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Decorative Arts & Collectables, Session II — Leski Auctions Pty. Ltd.

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Auction House:Leski Auctions Pty. Ltd.Number of lots recorded:638
Sale Title:Decorative Arts & Collectables, Session IILots with images:629
Auction Location:MelbournePrices available:479
Date:19-Mar-2023
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Postcards - Great Britain - Yorkshire: 1900s-1980s collection in a single thick volume with an approximate 60/40 split between earlier and later (post 1960) cards, with some harbour, dockside & coastal views otherwise mostly religious buildings, architecture, bridges and landmarks, plus some small town/village views with a few real-photo types sighted; condition variable. (300+)
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Postcards - Great Britain - Wales, Channel Islands plus Ireland: 1900s-1970s era collection in four volumes with an approximate 60/40 split between earlier and later (post 1960) cards, with Wales including coastal resort views of Colwyn bay, Llandudno & Rhyl, also castles & abbeys, bridges & rivers, mountain scenery including. Snowdonia, Cardiff views etc; Ireland with castles, cathedrals & colleges, Dublin street scenes including real-photo types, and rural and coastal views; plus small range of Channel…
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Postcards - world 1900s-1930s collection in photo album, with emissions from Canada, France, Germany, Great Britain, USA, plus Royalty and Ships/Navy thematic selection; quite a few animated scenes amongst the usual array of religious buildings, castles, architecture, bridges and landmarks; condition variable. (300+)
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A diverse range in several albums, including U.S.A., Eastern Europe, Egypt, Aden, Israel and middle East, humour, modern advertising, religion, horses, etc. (100s, in 8 albums).
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Postcards, collector cards, cuttings, illustrations and other ephemera in albums in a mediam-sized box. (quantity).
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Travel: a large accumulation of Australian and foreign souvenir view brochures, photo envelopes, postcards and similar tourist mementos, mainly circa 1920s-1970s. (100s).
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Postcards - Great Britain - 'D' Counties: 1900s-1980s collection in two volumes with an approximate 60/40 split between earlier and later (post 1960) cards. The collection comprises cards from Derbyshire, Devon, Dorset and Durham with the Devon & Dorset sections including lots of beach, harbour & coastal views; other counties feature predominantly religious buildings, town halls, architecture, landmarks as well as rural views; condition variable. (400+)
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Postcards - Italy: 1900s-1970s era collection in three volumes, an approximate 50/50 split of earlier and later (post 1960) cards (one volume almost entirely modern cards); many of the older cards showing buildings, architecture and religious buildings of larger cities including Brescia, Florence, Genoa, Milan, Naples & Rome; topographical and coastal views are also well represented, particularly amongst the modern cards; condition variable. (600+)
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Predomininantly Switzerland with lots of alpine views including skiers, early cable cars/train. Postcards - Norway, Sweden, Switzerland: 1900s-70s era collection in three volumes with an approximate 50/50 split of earlier and later (post 1960) cards, predominantly Switzerland with lots of alpine views including skiers, early cable cars/trains scenes and other transport images, also town views, buildings and architecture including hotels; Norway including German-Occupation era cards (3) addressed to Germany…
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1951 festival of Britain: an album of postcards and photographs illustrating a 'Trip on the Strathaird' during the festival of Britain, together with the 'Festival of Britain south bank Exhibition' catalogue/guide.
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A collection in ten small albums; subjects include English houses and cathedrals, English royalty, English artists, Australian, Hawaii (though many are photos), etc. Much is quite modern. (100s).
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Postcards - Thematics - Greetings types: two volume collection of mostly 1900s-1940s British cards (some Australian) mostly for birthday or for Christmas, plus others for new year, Easter and a section of miscellaneous cards, majority with floral designs, some embossed (a few elaborately so); condition is variable. (500+)
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Modern types: a collection in several albums contained in a carton, (quantity).
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A Berlin ironwork necklace with cross pendant showing a tiny butterfly at its' centre, 19th century. Berlin maker's mark stamped verso, in 1813, Princess Marianne of Prussia appealed to her countrywomen to exchange their gold jewellery for a brooch or a ring of iron with the inscription 'Gold Gab Ich fur Eisen' (I gave gold for iron). This public effort supported the general appeal of Rudolph Werkmeister published in Berlin on March 31, 1813, a call for funds in response to the Napoleonic campaigns. The…
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Indo-Persian bronze shield with Bidri decoration, 18th/19th century, 23.5 cm diameter
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An antique powder charge canister, painted canvas and leather, 19th/20th century, 54 cm high including handle
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Military whistle, horn with silver mount, engraved 'Dulce Pro Patria Periculum', 19th century, 11 cm long
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Rogers, Joseph William, the Gallipoli letter card. Souvenir [cover title], [Sydney], 'J.W. Rogers, 1st Battalion, late AIF, Gallipoli', [1918], with the last stanza of C.H. Souter's poem 'The toast is Anzac, Gentlemen', 6 captioned plates ('The Australians' camp on the Suez Canal', 'Australians embarking...for the great Adventure', etc.), and a ruled page; the inner surfaces of the wrappers are also ruled, overall 10 x 15 cm, two other editions are known; this make-up appears to be unrecorded.
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Masonic medals. Two antique 15ct gold examples, one suspended on blue silk ribbon, early 20th century, 23+ grams gold weight
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H.M.A.S Yarra four original postcards picturing the crew of the H.M.A.S Yarra
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West German group of 20 military hat badges, together with a pictorial reference card, (21 items)
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United Nations vintage flag, circa 1950, 173 x 265 cm
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Chief of Police Washington D.C. Badge (with note attached verso), together with 7 assorted Olympics and A.M.P. Bades, (8 items), the police badge 5 cm high
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Spanish order of merit in silver with enamel decoration; together with an accumulation of buttons, coins, ornaments etc (quantity)
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A selection of fossils including ammonites and crayfish from New Zealand
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A selection of tribal artefacts including two woven Koteka sheathes, a Timorese whale bone idol and a Jhakri bracelet, 18th/20th century, (4 items)
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World War I and World War II, pair of dust/gas goggles, Ww 1 postal card from Egypt to Australia and crash fuselage debris from Hadley page Hallifax W128 along with Republic of Vietnamese Service Medal on ribbon
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A mixed group of kitchenware, including Crown Devon urn vase, pressed glass flower stem holder, Art Deco ashtray, etc (13 items)
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An antique English match holder/striker in the form of a beehive, 19th century, 11 cm high
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An antique tambourine with hand painted female portrait on vellum skin, 19th century, 36 cm diameter
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Set of three antique English brass fire tools, circa 1870
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L.S. Starrett antique mechanical food chopper, late 19th century, 34 cm high, 43 cm wide
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Antique timber shop ladder, 19th/20th century, 215 cm high
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Eclipse vintage timber folding ladder, early 20th, 193 cm high
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Cigars: an extensive collection of cigar bands and labels, displayed in 8 albums and 52 display pages. Accompanied by 5 books on cigars. (many 100s).
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Pipe stand, tobacco box, ash trays (3), pipe brush, cigar box, Japanese cigarette box and a marquetry cigarette box, 19th and 20th century, the pipe stand 16 cm high
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Dunhill cigarette lighter, Zenith cigarette lighter, assorted vintage lighters, silver plated cutlery, tea strainer, nutcracker etc
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An antique wooden display ladder, early 20th century, 246 cm high
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Royalty Ware ten assorted vintage and antique porcelain mugs and beakers. King George V - Queen Elizabeth II, the largest 9.5 cm high.
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Six assorted walking sticks and a Chinese lacquered stand, (7 items)
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A Continental Art Deco musical cigar box with world globe winding mechanism, circa 1925, 15 cm high, 19 cm wide, 29 cm deep
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A vintage vellum hat case and shoe case (with shoes), early 20th century, the hat case 45 cm wide
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John Lobb pair of vintage shoes in oriental box fitted with boot lasts, early to mid 20th century
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Antique metal hat box and three assorted travel cases, 19th and 20th century, (4 items), the hat box 42 cm wide
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Four assorted vintage travel cases, early 20th century, the largest 71 cm wide
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Four assorted vintage vanity cases, 19th and 20th century, the largest 27 cm wide
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'Fruit Boy' figural card holder, painted chalk ware, early 20th century, 53 cm high
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A vintage candlestick telephone, 20th century, 31 cm high
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Berlin Olympics 1936 ephemera, two booklets (fine condition), a selection of postcards and other unrelated ephemera
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Motoring badges, group of three including R.A.C., Dutch and Swiss, the largest 15 cm high
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Three vintage split cane fishing rods including examples by E.J. Watson of Sydney
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A circa 1930s nail-care set; a perfume atomizer, a 'Breast reliever', a boxed corset, a work box with various sewing equipment, some homemaker books, and various other oddments.
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Churchill bust by Dolfite Products, 17 cm high
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Various fountain pens in three Parker boxes. (3).
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Coca Cola vintage point of sale ice trough, galvanized metal with original red livery, circa 1970s, 31 cm high, 168 cm high, 56 cm deep
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Posters nine assorted examples including Munich Olympics, various sizes and condition
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Salvador Dali blue glass water bottle, 33 cm high
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Mel Blanc: Looney tunes studio Art lithograph entitled 'Speechless' paying tribute to the vocal talent of the incomparable Mel Blanc; attractively framed & glazed; overall 80 x 103 cm.
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A Singapore noodle vendor's cabinet, 20th century, 71 cm high
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Natural history, shell collection
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Silver plated trophies, old bottle, kangaroo ceramic bottle, metal bowl with lid, Bakelite lion moneybox, hip flask, shadow puppet, koala dish, aboriginal plaque, boules, shell inkstand, thermos, and leather case, 19th and 20th century, (15 items)
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Hardy Bros. Vintage hip flask, Russian Navy inkwell, boot pin cushion, razors, portable inkwell and brown Bakelite canister, 19th and 20th century, (7 items)
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Vintage car badges, vanity ware, brush, porcelain bust, jug, and car gauge, (13 items), the brush 29 cm long
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Corkscrews & openers, group of ten assorted examples
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A reproduction clock, ornate vanity bottle, and a vintage 'Pollit's pipe Calculator' in leather pouch, (3 items), the clock 26 cm high
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Lladro porcelain statue A/F, Chinese opium pipe, and a Chinese blue and white porcelain pillow, (3 items), the pipe 24 cm high
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Goldscheider porcelain dog statue, ornamental compass, antique elm snuff box and a trinket box, 19th and 20th century, the compass12 cm high
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Two antique English maple picture frames, 19th century, 57 x 64 cm and 53 x 61 cm overall
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Binoculars. Six assorted pairs of various sizes and vintages
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Mk. V vintage copper and brass diving helmet, 20th century, 42 cm high
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An Art Deco style shop mannequin bust, late 20th century, 39 cm high
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Vintage table cigar lighter, bronze toad, dog statue and cup, bonsai pot and ivory monkey statue, (6 items), dog statue 17 cm high
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Assorted statues (3), assorted costume and silver jewellery, presentation scroll, antique seal, Dupont wares, etc (15 items), the largest statue 32 cm high
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Miscellaneous. Assortment of ornaments, perfume bottles, mirror, vases etc, 19th and 20th century, (quantity)
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Australiana: an array of souvenir wares including harbour bridge opening glass paperweights, ashtrays, pottery ornaments and vases, etc, 20th century (quantity)
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Selection of household items including kitchenalia, binoculars, a Columbian grafanola portable gramophone and various ornaments, (quantity)
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Miscellaneous. Assorted decorative boxes, pill boxes, ornaments, porcelain mugs, jugs, candle holders, lamp, chicken ornament, monkey ornaments, caddy spoons etc, mixed aged and condition (58 items)
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Glassware, decanters, crystal jug, pair of silver plated bottle coasters, silver plated dishes and assorted cutlery, mixed vintages and condition, (quantity)
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Georg Jensen boxed salad bowl and servers and assorted pottery, glass and silver plated serving bowls, ornaments, etc (9 items)
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A pair of antique French opera glasses with blue floral enamel decoration and ivory fittings, 19th century, 11 cm wide
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Antique cast iron platform scales, 19th century, 65 cm high
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Tristar Indian trumpet in case, the case 52 cm wide
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Sarangi antique Indian stringed instrument, carved wood, bone and hide, 19th century, 60 cm long
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Antique Continental violin, most likely German or Bohemian, stamped on reverse 'Stainer', bearing label 'Copy of Jacobus Stainer', 19th century. Together with a period coffin case and bow, 59 cm long
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Rudall Carter & Co. antique English ebony flute in original plush box with outer leather sachet, 19th century, the case 39 cm wide
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A vintage portable gramophone in rare blue finished case, early 20th century, 30 cm wide
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Edison group of eight cylinder records, together with an album of 78's
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Astor 'Mickey' vintage brown Bakelite mantel radio with original card back, 19 cm high x 28 cm wide
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Airzone vintage brown Bakelite mantel radio, 18 cm high x 29 cm wide
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Aristone vintage brown Bakelite mantel radio with white knobs, 18 cm high x 28 cm wide
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A.W.A. 'Fret & Foot' the Fisk Radiolette in black Bakelite with mottled fret and foot, 33 cm high
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Antique pocket hydrometer glass spirit beads in original case, 19th century, case 8 cm wide
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Draftsman's antique workbox, mahogany, rosewood and yew, fitted with lift out trays and assorted tools, late 19th century, 9 cm high, 24.5 cm wide,14 cm deep
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Optometrist set. An impressive antique American set in original mahogany case with manufacturers plaque 'American Optical Company, Southbridge, Mass.', late 19th century, the case 58 cm wide
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Dumpy level stamped 'Wild, Heerbrugg, Switzland, T1A-14,2002', 28 cm high
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An antique electric shock machine in mahogany case, late 19th century, 24 cm wide
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An antique scientific gas display globe on timber stand; together with a Galileo spirit thermometer, the globe 32 cm high
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An antique timber camera with Japanese lens, 26 cm high
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Leitz: Leica model 111c [#379509], 1941-42, with Elmar f3.5 50 mm lens [#179734].
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Maori canoe bailer souvenir fruit platter, carved wood and paua shell, New Zealand origin, 47 cm wide
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