Pot pourri of mostly European cards with strong sections of Austria (some postal history interest), Belgium, France including a large number of LLs, Monaco and Netherlands, also noted British Africa, China and Hong Kong, plus a box of Egypt and probably 100+ Aden scattered throughout, lots of Undivided Backs and real photo cards, plus 2kg of booklets of cards for various cities, etc, condition variable but a high percentage are fine to very fine unused or used. Start several new collections. Weighs 20kg.  (few 1000) (Image1)

Estimate AU$850

Box with many from Canada with strength in British Columbia, also many better cards from Germany including Third Reich, France & Egypt plus oddments from Russia, Burma, Philippines, Eritrea, Poland, Aden, India and so on, a smattering of Undivided Backs and many real photo cards, some faults but most are fine to superb.  (280+) (Image1)

Estimate AU$250

Three cartons crammed to the gunwales (pronounced "gunnels") with 'ladies subjects' including strong representation of artist cards, fashion & glamour, children including several real photo school-class cards, flowers, royalty, romance & soppy Bamforths, animals & birds, and all manner of Greetings types highlighted by some technically brilliant productions, Edwardian humour & social commentary including a marvellous Charles Dana Gibson group, novelty types including one that went through the post despite being 1cm thick!, etc, condition variable but a high percentage are fine to very fine unused or used. Take a table at your next local card fair. Weighs 45kg.    (1000s) (Image1)

Estimate AU$750

Completely unsorted accumulation in a carton with everything from Golden Age to modern reproductions of classic cards, lots of pickings including real photo types, generally fine to very fine & mostly unused.  (2000 approx) (Image1)

Estimate AU$250

Old-time collection with some better cards from Australia including HMAS 'Jervis Bay' in the Mediterranean x3, Belgium & France with strong World War I content including commercial albums of large-format photographs and wallets of up to 24 cards and a German pack of 15 Feldpostkarten with eight remaining, a few ships including 'Titanic' artist card & Oceanic Steamship Co group, some real photo types including of US General Pershing addressing a crowd, etc, generally fine to very fine unused.  (200 approx) (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

BURMA: Small box of Divided Backs mostly by local publishers Klier x16, Watts & Skeen x8, Baptist Mission Press x9, Rowe x7, Vamara x19, various others or anonymous x20, also Raphael Tuck x10, artist cards x20 including 1924 Wembley Exhibition set of 12, eight real photo types including British Troops marching (inscribed on reverse "Devons leaving"), etc, condition variable but generally fine to very fine. Ex Brian Pope.  (120) (Image1)

Estimate AU$300

CHINA: 1904 card of an educated Mandarin chortling at a naughty French magazine (stamps removed), then unused French Mission artist cards x3, and circa 1930s marvellous real photo cards of life in Shanghai x5, plus a couple of others.  (12)

Grade A/B (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

FIJI: Superior group with many indigenous subjects including buildings, warfare, festivals & fire-walking, several missionary cards, real photo cards of Suva & environs, 'Native Military Band', a fearsome group of warriors etc, postally used x5, mostly fine to very fine; also George Rose stereocard of the Fijian Camp for Federation Celebrations in Melbourne and some Pacific Islands photographs.  (65) (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

FRANCE: Unsorted array of mostly topographicals with strength in Paris & other major cities but also numerous smaller towns & villages, Subjects include Medieval architecture & relics, World War I destruction, early motor vehicles, railways & trams, churches & monuments, hotels including advertising types, wine industry, many Undivided Backs & real photo types plus some multi-views, an array of publishers including hundreds of delightful LLs, mostly unused and generally fine to superb. Weighs 15kg.  (1500+) (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

GREAT BRITAIN - ENGLAND & WALES: Three large boxes with a wide-ranging pre-WWII array about half being London subjects including some unusual aspects, the balance mainly topographicals including many of towns & villages, about 150 mostly small churches many with graveyards, Wales x250 or so, Valentine, Celesque and Judges all well represented plus numerous local & some unidentified publishers, many lovely artist cards of buildings & monuments, etc, condition variable but a high proportion are fine to very fine and some are superb. Another bargain at the estimate. Weighs 20kg.  (2500+) (Image1)

Estimate AU$400

GREAT BRITAIN - SCOTLAND: Unsorted array of mostly topographicals with numerous Edinburgh & Glasgow including unusual aspects, good selections from other large towns and a good number of villages, loads of castles, churches, bridges, off-shore islands & lochs, 150+ tartans or views with tartan borders, some Undivided Backs & real photo types, many artist cards, a high percentage are fine to very fine.  (1000+) (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

GREAT BRITAIN: Pre-WWII multi-view cards including for lesser known places such as Calverley, Darwen, Seaford, Cobham, Trentham, Accrington, Aberayron, Barmouth, Knarseboro, Filey, Flamborough, Seaton, Thanet, Shrewton, Mousehole (!), Bamburgh, Lynton etc, also for Exeter Cathedral, St George's Chapel at Windsor & the delightfully named Stoke Poges Church, the second half of the collection are mostly colourful post-WWII types including for Hollingworth Lake, Minehead, Fowey, Fakenham, Cley & Wiveton, Wells-Next-the-Sea & Blakeney etc, some bumped corners but generally fine to very fine.  (140 approx) (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

IRELAND: Box of mostly topographicals including a good number of unusual views, villages in Ulster & the South, some Undivided Backs & real photo types, attractive artist cards and humorous Jaunting Car set of 6, etc, condition variable but many are fine to very fine.  (600 approx) (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

JAPAN: Superior selection with strength in 1930s real photo cards portraying an idyllic country of religion & spirituality, culture & geishas, serene landscapes & national parks, ancient and modern buildings and infrastructure all with a strong tourism flavour, mostly very fine to superb and mostly unused. The calm before the storm, that was already sweeping across Mancuria and China. Poignant social history.  (300 approx)

Grade A/A+ (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

LABUAN: 1910 (circa) group of black & white views including 'Railway on route to Coalmines', 'Coaling Pier', 'Government Offices, Victoria', 'Native Trading Boats', 'Victoria Harbour' with pier, 'Chinese Temple', 'Native Quarter', etc, numbered 1-14 on the address side (so possibly a complete set), all unused, a couple with minor blemishes.  (14)

Grade A/A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

NEW ZEALAND: Wide-ranging collection in four volumes with literally hundreds of real photo cards and numerous Undivided Backs, strength in topographicals with lots of Auckland & Wellington but also many fine shots of smaller towns & villages, many with plain backs some of them with small publishers' handstamps, some Maori subjects, a few Stewart Island, etc, generally fine to very fine. A marvellous lot for the collector or re-seller with numerous individual cards worth in the $20-$50 range.  (900 approx) (Image1)

Estimate AU$4,000

OTTOMAN EMPIRE: Attractive group mostly of Constantinople/Istanbul including real photo views along the Bosphorus, Mosques & cemeteries, military revue, several artist cards, etc, also Cilicia x15, Smyrna x6 and a few Syria, generally fine to very fine.  (66) (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

PALESTINE: Underwood & Underwood 'Palestine through the Stereoscope' boxed set of 100 stereo cards in the original book-like box. Excellent pictorial record of the Holy Land at the turn of the 20th century. With the original stereo-viewer. An extremely rare & desirable set, for which our vendor paid $1500.  (100 + viewer)

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,000

UNITED STATES: Unsorted accumulation in a large carton with loads of 'Linens' but also a quantity of Golden Age cards with many Undivided Backs including a beautiful Colorado group, mostly topographicals including cities, towns, monuments, prominent buildings, public infrastructure, some Alaska & Hawaii etc, strong subject groups of Hotels and Masonic Temples, etc, condition variable but a high propoortion are fine to very fine with plenty of postmark interest among the used material. Weighs 20kg.  (few 1000) (Image1)

Estimate AU$600