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The Richard Berry Collection - Part 2, Day 2 — Young's Auctions (No longer trading)

Auction House:Young's Auctions (No longer trading)Number of lots recorded:396
Sale Title:The Richard Berry Collection - Part 2, Day 2Lots with images:337
Auction Location:MelbournePrices available:378
Date:30-Mar-2009
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Two photograph albums. One lacquered album of Japanese scenes including views of Mt. Fuji, pagodas, temples, people etc., dated 1892. The other red leather bound album with captioned views of Britain, Ireland and Norway. Circa 1887.
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Pacific Island and New Zealand, ephemera and photographs including a captioned album of a voyage through the Pacific, Chinese labourers, New Zealand postcards, New Zealand tourist guides, (1880's to 1930's), Solomon Island Malayta portraits etc.
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Melbourne 1956 Olympic memorabilia. Includes a 1956 seat cushion, handbook, aboriginal painting, autograph book, official first day cover and original clippings from The Age and The Herald.
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Victorian photograph albums. Five (5) leather bound albums of personal portraits from the late 1800's.
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Victorian photograph albums. Five (5) leather bound albums of personal portraits from the late 1800's.
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Three (3) photographs. Two framed, one mounted. Includes the Melbourne Town Hall, before the portico was added, a flood over train lines and a machine shop.
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Six (6) 19th century photographs. Includes military portraits, well-to-do individuals etc.
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Melbourne International Exhibition 1880. Lloyd Tayler, F.R.I.B.A. second prize design award. Watercolour mounted on board. A rare and important historical piece showing the Exhibition Building that Melbourne almost got. Tayler was a very prominent architect at this period and is well known for his successful designs that still stand, such as Metropolitan Fire Brigade Headquarters on Eastern Hill, the Australian Club and the preserved Commercial Bank Of Australia. 63 x 129 cm
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Antique 'word' portrait. 'Her Most Gracious Majesty, Victoria 1st, Queen of Great Britain and Ireland'. Very unusual detailed drawing composed of lines of handwritten text, approx. 1 mm in height. 72 x 65 cm
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Moscow panoramic hand-coloured photograph. In 3 parts, large format photos mounted on board. 19th century gilt frame. 38 x 120 cm
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Henry P. riviere, R.W.C.S. 'The Wounded Brigand'. 19th century watercolour in original gilt frame, with title plaque. 47 x 72 cm
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English school. Portrait of a Knight. 19th century oil painting on canvas, unsigned. 39 x 28 cm
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Italian school, portrait of Jesus, 19th century oval mounted oil painting on canvas, in Florentine frame. 26 x 20 cm
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Early 19th century religious embroidery, Madonna and Child, fine detailed thread and lacework, in birch frame. 26 x 19 cm
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Pair of antique embroidered portraits, children playing with animals. Georgian needlework in original glass mounts and gilt frames. 14 x 10 cm
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Two (2), Victorian portraits, pencil sketches of a man and a woman with notation on reverse, in matching oval frames. 20 x 15 cm
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Pair of antique French miniature oil paintingsof military scenes showing a camp site, the other of a town scene. Matching Whitehead frames. 9 x 13 cm
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European school. Village market scene. 19th century oil painting on board. Signed lower right. 9 x 14 cm
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Pair of antique floral still life's, miniature watercolours of floral bouquets in matching gilt frames with grape vine decoration. 9 x 6 cm
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Oil painting of a dog in huon frame with beautiful bird's eye figuring. 13 x 19 cm. Frame: 29 x 33 cm
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American silver plated plaque. 'Commerce and Industry'. Embossed scene of a native American trading with sailors. The background with tall ships and trains. Arts and Crafts ebonised frame. 19 x 28 cm
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Robert T. McPherson, pastel portrait. Notation verso, 'Captain John Keyburn Maclean, 43rd Regt, Knight of Windsor, 1832'. 25 x 20 cm
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19th century oil painting. Portrait of a distinguished gentleman. Australian gilt frame, decorated with ferns. Unsigned. 52 x 36 cm
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O. R. Campbell, Medieval Battle scene, watercolour, signed lower right, dated 1872. 30 x 46 cm
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German school. Black Forest wood carving, carved in high relief, a scene of a peasant stealing eagle chicks from the nest, while being attacked by a large eagle. 30 x 25 cm
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European school. Castle, village and river under full moon. Circular pencil and inkwash in gilt metal frame. Unsigned. 32 cm diam.
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Pair of antique cork dioramas. 19th century hand carved scenes of castles and ruins, housed in oval frames. 24 x 20 cm each
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Victorian portrait oil painting, young girl in red dress, oval portrait in mahogany frame, unsigned. 50 x 39 cm
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18th century English school, Town scene with view of a bridge, a river, keep and trees, oil painting on canvas, unsigned. 35 x 46 cm
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J. H. Caws. Scottish school, highland landscape with figures, oil painting on canvas, signed lower right. Original gilt frame. 34 x 54 cm
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19th century Maori scene lithograph. 'Interior of a Native village or 'Pa', in New Zealand ', antique cedar frame. 56 x 69 cm
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L. W. Wilson. 'Head of lake Wakatipu, New Zealand '. 19th century watercolour, signed and titled lower right, gilt frame and mount. 19 x 31 cm
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New Zealand school, 'Lake Rotomakawa, New Zealand '. 19th century landscape watercolour, unsigned. 25 x 60 cm
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J. F. Preston. 'Milford sound, New Zealand ', landscape watercolour, signed lower right, original gilt frame. 56 x 94 cm
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C. W. Smith. 'Milford Sound, New Zealand'. Oil painting on canvas. Signed lower right, dated (18)99. 44 x 75 cm
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Charles E. Astley. Steam Boat in New Zealand Fjord. Oil painting on canvas. Signed lower left, dated 1900. 33 x 51 cm
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Frank Brookesmith. Milford Sound with Steamboat. Oil painting on board. Signed lower left, dated 1891. 31 x 47 cm
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Phyllis Jones. 'Lake Tepap, New Zealand'. Landscape water colour. Signed lower left. 38 x 52 cm
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Melvin Malbunka, Outback with Ghost Gums, Hermannsburg school, watercolour, signed lower right. 35 x 50 cm
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Melvin Malbunka. Outback panorama with Ghost Gums. Hermannsburg school water colour. Signed lower right. 24 x 71 cm
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Eric Stewart, Uluru and Aborigines, oil painting on canvas, an iconic Australian scene showing indigenous Australians making shields and baskets, signed on reverse, dated 1959. 86 x 129 cm
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Eric Stewart. 'Aborigines On The Walkabout'. Oil painting on canvas. Signed lower right, dated 1961. 92 x 72 cm
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K. Victor. 'William Buckley, the wild white man', 19th century watercolour and ink drawing. Historical notation on reverse, signed and dated lower right. 28 x 38 cm
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George Lacy (1817- 1878), (attributed). 'Corroboree'. 19th century watercolour depicting a large gathering of aborigines with weapons, dancing by a fire. Women and children in foreground. 46 x 65 cm
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Australian school. Aboriginal in bark canoe. 19th century oil on board. Unsigned. Gilt frame and mount. 45 x 30 cm
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Roberto a K Marshall, (1849 - 1923), 'Sunny, afternoon', watercolour, signed lower left, gilt frame and mount. 23 x 36 cm
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Prince Charles as a boy. Colour print in antique mahogany and ebony trimmed frame. 40 x 28 cm. Frame: 57 x 47 cm
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English school, 'On the Cornish Coast', pastel of a fishing village, in gilt frame. 35 x 48 cm
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Dormann. View across the Bosperos from Istanbul. Wood block print. Signed lower right. 22 x 42 cm
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Three (3), comical English horse riding scenes, watercolour and pencil in cream frames, monogrammed lower right DW cmB. 23 x 28 cm
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Edwin Earp, Amelfi coastal scene, watercolour, signed lower left. 21 x 44 cm
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English school. A 19th century view of the Greenwich Royal Observatory. Water colour. Unsigned. 14 x 19 cm
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Arthur Oliffe, profile military portrait with horse, notation on the reverse, 'Design for a book Wrapper. Trooper Scots greys 1815', watercolour, signed lower right. 52 x 35 cm
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Esther Paterson (1892 - 1971), self portrait set in garden landscape, oil on board, signed lower left, dated 1935. 31 x 23 cm
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Charles Wheeler, (1881 - 1977), farm scene of a wood cutter, oil on board, signed lower left. 29 x 35 cm
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Charles S Bennett, (1869 - 1930), 'A Settlers Hut', watercolour, signed lower right. 13 x 20 cm
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Sargeant Filby (Police Officer from the Township of Forth Tasmania). 'Isle of the Dead, port Arthur', watercolour. Notation verso. 26 x 62 cm
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Leon Hanson, (1917-). 'Afternoon Glow, Law Courts, Lonsdale and William St, Melbourne', oil on board, signed lower left. 16 x 20 cm
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Harold Frederick 'Hal' Gye (1888 - 1967) Winter park scene with seated figure. Oil on canvas. Signed lower left. 23 x 33 cm
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Charles Wheeler (1881 - 1977), 'National Gallery and St. Martins in the Fields'. Pencil sketch, signed and titled lower left. 25 x 18 cm
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English school. Portrait of a Lady. 19th century oval water colour, mounted, in bird's eye maple frame. Unsigned. 38 x 30 cm
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John Varley (187-1933), 'The Bab El-Gief, Tetuan, Morocco', oil on canvas, signed lower left, signed and titled on reverse, with stock number label and Sotheby's old lot number. 43 x 59 cm
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Edward H. Fahey, (1844 - 1907), late Victorian scene of a woman with two dogs, oil painting in gilt frame, signed lower left. 59 x 80 cm
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Australian school. Landscape with gum trees. Oil on board in dark oak frame. Unsigned 33 x 21 cm
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Frank Hewett, Sydney Harbour, oil on board, in gilt frame, signed lower left. 19 x 23 cm
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Walter J Anderson. Pastoral landscape with sheep. Oil on canvas. Signed and dated lower right '1909 Melb.' 31 x 38 cm
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John Barclay Godson (1882 - 1957), attributed, Self portrait, unframed oil on board. 38 x 30 cm
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Eric L Stewart. Boxing kangaroos. Oil on canvas. Signed lower right, dated 1967. 60 x 39 cm
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H.T.Davis. Desert camp scene. Water colour signed lower left. 23 x 42 cm
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Walter Ebatarinja, (1915 - 1969), Hermannsburg school, watercolour, signed lower right. 38 x 54 cm
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Eric L Stewart, 'Presenting shield to the initiated, oil on canvas, signed lower right, dated (19)66. 55 x 62 cm
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Brenton Raberaba, Hermannsburg school. Outback scene with waterhole, watercolour, signed lower right. 25 x 35 cm
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Otto Pareroultja, Hermannsburg school, watercolour, mounted and signed lower left. 26 x 36 cm
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Benjamin Landara, (1921 - 1985), Hermannsburg school, watercolour on wood board, signed lower left. 11 x 23 cm
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Walter Ebatarinja, (1915 - 1969), Hermannsburg school, watercolour, signed lower middle, 24 x 34 cm
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Ewald Namatjira, (193-1984), Hermannsburg school, pencilled signature lower right. 24 x 42 cm
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Henri Tebbitt (1852 - 1926), Seascape, watercolour in original gilt frame and mount, signed and dated lower right. 26 x 75 cm
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Max Ludby. R.I., R.B.A. (1858 - 1943) 'English Landscape Evening'. Water colour, signed lower left, dated '82. 49 x 40 cm
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18th century fan painting. 'Chinese Estimate of an Englishman, lighter Than a feather'. Width 52 cm
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Arthur Burrington (1856 - 1924), 'On the Way to the spring, Barmouth, Wales', watercolour, signed lower left, title label verso. 32 x 21 cm
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European school, landscape, watercolour of rural scene, unsigned. 35 x 26 cm
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Peter McEwan, Cloudy coastal scene, watercolour, signed lower left. 43 x 55 cm
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Montague brown, 'Evening on the Plains', oil painting on canvas, in original gilt frame, signed lower right, label verso. 39 x 60 cm
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European school, rural farmhouse Ruins, watercolour, unsigned, in original antique gilt frame. 37 x 52 cm
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Louise B. Riggall (1868 - 1918) English rural village lane with thatched cottages. Watercolour, signed lower right, dated 1905. Original framed with oak mount. 43 x 30 cm
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Paola Torretta. 'Lake Lucerne from Regi', watercolour, signed lower right. Title and artist's name on gilt mount. 25 x 50 cm
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Orientalist school. 'Ruth' (The Water Carrier). Oil painting laid on board. Unsigned. 36 x 26 cm
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H W Weedon. New Zealand landscape. Watercolour, signed lower left, dated 1887. Original gilt frame and mount. 42 x 70 cm
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Restarick R. Still life, oil painting on board, signed lower left. 83 x 60 cm
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Phyllis Tyree, Art Deco woodland fantasy scene, watercolour, signed lower right, 'Phil Tyree'. 23 x 19 cm
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Ethel Louise Spowers (189-1947) 'I shot a peacock dancing by a pomegranate tree, and the kingdoms of the sun are forever lost to me'. Watercolour and pen. Signed lower right, dated 1918. 27 x 25 cm
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Phyllis Tyree cannon, portrait of Veiled woman, watercolour, signed lower right. 20 x 17 cm
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Art Deco hand coloured print. Playful image a 3 playful maidens. Hand coloured detail, in oval gilt frame. 36 x 47 cm
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V Har Hesk, Dutch school, oil painting on board of a town square market day, signed lower right, dated (18)'96. 24 x 18 cm
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T. Lenoir, country Lane and trees, late 19th century oil painting on board, (split), signed lower right. 27 x 20 cm
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European school, interior scene with soldiers and noblemen, watercolour, unsigned. 19 x 24 cm
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Winifred Betts (1892 - 1958) Ferry Lane, Sydney. Pencil drawing. Signed and titled lower right. 25 x 16 cm
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Dora Meeson, (1869 - 1955), Bathing boxes in port Philip Bay, watercolour, signed lower right, dated 1921. 25 x 39 cm
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H Paterson. North American tribal scene with dancing girl. Watercolour, signed lower left, dated 1904. 28 x 22 cm
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Roberto a K Marshall (1849 - 1923). English rural landscape, watercolour, signed lower right. Gilt frame and mount. 68 x 53 cm
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