ANTARCTICA continued...
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Lot Description |
Estimate and Min. Bid in AU$'s |
| 217 |
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 DOCUMENTS & EPHEMERA. 1948 Operation Sinbad: large
lever arch binder full of notes, photocopies, etc, on all aspects of this important Antarctic flight. Great research material. 3.4kg (Qty) (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$50
Closing..Aug-17, 06:00 PM |
| 218 |
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 DOCUMENTS & EPHEMERA. Cecily Shackleton: 1957 letter from
the Admiralty to Shackleton's daughter with a transcript of the epitaph written by Shackleton for the 3 members of the Aurora who died. (2 items) (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$60
Closing..Aug-17, 06:00 PM |
| 219 |
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 DOCUMENTS & EPHEMERA. Leonard Hussey: group of birthday &
Christmas cards and some letters, mainly to Jennifer. The cards include 1950s pictures of Antarctica, incl huskies and penguins. (13 items) (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$100
Closing..Aug-17, 06:00 PM |
| 220 |
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 DOCUMENTS & EPHEMERA. Shackleton: small photo of Ernest
Shackleton with cigarette on ship. (Image1)
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Estimate AU$50
Closing..Aug-17, 06:00 PM |
| 221 |
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 DOCUMENTS & EPHEMERA. Shackleton Memorial Fund:
[1] The pamphlet produced seeking donations to the memorial & [2] copy of report in The Royal Geographic Society Journal of the opening of the Memorial, modern binding. (2) (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$50
Closing..Aug-17, 06:00 PM |
| 222 |
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 DOCUMENTS & EPHEMERA. William L Blakewell: was the only
American on the 1914-17 Expedition, his signature is on a card with 1957 pencilled on the back.
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Estimate AU$60
Closing..Aug-17, 06:00 PM |
| 223 |
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 OTHER COLLECTABLES. Cigarette Cards: John Player &
Sons Polar Explorers 1911 & 1916 series complete sets of 25. (50)
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Estimate AU$40
Currently Opening at...AU$30.00
Closing..Aug-17, 06:00 PM |
| 224 |
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 LITERATURE.
A Contemporary Report of the Reception Held For Shackleton on His Return in 1909: printed the Royal Geographic Society Journal, modern binding. (Image1)
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Estimate AU$20
Closing..Aug-17, 06:00 PM |
| 225 |
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 LITERATURE. The British Antarctic Expedition, 1907-9:
24pp softbound. A very rare & important Exhibition catalogue of the artefacts brought back from Shackleton's first Antarctic Expedition. Shackleton achieved the first substantial attack on the South Pole during this journey of
exploration, turning back less than 100 miles from his destination. The cover is stitched as issued, but the cover has separated at the spine. Retail c.$1,600. (Image1)
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Estimate AU$500
Closing..Aug-17, 06:00 PM |
| 226 |
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 PICTURE POSTCARDS. With Best Wishes: coloured card of Nimrod in
the ice floes, used in GB on DE9/19. Not listed in Wharton. (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$120
Closing..Aug-17, 06:00 PM |
| 227 |
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 PICTURE POSTCARDS. Polar Explorers: unused c.1910 formal photo of
Shackleton, Peary & Amundsen, produced in GB. Plus The Endurance crushed by ice, apparently from the same producer. (2) (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$80
Closing..Aug-17, 06:00 PM |
| 228 |
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 PICTURE POSTCARDS. Charles Green 1915: 2 cards privately
produced for, and signed by, CJ Green, the Expedition cook. These cards where available for sale at his lecture appearances, one is of Hurley's famous Endurance photo and the other is of Green in his "kitchen". (2) (Image1) (Image2)
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Estimate AU$100
Closing..Aug-17, 06:00 PM |
