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Decorative Pictures & Collectables — Davidson Auctions

Auction House:Davidson AuctionsNumber of lots recorded:392
Sale Title:Decorative Pictures & CollectablesLots with images:382
Auction Location:SydneyPrices available:300
Date:17-May-2008
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Brass Submariners brooch. In the form of a submarine
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Silver medallion to Commemorate 'New Zealand and South Seas Exhibition 1889-90.' coat of arms to reverse
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Pair Australian Serviette Rings. Hallmarks for Fairfax and Roberts, Sydney
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Ginger Meggs badge and quantity of World War II trade cards. Inc 27 of 50 planes of other nations and 40 film stars
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Silver Embelished Boudoir Clock. Near running. Hallmarked Birmingham 1909. Silver missing to bottom corners. 9 x 9 cm
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Royal Worcester Candle Snuffer in the Form of a Nun. Height 9.5 cm
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World War I Anzac badges and Fundraising items, including Lighthorse Nurses Fund, Scarce 1918 Italian red cross (Angus & Coote) and Slouch hat. (15)
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Twelve cigarette cards. V.C. Winners, 'Sniders and Abrahams Pty Ltd.'
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Pair of Goebel Hummel Christmas candle holders
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Pair Royal Doulton Miniature Character Mugs - 'Beefeater' Limited to collectors club members. No.53 and 85. Height 3.5 cm
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Two sets hallmarked sterling silver teaspoons commemorating Queens Silver Jubilee, 1977, each set has 8 spoons with special Queens head hallmark with 4 town marks
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1930's Bakelite Smokers Companion. Linsden Ware, England. Diameter 15 cm
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Hallmarked sterling silver Queen Elizabeth Jasperware cameo pill box by Wedgwood. Silver Jubilee issue 6/1000, with certificate
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Flute by Butler of London, 5 keys. Missing fipple. With Japanese lacquer box. Length 35.5 cm
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Wedgwood Matthew Flinders Blue Jasper Commemorative Plate and two Smaller James Cook Dishes
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Craven 'A' Bakelite Cigarette Box plus Spring Loaded Bakelite Case
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Bottle Form Pen Knife, Celluloid Covers. Also celluloid photo frame and bakelite watch box
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Six Pieces Wedgwood Queen Elizabeth Commemorative Ware. 4 Japserware Silver Jubilee plates; white china plate and mug. Largest Diameter 25.5 cm
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Three Sets hallmarked sterling silver Teaspoons. Franklin Mint 'The sovereign Queens' Set of 6, 'Franklin Mint Prince Willian Christening' Spoon, 1982 and St Dunstan silver craft replica Roman Christening spoon
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World War II AIF Soldiers leave ephemera visit to Palestine and Beirut Races. (11)
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Early Victorian brass bound writing slope, complete with ink wells and a key
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4 Various Cigarette Lighters including two cased Ronson; and Quantity Cigarette Tins, Papers, Silk Cards and Cigar Boxes. 21 silk cards, 'Popular Flowers' by Vice Regal
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Postcard album with over three hundred cards, mostly of world views and some beauties
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C.1905 English, theatrical postcards. 50 various thespian and music hall postcards. Two signed 'Edith Cole', inc Sarah Bernardt and Leonard Ankers - Yorkshire boy comedian. All postally used
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Early Lucas 'King of the Road' Signal Lamp; No.742, brass, dated 1926. Height 35cn
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Book. (Antonio ZATTA). UKraine/Crimea. Prospetto degli affari attuali dell'Europa ossia Storia della guerra presente fra le varie potenze belligeranti. Vol 2. (Lugano) Venezia 1788, 8vo, Zatta and Figli. Frontis-pieces Giuseppe II (Emperor Joseph II) and Su
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English postcard album, 200+ lithographed cards, mostly town views
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Quantity of c.1910 postcards. Over 150 in glove box. Mainly English views and some Oriental
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Belfast and N.Z. Postcard Album. including photos and some ephemera, patriotic Orange Men. Over 300 pieces
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'The Pilgrims Progress,' by John Bunyan. Published by Adam & Co. Includes colour plates. Tear to title page
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c.1880 South Australia Invoices of Goods Bought by J.J. Jarman of Kingston, Lacepede Bay; Between 1878 and 1885
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Book. 'The Lives of the Primitive Fathers,' by William Cave. Printed by Richard Chiswell, 1677. This copy for Reverend Roger Kay ex St John's College, Cambridge (d.1731)
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Postcard album and loose postcards. Mostly European and English views c.1910. Approx 100
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Three Gun Books and Catalogues plus 4 Colt Revolver Prints
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World War I RFC Flying Helmet, Speech Tube, Goggles and Gauntlets, personal items of H.F Hayward M.C with signed note of provenance, also material relating to World War II service in India inc. commission
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C.1910 postcard album. Approx 100 cards. Many Russian and some Japanese
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English disaster photo postcards of disasters including West Stanley Colliery, Boves Fire York, Vickers fire, Mackness Hall fire and Graham-Whites aeroplane crash. All postally used to York
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Group of World War II Letters Written and Received by Sgt. 'Billy' Clark, Tobruk 'Rat.'. Includes notes on arriving in Egypt and 1943 letter requesting discharge on grounds of hardship. (7)
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C.1905 English postcards. Group of 54 postcards sent to York. Mostly views, predominantly lithographs, some royalty. All postally used
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c.1938 Photos. Shop window displays for cigarettes
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World War II AIF Tobruk 'Rat' Ephemera, including kit receipt, telegram received in Tobruk re fathers death, supply column armourers report, etc. (21)
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1866, the Australian News for home Readers. Two issues, June and September. Published by 'The Age.' Many engravings including full page of Yarra flats and Ballaarat industrial exhibition. 16 pages each. 44.5 x 29 cm
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World War II A.I.F. North Africa Arabic and Hebrew Handbook (1940) plus 'Notes on the Training of Snipers.' War office 1940
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Quantity of 1943 World War II AIF Canteen Dockets; from North Africa. 28 x 19 cm
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Quantity Ephemera including insurance receipts, 1908 land transfer and bank notes
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World War II 1941 Tobruk Rifle and Revolver Log and 9th Division Supply Column Roll. Names and addresses of embarking troops. Useful research tool spanning Ingleburn to Tobruk. Book and 6 loose pages
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World War II African Desert German Propaganda Leaflet; plus typed copy of cablegram from Chamberlain.23 x 16 cm
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World War II AIF Soldiers Passes Issue card and African Desert Convoy Transport Ticket. Also armourers reports for issue of rifles and ammunition. (10)
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Three World War II field Message books c.1941. Entries by Sgt Clark of 12 Coy AASG (Supply column North Africa) Lists of soldiers and supplies.17.5 x 12 cm
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World War II North Africa campaign Instruction Sheets, Information/Propaganda Flyers and Ephemera, including troopship orders, and supply column gun and ammunition sheets. (16)
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World War II Tobruk Newspapers. 'The Dinkum Oil,' three issues of Sat.6th Sept.1941 and 'Diggers Desert Diary' Aug.11th, 1942
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World War II AIF Tobruk Poetry. Handwritten poems (most by J Ballantine) including 'My Friends Who Stayed at Home,' 'Rats of Tobruk' and 'The Bengazi Handicap,' Also clippings and telegrams
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World War II 1941 'The Tobruk Truth' News Sheet; 4 issues May 1941 - Aug. 1941. Also 'The Dinkum Oil' for 19th Aug. 1941. 33 x 21 cm
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1949 Refugee Identity Card and Various Passports. Photo ID for Blanka Kroner issued in 1949 plus contemporary letters in Austrian. Also passports for Green, issued 1936 and Levy issued 1930
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1941 World War II Rat of Tobruk Diaries, three partially filled diaries covering April 1941 to February 1942, written by Sgt. Swales M Clark. 'Feb 18 Sight Aussie, (arrived home on Aquitana) Boys very quiet. I think most of our thoughts went back to quiet graves …
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World War I Anzac plaster of Paris plaque, the rim incised 'Proof Study For Men BZ 1915', the plaque feaures an artist's interpretation of a light horse charge, using an early style of uniform, as used at Gallopoli
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4 World War II Cards. World War II AIF vs Mussolini propaganda postcard; postcard found in Libyan Desert; security/safty info. Card; and 'Digger' card. 15.5 x 10 cm
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7 Various World War II Publications including an appeal for 200,000 empty 44 gallon drums
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4 Issues A.I.F. 'Aussie - The Australian Soldiers Magazine,'. Aug to Nov 1918 (re-stapled); plus 'Australasia Triumphant,' 1918 Anzac Exploits. 24 x 18 cm
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1918 Photo H.M.A.S. Australia, Melbourne and Sydney off Garden Island, Sydney Harbour. 11 x 15 cm
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Three World War II Publications including 'Target' enemy equipment identification guide. 183 pages, 1942
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C.1910 English R.P.P.C York and Environs collection of 58 postcards
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1940 Thompson and Lewis Machine Gun Handbooks. Also 1941 magazine spread on Vickers gun
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26 Barrow Ship Yard postcards c.1910. 26 RAN and merchant (most real photo) postcards. Many relating to Barrow-in-Furness shipyards. Most postally used
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R.A.N. gun layer figure, model for full size statue at Marylands Returned Services League Club
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1942 R.A.N. Signalling Lamp. Plus Merchant Navy signalling torch, engraved U.S.S Co. (Union Steam Ship)
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Ships Telescope. Union Steam ship of New Zealand 1960's bridge telescope. Possibly M.V. Poolta. Length 61 cm
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World War II Middle Eastern Hand Made Brass Spirit Heater, Vietnam Era Bombadier Press Button Release Cable and Attachment
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Reproduction Samurai Sword and Smaller Gilt Brocade Scabbards. Length 83 and 49 cm
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World War II US Army Uniform Jacket
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Minolta SRT101 Camera and Equipment. Including Rokkor 135 mm lens, focal sunlight electronic flash unit, instruction booklets. Camera and lens in original leather cases
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Two Boxes French Tinted HTL Stereoviews. 6 La Dame Blanche, 6 animal opera by JM, two extra
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1911 real photo postcards Airship. Group of 7 postcards photos (some by Sankey) of the Vickers Air Ship at Barrow-in-Furness. Inc crashed 'Mayfly'. Two postally used, others have notes verso
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1933 Photo's Victor Emanuel Visiting Tobruk. 11 original photos, 10 have captions in Italian verso. 12 x 17 cm
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Ensign Vest Pocket Folding Camera c.1914. Bellows detached from lens section. .5 x 9 cm
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Model Brass Cannon on Timber Base. Length 23 cm
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Late 19th century South American Gaucho Knife. Silver plate hilt and scabbard mounts. Blade marked 'Rich. Abr. Herder, Solingen.'. Length 34 cm
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Indonesian Klewang (Sword). Pamour blade with carved bird hilt. Length 66 cm
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Early 19th century Javanese Spear. Blade with carved ancestor figural mount, and timber scabbard. Length 108 cm
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Suguha hamon (straight temper pattern) katana, signed Noshu Osugi Ju Ishihara Kanenao Saku, Koshir' World War II Japanese army shingunto
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Katana, signed Koa Isshin Mantetsu Saku and dated Showa Mizunoe Uma Aki, Koshir' World War II Japanese Army shingunto
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Bayonet, stamped with crescent and star, plus Arabic script, total length 65 cm
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Early Italian Swept Hilt Riding Sword. Straight double edged blade with a few stains and ribbed side ring; elaborate spiral pattern swept quillions, guard and large pommel. Length 80 cm approx
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Early 19th century Indian Shield. Buffalo leather, with 1 steel boss replaced. Diameter 47 cm
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Late 19th century Indonesian Bow. Painted decoration. Length 141 cm
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Two World War I Anzac trench sketchbooks, drawn by #48670 Cpl James O'Grady, 1st W.I.R. N.Z.E.F. There are over 100 pencil sketches, all titled, depicting towns and ruins in Belgium and France; as well as fortifications, trenches, tanks, guns, aerial dog fights etc.
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Desire Mercier. World War I Cardinal of Belgium Photo. Signed mount to James O'Grady, 1919. 25 x 17 cm
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Album World War II Photos North Africa and Palestine. Predominantly views taken while on leave. Over 150 snapshots, some captioned. Photo 6 x 9 cm
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World War II army issue Omega pocket watch. 15 jewel movement, running. Diameter 52 mm
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Medals Inc Copy RAAF Air Crew Europe Star and 1939-45 Star. Both un-named. Also three 1935 Bombay Jubilee Games athletic medals - cycling and shot put
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World War II Tobruk Campaign Photographs. 119 snapshots taken by supply column Sgt. Billy Clark. Some from AIF information unit. Quite a few captioned
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World War II A.I.F. Africa Photos; 66 personal snapshots taken by Sgt. 'Billy' Clark of the war in North Africa c.1941, about 1/3 are captioned. 6 x 9 cm
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World War II Afrika Corps. 10 photos taken from German soldier by Sgt. 'Billy' Clark. 6.5 x 9 cm
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Quantity World War II Badges and Pins including 'ACF' China Appeal and various charities to the 1950's. (Approx 80)
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World War II Italian dagger with bayonet fitting. Souvenired in north Africa c.1941. Includes contemporary note and Italian cap rosette. Length 31 cm
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World War II Tobruk Rat Medal group of six. British War Medal, 1914-18; 1939/45 Star; Africa Star with 8th Army Clasp; Defense Medal; War Medal 1939/45; Australian Service Medal. 1st impressed '67606 PTE S.McI Clark.' Remainder all impressed 'NX45372 S. Clark.'
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World War I View Postcards, including active service posted card from Valletta to Victoria including group of World War II miniature medals. 19 cards, some with captions
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World War II Tobruk A.I.F. Photos. Views of air raids and locality and equipment taken by supply column Sgt. Clark. Some captioned including named group also folding Kodak camera.8.5 x 14 cm
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World War I Singleton Certificate of Recognition to Private Swales M. Clark; plus 1945 Singleton Honour Roll listing S.M. Clark. Largest 35 x 25 cm
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Two World War II 1939/45 Star Medals (unnamed), various ribbon bars, A.I.F. Buttons, TPI badges etc
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