Archive of photographs & postcards of merchant ships & passenger ships that mostly plied Australian waters from 1890s-1980s, housed in 7 albums, many captioned with tonnage, makers, owners and in some cases the fate of the ships; noted White Star Line (with 'Titanic'), P&O, Messageries Maritime, Norddeutscher Lloyd, Aberdeen Line, Burns Philp, Blue Anchor, Huddart Parker, mainly Fine. [The collector was a member of the World Ship Society, and a researcher for the Western Australia Maritime Museum]  (550+) (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

Books including 'The Convict Ships 1788-1868' by Bateson; Lubbock's 'The Western Ocean Packets', 'The Opium Clippers', 'The China Clippers' & 'The Last of the Windjammers Volume II', mainly Fair/Fine.  (6) (Image1)

Estimate AU$60