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Australiana — Davidson Auctions

Auction House:Davidson AuctionsNumber of lots recorded:219
Sale Title:AustralianaLots with images:215
Auction Location:SydneyPrices available:184
Date:9-Feb-2008
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Cased World War II Simpsons Donkey Anzac Commemorative Medallion, awarded to W.J. Kane.
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Sydney Harbour artists sketchbook containing 43 small watercolours and numerous pencil sketches with notes on light and colours, no signature, would appear to be the work of a professional artist. Page size 14 x 10 cm
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World War II Japanese Surrender Souvenir, plus war bond currency and ticket.
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Hand Operated Inertia Torch by Philips c.1930's.
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14K White Gold Dress Ring. Set with opal (2.5ct) surrounded by 16 diamonds (approx .81ct).
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Sapphire & Diamond Floral Form Dress Ring. 18ct white gold setting.
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Opal Pendant in 18ct Yellow Gold Setting & Chain.
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Eleven Victoria Aborigines Protection Reports 1859-1891. Special & yearly reports covering welfare, births & deaths, health & crime.
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1956 Melbourne Olympic Games collection of memorabilia. Inc postcards, official guides, arts programes, opening & closing ceremony programes etc. 27 pieces.
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Eleven Victoria Annual Post Office Reports 1869-1879. Yearly reports of approx 40 pages each. Includes stamp issues, mail routes, letters handled etc.
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Three framed AIF service display plaques of the Kane Family, 1 World War I & 2 World War II, all facsimile badges & medals. Plus 1946-7 Occupied Japan photo album, private snapshots taken by Australian soldier (approx 100.)
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Federation of Australia Stereoviews 1901. 36 views of decorations of Duke of York's activities during Federation celebrations. Published by G. Rose.
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25 stereoscope images, views of early Australian landscapes and civic buildings, mostly Victoria and Tasmania
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Australian postcards c.1906. 82 postcards, many real photos inc 8 US Fleet visit
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Australian postcards & photographs c.1910. Includes part set of Governors Charity cards & photo of Hydro Hotel, Leeton
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Photo Album of Australian Troops in South Africa
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Occupied Japan photographs 1946. An album & tin (approx 200) of photo snapshots & Japanese movie stars. Also post atomic bomb Hiroshima views.
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Photo Negatives of Shearing Scenes c.1900. 9 glass negatives of interior turn of the century shearing shed etc. 8 x 14 cm each
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Australian postcards c.1910. Inc 2x US fleet, real photo Sydney suburbs & sanatoria consumptive womens home stamp card. 55 cards
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Nineteen original photographs of the Construction of the 1st Meteorological Station, Mt Wellington, Tasmania. 10.5 x 15 cm
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World War II Japanese Surrender Momentos. Plus quantity of invasion money inc Dutch indies, & pre & post invasion north Borneo Company $1 note 1940.
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Four various Early Pieces Pokerwork. Stepped & footed box with kooka & floral decorated lid (wear); gum blossom vase; & 2 breadboards. L 31 Height 15.5 cm
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AIF Tobruk Soldiers Ephemera 1940-50. Paybooks, photos & ephemera of W.H Caton inc. Tobruk notebook of poems & observations. Also large embroidered rising sun.
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Pair framed World War I related photographs. SS Ulysses departing with troops, 1916; & SS Delta returning, 1919. Details verso.15 x 20 cm
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Pokerwork tray decorated with a kookaburra, gum leaves and gumnuts
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Jim Beam Kangaroo & Joey Form Decanter. Height 29 cm
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Early Australian themed decanter set and matching tumbler, process etched decoration of kookaburras, kangaroo and Australian flora, comprising decanter, five small and one larger tumblers.
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Jim Beam Advert Koala & Cub Decanter. Height 23.5 cm
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Pair of pokerwork vases decorated with Sturt Desert Pea
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Sydney Harbour Bridge souvenir clear glass dish. Length 14 cm
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Jim Beam Kiwi Advert Decanter. Height 21 cm
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Australiana painted tile teapot stand. Kooka and wattle. Initialled possibly DMC. Crazed. Diameter 16 cm
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Amethyst Carnival glass kookaburra master bowl RD4184
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'MCP' incised pottery bowl, decorated with Aboriginal motifs on a maroon ground, signed verso 'Orpheus'
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Australian c.1950's Silhouette Decorated Vase. Birds & landscape. Height 18 cm
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Coronet Triangular Dish. Decorated with aboriginal hunter against blue sky. Diameter 21 cm
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Jim Beam Sydney Opera House Advert Decanter. Musical section ok. With contents. Height 21 cm
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Federation 'Advance Australia' embroidered wall hanging. Depicting Australian coat of arms. 31 x 50 cm
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Early Australian Philips small electric table fan
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1956 Melbourne Olympics Vinyl Cushion. 23 x 32 cm
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Colonial cedar chiffonier with a scroll carved back, turned columns and turned feet
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Oak tub chair c.1900's. EXImperial Hotel, Mt Victoria. Recent lemon upholstery. Height 77 cm
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Colonial Avery beam scales with their original fitted pine chest a tripod and brass fittings, originally from the Department of Weights & Measures and used to check weights
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Pandemonium - Australian Critical magazine. First 12 issues Feb.1934 - Jan.1935. Social commentary by Percy Leason and Max Meldrum. Punched and bound, some corner damage.31.5 x 25 cm
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Victorian bronze imperial gallon master measure, engraved 'Queensland', made by 'R Vardone Tilford & Co, London'
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Two early signal Lanterns, including orange NSW Transport Department, and green. Both with rotating stop go facility. Height 31 cm & 20 cm
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Programme 'Melba Special Concert in Aid of the Polish Relief Fund, 1915.' Town hall Sydney Thursday June 3rd 1915. Printed by John Sands. Cover depicts allegorical female figure of Australia supporting Poland with ravaged landscape background. 25 x 18.5 cm
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Full Length Photo Portrait of Zara Gowrie. Tipped on titled card. Signed Monte Luke. 23.5 x 18m
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Early NSW Govt. Railways Brass Faced Stress Gauge. 36.5 x 21 cm
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Early Electric Jug (no fittings); & Early Arnotts 'Christmas Cakes' Tin. Rosella to centre (wear). Height 22 cm & Diameter 22 cm
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Album of Colonial photographs. Many portraits and three Australian landscapes including Broadwater school 1886; cane cutters; and Melbourne Zoological Gardens.31.5 x 26 cm
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Yates Garden Guide and Seed Catalogue, 1935. 24.5 x 18.5 cm
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World War II Servicemen Printed Christmas Cards. Australian Defence Canteens Service with original envelope & 4 cards. 2 missing.
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1933 Melbourne Centenary Air Race Game. Produced by Impex of Melbourne prior to the 1934 MacRobertson UK to Australia race. 20 x 61 cm
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Cedar chest c.1870. Wrought iron handles, fitted shelf interior. Single plank, dovetailed construction. Damage to lid end piece. Height 44 W 83 D 45 cm
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19th C Cedar Dressing Table Base. Single drawer with shaped platform. Comes with non-original brackets & mirror attachment. Height 76 W 120 D 53 cm
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The Hunter Sketchbook, 1989. Published by National Library of Australia. Number 11 of an edition of 50. Unbound pages. Folded & collated for binding - issued thus.
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3 Original Melbourne Botanical Gardens Reports 1859-60, 1861-2 & 1864-85, by Ferdinand Mueller. Includes lithographic chart of plantings. Chart 50 x 63.5 cm
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Blue Mountains & Mt Wilson postcard album c.1930. 50+ real photo views inc. Many by Katoomba photographer Manning
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Australian Wildlife Picture Books, c.1910, Lloyd Triestino Immigrant Books, & Labels 1950.
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May Moore Photographic Portrait of a Woman. Signed to mount. PhotograpHeight 14.5 x 9.5 cm
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1932 Sydney Harbour Bridge Official Souvenir and Programme of the Opening. Published by Government printer, 180 pages, cover shabby. 28 x 17 cm
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Photo album of Jenolan Caves, 1887. Missing front & back cover of album
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Australian postcard album with 30 real photo and litho views of Bowral, Austinmer, Nowra and South Coast.
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Postcard album of approx.150 postcards, many theatrical (some signed), plus some Australian include 2x 1906 US Fleet visit and Japanese postcards.
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Albumen Print Photograph of Theatrical Group. Mounted on Grourelle, Melbourne panel. 28 x 40 cm
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Series of 14 early Tasmanian photographs. Tasmanian landscapes c.1860 & Hobart Regatta c.1888 by Henry hall Baily. Images approx. 16 x 21 cm
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Central Coast photo album c.1914. Taken around Saratoga. Plus 20 Australian postcards
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Boxed Volume 'Australian Chivalry.' Reproductions of official war paintings. Published by War Memorial, 1933. 52 plates.
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Four Various Hardback Books Relating to History of Railways in NSW.
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Four albumen prints/photographs of Sandhurst gold diggings, and two of Sydney Harbour. 13 x 17 cm
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Series of 14 early Australian photographs. Landscapes by Nicholas Caire & others. Most double sided. Various
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Childrens Book Manuscript. 'The Adventurous Pixies' by Winifred Law; & Short Story 'The Fiery Dragon of the Rocky Mountains.'
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Green mottled bakelite pedal bin. Australian made Haxby Ware. Removable bin. Height 31 cm Diameter 32 cm
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Albumen print photograph of the 'English Cricket Team, 1894', mounted on card, photographed by McGann, Adelaide
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Colonial photograph of Queen Victoria Markets. Mounted on glass.15 x 20 cm
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MOORE's Map of New South Wales 1877-8. Hand coloured & canvas backed. 50 x 60 cm
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Book: 'Doreen' by CJ Dennis. Printed by Penfold & Co, Sydney. Pocket editions for the Trenches Series, 1917. 18.5 x 13.5 cm
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Early NSW state Lottery Ticket. State lottery No. 55. Inscribed in the name 'Darby & Joan.'
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Eleven various Dorothy Lamb childrens book Illustrations. Fantasy, fairy, birds etc. Approx 22 x 24 cm, watercolour
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Colonial Cast Iron Pick Axe Head. Impressed with arrows denoting government issue. Accompanied by book 'The Roadmakers, A History of Main Roads in NSW'. L 41.5 cm
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World War II Pay Books and Personal Ephemera for William Caton; also letters to World War I veteran living in France; plus meat meal bags.
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Max ROBERTSON, Radio Broadcaster and Cricket Commentator Correspondence & Radio Scripts, relating to Robertson's time with the ABC, c.1936-1939.
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Various Personal & stage photographs of Margaret Collins, Actress. Plus 1st editions on Australian poetry by Val Vallis, and also 1st edition Summer Seventeenth doll
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Pair May Gibbs story books of 1916. 'Gum-Nut Babies' & 'Gum-Blossom Babies.' Inc. original envelope. Both booklets inscribed 1917. Printed by Penfold & Co, Sydney. Original string binding. 22 x 14.5 cm
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Tasmanian cedar childs chair. Original horsehair and straw upholstery. Ex Mather Family, Hobart. Height 53 cm
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Three N.W. Cayley Illustrated greeting cards, with tipped in printed images of superb Parakeets, Bearded Honeyeaters & black Cockatoos. C.1940
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Department of Lands Sydney new years greeting card of 1905, after H MacIntosh. Depicts allegorical female figures of the outgoing & incoming years, embellished with verse & surrounded by Art Nouveau stylised floral border. 25 x 18 cm
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Painted cast iron dog form money box, after 'HMV Nipper'
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Australian chip carved cedar cabinet, leaf and floral motifs. Missing knob. Height 46 cm
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Carved boomerang, depicting kangaroos and emu. L 65 cm
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Carved boomerang, depicting kangaroos in landscape. L 73 cm
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Carved boomerang. Mob of kangaroos. L 73 cm
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2 Various Boomerangs. Inc. 1 long, & 1 with burnt abstract decoration. L 68 & 45 cm
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2 Various Coloured Engravings. 'The Cut in Argyle St (Fleury);' & 'The Old Tank Stream, Sydney' by Prout. Foxing. Various Print and Hand Coloured Lithographs
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Tooheys advertising poster, 'Tooheys Oatmeal Stout. Put This in Your Glass and Drink It!' by Walter Jardine. Many edge splits and detached top corner. 100 x 74 cm
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Tooheys advertising poster, 'Tooheys Flag Ale,' by Walter Jardine. 44.5 x 34 cm
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'Toohey's Oatmeal Stout, Here's to 'Ee', advertising poster with a brown border
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Tooheys advertising poster, 'Tooheys Oatmeal Stout. Mrs 'Arris & Mrs 'Iggs.' 51 x 40 cm
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Tooheys advertising poster, 'London Type Dominion Dry Gin' 50 x 37 cm
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