ACTORS: Wide-ranging array of leading men from Edwardian theatre & the 'talkies' to the Golden Age of cinema, mostly from Britain, Europe & America but including a few from Australia & elsewhere. A veritable panthoen of heart-throbs, lounge lizards, gigolos & beefcake including Leonide Massine, Fernando Lamas, Rudolph Valentino, Charles Boyer, Gary Cooper and the never-to-be-forgotten Swetislaw Petrovits and Waldemar Stagemann, on and on. Many of the later cards are film studio portraits with plain backs & there are some photographs included, the odd fault but generally fine to very fine and the German cards - which include ensemble pieces from various productions - are mostly superb. Weighs 2kg.
(300 approx)
Sale No: 249
Lot No: 2732
Symbol: C
Cat No: Collection
ACTRESSES: Expansive collection from Edwardian theatre & the 'talkies' to the Golden Age of cinema with hundreds of poses & portraits of the omnipresent Marie Studholme plus strong representations of Vesta Tilley, Phyllis & Zena Dare, Billie Burke, Jean Aylwin, Maud Jeffries, Gabrielle Ray & Gladys Cooper plus a myriad bit-players such as Alice Joyce, Olive & Edna May, Virginia Vivienne, Mabel Green, Marge Lessing, Millie Legarde, on and on, plus European stars including Ossi Oswalda Cavera & de Mérode, plus some child stars including Wanda Radford, Baby Watson, Freddie Bartholomew, Karin und Rebecca, etc. Then follows an array of mostly American stars from silent movies to the Golden Age of cinema into the 1940s, many of which are studio fan cards with blank backs, also some photographs, many cards signed or with facsimile signatures, generally fine to very fine. Weighs 6kg.
(1500 approx) (Image1)
Estimate AU$500
Opening AU$ 380.00
Sold...AU$ 900.00
Closed..Nov-09-2022, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 900
Sale No: 249
Lot No: 2733
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.
(100 approx)
Sale No: 249
Lot No: 2734
Symbol: C
Cat No: Collection
ETHNIC: Bundle featuring ethnic groups from Asia and Africa, national costumes from European countries, some occupations, etc, generally fine to very fine used or unused. Excellent social history.
(100+)
Sale No: 249
Lot No: 2735
Symbol: C
Cat No: Collection
GLAMOUR: Group of artist cards including two delightful Kirchners (one with corner bend), Stengel & Co Motoring Mum & Babe by Popini x3, Hansa Kunstlerbund hand-painted Snappy Gents x3, others by Underwood & Vienne, etc, also printed Aristocratic Couples with the designs enhanced with stamp-collages x6 (one with corner fault), generally fine to very fine unused.
(27)
GLAMOUR: Floral box of mostly artist cards from Britain Europe & America including a duplicated surfeit of Astis, many by Pierre Boileau & a few by Charles Dana Gibson, etc, also many real photo types & some Art Nouveau, a veritable fashion parade of Edwardian-era gowns, hairstyles, outrageous hats, plus some incisive social commentary, generally fine to very fine. Weighs 4kg.
(many 100s)
Sale No: 249
Lot No: 2737
Symbol: C
Cat No: Collection
GRUSS AUS (= GREETINGS FROM): Marvellous collection mostly from Germany plus others from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Bavaria & Switzerland & a few non-Germanic types, about 25% are chromolithos & other early Undivided Back styles dating from 1896 & possibly earlier, numerous multi-views, some commemorative & advertising cards, some postal history/postmark interest, condition variable but a high percentage are fine to very fine and many are unused. A wonderful array of 'eye candy', with plenty of scope for further expansion. Weighs 2kg.
(400+) (Image1)
Estimate AU$2,000
Opening AU$ 1,500.00
Sold...AU$ 1,500.00
Closed..Nov-09-2022, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 1500
Sale No: 249
Lot No: 2738
Symbol: C
HOTELS: Box of mostly European establishments from tiny pensiones to grand hotels, condition variable. Weighs 1kg.
(836)
Sale No: 249
Lot No: 2739
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.
(420 approx) (Image1)
Estimate AU$1,000
Opening AU$ 750.00
Sold...AU$ 750.00
Closed..Nov-09-2022, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 750
Sale No: 249
Lot No: 2740
Symbol: C
Cat No: Collection
HOUSING: Extensive collection with perhaps half being from Australia with everything from bark huts & farm cottages to Queenslanders & suburban mansions, many featuring verandahs, gates & fences, gardens & water-tanks, roofing & wrought-iron etc that provide a veritable primer on early 20th century residential architecture, a high proportion are real photo types plus some postcard-size photographs; also strong selections from Britain & others from America & New Zealand etc, condition variable but generally fine to very fine. An engaging social history study. Weighs 2kg.
(300 approx) (Image1)
Estimate AU$750
Opening AU$ 575.00
Sold...AU$ 575.00
Closed..Nov-09-2022, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 575
Sale No: 249
Lot No: 2741
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.
(700 approx)
Sale No: 249
Lot No: 2742
Symbol: C
Cat No: Collection
HUMOUR: Shoebox of mostly post-WWII British cards with loads of tasteless gags & double entendres plus some genuinely funny lines, plenty by Donald McGill, Fitzpatrick & other illustrators plus lots of Bamforth Comic types, also 1940s group of saucy American 'girls next door' with plain backs, condition variable with many having tape-stains at the corners but these have been excluded from our valuation. Weighs 3kg.
(500+) (Image1)
Estimate AU$250
Opening AU$ 250.00
Sold...AU$ 280.00
Closed..Nov-09-2022, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 280
Sale No: 249
Lot No: 2743
Symbol: C
LIGHTHOUSES: Box of mostly British facilities including some small structures, also from France, Canada, United States & South Africa, condition variable.
(64)
Sale No: 249
Lot No: 2744
Symbol: C
Cat No: Collection
MILITARY: Box of mostly World War I cards with British 'Daily Mail' Official War Photographs x60+ from various series, Australian patriotics, a couple of Gallipoli plus Turner & Sons 'Remember Belgium' x5, Belgian Beverloo Camp x60+ including several of the Camp Clowns, numerous real photo portraits & groups, artist cards including French soldiers by Emanuel Dupuis (9 of 12) etc, victory & monuments, some World War II, also British & German uniforms including modern reproductions x50+, condition variable but generally fine to very fine. Weighs 4kg.
(400+) (Image1)
Estimate AU$600
Opening AU$ 460.00
Sold...AU$ 850.00
Closed..Nov-09-2022, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 850
Sale No: 249
Lot No: 2745
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 sub 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$1,000
Opening AU$ 750.00
Sold...AU$ 750.00
Closed..Nov-09-2022, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 750
Sale No: 249
Lot No: 2746
Symbol: C
RAILWAYS: Shoebox of train 'portraits', stations & other infrastructure etc from many countries including Australia, Great Britain, America, Canada, Europe etc, a good proportion are repros or moderns but many are from the Golden Age, generally fine to very fine. Weighs 3kg.
(350+)
Sale No: 249
Lot No: 2747
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.
(52)
TRACTION ENGINES: Mostly British postcard-size photographs of an array of machines with engine 'portraits', working engines, travellers/fairgrounds, etc, a bit of duplication, generally very fine to superb!
(80 approx)
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.
(160+)
Sale No: 249
Lot No: 2698
Symbol: C
Cat No: Collection
Box of British Empire cards from many origins including Aden x25 & Gibraltar x11 both with many unusual views, Fiji x13 & other Pacific Islands includng Penrhyn, Burma x3, Rhodesia x2, several BWI including Trinidad Caves x2, South Africa x37 with a group of Durban real photo types, etc, many indigenous subjects, condition variable but generally fine to very fine. Weighs 1kg.
(140 approx)
Sale No: 249
Lot No: 2699
Symbol: C
Cat No: Collection
Range of East Asian cards from China x5, Hong Kong x9 mostly real photo types, Philippines x27 including a 1920s group of Beauty Queen portraits, Dutch Indies x10 including KPM cards x7, singles from Thailand, Macao, Cambodia & Laos, also modern Taiwan x6 (all but one are c.1950s of the aboriginal Amis people), many indigenous subjects, mostly unused & generally very fine.
(61)
Box of mostly modern World cards, some earlier Australia noted, mixed condition, plus some banknotes. Priced to sell. Weighs 8kg.
(100s) (Image1)
Estimate AU$100
Opening AU$ 105.00
Sold...AU$ 105.00
Closed..Nov-09-2022, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 105
Sale No: 249
Lot No: 2701
Symbol: C
Cat No: Collection
BELGIUM: Loosvelt WWI group comprising 'Camp de Beverloo/Kamp van Beverloo' rouletted coloured cards x20 (full set?) and 'Bourg Leopold...' sepia studies of what appears to be the camp theatrical group x11, very fine to superb unused.
(31)
BELGIUM: Medium box of mostly topographicals with many Undivided Backs, numerous small towns, an array of WWI scenes of destruction including before & after twin-views, a high proportion are unused with many being very fine to superb. Weighs 3kg.
(650 approx)
CANADA: Mostly topographicals from the Maritime Provinces to British Columbia with strength in the Rockies, Ontario & Quebec, many American-style 'linens' & some real photo cards, a good range of Undivided Backs & some postmark interest, condition variable - some with paper corner adhesions - but many are fine to superb. Weighs 3kg.
(600 approx) (Image1)
Estimate AU$250
Opening AU$ 525.00
Sold...AU$ 575.00
Closed..Nov-09-2022, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 575
Sale No: 249
Lot No: 2705
Symbol: C
EUROPE: Box of mostly tourist cards but very few post-WWII with strong sections from France x200, Germany/Austria x100, Italy x150 & Spain x100 including some Majorca & Tenerife, lesser selections from Benelux (mostly Belgium) x60, Monaco x25, Scandinavia (mostly Sweden) x40, Switzerland x70 & a handful from Eastern Europe, some faults in the used material compensated for by postmark interest & many being sent to Australia, probably 80% are unused & generally very fine to superb! [NB: the numbers quoted are approximate only] Weighs 4kg.
(750 approx) (Image1)
Estimate AU$500
Opening AU$ 500.00
Sold...AU$ 500.00
Closed..Nov-09-2022, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 500
Sale No: 249
Lot No: 2706
Symbol: C
GERMANY: Sizeable box crammed with mostly topographicals including small towns, buildings including interiors, historic churches & castles, gardens & waterfalls, factories, etc, numerous Undivided Backs & numerous Gruss aus types including multiviews, high quality real photo cards from the Third Reich period 1930 Esperanto Congress, artist cards & several wallets of cards, some postal history/postmark interest including 1930s & 1940s, also a small number of Austrian & other non-German cards, generally fine to very fine and many are superb. Weighs 5kg.
(800 approx)
GIBRALTAR: Array of mostly Golden Age cards by local publishers with many unusual views & subjects, numerous Undivided Backs, some KGV-period postal usages, etc (250 approx); also Malta from the same period (60+), condition variable but generally fine to very fine. Weighs 2kg.
(300+) (Image1)
Estimate AU$240
Opening AU$ 180.00
Sold...AU$ 270.00
Closed..Nov-09-2022, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 270
Sale No: 249
Lot No: 2708
Symbol: C
GREAT BRITAIN: Box of artist topographicals etc mostly by J Salmon with about 20% being Tuck 'Oilettes' or 'Aquarettes', some very attractive subjects including the Lake District, coastal villages, streetscapes, prominent & historic buildings including castles, etc, many used with some postmark interest, generally fine to very fine. Weighs 1kg.
(140 approx)
GREAT BRITAIN: English topographicals - no London & no artist cards - with strength in the South-West including numerous coastal towns & beaches, also castles abbeys & ruins, some Midlands & Lake District, condition variable but many are fine to superb! Weighs 4kg.
(650+) (Image1)
Estimate AU$250
Opening AU$ 190.00
Sold...AU$ 190.00
Closed..Nov-09-2022, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 190
Sale No: 249
Lot No: 2710
Symbol: C
GREAT BRITAIN: English & Scottish artist topographicals in oils, watercolours, pastels, pen & ink and other media, with beauty spots, cities, monuments etc, from the workmanlike to the delightful, generally fine to superb! Weighs 2kg.
(250+)
Sale No: 249
Lot No: 2711
Symbol: C
Cat No: Collection
GREAT BRITAIN: London collection about one-third are Medieval subjects with the Tower of London, Houses of Parliament, Westminster Abbey & other churches including interiors, Tudor houses etc, the later subjects with a plethora of churches and other prominent buildings, monuments, streetscapes including animated scenes, Thames subjects, Greenwich, Holborn, Islington, Hampstead etc, no artist cards, plus a batch of Royalty subjects, condition variable but many are very fine to superb. Weighs 4kg.
(700 approx) (Image1)
Estimate AU$200
Opening AU$ 150.00
Sold...AU$ 150.00
Closed..Nov-09-2022, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 150
Sale No: 249
Lot No: 2712
Symbol: C
GREAT BRITAIN: Large array of Scottish topographicals with extensive selections from Edinburgh, Glasgow & other cities, plus historic buildings including churches abbeys & ruins, some better streetscapes & villages, lochs & mountains, no artist cards, condition variable but many are fine to superb! Weighs 7kg.
(1200+) (Image1)
Estimate AU$500
Opening AU$ 460.00
Sold...AU$ 625.00
Closed..Nov-09-2022, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 625
Sale No: 249
Lot No: 2713
Symbol: CPS
Cat No: Collection
INDIA: Box of mostly topographical cards with good groups from Agra, Delhi, Darjeeling/Kurseong, Kashmir etc & a couple from Hyderabad, many real photo types including of Royal & Vice-Regal Visits notably several from Indore, better Elephant studies, & a few Postal Cards with Gandhi illustrations, etc, the vast majority by Indian publishers, some creasing from careless album-removal but generally fine to very fine. Weighs 1kg.
(130 approx) (Image1)
Estimate AU$400
Opening AU$ 300.00
Sold...AU$ 300.00
Closed..Nov-09-2022, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 300
Sale No: 249
Lot No: 2714
Symbol: C
Cat No: Collection
INDIA: Two albums of mostly topographicals divided approximately 50:50 between British Occupation and indigenous subjects including streetscapes, prominent buildings, temples & mosques, etc, noted Kashmir, Darjeeling, Hyderabad, Punjab, a couple from Tibet & Nepal, Portuguese India group, etc, some Undivided Backs & real photo types, also about 20 reproductions, generally fine to very fine. Weighs 5kg.
(440 approx)
INDIA: Batch of mostly portrait cards, of high caste women to untouchables, plus Occupations, Transport, Entertainment, Famine Victims, etc, generally fine to very fine. A very appealing lot.
(71)
ITALIAN COLONIES - LIBYA: 1912 stampless 'Saluti da Bengasi' multiview to Turin with 'POSTA MILITARE/6.12.12/(BENGASI)' cds, and real photo of a mostly civilian crowd captioned 'Ruta 28.7.12/ Onoranze al soldato-oneto lazzaro reduce delle battaglie in Libia" used at Genoa to Wales. [The Italo-Turkish War, 29.9.1911 to 18.10.1912, resulted in the Ottomans ceding control of most of Libya to Italy. This was the first war in which aeroplanes were deployed & the first in which a plane was shot down]
(2)
JAPAN: Attractive array of topographicals including streetscapes, rural subjects & a booklet of 30 Kyoto cards, Temples & Shrines x21, Geishas x46, some beautiful artist cards, a few commemorations including Royal Wedding & 1908 Visit of the American Fleet, condition variable but many are fine to very fine. Weighs 2kg.
(267)
JAPAN: Traditional subjects with Shinto & Buddhist temples & shrines, torii, bridges, interiors, monuments, etc, also Geishas x30, generally fine to very fine. A trip back in time to the era of the Shoguns, Samurai & Ninja.
(300 approx)
Sale No: 249
Lot No: 2719
Symbol: C
Cat No: Collection
JAPAN: Natural Japan collection of beauty spots, Mount Fujiyama, the Inland Sea, islands, parks, cherry blossoms, waterfalls, clouds, sunsets, etc, generally fine to very fine. Serene, and very Zen. Weighs 2kg.
(300+)
Sale No: 249
Lot No: 2720
Symbol: C
Cat No: Collection
JAPAN: Balance of the collection with an array of streetscapes & infrastructure showing transition from the Meiji Era to modern times, hotels & other prominent buildings etc, also a bundle of traditionally attired Japanese at work & play including portraits & an excellent group of flimsy craft being navigated through treacherous rapids, and some artist cards (not the mass-produced schtick), etc, condition variable but generally fine to very fine. Weighs 2kg.
(280 approx) (Image1)
Estimate AU$500
Opening AU$ 380.00
Sold...AU$ 380.00
Closed..Nov-09-2022, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 380
Sale No: 249
Lot No: 2721
Symbol: C
NEW ZEALAND: Urban topographicals of Auckland x33, Christchurch x61, Dunedin x22, Invercargill x12, Queenstown x13, Stewart Island x3 (included by mistake!) & Wellington x27 plus odds 'n' sods from Napier, Oamaru, Palmerston North, Timaru, Port Chalmers, etc, subjects include streetscapes, trams, post offices, shipping etc, some real photo types & many Undivided Backs, some postmark/postal history interest, condition variable but many are fine to very fine. Weighs 1kg.
(200+) (Image1)
Estimate AU$500
Opening AU$ 380.00
Sold...AU$ 500.00
Closed..Nov-09-2022, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 500
Sale No: 249
Lot No: 2722
Symbol: CPS
NEW ZEALAND: Box of Bushland, Rivers, Waterfalls etc, sections of Rotorua District x40+ and Queenstown & Fiordland x40+, also World War I x4, Wool Production x6, 1901 Royal Visit, Boer War 1d Postal Card 'CAPT DAVIES...', etc, condition variable but most are fine to very fine unused. Weighs 1kg.
(160+) (Image1)
Estimate AU$300
Opening AU$ 320.00
Sold...AU$ 320.00
Closed..Nov-09-2022, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 320
Sale No: 249
Lot No: 2723
Symbol: C
NEW ZEALAND: Sizeable box of mostly topographicals from around the country with towns & street scenes, post offices, Maori subjects, lots of waterfalls & geysers, caves & mountains, many real photo types & Undivided Backs including beautiful 1902 New Plymouth chromolitho & several delightful Tourist & Health Resorts artist cards, etc, some duplication & about 100 post-WWII cards, condition variable but a high percentage are fine to very fine unused or used. A bargain at the estimate. Weighs 4kg.
(600+) (Image1)
Estimate AU$1,000
Opening AU$ 750.00
Sold...AU$ 750.00
Closed..Nov-09-2022, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 750
Sale No: 249
Lot No: 2724
Symbol: C
Cat No: Collection
NEW ZEALAND: Maori subjects with Undivided Backs x11 including Weekly Press with photos on both sides x3 & Tourist Bureau artist cards x3, subjects include Indigenous Crafts notably a group of carvings etc - probably Ex George Robley - including one or two mokomakai (ritually severed heads), War Canoe on Lake Rotorua, Whakarewarewa Village, several portraits including 'A Penny Haka' (children), etc, condition variable but most are fine to very fine unused. [The illustration is above Lot 2722]
(30) (Image1)
Estimate AU$350
Opening AU$ 270.00
Sold...AU$ 290.00
Closed..Nov-09-2022, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 290
Sale No: 249
Lot No: 2725
Symbol: C
Cat No: Collection
NORTH AFRICA: Mostly Egyptian group but also selections from Algeria & a few from Tunisia to Australia, generally very fine & mostly unused.
(79) (Image1)
Estimate AU$100
Opening AU$ 75.00
Sold...AU$ 90.00
Closed..Nov-09-2022, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 90
Sale No: 249
Lot No: 2726
Symbol: C
SCANDINAVIA: Attractive array of topographicals mostly from Denmark & Sweden plus many from Norway & a few from Finland, some Undivided Backs, postmark/postal history interest, condition variable but generally fine to very fine. Weighs 2kg.
(350+) (Image1)
Estimate AU$250
Opening AU$ 240.00
Sold...AU$ 240.00
Closed..Nov-09-2022, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 240
Sale No: 249
Lot No: 2727
Symbol: C
Cat No: Collection
SOUTH AFRICA Wide-ranging 'White' South Africa collection from all Provinces with many towns, streetscapes & other animated scenes, many early Undivided Backs & some very attractive multi-views, condition variable but many are fine to superb! Weighs 3kg.
(550 approx) (Image1)
Estimate AU$600
Opening AU$ 460.00
Sold...AU$ 460.00
Closed..Nov-09-2022, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 460
Sale No: 249
Lot No: 2728
Symbol: C
SWITZERLAND: Sizeable box of mostly pre-1930 topographicals of cities, towns, alpine subjects etc, a few multi-views & many Undivided Backs, some postal history/postmark interest, condition variable but generally fine to very fine unused or used. Weighs 5kg.
(850 approx) (Image1)
