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Auction House:Leski Auctions Pty. Ltd.Number of lots recorded:1,250
Sale Title:Australian & HistoricalLots with images:1,232
Auction Location:MelbournePrices available:1,148
Date:25-May-2024
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The B.A.N.Z. Antarctic Expedition: official original photograph by Captain Frank Hurley: image A69 - title: a new port in Antarctica, with official 'Mawson Antarctic Expedition' handstamp and release date 'Tuesday May 13, 1930' verso, together with official printed letterhead, title, and details of the image, 'Looking west over the islet-studded waters of Proclamation Harbour...',20 x 26 cm.
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The B.A.N.Z. Antarctic Expedition: official original photograph by Captain Frank Hurley: image A71 - title: a Cinder from Creation's Crucible, with official 'Mawson Antarctic Expedition' handstamp and release date 'Friday May 23, 1930' verso, together with official printed letterhead, title, and details of the image, 'This colossal monument to a bygone volcanic age is 600 feet in height...',26 x 20 cm.
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The B.A.N.Z. Antarctic Expedition: official original photograph by Captain Frank Hurley: image A72 - title: Gleaners of the deep, with official 'Mawson Antarctic Expedition' handstamp and release date 'Tuesday May 27, 1930' verso, together with official printed letterhead, title, and details of the image, 'The black-browed albatrosses caught by the camera in the act of landing on the sea to feed...',26 x 20 cm.
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The B.A.N.Z. Antarctic Expedition: official original photograph by Captain Frank Hurley: image A73 - title: an Anomaly in Icebergs, with official 'Mawson Antarctic Expedition' handstamp and release date 'Tuesday May 27, 1930' verso, together with official printed letterhead, title, and details of the image, 'A remarkable iceberg encountered by the Discovery 800 miles north of Enderby Land...',20 x 26 cm.
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The B.A.N.Z. Antarctic Expedition: official original photograph by Captain Frank Hurley: image A74 - title: a crystal Fairyland, with official 'Mawson Antarctic Expedition' handstamp and release date 'Friday May 23, 1930' verso, together with the official letterhead, title, and details of the image, '...this vista of glacier reflected in azure waters has caught the glittering charm of an exceptional...day',20 x 26 cm.
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The B.A.N.Z. Antarctic Expedition: official original photograph by Captain Frank Hurley: image A75 - title: maker of history, with official 'Mawson Antarctic Expedition' handstamp and release date 'Tuesday May 27, 1930' verso, together with official printed letterhead, title, and details of the image, 'The Discovery, Captain Scott's famous polar vessel, now under service to the B.A.N.Z.A.R.E....', 26 x 20 cm.
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The B.A.N.Z. Antarctic Expedition: official original photograph by Captain Frank Hurley: image A76 - title: Newly Discovered Lands in Antarctica, with official 'Mawson Antarctic Expedition' handstamp and release date 'Friday May 23, 1930' verso, together with official printed letterhead, title, and details of the image, 'Looking East along the coast of East Enderby land recently explored...',20 x 26 cm.
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The B.A.N.Z. Antarctic Expedition: official original photograph by Captain Frank Hurley: image A77 - title: Glittering seascape, Heard Island, with official 'Mawson Antarctic Expedition' handstamp and release date 'Tuesday May 27, 1930' verso, together with official printed letterhead, title, and details of the image, 'A rare calm evening at atlas cove, Heard Island...',26 x 20 cm.
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The B.A.N.Z. Antarctic Expedition: official original photograph by Captain Frank Hurley: image A78 - title: a Dazzling Sentinel on the Threshold of MacRobertson land, with official 'Mawson Antarctic Expedition' handstamp and release date 'Tuesday May 27, 1930' verso, together with official printed letterhead, title, and details of the image, '...the berg which is in an advanced stage of disintegration...',20 x 26 cm.
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The B.A.N.Z. Antarctic Expedition: official original photograph by Captain Frank Hurley: image A79 - title: an Antarctic Dreadnought, with official 'Mawson Antarctic Expedition' handstamp and release date 'Friday May 23, 1930' verso, together with official printed letterhead, title, and details of the image, 'A Tabular Iceberg stranded on a shoal off the coast of MacRobertson Land...',20 x 26 cm.
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The B.A.N.Z. Antarctic Expedition:Official original photograph by Captain Frank Hurley:Image A80 - title: an Antarctic Ferry,with official 'Mawson Antarctic Expedition' handstamp and release date 'Friday May 23, 1930' verso, together with official printed letterhead, title, and details of the image, 'Seals and penguins on an icefloe drifting past the sea-face of an intensely crevassed glacier...',20 x 26 cm.
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The B.A.N.Z. Antarctic Expedition:Official original photograph by Captain Frank Hurley:Image B1 - title: the Discovery Heading through Ice-Congested Waters of the Mackenzie Sea,with official 'Mawson Antarctic Expedition' handstamp and release date 'Monday Apr. 13, 1931' verso, together with the official letterhead, title, and details of the image, '...off the shores of Princess Elizabeth Land',20 x 26 cm.
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The B.A.N.Z. Antarctic Expedition:Official original photograph by Captain Frank Hurley:Image B2 - title: Landing at cape Bruce, MacRobertson Land,with official 'Mawson Antarctic Expedition' handstamp and release date 'Monday Apr. 6, 1931' verso, together with the official letterhead, title, and details of the image, '...members of the scientific staff to effect a landing on the newly discovered shores...',20 x 26 cm.
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The B.A.N.Z. Antarctic Expedition:Official original photograph by Captain Frank Hurley:Image B3 - title: off the Shores of Princess Elizabeth Land,with official 'Mawson Antarctic Expedition' handstamp and release date 'Monday Apr. 13, 1931' verso, together with the official letterhead, title, and details of the image, 'A charming study of the Discovery passing through loose ice packs in the Mackenzie Sea...',26 x 20 cm.
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The B.A.N.Z. Antarctic Expedition: official original photograph by Captain Frank Hurley: image B4 - title: whaling in Antarctica, with official 'Mawson Antarctic Expedition' handstamp and release date 'Monday Apr. 6, 1931' verso, together with the official letterhead, title, and details of the image, 'The Discovery coming alongside the huge whaling factory, Sir James Clark Ross...shows an average day's catch of the blue whales...',20 x 26 cm.
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The B.A.N.Z. Antarctic Expedition: official original photograph by Captain Frank Hurley: image B5 - title: new Discoveries in Antarctica, with official 'Mawson Antarctic Expedition' handstamp and release date 'Monday Apr. 6, 1931' verso, together with the official letterhead, title, and details of the image, 'The penguin-covered foreshore at Scullin Monolith, MacRobertson Land...',20 x 26 cm.
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The B.A.N.Z. Antarctic Expedition:Official original photograph by Captain Frank Hurley:Image B6 - title: Raising the flag over new Antarctica Territory,with official 'Mawson Antarctic Expedition' handstamp and release date 'Monday Apr. 13, 1931' verso, together with the official letterhead, title, and details of the image, '...the party is here singing the national anthem after the reading of the official proclamation',20 x 26 cm.
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The B.A.N.Z. Antarctic Expedition: official original photograph by Captain Frank Hurley: image B7 - title: Once Shambles - Now Sanctuary, with official 'Mawson Antarctic Expedition' handstamp and release date 'Tuesday Apr. 28, 1931' verso, together with the official letterhead, title, and details of the image, '...in the background can be seen the ruins of a boiling down factory where hundreds of thousands of penguins were once rendered down for oil annually',20 x 26 cm.
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The B.A.N.Z. Antarctic Expedition:Official original photograph by Captain Frank Hurley:Image B8 - title: Telling it to the Penguins,with official 'Mawson Antarctic Expedition' handstamp and release date 'Tuesday Apr. 28, 1931' verso, together with the official letterhead, title, and details of the image, 'Flying Officer Douglas serenading the Antarctic flappers with the latest Broadway melody',20 x 26 cm.
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The B.A.N.Z. Antarctic Expedition: official original photograph by Captain Frank Hurley: image B9 - title: their day out, with official 'Mawson Antarctic Expedition' handstamp and release date 'Tuesday Apr. 21, 1931' verso, together with the official letterhead, title, and details of the image, 'A holiday gathering of Royal penguins on Nugget's beach at Macquarie Island',20 x 26 cm.
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The B.A.N.Z. Antarctic Expedition: official original photograph by Captain Frank Hurley: image B10 - title: Antarctic Alpine club, with official 'Mawson Antarctic Expedition' handstamp and release date 'Tuesday Apr. 28, 1931' verso, together with the official letterhead, title, and details of the image, '...members assembled on an icy dais to greet the members of the B.A.N.Z. Expedition...',20 x 26 cm.
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The B.A.N.Z. Antarctic Expedition: official original photograph by Captain Frank Hurley: image B11 - title: an Antarctic Chameleon, with official 'Mawson Antarctic Expedition' handstamp and release date 'Tuesday Apr. 28, 1931' verso, together with the official letterhead, title, and details of the image, 'A phenomenal iceberg which changed colour and overturned while the Discovery was passing by...',20 x 26 cm.
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The B.A.N.Z. Antarctic Expedition: official original photograph by Captain Frank Hurley: image B12 - title: Ruin and Regeneration - Macquarie Island, with official 'Mawson Antarctic Expedition' handstamp and release date 'Monday Apr. 27, 1931' verso, together with the official letterhead, title, and details of the image, 'In the foreground stands the ruins of a factory once devoted to boiling down penguins for oil...',26 x 20 cm.
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The B.A.N.Z. Antarctic Expedition:Official original photograph by Captain Frank Hurley:Image B13 - title: distinguished movie star Visits south polar Regions,with official 'Mawson Antarctic Expedition' handstamp and release date 'Monday Apr. 27, 1931' verso, together with the official letterhead, title, and details of the image, 'The world-famous rodent...doffing his bowler to an Antarctic rival comedian',20 x 26 cm.
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The B.A.N.Z. Antarctic Expedition: official original photograph by Captain Frank Hurley: image B14 - title: the ice was Here, the ice was there, the ice was all around, with official 'Mawson Antarctic Expedition' handstamp and release date 'Monday Apr. 27, 1931' verso, together with the official letterhead, title, and details of the image, 'The Discovery passing through the ice-encumbered waters of Mackenzie Sea...',20 x 26 cm.
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The B.A.N.Z. Antarctic Expedition:Official original photograph by Captain Frank Hurley:Image B15 - title: Promenading along the 'White Way',with official 'Mawson Antarctic Expedition' handstamp and release date 'Monday Apr. 27, 1931' verso, together with the official letterhead, title, and details of the image, 'A typical scene along the ice-girt foreshore of King George V Land',20 x 26 cm.
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The B.A.N.Z. Antarctic Expedition: official original photograph by Captain Frank Hurley: image B16 - title: a Glittering Derelict, with official 'Mawson Antarctic Expedition' handstamp and release date 'Monday Apr. 20, 1931' verso, together with the official letterhead, title, and details of the image, '...the tilted stump of a tabular iceberg in an advanced stage of disintegration',20 x 26 cm.
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The B.A.N.Z. Antarctic Expedition: official original photograph by Captain Frank Hurley: image B18 - title: new Antarctic Lands Discovered by the B.A.N.Z. Expedition, with official 'Mawson Antarctic Expedition' handstamp and release date 'Tuesday Jun. 23, 1931' verso, together with the official letterhead, title, and details of the image, 'Murray Monolith outcropping from the seaface of the ice-girt coast of MacRobertson Land',13 x 32 cm.
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The B.A.N.Z. Antarctic Expedition:Official original photograph by Captain Frank Hurley:Image B19 - title: new Antarctic Lands Discovered by the B.A.N.Z. Expedition,with official 'Mawson Antarctic Expedition' handstamp and release date 'Tuesday Jun. 16, 1931' verso, together with the official letterhead, title, and details of the image, '...Murray Monolith outcropping from the seaface of the ice-girt coasts of MacRobertson Land',12.5 x 27 cm.
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The B.A.N.Z. Antarctic Expedition:Official original photograph by Captain Frank Hurley:Image B20 - title: Jack front Holds Tenancy of Antarctic hut for twenty Years,with official 'Mawson Antarctic Expedition' handstamp and release date 'Monday Jun. 15, 1931' verso, together with the official letterhead, title, and details of the image, 'When the scientists...forced an entrance, it was to find the interior decorated with scintillating crystals and snow arabesques...',20 x 26 cm.
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The B.A.N.Z. Antarctic Expedition: official original photograph by Captain Frank Hurley: image B22 - title: Jack Frost Holds Tenancy of Antarctic hut for 20 Years, with official 'Mawson Antarctic Expedition' handstamp and release date 'Monday Jun. 15, 1931' verso, together with the official letterhead, title, and details of the image, 'A remarkable picture showing the interior of the hut originally occupied by the Aust. Ant. Expedition...',20 x 26 cm.
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The B.A.N.Z. Antarctic Expedition: official original photograph by Captain Frank Hurley: image B23 - title: Jack Frost Holds Tenancy of Antarctic hut for 20 Years, with official 'Mawson Antarctic Expedition' handstamp and release date 'Tuesday Jun. 16, 1931' verso, together with the official letterhead, title, and details of the image, 'Photo shows a more intimate glimpse of Sir Douglas Mawson's cubicle showing crystal formations...',20 x 26 cm.
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The B.A.N.Z. Antarctic Expedition: official original photograph by Captain Frank Hurley: image B24 - title: a Leviathan of the Antarctic whaling Fleets, with official 'Mawson Antarctic Expedition' handstamp and release date 'Tuesday Jun. 2, 1931' verso, together with the official letterhead, title, and details of the image, 'Several whales are to be hauled up on deck through the whale-port...',20 x 26 cm.
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The B.A.N.Z. Antarctic Expedition:Official original photograph by Captain Frank Hurley:Image B25 - title: first Antarctic Aeroplane,with official 'Mawson Antarctic Expedition' handstamp and release date 'Tuesday Jun. 2, 1931' verso, together with the official letterhead, title, and details of the image, 'For 20 years this skeleton of the first plane to be landed on Antarctica has defied the blizzards of Adelie Land...',20 x 26 cm.
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The B.A.N.Z. Antarctic Expedition: official original photograph by Captain Frank Hurley: image B26 - title: feeding baby, with official 'Mawson Antarctic Expedition' handstamp and release date 'Tuesday Jun. 2, 1931' verso, together with the official letterhead, title, and details of the image, 'A young Adelie penguin being fed by its parent...',26 x 20 cm.
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The B.A.N.Z. Antarctic Expedition: official original photograph by Captain Frank Hurley: image B28 - title: the Windiest spot on earth, with official 'Mawson Antarctic Expedition' handstamp and release date 'Tuesday Jun. 2, 1931' verso, together with the official letterhead, title, and details of the image, 'A glimpse of windswept coast cape Denison...',20 x 26 cm.
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The B.A.N.Z. Antarctic Expedition:Official original photograph by Captain Frank Hurley:Image B29 - title: a Glittering Ruin,with official 'Mawson Antarctic Expedition' handstamp and release date 'Tuesday May 19, 1931' verso, together with the official letterhead, title, and details of the image, 'The fragmentary stump of a huge berg in the final stages of disintegration...',20 x 26 cm.
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The B.A.N.Z. Antarctic Expedition: official original photograph by Captain Frank Hurley: image B30 - title: Portal in an Iceberg, with official 'Mawson Antarctic Expedition' handstamp and release date 'Tuesday May 19, 1931' verso, together with the official letterhead, title, and details of the image, 'A remarkable view taken in the interior of a huge cavern worn by the waves in the side of an iceberg...',20 x 26 cm.
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The B.A.N.Z. Antarctic Expedition: official original photograph by Captain Frank Hurley: image B31 - title: Summertime in King George fifth land, with official 'Mawson Antarctic Expedition' handstamp and release date 'Tuesday Jun. 2, 1931' verso, together with the official letterhead, title, and details of the image, '...the exceptional calm of a summer's day on the ice-girt foreshore at cape Denison',20 x 26 cm.
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The B.A.N.Z. Antarctic Expedition: official original photograph by Captain Frank Hurley: image B32 - title: Mawson Revisits former winter Quarters, with official 'Mawson Antarctic Expedition' handstamp and release date 'Tuesday Jun. 2, 1931' verso, together with the official letterhead, title, and details of the image, '...a landing is being made at cape Denison, King George fifth Land',20 x 26 cm.
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Artist unknown, 'To the beach by Train', colour lithograph poster, 'V.R. Poster no. 267', circa late 1940s, printed by W. M. Houston, Government Printer Melbourne, 101 x 63 cm. The first example known to Us.
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Artist unknown, 'To the West in Air-Conditioned Comfort. Trans-Australian railway. Fast diesel electric Trains', colour lithograph poster, circa 1951, printed by a. C. Brooks, Government Printer, Melbourne, 101 x 63 cm
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Harold Freedman (1915 - 1999), 'Coronation Commemoration book for presentation to her Majesty the Queen: have You Signed', colour lithograph poster, printed by W. M. Houston, Government Printer, Melbourne, 101.5 x 63 cm
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'Victorian Railways Centenary 1854 - 1954 : 100 Years of Service', colour lithograph poster, printed by W. M. Houston, Government Printer, Melbourne, 101 x 63 cm
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Crime & Punishment - Police Reward posters: Oct.1969 $5000 Reward poster issued by the NSW Commissionber of Police, seeking information regarding the murder of Anne Cecille Zappelli, (issued on behalf of the C.I.B., Perth); October 1971 $10,000 Reward poster issued by the Queensland Commissioner of Police, seeking assistance in finding the murderer of Jack Henry Cooper, in Brisbane; plus 2 other similar posters. Mixed condition.
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John Coburn (1925 - 2006), 'Sydney opera house - Go by Train', colour lithograph poster, 'Poster design based on sun curtain by John Coburn in the main concert hall of the Sydney opera House.', published by the N.S.W. Department of Tourism; printed by Offset Alpine Printing, Sydney, 98 x 63 cm
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Daymon Greulich, 'Jet, Shine on, May 25, Palais Theatre, Melbourne', limited edition lithograph, 208/500, initialed in the lower margin, 68 x 45 cm, 89 x 68 cm overall
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Three tribal masks, woven fibre with ochre decoration, one with shell eyes, Maprik, East Sepic river, Papua New Guinea, the largest 30 cm high
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Three Massim lime spatulas including figural and tree kangaroo examples, carved wood with remains of piped clay decoration, East Papua New Guinea, the largest 30 cm high
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Four tribal animal totems, carved wood, shell and remains of piped clay, Papua New Guinea origin, the largest 33 cm high
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Three tribal masks, carved and fibre with remains of painted finish, Papua New Guinea origin, the largest 39 cm high
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Three tribal masks, carved and shell with remains of painted finish, Papua New Guinea origin, the largest 44 cm high
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