$200
Opening AU$ 150.00
Sold...AU$ 150.00
Closed..Mar-02-2023, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 150
Sale No: 250
Lot No: 3383
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VICTORIA: 1850 engraved lettersheet 'The Post Office, Melbourne' drawn & engraved by Thomas Ham, Melbourne, published in Melbourne by John Hunter, horizontal fold well clear of engraving otherwise very fine unused. (Image1)
Estimate AU$200
Opening AU$ 340.00
Sold...AU$ 725.00
Closed..Mar-02-2023, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 725
Sale No: 250
Lot No: 3384
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VICTORIA: 1850 lithographed lettersheet 'Union Bank of Australia, corner of Collins & Queen Streets, Melbourne', with 'HAM LITHO' in white at lower right, 'No.3' at upper right, published in Melbourne by John Hunter, minor foxing & horizontal fold well clear of engraving, unused. (Image1)
Estimate AU$150
Opening AU$ 115.00
Sold...AU$ 115.00
Closed..Mar-02-2023, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 115
Sale No: 250
Lot No: 3385
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VICTORIA: 1851 engraving 'Mooney's Royal Hotel, St Kilda. Family Hotel, Private Apartments. Public Luncheon daily at ½ past 1 o'clock - The Premier Omnibus to & from Melbourne daily', engraved by Thomas Ham, marvellous image of hotel, coach, visitors & mobile bathing boxes, small stain in margin at upper-right otherwise very fine. Very early advertising in the Colony of Victoria. (Image1)
Estimate AU$300
Opening AU$ 230.00
Sold...AU$ 290.00
Closed..Mar-02-2023, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 290
Sale No: 250
Lot No: 3386
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VICTORIA: 1858 lithographed lettersheet 'Melbourne Wharf looking So.W. from Custom House enclosure 1858' by ST Gill (1818-1880), with imprints of 'STG' & 'JJ Blundell & Co', beautifully hand-coloured, minor foxing otherwise very fine unused. (Image1)
Estimate AU$300
Opening AU$ 230.00
Sold...AU$ 230.00
Closed..Mar-02-2023, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 230
Sale No: 250
Lot No: 3387
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VICTORIA: 1870 engraved lettersheet of 'Melbourne Hospital' by George Nichols (Melbourne,) the 4-page letter in old German headed "Westgarthtown/16 Mai 1870", characteristic filing folds, posted under cover, presumably to Germany.
Westgarthtown is an historic dairy farming settlement 16km north of Melbourne at what is now Thomastown. It was established in 1850 by German and Wendish immigrants, and should not be confused with "Westgarth", part of the suburb of Fairfield. This is the first letter we have recorded from the German community, making it an historically important document. We expect a translation would yield very interesting commentary. (Image1)
