Sale No: 250
Lot No: 1323
Symbol: C
Cat No: Collection
ARTIST CARDS: Three-volume display collection of JA Turner cards featuring rural, outback & mining scenes, all 46 views are represented plus duplication of designs from various series differentiated by colours, backs & captions including addition of advertising, generally fine to very fine. Very difficult to replicate. Weighs 8kg. Ex John Walker. [NB: card No 32 'News from Town' is known from reprints only, was not officially issued & is not included] (Image1)
Estimate AU$850
Opening AU$ 650.00
Sold...AU$ 650.00
Closed..Feb-28-2023, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 650
Sale No: 250
Lot No: 1324
Symbol: C
AUSTRALIANA: Large bundle featuring the Wool Cattle & Timber Industries plus some Agricultural subjects, Horses, etc, a few real photo & artist cards, generally fine to very fine. (Image1)
Estimate AU$300
Opening AU$ 290.00
Sold...AU$ 625.00
Closed..Feb-28-2023, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 625
Sale No: 250
Lot No: 1325
Symbol: C
BUSHRANGERS: 1907 (circa) Regal Post Card Co 'The Kelly Gang - From an original Photograph'; plus Beattie Studios, Hobart 'Cash, The Tasmanian Bushranger', both very fine unused.
Sale No: 250
Lot No: 1326
Symbol: C
Cat No: Collection
MILITARY: WWI comprising a group of 15 portrait cards of Willoughby (NSW) soldiers, mostly identified including five of whom died in action; Gallipoli x6; Daily Mail and ACF types x7; various Soldiers Clubs x6; Military Hospitals in Australia x5 or GB x2; 1916 'The King...Inspecting Convalescents'; and Rose stereo card 'The Farewell Parade...The Troops passing through Coburg' (a terrific photo); & a few others plus five items of Ephemera; generally fine to very fine.
MILITARY: WWI humorous artist cards comprising Photochrom Anzac Silhouette Series x4, a bit grubby; and by "Pat" x5, "Hal Ballment" (?) 'Au revoir Gallipoli but not good bye", all these are very fine. (Image1)
Estimate AU$150
Opening AU$ 115.00
Sold...AU$ 115.00
Closed..Feb-28-2023, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 115
Sale No: 250
Lot No: 1328
Symbol: C
Cat No: Collection
MILITARY: Quality WWII group comprising Departing Troops x4, RAAF aircraft & aircrew x8, Australian POWs in Germany x2 with camp cachets on the reverse & a few pinholes, and ACF 'Cheer-Up Hut & Hostel' multiview, fine to very fine. (Image1)
Estimate AU$200
Opening AU$ 150.00
Sold...AU$ 150.00
Closed..Feb-28-2023, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 150
Sale No: 250
Lot No: 1329
Symbol: C
NAVAL: Batch of mostly real photo cards of HMAS 'Australia' x2, 'Challenger' x2 (in Brisbane or Hobart), 'Encounter' x2 (at Thursday Island or in dry dock at Sydney), 'Euryalus' x2, 'Melbourne', 'Powerful' x3 and 'HMAS Yarra in dock after collision' (with HMAS 'Huon' in the Adriatic), also 'Battle-Cruiser Renown/Australian Tour 1920' and six with unnamed ships at Sydney x5 or Brisbane, fine to very fine.
Sale No: 250
Lot No: 1330
Symbol: C
Cat No: Collection
RAILWAYS: Marvellous batch of railway stations with Melbourne & Sydney suburbans including very fine 1911 1d Postal Card 'FLINDERS ST MELB' (expansive railyards), character-filled rural stations, passenger & goods trains, Trans-Australian Railway group including several views we have not previously seen (and we thought we knew all of them), many from local publishers, generally fine to very fine. (Image1)
Estimate AU$1,000
Opening AU$ 750.00
Sold...AU$ 750.00
Closed..Feb-28-2023, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 750
Sale No: 250
Lot No: 1331
Symbol: C
SHIPPING: Attractive batch of cards featuring the 1908 Visit of the American Fleet including six beautiful WTP chromolithos, Postal Cards for Victoria 1d unused and used and Commonwealth formular issue 'TO/MELBOURNE' postally used & very scarce thus, etc, also 'Battle-Cruiser Renown/Australian Tour 1920' (peripheral damage) & 1925 Visit of the American Fleet real photo of Collins Street, coastal shipping, Murray River paddle-steamers, and some yachting cards, some minor duplication, condition variable but generally fine to very fine. (Image1)
Estimate AU$500
Opening AU$ 380.00
Sold...AU$ 380.00
Closed..Feb-28-2023, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 380
Sale No: 250
Lot No: 1332
Symbol: C
Cat No: Collection
SHIPPING: Entrancing collection with many artist/advertising cards for the various coastal & international shipping lines, some Undivided Backs & many real photo cards, a group of Sanitarium PPC-size trade cards, some faults but most are fine to very fine. Another excellent lot. Weighs 4kg. (Image1)
Estimate AU$1,500
Opening AU$ 1,150.00
Sold...AU$ 1,150.00
Closed..Feb-28-2023, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 1150
Sale No: 250
Lot No: 1333
Symbol: C
THEATRE: Edwardian Actresses (mostly) & Actors all from various Talma & Co series including Gold Backgrounds, Fancy Frames, 'Artist' Cards, etc, about 40% feature Miss Tittell Brune, many of Maud Jeffries, Grace Palotta, Nellie Stewart and Maesmore Morris, plus cameo appearances by Jessica Deane, Margaret Thomas, Miss Chiloni, Nance O'Neil, Jessie MacLachan, May Flower, Daisy Holly, May Garstange, Delia Mason, Douglas Gerrard, Julius Knight, George Lauri, etc, a marvellous array of costumes, some with facsimile signatures, a small number with defects but generally fine to very fine. A veritable "Who's Who?" of the Australian stage. Weighs 1kg. (Image1)
Estimate AU$750
Opening AU$ 550.00
Sold...AU$ 550.00
Closed..Feb-28-2023, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 550
Sale No: 250
Lot No: 1405
Symbol: C
ANIMALS: Large box of Cats, Dogs, Horses, Donkeys, Sheep, Cattle, Fish, Camels, Butterflies, etc, including working animals, domestic pets, etc, many artist cards including by notable talents, numerous real photo cards & postcard-size photographs, some humorous types, strength in English & European cards but many other countries also represented including a good number of Australian rural subjects, some mostly minor duplication noted, condition variable but a large number are fine to very fine. Weighs 7kg. (Image1)
Estimate AU$750
Opening AU$ 575.00
Sold...AU$ 575.00
Closed..Feb-28-2023, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 575
Sale No: 250
Lot No: 1406
Symbol: C
Cat No: Collection
ANIMALS: Donkeys of the World from Malta, Antigua, Jamaica, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, Egypt, Libya, Palestine, Canary Islands, Argentina, etc, fine to very fine. Excellent basis for a new collection. (Image1)
Estimate AU$250
Opening AU$ 190.00
Sold...AU$ 190.00
Closed..Feb-28-2023, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 190
Sale No: 250
Lot No: 1407
Symbol: C
BIRDS: Large box of Game Birds, Farm Birds, Domestic Pets, Wild Birds etc, mostly artist cards including Birds of Paradise, cards adapted from John Gould's studies in Asia & the Pacific, and Tuck 'Oilettes', also a bit of humour, generally fine to very fine. A very attractive lot. (Image1)
Estimate AU$500
Opening AU$ 380.00
Sold...AU$ 420.00
Closed..Feb-28-2023, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 420
Sale No: 250
Lot No: 1408
Symbol: C
CEMETERIES: Box of mostly British & European cards but with others from China, India, Egypt, Hong Kong, Malta & Panama etc, includes headstones, monuments & elaborate tombs, generally fine to very fine unused or used. A fascinating, if somewhat ghoulish, theme.
Sale No: 250
Lot No: 1409
Symbol: C
Cat No: Collection
CHILDREN: 'Sitting Pretty!' collection of mostly real photo cards plus some PPC-size photographs all of infant children from newborn to about 12 months of age, a mixture of professional & amateur portraits plus some candid shots, strength in Australian cards but many from overseas, condition variable but most are fine to very fine. A marvellous insight into Edwardian costumes for our youngest members of society. (Image1)
Estimate AU$200
Opening AU$ 150.00
Sold...AU$ 190.00
Closed..Feb-28-2023, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 190
Sale No: 250
Lot No: 1410
Symbol: C
Cat No: Collection
CHILDREN: 'Sitting Pretty!' Part Two of the collection of mostly real photo cards plus some PPC-size photographs from toddlers to teenagers, a mixture of professional & amateur portraits plus some candid shots with lots of 'Daddy's Little Princess' types & as many 'Mother's Handsome Little Man' shots, also some Twins, moods from "I-wish-I-wasn't-here" to "Look at me!" and from the embarrassingly awkward to the ready-for-stardom, many of kids in fancy dress or amusing school production outfits, a good number of school portraits one of an all-girls class with a single aboriginal child in Western garb, a few Barnardo Homes shots & other publishers' cards, including some with plain backs in the nature of proofs (one marked-up for hand-colouring), strength in Australian cards but many from overseas, condition variable but generally fine to very fine. An enchanting subject and first-rate social history. (Image1)
Estimate AU$500
Opening AU$ 380.00
Sold...AU$ 650.00
Closed..Feb-28-2023, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 650
Sale No: 250
Lot No: 1411
Symbol: C
CHRISTIANITY: Box of cards ranging from portraits of Popes & Archbishops to American 'naughty' cards guilting back-slidden adults and children for not attending church or Sunday school, numerous beautiful cards from Art Nouveau 'Virtues' to reproductions of Old Masters, also Hymns & Tracts, Processions & Congregations, some Christmas & Easter cards, surprisingly few Churches & Cathedrals, mostly European British & American but some Australian & oddments including from South Africa & Thailand, generally fine to very fine. Weighs 6kg. (Image1)
Estimate AU$400
Opening AU$ 300.00
Sold...AU$ 300.00
Closed..Feb-28-2023, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 300
Sale No: 250
Lot No: 1412
Symbol: C
CRICKET: Australian team photos 1878 (1930s ABC 5CL issue), Bolland 1921 & 1926, and 1956 real photo PPC (signed on the reverse "Len Maddocks" and "Ron Archer", soiled & creased), then portraits of English & County players x16 from various series, Philco real photo PPC of the 1907-08 MCC Test Team, and two hilarious Kinsela artist cards, generally fine to very fine.
Sale No: 250
Lot No: 1413
Symbol: C
Cat No: Collection
HOTELS: Terrific pre-WWII collection of Grand Hotels, Village Hotels & Tourist Hotels from Great Britain including ancient inns, Europe, America, Canada, Japan & other Asia, many interiors & in-hotel restaurants, some beautiful advertising types including artist cards, a good number of real photo cards, etc, condition variable but generally fine to very fine. Weighs 2kg. (Image1)
Estimate AU$750
Opening AU$ 550.00
Sold...AU$ 550.00
Closed..Feb-28-2023, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 550
Sale No: 250
Lot No: 1414
Symbol: C
HOTELS: Box of mostly European establishments from tiny pensiones to grand hotels, condition variable.
Sale No: 250
Lot No: 1415
Symbol: C
Cat No: Collection
HUMOUR: Wide-ranging collection of mostly tame British cards plus some from Belgium & France, plenty of chuckle-inducing cards & no smut, subjects include romance & relationships, children, military, motoring & swanking, noted a few by Cynicus, Fred Booty, Red Nolan and Charles Dana Gibson, generally fine to very fine. Weighs 1kg.
LIGHTHOUSES: Box of mostly British facilities including some small structures, also from France, Canada, United States & South Africa, condition variable.
MARILYN MONROE: Oversize postcards including a few reprinted photos from when she was still Norma Jean Baker, numerous sultry & sex-kitten poses, some printed outside America, also a couple of Elvis Presley, mostly unused & generally very fine.
MILITARY - BOER WAR: 1900-01 Underwood stereo cards of various Boer War engagements & events including 'Cronje's men at Modder River...' (Boer POWs), 'NSW Medical Corps moving to the front...', 'NSW Lancers bringing Boer Prisoners into Pretoria', 'Australian Mounted Rifles [at] Belmont', 'South Australian Infantry lined up for inspection...', most with multi-lingual captions on the reverse, generally very fine; also Falkner & Sons (London) artist cards x4 of the Grenadier Guards including two Boer War subjects, superb unused.
Sale No: 250
Lot No: 1419
Symbol: C
Cat No: Collection
MILITARY - BOER WAR: 1899-1902 group of PPCs of British Prisoners of War during the Boer War, from publishers in Belgium x3, France x2 (one stained) & Germany x3 including two artist cards, also Swiss Tobler Chocolat trade card, condition variable. (Image1)
Estimate AU$300
Opening AU$ 230.00
Sold...AU$ 230.00
Closed..Feb-28-2023, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 230
Sale No: 250
Lot No: 1420
Symbol: C
MILITARY - BOER WAR: c.1900 real photo PPC of General Brooks and his Staff at the Boer Refugee Camp at Harrismith, minor blemishes, unused.
MUSIC: Classical Composers, Conductors, Musicians & Singers, mostly portrait cards of the Greats of the late-19th & early-20th centuries plus many who will also be well-known to lovers of the classical repertoire, a few of child prodigies, many artist cards especially of the departed Immortals, mostly European plus some British & Australian, mostly very fine unused. A veritable walk with the Gods!
MUSIC: Range with English Brass Bands x7, Pipe Bands x4, Royal Welsh Male Choir, Corrick Family of Entertainers x3, The Musical All Blacks of Maori Land, Beagles humorous 'An Orchestra Recital' monochrome & coloured sets of 6, etc, condition variable but most are fine to very fine. (Image1)
Estimate AU$200
Opening AU$ 150.00
Sold...AU$ 150.00
Closed..Feb-28-2023, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 150
Sale No: 250
Lot No: 1423
Symbol: C
Cat No: Collection
NAVAL: Batch of mostly British cards of various ships plus a group of artist cards commemorating Lord Nelson, also 1908 Great White Fleet blue ships of the line with some duplication, condition variable but generally fine to very fine. (Image1)
Estimate AU$250
Opening AU$ 190.00
Sold...AU$ 190.00
Closed..Feb-28-2023, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 190
Sale No: 250
Lot No: 1424
Symbol: C
Cat No: Collection
NAVAL: Large album mostly of warships with strong Australian content including British ships on the Australian Station, WWI troopships, duplicated group of WWII Japanese midget submarine sunk off Sydney, etc, then predominantly British & a few New Zealand & other countries, nice group of portraits of sailors, many real photo types, generally fine to very fine. An excellent lot. Weighs 2½kg. (136 plus some reproductions & a few moderns) (Image1)
Estimate AU$750
Opening AU$ 550.00
Sold...AU$ 550.00
Closed..Feb-28-2023, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 550
Sale No: 250
Lot No: 1425
Symbol: C
Cat No: Collection
PORTRAITS: Array of salon & amateur real photo cards with strong Australian content including solo studies, siblings, spouses, entire families, social groups, graduates, etc, a primer on Edwardian day-to-day clothes & fashion with excellent coverage of Coats, Hats, Hairstyles & Facial Hair, condition variable but most are fine to very fine. (Image1)
Estimate AU$250
Opening AU$ 190.00
Sold...AU$ 190.00
Closed..Feb-28-2023, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 190
Sale No: 250
Lot No: 1426
Symbol: C
Cat No: Collection
SHIPPING: Collection of artist cards of mostly ocean liners etc mostly the standard ship 'portraits' but also plenty of more imaginative and interesting aspects, from many lines including P&O, Cunard, White Star, Red Star, Blue Funnel, Holland-Amerika, Orient etc, many doubling as promotions for the various carriers, generally fine to very fine. (Image1)
Estimate AU$600
Opening AU$ 460.00
Sold...AU$ 525.00
Closed..Feb-28-2023, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 525
Sale No: 250
Lot No: 1427
Symbol: C
SHIPPING: Box with array of mostly unused cards featuring numerous passenger liners with strength in British cards & a large number of advertising issues for shipping lines, many artist cards including some beautiful Australian ship portraits, many 'moderns', also some stray material, heavily duplicated in parts making this an excellent lot for resellers. (Image1)
Estimate AU$250
Opening AU$ 190.00
Sold...AU$ 340.00
Closed..Feb-28-2023, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 340
Sale No: 250
Lot No: 1428
Symbol: C
SHIPPING: Box of ocean liners etc from many countries with some interiors plus a bundle of infrastructure subjects including wharves & dry docks, generally fine to very fine. A very interesting lot. (Image1)
Estimate AU$350
Opening AU$ 300.00
Sold...AU$ 300.00
Closed..Feb-28-2023, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 300
Sale No: 250
Lot No: 1429
Symbol: C
Cat No: Collection
SHIPPING: Beautiful group of advertising cards for Cunard, Orient x4, P&O x7, NDL Bremen x5, NYK (Japan) x6, Melbourne Steamship Line, Adelaide Steamship Co, American President Lines, and North British Railway Co, several other ship cards including SMS 'Adler' on its side after hurricane at Apia, also naval ships from Britain x6, America x3, Germany x2, Argentina (?) and Tuck artist card of the 'Sydney' sinking the 'Emden' (superb), a few faults but generally fine to very fine.
SHIPS: Two albums with a strong Aussie flavour including Burns Philp, Huddart Parker and P&O Royal Mail Ships on Australian Route, many real photo cards and numerous artist cards including some gorgeous items for White Star Line (some with 'Cunard Line' scored-through & 'Cunard White Star' Overprint), Royal Mail Lines & Japanese cards, etc, condition variable but many are fine to very fine & some are superb! A very appealing lot. (Image1)
Estimate AU$750
Opening AU$ 600.00
Sold...AU$ 600.00
Closed..Feb-28-2023, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 600
Sale No: 250
Lot No: 1431
Symbol: C
TRANSPORT: Box of mostly Trains & Trams from all over Europe & America plus some from further afield including Donkey-Drawn Tram in Egypt, also Funicula, Zeppelins x6, Pyrenees Donkey Transport, Rickshaws, several Cable Cars, a Car Ferry & even a motor car after a collision, a few blemishes but mostly unused & generally fine to superb! Weighs 1kg.
