Sale No: 4
Lot No: 317
Symbol: C
Cat No: Collection
ADVERTISING: Melbourne businesses group comprising J&A Boyes 'Novelty Catalogue' with multi-coloured Victorian steam locomotive, George & George 'Federal Emporium' with premises & GPO mail coach outside (undivided back; used 1906), Tye & Co 'The Brick Villa Niagara' multi-coloured with early-model automobile, Wertheim 'Piano Factory' multi-coloured, Thos Evans Tent Maker canvas canopy, Malthoid 'The New Flinders Street Railway Station', Suttons Boots 'Look Before You Leap' four-act play performed by boots, Lincoln Stuart & Co 'Extreme Measures' comic showing tailor with large client, Oriental Cafe 'Two First Class Courses 9d' with cartoon rickshaw, Craig Williamson 'Elizabeth St' showing premises, and A Edments 'Melbourne Supply Stores' by Niven (corner faults), also Ince Bros postcard-sized patriotic trade card, condition generally fine to very fine unused (except as stated).
(Qty 12)
ADVERTISING: The Beehive Clothing Co, 92-94 Elizabeth St Melb 'The Law Forbids You/Get Dressed at ...' showing a rotund man in a rather racy red & white striped bathing costume with top hat & umbrella walking a small dog being accosted by a policeman, printed by Mason, Firth & McCutcheon, unused & fine with a couple of very minor blemishes. The card goes on to explain that this is 'The Celebrated Poster ... objected to by the Hon. Thomas Bent, Premier of Victoria'.
ADVERTISING: Mitchell & Co West Footscray 'The Melbourne Zoo Elephant Ploughing with the famous Mitchell No.14 2 Furrow Plough' with handlers and ploughman, almost certainly published by FW Niven but without imprint on address side, fine unused with just a couple of very minor blemishes on back. Beautiful!
ADVERTISING: The Regal Cafe, 65 Swanston St, Melb 'Interior of one of our Up-To-Date Dining Rooms' with waitresses and table settings, published by FW Niven, very fine unused.
ADVERTISING: Swallow & Ariell's Biscuits & Cakes 'Above All Others' showing an airship carrying boxes of biscuits above the company's Melbourne factory buildings, very fine unused. Gorgeous!
Sale No: 4
Lot No: 322
Symbol: C
Cat No: Collection
ARTISTS: Fred Booty coastline group comprising 'Wreck of the George Roper' used 1908 from Bundaberg (Qld) to Malvern (Vic), 'Needle Rock off Cape Schank', 'Rough Sea near Lorne' and 'Rough Sea, Flinders', the latter three addressed but apparently sent under cover, a couple with very minor blemishes. [Fred Booty is much better known for his often hilarious comic cards]
(Qty 4)
ARTISTS: Hand-Painted Watercolours with vignette views of ' "Kitty" Gippsland Lakes' showing the famous aboriginal fisher-woman in her canoe on the lake and of 'The Old Red Bluff, St Kilda' with a steamship on the horizon, both surrounded by native flowers and inscribed 'Greetings', unused, plus by other artists 'Battery Pt, Portland' and 'Chelsea, Vic' with bathing box used under cover with 1912 message, minor blemishes. Delightful!
(Qty 4)
SCHOOLS: Selection of all-different with many real photo types including of Coburg High School, Gapsted State School, Middle Park SS, Yarram SS, Lurg (small corner bend otherwise superb!), Technical Schools at South Melbourne & Warrnambool, etc, also private schools Carey Grammar, Caulfield Grammar (creased), Geelong Grammar, Mentone Grammar, Methodist Ladies College, Scotch College, Xavier College and St Keiran's at Moe, and a few others unidentified but believed to be in Victoria & a photo of a c.1950s reunion at Homebush Lower, generally fine to very fine. A very good lot.
(Qty 26) (Image1)
Estimate AU$150
Opening AU$ 115.00
Sold...AU$ 190.00
Closed..Feb-18-2021, 17:00:00 EST
Sold For 190
Sale No: 4
Lot No: 325
Symbol: C
Cat No: Collection
TRAMWAYS: 1910 (circa) pair of real photo cards being different views of a crash between an 'M&MTB' [Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board] electrified tram and a cart loaded with sacks, one showing the front of the tram with smashed windscreen & the cart being unloaded in the midst of a group of onlookers with the conductor's back facing the camera, the other showing the side of tram partly torn away with man standing on the running board and skid-marks indicating the cart had been pushed quite some way down the road, both with some bends & aging marks. [The signage on the cart reads '..RRIE' (= Glenferrie Road) so we expect the incident was in Kew Hawthorn or Malvern](Qty 2)
TOWN VIEWS: Selection comprising Apollo Bay (Robbins), Bendigo (REM), Daylesford and Kaniva plus real photo types of Bairnsdale (Bulmer), Diamond Creek (Frazer & Vallance), Lang Lang (Super Series) & Omeo (Rose), very fine unused.
(Qty 8)
Ballarat: 1905 Electric Supply Coy of Victoria Ltd/Ballarat Tramways souvenir 3d tram-ticket card for opening of the electric tram system in Ballarat, used on the tram as signified by the punch-hole & later posted, a few bends & corner creases still a most attractive item. Very scarce.
Colac: 1910 (circa) real photo of a 'Patent Water Balast Motor Road Roller' manufactured by Barfoot & Perkins Ld, Peterborough, England and mechanic with oil can standing alongside, the side view shows details of the petrol engine, steering wheels, accelerator pedal, gears & chain drive, 'ERNEST BUGG/COLAC' h/s on 'Kodak Austral' back, a few aging marks on back.
Sale No: 4
Lot No: 330
Symbol: C
Cat No: Collection
Geelong: Group including 'Geelong Fire Station' Niven-style card (a few blemishes), 'Geelong Tennis Club Easter Tournament 1907' showing play in progress, 'Queen Victoria Statue Unveiling Ceremony' Unidvided Back multi-view used 1904, 'Malop Street' with Victoria Hotel, 'Moorabool St' x4 different with shops & signs (one an Undivided Back used 1905 to NZ), 'The Coloseum' theatre real photo, 'Yarra Street Wharf' with shipping, 'Johnstone Park x2 (one a multi-view), 'Geelong College' used 1908 (delaminated corner), 'Church of England Grammar School' used 1905 & 'Flinders School' dated 1908, 'Princes Bridge', 'Fyansford Bridge' with quarry, 'Barwon River' with factory, a few Rose & Valentines real photos of Eastern Beach, etc, also 1908 Merchant Eyesight Specialist advertising card with 'PAID AT GEELONG/½D' cds, condition a little mixed but many fine.
(Qty 28)
Sale No: 4
Lot No: 331
Symbol: C
Cat No: Collection
Gippsland: Group including Bairnsdale 'Main Street' x2 different, Inverloch real photo 'Venus Bay', Sale Hammond real photo 'Canal in Flood 1909' with excursion steamer in background, also 'Steamer Omeo Paynesville/Beach at Lakes Entrance' & 'Cunninghame and Lakes Entrance' multi-views, 'Steamer leaving ..', 'Swing Bridge', 'Raymond Street South', 'Bishopscourt' house, etc, Walhalla WH Lee real photo 'Pack Horses' carrying mining gear, Warragul ' Railway Station', Wonthaggi real photo 'McBride Avenue', plus 'Hazeldene', 'Lake Bunga' and real photos of Buchan church & township and Kalimna Hotel, etc, condition a little mixed but mostly fine to very fine.
(Qty 32)
Sale No: 4
Lot No: 332
Symbol: C
Cat No: Collection
Gippsland: River views on the Albert River with people on the riverbank, Bulmer Genoa River, Mitchell River x5 (two with groups of houses), Snowy River with old man in boat, Bulmer real photo Snowy River x2, Tambo River with a tourist boat, Thompson River x2 one with 'SWING BRIDGE OPEN, SALE', and CH Tuckey real photo 'Wallagaraugh River, Mallacoota' (never heard of it!), fine to very fine used or unused.
(Qty 14)
Gippsland: Scenery at or near Wilson's Promontory, San Remo, Beaconsfield, Tarra Valley, Inverloch, Bulga Park, etc, many are real photo types, generally fine to very fine used or unused.
(Qty 30)
Gippsland: Buchan with Bulmer real photo cards x4 including 'FAIRY CAVE...', Rose x4 including 'Niobe's Bower Royal Cave', and Valentine 'The Pyramid...', fine to very fine unused.
(Qty 9)
Sale No: 4
Lot No: 335
Symbol: C
Cat No: Collection
Gippsland: Lake Tyers/Toorloo Arm group with a Bulmer real photo card, Victorian Railways Tourist Series x2 (one of aborigines spear-fishing), NJ Caire with two rowboats, and five others, fine to very fine used or unused.
(Qty 9)
Gippsland: Lakes Entrance/Cunninghame real photo types of "REEVES RIVER CUNNINGHAME" (pleasure craft), Bulmer x2 (one an excellent panorama of the town from Jemmy's Point) and Valentine x2 (one of the town from the Lookout Tower), plus coloured views Victorian Railways Tourist Series x2 and WTP 'Cunninghame' with bridge at entry to town, fine to very fine unused. [Cunninghame was renamed Lakes Entrance on 1.1.1915]
(Qty 8)
Gippsland: Omeo real photo types comprising an excellent view of the town inscribed in pencil "TAKEN FROM THE HILL", another of houses along the Bingo Track & a third "View of New Road" (corner fault), then a series of 20 local views and landmarks, very fine unused.
(Qty 23)
Gippsland: Phillip Island Ajax Series 'Cowes from the Pier', real photo seascapes x3 (over-exposed), Valentine's 'PENGUINS', Photo Shop 'PARADE OF THE PENGUINS' & 'Seals on Seal Rocks', and Rose seascapes x7 including of Seal Rocks, mostly unused & generally fine to very fine.
(Qty 14)
Grampians: Rogers real photo types mostly of Grampians beauty spots including extraordinary rock formations, many including tourists, very fine unused.
(Qty 19)
Sale No: 4
Lot No: 341
Symbol: C
Cat No: Collection
Healesville: Group of hotels & guest houses starting with a beautiful multi-view artist advertising card for the 'Grand Hotel' (unfortunately a few aging marks, mostly on back) and two multi-view advertising cards for 'The Hermitage on the Black Spur' (one dated 1912) all Undivided Backs, then real photo cards of 'Blackwood House', 'The Ferns' & 'The Cascades, Myer's Creek', two early Rose real photos of 'Chalet Carinya' & 'Kyraneuk' with observation tower, plus later Rose real photos of 'Bethany', 'Greenhills', 'Marna House' & 'RACV Country Club', all either unused or used under cover, condition a little variable but mostly fine to very fine.
(Qty 12)
Heidelberg: 1920s (circa) set of b/w views comprising 'River Yarra', Fishing in the Yarra', 'View from Eaglemont', 'Looking towards Doncaster', 'St John's Church of England' & 'Recreation Grounds', unused, plus the original envelope 'Artistic Views of Heidelberg/6d' and dividing leaves, the cards fine to very fine, the envelope with some aging marks & edge wear.
(Qty 6 cards + envelope)
Melbourne Robert Jolley (Melbourne) Undivided Backs all different from four different series, one a bit aged the others very fine unused. By far the most artistic of the early publishers.
(Qty 5)
Sale No: 4
Lot No: 344
Symbol: C
Cat No: Collection
Melbourne Suburban group including Armadale real photo 'Bowling Green' and again on multi-view with Railway Station, Black Rock Rose real photo 'Somers House' (mis-inscribed 'BLAC KROCK'), Camberwell ' Bourke Road South', Campbellfield real photo 'Scotch Kirk' church, Canterbury 'Public Library', Coburg real photo 'Wesleyan School Hall' & 'Bell St Bridge', Dandenong 'Main Street' with Australasia Colonial Bank, Doncaster Fidler real photo 'Main Road' with car (number plate '796'), Elsternwick 'Two Views of the Station Reserve' multi-view used 1905 to NZ, Hampton Rose real photo 'Beach from the Cliffs' with bathing boxes, Hawthorn 'Auburn Road' & 'Glenferrie Road' shops, Kew 'Upper High Street', 'Dight's Falls, Studley Park' & 'Twickenham Ferry', Malvern 'Glenferrie Road' shops, Oakleigh Rose real photo 'Eaton Street' & Swimming Pool', Prahran 'Alfred Hospital' & 'Aerial Panorama', Richmond 'Elsternwick Express Disaster' real photo (edge wear) & 'Town Hall', Ringwood Ward real photo 'Bowling Green' with play in progress, Sandringham 'Melrose Street' shopfronts with an array of signage for Estate Agent, Chemist, Fruiterer, etc, Williamstown 'Gem Pier', Windsor 'Hostel for Blind Women' (blank back), etc, quite a number used, a few with minor blemishes but generally fine to very fine.
(Qty 32)
Melbourne Suburban - East: comprising 'Burke Road, Camberwell, Looking South' (unused), 'Gardens, Canterbury' (featuring Canterbury Hall, unused), 'Albany Crescent, Surrey Hills' (used under cover) and 'White Horse Rd, Box Hill from the Fire Tower' (used), fine to very fine. Very scarce quartet.
(Qty 4)
Melbourne Suburban - Inner North: comprising Carlton x3, Collingwood x4 including two excellent streetscapes of Smith Street, and Fitzroy x2, fine to very fine used or unused.
(Qty 9)
Melbourne Suburban - Inner West & North: comprising Flemington x2 (one a lovely shot of Fashions on the Field), Footscray x3 (one of the Post Office), Maribyrnong, Moonee Ponds x2 & Coburg, fine to very fine used or unused.
(Qty 9)
Melbourne Suburban - Inner South: comprising Albert Park x4 including 'Boat Racing on Albert Park Lake' (which is a foot deep on a good day!), Elsternwick, Port Melbourne, South Melbourne and South Yarra, fine to very fine used or unused.
(Qty 8)
Melbourne Suburban - Prahran: selection comprising five terrific streetscapes of Chapel Street with lots of signage, the Institution for the Blind, Victoria Gardens x4 & Greville Street Gardens, fine to very fine unused or used.
(Qty 11)
Sale No: 4
Lot No: 350
Symbol: C
Cat No: Collection
Melbourne Suburban - St Kilda: Group including NJ Caire 'Pier and Esplanade' real photo used 1908 to Austria with 1½d orange/yellow, Williams 'Junction' with tram, RT Taylor premises & Schweppes advertising hoarding plus similar view by WTP with advertising removed & gaslight added, also 'Beach' with Hegarty's Railway Baths for Gentlemen in background, 'Donkeys on the Sands', 'Esplanade', 'Soldiers' Monument' & 'Town Hall', Rose Series real photos 'Luna Park' entrance, 'Yacht Club', 'Baths', 'Pier', etc, plus 1933 real photo of nativity scene modelled in sand, condition variable but generally fine to very fine.
(Qty 17)
Melbourne Suburban - St Kilda Road - Wesley College: Three real photo cards showing the main school building, another view from the sports oval, and a posed photograph of the college football team captioned 'Wesley College Champion Team 1904', each used 1904 to Tasmania with ½d Bantam pairs tied Melbourne d/s, fine condition with just a couple of minor blemishes. Wesley College was established in 1866 and was the first registered school in Australia; it was one of six founding members of the Associated Public Schools and won the APS football premiership 15 times between 1899 and 1922.
(Qty 3)
Sale No: 4
Lot No: 353
Symbol: C
Cat No: Collection
Mornington Peninsula: Group including Flinders Victorian Railways Tourist Series 'London Bridge' card used 1911 from Spencer Street with 1d pink 'OS' puncture and Valentine's real photo 'Hotel Flinders', 'The Pier' & 'The Golf Links' with group teeing off, Frankston Niven 'Tennis Court' with play in progress (unused; a few aging marks on back), Hastings 'The Jetty' with fishing trawler (tape adhesion on back) and a "G Rose test print" of same view, Mornington Rose real photo 'Dava Lodge', Rosebud Rose real photo 'Point Nepean Road' with shops & signs, also quite a number of Sorrento real photo beach scenes plus 'Hotel Continental', 'The Back Beach Hotel' with tram, 'Whitehall' guest house real photo, etc, condition a little mixed but mostly fine.
(Qty 32)
Sale No: 4
Lot No: 354
Symbol: C
Cat No: Collection
Surf Coast: Small group comprising 1905 'Torquay/Point Roadknight near Geelong' (!; actually at Anglesea) Undivided Back multi-view used to NZ with 'TORQUAY' cds tying BN '1970', Torquay beach scenes x4, Lorne real photo 'Kia Ora' guest house, 'Hotel Lorne & The Cumberland' and real photo view of beach, Apollo Bay real photo 'Greenacres' guest house & golf course showing players putting on the green, Great Ocean Road 'The Brothers', Cumberland', 'Mt Defiance' and 'St George River', condition a little mixed but mostly fine.
(Qty 12)
