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Australian Picture Postcards
image Sale No: 245
Lot No:406
Symbol:C
Cat No:Collection

Album of Artist Cards mostly of rural & bush scenes by Turner, Hutchings and others, Mining, some town views including a Tuck group by Fullwood, etc, generally fine to very fine. Ex Eve Pryor. (Qty 160+) (Image1)

Estimate AU$150



Opening AU$ 420.00
Sold...AU$ 575.00


Closed..Aug-04-2021, 19:00:00 EST
Sold For 575

Sale No: 245
Lot No:407
Symbol:C

Attractive bundle with no Victorian cards, many Rose/Valentine issues & other real photo types, a beautiful Federation Patriotic of Lord Hopetoun & Flags, generally fine to very fine used or unused. (Qty 50+)

Grade A/B

Estimate AU$200



Opening AU$ 150.00
Sold...AU$ 150.00


Closed..Aug-04-2021, 19:00:00 EST
Sold For 150

image Sale No: 245
Lot No:408
Symbol:C
Cat No:Collection

Balance of dealer's stock of mostly pre-WWII topographicals with some moderns from all around Australia in two shoeboxes, noted a good range of Western Australia including Subiaco Children's Hospital, Claremont Training College real photo & WA Wildflowers x12, also Darwin 'Bank & Victoria Hotel', Launceston 'Hobbler's Bridge', Wollongong 'Lighthouse after a Storm' real photo, Kerang (Vic) 'Ostrich Farm', Nagambie (Vic) 'State School' plus a bundle of real photo cards of various schools (most unidentified; detectives required), also an album of rural scenes, etc, etc, condition quite mixed but many are fine to very fine. Weighs 8kg. Ex Eve Pryor. (Qty 500+) (Image1)

Estimate AU$400



Opening AU$ 1,050.00
Sold...AU$ 1,050.00


Closed..Aug-04-2021, 19:00:00 EST
Sold For 1050

image Sale No: 245
Lot No:409
Symbol:C
Cat No:Collection

1908 Visit of the American Great White Fleet collection with numerous cards we don't recall having seen before including advertising & real photo types, a range of beautiful WTP chromolithos, MS Hands Across the Sea types with photo vignettes x7, numerous Ships of the Fleet, etc, generally fine to very fine. A terrific lot that could be further expanded. All illustrated on our website. (Qty 70) (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,500



Opening AU$ 2,000.00
Sold...AU$ 2,400.00


Closed..Aug-04-2021, 19:00:00 EST
Sold For 2400

Sale No: 245
Lot No:410
Symbol:C

1930s 3LO promotional PPCs with photos & facsimile signatures of Ulm & Smithy x2, Bert Hinkler (& his omnipresent mother), sprinter TJ Miles x2 different, French tennis players, sculler Bob Pearce and various Wrestlers x8, fine to very fine unused. Many not previously seen by us. (Qty 15)

Grade A/A-

Estimate AU$100



Opening AU$ 170.00
Sold...AU$ 250.00


Closed..Aug-04-2021, 19:00:00 EST
Sold For 250

image Sale No: 245
Lot No:411
Symbol:CPS

ADVERTISING: Album of mostly pre-WWII cards including FW Niven 'Moonlight on Gippsland Lakes' for Wolfe's Schnapps, Sale Steamboat Co Summer Excursions on 'Gippsland Lakes' Bulmer view, Healesville 'Grand Hotel' vignette multi-view, Singer Sewing Machines Birds x2 plus 'Kangaroo Hunting', Hobbs Studio, Mur-Bah (Murwillumbah, NSW) Babies' Photos multi-view real photo, Hypol Cod Liver Oil Children x3, Bensdorp's Royal Dutch Cocoa x5 for Melbourne distributor A Leibner, Wertheim Pianos, Weaott wheat & oats cereal trade cards x2 (with pre-printed 'stamps'; despite the appearance, not cut-down; one shows Aborigines watching Captain Cook's arrival), Joubert & Joubert 'Gonorrhee' medication, etc, etc, a number with advertising printed on back including a couple of Postal Cards, condition variable but mostly fine to very fine. Ex Eve Pryor. (Qty 100+) (Image1)

Estimate AU$500



Opening AU$ 400.00
Sold...AU$ 1,250.00


Closed..Aug-04-2021, 19:00:00 EST
Sold For 1250

image Sale No: 245
Lot No:412
Symbol:C

SOUTH AUSTRALIA: Mostly Greetings types including 'Arthur Street, Penola', 'Murray Bridge from Reclaimed Swamp Land', Naracoorte Hospital & Caves x9, real photo cards of Trams at Norwood, Henley Beach Esplanade & Jetty, St Paul's Church (Semaphore?) & Millicent Bridge, generally fine to very fine postally used. (Qty 50+) (Image1)

Estimate AU$100



Opening AU$ 150.00
Sold...AU$ 260.00


Closed..Aug-04-2021, 19:00:00 EST
Sold For 260

image Sale No: 245
Lot No:413
Symbol:C

VICTORIA: Attractive bundle including suburban subjects, rural towns & other scarcer views, generally fine to very fine used or unused. (Qty 70+)

Grade A/B (Image1)

Estimate AU$300



Opening AU$ 230.00
Sold...AU$ 230.00


Closed..Aug-04-2021, 19:00:00 EST
Sold For 230

image Sale No: 245
Lot No:414
Symbol:C
Cat No:Collection

VICTORIA: Large album of Melbourne cards with many excellent subjects including better streetscapes along Flinders Lane, Little Collins Street, Russell Street & Market Street, some busy street scenes, panoroamas, hotels including some long-demolished, many public buildings & churches including some no longer with us, a few from the periphery of the CBD including University of Melbourne, Flemington Racecourse, 1912 Henley-on-Yarra, etc, various publishers including some by Robert Jolley but unattributed, generally fine to very fine. A really attractive & appealing collection that could be developed into something very special. (Qty 300 approx)

Grade A/B (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,000



Opening AU$ 800.00
Sold...AU$ 800.00


Closed..Aug-04-2021, 19:00:00 EST
Sold For 800


World Picture Postcards (see Also Amongst The Indi
image Sale No: 245
Lot No:847
Symbol:C

Large album including scenes from Victoria, UK & Ireland; 'Australian Bush Fire Series' [6]; 'Beautiful Nepean' [6]; greeting types, cats, trains, ships, royalty, clan tartans, actresses. (Qty 370+) (Image1)

Estimate AU$200



Opening AU$ 210.00
Sold...AU$ 260.00


Closed..Aug-05-2021, 19:00:00 EST
Sold For 260

image Sale No: 245
Lot No:848
Symbol:C

Large shoebox of artist cards mostly British with strength in Tuck's 'Oilettes' plus a large album of artist cards of Animals including anthropomorphic subjects, condition variable but many are fine to very fine. Ex Eve Pryor. (Qty 100s) (Image1)

Estimate AU$100



Opening AU$ 160.00
Sold...AU$ 320.00


Closed..Aug-05-2021, 19:00:00 EST
Sold For 320

Sale No: 245
Lot No:849
Symbol:C
Cat No:Collection

Mostly British group with Military, Ships, Racism, Glamour etc, a lovely 'London Omnibus' festooned with advertising (a great card!), also a lbeaut group of Pamlin Prints repros of Trams & Buses, generally fine to very fine used or unused. (Qty 50+)

Grade A/B

Estimate AU$120



Opening AU$ 90.00
Sold...AU$ 90.00


Closed..Aug-05-2021, 19:00:00 EST
Sold For 90

Sale No: 245
Lot No:850
Symbol:C
Cat No:Collection

Huge accumulation of mostly pre-WWII cards from Great Britain and around the world, loose in one archive box filled to the brim plus another box with 15 albums of similar, includes topographicals with lots of churches, also greetings, animals, a few real photo cards, noted a good range of cartoons & comics including artist cards as well as the usual 'sea-side smut', etc, etc, some postally used with possible postal history interest, condition mixed. Weighs 34kg. Leave plenty of time to view. Ex Eve Pryor. (Qty 1000s)

Estimate AU$300



Opening AU$ 320.00
Sold...AU$ 380.00


Closed..Aug-05-2021, 19:00:00 EST
Sold For 380

Sale No: 245
Lot No:851
Symbol:C
Cat No:Collection

Massive hoard of mostly modern cards from Australia, New Zealand, Great Britain and around the world, loose in four archive boxes plus another box of albums, incudes topographicals, transport, events, animals, birds, advertising, etc, etc, a few postally used, condition generally very fine. Weighs 63kg. Ex Eve Pryor. (Qty 1000s)

Estimate AU$100



Opening AU$ 210.00
Sold...AU$ 250.00


Closed..Aug-05-2021, 19:00:00 EST
Sold For 250

image Sale No: 245
Lot No:852
Symbol:C

Cards bought by an Aussie 'Digger' during WWI with Tower of London x16, France x11 including six beautiful LLs, & South Africa x43 including Zululand & indigenous subjects, generally fine to very fine unused; also saucy cards x7 & coloured photographic cigarette cards (plain backs) x11, condition variable. (Qty 88) (Image1)

Estimate AU$100



Opening AU$ 100.00
Sold...AU$ 140.00


Closed..Aug-05-2021, 19:00:00 EST
Sold For 140

Sale No: 245
Lot No:853
Symbol:C

Six albums of mostly post-WWII cards with a few Golden Age including a range of Great Britain topographicals, noted 1924-25 British Empire Exhibition including 'Australian Pavilion & Stadium', also pair of real photo cards of gunnery practice on warship, a couple of Western Australia including 'Barrack Street, Perth' used 1905, Victoria 'Port Melbourne Pier' used 1913 with 1d Kangaroo, etc, generally fine to very fine. Weighs 12kg. (Qty few 100s)

Estimate AU$100



Opening AU$ 105.00
Sold...AU$ 250.00


Closed..Aug-05-2021, 19:00:00 EST
Sold For 250

image Sale No: 245
Lot No:854
Symbol:C
Cat No:ow

ADVERTISING: Wonderful group of mostly British cards including for WD&HO Wills tobacco x2 different, Cerebos Table Salt (multi-view featuring an Antarctic expedition), Shell Motor Spirit angel 'The Spirit of the Air', book 'The Unwritten Commandment' court-sized card sent 1903 to Queensland (faults on address side only), theatre productions 'Mr Wu' (art nouveau) & 'A Little Bit Of Fluff', stores 'Selfridges' (London) & 'Patrick Thompson Cash Drapery' (Glasgow), etc, etc, also France 'Founderies Nestor Martin' Beatrice Mallet artist cards featuring children x2 different, Italy 'Enrico Ganni Dry Earth Colours' sent 1909 to Melbourne & 'J Serravallo, Trieste' chinese wine (!), Netherlands 'Van Houten Cocoa' x5, Switzerland 'Chocolat Callier' x10, others with advertising messages printed on address side, a couple of blotter cards, etc, condition a little variable but mostly fine to very fine. Ex Eve Pryor. (Qty 125+) (Image1)

Estimate AU$400



Opening AU$ 300.00
Sold...AU$ 420.00


Closed..Aug-05-2021, 19:00:00 EST
Sold For 420

image Sale No: 245
Lot No:855
Symbol:C
Cat No:Collection

AMERICAS: Accumulation of mostly pre-WWII with Canadian & USA topographicals including undivided backs, linens and a few real photo & chromo-litho cards with views of buildings & streetscapes, hotels, railway stations & trains, coastal & rivers shipping, lighthouses, schools, exhibitions, etc, noted 'Halifax Explosion Dec 6th 1917', 'Terrible Halifax Disaster - Ruins at Richmond', 'Winnipeg under Water April 1915' real photo, plus some from Hawaii, Panama, Mexico including 1906 flimsy 'Bull Fight' card sent to Australia with USA 2c tied 'NZ MARINE P.O./R.M.S. VENTURA' cds in violet, also from the West Indies and South America including Chile 1906 Valpariso Earthquake & Cuba, condition variable but mostly fine to very fine. Weighs 4kg. Ex Eve Pryor. (Qty 250+) (Image1)

Estimate AU$200



Opening AU$ 360.00
Sold...AU$ 625.00


Closed..Aug-05-2021, 19:00:00 EST
Sold For 625

image Sale No: 245
Lot No:856
Symbol:C
Cat No:Collection

ASIA & PACIFIC: Mostly pre-WWII topographicals including New Zealand with two fine AD Willis chromo-lithos, small group of Maori images, Rotorua 'Accommodation House After Eruption' and 'Trentham Camp Dec 1914' real photo card, Fiji with real photos of Warriors, Outrigger Canoe, Feast & Suva Harbour, India with buildings & street scenes, Singapore 'Chinese Hawkers' & Johore 'Bukit Zahran' school real photo, German New Guinea 'Gruss aus Herbertshohe' with view of village & canoe (minor blemishes), 'Mount Mother Rabaul' real photo used 1939 from Brisbane, Philippines 'Tondo Canal' real photo, German Samoa Saveli volcano crater eruption & Copra workers, Sarawak 'Pasarloods, Berawan' marketplace with horse-drawn carts real photo, Tonga 'Parliament House, Treasury & Post Office' multi-view, etc, some postally used, condition mixed but mostly fine to very fine. Ex Eve Pryor. (Qty 90+) (Image1)

Estimate AU$200



Opening AU$ 200.00
Sold...AU$ 300.00


Closed..Aug-05-2021, 19:00:00 EST
Sold For 300

image Sale No: 245
Lot No:857
Symbol:C

EUROPE: Mostly pre-WWII topographicals including 'Gruss Aus' chromolithos & undivided backs, artist cards, a few real photo cards from Austria, Belgium, Gibraltar, Hungary, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Spain, Switzerland, etc, with views of buildings & streetscapes, hotels, trains, trams & transport including Alpine railways, churches, exhibitions, advertising, maps, etc, noted Bulgaria 1901 'Souvenir de Varna' chromo-litho postally used, Finland 1907 sent to UK with Russian stamps, Switzerland 1909 'Gruss aus Thun' chromo-litho showing field gun being fired used with 'THUN-KASERNE/MILITAERSCHULE' cds & 1928 Ice Hockey action real photo, quite a number of others postally used, condition mixed but most are fine to very fine. Weighs 3½kg. Ex Eve Pryor. (Qty 300 approx) (Image1)

Estimate AU$300



Opening AU$ 550.00
Sold...AU$ 1,150.00


Closed..Aug-05-2021, 19:00:00 EST
Sold For 1150

image Sale No: 245
Lot No:858
Symbol:C

FAMOUS PEOPLE: Album with mostly British, European & USA cards including a few chromo-lithos featuring portraits, events & associated places & buildings, noted Napoleon, Lord Nelson, Walter Scott, Churchill, Washington, Roosevelt, Mozart, Bach, Verdi, Wagner, Charlotte Bronte, Rider Haggard, Robbie Burns, Shakespeare, etc, etc, condition a little mixed but mostly fine to very fine. Weighs 1½kg. Ex Eve Pryor. (Qty 175+) (Image1)

Estimate AU$150



Opening AU$ 115.00
Sold...AU$ 115.00


Closed..Aug-05-2021, 19:00:00 EST
Sold For 115

image Sale No: 245
Lot No:859
Symbol:C
Cat No:Collection

GLAMOUR: Collection of mostly artist cards including at least four by Raphael Kirchner and other skilled craftsmen with a good sprinkling of Art Nouveau designs, mostly British French & American but some others noted, condition variable but most are facially fine to very fine. Ex Eve Pryor. A beautiful collection. (Qty 250 approx) (Image1)

Estimate AU$750



Opening AU$ 1,100.00
Sold...AU$ 1,350.00


Closed..Aug-05-2021, 19:00:00 EST
Sold For 1350

image Sale No: 245
Lot No:860
Symbol:C

HAND-ILLUSTRATED: Album of mostly watercolours plus some pen-and-ink types ranging from the primitive and naive to the highly skilled and beautiful, mostly British or European but some Australian subjects noted, some postally used, facially generally fine to very fine. Ex Eve Pryor. (Qty 200+) (Image1)

Estimate AU$500



Opening AU$ 380.00
Sold...AU$ 420.00


Closed..Aug-05-2021, 19:00:00 EST
Sold For 420

image Sale No: 245
Lot No:861
Symbol:C
Cat No:Collection

HOTELS: Album of mostly advertising cards including Belgium 'Grand Hotel Central, Bruxelles' sketch used in 1903, France 'Hotel Westminster, Nice' vignette-view sketch sent 1892 to London, Germany chromo-lithos for 'Grand Hotel, Nuremberg' & 'Deutches Haus, Jena', Great Britain range noted court-sized 'Royal Hotel, Ventnor, Isle of Wight' used in 1904 and 'Howard Hotel, London' unused, also 'Hotel Metropole, Brighton' chromo-litho used in 1906, 'The Charterhouse Hotel' multi-colour undivided-back used in 1909, plus some Railway hotels, Italy group including Milan, Naples & Venice hotels, Russia 'Hotel Victoria, St Petersburg', Switzerland, USA, etc, etc, some interior views, predominantly pre-WWII, condition a little variable but mostly fine to very fine. Ex Eve Pryor. (Qty 130+) (Image1)

Estimate AU$300



Opening AU$ 240.00
Sold...AU$ 420.00


Closed..Aug-05-2021, 19:00:00 EST
Sold For 420
image Sale No: 245
Lot No:862
Symbol:C

MIDDLE EAST & AFRICA: Mostly pre-WWII topographicals including a few chromolithos & undivided backs, artist cards, multi-views and real photo cards from Egypt with Pyramids and Native Peoples, also Turkey, Palestine, South Africa & Provinces, Portuguese & German Colonies, etc, noted Boer War General Botha to New Zealand in 1905 with 'PO KLIP RIVER' cds, 1905 Natal Great Storm & Snow at Dundee Railway Station, 1910 Orange Free State Union celebrations real photo, Sierra Leone Freetown real photos x11, some postally used, condition mixed but most are fine to very fine. Weighs 2kg. Ex Eve Pryor. (Qty 250+) (Image1)

Estimate AU$200



Opening AU$ 280.00
Sold...AU$ 550.00


Closed..Aug-05-2021, 19:00:00 EST
Sold For 550


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